Translator: CinderTL
The Progenitor of All Demons' intervention, combined with Li Chunjun's imperfect grasp of the great dao of devouring, posed a considerable challenge.
Yet it remained merely a challenge.
The period between Life Levels 44 and 46 was clearly a process of mastering the forty-nine great daos.
As a result, Li Chunjun's compatibility with and comprehension of the Dao had reached an unprecedented level.
Even the formidable great dao of devouring, which initially suppressed Li Chunjun's Void Power, gradually yielded as he grew more familiar with the Progenitor of All Demons' techniques. The profound mysteries of the Devouring Law rapidly unfolded in his hands.
Gradually...
He had acquired the means to contend with the Progenitor of All Demons!
This scene sent shockwaves through the God Above Gods' heart. "Quick! Attack with full force and crush him!"
"What is he doing?!"
The Progenitor of All Demons was equally shaken.
"What do you think he's doing? He's using you as a reference to comprehend your great dao of devouring!"
"This..."
The Progenitor of All Demons had already discerned Li Chunjun's strategy, but he found it almost unbelievable.
While fighting two Dao Venerables and their combined Grand Dao Power, he dared to divide his Heart-Mind to comprehend the Progenitor's great dao of devouring?!
What madness is this?!
"Stop standing there! If we let him decipher the great dao of devouring you control, we'll never be able to touch him again!"
The god above gods' Heart-Mind trembled.
"Do you think I don't want to?"
The Progenitor of All Demons waved his void hand, summoning a swarm of black holes that encircled Li Chunjun like a black hole fortress, sealing off the space around him.
Yet when the condensed, swirling, and collapsing devouring power of these black holes struck Li Chunjun, it was as if ninety-nine percent of its force had been nullified.
The impact on him was negligible.
Often, with just a moment's lapse in concentration, Li Chunjun would slip away like an eel, wriggling into another area.
The Progenitor of All Demons couldn't effectively wield the great dao of devouring.
Seeing this, the God Above Gods understood the crucial point.
"Not enough! Not enough! The combined power of our dao unifications isn't enough! We need more Dao Venerables! Three, four, even five or ten! Only then can we truly neutralize Li Chunjun's void great dao and devour him piece by piece!"
He knew this with absolute clarity.
But securing enough dao unification assistance...
His gaze fell upon the Progenitor of All Demons.
The Progenitor of All Demons quickly understood his intentions.
The two dao unification experts exchanged a glance and immediately began communicating telepathically.
However, after their messages were sent...
Silence.
No response.
The faces of the God Above Gods and the Progenitor of All Demons darkened.
This outcome was both expected and unexpected.
That being...
Had always kept them around to be used at critical moments.
Now, with a progenitor divine being involved, this was clearly the critical moment they had anticipated.
Seeing Li Chunjun's power increasing exponentially with each exchange, the two dao unification experts could no longer remain passive.
"Li Chunjun, there is no irreconcilable conflict between the Great World of the Gods and the Profound Yellow Great World. If you insist on using the Great World of the Gods as your dao field, the Divine Race will simply withdraw and cede the Great World of the Gods to you," the God Above Gods declared, his mental power surging.
Li Chunjun remained silent.
What he sought was never merely the Great World of the Gods.
He wanted the Great World of the Gods, the Divine Race, and the great dao of the soul within the God Above Gods himself.
Li Chunjun's unwavering silence sent a chill through the god above gods. "Li Chunjun," he said, "though we cannot defeat you, comprehending our great dao of the soul and great dao of devouring will take you an immeasurable amount of time. You've been using the Source of Time to enhance yourself, but the more you use it, the greater the damage to your potential. Continuing this battle benefits none of us. Why not withdraw?"
The Progenitor of All Demons chimed in, "Though we are not of the Human Race, you will never be fully accepted by them either. After all, progenitor divine beings—those who defy control—are inherently unwelcome among humans!"
His Heart-Mind pulsed with veiled threats. "By continuing this fight, you expose more and more of your great dao. If the Human Race ever deciphers your void great dao and someone among them treads the same path, sparking Dao Contention, how will you withstand the overwhelming numbers of the Human Race? We should not be enemies!"
Li Chunjun remained silent.
The Source of Time was indeed taking its toll on him.
However, this influence would inevitably be washed away as his Life Level increased.
This was the source of his confidence.
The God Above Gods and the Progenitor of All Demons didn't understand this, but they could sense from Li Chunjun's unwavering resolve that he possessed a hidden trump card.
In an instant, the two dao unification experts grew even more anxious.
Especially the God Above Gods, who sensed that Li Chunjun's comprehension and application of the great dao of the soul rivaled his own, felt a deep sense of crisis.
