Chapter 3257: Endless Path

Even Mister Mu and the Origin Progenitor had not expected to see the dead reappear.

Big Sis could not believe what she was seeing. Undying God, Corpse God, Di Qiong, Shaman God, Xu Jin, Feng Bo—all of them had reappeared. How?

True God stood high in the sky, ordering his Three Pillars and Six Skies and his Seven Skygods. He stood above the entire megaverse.

Humanity had paid terrible prices to surround and kill those Aeternals one by one. Even when only a few had remained, they had still been incredibly difficult to deal with. However, all the fallen powerhouses had just been resurrected. They were not even mere shells or summons, but complete with their memories and full power. How could this be?

True God’s expression turned cold. "Let’s put an end to this era."

Xu Jin was surrounded by black clouds, and its consciousness surged out like a tsunami that swept toward the Immemorial Citadel.

Corpse God threw an incredibly powerful punch.

Di Qiong raised his spear and pointed it at the city before him.

At this moment, Aeternus’s power completely overwhelmed everything that the Immemorial Citadel could bring to bear.

No matter how confident Progenitor Chen might be in his own strength, he could not face off against so many powerful enemies at the same time.

The next instant, the fighting resumed across the battlefield. People died, and stars were destroyed. All that remained on the battlefield was blood and fire.

At the top of the black Mother Tree, True God turned to look at the Great Sovereign. "Do you still wish to persist? Humanity has no future. Your perseverance is meaningless. You will not overcome Dukkha in this megaverse. All you can do is wait for the next megaverse to appear. I’m offering you that opportunity."

The Great Sovereign sneered. "Yong Heng, I’m a crazy woman, a lunatic! I don’t take anyone’s advice."

True God’s eyes grew cold. "What a pity... You won’t survive long enough to even see humanity’s annihilation."

As the resurrected powerhouses joined the fray, the Immemorial Citadel teetered on the brink of total collapse. The Yellow Springs surged out of Burial Garden, but they were blocked by streams of divine energy. Burial Garden itself started to crack and break.

"We were still a little bit lacking. We were so close!"

"Aeternus, this blood feud will continue for endless generations."

"The will of the Immemorial Citadel will never be extinguished! One day, it will rise again!"

"Burial Garden holds humanity’s future, and it will continue to lead humankind forward."

...

In the Second Scourge, one corner of the card tore through True God’s Dominion, and that crack widened.

Lu Yin was thrilled, as they had finally broken free.

The card continued to descend, and Lu Yin continued to stare at it. This card could shatter True God’s Dominion, which meant that it had to be as powerful as a Dukkhan, or possibly even greater. Just what kind of card was it? What power did it hold?

Shan Gu grew excited. The card was finally arriving.

Lu Yuan and the others were all shocked. The card seemed to be truly extraordinary.

Suddenly, the card stopped moving, and everyone’s expressions froze. They were overcome with a chilling sensation that they could not describe.

At the same moment, every single powerhouse in the Second Scourge felt the same cold dread.

Wu Tian’s expression changed drastically. The Fated One. This was the attention of the Fated One. He shouted, “Give up the card!”

His warning was unnecessary. Lu Yin was unable to take the card even if he wanted to. It had already disappeared, just like when it had appeared to Lu Yin during the Shangsan Festival. This time, the card was much more visible, but the final result was the same. Lu Yin could not attract the card.

As soon as the card disappeared, the cold dread that everyone had felt also vanished.

Wu Tian's face had gone pale. He exchanged glances with Hongyan Mavis, Lu Yuan, and the others. All of them could see the same disbelief in each other's eyes.

How could they have felt such a thing?

Lu Yin slowly turned his head to look at Wu Tian, and in doing so, noticed Shan Gu.

The Great Elder felt a chill in his limbs as he muttered, "That’s him! That’s the invincible being! Their attention has been pulled here..."

Wu Tian glanced at Shan Gu. Could the Fated One that he had been sensing be that invincible being? Yes, that should be right.

Lu Yin examined the sky intensely for a moment, but he quickly moved on. The Immemorial Citadel was the most urgent matter that needed to be addressed.

