The Greatest Villain Hidden Behind the Epochs—To Him, They Were No Different from Big Fish
The Greatest Villain Hidden Behind the Epochs—To Him, They Were No Different from Big Fish
“This is the grand gift I have long prepared for you all.”
Gu Changge gazed at the Hidden Experts charging toward the Northern Dipper Star Territory, and a smile finally appeared at the corner of his mouth.
With a single thought from him, the power of the entire universe came pressing down from above.
Every star territory became like a vast ocean, surging and undulating.
The Dark Cages emerged into the world. Though called cages, from the outside they looked more like dark divine fortresses condensed from dark divine metal, suspended between heaven and earth.
Black light blazed brilliantly, surrounded by dense grey mist that billowed like great waves.
Around these cages, dark Grand Runes circulated one after another, as though containing the most profound Principles of Dao and magic of all the heavens, carrying the utmost power of suppression.
The entire Resplendence Universe trembled. Grand Dao Chains condensed from the power of laws extended from all directions, coiling toward them, seeking to bind them and drag them into those cages.
Boom!
The heavens shook. From the four pillars rising out of the four seas and eight wastelands, ancient characters for “Sin” were lit up and flew forth.
The radiance they reflected was too dazzling, causing the Spiritual Seas and divine souls within their bodies to tremble and corrode along with it.
“Who exactly are you? What connection do you have with the Absolute Yin Heaven?”
Di Huang and the others all paled dramatically. They felt these Dark Cages seemed to have been set up specifically for them, waiting right here for them to show themselves.
What was he trying to do? Trap them inside the Dark Cages?
Moreover, these “Sin” characters that had merged into their bloodlines and Spiritual Seas actually carried the aura of the Absolute Yin Heaven—incredibly dense, as though they were objects born of the Absolute Yin Heaven’s very Source.
One must know, hadn’t the Absolute Yin Heaven that plagued the entire Beyond already been dealt with and sealed away by the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being?
At least for now, it was stable, with no mishaps expected. So where did this aura of the Absolute Yin Heaven come from?
Because of this Absolute Yin aura, they even felt their own Source Dao Fruits—their cultivation that had remained unchanged for countless years—being corroded, drowned out by this aura, on the verge of being assimilated and dissolved.
They were even horrified, fearing their minds would be corroded by the Absolute Yin Heaven’s aura, degrading them into Yin Spirits. At that point, they would no longer be themselves, but would become entirely different creatures.
Such methods truly filled them with dread and unease.
“Could you be the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being? The true Lord of Gods’ Ruins is the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being—he never died, and that is why he has been scheming against us, scheming against the entire Beyond?”
One Hidden Expert roared, watching the Grand Dao Chains piercing toward him. No matter what methods he employed, he could not resist them. He was utterly unwilling to accept this.
“It is definitely not the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being, but it must be some existence from the Beyond—his shadow has been present since ancient times.”
“The Tree of Epoch was also stolen by him back then, and he pinned the blame on the Eight Wastelands and Ten Domains, making us wage war against that realm for countless years.”
Another Hidden Expert growled, his gaze like a blazing torch, incomparably bright with divine light, staring at the land of Gods’ Ruins shrouded in boundless chaotic mist.
Although he did not know the truth, he felt he had already touched upon a part of it.
Because of the Forbidden Epoch, the path to heaven was severed afterward, and the Tree of Epoch was stolen, its whereabouts unknown. For all these years, the laws of heaven and earth in the Beyond had remained incomplete.
Someone of the present era could never have accomplished such a thing.
So he suspected that this Lord of Gods’ Ruins must be a figure from after the Forbidden Epoch of the Beyond—perhaps even more ancient than the Ancient Reincarnation Supreme Being.
In the present age, he had never revealed himself before the world; no one even knew of his existence. Yet like a shadow, he had always lurked behind every epoch, acting as the Greatest Villain behind the scenes, watching epochs rise and fall, mountains and rivers shatter, Daoist traditions perish, and ten thousand ages wither into decay.
Even as a Hidden Expert who had campaigned across the world since his emergence, treading upon the bones of countless peers, his Dao Heart incomparably firm—at this moment, he still felt a bone-chilling dread.
“How interesting.”
Hearing these words, Gu Changge’s voice rang out. He could not help but reveal a light chuckle. He truly had not expected these Hidden Experts to make such connections.
However, this meant little to him. Not all the big fish had entered the net yet.
He had no intention of revealing his true form. It was far too early for that.
“Who exactly are you? The Origin Ancient Ancestor behind the Absolute Yin Heaven?”
Di Huang spoke again, activating his Immortal Grade Artifact to suppress the Source of the Eternal Overcast within his body, while his gaze fixed dead upon the depths of Gods’ Ruins, desperate to learn of Gu Changge’s origins.
But the Source of the Eternal Overcast had already burrowed deep into his divine soul like maggots clinging to bone.
Even with their cultivation, they could not simply expel it—they needed to use tremendous power to suppress it.
As a result, they could not unleash their peak strength. From the moment they stepped into this universe, the Eternal Overcast aura had seeped in, silently contaminating them.
This was something they had never imagined or anticipated from the very start.
Now, only fury remained in their hearts.
“Who I am does not matter. What matters is that the Tree of Epoch is not something you are qualified to possess.”
Gu Changge smiled faintly and struck again. A pitch-black, terrifying great hand reached out from the land of Gods’ Ruins, like the palm of an epoch itself, carrying the momentum to crush everything.
Darkness instantly burst apart. The Grand Dao Chains ahead lashed out like long whips, striking directly at the Hidden Experts, causing their bodies to begin collapsing and their auras to rapidly weaken.
The entire universe was suppressing them. Even they now felt tremendous pressure.
Boom, boom, boom!
The light of the Immortal Grade Artifact bloomed once more. Di Huang roared as he struck out, attempting to shatter the Grand Dao Chains before him.
However, above the heavens, a terrifying will manifested—as though it were the eye of the Heavenly Path itself, cold and merciless—instantly suppressing the immortal light. Even as the Immortal Grade Artifact tried to erupt, it was suppressed in an instant.
The next moment, even more Grand Dao Chains—chi, chi, chi—shot toward Di Huang, and amid his furious, alarmed cries, dragged him into a Dark Cage that had long been prepared.
The remaining Hidden Experts, seeing things turn sour, paled even further.
They had assumed that simultaneously contending against several of them was already the limit of that Lord of Gods’ Ruins. They never imagined he had long since become one with this universe—or rather, that this universe was already under his control. From the moment they stepped in, the outcome had already been sealed.
Boom, boom, boom!!!
Darkness surged open, and grey mist swept over, concealing the Dark Cages. Their terrified, uneasy voices gradually faded away.
The Dark Cages Gu Changge had prepared were condensed from the power of this Great Universe itself. Their sturdiness was comparable even to Great Dao Tribulation Gold—none below the Immortal Realm could break them.
Moreover, because of the Source of the Eternal Overcast, they were forced to divert power to resist it, leaving them unable to exert their peak strength. Though they were Hidden Experts, with most of their power weakened, they were not much different from True Daoists.
In Gu Changge’s eyes, they were naturally no different from big fish.