The Undying Spirit Soldiers had not slaughtered this freely in a long time.
They pushed forward all the way, and anything they saw died on the spot. There were no innocents here. Anyone still able to move could be killed. And under the Great Annihilation, the mutated beings could not be said to have any intelligence at all. It was almost entirely instinct.
When they saw the Undying Spirit Soldiers, they did not understand that charging up was simply delivering themselves to death, yet they still came in droves, actively seeking death.
Lin Moyu headed toward the center, sensing the changes in Heaven and Earth. The resentment of the child Heaven and Earth was dissipating.
Primal Chaos Gem said, "It is understandable. Back then, those who ascended to the mother Heaven and Earth, to return, slaughtered everyone in the child Heaven and Earth. Even so, it still was not enough to hold them. The resentment and obsession would naturally be terrifying."
"Those who ascended were powerful and placed enormous pressure on Heaven and Earth. Each one who returned, you would not know how many hundreds of millions upon hundreds of millions of ordinary living beings had to be traded just to exchange for a single slot."
"Even if they slaughtered all living beings in the child Heaven and Earth, it still was not enough to contain them all. In the end, there was internal war among them, fighting over the few remaining slots."
"Now Lin Moyu is effectively cleansing the house and removing every parasite for the child Heaven and Earth. It is a pity the child Heaven and Earth's rules are already damaged, otherwise Lin Moyu's actions would certainly earn a substantial Heaven-and-Earth reward."
Kill all these mutated things that were neither human nor beast, then kill that so called Purple-Cloud True Lord, and finally smash the remaining rules in the child Heaven and Earth. Then the child Heaven and Earth would collapse and become Heaven-and-Earth remnants.
Lin Moyu already understood Heaven and Earth extremely well and knew exactly what he needed to do.
The child Heaven and Earth was not large. Lin Moyu moved along the rules and soon arrived at the central region.
From far away, he saw a vast mass of purple clouds shrouding the void.
Purple-Cloud True Lord had once been the strongest in this child Heaven and Earth. After ascending into the mother Heaven and Earth, he was still the strongest there. He had once been infinitely close to a Supreme, but because the mother Heaven and Earth's rules were too strong and restrictive, he never managed to take the final step.
For everything that happened in the child Heaven and Earth, he bore half the responsibility.
Lin Moyu looked at the purple clouds. Undying Eye opened, and he saw enormous amounts of soul flame.
Purple-Cloud True Lord had already scattered his soul. The purple cloud was his flesh body, and his soul spread across the entire flesh body. He could instantly split into hundreds of millions upon hundreds of millions. As long as one avatar did not die, he was undying and unextinguishable.
This approach was extremely high level. It required borrowing Heaven-and-Earth rules to accomplish. Compared with Dao of old, it was a higher level.
Countless soul flames pulsed in orderly rhythm.
Lin Moyu smiled calmly. "Nice rhythm."
In this Heaven and Earth, the only one still with intelligence was him. Through the soul flames plus Heaven-and-Earth rules, Lin Moyu could see that Purple-Cloud True Lord had preserved intelligence.
Primal Chaos Gem said, "Generally, only after becoming a Supreme would one call oneself True Lord. This guy has quite the tone."
Lin Moyu said, "Normal enough. He is already very strong. Even if those Supremes came here in their true bodies, constrained by Heaven-and-Earth rules, they would only be about on par with him."
As they spoke, the purple clouds suddenly surged. One cluster of soul flame, carrying a small tuft of purple cloud, flew out and condensed into human form.
This was an avatar of Purple-Cloud True Lord.
He stared at Lin Moyu with icy eyes. "Who are you, and why are you slaughtering this lord's people?"
Lin Moyu smiled. "You take yourself for the master of Heaven and Earth."
Purple-Cloud True Lord said in a low voice, "I am the master of Heaven and Earth. All living beings within this Heaven and Earth are my people. You barged in and started killing. Are you seeking death?"
His tone was forceful, as if he could strike at any moment.
Lin Moyu sighed. "You have intelligence, but not much. I overestimated you."
