The Calamity-Avoidance Method and the Grand Opening of the Second Lecture at Zixiao Palace

"Wh-what kind of mountain is that?!"

Deep within the Supreme Mystery Immortal Sect in the Ziwei Star Domain.

Supreme Mystery True Lord had just returned to the sect and was preparing to enter seclusion to study the True Meaning of Listening to the Dao when he suddenly spat a mouthful of blood. He staggered and nearly fell from the heavens!

He stared at the broken mountain pillar spanning dozens of star systems at the center of the universe. The lingering might of Pangu emanating from it could easily crush the entire Ziwei Star Domain, and his Dao heart trembled uncontrollably!

"The Heaven-Supporting Pillar! That's the pillar that held up the Primordial World!"

Supreme Mystery True Lord's eyes widened as he cried out:

"Who? Who could possibly have snapped the Heaven-Supporting Pillar in two?! Why have heaven and earth collapsed into this state?!"

He was not alone.

In the Primordial Demon Realm, Tu Shanye, the Nine-Tailed Celestial Fox Ancestor, gazed at the Eastern Emperor Bell Phantom hanging high in the void. Every strand of his fox fur stood on end as a whimper of grief and submission rose from the depths of his bloodline:

"The Eastern Emperor Bell... That was the supreme ruler of the ancient Demon Clan Heavenly Court, His Majesty Eastern Emperor Taiyi's treasured companion!"

"After Ancestral Dragon and Yuanfeng fell, did our demon clan establish a Heavenly Court that ruled all the worlds?! Then what terrifying race did those twelve towering figures battling His Majesty belong to?!"

In the Heavenly Demon Great Realm, the Canglan Realm, and countless other great worlds, ancient clans and mighty independent cultivators alike were plunged into indescribable shock and confusion!

The Buzhou Heavenly Pillar had snapped!

The Demon Clan Heavenly Court had fallen!

The Ancestral Witches had perished, their Daos extinguished!

These scenes of ancient devastation revealed a second catastrophe to the world in all its horror—one that had shattered the Primordial Continent and left the universe as the scattered star domains of today!

On the Primeval Main Peak in the Canglan Realm.

Ji Changkong and Lin Qiye stood side by side.

The Golden Mark deep within Lin Qiye's forehead blazed with an unprecedented dark-gold radiance. His Heavenly Eye stayed fixed on the Eastern Emperor Bell Phantom and the Twelve Ancestral Witch War Souls, while the Eight-Nine Profound Art thundered through his body!

"The second Calamity Cycle..."

Lin Qiye gripped the Broken Sword on his back with both hands, his gaze fierce and grave:

"The Dragon-Phoenix Primordial Calamity crippled heaven and earth. But this second catastrophe... it snapped the pillar supporting the Primordial World and shattered the Primordial Continent into the star domains we know today!"

"Something this terrible actually happened in this world..."

Ji Changkong's face was as pale as paper, and his voice shook. "Qiye... did you see that? Every one of those ancient witches and Demon Clan Heavenly Court warriors was no weaker than a true Immortal! Yet the Calamity Cycle tore them apart. Even the Heaven-Supporting Pillar broke!"

"If we... if we can't find a Calamity-Avoidance Method, then when the next Calamity Cycle comes, every star domain... might be reduced to nothing!"

Fear!

An unprecedented terror that sank into the marrow spread across every inch of the Three Great Star Domains and the Thirty-Seven Great Thousand Worlds!

Every cultivator, from lofty Tribulation Transcendence Stage elders and Half-Step Human Immortals to ordinary disciples at the bottom, felt small and fragile.

At last, they understood why the universe's spiritual energy was so thin, why the path to immortality had been severed, and why no Great Emperor appeared!

The starry expanse beneath their feet was not a complete world at all. It was merely made up of fragments left behind when the ancient Primordial World had been shattered!

Across the universe, living beings yearned and pleaded!

They begged the supreme Dao Ancestor Hongjun to manifest once more, for Zixiao Palace Beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens to open again, and for the Dao Ancestor to grant them a supreme method to survive the Calamity Cycle and transcend life and death—Attaining the Dao by Avoiding Calamity!

All worlds bowed in worship!

Hundreds of millions of beings fell to their knees across countless smaller worlds. They bowed toward the heavens, chanting, "Merciful Dao Ancestor Hongjun!"

As the entire universe worshipped in frenzy, its sense of impending doom reaching a fever pitch.

In the Library Pavilion of the Canglan Realm.

Su Chen sat quietly behind a wooden desk. System notifications erupted in his mind like the birth of a universe, yet his eyes remained utterly cold and composed.

[Ding!] The manifested scenes [Buzhou Mountain Remnant], [Eastern Emperor Bell Phantom], and [Twelve Ancestral Witch War Souls] have successfully unfolded! The concepts of the "Witch-Demon Calamity," "Primordial Continent Shattering," "Heaven-Supporting Pillar Collapse," and the "desire to Attain the Dao by Avoiding Calamity" have left indelible imprints on reality across all worlds!

[Mythic reach surges violently!] Acceptance of the "Primordial World Fragment Cosmology" among all living beings: 100% (absolute truth)! Desire to seek the Dao at the "Second Lecture at Zixiao Palace" among the strongest across all worlds: 100% (willing to give everything)!

[Karma Points erupt like a tidal wave!] Feedback from the sorrowful worship of hundreds of billions of beings across the Three Great Star Domains: +6,500,000! Feedback from the extreme fear and obsessive desire to seek the Dao among Tribulation Transcendence Stage experts and Half-Step Human Immortals across all worlds: +5,800,000! Reward for deep assimilation with the rules of the Heavenly Dao: +4,000,000!

[Congratulations, host! Total available Karma Points: 18,600,000!]

"Eighteen million six hundred thousand Karma Points!"

Looking at the vast eight-figure balance on the panel, Su Chen slowly set down the feather duster.

The time was right.

Fear had reached its peak. Perceptions had been completely rewritten. The universe's strongest cultivators and billions of living beings now saw Zixiao Palace as their only beacon of salvation in a dark universe.

"Since you long so desperately to avoid calamity and attain the Dao..."

Su Chen brushed a speck of dust from his blue robes, a deep smile playing at his lips as he surveyed the situation:

"Then I shall grant your wish."

Su Chen pressed a slender finger firmly against the void. Within the fourth- and fifth-tier exchange sections, he activated the supreme Dao lecture program he had long prepared—

[Second Lecture at Zixiao Palace: The Three Corpses Severance Method and the Merit of Establishing a Religion!]

"System! Spend six million Karma Points!"

"Lock onto the Listening-to-the-Dao Marks and draw in the souls of the seven Dao Listeners!"

"Open the Second Lecture at Zixiao Palace—Beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens!"

Boom!!

At that moment, the rules of the Great Dao rang out across every star domain once more!

Seven dazzling beams of violet-gold immortal light burst from the depths of the void and instantly entered the souls of Lin Qiye, Ji Changkong, Supreme Mystery True Lord, Tu Shanye, Netherworld Blood Emperor, Old Daoist Canghai, and the young Ye Chen!

Hum!

Their souls were once again enveloped by a power beyond all worlds. It tore through dimensions and space, carrying them straight toward Zixiao Palace in the Chaos Forbidden Zone Beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens!

A supreme drama that would reshape the future of all worlds—one centered on merit and the establishment of a religion—raised the heavy curtain on its second act!