Apart from the Breath of Original Sin, what else exists outside the order and laws of the Great Dao?
Nothing else, right?
Oh, right!
There's also the legendary Primordial Breath that exists outside the Great Dao's order and laws.
Although Da Xing the Mad Monk himself did not possess the Primordial Breath, that didn't mean he hadn't seen it before. He had seen it, and precisely because he had seen it, he could also be certain that the mysterious breath emerging from Gu Qingfeng's body was not the Primordial Breath either.
It was neither Original Sin nor Primordial.
Then what else could it be?
Between heaven and earth, besides the Primordial and Original Sin, what else exists outside the Great Dao's order and laws?
The answer was affirmative.
Yes, there was.
Although Da Xing the Mad Monk had only heard of the Primordial and Original Sin, he dared to assert that beyond the Great Dao's order and laws, it was definitely not just the Primordial and Original Sin.
As for what else existed...
Da Xing the Mad Monk did not know. The only thing he knew was that any existence outside the Great Dao's order and laws was a kind of ancient, incredibly ancient power.
Earlier,
Da Xing the Mad Monk had heard Gu Qingfeng say that the thing stirring restlessly was an ominous object. Could it be that this ancient, mysterious breath originated from that ominous object?
Perhaps.
Da Xing the Mad Monk couldn't be sure either. As the Breath of Original Sin around Gu Qingfeng grew denser and denser, a vast and mighty aura began to spread.
This aura was ancient, domineering, violent, and ferocious.
As it spread, the entire Desolate Ancient ruin was shaken violently, trembling intensely.
Da Xing the Mad Monk, who had originally been standing at the edge of the corner, felt an ominous premonition rise in his heart. Not daring to stay any longer, he slowly retreated from the Desolate Ancient ruin.
The ancient, domineering aura continued to spread, and the Desolate Ancient ruin trembled more and more violently.
Suddenly!
With a thunderous boom, this Desolate Ancient ruin finally couldn't withstand it any longer and was shaken into nothingness by this ancient, domineering aura.
Witnessing this scene,
Da Xing the Mad Monk felt his scalp go numb, his face turned deathly pale, his eyes bulged wide open, and his mouth hung agape, as if he couldn't believe what was happening before his eyes.
This was a ruin left behind from the Desolate Ancient Era!
Who knows how many eons it had endured within these Primordial Nine Palaces. Every flower, every blade of grass, even every grain of sand within it was as solid as bedrock.
Was this an exaggeration?
Not at all.
Ever since the Primordial Nine Palaces appeared, when Da Xing the Mad Monk entered and saw the first Desolate Ancient ruin, he had tested it himself. Although with his strength he could shake a Desolate Ancient ruin, that was all he could do—just shake it. As for shaking a Desolate Ancient ruin into complete annihilation, Da Xing the Mad Monk had never tried. In his estimation, even if he could destroy a Desolate Ancient ruin, he would probably be utterly exhausted.
Not to mention others.
Back in the Kan Palace, whether it was Wuzang the Emperor or Heavenly Dragon True Emperor, the power they unleashed with all their might only managed to make the Desolate Ancient ruins tremble.
Not just them; even when Demon Emperor Blood River and Miao Rulai made their moves—one with Buddha light filling the sky, the other with darkness enveloping the heavens, nearly shrouding the entire Void—they too only managed to make the Desolate Ancient ruins tremble.
Even later, when that suddenly appearing Original Sin Patriarch enveloped the Void with terrifying Original Sin power, it still only made the Desolate Ancient ruins tremble.
None of them had ever destroyed a single Desolate Ancient ruin.
Da Xing the Mad Monk believed that with the abilities of Demon Emperor Blood River and Miao Rulai, even if they were just incarnations, if they exerted their full power, they should also be able to make a Desolate Ancient ruin disintegrate.
But it was absolutely impossible to make a Desolate Ancient ruin disintegrate purely through aura alone.
Yes.
Aura!
