The Overturning of Heaven and the Reason No Celestial Realm Has Ever Been Born
The Overturning of Heaven and the Reason No Celestial Realm Has Ever Been Born
“Kill!”
Endless cries of slaughter rang out. At the far end of the distant horizon, a pitch-black tide of shadows swept forth, like an unstoppable flood that could crush everything in its path.
The sun, the moon, and the very cosmos seemed on the verge of being overturned. Amid this aura, chaos and darkness descended like a colossal hand that blotted out the universe, pushing in from some distant dimension, bringing the deepest despair to all living beings under heaven.
“After countless years, we once again smell the rotting stench of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains. What a despair-inducing day this is.”
“This world-ending day shall have its curtain raised by our hands.”
Upon a golden great road that seemed to stretch out from the depths of the universe stood an utterly blurred figure, his eyes like blood moons.
He murmured softly, as if sighing with emotion.
But more than that, there was contempt and coldness. Numerous terrifying visions manifested behind him.
Without a doubt, this was a True Daoist, his cultivation profound beyond measure, hailing from a Cult of Immortality of the Beyond.
Beside him stood many other beings of terrifying aura, all of them having descended in their true bodies, not mere dharma manifestations as before.
Behind this group of figures stood several existences of even more terrifying and ancient aura, all silent and indifferent, their gazes cold, exuding the air of those for whom the vicissitudes of eternity were but the snap of a finger.
“I wonder how the Sky Deer Goddess views this battle?”
An exceedingly ancient being, his entire body hidden within millions of crimson divine rays.
At this moment, he suddenly spoke, looking toward the Sky Deer Goddess, who stood silently at the very back like a sculpture carved from white jade, a strange glint in his eyes.
He came from the Ancient Royal Families, and had even crossed paths with the Sky Deer Goddess before. One of his clan’s supreme experts had been slain by her hand.
It could be said that between the two of them lay a hatred impossible to erase.
However, now the Sky Deer Goddess was clearly very close to Gu Changge, so he dared not casually insult her.
Yet his words could not conceal their amusement and mockery. He wanted to know what the Sky Deer Goddess, once the guardian of Sky Deer City, would feel as she personally witnessed its fall.
At this moment, the gazes of the other supreme experts flickered slightly as they looked over.
The Sky Deer Goddess’s surrender to the Beyond had truly exceeded all their expectations, especially her doing so as Gu Changge’s Concubine.
They found it utterly inconceivable, though upon further reflection, they figured there must be some sort of agreement between the Sky Deer Goddess and Gu Changge.
“The Beyond is powerful. The Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains cannot match it, and will fall sooner or later.” The Sky Deer Goddess calmly glanced at this supreme expert of the Ancient Royal Families, her voice without the slightest ripple.
“Oh? So it seems the Sky Deer Goddess knew this all along, and thus surrendered to our realm early. How clever of you.”
Hearing this, the supreme expert chuckled, seemingly enlightened, yet unable to hide his mockery. His words were plainly mocking the Sky Deer Goddess for being greedy for life and fearing death—knowing the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains would fall, she had chosen to surrender to the Beyond.
Everyone present was an ancestor-level figure of their respective clans, their seniority frightening, so they naturally understood the meaning behind his words.
However, none of them spoke up. After all, no matter what, the Sky Deer Goddess came from the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains. She was not of their realm, and estrangement was inevitable.
The Sky Deer Goddess’s delicate brows furrowed slightly. She did not wish to invite unnecessary trouble. But this supreme expert before her was clearly still brooding over what had happened back then, his words carrying undisguised malice and ridicule.
However, just as the Sky Deer Goddess was about to speak, Gu Changge beside her suddenly waved his hand, signaling that she need not bother.
“Senior, you seem to have misunderstood one thing. The Goddess did not surrender to the Beyond—she follows me.”
Gu Changge glanced at this True Daoist, a faint smile on his face as he spoke.
“So, the Goddess is my person. If Senior cannot figure that out, I wouldn’t mind helping you remember it a little better.”
His words were casual and light, without the slightest trace of hostility. Yet they caused the expressions of the many True Daoists present to shift slightly, their hearts skipping a beat as they sensed an indescribable dominance.
Gu Changge was, as always, fiercely protective of his own.
The supreme expert who had just spoken also had an uncertain expression, somewhat unwilling, but in the end he fell silent and said no more.
