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"Swoosh!" The Heavenly Blade slashed down, shattering stars and cutting through star fields. The laws were broken and annihilated, and all matter could not withstand the Heavenly Blade.
In the Dharma-ending Age, the will of Heaven is like a knife, severing the vast mortal world and all living beings and spirits.
This is the divine blade that can cleave heaven and earth and all things, the executor of the Dharma-ending Age.
The Heavenly Blade is the Dao, the law, and the cyclical power of heaven and earth.
No one living in this world can escape this blade.
Of course, mortals will not be affected by the end of the Dharma era, so this strike will not hit them. Although low-level cultivators will be killed, the impact will be very minor.
No, this is just the first cut; there are many more to come.
Everyone must face the blade of destiny, and everyone has their own unique blade of destiny.
You cannot see the divine blade of others, nor can you interfere with it.
However, from another perspective, this is also the first time in their lives that many cultivators have come into close contact with the will of heaven, even at zero or negative distance...
Although Shicun was in the Eight Domains, it was still within the sphere of influence of Heaven's Will and was also killed by this strike.
However, the Eight Realms are somewhat special, as they have weakened the power of the Heavenly Will Blade, making the situation here slightly better than in most parts of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
Since that decisive strike, the world has gradually begun to resemble the one Yunhua knew.
The Heavenly Blade struck down, and Shi Hao defied the heavens, displaying unparalleled divine power and an indestructible supreme body.
Heaven may punish people, but people can also resist; they are not simply passive victims. Heaven punishes people, but people rebel against Heaven.
Shi Hao withstood the first wave of the Heavenly Will Blade, repelling it without sustaining any damage.
Because everyone in Stone Village is at the peak of their lives and has abundant energy and blood, even without the substances needed for longevity, they still have a long lifespan ahead of them.
So the people of Stone Village survived this wave of divine blades. Although they were not as unharmed as Shi Hao, they suffered some damage, but it was not serious.
When Heaven decides to kill, those cultivators who have lived for a long time are the ones who suffer the most.
Especially those who have lived for far longer than their lifespan.
For example, an ancient relic that has lived for millions of years but has not yet reached the Supreme Realm.
Cultivators live between heaven and earth, relying not only on longevity substances but also absorbing the essence of heaven and earth, thus contributing to the world.
But you have lived for so many years, and your negative impact on heaven and earth far outweighs your positive impact.
A cultivator spends their entire life absorbing the essence of heaven and earth. If they can transcend before this moment arrives, that is, become an immortal, then all is well.
If you can't become an immortal, then you have to "pay back your debts".
What you received in the past, you must now give back in return; there are rules and standards in the universe to measure it.
Under the blade of fate, these people are the ones who suffer the fastest.
Some cultivators were directly killed by the Heavenly Will Blade, losing their lives.
Some cultivators also experienced a significant reduction in lifespan, a drop in cultivation level, and damage to their very essence.
The stronger the cultivator, the more powerful the Heavenly Blade they face; naturally, the higher their cultivation level, the stronger their resistance.
Yunhua sat upright in the stone village, gazing at the heavens and the earth; he had not been beheaded.
In a normal Dharma-ending Age, the blade of Heaven's will would not be inflicted upon the bodies of immortal beings.
Even if you are not an immortal in the mortal world, but a true immortal, you will still live forever when you descend to the Dharma-ending Age.
True immortals transcend heaven and earth, forming their own world. They are self-sufficient in longevity and material resources, and are not troubled by the Dharma-ending Age.
If even a true immortal is like this, let alone Yunhua. Only a fool would send someone to kill him.
Of course, when the end of the Dharma era has just arrived and the blades of Heaven's will are coming one after another, true immortals generally will not allow themselves to be in the world of the end of the Dharma era.
That's not a safe approach; if nature were to react naturally, some unpredictable changes might occur.
There would be no danger to their lives, but no true immortal would want to be entangled in such karma.
Chapter 1391 The Age of Dharma Decline
To slay a true immortal and bring them down to the mortal realm, perhaps only an era more cruel than the end of Dharma could arrive.
