"Chaotic mutation, Taiji yin-yang, the Purgatory of All Beings, the Myriad Phenomena paying homage..." Pudu was also filled with terror, his eyes wide as he stared at the endlessly transforming Taiji Nascent Souls here. His mind, his heart, even his soul trembled, and he couldn't help but murmur in horror, "He... how... how could he achieve such a terrifying Purgatory of All Beings and Myriad Phenomena... This is a taboo! An ancient, unknown taboo!"
Taboo.
An ancient, unknown taboo.
Not only did Pudu know, but Xuanyuan Wan from the Sacred Ground also knew.
Yet they only knew it was an ancient, unknown taboo, nothing more.
As for why it was a taboo, or how ancient it was, they did not know.
They only knew it was terrifying...
Very terrifying.
The sky full of Taiji Nascent Souls continued their endless transformations, like divine cries, demonic howls, Buddhist chants, or immortal music...
Like Asuras slaughtering, like ghosts and monsters roaring, as if the entire void was filled with them.
Gu Qingfeng still stood in the void, hands behind his back, unmoving from beginning to end. The hem of his robe still fluttered slightly, his black hair dancing wildly across his cold, stern face. His indifferent expression held no sorrow, no joy, no worry, no sorrow—nothing at all.
When he opened his eyes, his originally dark pupils had somehow turned ashen, as gray and murky as chaos itself.
At that moment.
The sky full of Taiji Nascent Souls ceased their transformations, becoming still in this space, like a vivid painting of purgatory.
Gu Qingfeng lifted his gaze to look at the sky full of distorted Great-Sun Radiant Judgments. Without any visible action from him, the countless Great-Sun Radiant Judgments scattered like smoke and vanished like bursting bubbles...
In the distance.
Danqing, the Immortal Dao ruler of this world, stood frozen in the void, his face pale and ugly, eyes bulging with fear—endless fear. He wanted to mobilize the power of the Immortal Dao, but it was useless. His mind had long been shattered by the awe of the Purgatory of All Beings and Myriad Phenomena. Forget mobilizing Immortal Dao laws; at this moment, he couldn't even move, couldn't even feel his own physical body.
He was like this, and Chaoyuan, the Heavenly Dao ruler of this world, was no exception. Both stood frozen in the void, unable to move. When their gazes met Gu Qingfeng's chaos-like eyes, it was as if they were struck by thunderbolts. Their souls felt as if they were being crushed, their bodies convulsing uncontrollably, their features twisting.
"I said, whether I die today, I don't know, but the two of you certainly will."
Gu Qingfeng's voice came, also like divine cries and demonic howls, like Buddhist chants and immortal music, as if descending from the heavens, rising from the earth, and coming from all directions—encompassing everything, like all living things, like the myriad beings.
Danqing and Chaoyuan were afraid.
Utterly afraid.
They struggled, but it was useless.
They screamed, but not a single word came out.
They could only watch, unable to do anything else.
Gu Qingfeng took a step forward, shrinking space to an inch, instantly appearing before Danqing. He said lightly, "Immortal Dao, since you insist on making trouble, let's start from here."
As his words fell, his hand rose and descended. With a *bang*, Danqing was instantly reduced to ashes, without even a grunt. Even his soul was shattered by Gu Qingfeng's palm strike, dead without reincarnation.
"Heavenly Dao, you're no exception!"
*Bang!*
His hand rose and fell again.
Chaoyuan was also reduced to ashes in an instant.
Dead.
One was the Immortal Dao ruler of this world, the other the Heavenly Dao ruler of this world. Just like that, Gu Qingfeng slapped them to death before the eyes of the Great Daos, and the Great Daos didn't even dare to make a sound, let alone intervene.
Intervene?
With what?
Gu Qingfeng had previously destroyed his endless Taiji Golden Cores, and they had summoned a sky full of Immortal Dao's Great-Sun Radiant Judgments without being able to shake him in the slightest. Now, Gu Qingfeng had nurtured endless Taiji Nascent Souls, and it was the legendary ancient taboo—the Purgatory of All Beings and Myriad Phenomena paying homage.
A taboo itself was already terrifying.
Adding the word "ancient" made it even more terrifying.
And if it was an unknown taboo, it was no longer just terrifying.
The Great Daos, though they were Great Daos, were merely one of the endless origins and laws within heaven and earth.
Since the Purgatory of All Beings and Myriad Phenomena was classified as an unknown taboo, it was not something the Great Daos could touch.
Under such circumstances, how would these Great Daos dare to act recklessly?
The answer was certain.
No one dared.
Forget that the Great Dao origins were currently unstable during their re-derivation; even if the re-derivation were complete, facing an unknown taboo, they wouldn't dare act rashly.
"My heart originally had no demon, at least not before this."
Gu Qingfeng gazed at the eastern sky, his indifferent expression appearing incredibly heavy. "But that was only before. Not having one before doesn't mean I won't have one in the future."
Strangely.
Gray smoke inexplicably began to rise from around him. The smoke grew larger and larger, spreading out to envelop the void.
"In the past, I never considered myself a threat. In the future, even if I don't want to, I'll have to admit that I am indeed a threat. The only difference is, in the past, I threatened your Three Thousand Great Daos. In the future, this old man will threaten more than just your Three Thousand Great Daos..." What did he mean?
What was he saying?
No one knew.
Everyone was captivated by the billowing gray smoke rising around him. It seemed to be an aura of a Golden Core.
Yes, it was an aura of a Golden Core.
How could this be!
Gu Qingfeng had just nurtured endless Taiji Nascent Souls from his endless Taiji Golden Cores, and it was an ancient and terrifying unknown taboo. Why was an aura of a Golden Core appearing around him again?
Wait!
This Golden Core aura was like Taiji, yet not quite. It was even more vast than Taiji Golden Cores.
No!
It wasn't vastness—it was endlessness.
Even more terrifying was that this Golden Core aura was evil and frenzied, violent and cruel.
Taiji Golden Cores were sacred creations between heaven and earth, the purest of all, immensely righteous, and could not possibly contain even a hint of evil.
What exactly was this thing?
No one knew. They only knew that when gray smoke billowed around Gu Qingfeng, the previously still Myriad Phenomena Purgatory once again emitted sounds of divine cries, demonic howls, Buddhist chants, and immortal music—encompassing everything. Not only that, the Purgatory of All Beings truly began to pay homage to Gu Qingfeng.
It was as if a sky full of gods and Buddhas were paying homage.
Or as if a sky full of immortals and demons were paying homage.
This scene was frenzied, breathtaking.
And even more terrifying, striking fear into the depths of one's soul.
Imagine, a sky full of gods and Buddhas and a sky full of immortals and demons paying homage to an existence that was evil and frenzied, violent and cruel. What a terrifying thing that would be! They couldn't even imagine what kind of evil existence could make the endlessly transforming Taiji Nascent Souls pay homage like this.
Xuanyuan Wan, Nailuo, Hu Meiniang, and the other Great Dao beings were afraid, afraid to their bones, afraid to their souls. They desperately wanted to leave, truly did, but they couldn't move, didn't dare to move. They remained frozen in the void, their souls enveloped by endless fear.