On the eve of the great war, he did not wish to offend Gu Changge. Moreover, Gu Changge’s words had been made perfectly clear—the Sky Deer Goddess was his person. If anyone dared to make a move against her, it would clearly offend him to the death.
For this war between the two realms, it was said that the Gu Family’s old ancestor who had annihilated the Purple Mansion had also arrived, though he had never revealed his true form.
This filled his heart with deep apprehension.
The Purple Mansion’s Great Elder had been an outstanding figure even among True Daoists back then.
Some even felt that, had heaven and earth permitted it, the Purple Mansion’s Great Elder would likely have already achieved the Celestial Realm.
Yet as powerful and terrifying as the Purple Mansion’s Great Elder was, he had been slapped to death by that old ancestor of the Gu Family.
As True Daoists, they naturally took such matters extremely seriously, not daring to gamble with their own lives.
The Sky Deer Goddess looked at Gu Changge with some surprise, a strange emotion rising within her.
So he was not truly cold and heartless after all? Or was it that this matter had displeased him?
This True Daoist of the Ancient Royal Families was, in a sense, indirectly provoking Gu Changge.
“Remember your current status. You are a member of my Gu Family now. If any random stray cat or dog can climb all over you, wouldn’t that mean they hold my Gu Family in utter contempt?”
Gu Changge gently took hold of her slender hand, his voice very calm.
The Sky Deer Goddess’s gaze flickered, and she nodded. Although she knew Gu Changge’s words were directed more at the True Daoists present,
her heart could not help but ripple with waves of emotion.
To the outside world, her status was that of Gu Changge’s Concubine—indeed, a member of the Gu Family.
Although Gu Changge did not care much about this status of hers, it still concerned the Gu Family’s face.
Boom—rumble!
Ahead, the rolling fog was torn apart, and a vast, mighty pressure emerged above the heavens. The army of the Beyond broke through the Aether Abyss, descending from the firmament above—boundless, endless, beyond count.
If one looked down from high above, they would find that within a radius of tens of millions of miles, all was Ancient Battleships and armies. There were ancient gods bearing stars upon their backs, war beasts the size of continents, and even the Godly Behemoth Clan—all races born for war, naturally belligerent, their might beyond imagination.
A single stomp of their feet made the firmament tremble, splitting open terrifying great ravines from which thick Chaos Qi surged forth, submerging the heavens, the earth, and the Eight Wastelands. Endless fog descended outside Sky Deer City. This army was solemn and cold, everyone standing upon the Ancient Battleships, gazing toward that place from afar. From a million miles away, they could already assault Sky Deer City, whose walls stood like the spine of heaven and earth, towering at the end of the horizon, blocking everything behind them.
Stars revolved one after another, reflecting vast fluctuations there. Upon the grey-green walls, countless runes flickered, finally bursting into light, all surging forth together, transforming into an ocean of energy that raged and boiled at the end of heaven and earth.
Just like the Beyond, upon learning that the Boundary Marker Sea had dried up, all the clans and powers of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains had gathered every one of their people and rushed to Sky Deer City.
Boom!!!
Beams of unimaginable divine light emerged from the depths of Sky Deer City, piercing through the firmament, causing the entire universe to tremble. One after another, experts of incomparably terrifying aura appeared, their true bodies manifesting in the sky, shrouded in Chaos Qi or multicolored clouds, their features impossible to discern, but their ages exceedingly ancient.
Among them were the old ancestors of various clans, the Domain Lords of great domains, and even the Wasteland Leaders of the Eight Wastelands. In ordinary times, many believed they had long since perished, yet today they suddenly appeared in the world, stirring enormous waves.
Upon the city walls stood many cultivators and living beings, clad in treasure armor and wielding heavy artifacts, the weakest among them at the Sacred Lord Realm.
In this battle, the younger generation would not even have the chance to act, for once the great war erupted, it would inevitably be a clash between the supreme experts of both sides.
Anyone else caught within would be ground to ash, not even their bones remaining.
“The Sky Deer Goddess is on the Beyond’s side. This great calamity’s destruction may well have much to do with her.”
“That traitor! We regarded her as the guardian deity of our Sky Deer City in vain, and at this most critical moment, she actually betrayed us and surrendered to the Beyond!”
Many elders had dark expressions, cursing angrily, their cheekbones glowing, powerful fluctuations spreading outward—a sign of extremely powerful spiritual force.
