Broken star debris floated at the edge of the temple. Taichu stood solemnly on the broken branches of the Chaos Divine Tree, which had been tainted by holy light.
This ancient tree, which should have withered, was instead covered in golden divine blood, and tens of thousands of Nascent Soul of Eastern cultivators hung among its branches and leaves.
"This is already the seventh source of pollution."
As he spoke, the golden patterns on Six-Eared Macaque's fingertips transformed into sharp blades, slicing open the inside of the tree trunk.
A twelve-layered nested cross was clearly visible, with the spine of Daluo Golden Immortal nailed to each intersection. The Western Holy Light was drawing upon the origin of Hundun through these bones.
Suddenly, countless golden eyes opened up from within the tree trunk.
The imprisoned cultivators' Nascent Soul screamed in unison, and the sound waves condensed into Sword of Judgment, piercing towards the two.
The Taichu Heaven Measuring Ruler swept across the void, but when it touched the Holy Light, it was corrupted by strange laws.
"Master, be careful not to be Faith Backlash!"
The Chaos Ancestral Blood of Six-Eared Macaque instantly evaporated into a mist that broke the law.
As the Sword of Judgment pierced through the mist, the phantom of millions of believers kneeling before it appeared on the blade—these believers were all Eastern monks!
At the summit of Mount Olympus, Dinius poured out crimson nectar from his jug.
Taichu, disguised as a captured Eastern alchemist, looked into the nectar and saw the scene of his previous life refining the Nine-Turn Golden Elixir.
Dionysus, the god of wine, pointed drunkenly towards the weapon-refining workshop. "Newcomer, bring me some wine."
Inside the Forging Temple, Six-Eared Macaque's pupils suddenly contracted.
The three hundred and sixty furnaces were burning with the most precious treasures of each sect!
The fragments of the Universe Cauldron are being recast on an anvil, and the cauldron's handles are being transformed into the edging of Athena's shield.
"What are you daydreaming about? Hurry up and go over there!"
The one-armed master craftsman threw a red-hot chain at Six-Eared Macaque, saying, "Drag up the offering from the three hundredth level of the dungeon."
As Six-Eared Macaque stepped into the deep passageway, the roots of the Chaos Divine Tree suddenly went berserk—the dungeon walls were actually made of the Azure Dragon's reverse scales!
At the lowest level of the Blood-colored Altar, 100,000 cultivators were pierced through the crown of their heads by holy light vines.
Their screams coalesced into a golden hymn in the dome, each sound wave powering Zeus's Thunder Scepter.
At this moment, a foul wind swept through the Tartarus Abyss, and the Taichu Profound Yellow Dao Seed suddenly trembled violently.
When crossing the Nether River, the ferryman's cloak revealed half of a face that resembled that of the Empress Houtu.
"Drink the Soup of Forgetting." Charon's oars pointed towards the boiling river, the remnant soul of the Eastern Peak Great Emperor floating in the ladle.
After feigning obedience, Taichu saw the right arm of the First Generation White Emperor reflected in the soup bowl—that arm was being forged by hellfire into the spearhead of the Eternal Spear!
Suddenly Hades' throne spun around, revealing three thousand Mirrors of Rebirth behind it.
Each mirror reflects a different incarnation from the Taichu time; the newest mirror shows:
The Taichu exploration is being reenacted within the threads of destiny woven by Athena!
Inside the Temple of Wisdom, 108,000 golden threads crisscrossed.
Athena's shuttle danced automatically, weaving a scene of the primordial battle between the Taichu and Satan.
The golden markings behind Six-Eared Macaque's ears suddenly detached from his body, transforming into Heaven Opening Axe that cleaved the loom.
"It's useless... it's all in vain..."
The voice of the goddess of war came from the loom. "Long ago, when Pangu separated heaven and earth, your fate was already that of fish on a chopping board."
Enraged, Six-Eared Macaque unleashed Primordial Chaos Initial Fire from his golden axe blade, burning through the barrier of space and time.
