Yun Che's eyes widened as the full implications hit him, his heart racing. The words felt like a blow to his chest, the realization of what he had unknowingly triggered slowly sinking in.
"Right now... our time is much slower than those in God Realm."
The silence that followed was heavy, each word sinking deep into their hearts, the consequences of this new revelation hanging in the air like a storm. Yun Che stood frozen for a moment, his mind reeling from the implications. Time itself was slipping away, and the consequences of his actions were far greater than he could have ever imagined.
Yun Che's mind was a whirl of thoughts as he tried to process everything. His heart raced as he thought back on the time he'd spent here. He had spent roughly ten years in Abyss, which, in God Realm terms, was only about a year. But with two more months added to that—time that was moving slower—Yun Che realized that his absence had already amounted to almost two additional years in God Realm time.
The implications were terrifying.
"It's fine... there's still time." Yun Che murmured to himself, trying to reassure himself, but a sudden thought struck him, making his eyes widen in realization.
With a hoarse voice and trembling form, Yun Che said.
"How... long will... my punishment... take?" His voice trembling as fear and dread filled his heart.
"....."
A heavy silence hung in the air before Liu Xiao's voice crackled with an edge of disdain. "So eager to be punished, huh?!" Liu Xiao's words dripped with a venomous tone, his hate for Yun Che bubbling to the surface. He had been holding back, but the thought of Yun Che's crimes reignited the fire within him. He had been suppressing his rage, but now, seeing Yun Che's willingness to face his punishment so calmly, only served to provoke him further.
"Your punishment, all of your crimes will be tallied, and it may take years, or even decades. Meanwhile, our Lord and the Lord Heavenly Treasures will need time to recharge their power. So, under the current circumstances... maybe few years, maybe ten of years."
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The words from Liu Xiao faded into the background, becoming distant murmurs as Yun Che's mind spun out of control. The weight of the situation, the severity of his punishment, and the realization that his time had already run out struck him harder than any blow he had received.
"Thump... thump..."
The rhythmic pounding of his heart reverberated in his chest, louder and louder, drowning out everything else. Each beat felt like an eternity as his mind raced through the consequences of his actions—consequences that would not only affect him, but the ones he loved.
He had promised them he would return in five years, but he had already used close to three of those five years. Three years...
His heart sank with the weight of what that meant. Two more years...but if the time in Abyss is now slower...even few months...the time...!
What would those years mean for the people he loved? What suffering would they endure, not knowing if he would ever return? His soul ached, torn by the thought of the pain his absence would cause. He had failed them. He had failed to keep his promise, and he didn't know if he could live with that.
"Thump... thump..."
The sound of his heartbeat grew louder in his ears, almost deafening, as his mind spiraled deeper into despair. The more he thought about it, the worse it got.
"Big Brother Yun Che? Are you alright?" Hua Caili's voice cut through his spiraling thoughts, laced with concern, but it barely registered. Her words felt so distant, like they were coming from another world.
"Master?" Pan Buwang asked, his voice filled with confusion.
"Thump... thump... thump..."
Yun Che's body trembled as the weight of his own emotions overwhelmed him. He could hear their voices, but they felt like whispers from another lifetime. His vision blurred as the pounding of his heart seemed to echo in his chest.
"Let ...me go"
The words slipped from his lips, barely audible.
"Let... me go... I... need to go..." Yun Che murmured weakly, his voice trembling with urgency.
His words barely registered in the air, but in the depths of his soul, a fire burned fiercely, ignited by the need to act, to move, to do something. His heart raced, not from fear, but from the overwhelming pressure of time slipping away—time he didn't have.
"LET ME GO! I HAVE TO GO...! I HAVE TO GO TO THE ENDLESS FOG SEA'S DEPTH!!!!" Yun Che's voice rose to a roar, his emotions spilling over.
Liu Xiao, watching him with a cold, calculating gaze, stepped forward. "Do you think we'll let you go just because you said so?" His tone was mocking, yet controlled. The sheer audacity of Yun Che's demand in his current state, chained and powerless, only seemed pitiful.
"I HAVE NO TIME HERE!" Yun Che bellowed, his voice full of raw emotion, his eyes turning red with desperation. The weight of the situation, of the passing time, crushed him more than the physical pain ever could.
