Moreover, as he elevated himself to his ultimate state and returned to the seat of Heavenly Dao, a perpetual consumption of his essence ensued—this continuous drain was the most torturous.

If he lingered too long in the seat of Heavenly Dao, his entire consciousness would be sacrificed and become blank. By then, even if he detached himself, it would be meaningless. A soulless, detached, blank entity was still meaningless.

Once the decision was made, there was no turning back.

The cost was indeed too heavy!

If he were not pushed into a corner with no escape, the Fourth Dark Giant would never choose such a path.

Therefore, every moment he had left was incredibly precious.

Once he returned to the seat of Heavenly Dao, he would need to instantly complete all the necessary arrangements, not wasting a single moment.

In addition to this… after he arranged everything through the “Heavenly Dao Authority,” he would need the Immortal Daoist to hold off Tyrannical Song and the beautiful troublemaker, preventing them from interfering.

The earlier incident with Daoist Priest Virtue restarting the myriad practitioners in the universe was a lesson to be learned—he needed to be cautious to prevent anyone from having the opportunity to “sever karmic ties,” lest his efforts come to naught.

The Fourth Dark Heaven made thorough preparations.

In the vacuum…

After Tyrannical Song and Senior White revealed their divinity, they finally entered the phase of “condensing the ruler of the Netherworld.”

“Now is the time.” The Fourth Dark Giant seized the opportunity!

During the phase of condensing the ruler of the Netherworld, the wills of Tyrannical Song and the beautiful troublemaker would be drawn into the ‘Netherworld Realm,’ using their own bodies as templates to condense the ruler of the Netherworld.

This moment was also the most suitable for him to make his move.

…

The Fourth Dark Giant, enduring his fatigue and drowsiness, stepped back into the main world… in his hand, he held the weakened “Black Sun.”

At this moment, the Black Sun resembled a night pearl about to dim, seemingly on the verge of extinguishing.

Previously, when Song Shuhang and Sixteen evolved into the “Reincarnation Seal,” the seal smashed down, pulling a significant amount of the Black Sun’s “immortal sand” into the “VIP Reincarnation Channel,” trapping it in an endless cycle of reincarnation.

To escape from the cycle, they were at the mercy of the Fifth Heavenly Dao Fairy.

“Activate, execute the ‘Heavenly Dao Authority’ ability as the ruler of the Netherworld,” said the Fourth Dark Heaven, holding the “Black Sun,” injecting eternal energy into it and forcefully controlling its operation.

The Black Sun was the product of the Fourth Heavenly Dao’s previous seizing and refining of the ruler of the Netherworld, thus retaining attributes of the ruler of the Netherworld within itself.

Every ruler of the Netherworld had a one-time privilege to enter the main world and “act in place of the Heaven.”

However, the Fourth Dark Heaven had already consumed this one-time “Heavenly Dao Authority” during the ancient era.

Logically, he had no more privilege to “act in place of the Heaven.”

Yet at this moment, under the forceful impetus of the Fourth Dark Heavenly Dao, the “Dark Dark” part within the Black Sun once again touched the unreachable “laws of the Heavenly Dao”—during this process, the part that belonged to “Dark Dark” emitted a terrifyingly hoarse scream.

This was the grievous cry of the unwilling soul of “Dark Dark”.

The Heavenly Dao is a big bully!

“Dark Dark” was not only refined and seized, but clearly, before it had even been refined, the Fourth Dark Heavenly Dao, while still in office, had already made modifications to “Dark Dark”!

It was due to this that the “Dark Dark” part could activate the “act in place of the Heaven” function a second time.

Throughout history, nearly every Heavenly Dao had intervened with their own ruler of the Netherworld—it was like a curse.

As the “act in place of the Heaven” function activated, the grieving cries of “Dark Dark” became even more terrifying.

Not only that, but within the immortal sands of the Black Sun avatar, the part belonging to “Dark Dark” began to disintegrate.

This disintegration, even the immortal sands could not stop.

The special attribute of the ruler of the Netherworld, fading away and being stripped from the Black Sun… this was a permanent loss of the ruler of the Netherworld, unable to be restored.

This was the cost, the price of “Dark Dark” making contact a second time with the “act in place of the Heaven” function.

“There is utterly no way back now,” the Fourth Dark Heavenly Dao said coldly,

unaffected by the chilling screams of Dark Song.

The ruler of the Netherworld is the “Dao Mark,” and the Dark Heaven knew this all too well.

Now, it had personally offered its own “Dao Mark” as a sacrifice.

Burn the boats!

As Dark Song’s screams of agony subsided, the function “Acting on behalf of Heaven” was finally activated!

“Quicker, even quicker,” the Fourth Dark Heavenly Dao rapidly cast its spells.

On the body of the Dark Sun Avatar, the part that belonged to the original ruler of the Netherworld seeped out from the Immortal Sand, turning into a black-red blood-like substance.

