The Calamity Demonic Beast, Abyss Core Yama Suanni
At this moment, the sky of the Void Obliteration Domain seemed to be twisted by an invisible hand. Deep within a corner of the territory governed by the Fifth Divine Temple, the Heavenly Emanation Limitless Hall, the normally stable dimensional order above the Causeless Heavenly Sect suddenly malfunctioned. The clouds did not surge, but instead, layers of superimposed images appeared in the stillness, as if several incompatible versions of the same sky had been forcibly superimposed. Light refracted back and forth within them, drawing out fragmented and chaotic trajectories. The flow of time was sometimes fast and sometimes slow. Some birds were frozen in mid-air as silhouettes, only to be stretched into blurry afterimages in the next instant. The boundaries of space emitted a low and discontinuous hum, as if they were being repeatedly tested, unlocked, and recombined by some unknown logic.
Within the Causeless Heavenly Sect's mountain gate, the alarm bells did not ring, yet a sense of crisis more piercing than the sound of bells exploded from the depths of every cultivator's soul. The array patterns on the protective peaks lit up and then quickly dimmed, clearly indicating that they had sensed that what appeared above was not merely a strange phenomenon, but a premonition of some predatory invasion. In this brief but dangerous silence, an aged yet sharp voice soared from the sect's main peak. The elder stationed there by the Heavenly Emanation Limitless Hall stood in the void, his robes fluttering, his gaze fixed on the chaotic sky. Deep within his pupils, he reflected the constantly overlapping and peeling layers of spacetime. His voice echoed throughout the entire Causeless Heavenly Sect— "Not good! This phenomenon is a demonic beast! Quickly, all Causeless Heavenly Sect disciples, listen to my command! Activate the arrays immediately for full defense!"
The moment the command was given, it was as if an invisible giant hand had pressed a switch for the Causeless Heavenly Sect. Hundreds of streaks of light simultaneously shot into the air inside and outside the mountain gate. The disciples no longer acted in individual formations, but were instead guided by some strict logic, quickly taking up their designated positions in the air. Some stood on their positions, some hovered at the nodes of the array, and some formed hand seals, forcibly connecting their own energy with the sect's foundation. The entire sky was instantly filled with layers of interwoven array patterns. Golden, dark blue, and blackish-white light crisscrossed in the air, transforming into a three-dimensional defensive heavenly array that was taking shape.
The moment the formation was activated, a deep and resonant sound emanated from the depths of the sect's earth veins, as if the entire Causeless Heavenly Sect was responding to this crisis. Ancient and complex illusory runes appeared on the mountain peaks, and the sect's protective formation unfolded layer upon layer, like countless semi-transparent domes nested together, firmly enveloping the sect within. At this moment, the auras of all the disciples were forcibly woven into a whole, and the individual existences were compressed and unified, leaving only the calm and efficient defensive will of the formation itself slowly operating in the air.
However, just as the last layer of defensive light barrier was about to completely close, from the depths of that spacetime-distorted sky, an aura that did not belong to the Void Obliteration Domain itself quietly amplified its "presence," as if patiently waiting for the moment when the formation was fully formed, before striking the true calamity of the Causeless Heavenly Sect in an even more cruel way.
Just as the final defensive array of the Causeless Heavenly Sect completely closed, the entire sky suddenly sank, as if pressed down from the outside by an invisible behemoth. The array patterns, which were still interlocking, emitted a piercing tearing sound. All the light was forcibly pulled towards the same center point, and the sky collapsed into a bottomless vortex as if it had been hollowed out. Within that vortex, an aura completely different from the original sequence of the Void Obliteration Domain slowly awakened. It was heavy, violent, and carried a greedy will to devour the rules themselves. In the next instant, a shadow so enormous that it could not be measured by its "body" snaked out from the chaotic spacetime. Its scales were layered upon layered, as if forged from countless shattered worlds. As its body coiled, it directly crossed the scale of the sect's peaks.
Its head drooped from the sea of clouds, its huge mouth wide open. Inside was not flesh and blood, but a pulsating crimson abyss core, like the heart of the world that could explode at any moment. The deep roar did not spread as sound, but turned into a tangible annihilation shock that spread wildly along the surface of the formation.