"SILENCE!!!!!" The Chief Priest's roar thundered across the Abyss, shaking the very air around them. The chains around Yun Che tightened violently, constricting him further. His breath came in gasps as the pressure intensified, and blood seeped from his mouth, yet the physical agony was nothing compared to the storm that raged inside him.
Time... he had no more time.
Then, he made a choice.
"Li Suo!" Yun Che screamed inside his mind, desperation seeping into his voice. His consciousness was fraying, but still, his will fought through the suffocating grasp of the chains.
In response, from deep within his soul, a terrifying surge of Light Profound Energy flooded out, filling him with an ancient, powerful aura—the Aura of Eternity. It was like an awakening, a presence far beyond the normal flow of energy, something primal, bound to the very essence of his being.
As the Aura of Eternity spread out, his profound veins, filled with infinite worlds, began to tremble. The fifth style of the Heretic God, a forbidden technique, forcibly awakened within him, unlocking a power that had long lain dormant, waiting for this very moment.
"BOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!" The earth trembled as if it had been holding its breath for this moment. Energy radiated outward, thick and oppressive, the surrounding atmosphere growing heavier with each passing second.
!!!!!!!!!
The two Ancient True Gods stood frozen, their eyes wide with disbelief. The aura surrounding Yun Che was unlike anything they had ever felt. It wasn't just the energy, but the very air seemed to pulse with a strange, unfamiliar power. Their minds raced to comprehend what was happening, but before they could even voice their questions, the Abyssal Dust around them began to tremble.
The dust, once thin and scattered, began to condense, swirling into tighter and tighter formations. !!!!!!!!
RUMBLEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!
The sound of it was deafening, like the very heavens themselves were cracking. The cold air around them began to ripple as if charged with an electric force. The Ancient True Gods instinctively stiffened, their senses on high alert.
They didn't know what was happening, but one thing was clear—Yun Che was up to something. The energy emanating from him was different, and his earlier words echoed in their minds: "I have no time..."
Despite the ridiculousness of his statement—Could he really leave? Could he escape from them in his current state?—there was a deep, gut-wrenching sense that something was terribly wrong.
"What... WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DOING?!!! YUN CHE!!!?" The Chief Priest's voice broke through the tense air.
Yun Che's body trembled, his chained form still radiating with the intense Ancient True God's power. But still, the Abyssal Dust continued to condense around him, almost as if the very world was responding to his inner turmoil, forming around him like a cocoon—an energy, a presence, that was impossible to ignore.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!" Yun Che's roar shattered the silence, an explosive scream that rippled through the space itself. The world around him began to tremble, and cracks appeared in the very fabric of the Abyss as an unseen force pushed against the Ancient True Gods.
!!!!!!!!!!
"He... he shouldn't be able to use his profound power right now! But how!!!!" The Chief Priest murmured under his breath, his mind racing. The surrounding laws were shifting uncontrollably, swirling toward Yun Che as if drawn to him by an undeniable force.
"What... WHAT IS GOING ON?!!!!" Liu Xiao roared, his voice laced with panic as he stared at Yun Che. Despite being bound by the chains of the Ancient True Gods, Yun Che's body trembled, but the force emanating from him was growing uncontrollably.
"BIG BROTHER YUN CHE?!!!!" Hua Caili's voice rang out in alarm, her eyes wide with fear as she saw the chaotic energy surrounding Yun Che. Her heart raced as she rushed forward, but the invisible force kept her back, keeping her distance from him.
"Master?" Pan Buwang, still struggling to regain his balance after being thrown aside, looked at Yun Che in shock, his heart pounding. The sight of Yun Che's body trembling, the power emanating from him growing like a storm, was beyond anything he had ever seen.
"SEALED!!!!" The Chief Priest's voice thundered as he raised his hand to cast a sealing technique, his aura flaring in an attempt to suppress the chaos erupting around Yun Che. The laws surrounding the space around them began to lock into place, the air growing thick with pressure. The power of the Chief Priest, however, was met with resistance—an overwhelming, terrifying force pushing against his very control.
"What..." The Chief Priest's eyes widened in disbelief as he felt the laws themselves resist his sealing, the energy pushing back harder with each passing moment. The more power he tried to exert, the more his control over the space and the laws seemed to slip away.
"CRACKKKKK.....BANGGGGGGGGG!!!" The very fabric of the space shattered as the force surrounding Yun Che exploded outward. The sealing power that the Ancient True Gods had placed over him faltered, crumbling within moments, unable to hold back the overwhelming energy radiating from him.
