The Blood Blade Divine Emperor was frantic with anxiety; he absolutely refused to let his homeland be destroyed like this.
As for Dongbo Xueying, he was utterly consumed by madness. With the end of the cosmic epoch, his parents, wife, children, and disciples would all perish alongside it. He would rather die himself than watch his loved ones vanish. What meaning would there be in cultivation if he were left alone in this world, no matter how powerful he became?
“No—!” Dongbo Xueying roared in fury, his eyes nearly splitting from rage.
The likes of the Yuanchu Master, Pang Yi, and Qing Jun could do nothing to stop him, forced to watch helplessly as events unfolded.
“Hahaha! Even if we are defeated and die, we will drag this cosmic epoch down with us!” The Matriarch Sect leaders aboard the Xumu Battleship, already in despair, grew almost delirious upon seeing the nine streaks of light and sensing their terrifying destructive power from afar.
Come, then. Let there be annihilation—let everything perish in the great destruction.
…
In the tranquil Primordial Land, flowers bloomed in vibrant reds, willows swayed in verdant green, and grass bent gently in the breeze.
A lean black wild dog lay sprawled in the grass, its fur ruffled by the wind, its tail lazily flicking back and forth.
“Pathetic. A disgrace to my master,” the black dog snorted before vanishing into thin air.
…
In his frenzied desperation, Dongbo Xueying unleashed the golden radiance from the Black Gourd. The Blood Blade Divine Emperor poured all his strength into manipulating the formation, while the others could only watch. Meanwhile, Gu Qianluo, aboard the Chaos Ark flying through the rift in the cosmic membrane, turned back with a cold smirk.
At that very moment—
An impossibly massive black dog’s head appeared in the void, so vast that Dongbo Xueying and the others could only vaguely perceive its outline. It existed on a plane beyond their comprehension, overlapping with Pang Yi, Qing Jun, and even the Xumu Battleship of the Matriarch Sect—yet without the slightest collision.
The colossal black maw yawned open, revealing a swirling vortex of chaos within. Its mouth was so immense that its edges were indiscernible—it had already engulfed the nine streaks of light flying in different directions. With a sudden, powerful inhale, the Chaos Ark, which had just exited the cosmic rift, was violently yanked backward, hurtling toward the abyssal vortex of the dog’s maw.
“Defy me, and you will pay the price,” Gu Qianluo sneered from within the Chaos Ark, his eyes filled with murderous intent—only to freeze in shock moments later.
A gigantic black wild dog had appeared.
It was unfathomably massive.
Fortunately, the Chaos Ark could perceive vast distances, allowing Gu Qianluo to discern that this was an emaciated black wild dog. Its size defied comprehension—its tail alone spanned dozens of starfields, and its body stretched nearly a third the breadth of the Blood Blade Divine Court’s territory. When it opened its maw, it swallowed entire starfields, its chaotic vortex instantly devouring the nine streaks of light.
“Go, go, go, GO!!!” Gu Qianluo screamed in terror, his soul trembling with dread. He knew this was the most perilous moment of his existence. Ignoring the soul-rending agony, he desperately manipulated the Chaos Ark, pushing it to its absolute limit in a frantic bid to escape.
The Chaos Ark had already breached the cosmic rift, emerging into the outer chaos void.
Yet, from within the cosmos, the colossal black dog’s icy gaze locked onto the insignificant black vessel. With a single inhale—whoosh!—an overwhelming force seized the Chaos Ark, dragging it back at terrifying speed. In an instant, it was swallowed into the dog’s vortex.
“No—!” Gu Qianluo’s eyes filled with despair as he watched the Chaos Ark vanish into the abyss. “How could this happen? How?!”
Once inside the black dog’s maw, a devastating shockwave rippled through the Chaos Ark, penetrating its defenses. Gu Qianluo’s hidden body was struck by the force—his soul shuddered, and then he lost all consciousness. Even the Sangdan Sect Leader and the North Profound Palace Master, also aboard the ark, fell into instant comas.
