Since Ancient Times Evil Never Triumphs Over Good—Courage Born of Ignorance
Since Ancient Times Evil Never Triumphs Over Good—Courage Born of Ignorance
With a tremendous quake, the whole of Sky Deer City seemed to tremble.
Immediately after, a torrential rain of blood poured down from the high heavens, accompanied by crystalline divine fragments shimmering with five-colored radiance.
Everyone before Sky Deer City watched in horror, watching as every last ripple of resistance was quelled beneath such overwhelming, terrifying might.
Zhao Yunze’s body was torn apart by that single spear thrust, exploding into pieces.
The Nirvana Grade Sword in his hand was covered in dense, spiderwebbing cracks, and from within the fissures shone a brilliant light, as if it could shatter at any moment.
It was a scene that shook the soul. The crimson spear, wreathed in billions of divine strands, was like the legendary spear of world-ending, bringing boundless calamity upon all living beings of heaven and earth.
It seemed capable of tearing apart the universe across the ages—merely streaking across the sky for an instant, it had already ground away all the figures that had emerged from the Black Tortoise Flag.
The stars beyond the domain trembled, rustling and shuddering. Vast energy surged forth like a boiling ocean, making one unable to resist the urge to prostrate oneself beneath it.
Gu Changge’s figure was blurred and hazy, standing firm in the heavens, his gaze cold and waveless. In his palm, crimson radiance in the billions condensed into a spear, angled toward the horizon, stained with blood.
Clusters of silver flames circled around him, making the air itself sizzle and burn, as if space would collapse.
It was a shocking and terrifying sight, carrying an unmatched world-destroying might that reached everywhere without limit.
No living being had the courage to face that spear.
“Young Master Yunze... impossible...”
“How could this...”
Everyone within Sky Deer City stared blankly in horror, their legs going soft, nearly kneeling beneath that aura.
They had never imagined it.
Zhao Yunze had two Supreme Treasures on him, yet he was defeated so quickly—his body exploding into a sky-filling rain of blood, seemingly perishing on the spot.
The faces of Zhao Yunze’s many friends and beloveds instantly drained of all color, frozen where they stood.
Then, someone refused to believe it. Eyes reddening, hair standing on end, they threw back their head and roared—
“My son...”
The Domain Ruler of the Great Cloud Domain’s face was filled with profound grief and killing intent. He could not help but bellow, his voice containing unimaginable pain.
A terrifying sound wave erupted from within Sky Deer City’s barrier, shaking heaven and earth, making hearts tremble.
Though he had long harbored an ill premonition, he had never thought Zhao Yunze would fall outside the city walls.
With those Supreme Treasures in hand, even if defeated, he should have been able to flee back quickly.
Yet Gu Changge had pierced his body through with a single spear, bursting him directly into a sky-filling rain of blood, carrying divinity, scattering across the desert beyond Sky Deer City’s domain.
How could he accept this? If not for the supreme experts beside him holding him back, he would have charged out to fight Gu Changge to the death.
“Domain Ruler Yunze, you must not act rashly. Gu Changge’s strength has exceeded our imagination.”
“We fear that if you go out, you will follow in Young Master Yunze’s footsteps...”
Several True Daoists spoke with grave and wary expressions, holding the Domain Ruler back, lest he, overcome by rage and grief, charge out of the city to battle Gu Changge.
That was clearly unworkable.
Moreover, they even felt that the strength Gu Changge now displayed was far greater than what he had shown back outside the Aether Abyss.
So they too worried that the Domain Ruler was no match for Gu Changge.
“It seems we still underestimated Young Master Changge. That ignorant ant couldn’t even last three moves before being suppressed and killed.”
“This desolate blood-red color is truly beautiful. When such a color stains the whole of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains, that will be the most moving sight in this world.”
The True Daoists of the Beyond, shrouded in great mist, watched the scene and could not help but laugh.
Though somewhat surprised by Gu Changge’s power, this outcome was still within their expectations.
“He’s not dead yet.”
“No, wait—this aura is...”
At that moment, one of the Beyond’s True Daoists suddenly furrowed his brow, sensing something amiss, his gaze snapping toward the exploded blood mist.
The other supreme experts, mid-conversation, also changed expression slightly, frowning as they looked over.
In their perception, the rules of this heaven and earth seemed to be undergoing some kind of transformation.
“Oh? Rebirth through fire, advancing a step further?”
“Looks like I guessed right.”
Gu Changge now lightly raised an eyebrow, watching as the blood mist before him suddenly burst into flames. Swaths of radiance flew out from within, carrying immortal mist, vast and boundless.
At the same time, across the skies of the entire Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains, the sounds of the Dao began to resound. The rules of heaven and earth manifested in unison, the workings of the Great Dao emerging.
Countless streams of Fortuity and Power of Faith surged in from all directions of the world, like a boiling silver ocean.
Boom!!