Gu Qingfeng had been sitting there cross-legged the entire time, not moving at all. The aura emanating from his body alone had shaken this Desolate Ancient ruin into nothingness.
If just his aura was this terrifyingly formidable, how horrifying must his actual power be?
Da Xing the Mad Monk didn't know.
Nor could he imagine.
At this moment, he held his breath, summoned his Immovable Golden Body, and continuously retreated backward.
He was like this.
Those Great Dao experts lurking in the shadows, eyeing Gu Qingfeng covetously, also seemed thoroughly frightened by this scene.
If earlier they had been hesitating whether to strike and eliminate Gu Qingfeng, then when they personally witnessed this Desolate Ancient ruin being shaken into nothingness, each one of them would only hesitate even more.
They were either ancestral patriarchs of various Grotto-Heavens and Blessed Lands, or ancestral patriarchs of the Nine Heavens and Nine Nethers, or ancestral patriarchs of the Gui Xu and Sacred Grounds—all were experienced, profound, and unfathomable Great Dao experts.
Since Da Xing the Mad Monk could sense that the mysterious breath emanating from Gu Qingfeng existed outside the laws and order of the Great Dao, then these Great Dao experts must also be able to sense it.
Da Xing the Mad Monk knew that powers existing outside the Great Dao's laws were ancient and terrifying beyond imagination; they must know this too.
Da Xing the Mad Monk summoned his Immovable Golden Body and continuously retreated backward.
They, too, were all secretly retreating in the shadows. If earlier they had already begun to surface, now quite a few Great Dao experts had submerged once more.
Faced with a mysterious and unknown existence,
No one was unafraid.
Da Xing the Mad Monk was afraid.
Those Great Dao Patriarchs lurking in the shadows were also afraid.
Especially since this mysterious, unknown existence was also outside the Great Dao's order and laws, which made them even more uncertain and uneasy.
"Damn it!
So you turtle-egg bastards know fear too!"
Watching the Great Dao Patriarchs lurking in the Void retreat one after another, Da Xing the Mad Monk couldn't help but sneer inwardly, feeling great disdain for them.
While feeling disdain, Da Xing the Mad Monk was also somewhat pleased.
The mysterious breath emanating from Gu Qingfeng existed outside the Great Dao's order and laws. Just his aura alone had shaken a Desolate Ancient ruin into nothingness. Under such circumstances, anyone who wanted to move against Gu Qingfeng would have to carefully weigh the consequences.
Let alone the fact that those lurking in the Void were only Divine Sense incarnations of those Great Dao Patriarchs; even if their true bodies came in person, faced with an existence outside the Great Dao's laws, they probably wouldn't dare act rashly either.
Da Xing the Mad Monk knew that if these Great Dao Patriarchs decided to move against Gu Qingfeng, they definitely wouldn't just send their incarnations; they would surely summon their true bodies and exert their full power to eliminate him. And he believed that just moments ago, the true bodies of quite a few Great Dao Patriarchs might have already been preparing, perhaps some had even begun rushing here.
But now...
Those true bodies rushing here might have already stopped, choosing to wait for an opportunity. Those true bodies that were prepared could only continue preparing.
Although the mysterious breath emanating from Gu Qingfeng, existing outside the Great Dao's laws, made those Great Dao Patriarchs lurking in the shadows temporarily dare not act recklessly,
This situation made Da Xing the Mad Monk even more worried. The stone hanging in his heart not only didn't settle but was suspended even higher.
Since the mysterious breath emanating from Gu Qingfeng existed outside the Great Dao's laws, then could the ominous object stirring restlessly within his body also exist outside the Great Dao's order and laws?
Hard to say!
Couldn't really say.
Although Da Xing the Mad Monk had lived for countless eons and was widely experienced, when it came to existences outside the Great Dao's order and laws, this was a blind spot in his knowledge. He knew very little, even one could say completely unaware.
As for whether the mysterious breath being outside the Great Dao's laws meant the stirring ominous object was also outside the Great Dao's laws,
Da Xing the Mad Monk didn't dare affirm.