However, since the opening of the boundary sea, such an era has never appeared before. The Dharma-ending Age is already the limit, the most cruel one.
Because if such an era were to truly occur, it would not merely be a change in one realm, but a cataclysmic upheaval affecting all the heavens.
That signifies a fundamental change in the Great Dao, one that is beyond comprehension. A storm will sweep across the heavens, and the entire heavens will perish.
The heavens cycle normally, and even in the face of great destruction, such an era will not occur.
Everyone could feel that the concentration of the essence of heaven and earth in the entire Nine Heavens and Ten Earths plummeted, as if it had disappeared for no reason.
This is the backlash from Heaven and Earth. In the past, they spewed out the essence of Heaven and Earth, but now they are beginning to reclaim it.
Entering the Dharma-ending Age is cruel for cultivators, but it is a normal cycle for the world itself.
This could even be considered a good thing, because the universe is beginning to slowly replenish itself and perfect its foundation.
"What a terrifying and cruel era it was," the villagers of Shicun sighed, deeply moved.
Meanwhile, information was being frantically transmitted from a small hut, indicating that the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths had suffered heavy losses.
"The Great Dao will reverse course, taking back everything that was given before; this is the cycle of Heaven," Yunhua said calmly.
This is the natural law of heaven and earth.
"This is just the beginning. The Blade of Heaven's Will will appear again and again, slaying all living beings."
"In this process, the Great Dao backfired, the laws disappeared, and the essence of heaven and earth was depleted."
"The Blade of Heavenly Will will only disappear after the world's environment stabilizes and we fully enter the Dharma-ending Age."
The most difficult time to endure in this degenerate age is now, when the blade of Heaven's will is incomparably sharp, severing all spirits and bringing ruin to all living beings.
If the Dharma-ending Age were to arrive completely and the environment of heaven and earth were to stabilize, then for all living beings, it would only mean that the difficulty of cultivation would greatly increase and immortality would be impossible.
But at this stage, lives are at stake; the will of Heaven is extremely violent.
Yunhua had no intention of interfering with the coming of the Dharma-ending Age. He could not interfere.
He can interfere with and change other things, but he can't do that about the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths entering the Dharma-ending Age.
The subsequent era of "Covering the Sky" was based on the fact that the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths had entered the Dharma-ending Age, which is why so many things happened.
Only then will there be celestial emperors and ancient emperors, and great emperors of the human race.
This is the foundation upon which the ruthless Wu Shi and the Azure Emperor Ye Fan were born.
If Yunhua were to make a change at this moment, causing the end of the Dharma era to disappear just as it began, Yunhua dared not imagine what the future would be like.
Perhaps everything will come to nothing, and the soil that nurtured the era of "Covering the Sky" will disappear.
All talk of celestial emperors, human emperors, and immortals in the mortal world will become illusions.
A fleeting dream, all living beings are but illusions, ancient history crumbles, and time itself vanishes. Everything will cease to exist.
It is also possible that another entity will emerge to replace the original people and things in order to maintain history.
After all, to some extent, history has already happened and cannot be changed.
Just like in the previous world, Meng Qi was sent back to the medieval era by various important figures.
Their actions in the Middle Ages still have repercussions today.
If a faction is destroyed, a similar faction will still emerge in history to maintain the existing order.
After all, what was bound to happen has already happened, and history has already laid its own records.
If a part is lost rashly, it will affect not just one realm, but the entire myriad realms, or even the heavens above.
But whatever the possibility, whether it is that everything becomes empty and all living beings are illusory, or that another existence emerges to maintain history.
People are no longer the same people; heaven and earth will be overturned, and the impact will not be limited to the nine heavens and ten earths, but will be far-reaching.
That's too terrifying. Yunhua wouldn't dare do that. It would be a taboo, a huge karmic consequence that Yunhua couldn't bear.
Yunhua's own existence will definitely be affected.
Time passed, and in just a few months, the world had changed completely.
