Xuanyuan Wan understood very clearly.
Since ancient times, there was only one situation under which a Divine Judgment would descend: the existence of something intolerable to Heaven and Earth.
Gu Qingfeng, having fused with the Sinful Blood over a decade ago, was already intolerable to Heaven and Earth. Later, achieving the All Beings Pay Homage to the Floating Pagoda, plus the Abyssal Gaze and the Void Body of an Ancient Taboo, made him even more intolerable.
Now, he alone had stepped onto the Absolute Dao, the Silent Dao, the Slaughter Dao, the Life Dao, the Death Dao, and the Purgatory Dao.
If he had stepped onto other Great Daos, it might not have mattered much. But the six Daos Gu Qingfeng had stepped onto were precisely the Taboo Great Daos between Heaven and Earth.
Under such circumstances, how could Heaven and Earth tolerate him?
What Xuanyuan Wan couldn't understand was: the Gate of Eternity had already opened, the Sacred Breath had already descended, so why hadn't the Mystic-Yellow Bell tolled?
Could it be that this wasn't the Judgment of Heaven and Earth?
But another Judgment?
Among Heaven and Earth, those that could be classified as 'Divine' included Heaven and Earth itself, Fate, and also Life.
If this wasn't the Judgment of Heaven and Earth, then it could only be Fate or Life.
But that didn't seem right either.
Whether it was the Judgment of Heaven and Earth, or the Judgment of Life and Fate, the Mystic-Yellow Bell would toll.
The key point was that the Mystic-Yellow Bell had not tolled now.
What exactly was going on?
Wait!
Xuanyuan Wan seemed to realize something again, murmuring, "Could it be... that the Human Dao has begun to revive?"
The Human Dao was hailed as the foundation of all Daos. If it revived, it wasn't impossible for the Gate of Eternity to open and the Sacred to descend!
If it truly was the revival of the Human Dao that caused the Gate of Eternity to open, then it was too terrifying.
The Human Dao didn't revive early, nor late, but precisely chose this moment to revive. This was by no means accidental; it must be related to Gu Qingfeng. In other words, what Gu Qingfeng was doing at this very moment had awakened the slumbering Human Dao!
What was he doing?
What exactly was he doing?
She didn't know.
Xuanyuan Wan only knew that Gu Qingfeng had drawn the six Great Daos into his body, and the Myriad Forms Purgatory, the All Living and All Dead had inexplicably transformed into a mass of chaos.
The chaos spun wildly, growing increasingly powerful.
Awooo—
A sudden roar echoed.
This roar was utterly dark, terrifying beyond compare, as if intimidating Heaven and Earth, and even the supreme Sacred.
At this moment, everyone had a feeling—a feeling as if they were being watched by something, as if being stared at by a colossal entity. It was precisely that feeling: one of nowhere to escape, nowhere to hide, as if being watched by Death itself.
How could this be?
Xuanyuan Wan's heart sank. She looked over and suddenly discovered that two holes had suddenly appeared within the chaos—two gray, murky holes. The holes were like abysses. Within the abysses, one seemed to hold All Living paying homage, the other All Dead paying homage.
Then, Xuanyuan Wan discovered something else amiss. She felt as if the chaotic void itself was moving. That movement wasn't trembling, nor was it shattering, but truly moving. It felt as if the entire chaos had gained a life consciousness and was writhing.
Gazing at these abyss-like eyes, gazing at this chaos-like body.
Xuanyuan Wan couldn't help but suck in a cold breath. She clearly remembered that over a decade ago, in the Great Northwest, Gu Qingfeng had once used the All Beings Pay Homage to the Floating Pagoda to nurture an Ancient Taboo. What that Ancient Taboo was, Xuanyuan Wan still didn't know to this day. She only knew that taboo used the Abyss as its eyes and the Void as its body.
Now, this Ancient Taboo had appeared again.
