All Heavenly destiny reduced to ashes
Chapter 550 - 152: Fight to the Death (The power suddenly went out at home, will continue updating once the electricity is back)

Chapter 550: Chapter 152: Fight to the Death (The power suddenly went out at home, will continue updating once the electricity is back)

Even though he had anticipated it, An Jing couldn’t help but marvel at the sight before him.

The sword blade fragment that appeared before his eyes was a piece of pure darkness, a blade that should not exist in the mortal world. It absorbed all the surrounding light, making itself seem even more profound than darkness; with it at the center, the burning black flames destroyed the Taiyu Universe Light, causing time and space to appear unstable.

At a glance, what people would think of was not the sharpness of the blade or metal, but a shattered world, chaotic time and space, and disturbed Spiritual Fiend—yet it exuded no pressure; it was merely quietly burning, suspended above...

Above a dragon skull, so grand it couldn’t be seen in its entirety, hidden deep within the Earth Vein.

On the forehead bone remains of the Ice Chi Original Body of the Great Heavenly Demon Bitter Silence from bygone years, a pitch-black sword blade fragment hovered, serving as the source of the faint glow illuminating the entire underground stone forest labyrinth, like a gemstone atop a dragon’s head, like the very source perfectly sealing it.

"This is..."

An Jing looked at the black fragment before his eyes, his gaze becoming deep and heavy.

Yet, even with the current delicate situation, he still felt compelled to jest: "This looks like, somehow, it’s another piece of you that alone suppressed Bitter Silence? What exactly is that seal on it sealing?"

"Yeah, what is it sealing?"

Subdue Evil was also full of perplexity: "This fragment belongs to me? It’s indeed identical to the sword tip... but isn’t my fragment up there? Why are there two fragments with completely different materials, but identical shapes?"

"And..."

It murmured softly, "This fragment is both my memory and the Source of Demon Energy..."

"It seems that the Heavenly Demon has completely tainted your memories with demonic Qi."

An Jing chuckled, but Subdue Evil didn’t take the offered out and instead let out a long sigh: "No. There’s no need to make excuses for me... Although I truly don’t remember anything, perhaps I had fallen once too."

It said so, but its tone gradually became more determined: "If I were all normal, would I be like this now? Immortal and Indestructible doesn’t say ’unchanging’."

"But now is not the time to ponder these things."

An Jing spoke, his words concise: "I’ll just say this. Subdue Evil, it looks like to retrieve your memory, you will need to endure another ’Demon Energy Shock’... This is your tribulation, the tempering required by you as a sword. But I believe in you."

"And you must believe in yourself. Believe in the you that I believe in."

At this moment, Subdue Evil’s state of mind was much better than before, and it laughed: "Of course, my Sword Bearer."

"If you dare to Unsheath, why would I, as the sword, fear a clash with bare blades?"

Thus, An Jing stepped forward.

He raised his hand, raised the sword.

And the sword blade fragment floating above the dragon carcass naturally, just like the silver-green fragment in the seal of the Immortal Palace, smoothly and without any hesitation, floated up, wrapped in endless, dense Demonic Qi, moving toward the sword hilt of Subdue Evil.

And the moment the silver-green blade touched the pitch-black blade, countless fleeting light and shadows flowed, carrying with them an ancient and distant breath.

An Jing saw it. He saw the distant past.

Above the Nine Heavens, the Heavenly River was a chasm. The most potent—and last—defensive line of the Embracing the Void Dao Domain.

The continents and realms once affiliated with the Embracing the Void Celestial Domain had all turned to ashes and nothingness, thousands upon thousands of Cave Heavens and Blessed Lands were burst like bubbles pricked by a needle, becoming the fine Guangchen drifting along with the Great Void Heavenly River, surrounding Embracing the Void.

The Immortal Gods, who yearned for their homeland, attempted to defend using the realm’s membranous barrier, but under the all-pervasive erosion of the Heavenly Demon, they, along with their worlds, turned into nourishment for the demon’s lair; two hundred and eighty thousand Star Constellation Immortals guarded three thousand small worlds and creatures as they retreated to Embracing the Void, yet they were overtaken by Demon Armies surging like a pitch-black star river.

The Immortals swore to die in defense and not retreat a single step; their entire army was annihilated, reduced to dust, with even their names completely forgotten.

