Chapter 882 - 798: Bones Suppress the Heavenly Abyss
Martial Desolate Forbidden Zone.
The sky ladder dissipated, the hall vanished, the Ultimate Celestial Phenomenon that Long Zixuan had triggered had now disappeared without a trace.
He looked at Martial Venerate Evil Corpse, ultimately not delivering the final blow.
For he knew, at this moment, the Martial Venerate Evil Corpse had been purified by the existence connected to the Martial Hall, regaining a moment of light.
“Did you see… Master?”
He couldn’t help but speak to the Martial Honor from his past life.
Hunting Heaven Six Arts originated from his tutor… Hence, Long Zixuan felt that what the Martial Venerate Evil Corpse had seen in the Martial Hall was likely the projection of his master.
Only the master had such a heaven-defying ability, with a flick of his fingers, to make the Indestructible Evil Corpse return to clarity…
At this moment, the figure of Martial Venerate was majestic and distinguished, with black hair cascading like a waterfall, and even though his clothes were eroded and tattered by the years, they could not conceal his peerless and Supreme temperament.
His flesh and blood had temporarily recovered, and now, there was actually a trace of a hot tear in his eyes.
“Master…”
He murmured, a smile of relief and pleasure in his eyes, saying,
“I understand now, no wonder I perished so thoroughly back then, yet you were able to be reborn through the ages… and moreover, found the true Martial Path.”
“So it was he, the elder, who plucked you from the river of causality…”
He had understood everything.
“Come back with me to see Master.”
Long Zixuan looked at Martial Venerate.
He and Martial Venerate were the same person, only Martial Venerate died in the past life, while he was pulled up by Li Fan from the river of causality in the subsequent generations.
But, Martial Venerate shook his head, saying,
“No need.”
“I am already dead, and this moment is merely the last flicker of light.”
“I must fulfill my final destiny.”
He turned around calmly, then suddenly looked in a certain direction.
In an instant, within the deep Sky Domain, a terrifying Order Long Bridge mysteriously emerged from space, appearing directly beneath his feet.
That Order Long Bridge, no one knew where it led!
“In the past, did the demarcate at The End of Myriad Paths suppress the great disaster?”
Looking at this Order Long Bridge, Martial Venerate murmured.
“Now, as the era restarts, the severed causality and calamities she faced will come once again…”
“I should start on my journey…”
He walked liberally onto the Order Long Bridge.
With every step, stars shifted, constellations changed, and the Order Long Bridge moved with his pace.
He appeared in the Southern Sea of the Martial Wasteland Realm, seeing the vast and tranquil expanse, he couldn’t help but smile and say,
“That’s right… with her return, how could any remnants here stir up any turmoil?”
He originally intended to come here to quell disturbances during his last glimpse of light.
But now, it was no longer necessary.
The Order Bridge moved again, and he was already outside the Martial Wasteland Realm.
He looked in a certain direction, and his figure vanished again.
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Meanwhile.
In the True Ancestor World.
“The Ultimate Celestial Phenomenon has disappeared…”
“Has the turmoil in Martial Wasteland Realm settled?”
“Where is Martial Venerate?”
The sudden calm triggered speculation among the populace.
Yet, at that moment.
A terrifying Order Long Bridge appeared, spanning across the entire True Ancestor World, oppressing myriad territories, and arrived abruptly.
At this instant, the entire True Ancestor World took notice.
“Is this… the Supreme on the move? Has a power from the Sacrificial Temple emerged?”
“Impossible…”
“It’s not the Sacrificial Temple, it’s the aura of the Martial Path… It must be that entity from Martial Wasteland Realm traveling?”
The world was shocked, many Cultivators, at this moment, worshipped the Sky Vault with utmost reverence.
Even in the Era of the Latter White Mist, Martial Venerate still commanded universal respect.
“Not right… Hasn’t Martial Venerate become an Evil Corpse? If he comes to True Ancestor World… he might bring a great disaster!”
However, at this time, many powerful forces in possession of secrets became filled with horror.
They knew more, understanding that the past ten venerable beings might all have become Evil Corpses.
Now, an Evil Corpse appearing in Ancestral Realm might bring calamity.
“Seal the Ancestral Grounds!”
“Activate the Mountain Protection Array, no tribesmen to go out, hide!”
“If it really is Martial Venerate Evil Corpse… apart from the Ultimate Beings from the Sacrificial Temple, no one is a match for him!”
Large forces were hastily retracting their defenses, watching the movements on the Order Long Bridge in the Sky Vault with fear.
At the same time.
