Cultivation Starts from Killing Pigs

Chapter 556 - 460: The Great Cataclysm of Heaven and Earth, All Things Return to the Void

"Calamity’s root?"

Zhang Kui frowned slightly, his expression grave.

According to the young Luo Changsheng, when they established the Infinite Immortal Dynasty, they did so with sincerity, hoping to end the chaos in this cosmos.

On this point, Zhang Kui did not doubt.

Whenever a powerful force is established, it typically harbors grand goals, aiming to renew all things, bringing clarity to heaven and earth.

However, as time passes, none can escape the fate of decay and old age; mortals are so, as is any dynasty, because human hearts are susceptible to change, and selfish desires never cease.

He named Kaiyuan as "Divine Dynasty," hoping to break free from the old mold, a form of seeking the Path.

But honestly, he lacked any confidence.

The decay and demise of the Infinite Immortal Dynasty is not surprising to Zhang Kui, but the establishment of the Immortal Dynasty leading to "calamity’s root" which plunges heaven and earth into chaos, causing numerous Immortal Kings to exert various means for survival, that piqued his curiosity.

The young Luo Changsheng’s face also turned solemn:

"When the Immortal Dynasty was newly founded, it was as we envisioned, using the Immortal King Cave Heaven to suppress each Star Realm, restraining countless ambitious people, bringing order to heaven and earth, gradually prospering the entire cosmos..."

"It was a golden era, where Immortal Sects connected distant Star Realms, countless Starships traversed the cosmos, the Starry Sky Evil Gods of the old era were all driven away, and erupting Life Stars were omnipresent..."

Listening to the young Luo Changsheng’s description, even though Zhang Kui was aware, he couldn’t help but imagine that era of cosmic life eruption.

And soon after, Luo Changsheng’s voice turned somber:

"After tens of thousands of years of glory, the Immortal Dynasty inevitably faced numerous issues, resentment surged, and we originally paid it no mind, thinking that with the Immortal King Cave Heaven to suppress, eradicating those millennial families would dissipate the vengeful qi of heaven and earth. Yet one event disrupted all plans..."

Speaking to this point, Luo Changsheng looked at Zhang Kui with an inexplicable glow in his eyes: "Have you ever wondered why the Underworld and the Mortal World, as two sides of a coin, have such close cosmic proximity?"

Zhang Kui’s gaze tightened, speaking in a deep voice: "Indeed, I sense something amiss. If the Underworld and Mortal World were unrelated, that would be fine, but each Star Dust corresponds to a location; their relationship is far from ordinary. The Underworld... it’s like an extremely compressed Mortal World."

"Indeed, far from ordinary."

The young Luo Changsheng nodded, continuing: "In the early days of the Immortal Dynasty, while the Underworld Star Realm was close, it was far from this degree."

"We discovered that within mere tens of thousands of years post-establishment of the Immortal Dynasty, the distance within the Underworld Starry Sky remarkably halved. Hence, our master led us into the Underworld, finally drawing a conclusion."

"The Underworld and the Mortal World are twin facets, rather than the Underworld being an affiliate of the Mortal World, and the two have long lost balance. Like twins, where the Mortal World expands wildly, life proliferates, yet the Underworld grows weaker."

"The violent Spiritual Qi spread across the starry sky originates from plundering the Underworld Cosmos, hence inherently harboring endless killing intent that ordinary living beings cannot withstand, thus birthing Life Stars!"

"Do you know why the Underworld anomalies bear such resentment towards Mortal World life? Because their Spirit Charm is inherently deprived; the more prosperous the myriad lifeforms of the Mortal World, the more insane and distorted the Underworld anomalies become!"

"Originally, they were mere scabs and blemishes, yet during the later stages of the Immortal Dynasty, these entities grew ever more insane and powerful, consuming much of the Immortal Dynasty’s power..."

Zhang Kui frowned slightly: "As far as I know, these Underworld anomalies aren’t strong; even if transformed into Immortal Level, forming a Black Tide, they’re unlikely to pose a threat to you."

Luo Changsheng chuckled, his eyes playful:

"Have you ever ventured to the center of the Longevity Star Realm?"

"Do you believe I stationed the Immortal Dynasty’s military fortresses’ stars there merely for defensive purposes?"

"Do you comprehend why the Underworld anomalies are weaker now?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Kui’s pupils shrank: "You’ve sealed something over there!"

He remembered the fortress stars once occupied by the Blood God Sect, densely encircling the center of the Star Realm, guarding against that terrifyingly massive black hole.

Master Illusion, who had surrendered, once said, most of the Immortal Dynasty military defended there, none knowing what they guarded against; only Immortal Kings occasionally ventured in to investigate, it was indeed related to the Underworld anomalies.

To use a black hole at the center of a Star Realm as a prison, it’s unimaginable what existence might be contained, for even ordinary Starry Sky Dominators wouldn’t return from such a terrifying location.

Luo Changsheng slightly shook his head, "You’re not wrong; the Underworld anomalies evolved into something extraordinary, lifeless yet undead, even capable of independently birthing Heaven and Earth Law Spiritual Objects. We had no choice but to imprison them using the Star Realm black hole."

Zhang Kui suddenly realized, no wonder Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire and Cosmic Evil Light occasionally emerged around that Star Realm black hole, it was the dissipation of the Underworld anomalies...

Yet swiftly, he frowned slightly: "Under my command are old members of your Immortal Dynasty; according to them, no one knows what manner of horror lies within the black hole, you surely kept this action secret from everyone, why?"

