"Well, well!"
The man in white, Gu Qingfeng, was still strolling leisurely through the ashen, annihilated World of Wu Dao towards Wu Dao Mountain. He carried a jar of wine, took a few swigs while looking up, and grinned at the countless incarnations of the Great Dao and the Venerables filling the sky. "Just a trip to Wu Dao Mountain, and you all have gone to such great lengths, truly giving this master enough face!"
"I've been cultivating for a full five hundred years at most. Having lived this long, it's the first time I've realized my face is this big. Not bad! Means these five hundred years haven't been wasted. Worth it!"
He tilted his head back, drank, and spoke again.
"The Immortal Lords and Venerables of the Immortal Dao, the Demon Lords and Venerables of the Monster Dao, the Demon Lords and Venerables of the Monster Dao, the Buddha Lords and Venerables of the Buddha Dao...
Good!
Very good!"
Gu Qingfeng paid no more attention to the myriad incarnations of the Great Dao and Venerables filling the sky. He continued forward, gazing at Wu Dao Mountain before him, which resembled a profound tortoise, a profound snake, a profound black tortoise.
As he drew closer to Wu Dao Mountain, the Blood of Original Sin within him grew increasingly frenzied. His ink-black hair gradually turned ashen white, and his pair of dark, deep eyes also turned crimson. The six forbidden Great Daos that had returned to his body, the incarnation of the Ancestral Sage of Humanity who traversed the highest heavens and the lowest netherworld, and the soul of the Avici's Evil Asura were all undergoing changes. His self-awareness was also becoming increasingly blurred.
Whoosh!
The myriad incarnations of the Great Dao filling the sky erupted with radiance. Clearly, they had sensed something and were beginning to stir restlessly.
At this moment.
Gu Qingfeng suddenly halted, closed his eyes, and took a deep breath. "I imagine you all have been waiting for this day for a very, very long time. Since you've already waited this long, a little while longer won't hurt. No rush, no rush. I haven't completely become the incarnation of Original Sin yet. At least, at this very moment, I am still quite lucid."
"Of course, it's only lucid for now. That thing has been summoning me all along, the Blood of Original Sin is getting more and more frenzied, and this master's self-awareness is fading away bit by bit. Who knows when I'll become the true incarnation of Original Sin."
"So, before I completely become the incarnation of Original Sin, please allow me to drink for a while. Otherwise, there'll be no chance to drink again later. Once I become the incarnation of Original Sin, whether I live or die, there'll be no more opportunities..." "This master has never amounted to much in this lifetime. My lifelong indulgence is this one taste. Please bear with me, let this master drink his fill today."
Gu Qingfeng opened a jar of wine, drained it in one go, then another jar, draining it again, one jar after another.
No one knew exactly how many jars he drank, only that his hair grew increasingly pale.
Finally.
He stopped drinking, opened his eyes—now a pair of utterly evil blood-red eyes.
"Come on then!
Today, either you all die, or I live!"
Swoosh!
As Gu Qingfeng leaped into the air, radiance shimmered around him. This radiance was the Dao of Silence, the Dao of Slaughter, the Dao of the Absolute, the Dao of Life, the Dao of Death, and also the Dao of Purgatory.
At the same time, the incarnations of the Great Dao from the Immortal Dao, Buddha Dao, Monster Dao, Spirit Dao, and the Three Thousand Great Daos all surged forth en masse. Countless, endless laws of the Great Dao swept towards Gu Qingfeng like a violent storm.
Gu Qingfeng's physical body instantly disintegrated, reduced to ashes.
Yet, as he turned to ashes, Gu Qingfeng's voice exploded in the air.
"This master has comprehended the Great Nirvana!
Long since transcended life and death!
Life and death are but a single thought to this master!"
As his voice fell.
The Gu Qingfeng who had been reduced to ashes was instantly reborn from nirvana!
Just as he was reborn from nirvana, the laws of the Three Thousand Great Daos transformed again, enveloping Gu Qingfeng like an inescapable net!