Martial Ancestor Grounds.
“The aura of Martial Venerate… the Martial Self Mirror can no longer contain it!”
An elder’s voice trembled.
Boom!
Suddenly, a rainbow light soared against the sky, breaking through Martial Clan’s obstructions and rushed toward the Sky Vault above.
At the same time.
At a top-secret location in the True Ancestor World.
“Song Jiyuan has succeeded, he has released the Evil Corpse!”
A deep gaze monitored every action in the True Ancestor World.
“Martial Venerate Evil Corpse is just the beginning!”
But, immediately following, an object in this space flew away at high speed.
“No good, the Martial Heaven-reaching Jar has flown away!”
Someone called out loudly.
“Feeling the presence of Martial Venerate, items that once belonged to him naturally head towards him… don’t worry about it right now!”
In the Ban-Exploring Organization, a higher-up spoke.
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Meanwhile.
As Martial Venerate passed above True Ancestor World, his gaze swept across the billions of mountains and rivers of True Ancestor World, filled with emotion.
“Mountains and rivers remain the same, but where are the old friends?”
He looked back, vaguely seeing the Four Domains Eight Desolations scattered across the Star Vault.
“All have passed.”
He naturally sensed the presence in the Four Domains Eight Desolations, but he did not want to disturb.
The situation in Four Domains Eight Desolations, devised by the one from The End of Myriad Paths, he believed had its own purpose.
Above the Sky Vault, in two different directions, two rainbow lights pierced through space, flying toward him.
As they suddenly arrived in front of him, they were a mirror and a jar.
At this moment, the mirror and jar, as if with their own sentience, seemed to kowtow before Martial Venerate.
Martial Venerate looked at these two items, a look of reminiscence appeared in his eyes.
Before his last battle, he once stayed in a thatched hut on the outskirts of Ancestor World.
At that time, having reached the pinnacle of his Cultivation Level, some objects in the thatched hut became imbued with the aura of Martial Path.
Little did he expect, that some of them would transform into divine artifacts.
“You’ve gone to great lengths.”
Martial Honor opened his mouth, and then continued forward.
The two sacred artifacts followed behind him like servants.
“I am already dead; there is no need to follow me. If fate would have it, you will naturally encounter my reincarnated self in the future.”
Martial Honor said indifferently. The jar and the mirror immediately stopped in their tracks, staring from a distance as if seeing him off on his journey.
In the blink of an eye, Martial Honor arrived at the center of the True Ancestor World—the Sacrificial World State!
This place was the Holy Land of the entire True Ancestor World.
The Sacrificial Temple was located in this state, to which powers from all over the world must come to pay homage.
At this moment, the Sacrificial World State housed a grand and majestic temple that stood on the land, spanning tens of thousands of Li, and could be called the most magnificent structure in the True Ancestor World.
Incense burned brightly, and the faithful were innumerable!
In reality, the Sacrificial Temple standing on the land was not the true Sacrificial Temple, but merely a symbol of it in the mundane world.
The true Sacrificial Temple was not something ordinary people could see; it was hidden in the highest place in the world.
And today, the Order Long Bridge extended its reach!
A mighty being, with hands behind his back, walked over from the Order Long Bridge and crossed directly over the Sacrificial Temple.
“Is that… the Martial Venerate Evil Corpse? Does he dare to walk over the Sacrificial Temple?!”
“Even though the temple on the land is not the real Sacrificial Temple, it is still a symbol of it…”
“He…is disrespecting the Sacrificial Temple!”
Within the Sacrificial Temple of the Sacrificial World State, many beings were knelt down, oppressed by Martial Honor’s aura, now whispering amongst themselves.
And in the Sky Vault, Martial Honor stood with hands on his back, not even giving a glance at the grand structure beneath him, instead lifting his gaze and sweeping across the heaven!
His aura was overwhelmingly strong, nearly enough to shatter this space.
Suddenly, a myriad of divine temples were forced out by him!
“Has the Sacrificial Temple manifested?”
“Martial Honor… he actually managed to force out the Sacrificial Temple?”
In the next instant, Martial Honor had already appeared in the myriad of divine temples.
“Could it be that he intends to challenge the Ultimate Beings in the Sacrificial Temple? Those beings are also Supreme, no weaker than him!”
The world watched with bated breath!
This could potentially be a clash between the Ultimate Beings and Supreme entities.
And at this very moment, the mighty temple forced out by Martial Honor stood on thousands of layers of clouds.
Inside the temple, a pair of luminous eyes lit up, looking toward Martial Honor, and a hoarse voice sounded:
“The departed are gone; since you are already dead, what business do you have here?”
