novelsky Chapter 894: Disqualified from Humanity
Chapter 894: Disqualified from Humanity
…Earth Star.
Beneath the Heaven and Earth Millstone, all things withered and decayed.
The aura of that white-clothed Sword Immortal vanished in an instant.
"Hmph—! A mere ant, dreaming of overturning the heavens? Ridiculous, pitiful!"
Taishang Laojun could feel his attack had landed true.
The Great Dao Laws had indeed ground away Chen Huaian's Golden Body,
and he hadn't held back in the slightest, as the entire Earth Star had been pierced straight through.
Now, the internal balance of Earth Star had been shattered; the magma from the mantle was about to erupt. When that happened, volcanoes all over the world would enter an eruptive state, and the entire Earth Star would be shrouded in a haze of dust akin to the apocalypse.
Taishang Laojun watched the black hole coldly, with no intention of intervening to repair it.
Even for him, this was but an insignificant trifle.
After all, possessing the rhythms of Heaven and Earth's Dao, what was moving mountains and filling seas to him?
Even if countless living beings were being annihilated every single second.
So what?
This world would soon enter a new cycle of reincarnation anyway. Since reincarnation represents the end of life, his actions now were merely sending these ants to their deaths a little earlier.
Boom!
The continental shelves collapsed on a massive scale.
Earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons…
All sorts of super natural disasters surged forth violently all at once.
Earth Star, the surface.
This was no longer the mortal world, but a living hell.
Magma, like festering pus and blood,
erupted from the wounds of the earth, instantly swallowing the prosperous cities.
"Mommy…"
A little girl stood on the cracked asphalt road, clutching a grimy little bear tightly in her hand.
Her cries were drowned out before they could travel far by the rumbling collapse of a distant skyscraper.
The next second.
The ground gave way.
That little bear fell alone into a bottomless fissure, buried together with that unfinished cry for "Help!" in the scorching darkness.
No one ran.
Because there was nowhere to run.
An old man sat on a park bench, watching the volcanic ash falling from the sky like an unending snowfall, and peacefully closed his eyes; a couple clung tightly to each other amidst the ruins, trying to use their body warmth to fight the world's chill, finally turning into two charred, blackened statues.
All living beings suffer.
Yet in the eyes of the deities, this was merely a cleanup.
…
Exorcist Division, underground shelter.
The dim emergency lights flickered on and off, with dull thuds constantly sounding from overhead.
Dust sifted down, settling on pale, bloodless faces.
The members of the Exorcist Division huddled in a corner.
Zhao Ling held a long spear, desperately bracing against the entrance that was about to collapse, her knuckles white from the strain, the skin between her thumb and forefinger split, blood flowing down the spear shaft.
At another entrance about to give way, Strawberry Bear's entire body was braced there like a load-bearing pillar. But the shelter was, after all, built upon the foundation of the strata. Now, it wasn't just the surface collapsing; the very strata were disintegrating.
Splitting apart was only a matter of time.
"Hold… hold it! Everyone, hold it!!"
Zhao Ling roared, but her voice carried an uncontrollable tremor.
Behind her, Xiang Xiaoyuan desperately channeled healing energy.
She clenched her teeth, not uttering a sound.
She knew that once her spirit broke,
the hundreds of elderly, weak, women, and children behind her would truly be finished.
"Where is the Governor…"
In a corner, Lin Lingling, who had just put down a wounded person, suddenly spoke up.
The young girl lifted her head, her eyes, usually bright and lively, for the first time showing an emotion called "confusion."
"Governor… where did he go?"
No one answered.
Only the rock layer overhead emitted a grating, teeth-grinding sound, like the death knell tolled by the Reaper.
…
Kunlun Mountain, the summit.
This was Earth Star's last pure land, its only island of refuge.
The Mountain Protection Array was fully activated, the golden light shield teetering precariously amidst the violent storm, like a bubble struggling in raging waves.
Hua Jin the True One stood before the Immortal Palace, her Daoist robes flapping wildly in the wind.
She looked down at the hellish, tragic scene in the mortal world below,
then raised her head to look at the group of immortals standing aloofly high in the Nine Heavens.
