At this moment.
Whether it was the ancestors of the Nine Heavens Immortal Path, the ancestors of the Great Wasteland Magnates, the ancestors of the Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands, or the senior experts who had been lurking in the shadows and had yet to reveal themselves—everyone's eyes were fixed tightly on the ten Hearts of the Great Dao Mandate floating in Gu Qingfeng's palm.
No one knew what he was going to do.
But everyone had an ominous premonition in their hearts.
Suddenly.
Gu Qingfeng's fingers moved. His five fingers were like heavenly hooks as he suddenly exerted force. With a *crack*, the ten Hearts of the Great Dao Mandate floating in his palm instantly shattered and exploded.
"Have you all seen clearly? This is my attitude!"
With a wave of his hand, he scattered the ten Hearts of the Great Dao Mandate, now reduced to powder, into the void, vanishing like dust swept up by a fierce wind.
Silence!
A deathly silence.
Even though the Song of Slaughter within the domain was still roaring.
Yet.
At this moment, everyone seemed unable to hear it, even the sound of heavenly thunder from the sky above was no exception.
After Gu Qingfeng crushed the ten Hearts of the Great Dao Mandate, everyone was dumbfounded. Their expressions and eyes were filled with endless shock and horror, as well as endless disbelief. Their minds went completely blank.
If Gu Qingfeng publicly obliterating ten Great Dao Destiny bearers before everyone earlier was a provocation against the dignity and hegemony of the Three Thousand Great Daos.
Then, at this very moment, as he destroyed and exploded the ten Hearts of the Great Dao Mandate before everyone's eyes, it was far more than just a provocation against the dignity and hegemony of the Three Thousand Great Daos. It wasn't merely disregarding the Three Thousand Great Daos, nor was it just slapping their faces—it was wantonly, crazily, and recklessly trampling on the dignity and hegemony of the Three Thousand Great Daos!
That's right!
It was trampling.
And it was a **naked** trampling, without any concealment whatsoever.
It was practically equivalent to stomping the dignity and hegemony of the Three Thousand Great Daos underfoot and crushing them with force, leaving no face at all.
On Blackwater Mountain.
Watching this scene, the Old Beggar's expression changed repeatedly, his eyes widened again and again, and the muscles at the corner of his mouth twitched unnaturally. Whether from excitement or agitation, his old face flushed red as he pointed at Gu Qingfeng in the void and said in horror, "This kid is simply...
simply...
simply..." The Old Beggar repeated "simply" several times but never finished, because he no longer knew how to describe Gu Qingfeng.
Before the Great Wasteland Magnates, before the Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands, before the Three Thousand Great Daos, before the Nine Heavens, and even before Old Heaven himself—first obliterating Great Dao Destiny bearers, then personally destroying the Hearts of the Great Dao Mandate.
Such an utterly insane act was something even the Old Beggar, who had been suppressed in the Guixu for committing too many evil deeds in the past, could not have done.
It was also at this moment that the Old Beggar finally understood why Lady Blackwater had said earlier that in this world, for him, it was only a matter of whether he wanted to or not, never whether he dared to or not.
He had thought Lady Blackwater's words were somewhat exaggerated.
Only now did he realize that Lady Blackwater's words were not exaggerated in the least.
Because this scene was truly too insane.
So insane that it made the Old Beggar's heart, which had been dormant for who knew how many years, tremble uncontrollably with excitement.
"The little mischief I caused back in the day, though the charges were a bit heavy and the sins a bit deep, was absolutely not as crazy as what this kid has done!
Now that Heavenly Might has descended and heavenly thunder has roared, he still dares to destroy the Hearts of the Great Dao Mandate? What kind of behavior is this?
This isn't just slapping the face of the Nine Heavens Immortal Path—it's slapping Old Heaven's face along with it, slapping it until it's swollen, swollen beyond recognition, practically riding on Old Heaven's head to take a shit and piss!"
"Too arrogant!
