Chapter 950: Chapter 950

There was another path to Liberation. In this path, what constituted a Liberator's mass wasn't planets, stars, neutron stars, black holes, and great attractors, but individual worlds. Vast conglomerations of worlds stacked upon one another like overlapping scales.

With just one glance, Li Pin recognized the strengths and weaknesses of this structure compared to his current form.

The advantage was that the layers of worlds could superimpose, transmit, and spread with extremely low demand for order. It allowed vast world fissions to be sustained with minimal Dao Realm power, thereby rapidly attaining tremendous mass in an exceedingly short period of time.

However, its disadvantages were glaring—it lacked variation. The rules of each world were almost identical, like they had been copied and pasted countless times. It was rigid beyond belief.

It was like a brawny man who trained his strength but neglected balance and agility, convinced that sheer power could crush any technique. Against a swift, nimble foe, the outcome would remain uncertain. After all, the opponent could simply rely on agility to wear him down to death.

"This is all the information we have on that terrifying existence," said Creator Miao Ya honestly.

He forthrightly shared everything he knew about that terrifying existence, from its movement patterns to its current possible location.

Seeing Creator Miao Ya so readily handing over this information, Li Pin naturally knew what he was thinking. He said calmly, "I will meet that powerful existence. You need not worry."

He then glanced at Creator Li, who was still in a breakthrough state, and said, "You also need not worry that I will hinder his breakthrough."

Li Pin's words allowed Creator Miao Ya to breathe a little easier.

"Although there seems to be another path to achieving Liberation, I still believe stepping into this stage is not as easy as you imagine. At least, attempting a breakthrough without comprehending the power of karma is very dangerous."

After speaking, Li Pin's colossal form slowly began to move again. That terrifying oppression, which even Creators found suffocating, gradually dissipated as he left.

Seeing that Li Pin's true body seemed to have finally left, Creator Miao Ya, Creator Yong Yao, and the others, thinking they had escaped disaster, felt greatly relieved.

Their gazes turned toward Creator Li.

They could only hope that he would break through smoothly and quickly to reach the same realm as Li Pin. Otherwise, this time, they would truly suffer a crushing defeat.

Li Pin's true body had only moved a short distance away when it suddenly came to a halt. He seemed to recall something.

"Oh, right," he uttered.

Every Creator tensed up again.

"To repel outsiders, one must first pacify the inside," said Li Pin calmly. "Your return to the starry cosmos was not meaningless. At the very least, it revealed who would choose to fight for the starry cosmos, and who—at the first sight of an enemy—would turn tail and flee without hesitation, or even turn into a dagger that would harm the cosmos itself. Therefore..."

His gaze immediately fell upon those Supremes of the Demon Race, Sky Clan, and Divine Race.

The moment Li Pin's true body's gaze swept over them, those Supremes felt their scalps tingle. A fear like never before surged through every corner of their bodies with unstoppable force. It crushed all the courage they had to resist, like dry tinder in a storm.

At that moment, they did not even dare to make a move, but instead cried out loudly, "Great Liberator Origin, we... were only momentarily deceived by these ancient Creators of the Ancient Astral World! We had no intention of abandoning the starry cosmos!"

"Yes, these ancient Creators are also members of our starry cosmos. They have merely returned. How can that be called betrayal?"

"A terrifying being is about to descend upon the starry cosmos, and a world-shaking war involving two universes could break out. Its result could very well determine the life and death of our universe. In such a situation, our starry cosmos needs every ounce of strength to resist the invaders. Therefore, we humbly beg Your Majesty, Liberator Li Pin, to grant us a chance to atone for our crimes and render meritorious service."

"As Supremes, we would rather fall in battle resisting foreign invasion than die at the hands of our kind in internal strife."

The Supremes hurriedly tried to show their worth to save themselves. They knew very well that there was no hope of victory against Li Pin. Their only chance of survival was to persuade him to give up the idea of killing them. Therefore, each of them behaved with utmost respect.

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"There's no need," said Li Pin, his inner spirit power echoing through the starry sky. "If even I am not certain of defeating that mysterious and powerful enemy, then no matter how many Supremes there are, they are useless. You serve no use, so there is no need for atonement."

