After witnessing Old Ancestor Green Robe being shot to dust and smoke, those who found it hard to believe were not only Gu Qingfeng and Da Xing the Mad Monk, but also the various Ancestral Patriarchs hidden in the dark void.
Such as Blackwater Lady and the Old Beggar.
The two had been watching the events unfold from their hiding place on Blackwater Mountain, and both could see that this was all a trap laid by Old Ancestor Green Robe, using Qiongqi to provoke the Sacred Ground. If the Sacred Ground dared to act, the many Original Sin Ancestral Patriarchs hidden in the dark void would not stand idly by.
Including them as well.
Just as Gu Qingfeng had previously speculated, the Original Sin Variables were competitors with each other, but those Original Sin Ancestral Patriarchs were not. They had only one goal: to open the Daoless Age. If the Sacred Ground were to annihilate Qiongqi today and everyone stood by and did nothing, not only would the situation stabilize, but what would happen next time the Sacred Ground annihilated other Original Sin Variables?
Once the Sacred Ground picked off all the Original Sin Variables one by one, the hope of opening the Daoless Age would only grow slimmer and slimmer. By then, it would be too late for regrets.
Just moments ago, the Old Beggar had been cursing Old Ancestor Green Robe, cursing this old fellow for being utterly despicable and sinister. On the surface, he had merely set up a trap to push Qiongqi out, but in reality, he had also tied all the Original Sin Ancestral Patriarchs together. Even if they were willing in their hearts, for the sake of opening the Daoless Age, they had no choice but to act.
When the Sacred Ground's two Holy Sons, Xuanyuan Hao and Xuanyuan Tong, as well as Ancestral Patriarch Xunfeng, all chose silence—especially when they saw Xuanyuan Hao being provoked by Old Ancestor Green Robe yet hesitating to take action—the Old Beggar also thought the Sacred Ground had truly fallen into the trap.
What he never expected was that Holy Son Xuanyuan Hao ultimately did take action, but what he annihilated was not Qiongqi, but Old Ancestor Green Robe.
This completely exceeded the Old Beggar's expectations.
Especially when Xuanyuan Hao summoned the Divine Saint Judgment Bow and shot a Great Sun Judgment Arrow, with a single arrow reducing Old Ancestor Green Robe to dust and smoke.
This scene left the Old Beggar unable to regain his composure for a long time.
He had neither expected Xuanyuan Hao to be able to wield the Divine Saint Judgment Bow, nor had he expected Old Ancestor Green Robe, who had cultivated Original Sin itself, to be reduced to dust and smoke just like that.
Only after a long while did the Old Beggar finally suck in a cold breath of air and murmur, "Green Robe...
Truly reduced to dust and smoke?"
"Perhaps."
Beside him, Blackwater Lady was still dressed in a black robe, her beautiful face somewhat cold and expressionless as she said, "Even if he wasn't reduced to dust and smoke, he has certainly been eliminated from the game. He won't be able to stir up any more waves."
Throughout the ages of heaven and earth, there has never been absolute immortality or indestructibility.
Never!
No one dares claim they will definitely not die or definitely not be destroyed.
Looking across ancient and modern history, many beings who claimed to be immortal and indestructible ultimately vanished...
Even the Daoless Venerable who opened the Daoless Age back then was no exception, let alone others.
Many say that the Original Sin Ancestral Patriarchs who were cast into the Guixu back then were because Fate could not completely annihilate them, and had no choice but to cast them into the Guixu.
This statement is both right and wrong.
The reason is simple.
The spiritual will of those Original Sin Ancestral Patriarchs was extremely powerful. Even if Fate judged them to dust and smoke, even if their form and spirit were annihilated, as long as their spiritual will did not dissipate, they had the chance to reincarnate or seize a body for rebirth.
If these Original Sin Ancestral Patriarchs were allowed to reincarnate, it would only be worse. They might even reincarnate as Original Sin Variables, which would lead to even greater chaos.
Rather than that, it was better to suppress them in the Guixu.
Taking a step back, even if Fate truly could annihilate those Original Sin Ancestral Patriarchs, destroying both form and spirit and even wiping out their spiritual will, it still could not completely annihilate them.
Because those Original Sin Ancestral Patriarchs were all tainted by Original Sin, and each had either cultivated an Original Sin Dharma Body, Original Sin Self, or Original Sin Itself...
It must be known that once one cultivates an Original Sin Dharma Body, they are already a part born from Original Sin's gestation. Original Sin Self can represent Original Sin, while Original Sin Itself is Original Sin.
What does this mean?
It means that as long as the Original Sin Source does not perish, then these Original Sin Dharma Bodies, Original Sin Selves, and Original Sin Itselfs may all be reborn.
This is no exaggeration at all.
As is well known.
The process of a person starting from being tainted by Original Sin, going through Original Sin Incarnation, Original Sin Retribution Body, and Original Sin Response Body, is a process of losing the self, losing the original self, and even reaching no-self.
Only by losing one's original self can one completely merge with Original Sin.
After merging with Original Sin, going through Original Sin Dharma Body, Original Sin Self, and Original Sin Itself is yet another process of finding the self and finding the original self from no-self.
Actually.
Saying one finds the self, finds the original self—in truth, the self and original self found are no longer the previous self and original self, but the self of Original Sin, the original self of Original Sin.
Therefore.
Any existence that cultivates an Original Sin Dharma Body fundamentally does not belong to themselves, but belongs to Original Sin.
This point, Blackwater Lady and the Old Beggar both deeply understood.
They also felt that back then, when they and others were cast into the Guixu, it was not because Fate could not annihilate them, but because Fate knew that casting these Original Sin Ancestral Patriarchs into the Guixu was far more valuable than annihilating them.
Suddenly.
The Old Beggar realized a serious problem and said, "This Divine Saint Judgment Bow is so formidable, killing Green Robe with a single arrow. Then I'm afraid even us old fellows can't withstand the power of a single arrow from the Divine Saint Judgment Bow either."
Although the Old Beggar was an old-timer from the Primordial Era, he had never witnessed the power of the Divine Saint Judgment Bow, having mostly heard about it.
In his impression, the Divine Saint Judgment Bow, along with the Heaven-Dominating Bow and the Light-Purifying Bow, were top-tier killing weapons of the Primordial Era. Once targeted by these three bows, no matter how high your cultivation, how strong your power, or how profound your destiny, you would be doomed. At best, you'd be left with half a breath if you didn't die. During the Great Dao contention back then, many experts died under the arrows of these three bows.
It was no exaggeration to say these three bows killed Gods when they met Gods and killed Buddhas when they met Buddhas. In the Primordial Era, hearing the names of these three bows, no one was unafraid.
The only consolation was that even in the Primordial Era, few could wield these three bows, and even if they could, few could fire a second arrow.
After all, these three bows were all Great Dao Innate Supreme Treasures, and what they shot were Great Sun Judgment Arrows. Each draw of the bow was a great test of one's own Great Dao foundation, and each shot required gathering the might of the Great Sun.
No matter how stable one's Great Dao foundation, it could not withstand several draws of the bow, and each gathering of the Great Sun's might was an immense consumption for oneself.
What puzzled the Old Beggar was that after Xuanyuan Hao in the field annihilated Old Ancestor Green Robe with one arrow, although the Divine Saint Sun he had transformed into was not as intense as before, and theall-pervadingHoly Light filling the sky was not as dazzling as before, that was all. To the Old Beggar, it felt like after Xuanyuan Hao killed Old Ancestor Green Robe with one arrow, he still had the ability to draw the Divine Saint Judgment Bow again and fire a second arrow, even a third...