Chapter 1110: The Final Anthem

Author: Three Hundred Jin SmileCategory:Last Updated: 20200704Chapter Word Count: 8096 words

This towering golden Buddha, standing before them, exuded an incredible aura, its immense pressure no less than that of quasi-tenth-tier, near-ultimate existences like the Three Abyssal Blue Heaven Venerates. This was because it had consumed and assimilated an immense number of ordinary Dao Attainers—over three thousand. Each of these Dao Attainers usually brought their own transcendent civilization worlds, teeming with countless gods, celestial emperors, and mortal beings. The backing of each Dao Attainer represented hundreds of billions of sentient beings, equivalent to simultaneously infecting the essence of over three thousand transcendent great worlds. How terrifying was this?

"A Buddha?"

The Stone Man Disc calmly observed the Three-Pillar God. "We are about to break through. We're not wasting time; we'll reach the tenth-tier immediately. Are you here to seek death?" He had implicitly allowed the other party to consume, and no one knew what he was thinking. Only the Stone Man Disc knew that once he fell, the Fallen Ones' civilization would have a place of refuge, someone to take them in.

"It's time for us to retreat," the Three-Pillar God communicated calmly to Emperor Qi in secret. "They are about to break through. We cannot stop them from reaching the ultimate tenth-tier. What’s coming is a chaotic battle of ultimate tenth-tier beings, and confronting the descending high-dimensional existences is beyond our cultivation levels."

The Three-Pillar God was very rational. The three of them had not intervened until now, not just because they were busy infecting sentient beings, but also because the Abyssal Blue race's bloodline was too restraining for them. They were not like Emperor Qi or Caroline, who had cultivated the Nine Revolutions Profound Art, allowing them to withstand restrictions and endure attacks without fear. While the demon-core Buddhist disciples and sentient beings of their Lava Domain were "cells" that cultivated the Nine Revolutions Profound Art and could previously clash head-on with Emperor Qi and others, now, the organization they had formed consisted of outsiders who did not cultivate the Nine Revolutions Profound Art. Their defenses were extremely weak; once restricted, they would be powerless to resist. Therefore, the Three-Pillar God chose not to intervene. Now, having consumed a large number of ninth-tier Dao Attainers, possessing equivalent quasi-tenth-tier peak combat power, they dared to approach and rescue Emperor Qi. This was because, at equivalent realms, the Abyssal Blue race could only slow their movement to an extremely sluggish pace, but not completely immobilize them.

"Your current combat power can match theirs, yet you still want to leave?" Emperor Qi frowned as he transmitted his thoughts. The Three-Pillar God had consumed too many, over three thousand Dao Attainers, plus countless gods, celestial emperors, and mortals. In terms of realm alone, they were far superior. Emperor Qi's veins bulged. The Three-Pillar God had been consuming people all this time; now that he had gained benefits, he wanted to leave? Moreover, a part of Emperor Qi's Dao foundation had been severed, and he hadn't had the chance to avenge this great grudge. Was he to let the Three-Pillar God simply walk away?

"We cannot prevent their breakthrough. They have gone mad and are beginning to break through to the ultimate tenth-tier," the Three-Pillar God stated rationally, having already deduced the future outcome. "To stop a tenth-tier ultimate breakthrough, we must severely wound the opponent to interrupt it. But we currently lack that capability." This was a pragmatic assessment. If other quasi-tenth-tier existences were breaking through, they might be able to interrupt it, inflicting severe damage that would disorder their Grand Dao laws and prevent the breakthrough. However, the Abyssal Blue race controlled time, slowing them to a standstill. Their movements would be too slow, making it difficult to even land a hit, let alone stop the breakthrough! And once the opponent broke through, it would no longer be their battleground. If they didn't leave now, facing ultimate tenth-tier cosmic existences and the transcendent, great ultimate existences descending from above, it would be extremely perilous. That was a battlefield only for beings like the Super Ancient Gods.

