"You all wanted to test my depths, didn't you?
Today, there's no need for you to test—I'll show you one by one!"
In the sky above, another rainbow light erupted from Gu Qingfeng's body.
This rainbow light was no longer sacred, no longer radiant, nor did it brim with life.
Instead, it was an evil and dark rainbow light, saturated with death.
As the rainbow light bloomed, it similarly enveloped the entire Lingluo Heavenly Domain.
At this moment, Gu Qingfeng was like a Heavenly Demon returning to devour heaven and earth, like a Lord of Darkness emerging from the abyss, like a God of Death charging out from hell.
If the earlier radiant rainbow light had transformed the Lingluo Heavenly Domain into a sacred, living domain,
then with the blooming of this dark rainbow light, the Lingluo Heavenly Domain had become a domain of evil and death.
Gu Qingfeng was the god who ruled over this evil and death.
"All!
Death!
Myriad!
Phenomena!
Sacrifice to the Darkness, sacrifice to the evil, sacrifice to the death!"
Whoosh!
The dark rainbow light filling the sky transformed and evolved, turning into one evil Heavenly Demon after another, into one dark Heavenly Fiend after another, into all manner of ghosts and monsters, all manner of malevolent spirits. The sky was filled with demons, ghosts, and monsters, with specters and apparitions, equally countless and endless.
Earlier, the sacred, living radiant rainbow light had inspired awe in all living beings.
Now, this evil, deathly dark rainbow light filled them with terror.
The awe was an awe that could not be resisted; the terror was a terror that could not be resisted.
Chaos!
The Lingluo Heavenly Domain had descended into utter chaos.
The dark rainbow light was blooming, and the radiant rainbow light was also blooming. Within the darkness was radiance; within the radiance was darkness. Whether it was radiance or darkness, no one could tell. So it was with darkness and radiance, and so it was with the sacred and the evil. The Great Sun and the Bright Moon all interwove, forming a Primordial Chaos.
Within the Primordial Chaos filling the sky, the voices of the Myriad Phenomena were like divine cries, demonic howls, ghostly wails, Buddhist chants, and also like immortal music...
It was as if immortals and demons were slaughtering each other, as if Asuras were drinking blood, as if ghosts and monsters were roaring in fury, as if the entire void was filled with them.
The immortals, Buddhas, and all living beings filling the sky were bowing in worship.
The demons, ghosts, monsters, and all spirits filling the sky were also bowing in worship.
All life was bowing in worship.
All death was bowing in worship.
The Myriad Phenomena of living beings were bowing in worship; the Myriad Phenomena of dead spirits were also bowing in worship.
Witnessing this scene, the Old Beggar on Blackwater Mountain was utterly dumbfounded. His aged face was now filled with terror, and even his voice became hoarse and shrill: "This...
this...
what in the blazes...
is this thing?
How...
how can it be so terrifying!"
Yes!
Terrifying.
When he had seen Gu Qingfeng comprehend the forbidden Daos of Absolute, Silent, Slaughter, and Darkness earlier, the Old Beggar had been shocked, but it was merely shock. When he saw Gu Qingfeng comprehend the forbidden Daos of Life and Death, the Old Beggar found it unbelievable, but that was all—his heart had not been thrown into disarray.
However, now, witnessing the Primordial Chaos filling the sky transforming, witnessing the immortals and demons bowing in worship, his heart, which had been still for countless years, not only became disordered but even felt a tingling scalp, a hair-raising sensation.
He was like this.
And Lady Blackwater's expression didn't look good either, shifting unpredictably, changing again and again. A look of incredulity also flickered in her eyes as she said gravely, "The Myriad Life Pagoda, the Worship of All Phenomena!"
"The Myriad Life Pagoda?
The Worship of All Phenomena?
What in the world is that?
How have I never heard of it!"
"I haven't heard of it either."