Simply arrogant beyond measure!
Even I find it terrifying to watch!
I'm convinced!
This time, I am thoroughly convinced!"
Beside him.
Lady Blackwater furrowed her brows, her gaze fixed intently, her eyes also flickering with an unaccustomed light.
Indeed.
Although after emerging into the world, she had learned in detail about Gu Qingfeng's past and guessed that Gu Qingfeng would certainly dare to kill Great Dao Destiny bearers and seize their Destiny Hearts, even so, she never imagined that Gu Qingfeng would be so insane as to dare to personally destroy the Hearts of the Great Dao Mandate right before Old Heaven's eyes. Just as the Old Beggar said, by doing this, Gu Qingfeng was practically giving Old Heaven's face a resounding slap.
That was Old Heaven.
The true overlord of heaven and earth!
Those of them who had been suppressed in the Guixu—each had committed heinous crimes in the past. They looked down on the Nine Heavens Immortal Path, but as for slapping Old Heaven's face, none of them had ever done it, because none of them had the guts.
This scene was undoubtedly insane—so insane it felt very uncomfortable, so insane it even made her somewhat unable to accept it.
"Ten Destiny Hearts!"
While marveling, the Old Beggar also felt great pity for the ten Destiny Hearts Gu Qingfeng had personally destroyed. "Those weren't ten stones, but ten Destiny Hearts! Among them were even three Destiny Hearts of the Great Dao Throne! And now they've all been destroyed by this kid! What a waste of heavenly treasures!
Truly a waste of heavenly treasures!"
The more he thought about it, the more he felt it was a pity. The Old Beggar kept muttering, "With this kid's abilities, refining these ten Destiny Hearts shouldn't be difficult, right? Wouldn't it be better to keep them for himself?
I really don't know what this kid is thinking. What a pity, truly a great pity."
Lady Blackwater said softly, "He is telling all the realms under heaven, telling the Three Thousand Great Daos, and even telling causality and fate—this is his attitude."
"What attitude?
This old man can't see what attitude he's showing."
"An attitude of 'my fate is mine to command, not heaven's to decree'!"
As Lady Blackwater's words fell, a loud, roaring laughter suddenly echoed through the air.
This laughter was arrogant and domineering, laughing with the air of one who stands above all, laughing with unbridled arrogance.
This laughter was wild and unrestrained, laughing wantonly and recklessly, laughing as if there were no laws or heavens.
This laughter belonged to Gu Qingfeng.
He leaped into the air and shouted fiercely, "My attitude has been made clear! From this day forth, if you want to play, I'll play with you! However long you want to play, I'll play with you for that long! I'll accept all challengers, and we won't stop until death!!"
The force of his voice was like a divine proclamation from the Nine Heavens, shaking heaven and earth.
The power of his sound was like a demonic howl from the Nine Nethers, devouring the heavens and swallowing the earth.
"All of you, get out here!!"
In mid-air, Gu Qingfeng shook his body.
Boundless winds of death swept wildly, merging and twisting with endless dark flames and infinite silent waters. The mysterious and sinister domain instantly began to rotate, twisting like hell itself, forming an abyssal eye.
*Crack!*
The void of the Lingluo Realm split open, cracks spreading like ancient dragons climbing.
"Break for me!"
A fierce shout, mixed with the roaring Song of Slaughter.
With a deafening *boom*, as Gu Qingfeng's domain collapsed, the entire void of the Lingluo Realm completely exploded.
For a moment.
The Lingluo Realm became a void without a void.
As for the magnate ancestors who had been trapped within the domain earlier—some had their heart-minds shattered by the shock, some bled from all seven orifices, and others were torn apart, flesh and blood flying everywhere. Each was more wretched than the last, each more terrified than the last. And those ancestors who had been lurking in the shadows were all shaken out into the open.
"Prepare to die!"
Two words, condensed with overwhelming killing intent.
A great battle was about to erupt.