At that moment, before the formation was even directly hit, its internal structure had already begun to crumble—this was the silent operation of the Abyss Core Yama Suanni's "Nuclear Explosion Fate Chain." It did not immediately unleash destruction, but instead allowed the Abyssal Cause Core to enter Limit resonance. The chain of annihilation waves detonated one after another along the logical nodes of the formation. The defensive array patterns were forced to shine to their Ultimate, but in the next instant, they were peeled away layer by layer, as if the instruction manual for the structure had been forcibly disassembled. The remaining waves clung to the air like viscous dark red ripples, continuously suppressing the condensation of soul power among all the cultivators in the sect. Many disciples had not even made a move before their aura became disordered, and their spiritual platforms felt as if they had been hit by a heavy hammer.
Immediately afterwards, its second layer of authority unfolded, and the Abyssal Principle Reconstruction quietly descended. There was no roar, no explosion, but the spatial rules of the entire Causeless Heavenly Sect were rewritten in an instant. The sense of direction within the formation began to become disordered, and the spells deviated on their own as soon as they were formed. The construction path of the soul skills was twisted into a dead loop. All the cultivators who tried to forcefully cast spells seemed to be trapped in an invisible logical maze. Soul power clashed back and forth in their bodies, but they could never reach the endpoint of "release". The power of the skills was continuously weakened, and they even collapsed on their own before they were formed.
The elder stationed at the Heavenly Emanation Limitless Hall lost all color in his face at that moment. He looked up at the terrifying being hovering above the formation and almost screamed the name: "It's one of the nine calamity beasts— Abyss Core Yama Suanni! Its cultivation is comparable to the Chaos Realm · Supreme! All disciples of the Only Book Realm and Annihilation Dawn Realm, listen to my order, retreat immediately and enter the sect's secret gate! Do not act recklessly!" As soon as he finished speaking, several hidden spatial rifts were forcibly opened deep within the sect. A group of core disciples quickly retreated under the cover of the formation, while many more cultivators who had not yet qualified to retreat could only hold their positions, knowing that the opponent had not yet truly made a move, but already feeling the despairing pressure of being completely crushed.
The Abyss Core Yama Suanni slowly looked down at the sect below. Its crimson core flickered, as if calculating the "rule cost" required for the next burst. Under this gaze, the defensive array of the Causeless Heavenly Sect appeared so fragile for the first time.
Finally Abyss Core Yama Suanni ceased suppressing the pulsation of the crimson Abyssal Core. Its massive body slowly tightened within the sea of clouds, and cracks resembling magma suddenly appeared in the gaps between its scales. In the next instant, the rules above the entire Causeless Heavenly Sect were simultaneously tightened, as if the heavens and earth themselves were locked by an invisible chain of fate. The first round of the global Nuclear Explosion Fate Chain detonated silently, without thunder, yet more terrifying than any lightning.
The chain reaction of annihilation waves emanating from the Abyssal Cause Core array spread wildly from the array dome. The light screen of the defensive array was forcibly stretched to its Limit, and the array patterns emitted continuous cracking cries. Large numbers of runes vaporized and disappeared in mid-air. The aftershocks crashed down like dark red tides, causing the sect's peaks to tremble, the mountains to crack, and the spiritual veins to wail. It was as if the entire sect would be wiped out in the next instant.
At this moment, the Causeless Heavenly Sect stood atop the core of the formation, his hair wildly dancing, his eyes burning with a light that seemed to ignite his very soul. All his cultivation poured forth without reservation. Several elders simultaneously manifested their true forms, ancient seals, life patterns, and boundary-constructing arrays unfolding behind them, forcibly nailing the collapsing formation back into reality. Dozens of defensive sequences overlapped, managing to withstand the aftershocks of that Nuclear Explosion Fate Chain. However, the price was equally devastating. Disciples inside the formation coughed up blood and fell, many with weaker cultivation shattering their spiritual platforms on the spot, reduced to empty shells. At this moment, the entire Causeless Heavenly Sect was utterly on the verge of annihilation. If another explosion of the same level were to occur, all defenses would become meaningless.
Just when everyone thought that the Abyss Core Yama Suanni was about to launch a second destruction, it suddenly made an extremely strange move. Its huge head slowly sank down, and the pulsating rhythm of the crimson Abyss Core suddenly changed, as if it had switched from "detonation" to "summoning". Instead of spewing out annihilation waves from its open maw, it spewed out strands of shadowy air that were twisted to the Ultimate. These air currents swirled and condensed in the high sky, as if they were being guided by some ancient command. Then, strange objects began to "grow" inch by inch in the sky above the entire sect.
