After Rebirth, Reincarnation Is Nurtured; This World's Affairs End
After Rebirth, Reincarnation Is Nurtured; This World’s Affairs End
Bang!
Heaven and earth overturned, ten thousand tribulations reduced to ash.
Within this space, all rules and order collapsed and shattered, crumbling into dust.
Endless seas of lightning interwove and spread here, as the main body of the Heavenly Path’s Will continuously dissolved, its voice gradually fading away.
That final roar of unwillingness, in everyone’s eyes, was like an ancient giant letting out a desperate, resentful bellow, railing against the injustice of this world.
But everything had already settled into dust, without any surprises.
Such a terrifying, sky-shrouding World’s Will, one that regarded all living beings as ants and was nearly invincible, simply turned into a rain of light and dissipated before everyone’s eyes.
“Is it over? Is everything over?”
“The Heavenly Path’s Will has been destroyed, our world has returned to normal...” someone murmured in a low voice, their mind already unclear.
This scene was simply too inconceivable, like a dream, leaving everyone in the Profound Sword World trembling and terrified, utterly unable to believe it was real.
Everyone gazed at Gu Changge as he walked over calmly, their faces filled with unconcealable fear and disbelief.
The Abundance Sword Immortal, the Snow Sword Immortal, Princess Xuan Die, and the others could be considered relatively familiar with Gu Changge.
But at this moment, they too could not help but tremble slightly, their entire bodies ice-cold. This feeling was ten thousand times more terrifying than facing the Heavenly Path’s Will directly.
Had Gu Changge not suddenly appeared, they would not have dared to imagine it.
All of this—everything—had actually been orchestrated by Gu Changge from behind the scenes.
Even the Heavenly Path’s Will was nothing more than a pitiful chess piece in his hand.
And now that this chess piece’s value had been exhausted, it was ruthlessly discarded by Gu Changge just like that.
“So, Young Master Gu, the reason you let us go back then was for this day...”
The Abundance Sword Immortal, the Snow Sword Immortal, and the others wore expressions of deep bitterness, finally understanding the circumstances of their imprisonment in the Otherworldly Sky Demon dungeon.
Back then, they had naively believed it was Gu Changge being soft-hearted, unwilling to commit more slaughter.
But they never imagined that all of it had been within Gu Changge’s control and plans.
Releasing them was only so they would lead the great army here, to become sacrificial offerings and nourishment.
Every single one of them was his chess piece, his tool.
“It seems you’re not entirely stupid. What, even now, are you still thinking of resisting?”
Gu Changge shook his head lightly, his expression calm and untroubled, without the slightest ripple of emotion.
Whether in the past or now, these so-called Earth Sword Immortals were no different from ants in his eyes.
He could annihilate them with a raise of his palm—why would he need to stand in the same world as them and discuss principles and reason?
“Would our resistance even be of any use?” The Abundance Sword Immortal, the Snow Sword Immortal, and the others had eyes filled with nothing but despair and dejection.
Princess Xuan Die, Ah Qing, and the others also had faintly pale faces as they looked at Gu Changge, who now seemed utterly unfamiliar to them.
So in the end, all of it had merely been their own wishful thinking.
From the very beginning, Gu Changge had descended upon this world with a purpose. It was just that they had been too foolish to notice anything at all.
This scheme—Gu Changge had laid it out for far too long, so long that everyone had sunk deep into it without realizing.
They could not help but shudder, terrified to the extreme. How could such a dreadful person exist in this world?
“You may certainly try. After all, one must always have hope.”
Gu Changge smiled faintly and walked over slowly, darkness spreading behind him, yet the depths of his eyes were nothing but cold indifference.
“Young Master Gu, why must you do this?”
Princess Xuan Die and the others laughed miserably, unable to accept this reality.
However, Gu Changge’s gaze never once fell upon where they stood. From beginning to end, it was as if he had never heard those words at all—cold and unmoved.
“Kill!”
One Earth Sword Immortal’s eyes turned red. Roaring, he charged forward, his entire body transforming into a dazzling, brilliant sword light. Ignoring the attempts of those around him to stop him, he fought to take Gu Changge down with him.
He had personally watched those Dark Cages be swallowed by flames, the many figures imprisoned within unable to even scream before vanishing into smoke.
How could he endure such a sight?
Now, knowing that the chief culprit behind all of this was Gu Changge, the only thought remaining in his heart was to kill Gu Changge.
However, before this Earth Sword Immortal could even get close to Gu Changge—
A burly, towering figure appeared. A long spear swept across, pointing diagonally toward the southern sky, swift as lightning, thrusting out in a flash and instantly piercing through the man’s glabella.
Then, with a twist of the wrist, the corpse flew out, exploding into pieces in the void, perishing on the spot.
Ah Da had appeared, his expression cold, clad in Hell Iron battle armor, like a war god who had walked out from the depths of hell.
