"It's the universe!"

"We are in a universe created by the gods!"

"Heavenly Dao! Please have mercy on all living beings!"

Devonte Weather stood up, raised his hands high, and shouted, "Return peace to the mortal world!"

Boom!

Thunder roared.

In the skies, a majestic voice echoed!

"Julius Reed, you defy the Heavenly Dao, you cannot remain!"

The sun, moon, and Celestial River radiated intense light!

As if to tear apart that darkness in the sky!

"Kill him!"

Someone shouted!

"Haha! Julius Reed is doomed to fail!" Devonte Weather pointed at the lifeless Julius Reed in the center of the platform and laughed madly, "A cultivator holds heaven and earth in their heart, reveres heaven and earth! No one can strike against the Heavenly Dao! It is the origin! It is everything!"

Anyone who sees the Heavenly Dao will naturally feel awe!

This is instinct!

The nearly ten thousand martial artists present couldn't help but kneel in the stands, bowing their heads in reverence!

Because their powers in cultivation all stem from the Heavenly Dao!

Without the Heavenly Dao, there is no power for them!

This power is bestowed by the Heavenly Dao!

Julius Reed wants to fight against this heaven, relying solely on the power of the Heavenly Dao!

But!

How could that be possible!

In front of the Heavenly Dao, he is like an ant!

"No wonder the Dusty Platform is reputed to be the closest place to the gods! There is indeed Heavenly Dao here!"

As someone who had seen the ruins of the broken temple, Devonte Weather trembled to the utmost!

Countless pairs of eyes were fixed on the sky!

Wanting to see how this Heavenly Dao would obliterate the Lord!

However powerful the Lord may be, he is just a person of the mortal world!

Yet, above, is the sky!

In the sky!

The blazing sun emitted a golden light, crashing down directly!

Boom!

That power made one's blood boil, as if waves of spiritual power were coming at them!

Under the golden light!

The death aura surrounding Julius Reed started to dissipate!

"No one can fight against the power of the heavens! Not even the Lord!" Devonte Weather laughed uncontrollably.

In the eyes of the world, Julius Reed was undoubtedly going to die.

But only one person remained calm.

That person was Hiddy.

At this moment, Hiddy looked at Julius Reed with eyes devoid of any tension.

Would he die?

If he were to, how could Julius Reed have survived until today?

The temple of the past was reduced to ruins, buried deep underground.

Perhaps, the Lord is the true victor of the past five millennia!

Today is merely a prelude to the revival of fate.

Or perhaps, a test.

An attempt at counterattack.

"The Heavenly Dao can indeed annihilate anyone, but he... perhaps he can no longer be considered a mere mortal." Hiddy bit into an apple and casually flicked her hair.

The golden light grew more intense!

The Moon also began to shine, casting its glow upon the center of the platform!

The stars in the sky flowed into the Celestial River!

Then, a bright arc crossed the sky!

A pillar of light connecting heaven and earth!

Above was the Heavenly Dao, below was Julius Reed.

Enveloped in light.

Julius Reed raised his head upward, staring at the sun!

In his crimson pupils, reflected were not the sun, moon, and stars!

But four emaciated corpses staring at him!

What heaven and earth could there be!

What sun and moon!

What stars!

What Celestial River!

A vast clear sky!

Four corpses floated lightly in the air!

Windy Johnson blew through, revealing the hollows in their garments!

Their empty eye sockets held no eyes, not because they had lost them!

But because, they were merely the skin of a human head!

Their limbs too were just an outer casing!

Without flesh, without bone!

These were the sun, moon, stars, Celestial River!

Is this what the martial artists call the Heavenly Dao!

No!

This was making a mockery of the world!

If gods are only meant to be revered, why should the world serve them?

Gods!

Are merely deceiving the world!

Enslaving the world!

Filled with lies!

Deception!

Back when temples stood tall!

People were all servants of the gods!

The so-called gods, residing in temples, enjoying servitude from the world, manipulating life and death as they pleased!

They enslaved the world, deceived the world!

Making these godservants willingly kneel on the ground, loyally serving their oppressors!

Loyal to those who enslave them!

Making kneeling an honor!

A habit ingrained in their bones!

How are these gods any different from emperors through the ages?

Therefore, Julius Reed slew the gods!

He personally killed these so-called gods, those who called themselves immortal!

Before the face of the godservant, he took off the heads revered by them as divine!

Tore off their hypocritical masks!

Let them see, that in one matter people can achieve equality!

That would be death!

This heaven and earth, sun, moon, are just the eyes of the world covered by a veil!

It can block the sky!

But it cannot block the eyes of Julius Reed!

Crowds cheered, shouted!

Kneeled in worship!

The world cheered for those enslaving themselves!

For the slaughter of the rebel!

Julius Reed knew that 'gods' couldn't be killed.

People always willingly enshrine their oppressors!

The servility has long been buried in their hearts!

They can't get used to the days without kneeling.

When one 'god' falls, another 'god' will rise.

"If they are gods, then what am I?" Julius Reed spoke, muttering to himself.

This voice spread across the Dusty Platform!

Reached the ears of everyone!

"Ignorant fool! How dare you speak against the Heavenly Dao, dare discuss the gods!"

"You shall die! The gods do not tolerate desecration!"

"The ignorant shall bear pain! At three feet above, gods are watching! Julius Reed, don't you know that fate cannot be defied!"

The martial artists shouted in rebuke, wishing to rush up and slay this outlier!

In the strong light, Julius Reed held his sword.

A pitch-black sword.

Slowly raised, pointed at his own chest!

"What's he going to do? Is he going to commit suicide?"

"This is the power of the Heavenly Dao! The Heavenly Dao is controlling him! Making him atone with death!"

"Disrespecting the Heavenly Dao, he deserves death!"

The world believed the Heavenly Dao was power, having no physical form!

This world, every blade of grass and tree, air, water, dust, bacteria, are parts of the Heavenly Dao!

"Look!"

Someone screamed!

Julius Reed's Longsword aimed at his chest, slowly piercing in!

"This is the outcome of resisting the Heavenly Dao! Those unafraid of heaven and earth will face retribution!"

"What can Julius Reed possibly do? Just a common man, doesn't know his place!"

"The heavens have eyes!"

A wave of ecstasy swept the martial arts realm!

They knew the Dusty Platform had power, capable of opposing the Lord!

But they didn't expect it had the Heavenly Dao!

Today!

The Heavenly Dao intervened!

Eradicating this one who reigned over the mortal realm for thousands of years!

Under the golden light, Julius Reed's sword cut through his chest, revealing the pitch-black heart within.

The light beam seemed to find a breakthrough point, instantly pouring in along the wound!

"The glory of the gods!"

Devonte Weather's voice was hoarse with excitement!

The power pierced through Julius Reed's body!

Finally, everything was over.

A minute.

Two minutes.

Three minutes.

Five minutes passed!

Julius Reed still stood there!

But the sun, moon, and stars in the sky were dimming!

"Is he... actually absorbing the power of the Heavenly Dao?" A frightening thought flashed in Devonte Weather's mind.

"No! Impossible! The Heavenly Dao cannot be defeated!"

The light grew dimmer!

Julius Reed's chest resembled a black hole, mercilessly devouring everything!

Finally!

In the air, a flash of light.

Four monk corpses floated down.

The sky was still the dark sky.

In the center of the platform stood a person.

Still the same person.

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