The Beginningless Abyss deep within Gongpiluo Huang's left eye spun wildly, while the Endless Ancient Rhyme Charm in his right eye also vibrated violently at this moment. The twelve star spots on his back simultaneously lit up with a gray-white glow, and the ten beastly manifestations that had not yet truly manifested appeared one after another in the depths of the Primordial Chaos. The twelve ancient patterns crisscrossed wildly along his body, attempting to isolate the pitch-black sword light from the manifestation of the Source of Wuji.
However, the dark sword light was not blocked. It followed the already formed Teeth of Beginningless and directly pierced the Seal of End and Beginning embodied by Gongpiluo Huang.
Swoosh! The rat-shaped star suddenly shattered. Immediately afterward, a large crack appeared on the second bull-shaped star in the pitch-black embers.
The twelve beastly radiances trembled simultaneously, and the originally complete gray-white primordial halo collapsed one after another. The crimson-black scar on Gongpiluo Huang's forehead rapidly expanded, and countless fine, pitch-black cracks appeared beneath its gray-white fur. Among the four colorless ancient teeth, the two Teeth of Beginningless that had been lightly touching suddenly shattered, and the tiny fragments were completely swallowed up by the pitch-black embers before they could fall.
Gongpiluo Huang suddenly opened its mouth and let out a sharp screech that it had never heard before. "Squeak--!"
Its sound had barely rang out when it was completely swallowed up by the absolute silence of the surrounding world. The pitch-black sword light continued to penetrate deeper. The Beginningless Abyss in the left eye suddenly shattered. The Endless Ancient Rhyme in the right eye also left a large blank space.
The Beginningless authority that could originally send all things back to where they never began is now being directly burned by the embers. Even the Seal of End and Beginning, which was cast from the Source of Wuji to the Twelve Zodiac Aspects, is collapsing one after another under the penetration of the dark sword light.
Gongpiluo Huang attempted to retract his manifestation and return to the depths of the Wuji Beginningless, but the sword light had already locked onto his existence along with the act of casting the spell. The rat-shaped form that could have been discarded was now forcibly fixed and could no longer be separated from the Teeth of Beginningless that had already appeared.
Boom! The pitch-black sword light pierced through Gongpiluo Huang completely.
The twelve star-shaped spots exploded simultaneously, and the rat-shaped form rapidly collapsed in the pitch-black embers. Its gray-white fur turned into nothingness one after another, and its four colorless ancient teeth vanished completely. The two ancient powers of the left eye Beginningless, and the right eye Endless, completely disintegrated in the same instant. The Seal of End and Beginning the Beginning and End, which originally connected to the Source of Wuji, was also forcibly torn apart deep within the sword light. Even the ancient source that had once been directed towards the Twelve Zodiac Aspects was completely severed by Jin Beginning Absolute Nothing along the traces of the spell.
Gongpiluo Huang's body slowly disappeared. First his limbs, then his gray-white tail. Finally, his eyes, which once held the Beginningless and the Endless, also dimmed completely in the black embers.
It left no remnant of Fate Soul, no trace of primordial chaos that could be re-formed, and even the Seal of End and Beginning that once bore the name of Gongpiluo Huang Emptiness completely in the pitch-black sword light.
At the very instant that Gongpiluo Huang completely disappeared, the colossal, ten-thousand-foot-tall body of the Eternal Prison Skeleton Ancient Scion in the distance finally met its final backlash from Jin Beginning Absolute Nothing. The originally raging crimson-black blood flames suddenly turned into a deep, dark black, the six tattered bone wings completely disintegrated in an instant, and the gray-gold vertical pupil in the center of its chest also lost its last glimmer of light.
Its original name, which had been gnawed away by the Teeth of Beginningless, reappeared at this moment, but it was burned one after another under the backlash of the Jin Beginning Absolute Nothing. All the ancient memories, Fate Soul karma, bloodline inheritance and bone pattern foundation that had ever existed were gathered towards the center along the black embers. The immortal body that could originally be reassembled by billions of bones could no longer withstand any source pull.
The Eternal Prison Skeleton Ancient Scion slowly lowered its head, gazing at its six disappearing bone-armored fingers. The Ultimate madness in its dark golden eyes gradually subsided. A strange smile slowly appeared on its pale bone surface.
