No one knew exactly what kind of existence the Avici Uninterrupted Evil Asura truly was.
It was only known that the existence of the Avici Uninterrupted Evil Asura was both the embodiment of evil and the embodiment of death!
It was an evil taboo, and also a death taboo!
It resembled a Buddha yet was not a Buddha; it was the evil Buddha among Buddhas!
It resembled a Demon yet was not a Demon; it was the evil Demon among Demons!
It resembled a God yet was not a God; it was the evil God among Gods!
Resembling a Buddha, it was more compassionate than any Buddha!
Resembling a Demon, it was more ferocious than any Demon!
Resembling a God, it was more noble than any God!
At this moment, Xuanyuan Wan finally understood why Gu Qingfeng could refine the Purgatory Flame and why he could open the Gates of Purgatory.
Because here and now, he was the Avici Uninterrupted Evil Asura who ruled over Purgatory!
Xuanyuan Wan collapsed.
She could no longer stand up.
Her consciousness blurred, her mind grew muddled. She forgot to breathe, forgot to think, forgot fear, forgot everything.
She was like this.
Within the scene, the Female Sect's Ye Tianlan, as well as White-Browed Sage Monk, Purple-Sky King, the Great Heir Apparent, and the Third Prince were no exception—they were all utterly dumbfounded.
They knew Gu Qingfeng was unfathomable, more unfathomable than imagined. Yet, they never could have imagined that Gu Qingfeng's unfathomable nature not only meant he had stepped onto five forbidden Daos, but now he had also incarnated as the Avici Uninterrupted Evil Asura who ruled over Purgatory.
If the Gu Tianlang of the past possessed a body of heaven-defying fortunes, then the Gu Qingfeng of today possessed a body of heaven-and-earth taboos.
Yes.
A body of taboos.
The Dao of the Absolute was one, the Dao of Silence was one, the Dao of Slaughter was one, the Dao of Death was one, even the Dao of Life represented by All Beings Pay Homage was one, and the Dao of Purgatory was even more so.
Gu Qingfeng, now incarnated as the Avici Uninterrupted Evil Asura, still stood in mid-air, his feet treading upon the Bright Dharma Aspect of the Purification Dragon, his hands blocking the Sacred Dharma Aspect of the Five Wisdom Kings.
When Gu Qingfeng used this Purgatory Flame to burn his entire being, when the Gates of Purgatory opened for him, when he incarnated as the Avici Uninterrupted Evil Asura, the Bright Dharma Aspect of the Purification Dragon could no longer shine brightly, and the Sacred Dharma Aspect of the Five Wisdom Kings could no longer remain sacred.
Was that all?
No.
It absolutely was not all.
Was it over?
No.
It was not over, and it would not be over!
"Blood sacrifice to Purgatory, supreme evil, death pays homage!"
Whoosh!
Demonic howls!
Ghostly wails!
Long roars!
Sounds of slaughter!
Shrill screams!
Unending, filling the entire sky!
From within the sea of blood, countless death wraiths crawled out—like bloodthirsty evil ghosts, like soul-hooking skeletons, like gluttonous beasts, like ferocious demons...
Uncountable, innumerable!
After these death wraiths appeared, they all began to pay homage to Gu Qingfeng, incarnated as the Avici Uninterrupted Evil Asura!
This scene was truly peerless throughout the ages!
Myriad phenomena were transforming, all beings were paying homage.
Purgatory was boiling, the dead spirits were paying homage.
These myriad phenomena represented all beings, and these all beings represented life.
This Purgatory represented the dead spirits, and these dead spirits represented death!
One life was paying homage to Gu Qingfeng, one death was paying homage to Gu Qingfeng.
If there existed in this world a deity who presided over life and death, then at this moment, Gu Qingfeng was that deity.
"I am the True Demon, beneath the heavens there shall be no more Immortals or Buddhas!"
Gu Qingfeng, incarnated as the Avici Uninterrupted Evil Asura, opened the three eyes on his second head. It was a head that resembled a Demon yet was not a Demon. When the eyes opened, one eye was tyrannical, one eye was ferocious, one eye was savage. His arms flailed wildly, claws bared, stirring up endless demonic light.
This demonic light was light that annihilated everything. The Bright Dharma Aspect of the Purification Dragon and the Sacred Dharma Aspect of the Five Wisdom Kings immediately let out pained howls and began to tremble.
"I am the True Buddha, what can the myriad Gods beneath the heavens do to me!"
