The Quest for Immortality Chapter 2360: Divine Authority (part 2)

However, the current predicament allows for no hesitation.

True Man Situ poured all his might into channeling the Six Yang Vermilion Gold Fire, empowered by a Divine Dao Treasure, aiming to incinerate the Evil God’s true embryo. Even if annihilation proved impossible, inflicting grievous harm would suffice.

The Evil God displayed a palpable apprehension towards True Man Situ’s Six Yang Vermilion Gold Fire.

Perhaps it was the fire’s extreme purity and potent Yang energy.

Or perhaps it was due to True Man Situ’s status as an Innate Primordial Spirit at the Feather Transformation Realm.

The Evil God did not dare remain passive; it inhaled deeply, expelling a miasma of black mist to counteract True Man Situ’s Six Yang Vermilion Gold Fire, resulting in a temporary stalemate.

A flicker of disbelief crossed True Man Situ’s eyelid.

His Six Yang Vermilion Gold Fire was forged through desperate Divine Thought and the power of a Divine Dao Treasure, making its might exceptionally formidable.

Yet, this Evil God True Embryo, a mere Third Grade entity in its nascent stage, was entirely in an "infant" state. Its Innate Divine Ability had yet to awaken, and it relied solely on casually expelled black mist to block his meticulously refined Six Yang Vermilion Gold Fire.

If this Evil God True Embryo were to gain more strength, he could scarcely imagine what power in this world could possibly vanquish such a terrifying entity.

"It must be eliminated!"

True Man Situ immediately resolved to expend his final breath, igniting the Six Yang Red Gold Cup, even burning his Divine Soul, determined to eradicate this immense calamity from the world in its infancy.

Meanwhile, the four Elders of the Daluo Sect, acknowledging their inability to muster the intent to kill the Evil God, felt a pang of shame but redirected their focus to confronting the three demon spawn and a multitude of other demonic monsters hatched from demonic eggs, thereby creating a crucial opening for True Man Situ.

Leveraging the advantage of their Fifth Grade Divine Thought, their assaults, whether in the form of Divine Thought Sword Light, spells, or runes, proved devastatingly effective across a broad area.

Previously, they might have harbored concerns about the "contamination" of Divine Thought.

But now, with the Evil God’s rebirth, they were likely already "tainted," indifferent to life and death, and thus able to unleash their full might, slaughtering without reservation.

Their Dao Heart, untested, led to hesitation in directly engaging the Evil God, but they showed no mercy towards the other demonic monsters and spawn.

The Daluo Sect Ancestor engaged in close-quarters combat with the decomposing demon spawn, its putrid flesh dripping with foulness, wielding the Daluo Unification Sword with effortless grace, severing multiple tentacles from the grotesque creature.

A rain of bloody filth stained his form, corroding his Divine Thought, yet he paid it no heed.

This might very well be his final, desperate battle in this lifetime.

The other Heaven Void Ancestors also commenced their assault on the demon spawn.

The Spirit Talisman Sect Ancestor contained the malevolent aura with the Soul Suppressing Talisman; the Little Spirit Sect Ancestor’s barrage of spells tore through the void; the Ancestor from Kun State wielded a thunderous sword, accompanied by violent storms, ensuring any malevolent spirit that came into contact with it disintegrated into ash.

The remaining Feather Transformation Divine Thought cultivators, marshaled around Wenren Wan, formed an array to collectively repel the overwhelming tide of demonic monsters.

In that instant, the tide of battle began a slow reversal.

Countless demonic monsters perished beneath the devastating techniques employed by the Heaven Void Realm Primordial Spirits.

The inherently weak true embryo of the Great Wilderness Evil God was progressively consumed by True Man Situ’s soul-burning efforts, its foundation gradually eroded in the relentless conflict.

All beings in existence are at their most vulnerable point at the moment of birth.

The Evil God was no exception.

With a sustained assault, should its origin be compromised, even upon its inevitable rebirth, it would suffer a severe depletion of its vital energy.

The Evil God True Embryo seethed with fury.

These insignificant beings, like rabid curs, had truly incensed it.

However, this fury also accelerated the Evil God True Embryo’s metamorphosis, awakening its most crucial, true divine abilities.

The Evil God True Embryo abruptly expelled a gout of black mist.

True Man Situ, running on empty, with meager telekinetic power remaining, was forced into a temporary retreat. He intended to reignite the Six Yang Red Gold Cup for a renewed suppression, only to witness the Evil Embryo beginning to glow with ancient, mottled, and obscure markings.

True Man Situ’s expression contorted drastically.

But before he could react, the Evil Embryo slowly articulated, its voice a sharp, rasping rasp imbued with an unfathomable divine allure, stating:

"Before this deity… all beings are equal."

With the pronouncement of this phrase, akin to "words born from law itself," the very rules governing the dream realm underwent a profound and fundamental transformation.

An undeniable force seemed to bind him, causing True Man Situ’s expression to contort drastically.

He sensed that the Divine Thought Realm he had painstakingly cultivated over his entire existence was, in fact...

Steadily declining!

From thirty-nine patterns to thirty-eight, then to thirty-seven... thirty, before reversing through major realms, continuing its descent to twenty-nine, twenty-eight...

Finally, it plummeted all the way down to twenty-five patterns.

