Chapter 1155: Chapter 1056: Trapping and Killing the Mastermind

A piece of human skin arrived, revealing countless imperial secrets.

At this moment, donned in the black and white human skin which merged with him, a splendid radiance burst forth from his entire being. His realm soared in an instant, by unfathomable leaps!

“What is this… Black White, is he attempting to achieve the Dao?!”

Elder Taiyi exclaimed in shock, his ghostly eyes filled with excitement, saying:

“If he truly achieves the Dao, as the Lord of Reincarnation, he will be invincible in this world!”

“Is the Lord of Reincarnation, in his prime, about to return?”

“Invincible, invincible!”

Other great ghosts, along with the countless ghostly beings who escaped from reincarnation, exclaimed excitedly at this moment.

“No… How is this possible!”

Even the Twelfth Marquis of Grey lost his composure, his voice trembling.

“Even with rebirth, between you and a great emperor lies endless mountains and seas, insurmountable divides. How could you cross it in an instant?”

“…What in the world is hidden in this realm?!”

Even the undying and indestructible bizarre beings now felt fear.

As for Black White, at this moment, all the secrets within the human skin converged in his heart.

This piece of human skin had been buried outside a small mountain village back when he was still the Black White Celestial King on the Immortal Path in the Yin Realm.

For years, the human skin absorbed the village’s spirit and witnessed the shadows within the mountain village.

Now, after surviving endless tribulations of all living creatures, combined with this piece of human skin… with just a thought, he could reach this insurmountable gap and take a step that would astonish the past and present.

However, he slowly suppressed this urge!

Although he could move forward unopposed, he forcefully halted and continued to gather strength!

“Even if in the past life I achieved the Dao and became the creator of reincarnation, I fell into darkness. This life, having started anew, ought to forge the strongest path.”

“Otherwise, how will I confront the origin!”

He murmured, his Daoist heart firm.

His realm and aura were suppressed, in a mysterious state, making his mastered realm ever-changing and unpredictable.

It seemed low enough to touch prohibition, yet potentially high enough to reach the most distant chasm!

“He… he did not achieve the Dao?”

“Why not seize such an opportunity…”

“Without achieving the Dao, reincarnation will attract the covetous eyes of that world. How will he then deter the multitude of enemies?”

Elder Taiyi and the other ghosts were perplexed!

At this sight, the Twelfth Marquis of Grey could not help but feel overwhelming joy.

Just a moment ago, as Black White displayed terrifying phenomena and stood at the pinnacle of mystery, he truly thought that Black White was about to achieve the Dao and become the once unstoppable Lord of Reincarnation.

But now, he had stopped.

“Without becoming an emperor, one remains an ant after all!”

The Twelfth Marquis of Grey sneered coldly and maliciously, wielding the Grey Emperor’s Stone Spear, he hurled it fiercely, bringing an endless killing intent, aiming to suppress Black White!

Yet Black White simply looked up, his hair flowing. In his black and white eyes, endless imperial secrets flickered. Suddenly, he took a step, and in the blink of an eye, he stood before the Grey Emperor’s Stone Spear.

“Buzz–”

At that moment, the Grey Emperor’s Stone Spear buzzed as if sensing great danger, with countless auras erupting forth, heavy grey light seemingly intent on annihilating everything.

But, Black White simply reached out and grabbed the spear directly in his hand.

Then, between his hands, a grinding wheel of the great Dao appeared, actually crushing and eradicating the aura on the spear!

“What?!”

“Not yet an emperor, yet he can withstand the Grey Emperor’s Stone Spear with bare hands?”

“How is this possible…”

Everyone was shocked.

Black White… was he defying the heavens?

Although the Stone Spear had been disabled by the source, no longer an emperor’s weapon, having gone through the ritual of becoming an emperor with the Grey Emperor, its status was extraordinary, and the remaining power was akin to a formidable weapon in the forbidden world.

Yet now, Black White held it barehanded, even intending to eradicate it.

This was exceedingly astonishing!

“Lord of Reincarnation… are you declaring war on my master?!”

At that moment, the spirit within the Stone Spear spoke in a trembling voice.

“You were given a choice, sadly, you chose the wrong path.”