But their sacrifice was not in vain: The creatures survived, and as the defensive line of the Central Dao Court, centered around Embracing the Void Dao Heaven, gradually took form, and with the completion of the Heavenly River chasm project led by Master Hong and Yu Father, the most primal and dangerous Supreme Heart Demon of the Heavenly Demon could no longer erode them from behind, and the battle of the Ghost Gods in the Netherworld also managed to suppress the Abyss of Eternal. The Heavenly Demon ceaselessly assaulted there, yet could not cross the line.

To this day, with the Ten Directions Dao Domain, the five Great Immortal Heavens gradually activating, the Innate Undying Void Returning Dao Soldiers left by the Great Immortal of Embracing the Void revived, and three thousand Immortals at the level of an Immortal and Indestructible Primordial Spirit, working together, were enough to transform the Embracing the Void Dao Domain into an unbreakable, everlasting fortress.

But does this truly have meaning?

All messages have fallen silent, contact with Immortal Heavens of other Dao domains completely severed; the boundless sea of the Great Void that should have been vast and limitless, now seems to be overwhelmed by the legions of Heavenly Demons; the eternally flowing, forever pure edges of the Heavenly River have gradually stained with an indescribable, ineradicable pitch-black hue.

In the hundred thousandth year after the departure of the Great Immortal Embracing the Void, in the countless fractured years of the Central Divine Court, their disciples’ progeny, the descendants of those descendants, have faced a calamity no different from that which their ancestors’ ancestors had endured.

Those gathered Immortal Gods and cultivators of Embracing the Void, whether in fear or hesitation, gazes intently into the distance, at the Demon Crowds that had spread to the far ends of the Great Void; without any hope of Reinforcements, without any direction, all they could do was to fight and nothing but fight.

"Run away."

A voice, whether out of calm or despair, said, "As long as one can break through, the Fire Seed of the Divine Court Dao Court can be continued. Just like the Great Immortal, as long as the ’Returning Void Daoist Soldiers’ can be escorted out, recording down the characteristics and weaknesses of this batch of Heavenly Demons, there will always be successors who will defeat them!"

"How can all hope be entrusted to those who come after?"

Yet, there were those with different opinions: "The Dao domain of Embracing the Void is so special, it is the seed of hope sifted through the endless void by the Great Immortal, how could we give up so easily!"

’He’ stepped forward.

A Sword Immortal came forward to all the Immortal Gods and then drew his own sword, pointing it towards the pitch-black Demon Army.

"As long as there is still hope for victory!"

The silver-blue Sharpness and Bitter Silence, capable of cleaving through the Great Void, through all will and keenness, made His voice resonate through all heavens, made the Great Void tremble, like waves rippling: "Then we shall never retreat, never flee, and never leave all our pain and despair for the children of the future!"

"This moment!"

He said, "Only battle remains!"

"Then we shall battle!"

Countless courageous voices rose up: "Fight!" "Fight!" "Fight!"

"But if we fail, we may no longer have the ability to escort the ’Returning Void Daoist Soldiers’ away." Still, there were doubting voices: "To fail is to lose the future,"

"Then I shall be the first to fall in battle!" The Sword Immortal replied, raising the Immortal Sword in his hand: "I shall become the leader of the ’Subdue Demons and Exorcise Evil’ team, marching on the front line against the Heavenly Demon’s army. If I fall, then pass on my sword and will to those who come after!"

"When all the members of ’Subdue Demons and Exorcise Evil’ have fallen in battle, and no one else is willing to join, then prepare to retreat!"

"Ladies and gentlemen!"

He turned back, issuing an invitation: "Who is willing to wage war against the Demon Army with me?"

"To battle alongside me to the death!"

"Then we shall die in battle!"

Numerous spirited responses echoed between heaven and earth: "Die in battle!" "Die in battle!" "Die in battle!"

The pitch-black Demon Army approached the proximity of the Heavenly River, they were endless and boundless, an unceasing descent into corruption, an inexhaustible abyss.

But now, having undergone the long and painful baptism of Demon Calamity, having been screened and tempered by countless Heart Demons, in Embracing the Void today, not a single Immortal God will shrink back, not a single mortal will retreat.

Even the questioning voices from before were all in search of a more enduring existence and continuity.

Only through battle can miracles be achieved, only through battle can existence and continuity be held.

Only by battling on, by eternally fighting, can the mortal world have a future, can it have endless new possibilities, can it explore a better path, a path that leads further away.

This belief is stronger than Divine Steel, the most solid of all things. True and real, it transcends everything.

Only time can erode it, yet it cannot be defeated.