The young Luo Changsheng laughed, "Because if this matter is revealed, I’m afraid everyone will fall into despair and madness."

"The Emperor Venerable came to a conclusion that the Yin and Yang of this world are not constant; Yin reaches its peak and gives birth to Yang, Yang reaches its peak and gives birth to Yin. When the Underworld shrinks to the extreme, Yin and Yang will reverse."

"Then, the Underworld will rapidly expand, while the Mortal World will begin to shrink. The Underworld Starry Sky will seize the Spiritual Qi of the Mortal World, reversing reincarnation, and those Underworld anomalies will absorb the Spirit Charm of countless living beings from the Mortal World."

"At that time, the Great Path of the Mortal World will be thrown into chaos, all things will lose order, and we will fall into madness, becoming like those Underworld anomalies, starting from ordinary living beings to the Starry Sky Dominator, no one will escape..."

"The more prosperous the Cosmos of the Mortal World, the more Immortals and living beings there are, this process will be accelerated continuously. So at the moment the Infinite Immortal Dynasty was established, the seed of destruction was planted!"

Zhang Kui felt a chill down his spine realizing that the fall of the Ancient Infinite Immortal Dynasty was actually hiding such an earth-shattering secret.

Just hearing it brought a deep sense of despair.

According to Luo Changsheng, this is an unsolvable deadlock. Yin and Yang reversal has been ongoing. Though he established the Kaiyuan Divine Dynasty to bring hope to countless beings, it simultaneously accelerates the process!

"Damn Great Path!"

Zhang Kui couldn’t help but curse, eyes filled with vengeful Qi, "I see now, the fall of the Infinite Immortal Dynasty was deliberate on your part, aimed to slow the Yin and Yang reversal!"

The young Luo Changsheng’s eyes were indifferent, "Just going with the flow. The real force were the Eternal Immortal Dynasty and the Starry Sky Evil God. If it came to a real fight, how could they match my Immortal Dynasty."

"The three Realm Masters of the Eternal Immortal Dynasty also detected the cosmos change; their Affiliated Cosmos relied on the Mortal World, also unable to escape. Hence, they invaded boldly, attempting to dissolve the apocalypse with slaughter. As for those Starry Sky Evil Gods, some were vaguely aware, but most were fools kept in the dark..."

Rage bubbled up inside Zhang Kui as he sneered in mockery:

"Good, well played, Emperor Venerable of the Immortal Kings, unable to solve it yourself, so you blood-sacrifice countless beings to evade disaster. Truly a clever calculation!"

Delaying a greater apocalypse with slaughter, regardless of the Immortal Kings’ actions being right or wrong, Zhang Kui detested such behavior.

He knew he was impotently furious, unable to think of a solution. The more it was so, the more dissatisfied he felt.

Young Luo Changsheng watched him quietly, as if watching a monkey, a trace of disappointment gradually flickering in his eyes.

Zhang Kui suddenly awoke, suppressing his anger.

He had long seen that Luo Changsheng was not reborn like Immortal King Chi Chong but had turned himself into an Artifact Spirit-like being, eternally unable to leave the Immortal King Tower.

This guy plotted for millennia; his scheme must be significant!

Thinking of this, Zhang Kui took a deep breath, "What happened later, why did the Emperor Venerable disappear? And why did you feign madness and death?"

Luo Changsheng’s face remained calm, clearly indifferent to Zhang Kui’s previous words. He replied serenely, "At that time, Master had surpassed the Starry Sky Dominator in cultivation, and with the three Old Realm Masters of the Eternal Immortal Dynasty, ventured into the Endless Void, seeking a solution."

"A thousand years passed, only Master returned, but he seemed changed, cold and like another person, hurriedly leaving the ’Yinji Scripture’ and then vanished again."

"The ’Yinji Scripture’ left by the Emperor Venerable?!"

Zhang Kui was somewhat stunned, this harmful thing was one of the main causes of the Immortal Dynasty’s fall, unexpectedly left by the legendary Emperor Venerable.

Luo Changsheng slightly nodded, "Indeed, the idea of the ’Yinji Scripture’ is simple. Since Yin and Yang will inevitably reverse, why not seize the opportunity of the Underworld anomalies and lead the entire Immortal Dynasty into the next era."

So that’s it...

Zhang Kui’s heart was shocked; the birth of the Deceit Immortal Path was indeed for transcending tribulation!

"No!"

Zhang Kui suddenly frowned and blurted out, "This is the end of the cosmos, the opening of a new era, those Underworld anomalies also cannot escape, you surely didn’t believe it as well, otherwise, how could you secretly release the ’Yinji Scripture’ and treat those followers as experimental subjects?"

Luo Changsheng nodded indifferently, "Of course, Master returned drastically changed, not only I noticed it, even internally amongst the Immortal Kings conflicts arose. Some believed it was not worth worrying about, some ventured into the void to probe, others hastily began slaughter, splitting comrades of tens of thousands of years, killing each other."

"I studied the Path of Time, seeing things irretrievable, destroying my foundation, entered Divine Travel down the river of time probing the future, hoping to find a solution..."

Luo Changsheng suddenly paused here.

Zhang Kui’s gaze sharpened, "What did you see?"

Fear flickered in Luo Changsheng’s eyes:

"Darkness, endless darkness, there was no new era, the Underworld, the Mortal World, all ceased to exist, everything returned to void..."