The Ascension of Contracted Spirits

Chapter 1340 - 511: The Plight of the People, The Calamity of All Beings_2

"Sarus!!!"

The Divine Punishment Spear could no longer restrain itself. How could the Ancient Evil God be stealing Its power of laws? What an inconceivable act!

One is Evil, the other is Soldier, with systems as different as heaven and earth.

Yet Sarus was slowly, ever so slowly, pilfering Its power, without the slightest regard for the possibility of Divine Soul combustion.

"Heavenly Destiny! Heavenly Fury! Stop Him!"

"He wants to seize the rights of Divine Punishment, to lever the Heavenly Dao, hence radiating disasters and annihilation from this place to the ends of the world!!"

For the first time in a long while, the Heavenly Punishment Sovereign felt panic.

Two Cosmic Eras have passed, smooth sailing, pleasurable and content.

This abrupt catastrophe, this sign of losing control—if not stopped, every major world in the Nine Seas, Eight Mountains, Seven Abysses, and Six Realms would face an apocalyptic disaster!

"Hahaha, truly worthy of an Evil God!"

"Confronting the Divine Venerate, not thinking of victory in battle, but only of how to plummet together into hell— such audacity, only I among all heavens can compare!"

Huang Shi shouted, veins bulging, losing all composure.

Even though once again trampled underfoot by the Heavenly Fury Beastman, unable to move.

It spewed a mouthful of filthy blood, its features suddenly tearing apart, its corporeal form disintegrating.

As flesh and blood particles turned into a whirlwind, chaotically sweeping through heaven and earth, the Heavenly Fury Beastman covered his face with a hand.

Through the gaps between his fingers, those crimson eyes were seething with rage, like a sun on the verge of explosion.

Across endless time and space, Ye Hanjun’s eyes began to bleed.

But he couldn’t care for that now; his thundering heart seemed about to burst out of his chest, an overwhelming, spine-chilling dread enveloping every inch of his flesh.

"Boom!!"

Following Ancient Evil God Sarus, Ancient Desolate God · Desolate Devourer.

The third one to enter a state of Self-Explosion was naturally none other than Ancient Calamity God · Doomsday Cube.

Thus, Evil, Desolate, Disaster, the three evils recognized by all heavens and ten thousand races.

The strongest among them, all employing their most forbidden techniques, a fight to the bitter end.

They... never thought about sitting above the clouds, looking down on humanity.

What they desired was the fall of the Divine Venerate, the shattering of order, even if it meant their own extinction in the end, so what?

"Madmen... all of them are madmen..."

The mini-form three-eyed white crow suddenly started spitting blood nonstop, plummeting to the ground, barely breathing.

Then, when its breath fell to its lowest point.

The blood eye on its forehead also burst open, its body grew massive, covered in tearing wounds, as if it, too, would self-destruct in a moment.

"Whoosh..."

A wisp of the mist of time quietly entwined around the head of the three-eyed white crow.

The shattered blood eye suddenly reconstituted.

Though still cracked upon closer inspection, at least it was put back together and not truly broken.

"Huff... Huff..."

The breaths of the three-eyed white crow were exceptionally rapid.

Using all its strength to stabilize its Divine Soul, it slowly said:

"Ancient Soldier God, I owe you one..."

"What has happened?"

The Time Drum, unconcerned about assisting, asked seriously:

"Being in the Broken Instrument Valley, shielding against heavenly secrets, in such a true void, how could you be affected?"

"Huff—"

The three-eyed white crow glanced at Ye Hanjun and then stared at the exploded Doomsday Cube, speaking in an extremely cold voice:

"Back then... In order to escape the surveillance of the Heavenly Dao, I chopped myself with my own blade, severing most of my evil thoughts and divine power..."

"According to the plan, these evil thoughts were supposed to breed a new Calamity God, replacing me, to attract the attention of the Heavenly Dao."

"This was my main method to escape the surveillance of the Heavenly Dao."

"However, what I did not anticipate was, before the real Calamity God was born, another Great Saint of Kindness, with no way out, accidentally merged with it."

"Eventually, the Doomsday Cube came into being."

"It derived from me, yet is out of control from me; it has no true consciousness, only capable of sheer destruction. The deaths of living beings and the withering of nature, all contribute to its growing power..."

"Unexpectedly, after two Cosmic Eras, a massive amount of negative energy allowed It to grow to the pinnacle of a Single Seal God..."

"Now, with the help of Sarus, It has attained the Disaster Series Dual Seal Origin Divine Venerate, returning to the source of the Calamity God."

"Using the Jade Burning Technique, the disaster was spread... In my current state, I almost got caught in the crossfire."

