The Nine Heavens and the vast earth, facing in the direction of the Void God Realm.

In a stretch of void-like old soil, there stood an incomparably towering tree, rising straight from the ground, its roots like coiled dragons burrowing deep into the earth, gnarled and powerful.

Its branches and leaves spread like layers of clouds, like a colossal umbrella, shrouding the world.

The trunk shimmered with luster from top to bottom, traces of Dao dotted it like Liu Xing, making it appear full of Divinity.

This was a Tree of Great Dao.

Beneath it, a beautiful figure sat cross-legged on the ground with her back to the Tree of Great Dao. Her dress was like a flower bud blooming in this place, indescribably suffused with drifting immortal energy.

Her expression was tranquil, her gaze pure.

The little monkey stood guard at the side, watching for a while, shock surging in its heart: "This girl is about to undergo Divinity Transformation."

That was a special kind of Tao, vastly different from ordinary realms, and there was even talk of it being a "reverse" flow.

"If the Ancient Divine Body is real..."

"If the Human Body Treasure is also real..."

"If I am me, and he is him, then... at this moment, I should be Chen Shixian, the Ancient Moon God. I possess two great visions."

"I possess the Divine Tao."

"I have a great catastrophe that is hard to cross. It’s like a great mountain blocking my way. Then... how should I walk past it?"

That’s it!

He once said that in this world there is no intrinsic Reincarnation or causality; everything arises from people. Once there is obsession, there is Reincarnation; refusal to let go is causality.

So?

I should let go.

This is not a predetermined move of fate, but my own tribulation.

In an instant, she seemed to comprehend everything.

In truth... her tribulation had never truly existed. Everything was because of her obsession, lingering without dispersing, thus forming a knot in her heart.

Now that she completely opened her heart, in the next moment, Divine Brilliance blossomed from her entire body, and the Rising Moon Above the Sea manifested.

A bright full moon slowly rose, complementing the Tree of Great Dao, its Taoist Scripture extraordinary.

Rumble!

The realm that had been silent for several hundred years finally began to loosen.

Yet at this moment, Chen Shixian was incomparably calm. There were no ripples in her heart, as though the one breaking through the great catastrophe and entering the realm of King Tao was not herself, but another person.

At the instant of her breakthrough, Heaven and earth roared, the Power of the Great Tao cascaded down, streams of auspicious glow as thick as towering mountains, like rainbows plunging toward this place, exceptionally magnificent.

Next, dragons soared, Phoenixes danced...

Beneath the bright moon, a figure wreathed in drifting immortal energy walked out from the void. She was the Ancient Moon God of bygone days, already fallen for an endless age.

A wisp of lingering remnant thought was entrusted to the world.

Chen Shixian shattered her shackles and stirred her remnant thought. She stood in the lofty sky, brilliant and resplendent, all kinds of auspicious glow and Taoist Scripture appearing around her.

Bang!

Suddenly, a stroke of killing intention slashed out from the depths of the firmament. Very fast, incomparably fast—in an instant... in the blink of an eye—that astonishing killing intention pierced through all the auspicious glow and Taoist Scripture that Chen Shixian’s shattering of shackles had drawn forth.

Damn!

The little monkey’s face changed drastically.

"My tribulation?" Chen Shixian opened her eyes, her pupils still pure, only with something added within.

She had clearly already let go, and her realm had also broken through, so why was there still a tribulation?

At the moment that colossal Dharma was pierced by the killing intention, it walked out from the depths of the firmament. It was too enormous, covering the sky and blotting out the sun, and just one of its eyeballs was as large as a mountain.

When it opened, cold light stood on end, incomparably sharp, wrapped around all sorts of terrifying forces, including even Mighty Power and the Power of Order.

The Power of Destruction... 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

And this Power of Destruction was different from before, more pure and vast. In an instant, the Heaven Domain began to collapse along with it.

Too powerful.

Even before the attack fell, Chen Shixian felt unparalleled oppression. She couldn’t even stand up, her entire being pressed firmly down here.

As if a terrifying God was using both hands to pin her on this expanse of old soil.

"Girl, run!" the little monkey bellowed.

So it failed in the end?

A tribulation is still a tribulation; I still couldn’t cross it.

Ping!

Will you be disappointed?

Will you think of me?

If I had followed you, what sort of ending would there have been?

Perhaps I would have lived my whole life beneath your wings; I suppose you would have protected me very well?

