Chapter 3640

Sweeping his gaze around the Divine Lord's Hall, he did not see the Lord of the Nine Heavens. At the very front of the hall…

…a throne hovered in midair. The throne was completely empty, exuding an ancient and vast aura.

One could tell that no one had sat here for a very long time, even though this was the Divine Lord's Hall.

This was the palace residence of the Lord of the Nine Heavens, and the throne was also his, yet no one sat upon it.

The Nine Heavens Boundary Rune cast down a fusing runic light, and a figure emerged from it, hazy and indistinct.

Though he couldn't make out the face, the sense of familiarity in Lin Moyu's heart welled up once more.

He felt as though he knew the other person and was very familiar with them, but he could only guess.

The figure was likely the Lord of the Nine Heavens. As the figure gradually solidified, it revealed a face that was both strange and familiar.

It was as if they had met before, yet did not know each other. He showed little emotion, merely looking at Lin Moyu calmly.

He spoke slowly, "Do you feel a sense of strangeness, as if you have seen me before?"

"Yet you cannot remember." Lin Moyu nodded. "What Senior says is correct."

"Please enlighten me." The figure replied, "No rush. You will have your answer soon."

"Before that, let me show you some things." A ray of rosy light rose from the dome.

The entire Divine Lord's Hall vanished instantly. Lin Moyu's vision blurred, and he found himself standing in the void.

In that single instant, he had no idea how much distance he had crossed to travel from the Divine Lord's Hall to this place.

The laws in this void were peculiar; it was neither the Life Forbidden Zone nor the Wall of Heaven and Earth. It was a place he had never been to before.

However, the laws here seemed somewhat familiar, causing a slight tremor of surprise in his heart.

With a hint of uncertainty, he blurted out, "Is this a Dao Heart World?"

His question received no response. Lin Moyu did not press further, only continuing to observe.

The void was still changing, and a second shift soon occurred around him. This time, it was not a teleportation.

Instead, it was a complete transformation of the world, with time flowing backward. This place was indeed a Dao Heart World.

Lin Moyu was absolutely certain that he was currently inside the Dao Heart World of the Lord of the Nine Heavens. Only within a Dao Heart World…

…could such a scene be created. Reversing time was not impossible, but it could not be done so effortlessly and silently.

Once the surroundings stopped changing, Lin Moyu found himself in a space composed of purple mist. This space was highly peculiar.

Chapter 4849: Primordial Past

The purple mist exuded a peculiar power. He felt a sense of familiarity, as if he had encountered it before, yet he couldn't recall it. This purple mist…

…was actually somewhat similar to the Hongmeng World. The phantom of the Lord of the Nine Heavens manifested beside Lin Moyu. "This space is called the Origin Realm."

"The Origin Realm…" Lin Moyu's heart skipped a beat. Why did…

…he feel a sense of familiarity with the Origin Realm? Upon hearing those words, it was as if some memories were stirred.

These memories seemed to stem from the deepest instincts of his soul, or perhaps from an ineffable, boundless void. For a moment…

…Lin Moyu's thoughts became slightly muddled. The voice of the Lord of the Nine Heavens continued, "This is where everything began."

"It is the origin, and perhaps also the end." As he spoke…

…a tiny speck of light appeared amidst the purple qi of the Origin Realm, growing from faint to blinding.

In less than half a breath, it became too bright to look at directly, and then the light exploded.

The purple qi surged in the explosion. Clumps of purple qi, both large and small, underwent transformations within the blast.

It was as if they were nurturing something. Soon, countless living beings were born from the purple qi.

They took various forms—beasts, plants, spirits, and humans—and without exception, they were incredibly powerful.

They began to vie for the remaining purple qi, launching into a massive, bloody war. The purple qi was limited.

Not only did they seize unclaimed purple qi, but they could also obtain it by killing others. This slaughter was extremely brutal.

Everyone fought to the death, as if there was no end. Watching this battle as a bystander…

…Lin Moyu muttered to himself, "Is this raising Gu?"

No one answered him. The slaughter continued for a very long time.