The elixir transforms into a precious medicine; the divine medicine loses its divine nature and becomes a elixir.
Even the celestial medicines hidden in the mysterious corners of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths have lost their rank.
Previously, consuming most of the essence of a single elixir (excluding its roots and stems) could instantly grant immortality; that will no longer be possible.
Now, even if one were to consume a complete elixir—no, there are no elixir anymore, only divine medicines derived from elixir degenerates—it would be impossible.
Even if one were to consume a complete divine medicine, one could only live one more lifetime.
But even a supreme being like Shi Hao only has a lifetime of a little over ten thousand years, so the medicinal effects are far less potent than before.
The Heavenly Blade appeared several times in the past few months, falling from the sky.
It severs a person's lifespan, severs their origin, severs their cultivation, severs their foundation, and severs their great path.
At this point, there are no longer any immortals in the world.
Most cultivators live for only one or two thousand years, or two or three thousand years, and only a very few have a lifespan of more than five thousand years.
Even the lifespan of a powerful figure at the level of a sect leader is not as long as that of a saint from the later era of "Covering the Sky".
Because of the wrath of Heaven, the origin was damaged, and the foundation was injured.
People like Shi Hao, who declare war on the heavens and use the blade of fate to hone themselves, growing ever stronger, are extremely rare. Like a scorpion defecating—truly one of a kind.
On this day, sentient beings struggling in the Dharma-ending Age suddenly saw a divine tree that could support the sky.
The divine tree was entirely golden, covering the entire Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, dyeing the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths with a layer of gold.
Upon closer inspection, it wasn't that the divine tree itself was golden, but rather that it was burning with blazing golden flames!
"What is that?" the crowd exclaimed in astonishment.
"Isn't one Dharma-ending Age enough? Will there be divine fire burning the heavens?" Some people were very pessimistic, almost in despair.
In the past few months, the end of the Dharma has plunged the entire Nine Heavens and Ten Earths into mourning. Apart from mortals, almost all cultivators have not escaped the blade of the Heavenly Will.
This was the worst era, even worse than the era of Shrouding the Heavens.
Many people live for hundreds of thousands or millions of years, but in just a few months they age rapidly, their life force waning and their life ending.
Some are still struggling, while others have already passed away with regret.
At this moment, a divine tree suddenly appeared, obscuring the heavens and the earth, and many people did not think it was a good thing.
They believed it was yet another major disaster.
Golden flames rolled on the divine tree, resembling fire dragons, and even gave rise to wondrous sights such as the Golden Crow, the Vermilion Bird, and the Fire Phoenix.
If such flames were to fall upon the heavens and the earth, it would surely be a calamity. It would scorch the heavens and burn the earth, destroying everything.
The divine tree continued to grow, its branches reaching into the void, its leaves bearing the stars, and its roots penetrating deep into the netherworld.
It seemed that even the heavens and the earth could not contain this divine tree.
Terrifying sights such as wind tribulations, fire tribulations, lightning tribulations, void turbulence, and void storms appeared beside the tree trunk of the divine tree.
It merged with the void, causing violent fluctuations.
Chapter 1392 Planting the World Tree
Furthermore, the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths are currently undergoing a major upheaval, with the laws in chaos and extremely violent.
The entire Nine Heavens and Ten Earths seemed to be contained by this divine tree, its golden hue staining the entire realm red, even alarming the Immortal Realm.
The kings and immortals of the celestial realm gazed upon this world and immediately obtained a great deal of information from the void and the laws.
"This is... the Sun God Tree? It has already grown to the quasi-World Tree stage," a Celestial King exclaimed in surprise.
"I never expected that Emperor Yuntian would actually find such a divine object. This is no ordinary matter..."
"However, isn't the Sun Tree the supreme divine tree of the Golden Crow clan? How did it end up in the hands of the Cloud Emperor?"
The Immortal King's tone was somewhat subtle.
Legend has it that the ancestor of the Golden Crow clan was born from the Sun God Tree, which is the ancestral root of the Golden Crow clan.