Emperor Qi's expression flickered, realizing it was indeed time to retreat. What followed was beyond their intervention. It was for the Abyssal Blue Divine Realm and the Fallen Ones' civilization, two ancient cosmic overlords, to walk their final path!

"Very well," Emperor Qi conceded, knowing the situation was beyond salvage. He transmitted, "Then you accompany me in this charade. I will escape with my true body, leaving behind my Pangu True Body, the quantum combat body, to fight the final battle. A fight is still necessary."

The towering Buddha, having just ambushed the Stone Man Disc, was swiftly engaged by the nearby Second Witch. "Hmph, not joining us in besieging this strongest one? As expected of an evil, dark, emotional being, attacking everyone it sees!" The Buddhist existence looked furious; this Second Witch had attacked the three Heaven Venerates, then the Stone Man Disc, and now him.

"I fight whom I choose," she declared. The two swiftly engaged in close combat, their struggle intensely fierce.

Imperceptibly, Emperor Qi's true body, ant-sized, quietly detached from his Pangu True Body and entered the Three-Pillar God's palm. The two sides collided fiercely, then quickly flew backward. The Buddhist Great Power became utterly enraged. "You fight your own battles; I'm not getting involved!" With that, the Three-Pillar God turned and left.

The three Heaven Venerates frowned slightly at this sight but paid it no mind. "No need to bother with this Buddhist civilization. It was secretly infecting from the start; now it wants to withdraw. But where can it run? Whichever side wins and breaks through to the ultimate tenth-tier will find it again. Can it really block the perception of a tenth-tier ultimate existence's laws?" In their view, no matter how the opponent ran, they could not escape their grasp. So, they let this Buddhist powerhouse go, knowing that anything gained before a tenth-tier ultimate would have to be spat back out.

Meanwhile, Caroline, sealed in frozen crystal, watched the scene and whispered to herself, "Emperor Qi was beaten, his Dao foundation damaged, so he could only follow the Three-Pillar God and has begun retreating, leaving his Pangu quantum body behind to fill in. Although his combat power and recovery are reduced, for a short period, as long as he doesn't exhaust his strength, he can maintain about seventy percent of his original level. It's not noticeable."

"I need to retreat too," she thought. Following suit, her ant-sized true body slowly emerged from the frozen crystal, leaving her Pangu True Body sealed in place. Her true body then stealthily breached the adjacent crystal, secretly taking the Guixu weapon from Meng Mei's combat body, leaving Meng Mei's true body to pretend to be sealed, and rapidly retreated. Thus, all of them secretly withdrew their true bodies, leaving only empty shells. This was the advantage of the Pangu True Body; no one knew when the true body had left.

The battle fully erupted. The three Heaven Venerates and Emperor Qi swiftly encircled the Stone Man Disc. "Help me, relieve the time-lock, and I will kill him," Emperor Qi was still preparing for the final showdown. With his retreat path ready, he unleashed his full power without restraint. The battle intensified.

"Hahahaha, just like that, just like that!" The Stone Man Disc roared with laughter. "Why hesitate? Go all out, break through to the tenth-tier directly, bring out the final trump cards, and decisively settle this!" As they fought, the Grand Dao Gates behind these four ancient existences gradually appeared and condensed. Ancient trees seemed to be carved onto the gate surfaces, appearing indescribably ancient and mysterious.

"Let's go," the remaining Patrol Inspectors in the distance turned pale. Pampas, Yusa, and others immediately retreated, "Once they break through to the ultimate tenth-tier, they will be existences standing at the end of the Grand Dao. The mere aftershocks could shake us to death. This is no longer our place to intervene."

*Crack!* The next second, as they retreated, Caroline, still in the frozen crystal they were about to take away, manipulated her Pangu True Body to break out of the ice. *Crack!* To their astonishment, she casually shattered the nearby crystal, releasing the chaotic and grotesque Dark Earth Mother. As everyone else retreated in the opposite direction, she plunged headfirst into the final maelstrom of the war.

