The Final Slaughterhouse, Countdown to the Destruction of the Divine Realm

Longevity Sect, Cloudsea Hall.

The clear, translucent Divine Soul Origin Crystal floated in midair, its flowing light winding gracefully as it illuminated all the hypocrisy and hidden thoughts in people's hearts.

Li Xuan stood with his hands behind his back, clouds and mist brushing against his white robes as his indifferent gaze rested upon the heavens above.

The system's values in his mind were clear and orderly, without the slightest error.

[Current Shock Points balance: 117,300,000.]

[Held treasures: Divine Soul Origin Crystal, Soul-Sense Concealment Formation Blueprint, Myriad Poisons Pearl, False Sea God's Heart.]

[Power situation: Bo Saixi and Qian Renxue have completely pledged their loyalty, Tang Chen is about to break free from his cage and defy the gods, and anti-god sentiment across the continent has reached its peak.]

The shocking truth behind Xiao Wu's sacrifice had been exposed, and Tang San's final mask of deep affection had been utterly torn away.

Slaughtering his own kind, seizing opportunities, plotting against his beloved, cold-blooded and hypocritical.

The fated savior once worshipped by the world had now become a despicable wretch reviled by the entire continent.

Mortal grudges, sect conflicts, love and hatred—all of it came to an end here.

The Sky Screen Review was finally about to unveil Douluo World's most fundamental and cruel ultimate truth.

Jialing Pass was not the end of the war. Douluo Continent was not the origin of this world. From beginning to end, this place had merely been a bloody slaughterhouse where the Divine Realm produced gods in batches.

"System, begin the fourteenth ultimate Sky Screen Review."

Li Xuan's voice was calm, yet it carried a majesty capable of crushing the heavens.

"Theme: The Final Act—The Corpses of Countless Living Beings Pave the Stairway to Godhood for the Divine Realm."

[Command confirmed! Sky Screen's highest authorization fully activated!]

[The forbidden final chapter has been exposed. The foundation of the Divine Realm trembles, and the plane's laws quake!]

Bzzzz—!

The pitch-black Sky Screen, dark as an abyss, suddenly blanketed the entire sky.

There was no golden holy light, no bloody murderous aura, no gentle pink radiance.

Boundless, deathly darkness covered heaven and earth, as though all things had ended and reincarnation had drawn to a close. A terrifying pressure originating from the Plane Origin bore down on every soul master, nearly forcing them to suffocate and kneel.

Across the Sky Screen, blood-red characters edged in gold stretched through eternity, cold enough to pierce the bone.

[Douluo Ultimate Review, Chapter 16: Continental Reincarnation, Eternal Slaughterhouse.]

[Truth: Reincarnation has continued without end for tens of millions of years. All living beings sacrifice themselves forever, solely so that the Divine Realm may endlessly produce new gods!]

As those words fell, the billions of living beings across Douluo Continent fell into collective silence.

Star Dou Forest.

Tang San collapsed limply onto the ground. His False Sea God Divine Armor had dimmed completely, and not a trace of fate's favor remained upon him.

Xiao Wu hid to one side, her eyes hollow with despair. After being plotted against by the person she loved most, she had long since lost faith in all warmth in this world.

The two had watched countless scenes side by side, yet they had never seen a truth so terrifying and hopeless.

The continent was a slaughterhouse?

Countless cycles of reincarnation, eternal sacrifice?

The former site of the Clear Sky Sect.

Tang Hao threw back his head and let out a long howl, his heart filled with sorrow.

Tang Chen had been trapped for a century. His own life had been miserable, his son was burdened with sin, and the Clear Sky Clan had struggled generation after generation.

So from beginning to end, they had merely been livestock raised by the Divine Realm.

Beside the Sea God Island Reef.

Bo Saixi gazed at the endless deep sea, her body trembling slightly.

Sacrifice, inheritance, waiting, guardianship—tens of thousands of years of steadfast devotion had amounted to nothing more than a sacrificial pawn that could be discarded at any time within the Divine Realm's cycle.

Inside the Papal Palace.

Bibi Dong rose to her feet. Pitch-black Rakshasa Divine Power surged into the sky, and killing intent blazed like Burning Heaven within her violet eyes.

Death in the battle at Jialing Pass, the destruction of Spirit Hall, separation from her daughter, a lifetime of humiliation.

All those tragedies linked together, forming the Divine Realm's eternally unchanging cruel law.

The Sky Screen's image erupted into view.

Within the vast and boundless void of the Divine Realm, countless planes rose and fell like stars.

And Douluo Continent was merely one of the most ordinary among them—a farm star with the highest yield and the fiercest slaughter.

[The Divine Realm's population is limited, while Divine Positions are eternally scarce.]

[Ancient rule: Lower Planes continuously erupt in wars, slaughter, love and hatred, and sacrifices, producing enormous sources of emotion and divine soul power.]

[Douluo Continent suffers endless chaos, opposition between good and evil, slaughter between humans and beasts, generation after generation of reincarnation, and never knows peace.]

[All resentment from death, sacrificed divine souls, and obsessions of faith flow upstream, nourishing the gods of the Divine Realm.]

