Above the Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall, the battle had already collapsed.
Ancestor Hao Wuli's aura was disordered, the Stainless radiance between his brows gradually dimmed, and the Annihilation Seal in his hand was shattered. With his Stainless Realm Ultimate body, he fought against the Phantom Demonic Spirit Commander, but he was still shaken so badly that blood seeped from between his fingers.
Vice Hall Master Zhang Qiang's Chaos Realm Supreme Power surged in the void. His Innate Martial Soul, the "Silent Star Sunken Abyss Halberd," was already covered in cracks, and each swing was accompanied by a heavy coughing sound of blood.
Even though the core elder Chen Chao released the "Chaos Silent Origin Chain", it was suppressed by the five Dao Shadow Soldiers at the same time. The chain broke inch by inch, and the chaotic aura turned into a sea of blood.
Elder Ji Yuan's body was teetering on the brink of collapse. His power as a mid-stage Chaos Realm cultivator was completely swallowed up in the roaring battlefield, and he was on the verge of being Annihilation at any moment.
Above the main hall of the Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall, mountains and rivers collapsed, and the towering palace shattered into dust. Cracks filled the sky, and the "Phantom Dao Flame" of the Phantom Demonic Spirit Legion raged, burning Pre-Nonbeing to ashes. The entire Holy Temple was on the verge of destruction under the merciless suppression, as if it would be destroyed in the next instant.
"We can't hold on any longer!" an elder roared, his voice drowned out by the roar.
Hao Wuli's eyes flashed with determination in an instant, as if he were about to burn his life as a final act of defiance.
However, at this very moment—
Boom!!!
Suddenly, a deafening roar shook the heavens and earth. The sky Source of Epochless · Middle Layer was completely torn apart, and a vast and boundless pillar of light crashed down from the depths of the sky, illuminating the area within billions of miles of the Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall.
From within the beam of light emerged a majestic figure that defies description.
He was dressed in an ancient robe, with countless ancient stars guarding his back, and billions of worlds evolving and disappearing around him. With each step he took, the void trembled, time and space flowed, Causality Reversal, and all the laws of heaven and earth bowed down.
That was the true ancestor of the Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall--
Hao Yuanzun!
The Stainless Realm: The Progenitor of Supreme.
Before he could speak, the world fell silent. The billions of flames Phantom Demonic Spirit Commander dimmed instantly under his gaze, and the Dao Shadow Soldier in the void trembled as if their existence had been locked by the Primal Annihilator.
"How dare you lay a finger on my sacred temple?"
As Hao Yuanzun's voice fell, it resonated like an ancient cosmic bell, echoing across the boundless star field. In an instant, with a wave of his hand, the Eternal Extreme Heavenly Stele appeared in the void, inscribed with endless rules that suppressed all heavens. As his palm struck down, billions of illusory Dao Flame simultaneously collapsed, and the Phantom Demonic Spirit Commander was also blasted back tens of thousands of miles. The black-gold flames trembled violently, revealing fear for the first time.
The tide of battle turned in an instant!
Hao Yuanzun struck with his palm, causing the heavens to tremble.
The Eternal Extreme Heavenly Stele, suspended in the void, was like a crystallization of billions of stars. Each golden inscription shimmering on its surface corresponded to an embodiment of a supreme rule. The stele's light cascaded down like a waterfall, its radiance reaching billions of feet, as if the entire universe had been turned upside down, covering the sky above the Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall with absolute pressure.
"Boom--!"
More than a thousand Dao Shadow Soldier roared in unison, their golden and Dao Flame burning to their Ultimate, attempting to resist this supreme power. However, the moment the light from the stele fell, the world suddenly changed color, and the chains of time and cause and effect collapsed entirely within the stele's patterns.
Most of the Dao Shadow Soldier's bodies were frozen in place, their movements halted in the instant of burning, swinging their blades, and roaring. The next moment, like a painting that had lost its narrative logic, they silently collapsed into thousands of fragments, turning into dust and light, which were swept into the Annihilation Abyss by the light of the monument.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Countless explosions echoed in the void, as if a thousand troops had been shattered by a heavy hammer at the same time. More than half of the thousand Dao Shadow Soldier were killed or wounded in this single palm strike!
Half of the raging battle was extinguished in an instant. The remaining Dao Shadow Soldier staggered backward, the "Origin-Returning Blade" on their chests burning with cracks. Even the black-gold phantoms at the commander level were shaken and spat out pitch-black energy flames. The Dao Flame in their eyes flickered violently, as if they were on the verge of destruction.
The void of the Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall was finally bathed in a brief moment of light.
The disciples, witnessing this scene, were all moved to tears, their voices trembling as they whispered:
"The progenitor... the progenitor Hao Yuanzun has personally arrived!"