A faint crimson hue tinged his eyes as he slowly swept his gaze over the crowd before him. He said not a word, merely standing before Gu Changge.
All the living beings and Cultivators who had wanted to make a move, upon witnessing this horrifying scene, felt their hearts and minds tremble.
Never mind Gu Changge—this one subordinate of his alone was enough to sweep through everyone present.
At this point, they finally understood why the Heavenly Path’s Will had said back then that when they learned the truth, they would only fall into deeper despair.
Because all of this had long been destined. Facing an enemy like Gu Changge, was there any hope of resistance left?
“Even knowing it is hopeless, we must still fight! Otherwise, how could we face the many seniors who perished here?”
“How could we face the hot blood they spilled?”
Seeing morale sinking and despair shrouding everyone’s hearts, an extremely aged Earth Sword Immortal roared.
He stepped forward, away from the great army, and actually ignited the last of his essence, Qi, and Soul, transforming into a ball of flame as he charged forward, fearless of death.
“That’s right, we cannot despair yet. We still have one last chance.”
“Wasn’t it like this just now as well?”
Seeing this, some people suddenly came to their senses, rousing themselves from despair. Gritting their teeth, they roared, hope rekindled in their eyes.
“Indeed, until the final moment, how can we say there is no hope? Hope lies within the hearts of men!”
The Abundance Sword Immortal roared as well, sweeping away his earlier despair and dejection, charging forth together with the other Earth Sword Immortals.
At that moment, as if influenced by the emotions of the crowd, that peerless figure—which had grown faint and was being swallowed by darkness—suddenly burst forth with boundless light, growing ever more radiant.
For a time, even its hair grew denser, each strand like an Astral River, glittering brilliantly, unimaginably vast, hanging down with boundless light swirling around it.
“Kill!”
Everyone could not help but look toward that peerless figure standing atop the dark clouds, their gazes filled with hope.
This was the existence summoned when the essence, Qi, and Soul of all beings connected as one, containing the unyielding will of everyone.
Just moments ago, it had battled the Heavenly Path’s Will for thousands of rounds, nearly invincible.
Now its aura was even more powerful and terrifying. With every gesture, endless radiant light and auspicious Qi interwove and resonated.
“The Ancestral Symbol the Heavenly Path’s Will spoke of... perhaps it was formed from the Source of a being who once stepped into the Celestial Realm.”
Gazing at this ancient figure clad in animal skins and wielding a great bone staff, Gu Changge suddenly had a flash of understanding.
The reason this Profound Sword World had given birth to a Heavenly Path’s Will was very likely because this world had been created by a Celestial Realm being—or nurtured from the corpse of one after death.
Having figured all this out, Gu Changge no longer held back. He directly raised his hand and pressed forward.
Vast fluctuations of magic power surged, transforming into a sky-blotting demonic cloud that instantly swallowed this space.
All the Cultivators and living beings who charged forward crumbled beneath this power, body and soul annihilated, their forms bursting apart into bloody mist.
Compared to the earlier battle against the Heavenly Path’s Will, this battle was clearly far more brutal.
Wave after wave of Cultivators and living beings charged at Gu Changge.
But before they could even approach him, they were crushed by the boundless power.
Unable to even grunt, they exploded directly.
Like withered leaves shattered by monstrous waves in a vast sea, they could not even stir up a spray—utterly insignificant.
This was the power of absolute crushing dominance. The void collapsed, the world withered, and terrifying chains like mountain ranges stretched out from the depths of darkness, drawing in this world’s Source power.
That hazy ball of light was also rapidly solidifying and growing, slowly transforming from an embryonic form toward maturity.
Gu Changge’s gaze remained unmoved as he watched the many Sacrificial Scriptures around him ignite, then transform entirely into energy that converged toward him.
However, in his view, this World’s Source was still lacking something.
“It seems I’ll need to devour you in the end for this Source to approach perfection.”
Gu Changge took the initiative to strike. The Eight Barren Demon Halberd swept down horizontally like a light of annihilation, carrying the invincible might to overturn eternity and sever the River of Time.
Clang, clang, clang—
Within the void, endless halberd light appeared, blooming forth, terrifying and vast—a single wisp of it could destroy an entire universe.
In merely an instant, all the rules and living beings before him were destroyed, reduced to ash, vanishing into smoke.
Such divine might was something even a universe could hardly withstand, let alone living beings.
The Abundance Sword Immortal and the others who charged at him exploded in the first instant, their souls annihilated without the slightest remnant.
Rumble—
Within the darkness, great stars revolved and condensed, then all came crashing down together.
The peerless figure formed from the power of the Ancestral Symbol, its gaze cold and sharp as a blade, descended toward him, as if awakening from some distant, unknown dimension.
It was as if it had heard the prayers of all living beings in this world, gathering the faith and hope of the masses, walking out from a passage of time.