"Li Chunjun, if your resentment stems from the long-standing conflicts between the Great World of the Gods and the Profound Yellow Great World, I can hand over the divine beings who invaded your world for you to punish as you see fit! Afterward, I will withdraw my forces from the Great World of the Gods and cede this realm to you. Let us end this conflict here and now. What do you say?"
Buzzing!
Just then, Li Chunjun, who had been pulled back from the Void by the great dao of devouring, extended a finger. An invisible ripple spread outward, within which the profound mysteries of the great dao of devouring continuously shifted, completely neutralizing the devouring power the Progenitor of All Demons had used to drag him out. With another flicker, his figure vanished once more into the Void.
The sight left even the Progenitor of All Demons in stunned disbelief.
"He..."
"He's already able to wield the power of the great dao of devouring!" the God Above Gods thought, his heart turning cold.
Forgetting all pretense of dignity as a Dao Unification Dao Venerable, he made an immediate decision. "Run!"
"Split up!"
The Progenitor of All Demons didn't hesitate, choosing to flee separately.
After all, compared to the God Above Gods, whose every move had been thoroughly exposed, Li Chunjun had only just begun to grasp the great dao of devouring, elevating his power from the level of laws to the great dao.
By splitting up, the Progenitor of All Demons believed he had a good chance of evading Li Chunjun's pursuit.
"No need to rush," Li Chunjun suddenly said, sensing their intent to flee.
In an instant, the Void around him transformed into a mirror-like parallel world, as if this region had been surgically excised from the starry sky.
At first glance, this excised region appeared identical to the outside world.
But within this space, the God Above Gods and the Progenitor of All Demons found themselves unable to project their power beyond its boundaries.
"What's happening?!"
The God Above Gods immediately sensed something amiss, a flicker of dread crossing his brow. "My connection to my Believers has been severed?!"
What did severing his connection to his Believers mean?
It meant that if he were to die, he would no longer be able to draw upon their power to resurrect himself.
"Damn it! Find a way out of this mirror world!"
The Progenitor of All Demons roared, unleashing the full force of his great dao of devouring. The mirror world rippled, revealing cracks in its structure.
But before he could escape through these fissures, Li Chunjun's figure materialized before them, blocking his path.
Void Power and devouring power radiated from his body.
Li Chunjun's nascent devouring power neutralized a portion of the Progenitor of All Demons' strength.
The remaining force...
A Void Storm erupted!
The great dao of the void and the great dao of destruction, powers capable of disrupting the flow of the great dao of devouring, surged forth, clashing head-on with the Progenitor of All Demons.
Though he had never experienced the process of "dao unification," Li Chunjun, relying on the divine properties of his innate void dao physique and innate destruction dao physique, managed to withstand the weakened great dao of devouring wielded by the Progenitor of All Demons.
Moreover, through this confrontation, his understanding of the great dao of devouring deepened with each clash.
Each collision felt like a round of validation for the ultimate truth, causing his comprehension of the great dao of devouring to skyrocket.
While the Progenitor of All Demons and Li Chunjun clashed head-on, the God Above Gods was employing every means at his disposal to search for weaknesses in this world.
The result...
The deeper he searched, the more he felt an indescribable suffocation.
"This world... this world..."
This world was no mere mirror image.
Nor was it a Void carved and sealed by the great dao of the void.
It...
It was a truly existent world.
The only difference was that this world seemed to be a reflection of the real world.
Currently, the Progenitor of All Demons could still discern weaknesses in this world by comparing its great dao of devouring with his own.
But he...
With Li Chunjun having nearly deciphered the great dao of the soul, this world felt like a tangible reality capable of transforming him into "nothingness."
This realization sent even the God Above Gods, who had achieved dao unification, into a state of profound mental turmoil, nearly shattering his perfect composure.
"The heavens evolve with forty-nine principles, yet one escapes! This Cosmic Void, possessing forty-nine great daos and the hundreds upon thousands of Immortals they have spawned, is already under immense strain. To ensure the Cosmos continues to function smoothly, a force is urgently needed to disrupt the Immortals' seemingly eternal existence!"
He seemed to have finally grasped the true nature of the void great dao.
This Dao...
"This Dao is the antithesis of the forty-nine great daos! It is the annihilation of existence, the void at the end of eternity, the nothingness that corresponds to being..."
Having understood this, the God Above Gods finally realized the true nature of the innate divine being they were confronting!
"Twilight of the Gods!"
As the God Above Gods felt his connection to his Believers and the outside world completely severed, pain flashed in his eyes.
"He is the inevitable culmination of all things, the eternal enemy of all 'existence,' the doomsday of the cosmic stars! He is extinction and destruction, eternity and the void!"
In that moment, he saw not only his own end but also the fate of the world and the Cosmos.
All things return to nothingness.
(End of the Chapter)
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