Gu Qingfeng, incarnated as the Avici Uninterrupted Evil Asura, suddenly opened the three eyes on one of his heads. It was a head that was Buddha yet not Buddha. When the eyes opened, one eye was compassionate, one eye was sacred, one eye was bright. His arms stretched out, slowly pressing together in a prayer gesture, bringing forth endless afterimages and also endless evil Buddha-light.
This Buddha-light was light that converted everything!
The Bright Dharma Aspect of the Purification Dragon and the Sacred Dharma Aspect of the Five Wisdom Kings immediately grew blurry and distorted!
"I am the True God, beneath the heavens I alone am supreme!"
Gu Qingfeng, incarnated as the Avici Uninterrupted Evil Asura, opened the three eyes on his third head. It was a head that resembled a God yet was not a God. When the eyes opened, one eye looked down with disdain, one eye was domineering, one eye held dominion. He crossed his arms, also stirring up endless divine light.
This divine light was light that dominated everything.
The Bright Dharma Aspect of the Purification Dragon and the Sacred Dharma Aspect of the Five Wisdom Kings immediately flickered in and out of existence, as if they might dissipate at any moment!
"We are born free, who dares to stand high above."
"If Heaven presses down on me, I shall shroud and shatter that Heaven."
Boom!
The Azure Heaven seemed to turn to ashes!
"If Earth constrains me, I shall pulverize that Earth."
Boom!
The Earth seemed to turn to ashes!
"If I achieve glory, I shall surely be more rampant than the Gods!"
Boom!
The world itself also seemed to turn to ashes!
In an instant!
The sky filled with Buddha-light, like Buddhas filling the sky!
The sky filled with demonic light, like demons filling the sky!
The sky filled with divine light, like Gods filling the sky!
"All of you, be destroyed!
Destroyed!
Destroyed!"
The sky filled with Buddha-light, demonic light, and divine light intertwined and interwove. Buddha contained Demon, Demon contained Buddha. Buddha was Demon, Demon was Buddha. God was Buddha, God was Demon!
What exactly was it—God, Demon, or Buddha? No one knew!
They only knew that the Bright Dharma Aspect of the Purification Dragon and the Sacred Dharma Aspect of the Five Wisdom Kings vanished into thin air at this moment, turning to ashes!
Destroyed?
Destroyed.
The Bright Dharma Aspect of the Purification Dragon was, and the Sacred Dharma Aspect of the Five Wisdom Kings was.
Even this Azure Heaven, this Earth, this world all seemed to have turned to ashes. But as they turned to ashes, the Azure Heaven, the Earth, and the world instantly restored themselves to their original state!
Why exactly?
What had happened?
No one understood. At this moment, they didn't care about these things either. Their eyes were filled only with that sky full of Buddha-light that converted everything, that sky full of Buddha-light that destroyed everything, that sky full of divine light that dominated everything, and also that Gu Qingfeng who resembled God, Demon, and Buddha, incarnated as the Avici Uninterrupted Evil Asura.
The myriad phenomena were still transforming, Purgatory was still burning and devouring.
As the myriad phenomena transformed, Purgatory was also burning and devouring. Was it the myriad phenomena transforming, or was it Purgatory burning and devouring? No one knew.
All beings were paying homage, all deaths were also paying homage. Was it all beings paying homage, or all deaths paying homage? Similarly, no one knew.
The myriad phenomena resembled Purgatory, Purgatory resembled the myriad phenomena!
All beings resembled all deaths, all deaths resembled all beings!
Life resembled death, death also resembled life.
Like reincarnation!
It was also at this time, whether it was Da Xing the Mad Monk, or White-Browed Sage Monk, whether it was the Female Sect's Ye Tianlan, or Xuanyuan Wan from the Sacred Ground, and perhaps even the Immortal Dao, the Buddha Dao, and even the Three Thousand Great Daos—they all realized something even more terrifying. What exactly did Gu Qingfeng want to do?
What was he doing right now?
What was he preparing to do?
They had thought Gu Qingfeng's sacrifice of All Beings Pay Homage to the Floating Pagoda, Myriad Phenomena Pay Homage was to step onto the Human Dao path and ascend to the throne of humanity.
But now they all realized that once Gu Qingfeng sacrificed All Beings Pay Homage to the Floating Pagoda, Myriad Phenomena Pay Homage and stepped onto the Human Dao path, what he would ascend to was absolutely not just the throne of humanity!
Purgatory was burning and devouring, all deaths were paying homage, paying homage to the Avici Uninterrupted Evil Asura who represented evil and death.
The myriad phenomena were transforming, all beings were paying homage. To whom would that homage be paid?
They didn't know.
None of them dared to continue thinking about it.
Because it was too terrifying, too horrifying!