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Chapter 347: Heaven and Earth Purified for Sixty Years!
Chapter 347: Heaven and Earth Purified for Sixty Years!
With an ear-splitting explosion, Fortune's body shattered into fragments, revealing a golden soul wrapped in radiant energy—a furious wisp of consciousness barely contained.
Another failure!
Though he'd grown accustomed to defeat over five millennia, this time had felt different. Victory had been within grasp—until slipping through his fingers once more.
Unlike ordinary Foundation-Forming True Men, Fortune's reincarnated True Monarch status ensured his soul remained protected by Primordial Essence even after failed Golden Body refinement. Instead of becoming a Dao Aberration, his soul would be claimed by the Netherworld's guidance for rebirth. Yet such cycles demanded eons to restore his former cultivation.
'Chongguang... Chongguang!!!'
Mental barriers crumbling, Fortune's mind erupted with vengeful thoughts, each more bitter than the last. But he couldn't linger—surrounded by True Monarchs, his exposed soul would perish without the Netherworld's immediate intervention.
'Withdraw!'
The Netherworld's portal yawned open. Fortune vanished like lightning, his escape so instantaneous not even the swiftest gaze could track him. Such was the resilience of True Monarchs—they couldn't be truly slain without three successive deaths: first destroying their Dao Realm, then intercepting their reincarnation-bound soul, finally annihilating their Primordial Essence itself.
Meanwhile, within the Godless Domain...
Unfazed by Fortune's demise, Chongguang stood atop his celestial steps. As his lips parted, fragrant mists spiraled outward, materializing ethereal female figures. Draped in diverse robes, their every glance and smile exuded hypnotic allure, lifelike in their grace.
"Multifloral Marrow!"
The scent thickened, transforming into swirling miasma. Observers glimpsed their deepest sorrows within the haze—reflections of personal anguish made manifest.
"Sea of Sorrowful Affliction!"
Each divine technique Chongguang unleashed elevated the Godless Domain further, forcing rival Dao Realm cultivators to descend proportionally.
Without hesitation, Ang Xiao summoned his radiant golden lamp—the Great Forest Wood treasure Sun-Obfuscating Golden Lamp—previously loaned to Chongguang. Celestial power descended with it, shattering Chongguang's physical form within Jiangnan's Gantang Port cave heaven fragment into dust.
Yet it changed nothing.
Chongguang merely glanced at Ang Xiao before continuing his cultivation unimpeded.
"Lost Ford Passage."
The Godless Domain shifted. Mists parted to reveal an abyssal ocean—thousands of feet deep, stretching across horizons, its churning black waters rumbling like thunder.
Golden Core Sovereigns remained unfazed, but Foundation-Forming cultivators saw their cultivation bottlenecks reflected in the waves. Cold sweat beaded as they confronted personal obstacles—though some breakthroughs came sudden clarity, their minds sharpening as if freed from mists. Not malice, but divine intervention to aid cultivation.
But such generosity had cost—those who benefited became subjects of Chongguang's Dao Realm, severed from their original sects.
A Dao Realm star suddenly dimmed. Unlike the Lampfire of Restoration, this golden core had been actively maintained. Now its guardian True Monarch, Precious Vase Moonlight Bodhisattva, faded into stardust within a breath.
"Who would've imagined..."
"The Godless Domain... What ambition. What vision. And Chongguang—I knew the Demon Sect's fingerprints would be here."
"The Millennium Cataclysm approaches. Chaos returns."
"Better this way. Let chaos come!"
True Monarchs across realms reacted differently, yet all recognized Chongguang's—and Mu Changsheng's—grand design.
Ang Xiao retrieved his lamp, puzzled. Deprived of divine protection, Chongguang should've been locked in eternal struggle with his primordial consciousness. Yet nothing changed.
"Did I miscalculate?" His expression darkened. "Did Mu Changsheng truly sacrifice himself for you?"
"Not just for me", Chongguang's voice remained calm. "He gains too—so long as my domain endures, I'll bear their collective wrath instead."
His words resonated with increasing echo, stirring primal hatred toward all injustices.
"Song of Endless Sorrow!"
So long as evil persisted, this haunting melody would never end—its fiery hatred capable of incinerating True Men's souls.
"Esteemed ones, pray ascend with me to the heavens."
Bowing respectfully, Chongguang's four divine techniques fused into a single crimson light.
"Contend for Freedom!"
Silence blanketed the world—until a sharp crack shattered it.
Like morning dew vanishing at dawn, another True Monarch faded. The phenomenon spread rapidly, leaving the heavens fractured as True Monarchs disappeared. Chongguang's form blurred until only his voice remained:
"I, Chongguang, establish the Godless Domain in Jiangnan.
By refining the Chaotru Heaven Realm, I ascend True Monarch—severing heaven's path to grant cultivators one final chance. For sixty years hence, heaven and earth shall know peace!"
His proclamation echoed across realms. Only two True Monarchs remained—Ang Xiao and Qingcheng Feixue.
Ang Xiao offered no reply, merely a long gaze before dispersing.
"Chongguang honors the True Monarch", Chongguang bowed to Qingcheng Feixue.
She shook her head. "You've surpassed expectations."
Her expression hardened respectfully. "Xue Feihong greets her cultivation companion."
With a breeze, she vanished—leaving Chongguang alone.
But not for long.
Though hidden Dao Realms couldn't interfere directly, True Monarchs could still clash. Facing universal enmity, he'd need allies.
"My domain grants sixty years' reprieve", he mused. "Only if another ascends within that span might I survive."
'What awaits this world?'
'A grand contest indeed.'
His form dissolved. Henceforth, no True Monarch would walk the mortal realm.
After a brief stillness, suppressed energies erupted across Jiangdong, Jiangxi, Jiangbei, Jiangnan, and Overseas Territories—long-hidden forces finally emerging.
(End of Chapter)
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