He had thought that since Purple-Cloud True Lord could split his soul into countless avatars and understood how to use Heaven-and-Earth rules, his intelligence should be strong. Yet he was still impacted by the Great Annihilation, his intelligence sharply reduced, to the point he actually thought he was the master of Heaven and Earth, and that the chaotic creatures inside were his people.
That alone was enough to show that his obsession outweighed his intelligence.
Just two sentences were enough to probe him completely. Lin Moyu knew there was no point talking further.
Better to act.
Whoosh.
Heaven-and-Earth Wings unfolded. Nine Heavens Fate Arts fully activated.
"Submit."
The Heaven-and-Earth Wings vibrated violently, commanding Heaven-and-Earth rules. Lin Moyu spoke as if Heaven spoke, and Heaven and Earth itself trembled.
The purple clouds rolled violently. In front of Lin Moyu, Purple-Cloud True Lord's avatar shattered on the spot.
At this moment, it was as if Lin Moyu had become the master of Heaven and Earth.
The purple clouds churned. Countless soul flames gathered together, forming a massive purple giant.
"I am the master of Heaven and Earth. Suppress!"
With a roaring shout, the purple giant slapped down with one palm.
Lin Moyu snorted and answered with a punch.
He had not truly acted in a long time. Apart from Supremes, there was no one worth him acting personally. Now he had finally met someone infinitely close to Supreme, and he wanted to test where his current strength stood.
This punch carried soul power comparable to a Supreme. Soul flame burned fiercely around the fist.
It shattered the purple giant's palm and did not lose momentum, smashing into the giant.
Boom.
The giant exploded. A scream rang out. The soul flames that had gathered scattered again.
Lin Moyu's soul power, fused as one between the real and the unreal, was stronger than even a Supreme artifact, indestructible.
Purple-Cloud True Lord was close to Supreme, but he was not Supreme. In pure soul power, he was far below Lin Moyu.
On this level, Lin Moyu could completely crush him.
That single punch also made Lin Moyu realize that the Supreme tier and everything beneath it were worlds apart. If you do not become Supreme, you will never know how enormous that final hair thin gap really is.
"Suppress and kill."
Heaven-and-Earth Wings vibrated violently. Together with Nine Heavens Fate Arts, it changed Heaven-and-Earth rules and suppressed them.
The scattered soul of Purple-Cloud True Lord was crushed again, collapsing in great amounts.
When the soul gathered into one mass, it was still hard to completely kill with only Heaven-and-Earth Wings and Nine Heavens Fate Arts. But once it scattered, even if it became countless avatars that seemed endless, it also became easier to kill.
Heaven-and-Earth Wings excelled at wide area slaughter. If Lin Moyu were a bit stronger, he could even slaughter an opponent across the entire Heaven and Earth. Then no matter how many avatars there were, it would be useless. As long as they had not left the Heaven and Earth, there would be nowhere to run.
Now, with only one punch plus one wave of Heaven-and-Earth Wings, more than half of Purple-Cloud True Lord's avatars died.
The purple clouds rolled. Purple-Cloud True Lord actually fled into the distance.
He had intelligence, but not much. At least, when he knew he could not win, he did not fight to the death. In other words, he feared death.
Lin Moyu felt disappointed. He had thought there would be a real fight. He did not expect him to be this weak.
Primal Chaos Gem said, "It is not that he is weak. It is that Master is too strong."
Lin Moyu said, "If this were before the Heaven and Earth shattered, in that mother Heaven and Earth, perhaps he and I would have had a bitter battle. But now, this is boring."
Primal Chaos Gem giggled. "Now, unless it is a Supreme, I am afraid no one can be Master's opponent."
Lin Moyu looked toward the fleeing purple clouds and said softly, "Useless. You cannot escape."
"I am very disappointed in you."
With a shift of intent, Nine Heavens Fate Arts ran to the extreme. Heaven-and-Earth rules changed across a wide range.
Rules reversed. Directions broke and inverted.
Purple-Cloud True Lord, who was fleeing, actually reversed back.