Hao Wuli, Zhang Qiang, Chen Chao, and the others were deeply shocked. They quickly used secret seals to stabilize their injuries and looked at the towering figure, their hearts filled with long-lost hope.
Hao Yuanzun stood in the void, his expression calm and serene, yet the vast radiance surrounding him revealed one fact:
The sky in the middle layer of the Source of Epochless has not yet fallen!
With a single palm Hao Yuanzun Annihilation a thousand soldiers, and the light of heaven and earth poured down. Before the hope that had just been ignited in the hearts of the people of the Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall could completely dissipate, a rumble even deeper than the primordial rift of the universe suddenly came from the depths of the void.
"Boom--Rumble--!"
The entire middle layer of the Source of Epochless trembled simultaneously, and countless cracks tore down from the dark depths of the sky, as if a black and gold spider web covering billions of star fields was slowly unfolding.
What followed was the roar of endless Dao Flame!
One, two, three... countless black-gold figures emerged from the abyss, their Dao Flame burning more intensely than any of the previous ones. As runes flowed around them, even space and time seemed to freeze and collapse due to their aura.
The elders of the Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall looked up in shock, only to see more than a hundred Dao Shadow Soldier Commander stepping out from the void rift!
Their figures were thousands of feet tall, each with a different shape, yet all possessed the characteristic of being "unobservable." Their faces were blurred into an abyss of light and shadow, with only their Dao Flame Eyes burning, like one hundred and eight hell lamps emerging from the dark depths of the sea.
"This... this is impossible!"
"One hundred Dao Shadow Soldier Commander?!"
Even Ancestor Hao Wuli and Zhang Qiang couldn't help but gasp. Chen Chao stared intently at the commanders, a sense of despair he had never felt before rising in his heart.
More than a hundred commanders stepped out in unison, each step shattering the space in the Source of Epochless · Middle Layer into a fragile mirror, sending billions of fragments flying and reflecting the terrified faces of the disciples of each temple.
They chanted in unison, and an untranslatable, mysterious ancient language echoed between heaven and earth, like a death knell:
"Return to Origin, Annihilation!"
In an instant, the Dao Flame of over a hundred Dao Shadow Soldier Commander merged into one, transforming into a World Extinguisher net that stretched across the Source of Epochless · Middle Layer, enveloping everything below. Whether it was the Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall, the Dawn Cloud First Hall, the Crimson Martial Hall Temple, the Glazed Immortal Hall, or the Vast Abyss Sea Clan, everyone felt their hearts being gripped by an invisible force in that instant, their blood almost freezing!
The entire world was plunged into an unprecedented state of suffocation.
Even Hao Yuanzun's gaze finally sharpened slightly.
With the appearance of all 100 supreme commanders, the entire middle Source of Epochless seemed to be completely locked down, and the world turned into a deathly abyss.
However, in that instant, not a single disciple from the Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall, Dawn Cloud First Hall, Crimson Martial Hall, Glazed Immortal Hall, Profound Frost Sacred Hall, Silent Shadow Asura Clan, Annihilation Dream Sacred Hall... retreated!
Boom!
Tens of thousands of disciples simultaneously activated their Innate Martial Soul, like countless stars shining brightly in the night. The intense soul light and combat skills intertwined to form a vast sea of light that soared into the sky.
"Kill!!!"
The roar shattered the sky, and blood and heat burned fiercely at that moment.
Tens of thousands of disciples of the Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall simultaneously unleashed the [Annihilation Extreme Starlight Formation], and tens of thousands of starlight rays condensed into a galaxy that covered the sky, to meet the attacking Dao Shadow Soldier.
The female disciples of the Dawn Cloud First Hall unfolded the "Spirit Brocade Book Realm," and countless books of light rolled out, their pages resembling a long river of souls, blocking the attacks of dozens of Dao Shadow Soldiers. With each page turned, a female disciple coughed up blood and collapsed, but they still gritted their teeth and persevered.
An elder from the Glazed Immortal Hall struck out with his palm, and billions of glazed lights shattered into a waterfall, illuminating the battlefield as if a divine kingdom had fallen. Disciples transformed into light one after another, desperately suppressing one side.
The disciples of the Crimson Martial Hall formed a blood-red martial spirit army formation, with ten thousand feet of blood flames burning, transforming into countless giant crimson martial shadows that charged forward, but wave after wave they were torn apart by the Dao Shadow Soldier, with corpses flying everywhere and hot blood spilled everywhere.
The Profound Frost Sacred Hall released the [Mystic Ice Life River], freezing the void with extreme cold. Thousands of disciples were shattered by the ice shards, yet they did not fall, and ice crystals splattered into a sky full of blood flowers.