Finally, it reached its end. In the end, only two survived, having slain enough opponents…

…and devoured enough purple qi to become countless times stronger than they were at the beginning.

They were evenly matched, neither able to gain the upper hand. A colossal battle ensued and lasted for a long time.

Ultimately, no victor could be decided; neither could kill the other. The Primordial Fierce Beast…

…and the Lord of the Nine Heavens. Lin Moyu recognized their identities: one was the Primordial Fierce Beast…

…and the other was the Lord of the Nine Heavens. After failing to defeat each other, their great battle came to a halt.

However, they did not make peace. Both were searching for a way to kill their opponent. The Primordial Fierce Beast, using some unknown method…

…began to split and breed offspring. Its splitting speed was incredibly fast, and it soon had countless descendants.

The Primordial Fierce Beast thus became the Barbarian Ancestor, the progenitor of all Primordial Fierce Beasts. Although his offspring were not as powerful as him…

…he could gather the power of these descendants to make himself even stronger. In this way…

…his power would surpass that of the Lord of the Nine Heavens. But the Lord of the Nine Heavens did not idle either; with a wave of his hand, brilliant Dao Heart divine light shone out.

Within the Dao Heart divine light, worlds evolved one after another, and great arrays rose and fell. Another massive war began.

Both sides unleashed their divine abilities, and the battle once again fell into a stalemate, waging on one after another.

It was endless. During this time, Lin Moyu saw the Lord of the Nine Heavens sighing frequently. Whenever there was a truce…

…a trace of pain would often flicker in his eyes. Lin Moyu felt a deep resonance, as if he could feel it himself.

The Lord of the Nine Heavens was grieving for the living beings within his Dao Heart Worlds. He used these Dao Heart Worlds to set up arrays, and with every battle…

…the Dao Heart Worlds would suffer damage, bringing catastrophic disasters upon the creatures within, resulting in countless deaths.

Yet, if the Dao Heart Worlds did not evolve living beings, they could not reach their peak strength to counter the Barbarian Ancestor.

Thus, he had no choice but to continuously evolve powerful Dao Heart Worlds, while simultaneously having to watch these worlds collapse and their inhabitants suffer. Gradually…

…the Lord of the Nine Heavens grew increasingly tormented. He seemed to blame himself, a state ripe for the birth of an inner demon.

Watching this, Lin Moyu frowned slightly. The Lord of the Nine Heavens possessed a perfected Dao Heart.

External impacts could not affect him at all, so logically, he should not have developed an inner demon. Yet, ironically…

…this inner demon originated from within his own Dao Heart, from the Lord of the Nine Heavens himself. The inner demon had to be resolved.

The longer it dragged on, the more troublesome it would become. Lin Moyu believed that the Lord of the Nine Heavens must have also realized his own issue and would surely resolve it.

Sure enough, the gaze of the Lord of the Nine Heavens grew resolute, filled with killing intent.

Not just killing intent, but also a ruthless determination. For a figure like the Lord of the Nine Heavens…

…once he became ruthless, it was not just toward his enemies; he was equally ruthless to himself.

With an overbearing and peerless momentum, he charged at the Barbarian Ancestor, as if fighting to the death.

He engaged in a death match with the Barbarian Ancestor. This battle was entirely different from the previous ones.

The Lord of the Nine Heavens attacked without defending, no longer holding anything back, adopting a posture of mutual destruction.

The Barbarian Ancestor was forcefully suppressed, falling into a disadvantage, as Dao Heart Worlds manifested within the Origin Realm.

Great arrays crisscrossed, and countless Primordial Fierce Beasts were slaughtered, with more than half killed or wounded.

The Lord of the Nine Heavens acted completely regardless of the cost. Previously, he would grieve for the countless living beings in his Dao Heart Worlds.

But this time, he seemed to have made up his mind—it was a life-and-death struggle.

To find life after being placed in a dead end—how ruthless. If he wasn't mistaken, he must be trying to use this…

…to sever his own inner demon with killing intent. As an onlooker, Lin Moyu clearly understood what the Lord of the Nine Heavens was trying to do. The only thing that puzzled him was…

…that although the Lord of the Nine Heavens' arrays were powerful, they would still find it difficult to kill the Barbarian Ancestor. Let alone killing him…

…even sealing him would not be easy. With their strengths being so close, neither could easily defeat the other.

