The great sun fell.
Twilight descended.
Darkness arrived.
The entire void of the Lingluo Heavenly Domain was filled with a cold, murderous aura, as if shrouded by endless deathly stillness, giving off a terrifying sense of the unknown.
The people gathered in the Lingluo Heavenly Domain looked increasingly wretched, their faces growing uglier by the moment. Without exception, their eyes held terror, and their hearts were filled with fear.
Whether they were those young and vigorous, self-proclaimed prodigies of the Great Dao, or those ancient luminaries who had cultivated for years and ascended the Celestial Ladder.
Whether they were Great Dao Kings or Great Dao Star Lords who bore the Mandate of Heaven, or Heavenly Domain Immortal Officials holding the Law Command Seals.
No one was exempt.
Everyone had a feeling, as if they had fallen into a silent abyss, not daring to move, not daring to speak, even not daring to breathe.
They were all afraid.
Afraid of breaking the silence here.
Because no one knew what kind of terrifying and dreadful existence lay hidden behind this dark silence.
On Blackwater Mountain.
The Old Beggar closed his eyes, sensing the silence here, and muttered softly, "This kid is just too bizarre. If this old man's guess is correct, this should be the Dao of Silent Stillness, right?
Among the Three Thousand Great Daos, this thing is a taboo. I don't know how long it's been lost—seems like it's been lost since the Primordial Era. How did this kid comprehend it?"
"Old Beggar, you've been imprisoned in the Guixu for far too long, long enough to have lost touch with the Great Desolation. This lady advises you to take some time to learn more about my You Di brother."
Lady Blackwater was no longer seductive and charming; she had become much more serious. "Believe me, if you understood my You Di brother's deeds, you wouldn't be so surprised."
The Old Beggar asked blankly, "Why?"
Lady Blackwater held the dragon-tripod fine wine, brought it to her lips, took a light sip, and said indifferently, "Because there are far too many inconceivable things about my You Di brother. If you're going to be surprised, you'll never be done being surprised..." "What do you mean?
What other bizarre things are there?"
The Old Beggar continued to ask, but Lady Blackwater slightly shook her head, not wanting to say too much to him.
In the void.
Gu Qingfeng stood proudly in the void like a solitary peak reaching for the heavens.
That snow-white robe looked so lonely and cold in the dark void.
He stood.
His hands clasped behind his back.
He paid no heed to the representatives of the various major powers below. His pair of dark, profound eyes swept across the four directions behind the void, saying, "I was born in the Primordial World. The Lingluo Heavenly Domain is my homeland. Today, all of you have come from afar to visit my homeland. Not only did you not greet me, the host, but you didn't even show your faces. Now you want to leave without a word? That doesn't seem appropriate, does it?"
Gu Qingfeng's voice was very quiet.
When it spread, it was like ripples suddenly appearing on the surface of a calm lake.
"The stage is set, the prologue has begun, the actors have shown themselves, and the audience is waiting. This play can't just stop because one lead actor from the Nine Heavens doesn't show up, can it? The lead is a role, but the supporting cast are roles too. Since you've invited me onto the stage, even if I'm just a supporting actor, we can't just call it off like this, right?"
At that moment.
Some people in the Lingluo Heavenly Domain wanted to seize this opportunity to flee.
"I said, today's play—you'll perform it whether you want to or not."
As his words fell, without any visible movement from Gu Qingfeng, without any shimmering light, without any creation evolving, without even any power stirring, without any sound or aura—the several hundred people who had tried to quietly leave all inexplicably froze in mid-air, motionless like statues, as if frozen in place.
"And...
As long as I don't nod, no one can leave!"
As the words "leave" fell, the several hundred people frozen in mid-air instantly turned into clouds of blood mist, vanishing into nothingness without any warning...
Yes.
Vanished into nothingness.
Witnessing this scene, every single one of the representatives of various factions trapped in the Lingluo Heavenly Domain was terrified, their faces ashen, their bodies trembling uncontrollably. Some couldn't even stand steadily. It must be known that these several hundred people were all renowned Immortal Dao luminaries from the Ancient Times who had ascended the Celestial Ladder, including many heroes who had once shaken the world. Their cultivation strength, realm, and creation were all extraordinary. And now, without even a grunt, without even knowing what happened, they were utterly annihilated—their bodies turned into clouds of blood mist, their souls scattered like smoke.
If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they would never have believed it was real.
Even now, witnessing it firsthand, it still felt like a dream.
The name of the Nine Nether Emperor, which had shaken the Great Desolation, was known throughout the Myriad Heavens and Worlds.
They all knew that You Di's strength was terrifyingly extreme. Even if they hadn't seen it, they had certainly heard of it.
Everyone knew that in the Ancient Times, You Di, with his bizarre array of creations, could go anywhere and do anything, killing gods if they stood in his way, slaughtering buddhas if they blocked his path—peerless and unmatched.
However.
No one had expected that You Di in the Current Era, without any cultivation, without any creation, looking like an ordinary mortal, would be a hundred times more terrifying than in the Ancient Times—terrifying to an almost unfathomable degree. Without even making a move, several hundred Ancient Era Immortal Dao luminaries had just vanished into nothingness.
How did he do it?
What kind of divine ability or technique was this?
They didn't know.
The representatives of various factions trapped in the Lingluo Heavenly Domain had no mind to ponder this question now. They were all frightened to the extreme. Even the Great Dao beings who bore the Mandate of Heaven—like North Altar Immortal King, Jade Toad Immortal King, Black Flame, Profound Jade, Morning Sun—were all trembling uncontrollably.
On Blackwater Mountain.
Seeing this scene, the Old Beggar was also badly startled. Standing on the mountain, his eyes wide with shock, after a moment, he exclaimed in horror, "What in the...
Could it be...
Could it be the Way of Slaughter?"
He closed his eyes, sensing, and when he opened them, his pair of turbid eyes shone with an incredible gleam. "Yes!
It must be the Way of Slaughter! When the killing intent arises, life ends—unblockable, inescapable, nowhere to hide, nowhere to flee. This is the damn Way of Slaughter!"
The Dao of Silent Stillness is a forbidden Great Dao among the Three Thousand Great Daos.
And the Way of Slaughter is also a forbidden Great Dao among the Three Thousand Great Daos.
The Old Beggar took a deep breath and said, "For this kid to comprehend the Dao of Silent Stillness is one thing, but to have also comprehended the Way of Slaughter—truly inconceivable!
This kid is just too bizarre! How on earth did he comprehend these legendary forbidden Great Daos?"
"Old Beggar, I told you, you should take some time to properly learn about my You Di brother...
Otherwise, you'll never be done being surprised today."
"What do you mean?
Has this fellow comprehended other forbidden Great Daos as well?"
"Just watch. This lady guarantees you won't have come in vain today."