"Heh heh..." A low, hoarse laugh escaped from the depths of its gradually dissipating throat, "Gongpiluo Huang..."
It slowly raised its head, gazing at the now utterly Emptiness sky in the distance. "I... in the end, still hold you..."
Before it could utter its last few words, its throat vanished completely in the black embers. Then, its towering body began to rapidly collapse from the center of its chest, the remaining bone armor dissolving into nothingness.
The ancient blood prison that had been entrenched deep within the gray-gold vertical pupils collapsed completely. The traces of the existence of billions of skeletons were also swallowed up by the backlash at the same moment. The ancient prison skeleton patterns left by the twelve spines disappeared completely. Even the terrifying creature that had been sealed by Shangguan Lingxiao and Elder White Brow Mei for millions of years, all the Fate Soul karma it carried, was completely reduced to Emptiness in the pitch-black embers.
Boom! The last wisp of black embers suddenly vanished.
The Eternal Prison Skeleton Ancient Scion have vanished completely. Any trace of its existence has rapidly faded along all the causal lines of the universe. The true name of the Prison Corpse, originally recorded in ancient texts, has become blank. The remaining Dao patterns that witnessed its battles have lost their bearings.
The skeletal patterns that were originally associated with that ancient ruin from millions of years ago quietly disappeared at this moment, and even the traces of the existence that once used the forbidden divine power "Jin Beginning Absolute Nothing - Return to One Void" were completely swallowed up by the backlash.
The entire sky Blue-Gray Mountain Plain fell completely silent at this moment. The crimson-black river of bones that once stretched across the heavens and earth had disappeared, the gray-white primordial halo had also vanished, the tiny tooth marks left by the Teeth of Beginningless had all crumbled, and the pitch-black sword light that the Jin Beginning Absolute Nothing had been unable to condense had also slowly dissipated after completing its final strike.
The origins and causes that had been gnawed away by the Teeth of Beginningless returned to their original positions, the disordered Twelve Zodiac Star Positions were restored to their original order, and then fell into complete silence. All the ancient Dao patterns in the world related to the erasure of the Beginningless gradually returned to calm after a brief period of stillness.
Even that Ultimate forbidden divine power, which was once capable of burning away the power of the Beginningless, completely collapsed after completing its final mission, leaving no trace of its origin.
In the distance, tens of thousands of divine beasts slowly raised their heads. Their scarlet beast eyes gradually regained their clarity. The ancient divine thoughts that had originally occupied the depths of their Fate Souls had completely disappeared. Their enormous beast bodies still lay prostrate among the broken mountains, but they could no longer feel the terrifying pressure that had previously made them dare not disobey.
Above the bluish-gray mountain plains, only vast expanses of broken clouds and ancient cracks that have not yet healed remain. The two ancient beings who once waged an earth-shattering battle here have completely vanished, leaving no remnant souls, no origins, and no cause and effect capable of being reunited.
Even that forbidden battle, which ended in mutual destruction, lost its traceable origins in the final backlash of Jin Beginning Absolute Nothing. Only the shattered mountains and rivers remained, lying between heaven and earth.
A bottomless chasm pierced through the gray-blue earth, ancient beast skeletons were scattered in all directions, and the remaining primordial energy flowed slowly along the mountain ridges. The entire mountain plain finally ushered in a long-awaited silence. Gongpiluo Huang and the Eternal Prison Skeleton Ancient Scion together, returning to nothingness.
Deep within the Northwest Rift Valley, amidst the layered, continuous gray-blue mountain ranges, thousands of faint rays of primordial light flowed slowly along the broken rock walls. The once colossal rift valley that stretched across the heavens and earth had long been shattered by the terrifying battle that had wiped out countless beasts. Hundreds of broken mountains stretched across the abyss on both sides, and large plumes of gray-white dust rose from the cracks in the rocks, lingering for a long time.
In the distant sky, the undying crimson-black ancient prison's primordial energy intertwined with the greyish-white, Beginningless Ancient Rhyme aura, heavily pressing down on the surrounding land, filling the entire world with a suffocating, stagnant heaviness. The remaining members of the Shangguan Lineage family gathered on a relatively intact, giant rock platform deep within the rift valley.