…
Dongbo Xueying, the Blood Blade Divine Emperor, Qing Jun, the Spacetime Island Master, and the others stood frozen, staring blankly at the scene before them.
The Matriarch Sect leaders within the Xumu Battleship were equally dumbstruck.
“Hmph.”
The boundless black wild dog shrank in an instant, condensing into a mere hundred-mile-long form. Its black fur clung tightly to its skeletal frame as it stood in the void, tail flicking idly. Then, it spoke in a human voice: “Roar~~~ What a disgrace! A disgrace to my master! Victory was within grasp, yet you were outsmarted by a mere Gu Qianluo.”
“Esteemed Senior,” the Blood Blade Divine Emperor ventured cautiously, still utterly bewildered. Where had this terrifying black dog come from?
According to his intelligence, once one reached the Void God realm, they could not enter other universes—cosmic laws protected internal lifeforms, barring entry to beings of excessive power.
Of course, if one was overwhelmingly strong—like the Voidwalker Gu Qi, whose might rivaled even the Ancestor Tianyu—they could effortlessly shatter a universe. Such beings could enter at will. But destroying a cosmic epoch and annihilating an entire universe were two entirely different levels of destruction.
Within a universe, epochs cycled endlessly. If the internal environment became unsuitable for cultivation, the cosmos would naturally allow the epoch to perish and rebirth, creating a new habitable realm. The cycle of epochs was part of the universe’s natural order.
The universe itself was incredibly stable and resilient!
Yet this black dog’s power far surpassed that of a newly ascended Void God—and it was inside the universe?
“Thank you, Senior,” Dongbo Xueying and the Spacetime Island Master said in unison, bowing in gratitude. They recognized the black dog.
“We’ve met before, but we never imagined you were this formidable,” the Spacetime Island Master added hastily.
“Hmph.”
The black dog responded with aloof indifference before turning its gaze to Dongbo Xueying and the Blood Blade Divine Emperor. “Blood Blade, not bad. This cosmic epoch is still young, yet you’ve already reached the Void God realm. You’re currently at the Nascent Void stage… By the epoch’s end, you might even reach the Unity stage. Haha! So far, only the Demon Ancestor has achieved Void Unity in this universe. The Swordmaster stands even higher.”
“Your praise honors me,” the Blood Blade Divine Emperor replied, though he was even more puzzled. This black dog seemed intimately familiar with every major figure in their cosmic epoch—even the Lakeheart Swordmaster and the Demon Ancestor.
“Dongbo.” The black dog turned to Xueying, eyeing the Black Gourd in his hand. “I never expected that as a disciple of the Taixu Heavenly Palace, with such a short cultivation span, you’d also possess another formidable legacy?”
The Voidwalker Gu Qi’s methods were too profound—even the black dog hadn’t detected them. As for the Black Gourd, it hadn’t seemed particularly impressive before. But now, it recognized it as a treasure of the Dao! Crafting such an artifact, one that Dongbo Xueying could wield even at the World Creation stage, required a being of extraordinary power—if not equal to Ancestor Tianyu, then at least close.
“Just luck,” Dongbo Xueying replied, both awed and exhilarated. He had known the black dog once bit a chunk of flesh from the Lakeheart Swordmaster, but he hadn’t realized just how terrifying it truly was.
Now, he was thoroughly shaken.
But upon reflection, it made sense. The Lakeheart Swordmaster had been just one step below Ancestor Tianyu. If the black dog could injure him, its strength must be near the Swordmaster’s level—likely surpassing even the Demon Ancestor!
“Ah, right. And this fool.” The black dog spat out three streaks of light, one of which it caught in its paw—Gu Qianluo, still unconscious. The other two were the North Profound Palace Master and the Sangdan Sect Leader.
“Wake up.”
The black dog shook Gu Qianluo in its grip, jolting his body violently. Slowly, he stirred, his eyes fluttering open—only to widen in horror at the sight of the enormous black wild dog looming before him in the void. His face drained of all color.
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