This was the part of the deceased ruler of the Netherworld’s body.

It was also the raw material for the next spell that the Fourth Dark Heavenly Dao, the Dark Giant, was about to cast.

In the blink of an eye, this black-red liquid transformed into a blood pond.

And having lost the part that was Dark Song, the Immortal Sand could no longer maintain the form of the Dark Sun Avatar.

The Dark Sun Avatar perished!

The Dark Giant of the Fourth Heavenly Dao gathered that part of the “Immortal Sand” into his body and then placed his hand above the blood pond.

The blood pond turned into a formation.

And the authority of “Acting on behalf of Heaven,” gained after the sacrifice of Dark Song, merged into this pool of black blood.

The Dark Giant did not hesitate; he jumped into the blood pond.

The blood pond formation, imbued with the authority of “Acting on behalf of Heaven,” clung to the body of the Fourth Dark Heavenly Dao!

Like a blood transfusion, the pattern of the blood pond formation climbed onto his body and surged into him.

The aura of the Dark Giant’s body began to rise dramatically.

Instantly, it ascended to an ultimate peak.

His body once again manifested the “Heavenly Dao Radiance,” emitting a dazzling light.

Endless spiritual pressure spread out.

Under this boundless pressure, the stars in the vicinity of the Dark Giant’s body could not withstand the strain and exploded one by one!

These innocent stars too were desperate.

Living meekly in the universe for billions of years, and suddenly, unexpectedly, they were obliterated.

But this endless pressure was just the beginning.

As the Dark Giant took deep breaths, his spiritual pressure enveloped the entire universe… and then, the myriad practitioners in the universe!

Most practitioners in the universe felt their bodies go weak, almost collapsing to the ground.

Even some sentient beings with keen senses were affected by this pressure!

Even the “stars” in all the universes of the myriad practitioners in the universe sensed this pressure and trembled slightly—after all, there was a time during the Sixth Heavenly Dao when all the stars in the myriad realms were destroyed.

The catastrophe of that time was reversed and cut off by reversing karmic causality.

But in the universes of the myriad realms, there might still be some residual impression left.

This was genuine Heavenly Dao pressure!

Suppressing the myriad realms, holding the rules of the Heavenly Dao, and a perfect, flawless eternity, possessing an almost omnipotent power in these myriad realms!

The Fourth Dark Heavenly Dao, reclaiming its position in the face of a desperate situation.

“Heavenly Dao Presence? Is this the Third Heavenly Dao?” Practitioners throughout the myriad realms were shocked.

“[Tyrannical Song turned out to be not two but three entities proving eternity simultaneously?]”

“[This feeling of being able to obliterate the universe with a mere flick of a finger, does the third Heavenly Dao possess a tendency for destruction of all things?]”

Practitioners from the myriad realms sensed the aura of the third Heavenly Dao, and for some reason, a strong sense of unease began to surge within them.

It was as if the true ‘apocalypse’ was about to arrive.

An era was about to end.

This Heavenly Dao, it came to destroy the world!

“Tyrannical Song, Tyrannical Song!” Someone involuntarily began calling out the Sage Name of the Heavenly Dao Tyrannical Song.

Only a Heavenly Dao can contend with another Heavenly Dao.

This third Heavenly Dao, filled with an aura of destruction, felt different from ‘Tyrannical Song.’

Therefore, they could rely on Heavenly Dao Tyrannical Song!

“It’s done.” The Fourth Dark Heavenly Dao gently clenched its fist, savoring the return of the power that had once ruled over all.

However, it did not have time to reminisce.

Every minute and second for it now was incredibly precious.

It stepped forward, one foot stepping into the ‘Heavenly Principle Dimension.’

At the same time, it extended a hand towards the body of the ‘Immortal Daoist,’ casting a reinforcement spell: “Domination Secret Method Reinforcement!”

“Delay Tyrannical Song and that White.” The Fourth Dark Heavenly Dao issued its final command.

Then it vanished into the Heavenly Principle Dimension, adeptly taking over the ‘Heavenly Dao Authority,’ beginning to operate it.

Meanwhile, the [Constant Star Destruction Virus•Revised] prepared during the proving of the Heavenly Dao by Tyrannical Song and White was summoned.

This was an updated version of the ‘Stellar Destruction Virus,’ each carrying immortal information, and it also contained quite a bit of its ‘Immortal Sand.’

But this alone did not satisfy the Fourth Dark Heavenly Dao.

“Reinforce!” It activated the Heavenly Dao Authority, performing a Heavenly Axiom-level enhancement on the ‘Constant Star Destruction Virus•Revised,’ locking their status securely.

This way, even if Tyrannical Song and White activated the Heavenly Dao Authority, they could not instantly erase this latest version of the virus.

And with just a bit of buffer time, these viruses could send the entire myriad realms to their doom.

“Next step, go, to each ‘star,’ sending this useless world to its end.” The Fourth Dark Heavenly Dao hurriedly used its Heavenly Dao Authority, issuing the next command.