"A breakthrough of ancient tenth-tier existences," Caroline's face gleamed with yearning. "This is a grand spectacle that occurs only once every few million years on this land! I will witness it!" In a trance, she seemed to recall the final moments of the Ishudar, the scenes of destruction from long ago rushing before her eyes. She had become a tomb keeper.

"Kill!" She leaped high, joining the battle to encircle the Stone Man Disc. "Your final glory, we will witness it, and we will take your place!" She believed that the Super Ancient Gods would intervene to suppress everything else.

"You, are you the Magical Girl?" Meng Mei stared intently at the Stone Man Disc, her body shimmering with violent, evil light. "Magical Girl, you took away my hope and left us with despair. Today, I will—where is my magic wand?"

*Boom!* They clashed completely. Though it was a vacuum in space, thunderous roars seemed to echo. Countless transparent energy giants' hands seemed to pierce the entire universe, surging from above and below, a doomsday scene like a hell of blades. Countless sharp blades penetrated the void, and energy swirled in the vortex of the entire battlefield.

*Dong... Dong...*

A faint, ethereal sound of the Grand Dao spread, vast and resonant, as if the entire star river domain was filled with inexplicable, subtle, and pleasant clashing sounds. *Ding-ding-dong-dong*, as if something was breaking, and also as if something was condensing.

Pampas, Yusa, and their groups of Patrol Inspectors moved through the universe. The immense wind pressure made them unable to stand straight, as frail as mortals facing a storm. Yusa suddenly turned, staring blankly at the battle, then smiled serenely, "This is the final step of our civilization..."

"What... is that?"

At the distant edges of the Abyssal Blue Divine Realm, on Earth, countless people stepped out onto the streets, inexplicably looking up. "Is that a sound?" "It sounds like something." "Am I hearing things?" Residents of all seven continents, every student, every office worker, heard faint, indistinct bell-like sounds, like a cosmic eulogy, with cheerful humming.

"Mom, look, a meteor!" A child lay on the balcony, cheerfully pointing at the sky and calling to their mother in the living room. "It's broad daylight, where would a meteor come from?" The mother, wearing an apron, walked out, astonished as she looked at the sky. A scattered meteor shower had begun to fall from the sky at some unknown time. Beautiful and dazzling, it glowed faintly in the universe with a sacred, pure white light, like a rare, distant supernova explosion, an unusual cosmic phenomenon.

Inside internet cafes, at home computers, the screens remained silent despite the meteor shower outside. Countless people stared intently at their monitors, not speaking, watching the terrifying cosmic upheaval. This was the ultimate moment when the destinies of the Super Ancient Gods, the Emperor Lords, all the players, and the ancient Chinese Buddhist and Daoist civilizations of Earth would forge new paths here.

"The ultimate Grand Dao is about to be born."

A mountain-like pressure settled upon everyone's hearts. No one spoke, their eyes fixed on the screen. In the cosmic vortex, Emperor Qi, Caroline, Meng Mei, and even the three Heaven Venerates were besieging the Stone Man Disc. The terrifying energy blurred their faces and figures. But the only distinguishable sight was the colossal gates behind the Heaven Venerates, now fully manifested.

Like the ninth-tier, climbing the tenth-tier path involves personal seclusion and accumulation, not external energy. Only the breakthrough to the tenth-tier requires a massive energy reserve to facilitate the transition. The ultimate tenth-tier, a final life form of another dimension, requires an ocean of energy for breakthrough. But for these ancient existences, preparations had long been complete. The gates behind the four grew increasingly clear. Intricate and lush trees were carved onto the Dao gates, and the thresholds bore countless fine patterns, appearing ancient and mysterious, imbued with the sense of venerable antiquity.

*Crack.*

As the Grand Dao Gates fully manifested, they swung wide open. All eyes widened, peering into the ultimate end, only to see that the other side of the gate was a clear mirror, reflecting the exact same scene as before their eyes.

"This is the tenth-tier, the Grand Dao Gate..."