At the very center of the lotus platform, the bronze lotus seed left behind by the first guardian suddenly took root and sprouted, its roots penetrating through twelve dimensions and plunging straight into the bronze trunk of the Primordial Mother Tree.
"; presumptuous--!";
The crimson eyes on the Mother Tree's trunk wept blood and tears, and the thirty-six thousand branches transformed into bronze chains that were pulled out.
At the end of each chain, the face of the Taichu appeared—a clone captured by the Mother Tree in different timelines!
The Pangu Stone Statue suddenly roared in unison, and the veins of mountains and rivers appeared on the surface of their petrified bodies.
One hundred and eight thousand blood-red beams of light shot into the sky, intertwining to form the phantom image of Pangu True Body above the Ruins of Return.
The moment the phantom reached out and grasped the Heaven Opening Axe, Six-Eared Macaque saw the scene of the primordial chaos at its beginning: when the first Pangu Clan infused his essence and blood into the Mother Tree, a cold bronze light flashed deep within the tree's roots.
"So pollution has existed since the beginning of creation..."
Six-Eared Macaque's golden blood boiled, Stardust Longsword sensed its master's enlightenment, with 129,600 blood-red markings appearing on its blade.
The Mother Tree's attack suddenly became bizarre; the bronze chains pierced not only space but also the law of causality.
Six-Eared Macaque wielded his sword and severed three chains, only to discover that five million years ago, the history of a Small World had been altered—the civilization that should have flourished there had never been born.
"Be careful! It's tearing away the foundation of the timeline!"
The Taichu remnant soul warned from within the sword, its voice already extremely weak.
When the fortieth chain swept across, Six-Eared Macaque's left arm suddenly disappeared, not because it was severed, but because it had never existed.
The Pangu Phantom swung his axe at the main trunk of the Mother Tree, but the axe blade was blocked by a bronze lotus that suddenly appeared.
Seated atop the lotus were twelve Taichu clones, each with a colorful lotus on their forehead that had transformed into a bronze gear, and each holding a miniature version of the Primordial Chaos Heaven Suppressing Sword.
"The first lesson you taught me..."
The clones spoke in unison, their sword formation sealing off all escape routes. "The sword of cause and effect shall cleave the future!"
The Six-Eared Macaque Stardust Longsword suddenly slipped from his hand, its blade piercing his chest on its own.
In his agony, he glimpsed a terrifying future: all living beings in the new universe would become bronze fruits on the branches of the Mother Tree, and he himself would nail the Taichu One to the execution platform.
"This is the truest reality!"
The clones' swords have already reached Six-Eared Macaque's throat.
At the critical moment, the sound of morning bells and evening drums suddenly rang out in the Land of Return to Nothingness.
One hundred and eight thousand Pangu Stone Statue collapsed collectively, and the broken stones in the void condensed into a blood-red giant— the Pangu's previously dissipated soul fragments!
"Remember, the true power of creation..."
The giant reached out and grasped the Six-Eared Macaque hand holding the sword, leading him to pierce his own heart, "The courage to Sever Reincarnation!"
Golden blood rain splashed onto the Stardust Longsword, and the blood-red markings on the blade lit up one after another.
When the last mark was ignited, Six-Eared Macaque saw the original truth: the Primordial Mother Tree was actually the original body of the Observer who escaped from the previous cosmic era, and the so-called creation was nothing more than a disguise to devour this universe!
The clones' sword formation suddenly stopped, and the Taichu remnant soul seized the opportunity to self-destruct.
The Chaos Dao Lotus, carrying the primordial power generated by its self-destruction, transformed into Liu Guang and disappeared into the crimson giant eye on the main trunk of the Mother Tree.
"Now!" Pangu's fragmented soul roared before dissipating.
Six-Eared Macaque stepped on the blood-red markings and soared into the sky, each step landing on a time point of the Mother Tree.
As the Stardust Longsword pierced through the flames of the Taichu self-destruction and struck the giant eye, scenes from 108,000 parallel universes flashed before his eyes.
He saw the young Taichu, who swore an oath to protect all living beings before the sapling of the Mother Tree.
I saw the cold, bronze light hidden within the roots of the tree when the First Generation Pangu infused his essence and blood into them.
Seeing 129,600 versions of himself, he chose to wield the sword throughout nine reincarnations.
"; it's over.";
The moment the sword shattered the core of the giant eye, the Mother Tree let out a mournful cry that resonated through the ages.
All the bronze fruits exploded simultaneously, and the flames of civilization that were swallowed were transformed into stardust and returned to the original universe.
But what Six-Eared Macaque didn't see was that deep within the completely withered root system of the Mother Tree, half a bronze lotus seed was sprouting.
The patterns appearing on the surface of the lotus seed are strikingly similar to a miniature version of the Observer Totem.