"Boom!"
When Lu Yuan activated the Divine Prison True Body, slashing at the River of Time with his blade.
The terrifying aura of the Profound Celestial Venerable, which was originally soaring rapidly, suddenly came to an abrupt halt.
It was as if it had been forcibly interrupted by someone, plunging thousands of feet down into the abyss.
Moreover,
His body was collapsing, his Dao Seed disintegrating, and even his Divine Soul quickly became illusory and transparent, as if about to disappear from this world.
"You can actually reverse time, and slash the past with your blade?"
"To fall under this move, I die without regret!"
The body of the Profound Celestial Venerable transformed into a brilliant rain of light, gradually dissipating in the world.
"But do you really think you’ve won?"
He stared at Lu Yuan, a strange smile suddenly appearing on his face.
In his dying moments.
The Profound Celestial Venerable saw his past like a revolving lantern in his mind, and also glimpsed a corner of the future!
And in the future he glimpsed.
The heavens dyed in blood, the Ten Thousand Realms submerging.
Darkness emerged from the depths of the Great Abyss, and everything would cease to exist.
Even existence as strong as the Celestial Emperor Qianyuan, despite scheming and plotting for a lifetime, could only fall silently, swallowed by the endless darkness.
And at the end of that endless darkness, there stood a figure above the Great Abyss, looking coldly at the Profound Celestial Venerable with a glance.
Just that one glance.
Shattered his Divine Soul, obliterating all his past!
"So this is how it is..."
"Celestial Mandate! All of this is Celestial Mandate!"
"Even if you can slay all the Celestial Deities and reach Enlightenment Dao to become Emperor, so what?"
"In the end, it is just making a wedding dress for others."
The Profound Celestial Venerable laughed heartily, hot tears falling from the corners of his eyes.
And in his gaze towards Lu Yuan, there was instead a hint of pity and sympathy.
As if compared to Lu Yuan’s future miserable fate.
His own outcome of the Dao’s dissipation and death was insignificant.
"Bang!"
The body of the Profound Celestial Venerable exploded, turning into a rain of light, completely dissipating in the world.
At the same time,
Inside the Celestial Daoist Sect, the surface of a Celestial Venerable statue in an ancient palace covered with countless cracks.
Like a shattered porcelain doll, it suddenly broke apart and finally vanished, turning completely to dust!
Moreover,
In other hidden corners of Heaven, whether in the great seas, abyss, mountain peaks, ancient towering forests, or outer secret realms, Celestial Venerable statues also cracked and shattered.
These statues, large and small, numbering over ten thousand, all contained a trace of the indestructible Divine Thought of the Profound Celestial Venerable.
As long as one statue still exists,
even if his flesh body is annihilated and Divine Soul dissipates, the Profound Celestial Venerable can instantly return to his original state.
But now all the Celestial Venerable statues have exploded simultaneously, all Divine Thought erased by Lu Yuan in one fell swoop.
The dignified Ancient Celestial Venerable thus fell with a grudge!
At the moment of the Profound Celestial Venerable’s death,
the sky wept blood, and laws mourned.
Bloody lightning, like giant serpents, danced wildly across the firmament.
With the Celestial Venerable’s fall, the Ten Thousand Realms mourned!
At this moment,
all beings in Heaven, no matter where they were or what their cultivation was, felt an uncontrollable sense of grief and heartache.
There was also a grand Dao sound, tinged with sorrow, echoing throughout Heaven and resounding across the Three Thousand Lower Realms.
As if mourning the departure of a supreme existence!
"This is impossible! Why did the Ancestral statue suddenly break?"
"The heavens weep blood, all beings mourn, has the Ancestor emerged?"
Seeing this, the Daoist Sect’s strongmen were all shocked, their hearts filled with fear and despair.
For the Daoist Sect, the Profound Celestial Venerable was the backbone of the entire Holy Land.
If anything were to happen to him, the power of the entire Daoist Sect would plummet!
On the other hand,
the four people of Heaven Burial Venerable who had just returned to the Upper Heaven Divine Realm, seemed to have sensed something and simultaneously turned to look at the Lower Realm.
"The Profound Celestial Venerable has fallen?"
Heaven Burial Venerable frowned, the anxiety in his heart growing stronger.
After all, no matter how weak the Profound Celestial Venerable’s power was, he was still a genuine giant among the Celestial Venerables, not one that Ancestral God level power could contend with.
But how long has it been?
The Profound Celestial Venerable was swiftly slain by Lu Yuan, his spirit and soul annihilated, with not even a sliver of chance for revival?
"This child carries great cause and effect, great terror, indeed not easy to deal with."
Though Heaven Burial Venerable was heavy-hearted, he secretly felt a tinge of relief.
Thankfully, his Spiritual Sense was keen, sensing the danger the moment Lu Yuan used the Innate Dao Body, and withdrew entirely from the Desolate World in time.
Otherwise, if they had remained in the Great Wilderness, they would have surely ended up like the Profound Celestial Venerable!
As for the life or death of the Profound Celestial Venerable, what did it matter to them?
As the saying goes, "A fellow Taoist is dead, not the poor Tao."
What’s more, with the Profound Celestial Venerable’s death, the resources and heritage left by the Daoist Sect alone would be enough for them to feast on.
"The Profound Celestial Venerable was kind-hearted and sacrificed his life to avert a disaster for us."
"Having known him, I should also take care of the Daoist Sect."
"From now on, the disciples of the Daoist Sect are my Zen Buddhism disciples, the rise and fall of the Daoist Sect is the rise and fall of my Zen Buddhism."
"My Zen Buddhism swears to glory and fall with the Daoist Sect!"
Celestial Venerable Shi said with a sorrowful expression, patting his chest and promising.
But all four Celestial Venerables present were old and cunning.
For Celestial Venerable Shi to think that just a few words could merge the Daoist Sect and Zen Buddhism was undoubtedly a fool’s dream.
...
Just as the many Celestial Venerables of Heaven were at each other’s throats over the Daoist Sect’s legacy,
Lu Yuan recalled the look of pity in the Profound Celestial Venerable’s eyes before his death, feeling a shadow over his heart that he couldn’t shake off for a long time.
Between him and the Profound Celestial Venerable, it was a relentless enmity, with no room for reconciliation.