Now, seizing this opportunity, he attempted to ascend to the Great Dao, and momentarily the sound of the Dao resonated in every corner of the Three Realms, leaving everyone dumbfounded, an unprecedented event.

However, this was just the beginning, followed by several more sounds of the Great Dao; it seemed that all who could take this step within the Three Realms had chosen today to ascend.

Suddenly, strange phenomena occurred frequently, and the fruits of the Dao varied, floating above the void, dazzlingly bright.

Clearly, this was deliberately done by the powerful beings.

"This is indeed rare!" muttered Feng Jiu.

By now, she had also guessed the intent; clearly, they feared the Jade Emperor, the incarnation of the Heavenly Dao, apprehensive it might trigger some unfavorable changes, thus they chose to unify the Dao together, so even if the Heavenly Dao wanted to intervene, it would be too distracted.

But would the Heavenly Dao really act as they wished?

In the past, the Heavenly Dao lacked personal will and merely operated the rules of the Three Realms mechanically. Thus, even if it was aware that unifying the Dao would affect it, it still chose to break through today.

The commotion caused by many unifying the Dao together was astonishing; dense clouds of tribulation immediately covered all Heaven and Earth, the atmosphere rife with the scent of destruction, chilling to the bone.

Countless animals panicked and began to run wildly; they did not know what was happening, but their instincts told them that a disaster was imminent.

The sky darkened, and thunderbolts struck down from the Nine Heavens; all living beings curled up, shivering, praying for the protection of the Heavenly Gods.

Lin Fang’s expression was somber; these powerful beings, for their own sakes, clearly disregarded the welfare of the common people.

Just at that moment, a cold snort resounded between Heaven and Earth; it was from the Heavenly Dao Puppet, seated high on the throne of the Heavenly Emperor, making its voice heard for the first time in so long.

The voice was strange, as if a multitude of voices were merged together, yet it was not unpleasant.

With the sound came the disappearance of those powerful beings who were undergoing tribulation, their presence erased by the powerful force of time, transcending the intervals of time and returning to ancient times.

Everyone let out a sigh of relief, for the situation before had seemed as if the Three Realms were about to be destroyed.

Lin Fang and Feng Jiu furrowed their brows tightly; they were not so optimistic. The Heavenly Dao hadn’t changed, but the intervention of the Jade Puppet Emperor suggested that the consciousness of the Heavenly Dao had matured in such a short span of time.

Just then, the Jade Puppet Emperor moved, lightly pointing a finger, Heaven and Earth toppled, the ground shattered, and countless flames burst forth from the earth’s core.

"Has he gone mad?" someone exclaimed in shock.

This Heavenly Emperor clearly intended to annihilate the world.

Feng Jiu suddenly sighed, "He has triggered the destruction of the world during the tribulation of the powerful beings to preserve his own consciousness. It seems that after the Heavenly Dao developed consciousness, it indeed had personal desires and distractions."

However, at this moment, the true powerful beings had already been transferred to the other end of space and time due to their tribulations, making it impossible to return, while the Heavenly Dao, with the dignity of the Heavenly Emperor, was sufficient to cause massive casualties and injuries among the beings of this world.

Moreover, with the foundation damaged, this world would become a world in decline; in the future, it would be extremely difficult to practice cultivation, an act that would sever the path of cultivation.

Lin Fang and Feng Jiu, keenly aware of the Heavenly Dao’s intentions, quickly moved the Demon Clan to the Demon Realm.

Lin Fang looked worriedly at Dongsheng Shenzhou, only to see that land lit with numerous white lights, interwoven into a huge heavenly net that enveloped the land of Dongsheng Shenzhou.

Countless phantoms of the ancient sages of the Human Clan appeared, jointly supporting the defenses of this land.

The Human Clan truly deserves to be the protagonist of Heaven and Earth, not as helpless as the world thinks.

Even in the face of an apocalyptic crisis, they could still rely on the seal of the Nine Provinces to get through. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

As for the Buddhist Sect situated in the Xiniu Continent, having Mount Ling there naturally meant they could rest easy.

Soon, the Puppet Heaven and Earth turned its gaze toward Luzhou in the North.

Seeing this, Feng Jiu scoffed and suddenly produced a large flag in her hand, adorned with a giant character for "demon."

This flag of the Demon Clan fluttered in the wind, covering Luzhou in the North in endless red light, the scenes of heavens crumbling and earth splitting unable to harm this land in the slightest.

The remaining cultivators in the world continued to strive with their own efforts to sustain this world.

They were born here and grew up here, utterly unable to watch this world be destroyed.

However, it seemed that the Heavenly Dao had made up its mind, determined to cease all practice of cultivation even if it meant the shattering of the Three Realms.

With the situation in the Three Realms so perilously unstable, the gods of the Heavenly Court wanted to resist, but the Heavenly Dao, controlling the Heavenly Emperor, had already seized the authority to command all gods. At this moment, they were powerless, only able to watch helplessly as the world slid into the abyss of destruction.

The earth cracked, and the aura of the Netherworld surged upwards instantly. The clear and turbid auras mingled, the whole world seeming to revert to its primordial state, retransforming into chaos, returning to the time before Heaven and Earth had opened.

Even though everyone exerted their utmost efforts, such destruction was from the foundation up, once started it was a vicious cycle, extremely difficult to halt.

Feng Jiu hastily directed the members of the Demon Clan to take refuge in the Demon Realm, to avoid this crisis, but those born in the Three Realms how could they willingly watch their homeland be destroyed.

Even if the now evolved Heavenly Dao could re-evolve, who knew how many ages it would take for this world to re-evolve into a realm of life.

Lin Fang watched all this anxiously, wanting to do something yet powerless; the current Heavenly Dao, although possessing wisdom, still lacked the emotions of living beings, only making a series of ruthless decisions.

After sensing the threat from the cultivators towards itself, it resolutely launched the apocalypse operation, utterly uncaring about the myriad lives in this world.

Now everything was ready, the apocalyptic operation was like an unbridled wild horse, unstoppable anymore.

Heaven and Earth began to tremble, ripples emerged in the void, and those great powers exiled before the ages were desperately trying to break through, hoping to return to the Three Realms.

After all, if the Three Realms shattered because of them, their Daoist hearts would be clouded, and they would have no hope of transcendence ever again.

This time they had been calculated by the Heavenly Dao, thinking they could achieve the Unity of Dao, but unexpectedly, the Heavenly Dao struck them when they least expected it, choosing apocalypse at this very moment.

By the time they came to their senses, they had been exiled beyond time by the Heavenly Dao, and returning was extremely difficult.

But after all, they were high beings on the verge of achieving Unity of Dao, and together they eventually managed to break through the barriers of time.

Even though the Jade Puppet Emperor tried his best to maintain control, the collective power of the assembled beings still broke through the ages and arrived in the present world.

No sooner had these great powers appeared than they began to use their divine skills to stop the Heavenly Dao from ending the world, yet the damage was too great to reverse; even with their cultivation reaching the heavens, they were still helpless in the face of such circumstances.