"Im... IMPOSSIBLE!!!!" Chief Priest Big Rage's voice thundered in disbelief as his eyes widened in shock. He had used one of his most powerful Laws to bind Yun Che, to control the space itself and seal it away, but it failed—utterly failed.
"HOWWWWWWW!!!! YUN CHE! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!!!!!" The Ancient True Gods' voices rang out in unison, their shock palpable. Their minds scrambled, trying to make sense of the impossible situation unfolding before them.
Yet, to their horror—and Yun Che's as well—he had no idea what was truly happening. He had only intended to use the Othershore Asura technique to push his cultivation to the Divine Limited Realm. His goal was simple: break free from the chains that bound him and escape into the depths of the Endless Fog Sea, to buy himself enough time to figure out what to do next.
"Why... why is this happening?" Yun Che murmured in disbelief, feeling the surge of energy within him. His plan had been straightforward, but now everything was spiraling out of control. He hadn't expected this—didn't plan for the energy within him to respond this way, to surge to a level where even the power of the Ancient True Gods couldn't contain it.
The energy was growing, expanding, twisting into something far greater than Yun Che had ever anticipated. The Othershore Asura technique, while intended to elevate his cultivation, was somehow... unlocking more than he had intended.
"CRACK.....CRACKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!"
"BOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!!"
The chains that had bound Yun Che shattered in an instant, bursting apart as if they were never meant to hold him in the first place. The immense power that had been trapped within him now erupted, flooding the space around him with a violent, world-shaking force.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"
Yun Che's roar reverberated through the very fabric of reality, his voice a primal cry that echoed across the Abyss. The sound was so intense that it felt like the entire world was shaking in response. The force of his release sent tremors through the Abyss, causing every inch of it to vibrate as though the very ground beneath them was alive.
RUMBLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!
The Abyss itself was alive with movement. From millions, to hundreds of millions, to billions of miles, energy surged toward Yun Che. The entire realm trembled as the power he had unleashed began to draw everything to him. The surrounding Abyssal Dust, once a lifeless force of destruction, now shifted, moving under the sheer weight of Yun Che's power.
Every world within his Profound Vein—every single one of his Infinite Worlds—roared in excitement, as if they too had been waiting for this moment. The energy that had been building up within him surged like an unstoppable tide, and the worlds in his veins responded eagerly, absorbing everything in their path. Their limits had been reached, their growth had been stunted for so long—but now, they were free.
The entire Abyss, once a place of death and decay, was alive with energy, shifting, moving, as if it were being pulled toward a singular purpose—the epicenter of power that Yun Che had become.
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"PUKEEEE!!!"
In the Pure Land, the Abyssal Monarch Mo Su staggered, his hand clutching his chest as he struggled to maintain his balance. The sacrifice he had just made had cost him dearly—his cultivation had fallen by a World, a blow that would take immeasurable time and effort to recover from. His strength, once a terrifying force of nature, had been severely diminished.
But Mo Su's eyes were fixed on the sky outside the Pure Land, and his shock was palpable. His gaze was full of disbelief as he witnessed the chaos unfolding before him.
Everything was trembling. The very fabric of the Abyss, the laws governing this desolate place, was quaking with power. The energy that had been dormant for eons was now swirling in every corner of the Abyss, shaking it to its very core.
"What... is going on?!!!!"
Cultivators from every corner of the Abyss, from Mortal Divine Realms and True Divine Realms watched in awe and fear, unable to comprehend the sheer magnitude of the force that was sweeping through their world.
"IS THIS THE WORK OF A GOD?!!!"
"IT... THE ABYSSAL DUST... IT... IT'S GETTING THINNER?!!!!!"
Confusion and disbelief echoed through the Abyss. For centuries, the Abyssal Dust had been a constant, a deadly force that tainted every inch of their world, choking the life out of all who dared to exist within it. And now, the very thing that had bound them to this cursed place was vanishing, receding into the ether, as if being consumed by an invisible force.
Some beings knelt down in reverence, praying for answers. Others broke down into tears, overwhelmed by the magnitude of what was happening. Yet, there were some who couldn't help but laugh—an odd, nervous kind of laughter, a mix of terror and exhilaration.
Excitement, fear, confusion—these were the emotions filling the hearts of the Abyssal beings as they realized what was happening. The very thing that had plagued them for so long—the Abyssal Dust—was dissipating. Its suffocating presence, the constant shadow that had loomed over every life in the Abyss, was fading away.