Endless flames erupted there, with chains of rules and order crisscrossing through, as if constructing something.
“This is...”
“That’s right, this is the aura of a True Daoist. Young Master Yunze hasn’t died—he’s using this opportunity to go one step further, to surpass his limits!”
Cries of astonishment rang out from the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains’ side.
Many were shocked, then ecstatic, sensing the birth of new life within those flames.
It was a vast and surging life force, seemingly accompanied by the beating of a heart.
Thump, thump, thump...
That sound echoed between heaven and earth, resounding in the hearts of every cultivator and living being, containing unimaginable Dao rhythm—enough even to aid others in comprehending the Dao.
It was an unimaginable scene: a True Daoist being born on this spot.
Because of this great battle, breaking through his shackles to advance one step further.
In ancient times, the world would even have sent down a Heavenly Tribulation to temper him.
But even this sight was astonishing enough. The entire universe seemed to nourish him in return, endless spiritual energy transforming into an ocean, surging and boiling there.
The older generation of experts all let out great sighs of relief, smiles returning to their faces.
The many young ones clenched their fists, hope kindling in their eyes, staring fixedly at that brilliant radiance outside Sky Deer City.
“I told you, how could Young Master Yunze die so easily? Back then, he was an existence who single-handedly suppressed his entire generation until they couldn’t breathe.”
“Even after sixty million years, Young Master Yunze remains invincible through the ages!”
“Now the tide of battle will surely reverse dramatically! Once Young Master Yunze achieves the Dao, Gu Changge will discover just how vast the gap between them truly is...”
Some thought secretly, praying, having long bottled up a bellyful of resentment, wishing desperately that Zhao Yunze, reborn through fire, would suppress and kill the enemy of the Beyond.
In their view, achieving the Dao was an enormous threshold. After breaking through, Zhao Yunze’s strength would undergo an earth-shaking transformation.
This was an Anomaly! Since ancient times, evil has never triumphed over good—heaven itself aids the righteous!
“Gu Changge, I must thank you for completing me.”
“Otherwise, who knows how long I would have waited to break through to the Dao Realm.”
Zhao Yunze’s figure emerged, though his face was still blurred and illusory, not yet fully solidified.
Just now, Gu Changge’s spear had indeed pierced through his body, tearing him apart, nearly killing him.
Fortunately, at that moment, the Supreme Treasures of the Great Cloud Domain shone, gathering the Power of Faith, and he felt the Fortuity of this entire heaven and earth surge toward him, protecting his Original Soul.
Seizing this opportunity, he had finally broken through in the face of death, his cultivation advancing a step further, becoming a true True Daoist, possessing the power to reverse the entire situation. Compared to before, he was simply incomparable.
“Oh? So your breakthrough in cultivation gave you the confidence to say such things to me.” Hearing this, Gu Changge merely smiled faintly, not particularly concerned.
Huala-la!!
As Zhao Yunze reforged his body, the Black Tortoise Flag once again unfurled and billowed.
Before, his strength had been insufficient to truly unleash its terrifying divine might. Now it was like a dreadful curtain blotting out the sky, endless blood and killing aura crystallizing from within.
Especially the blood staining the Black Tortoise Flag—it seemed to come alive, making heaven and earth rumble.
From the distant desert, sky-filling yellow sand surged upward, slapping against the heavens.
This was the might of a single drop of blood—more like genuine immortal blood.
Now, stirred by Zhao Yunze, it manifested once more. Faintly, everyone heard a vast, resonant chanting in their ears.
As if an immortal True Immortal of some clan sat cross-legged deep within the flag.
All the armies and living beings of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains seemed about to kneel, bowing in worship toward that figure.
That single drop of blood stirred the great momentum of heaven and earth, setting the four seas and Eight Wastelands boiling.
“So it’s a True Immortal who once died in the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains... but a mere drop of blood dares to act presumptuously before me.”
Gu Changge watched the scene with keen interest.
Then the crimson spear in his hand thrust forward, wreathed in terrifying Principles of Destruction, rising to meet it.
With a heaven-shaking boom, the sky trembled, and all the land before Sky Deer City shattered.
Every star exploded into powder, becoming a field of brilliance.
The crimson spear, which had until now pierced through everything, now cracked apart with a snap.
This was an unimaginably terrifying might.
Just the pressure radiating from it was enough to make Sacred Emperor Realm beings bow in worship, not daring to resist.
That drop of True Immortal Blood pressed down, transforming into an immortal True Immortal to suppress him.
Everyone was shaken, feeling that the drop of True Immortal Blood seemed truly to be coming back to life.
Boom!!
At this moment, even the many experts of the Beyond changed color, feeling that this drop of True Immortal Blood...
...was suppressing not only Gu Changge, but them as well.
It rolled downward, five-colored at first, carrying immortal qi.
Then it turned black-red, as if corroded, and space was pierced through with a tearing sound.
All means became useless before it as it fell straight toward Gu Changge.
