Fate Like a Blade, Slaying the Heavenly Dao!

Hongjun's expression darkened. These five Innate Spiritual Roots were anything but ordinary; it could be said that each was of immense importance, even indispensable.

"Fellow Daoist, must you take them?" Hongjun asked in a deep voice.

"I must."

Bai Yu nodded, utterly unconcerned by Hongjun's attitude.

Seeing Hongjun look as though he wanted to make a move yet hesitated, Bai Yu could not help but find it amusing.

With a shift of his Divine Sense, the many Origin Law powers under his control surged toward Hongjun like an avalanche and tsunami.

The River of Time instantly collapsed, utterly unable to withstand the collision of so many terrifying Origin Laws.

Hongjun said no more. Heavenly Dao power descended upon him as he directly mobilized every Origin Law in the entire world, forming a Purple Qi River that spanned the whole world. Empowered by the Jade Plate of Creation, it resisted Bai Yu's Origin Law power.

With the River of Time destroyed, Bai Yu and Hongjun appeared directly within heaven and earth.

This was the era of the Witch-Demon Calamity, and the Witch and Demon Clans were locked in a great war.

The Demon Race's Grand Formation of the Stars had risen, clashing against the witch clan's Twelve Capital Heavenly Fiend Formation. The True Body of Pangu stood upon the Great Desolation, its pressure bearing down upon all living beings.

Every mighty expert of the Great Desolation watched the battle between the Witch and Demon Clans. The two clans were clearly the absolute protagonists of this era.

However, at that moment, an unforeseen change occurred.

A Purple Qi River suddenly pierced through heaven and earth. Both the Grand Formation of the Stars and the Twelve Capital Heavenly Fiend Formation instantly collapsed.

The Twelve Ancestor Witches were grievously injured and crashed to the ground, causing the land for hundreds of millions of miles around them to sink tens of thousands of zhang.

The Demon Race's two emperors, Demon Emperor Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi, were likewise filled with horror. They felt one... no, two incomparably terrifying pressures descend in an instant.

"Pfft!!!"

Dong!!!

Di Jun and Tai Yi both spat out blood. A heaven-shaking bell toll rang through heaven and earth, filling the world with the Dao resonance of laws. It was the Eastern Emperor Bell in Eastern Emperor Taiyi's hand.

Buzz!!!

Two Great Sun Golden Crows, vast enough to Shroud the Heavens, appeared like twin blazing suns hanging in the sky.

Forced into a corner, Di Jun and Tai Yi had directly revealed their true forms.

Yet even so, they could not withstand the terrifying pressure for even an instant.

The demon sages and Monster Kings fell from the starry sky to the earth like dumplings, suffering countless casualties.

All the great experts of the Great Desolation were suppressed as well.

That majestic heavenly might, that saintly might, and the pressure born from the collision of those terrifying Origin Law powers were utterly impossible for these beings who had yet to become saints to resist.

Boom!!!

The two Great Sun Golden Crows, vast enough to Shroud the Heavens, also crashed directly into the earth, barely clinging to life.

Within the Purple Qi River, Hongjun held the Jade Plate of Creation above his head. Origin Laws swirled around him, Heavenly Dao power raged, and he gathered the power of heaven and earth to contend against Bai Yu's Origin Law power.

At that moment, Bai Yu was enveloped in divine radiance of laws, with a multicolored river circling his body. It was a river of laws formed from Origin Law power, likewise running through heaven and earth. For a time, the two sides were evenly matched.

Of course, that was merely Hongjun's belief.

Bai Yu had never been serious from beginning to end. He was merely treating it as entertainment. After all, this was his first time taking action, so he naturally did not want it to end so quickly.

"Can Fellow Daoist stop here? I will not pursue this matter," Hongjun said, seemingly believing that his opponent could not do anything to him.

After all, he could not do anything to his opponent either.

Hongjun felt utterly helpless. With Heavenly Dao power upon him, the Jade Plate of Creation above his head, and every Origin Law in the entire world gathered to fight the other party, he still could not suppress him.

...Did he have to be this powerful...?

Just how did this guy become a saint?! How could he be this terrifying!!!

Hongjun felt that if they continued fighting, the damage to this world would be far too catastrophic.

In truth, traveling backward through the River of Time and even altering everything that had occurred in the past carried terrifying karma.

However, even the Heavenly Dao of this world could do nothing to Bai Yu, so this so-called karma was nothing more than a joke.

Bai Yu was fully capable of bearing all the karma of this world because the Origin Law of Karma in this world could not inflict any consequences upon him.

Was it not obvious? Hongjun was currently mobilizing every Origin Law in the entire world to fight Bai Yu, and the Origin Law of Karma was among them.

Hearing Hongjun's words, Bai Yu smiled faintly and raised his hand, closing it into a fist.

The Origin Laws around him instantly surged, beginning to condense and merge. With the Origin Law of Destiny as the core, countless Origin Laws fused into it.

The multicolored river of laws transformed into a river of destiny that shone with silver-white radiance.

"Not good!!!"

Feeling that incomparably terrifying Power of Destiny, Hongjun's face filled with horror as he hurriedly mobilized all Origin Laws with his full strength.

The Purple Qi River that had originally covered all heaven and earth instantly contracted to a mere million zhang, yet it became even more terrifying.

"Fate like a blade, slay... the Heavenly Dao!"

Bai Yu casually came up with a name. Then, with a movement of his Divine Sense, the River of Destiny around him directly condensed into the shape of a blade, standing between heaven and earth.

Even as it stood silently between heaven and earth, the entire world began to crack apart.

All fate in this world began to fall into chaos, irreversible chaos. Everything seemed to begin changing, with anomalies too numerous to count.

The power it brought made even Hongjun's body tremble. Boundless Power of Destiny seemed ready to crush the entire world.

"Slash!"

Bai Yu slowly waved his raised hand, and the Blade of Destiny fell.

In the next instant, all color vanished from heaven and earth, leaving only the silver-white radiance of fate.

That strike severed all fate in this world. Tracing it back to its source, the Origin Law of Destiny of this world was directly cut apart and annihilated between heaven and earth.

From that day on, this world no longer possessed a Destiny Law.

Heaven had lost its destiny.

Having lost the Destiny Law, the Heavenly Dao was no longer complete. It would forever be missing a corner.

"..."

Hongjun stood where he was, looking at Bai Yu in silent bitterness.

The Purple Qi River around him had vanished, while cracks appeared one after another across the Jade Plate of Creation above his head, giving off a dim glow.

Seeing the silent Hongjun, Bai Yu remained calm. Then he waved his hand, sending a streak of white light toward Hongjun.

Hongjun reached out and caught it. Sensing the aura of the Origin Law of Destiny, he put it away.

Then he gave Bai Yu a slight bow.

"Thank you, Fellow Daoist."

Bai Yu nodded faintly without speaking.

"Please."

Hongjun made a gesture of invitation, then bowed once more. He immediately vanished from where he stood, entered the River of Time, and returned to the future.

Naturally, before returning to the future, Hongjun also restored everything from this period.

Everything was like an illusory dream.