The Great Demon God was besieged by ten Dongbo Xueyings, entangled by black chains. Despite his formidable status, he found himself unable to use his domain, his divine power, or even wield a weapon. Bound by two chains, he was confined to a mere ten-meter radius, utterly humiliated. His injuries worsened by the moment—countless scales shattered, gaping wounds riddling his body. Each wound drained his vitality at an alarming rate to heal.
“Has it only been a thousand years? You… you’ve actually comprehended such a devastating secret technique?” The Great Demon God knew he was doomed, yet he couldn’t believe it.
Dongbo Xueying showed no mercy, attacking relentlessly.
A thousand years?
With time accelerated a hundredfold, it was a hundred millennia.
Studying the fundamental divine seal of ‘Chain Arts’ took over three thousand years, culminating in the perfected domain-type secret technique—World Prison! Against Second Heaven Realm Gods, this technique was devastating, but against a Third Heaven Great Demon God, it was merely disruptive.
Mastering the fundamental divine seal of ‘Great Strength’ took more than six thousand years, allowing him to create a technique focused on raw power—Heaven-Earth Shatter! It pursued the absolute pinnacle of force.
Yet Dongbo Xueying remained uncertain.
Occasionally, he also contemplated the cosmos, pondering the ‘Extreme Point Divine Heart.’
World, Chaos Hole, Extreme Point…
It mirrored the destruction of a world—a vast realm collapsing into a chaos hole, which then imploded into a singular extreme point. The extreme point was the ultimate end of all things, yet also the beginning, destined to birth a new world.
Though he hadn’t fully grasped the Extreme Point Divine Heart, it ignited an ambition within him.
“Why not encapsulate the destruction of an entire world into a single strike?” Dongbo Xueying mused.
Most Realm Gods cultivated primarily with one World Divine Heart as their foundation. Like Dongbo Xueying, who centered on the World Divine Heart, later integrating the Chaos Hole Divine Heart, and eventually aiming for the Extreme Point and Space-Time Divine Hearts. His techniques naturally leaned toward the World aspect, with other divine hearts serving as supplements.
This made creating techniques easier.
But what of the mighty ones?
Those who mastered the complete laws of the cosmos could craft techniques embodying the full might of the universe, unleashing terrifying power. The strongest techniques harmonized as many cosmic laws as possible.
Fourth Heaven Realm Gods, though barred from ascension, often achieved profound insights, allowing them to create devastating techniques that rivaled even some of the mighty.
Like ingredients in a dish, the same materials could yield vastly different results.
While mighty ones generally surpassed Fourth Heaven Realm Gods, exceptional individuals among the latter could still shine.
If Fourth Heaven Realm Gods all forged such techniques, only a rare few among Third Heaven Realm Gods succeeded—but those who did stood at the pinnacle.
Take ‘White Sand City Lord’—his combat techniques weren’t exceptional, relying instead on his sole trump card, ‘Annihilating White Sand,’ derived from a secret art obtained in the Lockworld Tower and refined over eons.
Dongbo Xueying was different.
His ambition was grander—to fuse the entire cosmic law of destruction into a single strike. To him, the ‘World, Chaos Hole, Extreme Point’ divine hearts perfectly mirrored the stages of cosmic annihilation. Though he hadn’t yet grasped the Extreme Point Divine Heart, this didn’t deter him.
Even so, perfecting this technique demanded immense effort.
He had only been a Second Heaven Realm God for five thousand years.
Under time acceleration, refining this technique consumed nearly ninety millennia.
Of his hundred-thousand-year seclusion, ninety were dedicated to this single strike. His prodigious talent, combined with his early insights into the Extreme Point from his transcendent days, allowed him to push forward despite the incomplete framework.
With partial understanding of the Extreme Point, after ninety millennia, he finally birthed a spear technique embodying cosmic destruction—’Annihilation.’
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“I never imagined I’d fall to you… a mere Second Heaven Realm God. How… infuriating.” The Great Demon God’s body was in tatters, his vitality utterly drained, his limbs crumbling.
*Thud!*
The Crimson Cloud Spear pierced through the wound in his skull, driving deep.
His crimson eyes burned with fury and unwillingness, but his aura dimmed, fading into nothingness.
Dongbo Xueying withdrew his spear. The nine world avatars dispersed, the chains vanishing.
“My ‘Annihilation’ spear technique seeks to encapsulate the destruction of the cosmos, but it’s still crude,” Dongbo Xueying reflected. “Only by comprehending the Extreme Point Divine Heart will it gain a true foundation.”
To reach perfection, he’d need to ascend to the Fourth Heaven, where cross-disciplinary insights would allow him to grasp other divine hearts, refining the technique to completion.
“But for a sealed and imprisoned Great Demon God… it was enough.” He gazed at the corpse. This foe had likely been near the White Sand City Lord’s level. Unrestrained, he would’ve annihilated Dongbo Xueying in moments—but then, his master wouldn’t have offered him as a trial.
*Crack—*
The ground beside the corpse suddenly bulged, rising layer by layer into a tower-like structure over ten meters tall. At its peak, a radiant white sphere materialized, floating ominously. Its blinding brilliance carried an edge that sent shivers down Dongbo Xueying’s spine.
The sphere rotated slowly, its aura slicing the surrounding space into countless fractures.
Dongbo Xueying felt instinctive dread.
A mere flicker of its edge could cleave even a deity of the Fourth Heaven Realm asunder.
“Dongbo, step forward and grasp it,” a cold voice commanded.
“Master?”
Got it? Its edge could annihilate him. Yet, armed with his master’s command and the safety net of his clone technique, he pressed forward fearlessly. As he approached, the sphere’s sharp aura faded away.
Up close, intricate, unfathomable patterns swirled across its surface. He reached out—and seized it.
*BOOM—*
A dreadful power surged forth from the orb, inundating his entire being. A blinding white luminescence enveloped him like celestial armor, his presence ascending to terrifying heights. Razor-edged energy crackled around him with untamed ferocity—a sight that would give even the mightiest warriors cause to hesitate.
In his mind, a thunderous voice boomed:
“*Taihao*—supreme yang, indomitable, unbreakable…”
A deluge of profound knowledge inundated him, overwhelming even his divine heart’s capacity. For a moment, thought itself was drowned.
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