The loom revealed a true scene—the true forms of the Twelve Main Gods were actually the remains of ancient Eastern gods soaking in the Eternal Silence Black Spring!
Zeus's Thunder Scepter suddenly pierced through the temple dome, and embedded at the top of the scepter was the skull of the first incarnation in the Taichu era.
"Now that you've seen the truth, stay and make new threads!"
Mount Olympus collapsed with a deafening roar, revealing the enormous altar of eternal silence within.
The 100,000 imprisoned cultivators suddenly merged their Nascent Soul, transforming into White Emperor phantom wielding a measuring Measuring Heaven Ruler.
The roots of the Six-Eared Macaque divine tree pierced the altar, pulling out the Hundun seed of Dao that had been contaminated by holy light.
"So, you stole the Dao Seed just to..."
Before the words of the Taichu had even finished, the entire Western Divine Realm began to shimmer and become ethereal.
Asgard, Olympus, and the nine heavens of hell all transformed into Liu Guang at this moment, disappearing into the spacetime rift torn open by the right arm of the First Generation White Emperor.
Athena's prophecy echoed in the void, "When the blood of the gods of East and West mingles, the Gate of Eternal Silence will surely reopen..."
However, before Athena could finish speaking, Taichu and Six-Eared Macaque had already received a telepathic message from Pangu Qiong.
"Return to the Primordial Origin World immediately! The protective array in the Bei Ming Star Region is collapsing!"
Immediately afterwards, a giant axe descended from the sky and landed in front of Taichu and Six-Eared Macaque.
At this moment, an eerie silence suddenly fell over the Chaos Sea.
Zeus's Thunder Scepter, bursting forth with billions of bolts of lightning, collided violently with the Profound Yellow Dao Seed condensed by the Taichu Heaven Measuring Ruler.
Where the two forces converged, the void cracked open with spiderweb-like patterns, dividing the battlefield into 129,600 mirrored spacetimes.
"Quickly back up!"
Pangu Qiong's battle axe cleaved through the turbulent currents, and the Bronze Sacred Blood formed a barrier to protect the two.
The golden markings behind Six-Eared Macaque suddenly detached from his body and intertwined in the sky above the Chaos Sea, forming a compass—the scale of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches—covering a star field of 30,000 miles. It was collapsing at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Blood rained down from Mount Olympus, and Apollo's Sun Chariot melted in the rain.
The Eternal Silence Star Mark on Zeus's forehead cracked open with a seventh fissure, and the fragments of black and yellow on the crown of the god-king suddenly cried out in anguish, "Father God... how could this power be so..."
In the Taichu pupil, the rotating Yin-Yang diagram suddenly stopped.
He clearly saw that in each mirrored spacetime, there was a Western deity self-destructing.
The warships of Valhalla in Norse Hall of Valor are burning with runes, and the Seventy-Two Pillar Demon Gods of hell have transformed into chains that bind the ley lines of the Primordial Origin World.
"Master, they're about to detonate the entire spacetime node of the battlefield!"
The roots of the Six-Eared Macaque Divine Tree suddenly transformed into a towering 10,000-foot-long object that pierced the void.
The Chaos Ancestral Blood condensed into 36,000 substitute death talismans. "Master, there's no time to lose, we have to use that move!"
Taichu bit his tongue and spat out his life essence blood, and the Profound Yellow Dao Seed bloomed into a seventy-two-petaled lotus platform in the void.
The phantom of the First Generation White Emperor appeared at the heart of the lotus. The phantom, holding a broken Heaven Measuring Ruler White Emperor, gently tapped the void. "Stop."
The impending spacetime turbulence suddenly froze.
Mount Olympus is covered with fine cracks, the Rainbow Bridge in Asgard is broken into pieces, and the lava of hell has solidified into black crystals.
Zeus suddenly burst into maniacal laughter, Thunder Scepter abruptly reversed direction, piercing his own divine core. "Eternal silence is coming!"
