Chapter 1444: The Most Beautiful Scenery in the Universe

**Author: Smile of Three Hundred Pounds**

Everyone felt their spirits lift with encouragement.

The spatial maze...

The Wei Clan, masters of dimensional spatial power, specialized in this art.

"Hurry, I can't hold on much longer..." Ren Jiu's weak voice, growing fainter, came through. Inside this aggregated body, he clutched Zhi Zhuo's hand tightly. "Once a hundred million years of spacetime pass, I will fall into a state of complete exhaustion and near-death... You must use this time to cross this maze; you can create a miracle!"

Ren Jiu said, "You are always the one who can achieve the impossible... Back then, among the three of us, you were clearly the weakest, yet now you've defeated us and emerged as the victor."

"Entrusted to me?" Zhi Zhuo asked calmly upon hearing this, his face devoid of emotion.

"Yes... go and create a miracle."

Ren Jiu took a deep breath, becoming even weaker, as if his entire being was on the verge of collapse. "The strong ones of our universe can surely defeat the overlord from the prehistoric universe. You once said that a so-called miracle is composed of countless tiny impossibilities!"

"I have completed my small, impossible step."

Everyone knew the extreme dread they would face without Ren Jiu's extraordinary methods. This exaggerated prehistoric cosmic entity, if not frozen in time, could kill everyone within a hundred moves! Now, freezing time allows us to travel through a hundred million years just to pierce his skin and reach his fatal vitals!

Ren Jiu was right; time was running out. We must defeat the opponent within this timeframe. It's either your death or mine. For beings like us, battle means an all-out, decisive strike!

"Ren Jiu, you are still so naive, still that foolish fellow, so naive it's ridiculously laughable! Rely on me? Are you still young? You haven't grown up after all these years; you don't know the wickedness of human hearts!"

Zhi Zhuo sneered, striding out with long steps. He said indifferently, "You should know the outcome of exhausting all your strength. No one will remember your heroic sacrifice; they will only remember the benefits after killing you... If we win, I will still kill you immediately, just as I did back then."

"I have completed my impossible task... The next step, it's your turn to take over." Ren Jiu's will seemed to have blurred to the point where he couldn't hear what was being said outside. Blood streamed profusely from his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. He tilted his head back, yet remained standing like a statue, mechanically repeating one phrase: "The next step... it's your... turn to take over..."

Everyone stared blankly at Ren Jiu. This iron-willed man stood unyielding, like a towering mountain. His mind was clearly muddled, yet an unknown obsession sustained him, allowing him to maintain that terrifying flow rate.

"This guy is still pitifully naive." Zhi Zhuo murmured softly, "The next step? For me to take over?" He looked towards the distant maze, and suddenly, an unprecedented calm settled over him, as if those words had deeply touched a nerve within him. It was as if a wave of memories had instantly surged forth.

"Yes, Master, the three of us will uphold the Tao from this day forward!"

"Until death, we serve... Our lives and deaths committed here..."

That impassioned and radiant oath, buried deep in his memory, resurfaced. The scene of them receiving the authority from their Master's hands at that moment, taking over the Heavenly Dao, flashed in his mind. But as he recalled, he remained unmoved, unlike Ren Jiu. Instead, his expression instantly turned cold.

Ren Jiu was too simple-minded and foolish; he always remembered the good that person did for him, yet instinctively forgot all that person had done. Ren Jiu only remembered his goodness, while Zhi Zhuo only remembered his evil.

Betrayal. The most horrific betrayal. The land was covered in blood. The entire Age of Gods and Devils, the beautiful and blissful garden that had just been created, was destroyed by the one they once loved and respected most. That person had killed countless of their fellow disciples and annihilated the saints of an entire era. With an aura of decay and demise emanating from their body, they sat upon the throne, looking down on them.

Zhi Zhuo looked at the corpses strewn across the ground. He was the most somber and calm among the three, and he finally asked, "Will everything decay with time, or is your corruption merely an anomaly?"

That person opened their mouth, bathed in blood, and sat silently on the throne. He quickly asked a second question, still deferring to the Master before him, "Do we follow all your principles of conduct? Is this the doctrine you want us to learn and inherit?"

That person stood up dejectedly and vanished in repentance.

Hahahaha... Zhi Zhuo couldn't help but let out a low, soft laugh. At that time, he desperately needed someone to step forward, but he never received an answer. He began to believe in his heart that decay was inevitable. If even his teacher was like this, then it was inevitable for him too. That still young and passionate saint, for countless days and nights, thought that he too would inevitably succumb to decay in the future. When such corrupt emotions took root and sprouted, they inevitably grew into a towering tree.

At that moment, he knew his heart had changed. No longer believing in so-called justice, passion, or guarding immortality... He clearly realized that all justice in the universe was a false path, all beliefs were false doctrines. Throughout the long history of ages, nothing was worth believing in, nothing that could be trusted and would never betray...

Only truth.

He began to plan for the distant future, seeing the realm of immortality. He seemed to mutter to himself, saying coldly:

"All joys and sorrows, histories, traces, and glories will vanish in the torrent, but only truth is eternal. For the sake of eternal truth, I can abandon everything!!!"

He stepped past the trembling Ren Jiu, taking control of this body, and said indifferently, "Ren Jiu, you are truly foolish... You still haven't learned your lesson the second time. After everything is dealt with, I will still kill you."

"However..."

"Death is not so terrifying; rather, it is the most beautiful thing in the universe."

This ancient elder from the realm of immortality gradually regained his youth, transforming into a handsome young man. He strode forward with vigor, his expression sharp and full of vitality.

"I still remember that day, on the mountaintop, Master once smiled and told us: 'I have proven the laws of particle movement, and particles have existed in the world since the beginning of the universe. It is through their miraculous special mixture that they created us... I often think of those atoms, cleverly forming us, allowing us to cleverly meet. This must be the most beautiful thing in the universe.'"

"But I can imagine... something even more beautiful than this."

He gave a carefree smile, revealing a hint of extreme pathology. "Our individual encounters are the most beautiful scenery; so, what about all of us meeting again?"

"The former you, those deceased fellow disciples, Master... you have traversed fourteen billion years, scattered as sporadic emotions, matter, greed, love, and hate throughout the universe... To meet again, collapsing together into 'one,' you will ultimately become a part of me, and eventually become truth. This will allow us to encounter life's most beautiful scenery once more."

"I will achieve complete and eternal immortality, obtain the truth I've yearned for, and reunite with all of you..." His expression flushed with excitement. "At that moment, the three become one – nothing could be more wonderful."

"A miracle?"

"A miracle?"

"Indeed, a miracle is composed of countless tiny impossibilities!"

He let out a low roar, controlling the body. He seemed to transcend endless dimensions of spacetime. "Ren Jiu, for your intelligence to achieve this much is already quite impressive. Leave the rest to me."

"If I am to become the Great Dao itself, and can only defeat this fellow now, then I shall give it a try."