Assisted by the Heavenly Dao Authority, just one command could precisely send the virus into every star of the myriad realms and detonate them immediately.

However…

After the Fourth Dark Heavenly Dao issued the command, the ‘Stellar Destruction Viruses’ did not respond and were not transported away.

Someone was secretly hindering him!

The Fourth Dark Heavenly Dao swiftly turned around.

Then, it saw that nine-linked man, who had appeared in the Heavenly Principle Dimension unknowingly.

He was sitting at a high table, hands crossed and propped under his chin, his profound gaze firmly fixed on him.

“Why aren’t you in the Netherworld?” The psychological fortitude of the Fourth Dark Heavenly Dao was terrifying; even now, it maintained its composure.

But inside, it was still very puzzled—he had clearly seen Tyrannical Song and that White enter the Netherworld Realm, condensing the ‘Netherworld Ruler.’

Why was the Tyrannical Song now here?

“I’ve been here waiting for you all along,” Tyrannical Song slowly said.

His voice was gentle, reliable, and magnetic.

“It’s impossible, no one knew that I could enter the Heavenly Principle Dimension, and you could not have foreseen this,” the Fourth Dark Heavenly Dao sternly said—during its speech, it secretly manipulated the Heavenly Dao Authority to try and move these modified viruses.

Compared to Tyrannical Song, it had more experience!

It had rich experience with the Heavenly Dao, a deeper understanding of the Heavenly Dao Authority, and knew how to make the most of it with clever operations that the new Heavenly Dao Tyrannical Song simply could not achieve.

So, with equal authority operations, it was sure to outperform the Heavenly Dao Tyrannical Song.

Tyrannical Song could not stop it for long, and it would cost at most about three pieces of ‘Immortal Sand’ being nullified.

“Whether you came or not, I was always here,” Tyrannical Song’s gaze deepened, as if seeing through all the mysteries and hearts of the world: “The flawless plan you pride yourself on had been seen through by us from the beginning.”

Tyrannical Song remained expressionless.

Those who knew him would understand that the expressionless Tyrannical Song trying to act cool was definitely bluffing!

He kept a poker face to prevent others from reading his facial expressions while bluffing.

—In fact, Song Shuhang and Senior White did have their guards up against the Fourth Dark Heavenly Dao, but they really hadn’t expected the other party to return to the Heavenly Dao seat through some means!

Such clever operations were indeed beyond Song Shuhang’s expectations.

But unfortunately, no matter how cunning the other party was, they could not match his Tyrannical Song.

At the beginning, Song Shuhang and Senior White went together to the Netherworld to ‘condense the Netherworld Ruler’… but the imagined ‘Dark Song two’ did not appear.

Because there was already one Dark Song.

Moreover, the ‘Netherworld Origin’ energy was only enough to condense one ‘Netherworld Ruler’ at a time.

Thus, Song Shuhang, having cleverly outmaneuvered himself to the point of breaking his legs, chose to return to the ‘Heavenly Principle Dimension’—he wanted to seek out the traces of the Fourth Dark Heavenly Dao to see if he could prepare against the opponent.

An intriguing turn of events followed.

When Song Shuhang was preparing to find the Fourth Dark Heavenly Dao, the latter unexpectedly delivered himself—appearing openly and above board as a returned Heavenly Dao identity.

This was an encounter governed by fate.

“You’ve seen through me from the beginning?” Opposite him, the Fourth Dark Heavenly Dao’s expression grew serious.

Meanwhile, the operation of its Heavenly Dao Authority underneath reached its limits and soared dramatically!

This battle of attack and defense was already in its favor!

Tyrannical Song was still too inexperienced and was about to be unable to hold on.

Just as it was about to muster all its strength and conquer Tyrannical Song… across from it, Tyrannical Song slowly took out a huge pillar.

“Humba!” The Fourth Dark Heavenly Dao instinctively cried out upon seeing this pillar.

Because… this huge pillar was filled with its essence and flavor.

Even on the pillar’s tip was a statue of its conceptual shape.

“Allow me to introduce my treasure—its name is Overlord Pillar, part of the Heavenly Dao Pillar series, the ‘Black Pillar'” Song Shuhang flashed a reliable smile.

At the same time, a set of ‘Combined Magical Treasure’ began to transform beside him.

This was the set of magical treasures refined by Heavenly Dao White.

The treasure quickly transformed into the form of a ‘Gatling Gun.’

In front of the Fourth Dark Heavenly Dao, Song Shuhang started loading the ‘Heavenly Dao Pillars’ into the Gatling gun.

“It’s no use,” said the opponent, the Fourth Dark Heavenly Dao, in a deep voice.

At this moment, it was flawlessly immortal, the ultimate incarnation of the ‘Heavenly Dao in office.’

No techniques could harm it now!

Even if by another Heavenly Dao like Tyrannical Song, it was impervious!

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by novlove.com

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