Chapter 849: Chapter 849

Step by step, Jin'que, the top-tier expert who stood closest to the Divine Emperor, made his way forward. "Central Sovereign..."

Several figures appeared silently beside him. Among them were Sacred Monarchs and Heavenly Emperors. Leading them was his absolute confidant, Heavenly Emperor Jiu Yue.

Under Jin'que's command, the group headed straight to the energy pillar.

There, five Heavenly Emperors stood in formation, each representing one of the five great factions: Endless Divine Mountain, Astral World Research Institute, Sacred Flame Hall, Heaven Ordainment Sect, and Omni-Merchant Guild. They appeared to be controlling a massive formation centered around a jade stone towering over a hundred meters tall.

The jade stone... looked like a crystallized remnant formed from the remains of a fallen life.

"Sovereign Jin'que?" Heavenly Emperor Fan Yin of Endless Divine Mountain was surprised to see him, but he quickly said, "This area is temporarily closed to outsiders. If you have business here, please come back later."

"This is my Myriad Astral God Hall," Jin'que said coldly, "yet I'm not even allowed to move freely here. How laughable."

Heavenly Emperor Fan Yin frowned. "Jin'que—"

"Forget it." Sovereign Heavenly Emperor Jin'que lifted his head, his gaze piercing through the palace and locking onto the pillar of light that stretched up into the clouds. "Such weak Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations. Are you all just playing house? If you truly want to save the Astral World..."

His eyes darkened with cold intensity. The golden cloak draped across his back burst into fierce flames, twisting and dancing like living fire as they wrapped tightly around him. The flames soon hardened into a shining golden armor, encasing him completely.

The final piece of armor formed in his hand, condensing into a sharp, majestic spear that radiated a chilling light. "There's only one way! Shatter all eternity to dust. Destroy everything and restore order to the Astral World!"

With that, his spear blazed like a streak of golden light, cutting across the sky to slam into the pillar of light that reached the horizon.

The five Heavenly Emperors roared in fury.

"Jin'que, do you even understand what you're doing? Are you trying to rebel? Betray the Human Race?!"

"Central Sovereign, have you lost your mind?!"

Without hesitation, they struck all at once, powers of time and space surging through them.

Almost simultaneously, Heavenly Emperor Jiu Yue and the others loyal to Jin'que moved to shield him, blocking the attacks of the five Heavenly Emperors.

Heavenly Emperor Fan Yin snapped sharply, "The Creation Divine Jade in our hands is directly connected to the Supreme Creation Treasure. It governs rewriting the rules of the Astral World. Who gave you the right to act here? Are you seriously trying to rebel? Betray the Human Race?

"This is your last chance. Withdraw immediately and await judgment from the Supreme Council. I can still plead for mercy on your behalf. But if you refuse... when the Supremes arrive, your fate will be eternal damnation!"

Central Sovereign Heavenly Emperor Jin'que burst into laughter. "Supreme? Hahaha! Ridiculous! Absolutely ridiculous! A group of deluded souls wielding power over the world, yet blocking the true path of growth with their arrogance!

"The Astral World, and the entire universe, has fallen into stagnation because of your existence! You've strayed far from the right path, headed straight for a dead end, and now you're dragging the Astral World and the universe down with you!"

As his laughter faded, his eyes grew cold and sharp. "The Astral Lord Council's mission is to correct every error in the Astral World and the universe. To first save the Astral World, and then the universe itself! Supremes? Highlords? From now on, if they dare interfere with any changes to the Astral World, we'll cut off their claws!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the golden spear plunged into the raging energy torrent, erupting in blinding radiance. Under this intense light, the glow above the Myriad Astral God Hall, once steady like a star, flared a thousand times brighter. The massive energy torrent surged upward at an accelerated pace.

With it came an unending tide of Eternal Oblivion Force, sweeping out like a tidal wave, spreading farther and wider.

"What is this?! Astral World backlash!?"

Heavenly Emperor Dong Xuan of the Astral World Research Institute quickly realized what was happening. "The Eternal Oblivion Force is rampaging! It's the result of a backlash from the Astral World!"

His gaze snapped toward Sovereign Heavenly Emperor Jin'que. "What exactly are you trying to do!?"

Even Dong Xuan couldn't make sense of his actions. Not even Supreme Primordial and Genesis, who were unleashing their Supreme powers freely across the cosmic stars, could tell what had just happened. All they knew was that what was supposed to be a beneficial rewrite of the Astral World's rules had instead triggered a terrifying backlash.

As the tremors grew increasingly violent, both Supremes' expressions darkened. In that moment, they were reminded of an event from countless eras ago, when twenty-two Supremes had once tried to forcibly rewrite the rules, attempting to erase the Eternal Oblivion Force.