At that moment, everyone heard ancient scripture chanting—a peerless True Immortal delivering the mortal world. A single drop of blood creating might surpassing that of a True Daoist—if it were a true immortal, how terrifying would that be? Many could not help but think this, their scalps tingling.
“What a pity...”
Gu Changge’s gaze held some regret.
There were too many people here; otherwise, he could have directly seized this drop of True Immortal Blood.
However much there was, it was still a resource that could be refined.
But in the next instant, he shook his sleeve, and a yellow-gold gourd emerged.
At first only palm-sized, yet its aura was majestic, pressing down on this universe and cosmos as if they would collapse. Weng!!
Then at the gourd’s mouth, ten-colored immortal light bloomed, appearing in the sky, growing ever larger, like transforming into a bottomless abyss.
“The Immortal-Killing Gourd...”
Many ancient figures of the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains changed color drastically, recognizing this Supreme Treasure—it was the very one lost during the war with the Beyond.
For many years afterward, no one had been able to find it. Then, some time ago, Gu Changge had appeared at the Boundary Monument Sea and seized it.
Moreover, compared to the legends, the Immortal-Killing Gourd of today was clearly even more fearsome.
In Gu Changge’s hands, it had plainly been refined anew—the endless blood-red killing aura upon its body alone was enough to chill one’s courage. Rumble!
As that drop of True Immortal Blood revived and pressed down toward Gu Changge...
...the Immortal-Killing Gourd in his hand also spewed forth thick radiance, seeking to swallow the drop of True Immortal Blood.
But the drop of blood also sensed this disturbance and began to bloom with blood-red crimson light, rapidly expanding like an ocean, sweeping across heaven and earth. Even True Daoists felt their hearts palpitate at this moment.
Terrifying might erupted there, heaven and earth falling silent. The Immortal-Killing Gourd sought to devour the drop of immortal blood, while the drop of blood sought to pierce through it.
“Gu Changge, accept your death!”
“Today’s battle shall have its conclusion! Since ancient times, evil has never triumphed over good—this is an unchangeable law!”
Seizing this opportunity, Zhao Yunze, his body now reforged, charged forth once more, killing intent in his eyes, roaring in fury.
His aura now was vastly different from before, constantly manifesting that True Daoist presence—resonating with heaven and earth, wreathed in the laws of the Great Dao.
The Nirvana Grade Sword shone, its cracked marks healing, its majestic might shaking sun and moon as it slashed out an unimaginable strike—one that reached the very pinnacle of his life.
This sword could slay a True Daoist!
Countless cultivators of Sky Deer City watched, hearts surging, blood boiling, as if already witnessing the sight of Gu Changge falling beneath this sword in a spray of blood.
The pressure Gu Changge had given them was simply too terrifying; they longed desperately to see him gravely wounded.
This feeling, after Zhao Yunze’s rebirth through fire, swelled madly to an unimaginable degree.
“If I can kill you once, I can naturally kill you a second time.”
“Is fearlessness born of ignorance your courage?”
Sensing the disturbance, Gu Changge raised his eyes, his brow furrowing slightly, his gaze cold and indifferent. He withdrew his attention from the drop of immortal blood.
Then, in his hand appeared a pitch-black blade. Imperial might swept out grandly. Without even exerting force, vast and heavy magic power surged, and he simply cleaved down toward Zhao Yunze.
Boom!!!
This blade carried an unimaginable aura, spanning past and present, suppressing the universe, blooming with unmatched power. The faces of everyone in the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains changed drastically, turning pale, as the very sky seemed to explode.
The boiling excitement from moments before froze in an instant, nearly prostrating them beneath this aura.
At this moment, their very souls were nearly beyond their control, terror reaching its peak.
They had never imagined that in his earlier exchange with Zhao Yunze, Gu Changge had not been serious at all.
The Solar Heavenly Blade had once belonged to the Solar Demon Overlord—a Dao Artifact nurtured for countless years. The instant it erupted with its full might, the entire universe seemed to burst apart, annihilated beneath this aura.
“This...” Zhao Yunze’s expression could not help but change. He felt the Nirvana Grade Sword in his hand trembling, barely able to withstand this pressure any longer.
But at this point, there was no room for retreat.
The terrifying forces collided.
The place instantly blurred, shrouded in endless radiance. Chaos Energy surged forth, flooding in from the ruined edges of the universe. Everyone’s eyes stung; none could see what was happening there.
Even True Daoists had to avert their gazes, unable to look directly. They sensed the majestic Sword Qi erupting, colliding with the terrifying blade aura.
It was as if endless stars exploded, a field of brilliant crystalline splendor, equally blinding.
But in the end—with a pu sound—blood sprayed out, even more profusely than before, like an Astral River bursting its banks, dyeing heaven and earth a vivid red.
The faces of everyone in the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains turned deathly pale, nearly frozen stiff where they stood.