Martial Honor indifferently said:
“I would like to see how strong the Ultimate Beings of this era are.”
Hearing this, the ancient voice from within the myriad of divine temples spoke solemnly:
“You are merely experiencing a fleeting resurgence, and dare to challenge us?”
“Remembering that you died in battle for the Ancestral Realm, I shall let you leave; do not be mistaken!”
The presences in the temple were confident—they were Ultimate Beings!
Although Martial Honor was a prodigy of his time and revered as Supreme before antiquity, according to records from the Age of Ancient White Mist, he too had only reached the pinnacle of Ultimate and had failed to truly comprehend the ultimate truth before calamity struck.
Martial Honor had gone to war in his prime without having the chance to fully grow and had died amidst that great disaster.
Hearing this, Martial Honor simply laughed and said:
“Let me go?”
“It has been a very long time since I’ve seen an Ultimate Being with such arrogance.”
With that, Martial Honor’s Martial Will surged with just one thought!
A thought that shocked the temple!
“How dare you!”
“With your remnant soul, you still dare to be insolent!”
Within the Sacrificial Temple, a powerhouse pointed out, and within that motion seemed to contain a myriad of laws and thousands of Dao, terrifyingly powerful and earth-shaking!
Martial Honor watched this pointing motion, and a divine light burst forth from his eyes.
Just as the terrifying point was about to land, Martial Honor made his move, evolving the Martial Path, executing a slash!
BOOM!
The Sky Vault thundered, and the divine temple shook violently.
The awe-inspiring might of that point dissolved completely!
Within the Sacrificial Temple, a muffled grunt could be heard.
“The laws established by the End of Myriad Paths… are indeed extraordinary.”
Martial Honor spoke, his eyes filled with admiration, saying:
“The laws are Supreme; it’s a pity that you are too weak.”
Upon hearing this, there was silence within the Sacrificial Temple.
With just one strike, the Sacrificial Temple dared not retaliate any further.
“I have examined the Nine Laws, which seem to possess the power to ferry the masses…”
Martial Honor murmured:
“Does she wish to enable the entire world to embark on the Ascendant Path?”
“Such grand aspirations are rare throughout the ages… Perhaps, only with the whole world embarking on the path can one survive in the Grey Mist Sea…”
He glanced at the Sacrificial Temple once more, his eyes containing an indescribable chill.
“Such a Supreme technique, being utilized by selfish beings like yourselves, is truly a waste of heaven’s gifts.”
His fighting spirit rose again, with the urge to shatter this temple.
Just a moment ago, he had already deciphered the mystery of the Nine Laws.
Because the Nine Laws established by the End of Myriad Paths were fundamentally without secrets, straightforward and saintly, created for the entire Ancestor Realm, accessible to all creatures to practice.
The Nine Laws… could ferry the masses!
Yet, in the Four Domains Eight Desolations, and even within the True Ancestor World, there was no longer a complete inheritance of the Nine Laws.
The legacy of the Nine Laws… had been confined by this temple.
These later generations of Ultimate Beings had reached the pinnacle with the Nine Laws, yet they had forgotten the original purpose of the laws’ creation and even prohibited the practice of the Nine Laws, blocking the path of worldly beings.
“Do you truly wish for battle?”
Within the Sacrificial Temple, another voice sounded:
“You… are alone now, and you don’t have much time!”
Hearing this, Martial Honor’s expression remained indifferent, but in the end, he made no further move.
Not out of fear, but indeed because he did not have much time to waste here.
“Every gift of destiny has its price marked in secret.”
“There will be someone to settle accounts with you.”
With that, Martial Honor turned and left.
The Order Long Bridge extended directly to the outmost fringes of the True Ancestor World!
In the outmost fringes of the True Ancestor World, there was a vast Great Wall.
That wall… was made of gray-white bones!
All of them were the bones of Ash Mist Creatures!
Arriving here, Martial Honor fell silent.
“As if in a trance, I seemed to see her here, battling against the enemies of all heavens, building an Indestructible city with the bones of the great enemy…”
He muttered, his eyes filled with an unparalleled respect.
Then, he took a step forward, out of the Great Wall.
Beyond the Wall of Corpses was a vast Heavenly Abyss.
“Using bones to suppress the Heavenly Abyss…excellent, excellent indeed!”
He laughed as he departed.
…
On that day, news spread from the fringes of the Great Wall.
Some saw the Supreme Martial Honor step into the Heavenly Abyss, never to be seen again.
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