I was too stubborn and chose another path.

But?

I am an Ancient Divine Body!

How could I live like that?

In the years to come, you are destined to wage war across the Heavens; I also wish to play some role.

She felt very powerless.

The eyes of the Ancient Moon God Body of past days began to grow solid. Under the bright moon, her delicate jade hands evolved Divine Skills, and she likewise opened her own vision, wanting to block this terrifying catastrophe for Chen Shixian.

But in the end she was only a wisp of remnant thought. In the next moment... as the slaughter descended, her remnant thought began to shatter.

A soft sigh: "In the end, this curse still cannot be broken."

"Senior?" Chen Shixian’s lips parted slightly, bitterness welling in her heart: "What should I do?"

She fell silent.

Everything that Chen Shixian was going through, she had once gone through. The catastrophe of that era was about the same as now, only lacking a single Dharma.

Her gaze grew deep as she stared at the Dharma: "You are a God."

Below!

Chen Shixian’s heart shook violently, shock flashing across her face. Her tribulation was a God? What did that mean? Why was it like this?

Not the Heavenly Dao? Not the will from the depths of the firmament, but actually a God?

"I understand now. The Human Clan’s Ancient Moon God Body was actually always given by the Divine Clan. You’re here to harvest us?" This Ancient God Body’s tone was icy, yet filled with helplessness.

If she were still alive, gritting her teeth, she might be able to contend with this God for a while.

But she had already fallen, leaving only a wisp of remnant thought entrusted to the world, and had no way of opposing a God.

And this truth, inferred from her speculation, greatly shocked her as well.

Long ago, during her cultivation, she had sensed that she was different from ordinary people. Later... because she herself was a Divine Body, this sense of being different gradually faded from her heart.

Later, after she achieved Perfection, her perception grew ever sharper; she constantly felt that a pair of eyes was staring at her.

Before leaving this stretch of old soil, she left behind a wisp of remnant thought, intending to probe the so-called truth, until this moment.

That Dharma was not at all a manifestation of the Heavenly Dao, but a real God. Borrowing the Moon God’s Power of Catastrophe, it built a bridge and came here from another world to harvest.

The Dharma never spoke, its face solemn and sacred, only slaughter pouring down.

The Ancient God Body’s last remnant thought finally shattered completely at this moment. In her final, lingering instant, she looked toward Chen Shixian: "I might still be alive, or perhaps I have already fallen."

She did not know.

Her departing flesh body had severed all connection with this wisp of remnant thought.

As her words fell, she vanished between Heaven and earth.

Unwilling to accept this, Chen Shixian burned the blood essence of her Divine Body to the utmost, running the Rising Moon Above the Sea, trying to block the God’s attack.

Sadly, the God was too powerful.

Moreover, this God seemed to understand the Moon God’s vision very well. As its attack fell, it completely suppressed her; even that Tree of Great Dao could not move.

Puchi!

Her body was pierced through, blood seeping from the corner of her lips, her face pale as snow, her pure dark eyes dimming.

Her consciousness began to blur.

In her daze, she seemed to see Chen Pingping walking toward her.

Chen Shixian tried hard to open her mouth, but had no strength. She wanted even more to stretch out her hand and grab Chen Pingping...

In the end, the Dharma reached out a great hand that covered the firmament and took Chen Shixian away into captivity.

Upon the old soil, only a Tree of Great Dao remained, along with a little monkey sunk in boundless grief. It hadn’t dared utter a sound just now, for fear the Dharma would strike at it as well.

It wasn’t afraid of death, but it felt it had to live.

The Ancient Moon God Body was actually the layout of a God.

In that case, Chen Shixian should still be alive. She would not be killed on the spot; otherwise, that God would already have struck.

"You come with me! We’ll go find Pingping." the little monkey said sadly.

Clatter!

The Tree of Great Dao shuddered and rustled, having understood his words, and in the next moment, it sank into the little monkey’s body.

Fuck!

Why did it turn out like this?

The little monkey looked at the closed firmament, then swept its gaze over this boundless stretch of old soil, suddenly cursing: "Fuck, I finally managed to latch onto a thick thigh, and you dare steal my rice bowl? Just you wait, I’ll go tell Pingping and have him hack you to death." With that, it quickly turned and left.

It couldn’t linger. It wasn’t sure if that God was still here. If He heard these words, would He smack it to death with a single slap?