Supreme Genesis' voice turned solemn. "What's happening!?"

Supreme Primordial's face was filled with confusion. "No... this doesn't make sense. Based on our calculations, we should've been able to take advantage of the situation and smoothly inscribe the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations rule into the Astral World. So why... did it cause such a massive upheaval?"

Just then, Supreme Genesis sensed something. He quickly raised his head, his gaze piercing through endless time and space, locking onto the edge of the universe.

Supreme Primordial looked up as well, a flicker of surprise in his eyes.

Far off in the distance, somewhere deep within the Star Spirit Clan's territory, a terrifying surge of energy erupted. It felt as if a super nuclear bomb had gone off on a small planet in the mortal world.

Despite the vast distance, the two Supremes sensed the disturbance the instant it happened, thanks to their heightened sensitivity to energy.

In a low voice, Supreme Primordial said, "It's the Eternal Oblivion Force spiraling out of control. When Supremes clash with the Astral World, it triggers an overwhelming surge in the Eternal Oblivion Force. That surge then sets off a chain reaction... ultimately forming a tsunami."

As soon as he finished speaking, a sudden realization hit him. "This is bad. Withdraw from the Astral World immediately!"

Without hesitation, he cut off the transmission of his power. His True Body twisted spacetime at a terrifying speed. Amid countless red-shifted glimmers, the brilliant starlight his True Form had become suddenly dimmed and collapsed, forming a black hole in just a second.

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Even with Supreme Primordial's incredible speed, the violent backlash from the Astral World surged toward them like a crushing wave.

Their enormous forms rapidly crumbled and disintegrated under the force, like a star system suddenly losing nearly half its mass.

It was like a spaceship making a spatial jump, only to have half of it ripped apart by the strain.

Supreme Primordial suffered this fate, and Supreme Genesis was no better.

He also paid a heavy price, losing almost a quarter of his mass just to escape the Astral World's brutal backlash.

Once free, they could clearly feel the Eternal Oblivion Tsunami, born from their power clashing with the Astral World. But that wasn't even the worst part. Even more terrifying was that this kind of Eternal Oblivion Tsunami, spawned from the conflict between the Astral World and the Supreme powers, erupted not once but seven times in rapid succession.

The tsunami, born from the seven wild eruptions of the Eternal Oblivion Force, drove the Astral World's own Eternal Oblivion Force forward in a steady, orderly progression. Layer by layer, one after another.

Nine eruptions, nine waves passing the baton, each erupting at a critical point. Eventually, it created a cycle within the Astral World's Eternal Oblivion tsunami. The ninth eruption caught up to the leftover waves from the first, driving them anew and forming a fresh, relentless tsunami.

It was like a planet that had long since died and stopped spinning, suddenly reigniting its core through a chain of massive nuclear explosions, forcing itself to spin again.

But while a planet's rotation creates a protective magnetic field, the Astral World's "rotation" brought a tsunami, made entirely of Eternal Oblivion Force.

These Eternal Oblivion Tsunamis circled and swirled around the Astral World, spinning faster and faster, becoming part of the Astral World's very laws.

Even with Supreme cultivation, Supreme Primordial's face darkened with grave seriousness. "The Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations... the Eternal Oblivion Calamity!"

"I finally understand why inscribing our rule caused such a backlash from the Astral World. Because... someone had already laid out a superior set of rules. A more effective version of the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations, waiting for us to trigger it. This stronger rule purifies and eases the Astral World far more directly and thoroughly.

"Compared to that, our gentler version was supposed to replace their more efficient one. Naturally, that provoked the Astral World's resistance. The Eternal Oblivion Calamity, unleashed through the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations, is an Eternal Oblivion Tsunami!"

Supreme Genesis' brows knitted tightly, fury barely held in check. "An Eternal Oblivion Calamity magnified countless times... Pushed indirectly by the Nine Races' Supremes, the Eternal Oblivion Tsunami in the Astral World has formed a cycle.

"Like natural disasters—thunderstorms, earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions. This has become a natural law."

"In other words, the Astral World will face wave after wave of Eternal Oblivion Tsunamis, each at least ten times stronger than we expected..."

His voice dropped. "If this continues, how many Astral Gods across the entire Astral World will survive?"

Supreme Primordial exhaled deeply. "That's why the Astral World chose their own way to lighten the burden... and by opposing that method, by stopping their self-rescue, we triggered this backlash.

"We should consider ourselves lucky we didn't try to forcibly erase this rule. Otherwise, the backlash wouldn't have cost us just a portion of our mass..."

The twenty-one Supremes who fell in ancient times stand as a grim warning from history.