CHAPTER 486: CHAPTER 486: RETURNING TO CHAOS, REESTABLISHING EARTH, WATER, FIRE, AND WIND!

Crash~

Unfurling twelve pitch-black wings, Zhu Haomiao stood at the boundary between reality and illusion, where physical directions lost their meaning. One city was to his left and another to his right, as a magnificent and elegant Golden Holy Grail suspended before him.

In a horizon beyond mortal perception, Zhu Haomiao saw endless mists rising from the side of reality, converging into the Holy Grail and condensing into droplets of blood-red liquid.

"Truthfulness... It can actually steal the reality of the real world..."

"The heretical path of the Nihility Sect..."

A muttered whisper echoed next to Zhu Haomiao’s ear, as a calm and amiable old voice spoke.

"This is not some heretical path; it is an exploration of a higher narrative plane."

Turning his head, a white old man dressed in a linen hooded robe suddenly appeared, staring bemusedly at Zhu Haomiao.

"Dragon’s Son, with your talents, you should be able to see through this false world. We all live in lies and should go to the place of truth, like these pitiful beings from the Illusion Realm..."

Speaking thus, the old man gazed back at the city of the Illusion Realm, overlooking the common folk with eyes full of pity.

"I guide them to open the ’Door’ to a higher narrative plane. One day, I shall open the same ’Door’ in reality!"

Pausing, the old man took a light breath, whispering under his breath.

"All things are illusion, and all affairs are allowed."

Coldly gazing at the white elder, Zhu Haomiao sneered disdainfully.

"Madman."

"No, I don’t want to be called a madman. The madness you exhibit is far greater than mine..."

With a curious glance, the elder scrutinized the young man in black from head to toe.

"Not only did you devour the ’Beast’ I created from ’Human Evil’, but you also consumed the Divine as food and even stole the origin of ’Heaven’!"

Admiring the elegant and expansive twelve dark wings behind the young man, the white elder sighed genuinely.

"Compared to your insatiable appetite that makes no distinction between friend or foe, my desire to steal a bit of reality’s truth to achieve self and global ascension seems merely harmless..."

Yet observing the countless souls plummeting from reality into the Illusion Realm, including cats, dogs, various marine creatures, and predominantly despairing humans, Zhu Haomiao narrowed his eyes coldly.

"I’ve never incited supernatural calamities in the real world!"

Upon hearing this, the white elder turned his gaze towards reality, a faraway smile spreading across his face.

"Believe me, you will enjoy this sensation of gradually stepping towards truth!"

Buzz~

At that moment, a profound divinity suddenly unfolded, covering the side of reality, replacing the shattered barriers and enduring erosion.

"Divine Country·High Heaven!"

A familiar voice resonated through the heavens and earth, as a resplendent sun burst forth, forcefully coupling with the Illusion Realm.

The white elder’s expression changed as he noticed the speed at which the Holy Grail absorbed truth rapidly diminishing, furrowing his brows in frustration.

"These annoying Old Gods, why do they refuse to obediently perish?"

Meanwhile, the voice of Amaterasu reached the ears of the two.

"Zhu Haomiao! Kill him quickly!"

Clearly perceiving the urgency in the words, the white elder smirked playfully.

"Having just been expelled from the Illusion Realm, losing a considerable amount of source quality and divinity, now again forcefully expanding the Divine Country to resist erosion and isolate the two worlds, I wonder, with your current rank, how long you can last..."

Yet, facing the white elder’s mockery, Amaterasu’s response was calm and composed.

"Long enough for the Dragon’s Son to kill you!"

Taken aback by her unusual confidence, the white elder glanced at Zhu Haomiao, then chuckled in disbelief.

"Hahahahaha, most of his power is extracted as the embryo for my ’Holy Grail’, and yet you expect him to kill me?!"

Immediately, the white elder altered his tone, shaking his head in regret.

"Even in his prime, he’d stand no chance..."

"I am the master of a realm; I am the world."

"In my ’World’, I am immortal and indestructible!"

Opening his arms, the white elder appeared to embrace two worlds, closing his eyes in ecstasy.

On the other side, Zhu Haomiao calmly nodded.

"Understood, then I’ll shatter your world, return everything to chaos, and rebuild with Earth, Water, Fire, Wind!"

The enraptured smile stalled momentarily as the white elder opened his eyes to glare at Zhu Haomiao, mocking him with disdain.

"Just you?"

"Yes, just me."

Spreading his wide twelve wings, Zhu Haomiao’s pupils contracted, golden threads extending and gradually consolidating into a majestic purple-gold vertical pupil.

[Pride]!

In the overlapping zone of reality and illusion, Zhu Haomiao attempted for the first time to summon the Destructive Divine Artifact from the Yanhuang Armory using a [Legendary Rune] as the seed.

Swoosh~

Drawing a Profound Black Eight-sided Han Sword from the void, Zhu Haomiao held it to his chest, as a mysterious golden law pattern emerged on the blade.

[Abyss Split]!

Thereafter, utilizing this law rune as the seed, an unbearable distorted pattern wildly expanded, instantly covering the entire blade.

Bzzzz~

The treasure sword in his grasp trembled violently, emitting a high-frequency hum reminiscent of a dragon’s roar, until even Zhu Haomiao could no longer hold onto it, as it slipped from his hand in an instant.

Swoosh~

The Eight-sided Han Sword, morphing in form, arced gracefully through the air, slicing space and time into fragments where even long after it passed, they failed to mend.

Perceiving the terrifying sword energy capable of annihilating all things, the white elder’s pupils narrowed slightly as he gripped the Golden Holy Grail.

Boom!

The breach in the illusion side of the world was forcibly widened, as the chaotic void covering most of Tokyo City once again expanded outward, spreading towards prefectures such as Saitama and Chiba.

"Zhu Jun! Quickly! Most of his power is engaged with me; I’ll help you restrain him!"

Detecting the palpable urgency in Amaterasu’s tone, Zhu Haomiao’s eyes remained unmoved, as calm as an ancient well, as he methodically activated his divinity.

This time, the summoned artifact was extremely dangerous on its own, further intensified by using a [Legendary Law] as the seed, far surpassing the limits of the Third Layer Heaven. Any slight mistake and even he could be consigned to nothingness.

It was akin to walking a tightrope over a bottomless abyss, but the young man in black felt not a single ripple in his heart.

In the unique state of [Pride], even a theoretically impossible [Miracle] seemed to him as simple as routine.

At that moment, he knew he was omnipotent!

Buzz!

Raising his gaze, the erratically flying Eight-sided Han Sword froze instantly, its tip downwards, hovering before Zhu Haomiao, melting from below into all-encompassing mists.

Using his Lifebound Divine Artifact as the medium, the Destructive Divine Artifact, not meant to descend upon the Third Layer Heaven, tore through space and time, pouring out annihilating chaotic sword energy.