The continuous outpouring of the Three Calamities' power was entirely absorbed by the giant hand, without missing a single thread.
As the giant hand approached Yu Ziqing, even before he could take any further action, the Earth Deity Origin reacted first.
A stele flew out from Yu Ziqing's body, hovering in front of him. The sage-like voice of the ancients lacked the tone of earnest teachings, instead resonating with a cold, metallic intent.
In an instant, a phantom Great Dao emerged, centered around the Earth Deity Origin.
The Dao stretched across the void, colliding with the giant hand.
In their stalemate, the Dao continuously retreated, becoming increasingly ethereal.
Yu Ziqing, guided by intuition, extended a hand to touch the Earth Deity Origin.
In an instant, a black-red Dao materialized.
Above the Dao, countless shadows of hungry ghosts appeared, accompanied by the hazy aura of incense, pressing down along with the Dao.
All the incense aura entwined around the giant hand that blotted out the sky, infiltrating it along with the power of the Three Calamities.
Then, in the void, a blood-red Dao appeared, carrying a domineering aura.
Forcing its way down, in an instant, the massive hand cracked densely.
With a crack, the entire surface of the hand shattered, revealing a skeleton hand covered in countless runes and patterns.
Only then did Yu Ziqing notice that each finger of this hand had ten joints, clearly not a human hand.
The skeleton hand slowly withdrew.
In the end, it did not even graze a single strand of Yu Ziqing's hair.
Meanwhile, in the camp of the White Water Eggs.
No.1 White Water Egg, looking deranged, abruptly stopped its frenzied movements.
The brilliance on the Jade Scroll dissipated.
And No.1 White Water Egg, as if receiving a heavy blow, instantly became dispirited.
The once reflective head of No.1 White Water Egg seemed to change in an instant, turning into a dull, unshiny color as if a tea egg hadn't been steeped properly.
His once smooth, jade-like hands began to darken, wrinkles appearing on the skin, becoming dry and aged.
In what seemed like a moment, he had stepped into old age.
He took a few steps back, falling to the ground, taking out several kinds of pills and swallowing them continuously.
The continual aging of his hands gradually ceased, appearing to slowly return to normal.
However, when he turned his hands over to look, all the palm lines and fingerprints had vanished.
Just like his face, completely gone.
Seemingly sensing the commotion, No.3 White Water Egg appeared, looking at No.1's hands, immediately producing a jade box.
"Hurry and eat it, you've exhausted your lifespan.
This was obtained bit by bit from gathering life force, enough to extend your life by a millennium."
No.1 White Water Egg, not standing on ceremony, immediately opened the jade box and swallowed a purple-red pill.
Yet his hands remained unchanged, not recovering.
"Your lifespan has already ended entirely, theoretically, you should have died.
It's only because you took those Life Extension Pills before that you narrowly survived.
Now every bit of your lifespan is sustained by external forces.
You need to be more careful in the future; if someone discovers this condition, there are many ways to target you."
"Thank you." No.1 Tea Egg stood up, expressing gratitude in a deep voice.
No.1 Tea Egg pointed to the Jade Scroll on the sacrificial altar.
"I don't know, I vaguely sensed an anomaly and came over immediately, only to find it seemed someone wanted to forcibly seize our foundational Dao."
"Can someone really take this away?"
"Don't ask me, I don't know why, it just seemed inexplicable.
I also don't know who, in the end, it escalated into a clash of Dao against Dao.
Our Dao couldn't withstand theirs and was forcibly suppressed, suffering significant losses."
"How could it be? How did it escalate into a confrontation of Dao against Dao, who can bring forth the Dao's phantom? Can you?"
"I can't, I just offered slight assistance, but the cost, you saw it."
No.3 White Water Egg was utterly shocked, completely unable to comprehend what had transpired.
"No, but the result, it seems, wasn't much better."
In the darkness beneath the Mountain Abyss, a giant had arranged eight dishes, three pots of wine before him, with the Jade Tablet narrating a great battle.
The giant, with slightly drooping eyelids, couldn't help but laugh.
"This wine tastes so much better now, and the side dishes are strong enough.
This little rascal, his ability to stir up trouble is truly formidable.
To actually draw out the cultivation paths for a confrontation.
The Earth Deity Dao, the Hungry Ghost Dao, and that, likely the Body Refinement Dao.
How did he manage to summon these three at once?
His approach was truly ruthless.
Ruthlessness is good, you have to be a little ruthless, not bad, not bad.
Let it be chaotic, the more tumultuous, the better."
The giant laughed heartily, and after laughing, saw a roast chicken start to move automatically, the thigh bone detaching and flying into the depths of the darkness.
"Come, come, don't hold back, everyone, let's feast together."
A moment later, the giant coldly chuckled.
"Don't want to be on friendly terms, then don't eat, don't eat, who do you think you are, scram."
Meanwhile, Yu Ziqing, when he abruptly halted his swiftly retreating figure.
He stood at the edge of a cliff.
Just like in an ink painting, he looked ahead into the boundless void.
The swirling face in the void also disappeared subsequently.
Beside Yu Ziqing, a person in a long robe with wide sleeves stood silently, their face completely blank, devoid of any features.