The fragments of black and yellow inlaid at the top of the scepter exploded with a bang, and the gray mist that burst out formed a singularity in the center of the Chaos Sea that devoured everything.
Pangu Qiong's battle axe suddenly flew out of his hand, and the Primordial Chaos Initial Fire dancing on the axe blade illuminated the terrifying truth—deep within that singularity, three thousand Pangu True Body, entwined with Star Chain, were sleeping!
When the light faded, the Chaos Sea was filled with the shattered remains of divine artifacts.
Taichu knelt on the fragment of the Measuring Heaven Ruler, his left arm covered with spiderweb-like Eternal Silence Dao Pattern.
The roots of the Six-Eared Macaque sacred tree have withered most of their roots, and only three remnants of the golden pattern behind its ears remain.
The Western camp also suffered heavy losses.
Odin's Eternal Spear was broken into three pieces, and most of Satan's Fallen Angel Wings were torn off.
The Eternal Silence Star Mark on Zeus's divine head has dimmed and lost its luster, and the Twelve Main Gods are now just flickering phantoms.
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Athena suddenly tore through the void and appeared, her Shield of Wisdom reflecting a terrifying scene—a singularity deep within the Chaos Sea was giving birth to some kind of world-destroying entity.
"Continuing the struggle will only hasten His awakening."
At this moment, everyone gathered together, Pangu Qiong's battle axe cleaved open a spatial passage.
Bronze Sacred Blood condensed into a blood-red challenge. "Three months from now, Guixu Sea Eye!"
In the Bei Ming Star Region of the Primordial Origin World, Taichu gazed at the newly formed Black Hole in the star map.
Six-Eared Macaque inserted a remnant branch of the Chaos Divine Tree into the Star Gazing Platform, its roots piercing through the Thirty-Three Heavens steps. "Those Pangu True Body... are all the elites of the clan who have been lost throughout the ages."
Nuwa suddenly groaned, and the Five-Colored Stone in her hand that was repairing the barrier instantly shattered into dust.
At the eye of the Mending the Heavens Array Core, the mark of Zeus, the king of gods, was clearly visible—the power of Western faith was actually eroding the Eastern innate array.
Taichu and Six-Eared Macaque exchanged a glance, and Pangu Qiong immediately understood their intentions.
Pangu Qiong waved his hand, and a cloud boat appeared behind everyone.
As the cloud boat, disguised as a merchant caravan, passed through the fog of faith, Taichu suddenly pressed down on the jade pendant at his waist.
The twelve Gothic spires that appeared ahead did not have crosses suspended atop them, but rather Taiji Diagram imprisoned by holy light.
"These two Daoist priests look somewhat unfamiliar."
A priest carrying a rosary scroll approached, his pendant a miniature version of the Eastern Emperor Bell. "Would you be interested in visiting our newly completed Hall of Gods?"
"The Hall of Gods?" Taichu muttered to himself in confusion.
The remaining gold patterns behind Six-Eared Macaque's ears suddenly became hot.
A familiar fluctuation emanated from beneath the temple—the very frequency of the Chaos Silver Branch blooming.
When they saw the Eastern monks nailed to an inverted cross in the confessional, they finally understood what the Western gods had gained.
At this very moment, deep within Mount Olympus, Athena's loom continues to run automatically.
When Taichu touched the blood-stained silk thread, a massive amount of memories suddenly flooded into his sea of consciousness—in the scene, the Lord of Eternal Silence from the beginning of the primordial chaos was stripping away his Seven Emotions and Six Desires from his body.
"Joy created Olympus, rage gave birth to Asgard, greed bred Hell..."
As Six-Eared Macaque read the runes on the wall, his voice trembled, "We are fighting against... the evil thoughts slain by the God of Creation!"
Suddenly, the entire temple began to collapse.
Zeus's phantom emerged from the sacred fire, holding half of a pulsating Profound Yellow Dao Seed in his hand. "Thank you for completing this final core—now, welcome back the Father God!"