It wasn't a crack, but thousands upon thousands of serpentine silhouettes squeezed out of the void, their scales long and narrow, their bodies slender like spears, their eyes gleaming with a mixture of cold white and dark red light. They weren't flying, but rather seemed to be swimming in the air, each sway of their tails creating ripples of regularity. These serpentine demonic beasts were so numerous that they blocked out the light of day, densely covering the sky above the formation. The aura emanating from each one remained steadily at the edge of the Void Emanation Realm · Middle Stage. Before they even made a move, the oppressive feeling had already caused the space inside the formation to become unstable again, as if it would be crushed by both their sheer number and their level in the next second.
The defenses of the Causeless Heavenly Sect are still intact, but they have been completely dragged into the abyss of a war of attrition. Meanwhile Abyss Core Yama Suanni hangs high above the myriad snakes, like a cold-blooded Adjudicator, quietly waiting for its prey to exhaust its last chance of resistance in despair.
The horde of ten thousand serpentine demonic beasts completed their dive in a single instant. It wasn't a simple charge, but a terrifyingly ordered and destructive formation. Thousands upon thousands of serpentine beasts abruptly contracted their bodies high in the sky, their scales rubbing against the void and creating blinding dark red streaks. In the next instant, like a calamity-laden torrent drawn by a single will, they crashed violently into the defensive formation of the Causeless Heavenly Sect. Before the first wave of impact had even subsided, the second and third waves had already precisely struck the weakest points of the formation's runes, as if they had calculated the Limit each rune's resilience beforehand.
The array's light barrier began to tear irreversibly under the continuous multi-point impact. The cracks didn't explode, but were instead "eaten away." The runes collapsed piece by piece, and the defensive layers dropped at a visible speed. The entire sky above the sect was torn into countless glowing fragments. The mountain gate collapsed, the main peak caved in, and the protective spiritual veins were shaken back. Before many disciples could even escape into the secret gate, they were wiped out by the aftershocks of the rules as the swarm of snakes swept past. The collapse of the Causeless Heavenly Sect was no longer a trend, but a fact that had already occurred.
Just as the sect was about to be completely swallowed up, the aura of the Causeless Heavenly Sect Master suddenly changed. Standing at the deepest part of the formation, he raised his hand and pressed it against the sect's ground. A deep and resolute oath resounded, as if awakening relics that had slumbered for countless epochs. In the next instant, the earth's veins throughout the entire sect domain were forcibly pulled up, and ancient, almost primitive forbidden patterns emerged from the ground. This was the true foundation of the Wuyintian Sect, which had never been revealed to the outside the Causeless Heavenly Sect. Forbidden sect techniques were forced to be unsealed, and the world suddenly darkened. A giant Dharma image, composed of remnants of cause and effect and fragments of the boundary structure, manifested behind the sect master. The moment the Dharma image opened its eyes, time briefly shifted, and space was compressed into layers of cross-sections. The sect master pointed a finger, and the forbidden techniques moved at his will.
It directly clashed with the Abyss Core Yama Suanni high in the sky. The crimson Abyss Core and the forbidden-level Dharma Form collided in the air. There was no explosion, only ripples of collapsing rules spreading outward. Ten thousand snake demon beasts were annihilated in the ripples, but the sect leader's aura was also rapidly declining. This attack was a breath of fresh air bought with the foundation of the sect.
Just as the Abyss Core Yama Suanni raised its head again, and the Abyss Core began to pulsate faster, preparing to launch the next round of complete annihilation, a grand and clear voice suddenly came from the depths of heaven and earth, piercing through the chaos and suppressing the calamity, like the tolling of a war bell—"We are late, Sect Master of the Causeless Heavenly Sect, we have arrived."
Before the words were even finished, several passages traversing the heavens were forcibly torn open, and billions of rays of spiritual light poured down from higher dimensions like a galaxy flowing backward. The array of the Heavenly Emanation Limitless Hall appeared first, orderly and calm, its discipline as ironclad. Then, the forces of the Fallen Dawn Divine Hall descended, light and darkness intertwined, their auras sharp as blades of judgment. Finally, the vast blue spiritual tide of the Vast Sea Billow Sect surged forth, overwhelming the sky. The three forces converged in the air into an undeniable torrent of war.
Tens of thousands of Void Emanation Realm · Supreme Disciples simultaneously unleashed their domains, instantly raising the spiritual pressure of heaven and earth to a new level. In front of them, a dozen figures of Silent Mystery Realm · Supreme Elders stepped forward, the rules beneath their feet actively making way, as if even the Void Obliteration Domain itself was yielding the battlefield for this reinforcement army.
The battle was forcibly rewritten at this moment. For the first time, the Abyss Core Yama Suanni truly stopped its actions. What was reflected in its crimson vertical pupils was no longer just a sect waiting to be slaughtered, but a direct war that could shake the entire Void Obliteration Domain.