The difference was:
The Ancient Taboo no longer used the Abyss as its eyes, but used All Living and All Dead as its eyes. The left eye seemed like All Living, the right eye like All Dead.
It no longer used the Void as its body, but rather these changing Myriad Forms, this devouring Purgatory, this endless, boundless Primordial Chaos as its form.
What was he doing?
What exactly was he doing!
Xuanyuan Wan was terrified, terrified beyond control!
Chaos.
Chaos filled the sky.
Chaos spinning wildly.
Suddenly!
Dong—
A bell toll echoed.
The bell toll was solemn and dignified, sacred and vast, as if piercing through the endless firmament, traversing the myriad heavens and worlds, intimidating Heaven and Earth.
At this moment.
Space ceased to change.
Time also seemed to stop flowing.
Everything, everything was frozen in place.
This was the Mystic-Yellow Bell, also the Divine Judgment.
When the Mystic-Yellow Bell tolled, it heralded the Divine Judgment from Heaven and Earth.
The one being judged was Gu Qingfeng here.
Indeed!
The Judgment from Heaven and Earth had finally descended.
Dong!
Another toll of the Mystic-Yellow Bell sounded.
The frenzied chaos was no longer frenzied; the spinning chaos also slowed considerably!
"A mere speck of Heaven and Earth, you are but an insignificant origin within this cosmos, and you dare presume to Judgment me?"
Gu Qingfeng's voice came from within the chaos.
This voice was neither sacred nor vast, yet it was supremely aloof and proud, supremely dominant, seeking to contend with the Mystic-Yellow Bell for supremacy. Likewise, it pierced through the endless firmament, traversed the myriad heavens and worlds, and intimidated Heaven and Earth.
"I take the Dao of Life as my foundation, with these changing Myriad Forms, with this homage of All Living as my source. I demand the Gate of Life open for me!"
Hummm—
Another ancient and profound voice rumbled forth, seeming to come from the heavens, yet also from the earth, more like from an ancient primordial era, as if a stone gate long-sealed for billions of years was gradually being opened.
Then, a supreme breath swept over, enveloping the entire world.
This supreme breath was not sacred, but Life!
It was holy, pure, an endless, boundless breath of Life!
"I take this Dao of Death as my foundation, with this devouring Purgatory, with this homage of All Dead as my source. I demand the Gate of Death open for me!"
Gu Qingfeng's voice resounded loudly again!
Another ancient and weighty voice rumbled forth, as if from heaven and earth, just like the ancient Primordial Era.
Then, a supreme breath swept over, again enveloping the entire world.
This supreme breath was not sacred, nor Life, but Death.
It was evil, Darkness, an endless, boundless breath of Death.
Had he opened the Gate of Life?
And also opened the Gate of Death?
She didn't know.
No one knew.
They only knew that sky-filling Life Breath was blooming, sky-filling Death Breath was roaring, accompanied by the chaos beginning to spin wildly again!
Dong—
The Mystic-Yellow Bell tolled again.
As if suppressing the sky-filling Life, sky-filling Death, and also suppressing the sky-filling chaos!
"In the name of Original Sin, I demand this Sinful Blood be refined into my body!"
Whoosh!
The sky-filling chaos grew increasingly frenzied!
If earlier Xuanyuan Wan didn't know what Gu Qingfeng was doing, then at this very moment, she probably had guessed it out. Gu Qingfeng was not contending with the Immortal Dao, nor with the Buddhist Dao, nor even with the Heavenly Dao, let alone the Three Thousand Great Daos. From the very beginning, he was not. Instead, he was contending with this Heaven and Earth, contending with this Sacred, contending with this Fate, contending with this Karma!
For this.
He had not only had refined the Dao-Less Blood Moon, but now he also wanted to refine the Sinful Blood!
He was mad!
Absolutely mad!
No one dared to contend with Heaven and Earth, no one dared to contend with this Sacred, and even less Human dared to contend with this Fate and Karma!