"Everyone, we need to get back to the Heavens Sect and head to the Immemorial Citadel."

As they tore through the void, Lu Yin and all the others suppressed their lingering fear from what they had felt just now. They quickly returned to the Heavens Sect in order to gather all the available powerhouses before going to the Immemorial Citadel.

They had known how to get to the battlefield for some time.

The Immemorial Citadel was no longer a secret to the Heavens Sect.

After arriving in the Heavens Sect, Lu Yin mounted the Megalith. The Pridebeast stood on Lu Yin’s shoulder as he issued an announcement to the entire Heavens Sect. "The Three Realms and Six Daos, the Three Suns and Six Rulers, and the Outer Eight Paths will all join me in going to the Immemorial Citadel! We will destroy Aeternus and return hope to humanity!"

It was a simple announcement, but it sent shockwaves throughout the megaverse.

Dust World allowed Lu Yin’s words to echo across the megaverse for all to hear.

Countless people throughout the Origin Universe, the Sixverse Association, and parallel universes beyond them were stunned. All attention turned towards the Origin Universe.

A campaign to the Immemorial Citadel? Would this be the final battle?

There was no rousing speech. Such was not necessary.

This was the moment that the fated showdown would begin. One by one, powerful cultivators arrived at the Heavens Sect and climbed onto the Megalith.

The universes trembled from the powerful auras that gathered. Everyone who bore witness to the gathering felt chills. Even when the Heavens Sect had conducted its military declaration, there had not been this many powerhouses gathered in one place. Even Blackless God and Second Life had come to join the battle.

Powerful beings from unaffiliated universes also arrived, and they asked to join the Heavens Sect’s campaign.

At the moment, more than thirty peak powerhouses had gathered atop the Megalith, all led by Lu Yin. They wasted no time in making their way to the Immemorial Citadel.

Countless eyes followed the Megalith as it disappeared. Everyone was aware that the true master of the megaverse was about to be decided.

A few Progenitors, such as Arch-Elder Zen and Leng Qing, remained on guard in the Heavens Sect. Not all peak powerhouses needed to go to the Immemorial Citadel. The Heavens Sect only sent their sequence powerhouses, and the outsider powerhouses who joined the expedition were all powerful, regardless of their cultivation level.

There was no time to waste, and Lu Yin sent the Megalith speeding towards the Immemorial Citadel. The beast quickly disappeared from the Heavens Sect.

While the Megalith was not particularly fast, the Immemorial Citadel was not actually that far away, distance-wise. The hard part was finding the place, as it sat above the sequence strings. Without knowing the proper way, it was impossible to find.

Since they knew where they were going, it would not be too difficult to find the city.

Lu Yin’s expression grew heavy. He was silent as he stood with Lu Yuan, Wu Tian, Hongyan Mavis, Garan Zhiluo, and everyone else. What was happening in the Immemorial Citadel at the moment?

Blackless God looked up, his eyes flickering with black lines as he stared ahead.

Some time later, the Immemorial Citadel appeared in the far-off distance. Lu Yin’s eyes snapped wide open. They had arrived.

The Megalith sped up to get to the Immemorial Citadel, but even after quite some time, the city could still be clearly seen in the distance. The people on the Megalith could even make out the intense battle surrounding the city.

Even so, they could not reach the Immemorial Citadel.

Lu Yin noticed Shaman God.

How can that be? Shaman God’s dead

.

He also saw Undying God and Corpse God. How had all the dead Aeternals come back to life?

"Those people," Lu Tianyi muttered, also shocked by the sight.

Lu Yin’s expression fell. True God must have done something.

He watched the desperate battle all around the Immemorial Citadel, as well as Burial Garden and Progenitor Chen. There were multiple powerhouses who were wounded and bleeding, and the flames beneath the city looked like they were about to go out. Lu Yin saw Progenitor Ku struggling to hold back Tian En, as well as countless other heroic battles. Why had they still not arrived?

Suddenly, Lu Yuan turned to look at Blackless God. “It’s you!”