Lin Moyu had swapped the rules and inverted the direction. The faster he fled, the faster he returned.
Heaven-and-Earth Wings vibrated again.
"Suppress and kill."
A second suppress and kill.
Purple-Cloud True Lord's remaining soul was slaughtered again, more than half wiped out.
Lin Moyu swept his hand.
World-Scorching Fire flew out and harvested the remaining soul.
It took little effort. In just a few moves, the so called Purple-Cloud True Lord, who claimed to be infinitely close to Supreme, was easily suppressed and killed by Lin Moyu.
Those hundreds of millions upon hundreds of millions of avatars were useless. In the face of a true powerhouse, all tricks were meaningless.
Lin Moyu swept through in crushing fashion. The Undying Spirit Soldiers also swept like an autumn wind over fallen leaves. Where they passed, no living being remained.
In only ten days, every mutated being in the child Heaven and Earth was executed. Not a single living one remained.
Lin Moyu witnessed the process through Heaven-and-Earth rules. Next came smashing the Heaven-and-Earth rules, letting Heaven and Earth collapse into remnants.
Lin Moyu said, "Smashing a Heaven and Earth with my own hands is somewhat interesting."
Primal Chaos Gem said, "Other than the Great Annihilation or a Heaven and Earth's lifespan ending and it collapsing on its own, only a Supreme has this ability. Master is probably the only exception."
Lin Moyu said, "This child Heaven and Earth is a Six Wheel Heaven and Earth. If my sensing is not wrong, its mother Heaven and Earth should be a Nine Wheel Heaven and Earth. But one Nine Wheel Heaven and Earth likely still is not enough to let Yushen Heaven and Earth advance. I hope in the remaining time we can find other Nine Wheel Heaven and Earth."
There were not many Nine Wheel Heaven and Earth. There were only nine in total. Finding them was not easy. Lin Moyu had no good method. He could only rely on the small tree to search and see whether his luck was good.
Primal Chaos Gem said, "Master does not seem worried at all about whether you can refine a Nine Wheel Heaven and Earth."
Lin Moyu said, "Worrying is useless. We will know soon."
Heaven-and-Earth Wings spread fully, covering a region hundreds of millions of miles across. Boundless power from the Heaven-and-Earth Wings spread outward, pulling nearly half of the child Heaven and Earth into its range.
All Heaven-and-Earth rules submitted beneath the Heaven-and-Earth Wings.
Life and death were decided in a single thought.
"Collapse."
With a single thought, Heaven-and-Earth rules began to shatter across a vast area.
If only a portion of the rules shattered, Heaven and Earth could naturally repair itself, and repair quickly. It would not take long.
But if enormous amounts of rules collapsed at the same time, repair became slow and difficult.
Once more than half the rules collapsed, Heaven and Earth could no longer repair itself. If external force assisted, collapse became inevitable, like an avalanche.
A little snow slipping is nothing. But once a mass of snow slides, once the avalanche forms, it cannot be reversed.
This was exactly the case now.
Lin Moyu instantly shattered half the Heaven-and-Earth rules, forming avalanche momentum. The child Heaven and Earth could no longer self-repair.
This was the correct way to use the Heaven-and-Earth Wings.
Lin Moyu smiled. "Heaven-and-Earth Wings can make rules submit, and it can also annihilate rules. This art targets Heaven and Earth itself. The old Wings of Chaos were like that too. They could curse and destroy the Dao."
"The current Heaven-and-Earth Wings targets Heaven and Earth directly."
Primal Chaos Gem said, "The collapse has begun. It will not be long before Heaven and Earth becomes remnants."
Lin Moyu said, "Then I will enter the mother Heaven and Earth and seek the Heaven-and-Earth core."
Before he finished speaking, a powerful force surged in from all directions, entering the child Heaven and Earth and repairing its rules.
The rules he had just shattered were restored by more than half in the blink of an eye.
Lin Moyu paused slightly. "It is the mother Heaven and Earth's power. It is helping the child Heaven and Earth repair its rules."
Primal Chaos Gem said, "I have never encountered this."