The icy narration rang through the heavens, shattering the illusions of eternity.

The scene shifted, revealing the full scope of the final battle at Jialing Pass.

A million Spirit Hall troops stained the land with blood. The Two Great Empires were littered with corpses, Titled Douluo fell one after another, and the soul beast clans were nearly exterminated.

Bibi Dong burned away her divine soul and died in battle. Qian Renxue's divine power shattered, sending her falling into the mortal world. Tang San climbed upon countless corpses to ascend to the positions of two gods.

[The war at Jialing Pass was not a final battle between good and evil.]

[It was not a settlement of grudges, nor was it the unification of the continent.]

[This was the Divine Realm's regular harvest ceremony!]

[Countless living beings died miserably, billions of divine souls scattered, and all of them became nourishment to feed the gods of the Nine Heavens God Realm.]

Boom—!

Heaven and earth shook violently, and the entire continent plunged into ultimate terror and towering rage.

Only then did the people finally understand.

The Sea God guided inheritances. The Asura God selected those fit for slaughter. The Angel God arranged bloodlines.

The three Main Gods had joined forces to control Douluo's cycle for ten thousand years.

At every interval of time, they would provoke a world-destroying war.

They used mortal slaughter, soul beast extinction, love and hatred, life-and-death sacrifices.

They endlessly produced pure origin power, sustaining the Divine Realm's existence and allowing its gods to live forever without dying.

Tang Chen's imprisonment in Slaughter City had been meant to select for murderous divinity.

Bo Saixi's willing sacrifice of herself had been meant to replenish the Sea God's origin.

The sacrifice of Qian Renxue's family bloodline had been meant to sustain the Angel Godhood.

Tang San's path of plundering and scheming had been meant to cultivate a new generation of puppet god for the Divine Realm.

Everyone's fate had been written to death by the Divine Realm from the moment they were born.

Struggle was useless. Resistance was useless. Deep affection was useless. Effort was useless.

Mortals struggled for a lifetime, slaughtered for a lifetime, loved and hated for a lifetime.

In the end, they would all become a handful of dust beneath the feet of the Divine Realm's gods.

[One generation falls, and another is born.]

[When old gods grow weak, they harvest the planes and cultivate new gods to replace them.]

[Douluo's cycle never ends. The suffering of living beings never ceases. The Divine Realm prospers forever.]

At the end, the image froze upon the God Realm Council Hall.

The gods sat high above, coldly looking down upon the blood-soaked Douluo Continent below.

There was no pity, no guilt, no emotion.

Like farmers watching cattle and sheep in a pasture. Like hunters watching prey caught in a trap.

"So... we lived only to die."

No one knew who murmured those words, yet they instantly spread across the entire continent.

Despair spread throughout the lands, while fury swept across every corner of the world.

The Sea God was no longer sacred. The Angel God no longer glorious. The Asura God no longer majestic.

The lofty gods were nothing more than demons feeding upon the flesh and blood of all living beings.

[Ding! Detected the awakening of anti-god will among all living beings across the continent!]

[Obtained massive resentment value: +8,800,000!]

[Obtained despair value: +7,500,000!]

[Current Shock Points balance: 133,600,000!]

[Epic achievement achieved: Break the shackles of the Divine Realm's cycle!]

[Ultimate reward: Godslayer Heavenly Authority. Can interfere with plane laws and slay lesser gods!]

Longevity Sect, Cloudsea Hall.

A golden Heavenly Authority that transcended all of Douluo's laws poured into Li Xuan's body.

All things beneath heaven and earth, the sun, moon, stars, the souls of gods—all were within his control with a single thought.

Li Xuan slowly opened his eyes. His pupils seemed to contain the stars of the universe as he looked down indifferently upon the heavens.

The Sea God was deceitful. The Angel God was filthy. Asura was sinister.

The Divine Realm was selfish, reincarnation was cruel, and all living beings were pitiable.

The deception of ten thousand years ended today.

"The Divine Realm raises the continent in captivity and treats all living beings as cattle and sheep."

"Then from this day onward, I will slaughter every false god, shatter reincarnation, and return true freedom to the continent."

The pitch-black Sky Screen slowly receded, and the abyssal radiance gradually faded.

Just as the hearts of billions of living beings roiled and their fighting spirit surged to the heavens, a line of blood-red final prophecy was branded across the eternal sky.

[The prologue of the final chapter begins: War Against Heaven!]

[The Longevity Sect emerges, the gods fall, and a new era shall be rewritten by me!]

The winds and clouds of heaven and earth changed violently, while the cloud sea churned without end.

Bo Saixi would command the ocean, Qian Renxue would wield the Angel God's holy light, and Tang Chen was about to break free from hell's prison.

Spirit Hall, Sea God Island, the Clear Sky Sect, the soul beasts of Star Dou—every faction gathered together.

Mortals would no longer be pawns. Soul beasts would no longer be sacrifices. The strong would no longer be imprisoned by gods.

Li Xuan turned toward the Nine Heavens God Realm, and an icy, utterly cold curve lifted at the corner of his lips.

The Divine Realm's game of chess was time to end.

The age of gods ended here.