Several elders guarded the four passes, and the broken Primordial Dao Supreme Treasure floated above everyone's heads. The dark golden bell screen and the purple and white light wheel intertwined, firmly protecting the severely injured disciples whose Fate Souls were seriously damaged and whose bodies were exhausted within the formation.
Several deacons weaved through the crowd, helping the wounded and distributing healing pills. The once orderly and solemn clan formation was now in a sorry state, with everyone's robes stained with blood, their faces pale, and deep in their eyes still lingering the bone-chilling fear of being besieged by billions of divine beasts and fighting to the death in a desperate situation.
Shangguan Wan'er sat cross-legged in the center of the rock platform, with the Purple Firmament Primordial Life-Protecting Ring hovering quietly in front of her. The nine layers of purple and white light wheels were mostly dimmed, and her body was covered with fine cracks, showing that she was severely injured.
She slowly brought her palms together, gathering the last wisp of healing essence into the foundation of her Fate Soul. Then she raised her eyes, her clear pupils filled with lingering weariness, her usually gentle and rosy face pale to the point of being almost transparent. The old wound in her chest, left by the backlash from the Ancient Prison essence, throbbed faintly. Even the slightest breath would aggravate the unhealed cracks deep within her Fate Soul, causing waves of dull pain.
Elder White Brow stood beside her, his bronze staff deeply embedded in the hard rock to stabilize his body. Above his head, the Nine Mysteries Primordial Origin-Suppressing Bell floated Ji Ran, several of the nine primordial Dao patterns that had once flowed smoothly on the bell now darkened and Annihilation. His aged face was covered with deep weariness, and dried bloodstains that had not been wiped away clung to his long, snow-white eyebrows. His body was scarred by the ravages of time.
Just as the two were concentrating on regulating their breathing and stabilizing their injuries, the terrifying pressure that had long suppressed heaven and earth above the distant Blue-Gray Mountain Plains vanished without warning. There was no earth-shattering roar that shook the universe, no primordial turbulence that swept across the land, and even the continuously trembling and teetering mountain ranges suddenly fell silent at this moment, with all sounds utterly still.
Elder White Brow suddenly raised his eyes, his aged eyes narrowing sharply, his knuckles tightening and turning white as he gripped his staff. He clearly sensed that the Beginningless Ancient Rhyme of Gongpiluo Huang had previously enveloped the heavens and earth and dominated the battle, had completely dissipated, and even the domineering and overwhelming ancient prison fiend of the Eternal Prison Skeleton Ancient Scion had vanished without a trace. The two ancient origins that had confronted each other for countless ages had disappeared into thin air at the same time, leaving not a trace of their former power.
"Hmm?!" Elder White Brow frowned deeply, his eyes filled with undisguised surprise and wariness.
Shangguan Wan'er also instantly sensed the abnormality. She slowly propped herself up on the broken rock beside her, her cold gaze fixed on the distant horizon. The originally crisscrossing, flickering crimson-black ancient prison energy and gray-white Beginningless Ancient Rhyme all faded away, and the entire Blue-Gray Mountain Plain fell into an Ultimate eerie, deathly silence and peace. Even the divine beast supreme, which had been completely controlled by Gongpiluo Huang's divine sense and was raging with ferocity, saw its rampaging, violent beastly might rapidly diminish and subside.
"Senior brother, why did these two auras suddenly disappear completely? Could it be...?" Her voice was hoarse from repeated battles, and every word was filled with disbelief and shock.
Elder White Brow did not respond immediately. He slowly raised his palm, and a wisp of primordial Dao pattern condensed in his palm, reaching out towards the distant mountains and plains, trying to investigate the root cause of the changes in heaven and earth. However, as soon as this wisp of Dao pattern stepped out of the rift valley's airspace, it suddenly twisted and collapsed in a strange and chaotic manner. The originally stable and clear spatial patterns between heaven and earth blurred inch by inch and dissolved layer by layer, as if the foundation supporting this world was collapsing and disappearing silently.
"Wan'er, be careful!" Before the elder's warning had even finished, a faint yet piercing cracking sound rang out across the entire Northwest Rift Valley—crack!