The Supremes blanched.

Just a few hundred stellar years ago, they were untouchable. They were Supremes, standing at the peak of the universe, capable of determining the fate of a top-tier race on a whim. Yet now, they had turned so weak that they couldn't even serve as cannon fodder.

This shift in circumstances was far too abrupt.

Li Pin's voice reverberated in the universe.

"For countless eras, almost no Supreme has died in a racial war. You have lost your sense of reverence. It is time to awaken the fear in your hearts once more, to make you understand what can be done and what cannot."

Li Pin's true body shifted slightly, and a celestial river stretching hundreds of millions of light-years appeared before everyone's eyes.

There was no mystical transformation, no secret technique. Li Pin had simply used his immense mass to shape a celestial river hundreds of millions of light-years long and hurled it crashing toward the Supremes of the Demon Race, Sky Clan, Divine Race, and others.

It was like two armies at war. They didn't compete in armor, weaponry, formations, or courage—just lifting a stone and hurling it toward you.

Compared to military warfare, throwing stones might seem rather childish. But imagine that stone was dozens of miles wide, dozens of miles tall, and was hurled at you at dozens of miles per second.

Naturally, the result was pure and utter destruction.

The Supremes of the Demon Race, Sky Clan, Divine Race, and others cried out in terror. Each of them tried to escape the celestial river's range as quickly as possible, but it was too vast.

This was an attack with a range of over a hundred million light-years, which was already the limit of a Supreme's influence. It was too immense, too overwhelming.

Before such power, any attempt to flee, resist, or evade was futile.

Amid countless cries of despair, the Supremes were like ants in an anthill scalded by boiling water, just as fragile as ordinary cultivators.

As the celestial river swept past, dozens of Supremes fell.

Seeing this, the races' Supremes fled at full speed toward the starry sky. Some even turned to the Human Race's Supremes, pleading.

"Primordial, please speak on my behalf, we once fought side by side!"

"Creator Miao Ya, you promised us that you would ensure the Sky Clan became the number one race in the starry cosmos, why..."

"Liberator Li Pin, if you want me to understand what can and cannot be done, at least give us a chance to repent. Striking without a word—what's that?!"

"Hahaha, the price, the price, this is the price!"

Hearing the pleas of old friends, sorrow crossed Supreme Primordial’s brows. However, recalling how these people had treated Li Pin earlier, and seeing his current resolve in action, he couldn’t bring himself to say anything.

Perhaps, after Li Pin had revised the list, the fate of those Supremes not on it was already sealed.

After the first large wave of Supreme deaths, the terrifying shockwave from the celestial river continued to spread and echo through the starry sky, lingering for a long time.

The Creators who witnessed this terrifying force pass before them were frozen stiff, not daring to move an inch.

As for the Sky Clan's pleas for help and questions, it was like the Creators had turned deaf. They silently watched them as they were reduced to ash under Li Pin's assault.

The uncontrolled shockwave from that strike spanning over a hundred million light-years surged toward the starry cosmos, stirring visible ripples over the universe's surface.

Inside, the impact could be catastrophic. A few more strikes , and the civilizations touched by these ripples would be wiped out in large swaths. Only the top experts of the major forces would walk away unscathed.

Thinking of this, Li Pin stopped. He turned his gaze to Creator Miao Ya and the others and said, "The reason you are still alive, without paying the price for your actions, is not that the matter has been forgiven, but because you still hold value while Creator Li's breakthrough is in progress. Still, you won't remain idle until then."

He turned his gaze toward the Supremes fleeing toward the starry sky. "The Human Race will give you a list. Go. Force anyone not on that list to return the matter and energy they leached from the universe back into it."

Those not on the list....

There was no need to guess. Those people who hadn't made it on the list were the ones who had pledged allegiance to them.

Now, they had to personally eliminate the ones they had showered with promises of a better future.

Nothing could kill both body and spirit more than this, but did they have the right to refuse?

The Creators glanced at one another and saw the bitterness in each other's eyes.

The situation left them with no choice.

To win time for Creator Li to turn the tide, the Creators could only reply in low voices, "We will obey the decree of the great Liberator."