The supreme experts of the Four Powerful War God Clans of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains had also all appeared here, each of them having advanced far within this realm.
Behind them, solemn and silent, followed many of their devotees, all experts within their clans. Ancient blood-stained banners swayed between heaven and earth, endless radiance emerging, capable of illuminating distant lands with brilliant light.
These were the ancestral banners passed down through generations of the Four Powerful War God Clans, once stained with the blood of Immortals. At this moment, all their clansmen knelt prostrate before the ancestral banners, praying devoutly. Massive quantities of runes manifested upon the banners, finally transforming into terrifying forms such as the Black Tortoise, the True Dragon, the Vermilion Bird, and the White Tiger, swallowing the sky and blotting out the sun, as if about to traverse space and reappear in the world.
Countless cultivators and living beings waited solemnly, awaiting the arrival of the Beyond’s army.
“Shifu must have her own difficulties. How could she abandon the Sky Deer Domain, abandon us?”
The current Sky Deer Goddess—that is, Song Chan—was also among the countless people, her face filled with grief and disbelief.
Even now, she still could not believe that the Sky Deer Goddess had betrayed Sky Deer City.
“The Sky Deer Goddess is not such a person. She must have...”
“In this battle, we don’t have the slightest chance at all.” Beside her, Lin Wu said comfortingly.
The matter of the Sky Deer Goddess surrendering to the Beyond had initially shocked him greatly as well.
But upon further thought, perhaps the Sky Deer Goddess’s thinking was the same as his own. Faced with this hopeless battle, the only thing one could do was minimize the casualties.
“You say Shifu has her own difficulties?” Song Chan murmured, staring at the distant horizon, where the sky was rapidly darkening.
It was clear the Beyond’s army was approaching, though it had not yet truly descended upon this place.
“Yes. I think the Sky Deer Goddess must have been unwilling to do this, forced into a corner with no other choice but to compromise. You must know, Sky Deer City cannot hold out against the Beyond for long.”
“When the domain falls, we will all be killed by the Beyond. Do you think the Sky Deer Goddess could bear to witness such a scene with her own eyes?” Lin Wu sighed. He had already mentioned this matter to his family behind him.
Unfortunately, as members of the Blood Dragon War God Clan, the clan elders were deeply disdainful of the idea, their hearts filled with pride, scorning the thought of surrendering to the Beyond.
Were it not for the fact that the two realms were currently at war, he would likely have been confined as punishment.
“I knew Shifu had her own difficulties.”
“Everything she does is for our sake.”
Song Chan bit her lip, as if thinking of something, and gazed toward the distant land. She did not know whether this was right or wrong, but as long as it could help her Shifu, she did not care.
“The Beyond’s army has descended. We have no chance at all.”
The other young prodigies behind Lin Wu were also speaking at this moment, feeling a trembling despair. However, their position was far from the city walls.
Yet even so, they could feel the vast fluctuations coming from the distant land, sweeping in from the other side of heaven and earth. The world shook, and all the runes seemed on the verge of shattering.
The expressions of all the young people were the same as Lin Wu’s and the others’, filled with gravity.
The Beyond had finally come to kill.
At this moment, many from the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains rushed out, standing upon the city walls, gravely watching the distant land. In Sky Deer City, countless runes lit up, containing the meaning of the Great Dao.
Finally, they converged above the firmament, transforming into protective Array Patterns, within which celestial light shone brilliantly and vast energy surged. Even stars were as fragile as dust beneath such energy, liable to shatter at any moment.
This was the most powerful guardian formation of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains in countless years. Once activated, it could withstand attacks from above the True Daoist level.
Now that the Celestial Realm did not manifest, even Remnant Immortals would find it difficult to breach.
“We shall burn the Ancestral Scripts, ignite the ancient Commandments, and repel the Beyond!”
A supreme expert roared, seeing the pitch-black army in the distant land, surging like a flood from within the universe. Soon, from the depths of Sky Deer City came the grand sound of scripture chanting, as one ancient mysterious text after another was ignited, transforming into vast and unfathomable power to repel the distant army.
“So these are the Ancestral Scripts of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains? A pity they are merely incomplete. The traitorous clans of back then, and now they actually take pride in this.”
“Simply laughable.”