"This… is the 'immortals' I have been following all along?"
She let out a bitter laugh, suddenly feeling utterly absurd.
Viewing all living beings as worthless grass, treating all things as straw dogs.
She had originally thought that the immortals disregarded the common people of the world only because of the endless cycle of reincarnation. Now, before the cycle had even begun anew, they still watched coldly as the world faced its end, with living beings perishing in misery… Such heartless cruelty, were these truly the immortals she had followed?
Unbeknownst to her, a crack had long since appeared in her yearning and fervor for the immortals and the Celestial God Clan.
But now, she could do nothing.
She was merely a mortal cultivator, not even qualified to question them.
"Activate the array!!"
Hua Jin the True One took a deep breath, pouring all her spiritual power into the great formation with every ounce of her strength.
Even if the world was destroyed.
She would protect this final legacy of Kunlun.
…
Somewhere in the wilderness.
Gu Changsheng knelt on the ground, not caring about the muddy earth, his eyes brimming with tears.
"Ancestor… is the ancestor gone?" His hands trembled as he tried to grasp at a wisp of aura in the void, only to clutch a handful of cold volcanic ash.
They had originally been rushing towards the place where Chen Huaian was battling the host of immortals.
Under the influence of that Heaven and Earth Dao Rhythm, their cultivation was completely suppressed, making flight impossible. They could only advance on foot.
Before they could reach the battlefield, the Heaven and Earth Millstone came crashing down.
That familiar aura abruptly vanished.
Beside him, Zhang Yibai's face was as pale as paper.
Though he had a body, he was also the sword spirit of the Black Scales Sword.
At this moment, his Sea of Consciousness was deathly silent.
That divine sword which had always resonated with him had completely lost its connection.
The Black Scales Sword was shattered.
Gone.
Truly gone.
That man who always wore a smile, as if he could hold up the sky even if it collapsed, this time… seemed to have truly not withstood it.
But he couldn't say it.
Looking at the despair in Gu Changsheng's eyes, Zhang Yibai took a deep breath, forcing out a smile uglier than crying:
"What nonsense are you talking."
"Your Ancestor Chen… his fate is tough!
A fortunate man has heaven's favor. He's definitely… definitely hiding in some corner, preparing a big move!"
Before his words even finished, two clear trails of tears silently slid down his cheeks.
…
High in the Nine Heavens.
Taishang Laojun withdrew his gaze,
not even glancing at the massive black hole leading straight to the Earth's core, blasted out by the Heaven and Earth Millstone.
It was Earth Star's wound, the beginning of destruction.
"It's over."
He spoke lightly, as if he had merely casually squashed a bug.
The surrounding immortals and deities began congratulating each other, celebrating that this heaven-defying individual had finally been executed, celebrating that this realm had returned to orthodoxy.
However.
Right at the peak of this laughter.
*Hummm—!!!*
A strange, resonant hum exploded between heaven and earth without any warning.
Not an explosion, but a sound… of space being compressed.
The indifference on Taishang Laojun's face instantly froze solid.
The laughter of the assembled immortals and deities cut off abruptly.
They saw the void shrouded in billowing smoke suddenly ripple violently.
It was as if someone had thrown a stone into calm water.
Immediately after.
A mountain.
A majestic, verdant, spiritually vibrant immortal mountain, utterly incongruous with this Earth Star.
Appeared out of thin air.
It wasn't a physical entity, yet it felt terrifyingly real. Every ancient pine on the mountain, every flowing spring, even the mist swirling between its peaks, was clearly visible.
Was it… a mirage?
This thought had just formed…
*BOOM—!!!*
That immortal mountain descended from the sky.
With perfect precision.
It smashed directly into the massive black hole blasted out by Taishang Laojun.
A perfect fit.
Like a nail that originally belonged there, being hammered forcefully into place.
The mantle's eruption… stopped.
The earth's tremors… ceased.
The host of immortals and deities stared dumbfounded at the suddenly appearing great mountain, at the exotic flowers and rare grasses they had never seen before upon it, sensing that completely unfamiliar aura of laws.
At this moment.
Even Taishang Laojun's hand holding the horsetail whisk…
involuntarily…
trembled.
…