Above Soul-Severing Ridge, the black karmic tribulation cloud that had seemed poised to crush all heaven and earth was pouring madly into the tiny figure in blue at its center, shrinking at a terrifying speed visible to the naked eye.
Chu Bai spread his arms wide, like an ancient demon god standing in the darkness.
The golden light of Humanity's Dao and black-purple killing intent intertwined violently across his body, clashing with muffled thunder at every collision.
Endless karmic obstruction, curses, and the hundred-thousand-year despair of countless living beings surged into his body through his seven orifices and pores, as brutally as a black flood bursting through a dam.
"Aaaah!!!"
Even with Xuanmingzi desperately suppressing it from outside with pure Purple Abode spell power, even with the Origin-Opening Daoist Scripture circulating at a rate that threatened to tear his meridians apart, the agony of swallowing an entire world's evil raw still surpassed anything a human could endure.
Every nerve in Chu Bai's body felt soaked in the most vicious sulfuric acid, while countless rusty saws dragged back and forth through his soul.
Within his sea of consciousness, the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon representing Humanity's Fortune had shrunk to less than a tenth of its original size. Almost all its scales had fallen off, and black filth covered its body. With its last breath, it desperately protected the wavering core of Chu Bai's divine soul.
Yet not a trace of retreat appeared in Chu Bai's bloodshot eyes.
"I told you... I alone will shoulder this realm's karma!"
Chu Bai clenched his jaws until every tooth shattered. Fresh blood mixed with black, poisoned blood spilled from the corners of his mouth.
He frantically squeezed out the last of his divine soul's potential, turning the great vow of his Dao heart, originally meant for