Heaven-and-Earth Wings spread again, continuing to annihilate rules. The mother Heaven and Earth's power poured in continuously and repaired each shattered rule one by one.
Lin Moyu sensed the power coming from the mother Heaven and Earth and said calmly, "Child-and-mother Heaven and Earth is rare. The child Heaven and Earth is part of the mother Heaven and Earth, like a child. The mother Heaven and Earth naturally will not watch its child die."
"I was not wrong. This mother Heaven and Earth truly is a Nine Wheel Heaven and Earth."
"A Nine Wheel Heaven and Earth's power is indeed strong. Even as remnants, it is enough to prevent the child Heaven and Earth from collapsing."
Primal Chaos Gem asked, "Then what do we do?"
Lin Moyu said, "Simple. Just stop the mother Heaven and Earth."
The power of a Nine Wheel Heaven and Earth was extremely strong. Lin Moyu did not want to waste time in an attrition war.
The simplest method was to stop it. As long as its power could not enter the child Heaven and Earth, that was enough.
Between the mother Heaven and Earth and the child Heaven and Earth, there were many passages. One passage was fixed. The others were not.
Right now, the mother Heaven and Earth's power was continuously flowing into the child Heaven and Earth through those passages.
Lin Moyu needed to cut off those passages. But passages could be rebuilt, so he also needed to deceive the mother Heaven and Earth.
For Lin Moyu, this was not difficult.
Lin Moyu unfolded Heaven-and-Earth Wings and roamed within the child Heaven and Earth. Where he passed, the void solidified and space was sealed.
Together with Nine Heavens Fate Arts, Lin Moyu split the rules into two parts.
One part stayed outside, solidifying the void and sealing the space passages, while also telling the mother Heaven and Earth that the child Heaven and Earth was safe and sound.
It was like putting another shell around the child Heaven and Earth, a shell that concealed the child Heaven and Earth's true condition.
The other part accelerated the annihilation of Heaven-and-Earth rules. Once the collapse surpassed eighty percent, it truly became beyond saving, with only collapse remaining.
The only trouble in this process was the fixed passage at the center of the child Heaven and Earth.
That passage was the largest and strongest. Sealing it was not easy. And Lin Moyu also needed to keep it in order to enter the mother Heaven and Earth.
So in the central region, Lin Moyu did not annihilate rules. Instead, he created a heavy illusion to keep the central region apparently intact.
The mother Heaven and Earth had no intelligence, only instinct. Deceiving it was not hard.
Lin Moyu proceeded according to his plan. The process went smoothly.
Within the child Heaven and Earth, rules continued collapsing. Huge regions caved in and shrank.
From the outside, the child Heaven and Earth seemed normal, but internally it was already shredded.
When the internal collapse exceeded seventy percent, the outer shell finally could not hold and shattered together.
The mother Heaven and Earth immediately sensed something wrong. Driven by Heaven-and-Earth rules, Heaven-and-Earth power surged in to repair the child Heaven and Earth.
Lin Moyu shifted his intent and accelerated the collapse explosively, reaching eighty percent collapse before the mother Heaven and Earth's power could arrive.
From this moment on, the collapse was irreversible. The mother Heaven and Earth could not save it.
"Done."
Lin Moyu said softly. This step was somewhat troublesome, but it succeeded exactly as he had expected. It meant his understanding of Heaven and Earth advanced another step.
Primal Chaos Gem said, "Master is amazing."
Lin Moyu looked at the continuing collapse and said, "Actually, there is another method. It is simpler and less troublesome."
That other method was naturally to use an array, like in Chaotic Wild Desolation, setting an array inside Heaven and Earth and instantly annihilating all Heaven-and-Earth rules.
But setting arrays took time. Lin Moyu did not want to waste it.
Suddenly, a strange aura came from the void, crossed space, and left an imprint on Lin Moyu.
This aura came from the mother Heaven and Earth, from the rules of a Nine Wheel Heaven and Earth. It gave Lin Moyu no chance to avoid it.