Blackless God vanished, merging into the Hollow. "This is a road that you can never reach the end of, even if you can see your destination. This is called the Endless Path."

Lu Yuan reached out to grab Blackless God, but he grasped nothing.

The Skygod had fully entered the Hollow. "Lord Lu, your people are destined to fail in this megaverse."

"You never betrayed Aeternus!" Lu Yin shouted angrily. Blackless God had been the one to share the way to enter the Mirari Realm with Lu Yin, and he had also revealed the Megalith’s location. The man had shared many of the Aeternals’ secrets, and over time, Lu Yin’s caution had faded. After everything that had happened, Blackless God had betrayed them.

No, this could not be called betrayal.

"Yong Heng sent me to join you. Having one more at my level within Aeternus wouldn’t make any difference. Everything I told you was to help you deal with the Boundary Guardians. Lord Lu, there’s no need for you to go to the Immemorial Citadel. This Endless Path is my innate gift, and not even Ortusers can overcome it. This is why I was the one sent to join you.

"I gave you 100,000 years, but you didn’t cherish it. Now, it’s all over.

"When the next era starts, we’ll completely erase your legend. Goodbye."

Blackless God’s voice slowly faded away.

Lu Yin threw a punch forward, shattering the void and even the Hollow, but the Immemorial Citadel remained unapproachable.

Lu Yuan and the others attacked as well. All of them could see the Immemorial Citadel, but it was impossible to reach it.

This had been True God’s plan. At this moment, many of his plans had been revealed, and they were all interconnected. Not any ordinary Ortusers could possess such strength.

There had been a time when Progenitors had been regarded as the ultimate level of power with the strength to alter the universe. Then, sequence powerhouses had appeared, and they had been regarded as the top powers. Later, the appearance of Ortusers had shifted the balance of power yet again. However, no one had imagined that True God would always remain standing at the pinnacle. His plans did not just target Envoys or Progenitors; from the very beginning, his plans had encompassed all cultivation realms, even the Origin realm.

Lu Yuan was an Ortuser, but not even he could break Blackless God’s Endless Path. This was True God’s plan.

...

Blood sprayed across shattered walls as a man’s limbs were severed. He stared forward, his eyes bloodshot.

"Kakaka, there’s no need to struggle." Shaman God let out a strange laugh as he casually tore the man apart.

Some distance away, a wandering corpse swung a massive log, only to be crushed into a blood puddle by Corpse God’s gigantic hand.

Di Qiong and Feng Bo worked together to surround Progenitor Chen and pin the man down. This man’s single palm strike had instantly eliminated Progenitor Xi. His strength gave everyone chills. Even the arrogant Three Pillars and Six Skies refused to face Progenitor Chen one-on-one.

The Progenitor had developed a battle technique to target True God himself, and that made everyone wary of him.

Xu Jin’s consciousness surged forth like a torrent sweeping over the land. A woman inside the Immemorial Citadel stared at Xu Jin. No one knew what she did, but it blocked the eye’s consciousness.

The woman was homely, and she could even be regarded as ugly. She was also not even human, but rather the strongest creature from a parallel universe. It had only been due to chance that she had joined the Immemorial Citadel.

Xu Jin stared at the woman, and floating lanterns started to appear. This was True God’s Natural Art.

The woman spat out blood. As she died, the other defenders of the Immemorial Citadel who were nearby did the same. Not even the newcomers from Burial Garden were safe.

One by one, the wandering corpses exploded, staining the ground with their blood.

Two powerful attacks erupted from the Immemorial Citadel, each targeting Xu Jin, and each failing. Xu Jin’s innate gift made it almost impossible to hit it, unless it was forced into the Hollow itself.

The Ossis Ark regurgitated an endless stream of corpse kings. Each one was empowered by grafted bones, which allowed them to wield the abilities of the powerhouse that the bone had been taken from. The Aeternals already had enough of an advantage to defeat the Immemorial Citadel, and yet they still threw out their entire forces. The Immemorial Citadel would crumble at any moment.

Even with the reinforcements from Burial Garden, it was impossible to save the Immemorial Citadel.

The countless sequence strings quivered.