Golden Core Middle Stage, a twenty-five-pattern Divine Thought!

He, the Chief Elder of Mystery Valley, a cultivator at the Feather Transformation Realm, had his Divine Thought drop in an instant from the peak of Feather Transformation, with thirty-nine patterns, all the way down to the Golden Core realm!

It wasn't only True Man Situ; the other four Heaven Void Ancestors, along with the Feathered Immortal, were all caught within the Evil God’s domain. At this moment, their Divine Thought Realms collectively plummeted, ultimately settling between the Golden Core Middle Stage and Late Stage.

An indescribable dread began to surface in everyone’s hearts.

Even True Man Situ found it difficult to comprehend.

"Could this be... the authority of a True God?!"

"Is this the law of divine authority?"

Before a deity, all differences in cultivation realms are obliterated, establishing an "equality among all beings," causing all Divine Thought Bodies within the domain of divine authority to exist on the same level.

True Man Situ’s heart turned to despair in that instant.

"Is this... a god..."

He understood then that everything was truly at its end.

Despite exhausting all his strength and fighting with everything he had, this was the limit of his struggle.

However, the power wielded by the Evil Path True God within the Divine Thought World surpassed the very foundation of his understanding.

From the very beginning, the rules were entirely dictated by the Evil God.

They possessed no means to resist.

And as expected, the situation crumbled in mere moments.

Finding themselves in the same cultivation realm, the cultivators’ Divine Thoughts were simply no match for the corrupted power emanating from the Evil Spirits and Demon Monsters, let alone the even more formidable innate fetal demons.

Having degraded to the "Golden Core" realm, the Heaven Void Ancestors from both the Daluo Sect and the Little Spirit Sect were progressively corrupted by the decaying fetal demons, their physical forms rotting away.

The Spirit Talisman Sect Ancestor, paralyzed by terror from the human-faced spider demon, was then devoured by other demon monsters, his body completely consumed.

The Heaven Void wielding the Thunderwood Sword received a kiss on the neck from the Pink Fetal Demon, gradually losing dominion over his Taoist Heart, leaving him utterly defenseless.

The "defenses" of the Heaven Void crumbled.

The remaining Divine Thought Cultivators at the Feather Transformation Realm could no longer hold on.

The old woman, who had been summoning the Six Ding and Six Jia warriors, watched as her final Ding Jia warriors were overwhelmed by the demonic horde, and she ultimately met her end within the maws of the demon monsters.

Without his Peach Wood Sword, the Taoist was no match for the demon monsters, and his arms were brutally torn off by the demons.

The Divine Thought of the white-clad True Man was utterly depleted; unable to continue animating the Three Pure Ones Bell, she could only shield Wenren Wan behind her.

Wenren Wan, deeply grateful for the protection she had received throughout their ordeal, urged, "Recite the incantation and flee quickly."

The white-clad True Man’s face was pale as she offered a bitter smile, "There is no escape for me now."

With the Evil God reborn and the energies of the Seven Stars stirring, they had long lost the capability to forcefully break free from this nightmare using the power of the Mystic Sky Beidou Seven Stars Formation.

Wenren Wan’s heart sank.

And in the very next instant, before her eyes, a pale, distorted human face suddenly materialized, letting out an incredibly piercing shriek directly at her.

Wenren Wan felt a wave of dizziness wash over her, and upon reopening her eyes, the white-clad True Man had already been swallowed by the human-faced spider demon.

Her Primordial Spirit was ensnared by spider silk, rendering her immobile. Her limbs, like ice and jade, were being gnawed to the point of bleeding by the human face that had grown upon the spider.

Wenren Wan felt a searing pain in her heart, as if it were being ripped apart.

By this point, she was utterly and completely alone.

The sole remaining individual was True Man Situ.

True Man Situ’s face was etched with helplessness and a profound, bitter hatred, yet even in this final moment, he clung to a sliver of hope. Utilizing his last vestiges of Divine Thought, he ignited the Six Yang Red Gold Cup, transforming it into a torrent of blazing flames, and charged directly towards the Evil God's True Embryo.

This was the absolute last action he could possibly take.

But now, his Divine Thought was reduced to the Golden Core realm, utterly incapable of posing any threat to the Evil God’s True Embryo.

The Evil Embryo reacted with effortless ease, casually expelling a cloud of black mist that completely extinguished True Man Situ's Six Yang Red Gold Fire.

More than just quenching the flames, the black mist carried the profound power of the Evil God, not only extinguishing the Six Yang Fire but also proceeding to corrode the entirety of the Red Gold Cup.

The Six Yang Red Gold Cup was utterly shattered.

A spurt of life soul blood erupted from True Man Situ, a bitter smile gracing his lips. He was filled with regret, pondering if the Mystery Valley's sect-protecting treasure, the Qiankun Clear Light Lamp, had still been present, it might have subdued the Evil God. This could have granted him additional opportunities today, potentially altering the outcome.

However, alas... the Qiankun Clear Light Lamp had been expended to preserve a life.

Perhaps this turns out to be the consequence of destiny's decree.

For one life to be saved, another must inevitably perish.

Since he had forcefully extended the lifespan of another, it was only natural that he must repay this deed with his own life.

The Heavenly Dao is truly the most unfeeling entity...

A profound sense of desolation washed over True Man Situ's heart.