The disciple of the Silent Shadow Asura Clan summoned the [Asura Soul Realm], and crimson Asura shadows filled the sky, roaring as they pounced on their leader, only to be annihilated in an instant, their last lives burning amidst their blood-soaked roars.
Between heaven and earth, the flames of martial spirits and flesh intertwined, roars and screams mingled, and at that moment the entire Source of Epochless - Middle Layer transformed into a vast Asura battlefield.
At the very center, Elder Hao Wuli, Zhang Qiang, Chen Chao, Ji Yuan, and others were already experiencing surging blood and qi, and were being besieged by dozens of commanders. The flames of World Extinguisher pressed in from all directions, forcing them to retreat step by step.
"Disciples—fight with all your might!!!"
Hao Wuli roared and shattered the two commanders with a single blow, spraying blood into the sky.
The defensive line built by countless disciples with their blood is being torn apart and swallowed up bit by bit under the onslaught of the hundred commanders.
This is no longer a simple battle, but the Ultimate dirge for heaven and earth!
With the hundred commanders charging in, the blood-red sky was completely torn apart.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The battle formations of the Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall shattered continuously, and rivers of blood flowed through the air.
At the forefront, Chen Chao roared as he activated the [Causal Abyss World Extinguisher Formation], unleashing the Chaos Realm · Supreme. Countless chains of cause and effect appeared in the void, seemingly poised to suppress all the heavens. But in the next instant, the three Dao Shadow Soldier Commander simultaneously slashed down with the "Origin-Returning Blade," directly shattering the chains of cause and effect he had woven.
"--impossible!!"
Chen Chao cried out in horror, but it was too late. Countless black and gold blades slashed down, piercing through his body in an instant. His soul was shattered into fragments by the Karmic Backlash, and even his name vanished into the void.
On the other side, Chen Po frantically activated his bloodline combat skills, roaring, "I refuse to believe I'll die here!"
But he had only just shattered the chest of one Dao Shadow Soldier when he was ambushed from behind by another Commander, whose blade cleaved down from above his head. Blood exploded, and Chen Po's eyes were still wide open, filled with endless fear and resentment. His entire existence was completely erased, as if he had never existed.
"Chen Po!!!"
The surviving disciples of the Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall roared, but only endless black flames answered them.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the battlefield, Shen Yuzhi unleashed her Innate Martial Soul [Wave Heart Dream Mirror Soul]. Countless dream mirrors appeared in the void, reflecting billions of enemy shadows. She gritted her teeth and activated the Limit of [Soul Book Cuts Off Breath] to temporarily lock onto the three Dao Shadow Soldiers.
But at that very moment, a commander suddenly rushed in, slashing his sword and shattering all the dream mirrors. Wave Heart Dream Mirror Soul let out a final mournful cry before crumbling.
"Senior brother... I'm sorry..."
Shen Yuzhi's voice was weak and choked with sobs. Her body was instantly annihilated into nothingness, and even her cries could not remain in the world.
Luo Huan roared and unleashed the Radiant Seal Abyss-Splitting Claw, his hands transforming into dragons, tearing apart dozens of ordinary Dao Shadow Soldier. However, his chest was simultaneously pierced by three Origin-Returning Blades. His final roar echoed through the heavens before he was completely shattered in the black light.
Mu Xun ignited his [Mystic Flame Silent Fire Wheel], the flames illuminating the battlefield like a crimson sun. His figure resembled a fallen star, incinerating dozens of enemies. But the next second, the combined black flames of the four commanders shattered his fire wheel, and his body vanished into the wind like a piece of paper.
Du Linglin wielded the [Yin Radiance Cold Abyss Blade], cleaving open a deep abyss. The chilling air froze the void, but before she could retract her sword, a commander severed her at the waist, and her soul was instantly obliterated.
Mo Zhiyan unfolded the [Fate-Weaving Seven Mirrors], desperately trying to deduce the enemy's future afterimages, but the black gold flame sea directly burned away his deduce. The seven mirrors of fate shattered, and his figure also disappeared, even the sound of the mirrors shattering was annihilated in the void.
In an instant, the most dazzling group of geniuses of the Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall were reduced to dust one by one in the black flames.
Blood flowed like rivers, souls turned to ashes, and their names were no longer heard in the world.
Above, the hundred commanders brandished their Origin-Returning Blade, their deep "Dao Chant" resounding throughout the heavens and earth, seemingly declaring: all resistance is futile.
The surviving disciples roared and wept blood, and the eyes of Ancestor Hao Wuli, Zhang Qiang, and Elder Ji Yuan were all bloodshot. But the boundless despair had completely enveloped the Eternal Extreme Sacred Hall.