Lin Moyu's gaze flickered. "The mother Heaven and Earth has remembered me. Looks like when I get there, there will be trouble."
Primal Chaos Gem said, "It thinks Master killed its child, so it left an imprint. Once Master goes over, it will strike at Master. This is the instinct of Heaven-and-Earth rules."
Before Lin Moyu even entered the mother Heaven and Earth, he had already become a public enemy of Heaven and Earth.
"A public enemy of Heaven and Earth?"
"It is not the first time. No need to care."
"Let us go. The child Heaven and Earth's collapse is nearing the end. In a few days it will completely become ruins. There will be no possibility left."
Lin Moyu did not want to wait. He stepped into the fixed spatial passage and headed for the mother Heaven and Earth.
The child Heaven and Earth was only an appetizer. The mother Heaven and Earth was his target this time.
A Nine Wheel Heaven and Earth was also something Lin Moyu wanted to see for himself. This kind of Heaven and Earth was treated as a Great Annihilation timer. He wanted to know what made it different.
The spatial passage was not long. Threads of pressure came from all directions.
This pressure could block all existences below the Chaos realm from passing through.
In this child-and-mother Heaven and Earth, this spatial passage was called the Ascension passage. As long as you cultivated to the Chaos realm, you could enter the Ascension passage and reach the mother Heaven and Earth.
The mother Heaven and Earth could accommodate stronger power and had a higher ceiling.
Soon, the end of the spatial passage appeared ahead.
The moment Lin Moyu flew out, several bolts of lightning crashed down with perfect accuracy, striking him.
Immediately after, boundless lightning fell like torrential rain. Each bolt carried vast Heaven-and-Earth power, as if determined to blast Lin Moyu into dust.
The lightning came so fast that only after several breaths did Lin Moyu hear the thunder.
Purple light flashed before his eyes. Electric serpents danced.
The lightning landing on him brought a slight stinging sensation, mostly a numbing itch.
"Not bad. Stronger than Chaotic Wild Desolation by quite a bit."
Lin Moyu had been struck countless times in Chaotic Wild Desolation. He was already used to it.
Compared to Chaotic Wild Desolation, the Nine Wheel Heaven and Earth's lightning was stronger, and the Heaven-and-Earth power denser.
But to kill him with this was still far from enough.
His eyes looked through the lightning glow and saw part of the Heaven-and-Earth rules.
Nine Heavens Fate Arts unfolded.
"Hide."
Heaven-and-Earth rules were immediately altered. Lin Moyu was like someone erased from Heaven-and-Earth rules.
The lightning instantly lost its target.
Lin Moyu was clearly there and had not moved, but Heaven-and-Earth rules ignored him as if he did not exist.
This was the problem of having no Supreme. Heaven and Earth itself had no intelligence. It only acted according to rules.
I became a public enemy of Heaven and Earth as a rule. Heaven and Earth striking to kill the public enemy was also a rule.
And I only need to change Heaven-and-Earth rules. Then I am no longer a public enemy, and Heaven and Earth will ignore me.
A Nine Wheel Heaven and Earth was powerful, but its essence had not fundamentally changed. What it was before, it still was.
One method that works makes all methods work. Once you understand Heaven-and-Earth rules, rules are universal across all tiers of Heaven and Earth.
Nine Heavens Fate Arts was created on this principle. In any Heaven and Earth, Nine Heavens Fate Arts can be used. The only difference is how effective it is.
Heaven-and-Earth Wings unfolded again. Lin Moyu carefully sensed the differences in this Heaven and Earth.
The influence range of Heaven-and-Earth Wings became smaller.
The rules of a Nine Wheel Heaven and Earth were extremely thick and imposed powerful constraints. Breaking these constraints was difficult, so across endless years no Supreme had ever been born here.
This kind of constraint, in essence, was the same as in Seven Wheel Heaven and Earth.
Wait. I think I understand something.
Lin Moyu suddenly realized something.
He had seen Seven Wheel and Eight Wheel Heaven and Earth. Now he saw Nine Wheel Heaven and Earth. These three kinds of Heaven and Earth had never produced a Supreme.