Lady Blackwater closed her eyes, as if suppressing the shock in her heart, and said, "There are rumors that in the early days of the Present-Ancient Era, he fused a Tai Chi Golden Core seed, a Great Nature Life seed, and a mysterious Great Dao seed together and once comprehended this 'Myriad Life Pagoda, Worship of All Phenomena.' Some say it is a creation of the Human Dao. What exactly this Human Dao creation is remains unknown, but..." She changed her tone and continued, "Looking at it now, everyone has underestimated him. What he comprehended is not only the Myriad Life Pagoda Worship Aspect, but also the Myriad Death Pagoda Worship Aspect..." She drew a deep breath and, after a moment, slowly said, "The Life-Death Pagoda Aspect, the Primordial Chaos Myriad Spirits...
Could it be that he..." Just as she was speaking, Lady Blackwater seemed to realize something. Her originally closed eyes suddenly snapped open, filled with terror and horror.
"What is it?
What have you seen?"
The Old Beggar asked urgently, but Lady Blackwater seemed not to hear him, merely staring in horror without responding.
The Old Beggar also gazed at the scene of the Primordial Chaos Myriad Phenomena bowing in worship filling the sky and murmured, "The Life-Death Pagoda Aspect, the Primordial Chaos Myriad Spirits...
Wait!
Could it be...
could it be..." The Old Beggar also seemed to realize something. He, too, did not continue, not because he didn't want to, but because it was too horrifying—so horrifying that he dared not say it aloud.
In the sky above, the Lingluo Heavenly Domain seemed to have long ceased to exist.
What remained was only the rainbow light flashing across the sky, the Primordial Chaos transforming across the sky, the immortals, Buddhas, and all living beings across the sky, the demons, ghosts, monsters, and dead spirits across the sky bowing in worship.
What of the Celestial Constellation?
It was gone, as if swallowed and submerged by the Primordial Chaos Myriad Phenomena filling the sky.
What of the Voice of Heavenly Thunder?
It was gone too.
Covered by the immortal music, Buddhist chants, ghostly wails, demonic howls, dragon roars, phoenix cries, and all the myriad sounds...
What of the Ancestral Patriarchs of the Great Wasteland Magnates, and the Ancestral Patriarchs of the Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands?
They were still there.
But they were no longer surrounding Gu Qingfeng with the imposing, awe-inspiring demeanor they had when they first charged out.
Nor did they continue kneeling. One by one, as if seeing ghosts and gods, they were shocked, panicked, terrified, retreating.
"Have you all seen clearly?"
Here, Gu Qingfeng stood in the sky, hands behind his back, rainbow light wantonly flashing around him, radiance and darkness intertwining.
When the radiant rainbow light flashed, he was like a heavenly god descending to the mortal world, sacred and endlessly vital.
When the dark rainbow light flashed, he was like a Heavenly Demon emerging into the world, evil and ceaselessly destructive.
Even more terrifying was that Gu Qingfeng's pair of eyes also alternated between darkness and radiance, with the sacred and the evil flowing, life and death cycling. Moreover, there was a faint hint of bloodlust within them, and even his body emitted faint wisps of bloody mist.
"If you've seen clearly, then...
come over here and accept your deaths, all of you!"
Gu Qingfeng's ancient, domineering voice exploded. The immortals, Buddhas, and all living beings filling the sky, the demons, ghosts, and monsters filling the sky, as if receiving a summons, roared in unison. It was like immortal music, Buddhist chants, ghostly wails, demonic howls, dragon roars, and phoenix cries all exploding together. Some of the Ancestral Patriarchs' incarnations were instantly blasted apart, flesh and blood flying everywhere; others had their seven orifices bleeding, fleeing in all directions without regard for anything else.
They were afraid.
The Ancestral Patriarchs of the Great Wasteland Magnates were afraid; the Ancestral Patriarchs of the Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands were also afraid. None dared to continue testing any further.
Today, in order to test Gu Qingfeng, they had already suffered heavy losses. Originally, they had planned to join forces with the magnates and the Ancestral Patriarchs of the Thirty-Six Grotto-Heavens and Seventy-Two Blessed Lands to attack. No matter the cost, they were determined to test Gu Qingfeng's depths today. However, after testing up to this point, they truly dared not continue.
Especially after Gu Qingfeng summoned this Primordial Chaos Myriad Phenomena transforming across the sky, this Life-Death Myriad Spirits bowing in worship across the sky, they all had a very ominous premonition and dared not linger any longer.