"This master has also comprehended the Great Freedom, capable of anything between heaven and earth. You think such petty tricks can hope to trap me?"
Gu Qingfeng shook his body, transforming into endless dust.
When he reappeared, Gu Qingfeng was still Gu Qingfeng, yet also not Gu Qingfeng. He was both the Avici's Evil Asura who ruled over purgatory, and the incarnation of the forbidden Ancestral Sage of Humanity who traversed the highest heavens and the lowest netherworld!
"This master has long heard that above there is the Heavenly Duke, below there is the Earthly Mother. Since you're here today, both of you, get the hell out here!"
Transformed into the one who traversed the highest heavens and the lowest netherworld, Gu Qingfeng resembled a giant splitting heaven and earth, his arms tearing through the azure sky, his feet stamping on the great earth!
Boom!
The azure sky shattered, the great earth collapsed!
Roar—! As the azure sky shattered, a colossal entity burst forth from the heavens.
As the great earth collapsed, another colossal entity burst forth from the earth.
Both colossal entities resembled Chaos Giants, like deities manifesting in the world. Their breath was like wind and clouds, their voices like thunder. They opened their eyes—the left eye was the sun, the right eye the moon. Their limbs and torsos resembled the four pillars and five sacred mountains, their blood flowed like rivers, their sinews like the earth's veins, their hair and beard like stars, their skin and fur like grass and trees, their teeth and bones like metal and stone, their essence like pearls and jade—truly terrifying!
The only difference was that the Chaos Giant that burst from the heavens had a human face and dragon body, while the one that burst from the earth had a human face and phoenix body.
Genggu Wuming and the others knew these were not mere colossal entities or Chaos Giants. The human-faced, dragon-bodied one was the incarnation of the Heavenly Dao Venerable, the Heavenly Duke. The human-faced, phoenix-bodied one was the incarnation of the Earthly Dao Venerable, the Earthly Mother!
When the incarnations of the Heavenly Duke and Earthly Mother appeared, the many incarnations of Immortal Lords from the Immortal Dao, Buddha Lords from the Buddha Dao, Demon Lords from the Monster Dao, and the Venerable incarnations of the Three Thousand Great Daos all flashed into existence.
At this moment, a bloody sun and moon slowly rose, dyeing the firmament crimson. A woman appeared out of thin air—a tragically beautiful woman.
It was Jun Xuanji.
"Kill me!
—" Jun Xuanji appeared and immediately reached to choke Gu Qingfeng's neck. Her speed was fast, but Gu Qingfeng's was faster. In an instant, with a slap, he seized Jun Xuanji's wrist.
"I said I wouldn't kill you!"
"Then I'll kill you!"
"Then kill me."
After Jun Xuanji appeared, another woman appeared—Can Yang Wuyou. She said, "Today, either you die, or I perish..."
Rainbows bloomed across the sky as a woman appeared out of thin air—Yun Nishang. She said, "I want to end all this...
End all this..."
Jun Xuanji, Can Yang Wuyou, Yun Nishang... one after another, people from the Wu Dao Era appeared in succession. They all seemed lost, all wanting to end this, all wanting to kill Gu Qingfeng, and all wanting to be killed by Gu Qingfeng.
Swoosh—! A phantom shadow also swept over—it was Cang Yan.
Then, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!
Countless phantom shadows swept over. Like Cang Yan, they were all masters of sacred lands and blessed lands.
"Since...
you all want to end this, then kill me and end it all."
Having manifested the soul of the Avici's Evil Asura and transformed into the one who traversed the highest heavens and the lowest netherworld, Gu Qingfeng simply stood there in mid-air.
He allowed Jun Xuanji, Can Yang Wuyou, Yun Nishang, and the others from the Wu Dao Era, allowed Cang Yan and the other masters of sacred lands and blessed lands, allowed the Heavenly Duke and Earthly Mother, allowed the Venerable incarnations of the Three Thousand Great Daos to annihilate him.
He did not act again, did not fight back, did not resist, did not even move again.