Within the pitch-black fog stood a demonic figure. The one who spoke was a True Daoist who clearly had deep knowledge of the origins of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains.
The others were very cold, not speaking, merely watching those burning scripts with indifference.
“The origins of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains?”
The Sky Deer Goddess could hardly conceal her confusion about this. In her consistent understanding, the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains had indeed once been part of the Beyond, but at some unknown point, they had split away.
From the records of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains, the Beyond had always played the role of invader, while the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains had resisted from beginning to end.
As for the reason? It was that the Beyond sought to occupy the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains, coveting their cultivation resources and territory.
But now, in her view, the Beyond was far vaster than the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains. Just the billions upon billions of Overworlds alone contained endless resources.
That reason clearly did not hold up.
A strange look crossed Gu Changge’s eyes, and he casually shook his head slightly. “It seems you don’t know. Actually, in a certain era buried in ancient history, the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains were specifically used to exile those members of our realm’s great clans who had committed grave crimes, but whose crimes did not warrant death. That land was always called the Barren Realm. Its surroundings were a void sea of stars, extremely desolate. There is even a saying that...”
“As time went on, some of the criminal clans multiplied and lived on within it, gradually branching out and flourishing, until later, when the Beyond fell apart, a certain supreme existence born of the Barren Realm took the opportunity to steal a portion of our realm’s Fortuity, using it to nourish the Barren Realm in return.”
“For this reason, the Beyond has not seen the birth of the Celestial Realm for countless years.”
“Of course, these are only the rumors recorded in our realm. Whether they are true or false, I do not know.”
Toward the end, he could not help but laugh. Whether it was the Beyond or the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains, each ultimately had its own reasons and standpoint.
But history, after all, is written by the victors, always embellished toward beautification.
Just like the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains—even now, many cultivators and living beings do not understand why the Beyond repeatedly invades.
“So... this is the reason?”
“Only when the two realms become one can the Beyond give birth to the Celestial Gate and reveal the path?”
The Sky Deer Goddess’s heart grew somewhat heavy. She suddenly realized that this matter was not about so-called right and wrong, but about a difference in standpoint.
If the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains, because of some realm’s actions, caused all their cultivators to be unable to advance and break through to higher realms,
then the actions of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains would likely be no different from the Beyond’s.
Roar!
Roar! Roar!
At this moment, before Sky Deer City, several True Daoists of the Beyond had already struck first, hailing from the Ancient Clans.
“After countless years, I wonder whether Sky Deer City’s Grand Array can once again withstand us?”
They unleashed extremely terrifying divine abilities, pressing down forward. Heaven and earth instantly darkened, and then an endless blood-red hurricane swept forth.
Its terror reached the heavens, containing unimaginable energy, rising and falling there like an ocean.
Within this blood-red hurricane, all manner of living beings appeared, their figures so enormous their edges could not be seen, their entire bodies blood-red, letting out roars that shook heaven and earth.
There were Taotie, Qiongqi, Bifang, divine beasts, and even True Dragons, Celestial Phoenixes, Vermilion Birds, and Qilins. Such a sight was enough to chill the hearts of Sacred Emperor Realm experts and make True Daoists change color.
All the ancient great fiends seemed to have come back to life, raising their heads and roaring within the blood-red hurricane, unleashing a world-shaking, terrifying momentum.
The border of the universe here seemed to explode. Heaven and earth overturned. All the suns, moons, and stars turned to powder and scattered remains, and the Astral River ran dry.
All the living beings and cultivators within Sky Deer City turned pale, chilled with terror, fearing in their hearts that under such might, the barrier outside Sky Deer City would not hold.
“Do not panic. Our realm’s Grand Array can withstand the might of True Immortals. A mere few True Daoists cannot break through.”
The True Daoists from the several great clans had solemn expressions, steadying the morale of their side, their voices spreading out, containing a soothing power.
Boom!!!
In the next instant, the blood-red hurricane descended, countless ferocious beasts roaring as they charged, seeking to submerge this place. This was a sight provoked by the wrath of heaven and earth, all surging toward the mysterious Grand Array upon Sky Deer City ahead.
But upon the formation’s barrier, vast light emerged. Those were ancient and mysterious runes, constructing a heavenly power there.
In an instant, countless flood-like runes erupted, converging into beams of light that blasted forward, seeking to grind away the phantom forms of these ancient great fiends.