In his estimation, the ominous object was most likely also outside the Great Dao's laws.
Even if it was still within the Great Dao's laws, it had one foot already stepped outside.
Faced with a possible Divine Sense demonic thought that existed outside the Great Dao's laws, could Gu Qingfeng suppress it?
Although Da Xing the Mad Monk didn't want to, he had to admit that hope was very slim.
Moreover,
If Gu Qingfeng's self-awareness was ultimately devoured by an existence outside the Great Dao's laws, then by that time, forget those Great Dao Patriarchs who supported Gu Qingfeng; even if Genggu Wuming didn't want to, she would have no choice but to step forward and eliminate him.
Because existing outside the Great Dao's laws meant transcending the Great Dao's laws. This in itself was a threat to the Great Dao and even to heaven and earth.
Causality would not allow it, Fate would not allow it, and the Heavenly Dao would definitely not allow the existence of such a threat.
Within the scene,
That ancient, domineering aura was still spreading.
Da Xing the Mad Monk was still continuously retreating.
The Great Dao Patriarchs lurking in the Void were also hiding deeper and deeper.
After that Desolate Ancient ruin was shaken into nothingness, Gu Qingfeng sat cross-legged in the Void, hands clasped together, eyes tightly shut, brows deeply furrowed, expression grave.
His originally trembling body was no longer trembling, but it had become distorted and blurry.
Right at this moment,
Wispy smoke began to emerge from Gu Qingfeng's body.
The smoke was a grayish-white smoke.
As if it was seeping out from the pores all over Gu Qingfeng's body.
What kind of smoke it was, no one knew.
Nor did anyone dare to investigate.
Because the moment this grayish-white smoke emerged, the Void continuously emitted sharp, piercing crackling and popping sounds.
Da Xing the Mad Monk, barely suppressing the feeling of his scalp going numb, squinted his eyes for a closer look. What he saw nearly made him cry out in alarm. He discovered that what was making the crackling and popping sounds wasn't the grayish-white smoke, but the Void itself!
That's right!
It was the Void!
When the grayish-white smoke emerged, the Void seemed as if it had been ignited and exploded.
No!
Not 'seemed'!
The Void was truly exploding. Wherever the grayish-white smoke reached, the Void was shaken until it exploded open, bursting with cracks and fissures.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The crackling and popping sounds of explosions kept coming, entering the ears like the sound of death itself, causing Da Xing the Mad Monk's mind to tremble uncontrollably. With every explosion in the Void, his mind trembled once; the more violently the Void exploded, the more intensely his mind trembled.
Damn it, this wasn't the Void of the Great Wilderness, but the Void of the Primordial Nine Palaces!
Ever-changing, containing infinite mysteries.
The reason these Desolate Ancient ruins were as solid as bedrock and had endured since antiquity without dispersing was precisely due to the infinite mysteries of the Primordial Nine Palaces.
If Da Xing the Mad Monk exerted his full power, he might be able to destroy a Desolate Ancient ruin. But as for shaking the Void of the Primordial Nine Palaces into continuous explosions, forget his incarnation; even his true body might not be able to achieve it.
And now, this ever-changing, infinitely mysterious Void of the Primordial Nine Palaces was being shaken into continuous explosions by the grayish-white smoke emerging from Gu Qingfeng's body.
To be precise, the Void of the Primordial Nine Palaces wasn't being shaken into continuous explosions by the grayish-white smoke.
Wherever that grayish-white smoke reached, the Void simply exploded.
What did this mean?
It meant the grayish-white smoke contained an extremely powerful force, so powerful that even the Void of the Primordial Nine Palaces couldn't withstand it.
Da Xing the Mad Monk couldn't help but scream inwardly: What kind of power did this grayish-white smoke contain? How could it be so terrifying!
What kind of terrifying power was this, that even the Void of the Primordial Nine Palaces couldn't endure it?