"..."

Ye Hanjun was at a loss for words.

After all this time, the method Bai E used to break free from the Heavenly Dao shared a remarkable similarity with that of Sarus?

One was split into the left and right eyes, each reverting back to a Single Seal Evil God.

The other cut himself, abandoning evil thoughts, thus regaining sanity and re-exploring a path to certification of Dual Seal different origins.

No wonder Bai E never cared for the Doomsday Cube.

In His understanding, it was a part of Himself.

Only when the Doomsday Cube remains active, the true body hidden within Mo would not be detected by the Heavenly Dao.

But Bai E also didn’t foresee that the mindless Doomsday Cube would join Sarus in assaulting the Heavenly Dao.

Moreover, the current situation clearly seemed to be leading to success.

The Three Evil Gods are extremely difficult to deal with. Can the four Great Heavenly Venerates really withstand them with the method of Self-Explosion?

"What about the Heavenly Destiny Star God?"

GuaGua’s face was full of conflict:

"Little GuaGua hates bad Heavenly Venerates, but can’t just sit by and watch bad Heavenly Venerates be devoured by the forces of evil."

"Those twelve pillars seem very sturdy, directly capable of evolving into a small world. Can they stop the spread of evil forces?"

"No, the four Great Heavenly Venerates can’t stand against the Three Evil Sources."

The Time Drum lightly tapped its drumhead, more and more fog of time gathered around It:

"The plan has changed, Human Race friend, I cannot wait for you to certify your Crown Rank position."

"The Heavenly Dao ruled by the Nine Heavenly Venerates, for those below True God, is at least a natural system of survival of the fittest, where reproduction and survival depend on one’s abilities."

"If the Three Evil Sources seize control of the Heavenly Dao, and then contaminate it, the difficulties of the living beings are imminent, the calamity of all creatures is a matter of life and death with hardly a chance of survival."

"Hiss!"

A long river of time, spanning across the sky above the Broken Instrument Valley, seemed to connect with the heavens and earth.

The Time Drum leaped high, standing at one end, gazing distantly at another Time Drum at the other end, facing Itself.

"Divine Punishment is dying, I must retrieve the Ancient Divine Power, and re-certify the position of the Divine Venerate of Soldier Path."

"This journey is fraught with much more peril than fortune, and I am not certain that I can truly target the Three Evil Sources and cut off their malevolence."

"But I gather the essence of sun and moon, shining the glow on all things; I am a creature of natural creation."

"If I do not step forward now, I would feel ashamed. My life’s beliefs would be destroyed in an instant..."

The voice of the Time Drum became more and more indistinct, as if the distance between It and everyone was growing ever so distant:

"Xu Xuan, Absolute String, the Guardian Array I’ve laid out can still hold on for a while longer."

"If the Broken Instrument Valley still has a future, if there is still a glimmer of hope in the heavens, I beg you to take up the heavy burden of the God of Soldier Path, to push through obstacles, and seek out the direction of the dawn..."

"Ancestor..."

In a corner of the Broken Instrument Valley, the Space Magic Carpet lay prostrate on the ground, trembling incessantly.

"Clang..."

Absolute String, who had just recently ascended to Demigod, witnessed the All Gods Reflection and then watched the increasingly distant Time Drum, plucked the strings, as if responding to the entrustment of Time Drum with that ethereal sound of the strings.

"So the prophecy from Little Ginseng... turned out to be true..."

"The disaster isn’t our doing but the Three Evil Gods..."

Little GuaGua, in a daze, suddenly slapped his own face, forcing himself to snap out of it.

"No, it’s not the time to despair yet!"

"Ancestors of the Dark Ancient Era, I am your most obedient and adorable descendant, the world is about to be destroyed, can you please come back to help?!"

"..."

GuaGua prayed devoutly, hands clasped together like a white statue of a Buddha.

However, all the voices sunk like stones in the sea, there was silence between heaven and earth, with no additional response.

"Big Tadpole, the ancestors ignore Little GuaGua, what should we do?"

"Little GuaGua has the ’Evil God Slayer’, which restrains Evil Gods, shall we also join the battle?"

"..."

Ye Hanjun shook his head, deep in thought.

Join the battle? How to get involved without even knowing where the battle is taking place, without the power of a Divine Venerate?

What other methods are there? If Chengfeng Ancestor had any strength to offer, the Time Drum would undoubtedly have taken him along.

It seems the same for Bai E; His current state is not complete. Even if He could participate, would He be assimilated by the laws of the Doomsday Cube and then become part of the source of the disaster, further promoting the collapse of the Heavenly Dao?