He peeled back the layers through rules, and finally saw it clearly.
Primal Chaos Gem asked, "Master, what did you see?"
Lin Moyu said, "I finally know why no Supreme has ever been born in Heaven and Earth above Seven Wheel."
Primal Chaos Gem tilted its head. "Why? Is it not because the rules are too strong and the constraints too great?"
Lin Moyu said, "No. It is because the rules do not permit it."
"In Heaven and Earth above Seven Wheel, the Heaven-and-Earth rules have already sealed this road. So it is impossible for a Supreme to appear there."
Primal Chaos Gem froze on the spot, stunned and disbelieving.
Lin Moyu said, "It is not that the rules are too strong. No matter how strong rules are, there will always be astonishing talents who can break them. The point is, there is no road at all. The road is blocked. No matter how talented you are, you cannot."
Primal Chaos Gem said, "But Master, are you not about to break through?"
Lin Moyu said, "What I said applies after Heaven and Earth has gone through the first life-and-death great calamity and fully formed."
"To become Supreme in a Heaven and Earth above Seven Wheel, you must achieve the Dao before the first life-and-death great calamity erupts. At that time, Heaven and Earth has not finalized. Rules are not yet complete. There is still a road."
"But that is the contradiction. Before Heaven and Earth forms, outsiders cannot enter. And inside, Heaven and Earth cannot possibly gestate living beings with the qualifications to achieve the Dao."
"That chance is effectively zero."
Primal Chaos Gem thought a little and felt Lin Moyu was very reasonable. That explained why so many Seven Wheel and higher Heaven and Earth had never produced a Supreme.
"But what about Master's Yushen Heaven and Earth?"
Lin Moyu shook his head slightly. "My Yushen Heaven and Earth seems somewhat special. As for why, I do not know yet. Perhaps one day I will understand. Right now, my strength tier is still not enough."
"What I can confirm now is that the path I chose is correct."
"I must, before Yushen Heaven and Earth reaches its first life-and-death great calamity, become Supreme and refine Yushen Heaven and Earth."
"And I feel that if I want to advance Yushen Heaven and Earth into a Primal Chaos Heaven and Earth, I must also do it this way."
Primal Chaos Gem nodded.
"Primal Chaos Heaven and Earth, Primal Chaos Spirit Tree. I am called Primal Chaos Gem. Strange. What does the word Primal Chaos even mean?"
It vaguely felt the two characters had something special, but it could not explain what.
Lin Moyu had also thought about this and had no answer.
Lin Moyu's voice grew low. "And I have another inference."
Primal Chaos Gem asked curiously, "What?"
It knew well that Lin Moyu's so called inferences were almost always correct. He did not guess blindly. He inferred through information and clues.
Lin Moyu said, "Before the Great Annihilation, there should have been Heavens and Earth. Among them, there should have existed Primal Chaos tier Heavens and Earth. Otherwise, there would not be a Primal Chaos Spirit Tree."
"Maybe you also existed in that era."
"For a Primal Chaos Heaven and Earth to be born, it needs a Supreme. After the Great Annihilation, the Primal Chaos Spirit Tree was destroyed. Then where is that Primal Chaos Heaven and Earth's Supreme?"
"Did that Supreme die, or did it survive? If it survived, where is it now?"
Primal Chaos Gem was shocked. It felt Lin Moyu's reasoning made sense.
The Primal Chaos Spirit Tree was shattered but not completely gone.
And if Primal Chaos Gem itself came from that era and was still alive, then what about the Supreme of that Primal Chaos Heaven and Earth?
Was it dead, or alive?
And what exactly was Primal Chaos Gem? Was it gestated by a Primal Chaos Heaven and Earth, or forged by someone?
Lin Moyu smiled. "No need to think too much yet. Even if we cannot figure it out, or even if we can, it is useless. We do not have the ability to solve this problem."
"First, refine this Nine Wheel Heaven and Earth."
He had already found the correct road along the rules and locked onto the Heaven-and-Earth core, stepping forward along the rules one step at a time.