The sound of the Great Dao resonated, all manner of celestial phenomena appeared—ancient saints prostrating themselves, hordes of demons bowing their heads.
“Slay the demon!”
A muffled, droning sound issued from its mouth, indistinct—it was not a language of this era, far too ancient.
Yet the meaning contained within it was something everyone could understand.
It charged toward Gu Changge to kill him. Vast runes swirled around its body, boundless light transforming into divine weapons—thousands upon thousands, brilliant to the extreme—all surging forth together.
This was the might of the great annihilation of all worlds, unfathomable and indescribable, no longer expressible in simple words.
Clang!
A streak of halberd light swept across, incomparably cold, billions of strands of demonic Qi coiling and sweeping, directly shattering and blasting apart those runes.
The Eight Barren Demon Halberd cleaved down, instantly crossing tens of millions of miles, slashing through the rifts of space and time.
“A person who has already passed away—what use is there in reappearing in this world?”
As Gu Changge strode forward, this already decayed space immediately collapsed.
Terrifying phenomena emerged around him, all manner of Chaos light spreading and interweaving.
His palm was as clear and bright as seven-colored divine glass, various ancient and supreme manifestations appearing—before him a golden palace of the Great Dao, behind him dark, heavy mist. Holiness and Demonic Energy coexisted, like a deity overlooking all the heavens, carrying cold majesty.
However, this figure formed from the Ancestral Symbol was equally terrifying. All manner of ancient exotic beasts seemed to emerge beneath its feet.
They reappeared in this world, letting out heaven-collapsing, earth-sinking roars, striking with claws and beating wings as they charged at Gu Changge.
“As expected, the aura of the Immortal Realm.”
Gu Changge murmured softly. Facing an existence that had stepped into this domain countless ages ago, he no longer employed his many Dao Artifacts.
A powerhouse of this level and a True Daoist were separated by far more than a single tier.
Ordinary methods could never grind it down and devour it.
However, in his view, the outcome of this battle had long been decided. There was no second possibility.
Grinding down his opponent was merely a matter of time.
Rumble—
Endless battle fluctuations spread out, this space collapsing. Across indescribable spans of time and space, Gu Changge exchanged blows with it.
Heaven and earth overturned—it could practically overturn everything.
His gaze was cold and calm as he stood at the end of the darkness, thick black mist shrouding him. Taking the initiative with overwhelming force, the Grand Flask appeared, letting down vast cascades of runes, devouring eternity itself.
All order and rules were shattered, then swept into it.
Thick Chaos mist spread, rules snapped, and this place fell into utter chaos. All living beings vanished, leaving only endless, boundless light.
Gu Changge swung his halberd once more. The terrifying radiance seemed to tear through endless Great Universes, annihilating everything, destroying all.
“Perish.”
His expression was cold, a single word leaving his mouth.
Vast fluctuations spread, all worlds collapsed, and the peerless figure standing atop the dark clouds began to break apart inch by inch.
This scene caused everyone to fall into utter despair, no longer able to see a single ray of light.
Time stagnated, space fell silent.
All fluctuations faded away. Between heaven and earth, only a vast expanse of Chaos remained.
If one were to say this place was the moment before heaven and earth were first divided, that would not be wrong either, for the Eight Wastelands were all a boundless blur, with not even borders discernible.
Only a vast and mighty worldly aura surged beneath one’s feet, as if an ancient world was being nurtured within.
An incomparably ancient and towering Ancient Battleship, like a continent itself, slowly glided across this boundlessness.
Gu Changge stood at the bow, his white robes whiter than snow, untouched by a speck of dust, transcendent like a god.
He gazed down at the Profound Sword World, which had become a stretch of Chaos, and gently shook his head, his eyes calm and untroubled.
After condensing and taking the World Source, he had not erased the many Original Souls scattered across this world.
That is to say, years from now—perhaps hundreds of millions of years, perhaps longer—this world would open and evolve anew, and everything would move toward reincarnation once more, cycling round and round.
“The reincarnation of every world means rebirth from within destruction.”
“Perhaps this is true reincarnation.”
Behind Gu Changge, a tall, graceful figure walked over slowly, her serene and elegant, breathtakingly beautiful face carrying a complicated expression.
It was none other than Yu Feiya, the Eldest Princess of the Great Yu Celestial Dynasty.
She was actually somewhat surprised that Gu Changge had truly honored their agreement and not killed her.
But on second thought, Yu Feiya understood—her identity, kept alive, was of far greater use to Gu Changge.
Especially now that all the many Beyond factions that had descended upon this world had been utterly destroyed and buried here.
“Rebirth after destruction, destruction after rebirth—is this truly reincarnation?” Gu Changge chuckled softly, withdrew his gaze, and vanished from the bow.
With the World Source in hand, he was about to begin refining and devouring it. After returning to the Beyond, he would likely have no small amount of trouble to face.