He wondered how the Lord of the Nine Heavens would proceed. The Lord of the Nine Heavens covered the entire Origin Realm with his arrays…

…and suddenly let out a low shout. A million Dao Heart Worlds began to burn furiously.

Burning alongside the million Dao Heart Worlds were the Lord of the Nine Heavens' own Dao Heart, soul, and physical body.

"I sacrifice my body, I sacrifice my soul, I sacrifice my Dao Heart!"

"I sacrifice the billions of spirits in my worlds! Slash!" The Lord of the Nine Heavens sacrificed everything.

He sacrificed his physical body, soul, Dao Heart, and the billions of living beings within his Dao Heart Worlds. Through this…

…the Lord of the Nine Heavens exchanged everything for a power sufficient to slay the Barbarian Ancestor. The terrifying attack nearly shattered the Origin Realm. Using his all…

…he brought about the fall of the Barbarian Ancestor. "You cannot kill me! You will regret this!"

"You cannot kill me! You will regret this!" The Barbarian Ancestor's miserable shrieks echoed endlessly throughout the Origin Realm…

…for a full million years. Time would smooth over everything, and the Barbarian Ancestor's screams finally faded away.

After the fall of both, the purple qi reappeared. All they had originated from the Origin Realm…

…and now it returned to the Origin Realm, going back to where it came from. Yet, Lin Moyu knew…

…that things did not end there. Otherwise, the current Lord of the Nine Heavens would not exist. Countless years later…

…a tiny speck of light appeared within the purple qi, and a minuscule soul traversed time and space, abruptly descending.

The soul absorbed the purple qi, rapidly growing and expanding. Lin Moyu's heart stirred.

So that was how it was. He understood now. This soul was the Lord of the Nine Heavens of the past.

To be more precise, it was the inner demon of the Lord of the Nine Heavens. After the inner demon arose, the Lord of the Nine Heavens had taken action to sever it.

After severing it, he sealed the inner demon and fused a sliver of his own soul consciousness onto it.

He sent them together into another space-time dimension, after which he sacrificed everything to perish along with the Barbarian Ancestor. Meanwhile, his sliver of soul consciousness…

…along with the inner demon, survived in that other dimension. It was not until countless ages later…

…that this sliver of soul consciousness and the inner demon returned to the normal space-time dimension, reappearing in the Origin Realm.

Chapter 4850: The End

The seal was undone.

The soul consciousness of the Lord of the Nine Heavens and the inner demon grew and developed together.

However, returning along with them was the Barbarian Ancestor.

Before his death, the Barbarian Ancestor had seen through the Lord of the Nine Heavens' plan. He traced through space-time and found the soul consciousness in the other dimension…

…and left his own soul imprint upon it. Now…

…when the Lord of the Nine Heavens and his inner demon returned, the Barbarian Ancestor returned with them. By the time the Lord of the Nine Heavens recovered…

…the Barbarian Ancestor would also be resurrected. If nothing unexpected happened, what followed would be another endless war.

History would repeat itself, and all previous efforts would be in vain. However, the Lord of the Nine Heavens also had his own calculations.

His soul consciousness recovered the fastest. After countless ages, the Lord of the Nine Heavens finally fully recovered…

…and stood at the peak once more. At this point, whether it was the inner demon or the Barbarian Ancestor…

…they were far inferior to the Lord of the Nine Heavens. In this battle, the Lord of the Nine Heavens already held an invincible position.

However, in this return, the Lord of the Nine Heavens, his inner demon, and the Barbarian Ancestor were like a single entity, difficult to separate.

To sever them would be equivalent to self-mutilation. Unless the Lord of the Nine Heavens no longer wished to live…

…it would be difficult to truly slay them. The Barbarian Ancestor began to split and breed offspring once more, raising a massive number of Primordial Fierce Beasts.

He also wished to return to his peak, and the inner demon did the same, constantly influencing the Lord of the Nine Heavens.

How will you choose this time? Lin Moyu watched.