It was happening across the entire Abyss.
"The Abyssal Dust... is thinning..."
The energy, the very essence of the Abyss, was being drawn toward Yun Che. Every ounce of Abyssal power, from the deepest corners of this world to the highest peaks of the Divine Kingdoms, was converging on him. The Destruction Laws that had formed the Abyssal Dust itself were being consumed, drawn into his Infinite Worlds.
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In the outer area of the Endless Fog Sea, just a short million miles away from Yun Che and the Ancient True Gods, Dian Jiuzhi paused mid-step. His senses flared as he felt a massive surge of energy building in the distance, all heading toward the place he had just come from. The sheer intensity of the disturbance sent ripples through the fabric of the Abyss, something that could not be ignored by someone of his stature.
However, despite the powerful aura pulling at his attention, Dian Jiuzhi dismissed it for the moment. His sharp gaze narrowed, and his thoughts focused on something else entirely—the four figures lingering in his Divine Sense, especially the one who had become the source of his humiliation.
The golden-haired goddess.
Her presence alone stirred a mixture of frustration and disgust in him. The humiliation she had caused him still lingered in his chest, and he couldn't let go of the memory of being bested by her. He had been made a fool, and that was something Dian Jiuzhi could never forget.
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"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"
Amidst the swirling chaos, the gods and ancient true gods were pushed away, their power barely able to resist the overwhelming force emanating from Yun Che. His roar split the heavens, a sound that resonated through the Abyss and shook its very foundation. The storm of energy around him was like a vortex pulling everything in its path, a maelstrom of power converging into him.
Yun Che felt it all—the energy pouring into his body, expanding his profound veins, amplifying his cultivation. His body seemed to have no limit, no end. The Infinite Worlds in his veins stretched endlessly, absorbing every ounce of energy within reach, growing ever stronger, ever vaster. Every drop of energy, every scrap of power, was being pulled toward him, drawn into his very core.
The Ancient True Gods and everyone present could only watch in growing horror. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING, YUN CHE?!!!!" The cries of the gods filled the air, but their voices were drowned out by the storm around him.
Despite being hundreds of thousands of miles away, the impact of his actions reverberated through space. The air itself trembled in fear. They could feel it—the energy surging into him. The power was beyond anything they'd ever witnessed, even by the standards of Ancient True Gods. This was a level of absorption that should have been impossible, something they could neither explain nor comprehend.
The sheer volume of energy flowing into Yun Che was enough to mold worlds. It was the very same energy that would fuel an Ancient True God's cultivation, allowing them to form worlds from the laws they mastered. And yet—Yun Che, despite the power flooding into him, was still only at the Level One Divine Extinction Realm. His cultivation hadn't changed! It shouldn't have been possible!
But that was the horror. How could this be?
In the midst of the storm, Yun Che's body radiated a spectrum of different profound powers, each one swirling and intertwining with the others, like the unraveling of a forbidden secret. His cultivation strained, trying to break through to the next realm. Yet, no matter how hard it tried, the Infinite Worlds refused to yield to the conventional limits of cultivation.
The sound of fanatical laughter echoed across the Abyss. From the farthest corners of the realm to the Divine Kingdom, people fell to their knees, tears streaming down their faces, hands desperately clutching at the ground beneath them.
"Ahahaha... AHAHAHAHA!!!!"
The Abyssal Dust, that once tainted everything, was vanishing. "No Abyssal Dust... NO ABYSSAL DUST!!!!"
People cried out in ecstasy, their voices mingling with the mad laughter of those who had lived for so long under the oppression of the relentless Abyssal Dust.
"I CAN DIE HAPPY NOW! AHAHAHAHA!"
It was madness, pure and unrestrained. Their voices reverberated through the air as they realized what was happening. The very land itself was being purified before their eyes, the poisonous, suffocating dust fading away.
"THIS... MUST BE THE WORK OF ABYSSAL MONARCH!!!"
A voice cried out, reverberating across the land. Those around nodded, as though a collective understanding had dawned upon them.
"YES... IT MUST BE HIS MAJESTY DOING!!!"
And then, as if the heavens themselves were listening, the cry rang out across the Abyss:
"LONG LIVE THE ABYSSAL MONARCH!!!"
"LONG LIVE THE ABYSSAL MONARCH!!!!!!!!!!"