The battle grew ever more intense. Killing intent and Calamity Power had nearly condensed into tangible form, turning this stretch of heaven and earth into a true purgatory.
Ming Xin remained concealed above the Ninth Heaven, like a calm chess player, while the invisible threads of Cause and Effect and good and evil at his fingertips intertwined ever more densely above the battlefield.
The battle between Eastern Emperor Tai Yi and the four Ancestral Witches remained deadlocked. The Chaos Bell was incomparably powerful, but wielding such a supreme treasure consumed a tremendous amount of power. Tai Yi's aura was no longer as vigorous as it had been at the start.
Although Ancestral Witches such as Zhu Rong and Gong Gong were suppressed, they relied on their formidable physical bodies and abundant origin power to continue attacking frantically, attempting to exhaust Tai Yi's Magic Power.
At that moment, a trace of "malice" and "impatience," silently magnified by Causal Law, began to grow within Zhu Rong's heart.
After failing to break through for so long and being suppressed by Tai Yi's spiritual treasure, his rage had already reached its peak.
Though Gong Gong was somewhat calmer, under the influence of the tides of good and evil, his resentment and defiance toward the demon race and their spiritual treasures had likewise been amplified.
"Gong Gong! Help me!" Zhu Rong suddenly roared. No longer attacking separately, he condensed all his divine power into his fist, compressing the Heavenly God Fire to its absolute limit.
It transformed into a dark crimson pillar of flame that pierced through space and blasted directly at the Chaos Bell itself! He intended to break the surface with a single point!
Gong Gong immediately understood. Almost at the same instant, he summoned endless Innate Water Essence, transforming it into a ferocious roaring black-water dragon.
Rather than attacking Tai Yi, it coiled around the Chaos Bell. Its freezing cold and corrosive power erupted at full force, attempting to restrain the Chaos Bell's defenses for the moment!
The other two Ancestral Witches also seized the opportunity, combining the powers of wind and lightning to aid Zhu Rong and Gong Gong!
This combined strike was far more powerful than before!
Eastern Emperor Tai Yi's expression shifted slightly. The Chaos Bell let out a thunderous hum as chaotic currents surged wildly, forcefully meeting the four concentrated attacks!
Boom—!!!
At the heart of the terrifying explosion, space shattered inch by inch like glazed glass, forming a fleeting black hole!
The Chaos Bell's barrier trembled violently. Tai Yi's body jolted, and a trace of golden blood actually spilled from the corner of his mouth! Though he had blocked the attack, he had still suffered some shock.
Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, and the other two Ancestral Witches were likewise forced back by the recoil, their auras thrown into disarray.
Now!
High above the Ninth Heaven, Ming Xin's eyes flashed with brilliant light!
This was exactly the instant he had been waiting for—after both sides' powers had collided, when their old strength was spent and their new strength had yet to arise! It was also the moment when the battlefield's killing intent had been pushed to its peak!
He no longer concealed himself!
With one step, his figure emerged from the void, appearing directly above the heart of the explosion!
His azure robes snapped in the wind as the vast pressure of his Half-step Primordial Unity cultivation erupted without restraint. Like an invisible boulder dropped into boiling oil, it instantly drowned out every sound of slaughter and exploding energy on the battlefield!
Judgment, Slaughter, the Mortal World, Cause and Effect, good and evil... several powerful and unique Law auras spread outward from him like halos, covering the entire battlefield!
"That is... Ming Xin?!"
"What is he trying to do?!"
Di Jun, Tai Yi, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and every great power who sensed this aura were all shaken to the core, their movements freezing for an instant!
Ignoring every horrified gaze, Ming Xin formed seals with both hands and invoked the supreme divine ability he had newly comprehended—
"Seal of Good and Evil Life and Death!"
His left hand represented "good" and "life." Its white radiance was gentle and warm, containing boundless Life Force and the blessing of good fortune;
His right hand represented "evil" and "death." Black currents flowed around it in lifeless stillness, entwined with the terrifying aura of Terminus and Karmic Fire!
The two seals did not directly attack either side. Instead, as he pressed his hands downward, they merged into the Tribulation's killing intent and the rules of heaven and earth below, which had been driven to an extreme frenzy by the clash of peak experts!
Hum—!
Heaven and earth fell silent!
Then, centered on the Wu Yao battlefield, an indescribably vast fluctuation of law instantly swept across hundreds of millions of miles like ripples on water!
Every soldier of the Wu Yao races currently engaged in battle, regardless of cultivation level, felt a tremor rise from the depths of their souls!
Those burdened by heavy karmic debt and countless killings, whether witch or demon, instantly burst into invisible "Karmic Fire." Before they could even scream, they were reduced to ashes in agony, their souls scattering completely!
Those who still retained a trace of goodwill, or who had killed fewer, felt a gentle power brush over their bodies and minds. It dispersed some of the killing intent's erosion and even slightly healed their wounds!
This was not direct slaughter. Rather, it was an indiscriminate judgment and reckoning based on one's own "good and evil karma," achieved by invoking the Heavenly Dao Rule and drawing upon the Tribulation's killing intent!
"Pfft!"
"Aah—!"
A vast stretch of the battlefield was instantly emptied! Three or four out of every ten combatants had fallen!
Even peak combatants such as the Ancestral Witches, Demon Emperors, and Demon Saints were affected to varying degrees! Those burdened by karma, such as some Demon Saints and certain bloodthirsty Ancestral Witches like She Bi Shi, all felt their primordial spirits burn with pain, their auras destabilizing!
"Ming Xin! How dare you!!" Di Jun roared, his eyes nearly splitting with rage.
"Interfering in the Wu Yao war? You are courting death!" Di Jiang also let out an enraged roar.
Eastern Emperor Tai Yi wiped the golden blood from his lips and fixed Ming Xin with an icy gaze. The Chaos Bell rang once more, brimming with killing intent.
Ming Xin hovered in the air, enduring every furious and murderous stare, yet his expression remained calm. He slowly spoke. His voice was not loud, but it reached the ears of every survivor with perfect clarity:
"The slaughter has reached this point, and karmic debt has soared to the heavens. I walk on Heaven's behalf to purge karmic obstacles. This war should end."
He did not intend to aid either side. He intended to forcibly end this war, which had caused boundless slaughter, and take this opportunity—
To use this vast amount of karmic debt and killing intent as nourishment to verify his path of good and evil and judgment, while also seizing the supreme merit of bringing the Tribulation to an end!
The first great war between Wu and Yao, due to Ming Xin's earthshaking intervention, headed in an entirely unknown direction.
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