Black White remained utterly indifferent, as the grinding wheel of the great Dao operated even more fiercely, with stone dust swirling and some remaining patterns on the spear disappeared, the supreme aura also eradicated!

This Stone Spear… was almost ruined.

“Lord of Reincarnation… you’re mad, you’ve gone mad!”

The Twelfth Marquis of Grey was in extreme panic, witnessing the destruction of an emperor’s weapon, he could not accept it and lunged at Black White!

But Black White merely raised his hand and hurled the spear in his hand forward.

Wrapped in the power of reincarnation wielded by Black White, the Stone Spear pierced through the Twelfth Marquis of Grey, nailing him in place!

The spear continued to shoot forwards, the rolling grey mist brought by the Twelfth Marquis of Grey now forced back, retreating to that forbidden great world!

…

At this moment.

The vast and boundless Forbidden World.

Over the grey mist-enshrouded ground, in the sky above, a terrifying Stone Spear, suddenly like a comet, streaked across the sky, tearing apart the grey mist’s firmament, and directly entered this great land.

Boom!

The ground trembled, and within tens of thousands of miles around the spear, all sensed its impact, startling the beings within the grey mist from their slumber.

“The Twelfth Marquis of Grey has been slain!”

“No… what happened… who dares to strike the grey mist?”

“…The Grey Emperor’s Stone Spear… it’s the Grey Emperor’s Stone Spear, covered in the power of reincarnation, has reincarnation reemerged in the world?!”

“Impossible, reincarnation actually reappears, could that Divine Jumper’s words have truly come to pass?”

A chorus of shocked exclaims arose.

At the same time.

Inside the Forbidden World.

Suddenly above the nine heavens, a peal of thunder rent the sky, and terrifying blue lightning shaped into a colossal arc-eye, as if peering towards this place.

Divine Fire spread across the sky, the flaming eye burning the clouds of heaven and melting everything, its fiery glow directly illuminating this tract of land through the grey mist.

The silver moon shone, strangely present even during daylight, emanating a heart-palpitating glow, turning into a moon eye, ceaselessly staring at the long spear.

…

This was the eye of a Creator that emerged from within the Forbidden World, watching over the Grey Mist, observing Samsara!

…

“Reincarnation has reappeared… yet the Emperor is unproven.”

“Though the signs of an Emperor are present, there is no fruit of an Emperor.”

“The worlds he has traversed still hold variables…”

“‘With the reappearance of reincarnation, the black smoke perishes’… This was the prophecy of that once-mad god. A mad god not mad; did he truly foresee all that would come to pass in the flow of years?”

“With the reappearance of reincarnation, the black smoke perishes, twelve Fire Stars fall from the sky… Reincarnation has reemerged, let us see if the black smoke will indeed be extinguished!”

Many whispers and murmurs not meant for mortal ears began to rise.

Suddenly, from the Forbidden World, invisible and unfelt streams of qi shot out from the Grey Mist above, piercing through the boundary curtain, seemingly headed towards the Grey Mist Sea, the Ancestral Mist Realm!

…

At this moment.

At the end of the Grey Mist Sea Forbidden Ancient Path.

The endless grey mist had receded, from here, one could clearly see the world behind the grand curtain.

Myriad Dao and divine glows filled the space, like an immensely distant and vast painting, unfathomably deep, a sight to long for from afar!

That was the Forbidden World!

And standing at the end of the ancient path, Black White, with hands clasp behind his back, his black and white eyes staring at that world, seemed thoughtful.

“Lord of Samsara… your power has been perceived by beings within the Forbidden World.”

“They will surely come!”

“Without becoming an Emperor, I fear… it might be difficult to contend.”

Elder Taiyi and others spoke, their words laden with deep concern.

The reemergence of reincarnation, for the strongest entities within the Forbidden World, was an enormous temptation.

Yet Black White casually said:

“They dare not come.”

After speaking, he suddenly looked towards another direction.

It was a tranquil spacetime, seemingly devoid of any anomalies.

But Black White could clearly see the shocking battle there!

At the End of Myriad Dao… the Black Hand of War’s origin!

At that moment, even Nan Feng, Zi Ling, and others felt it. They looked over and suddenly their eyes beheld the scene of a great battle!

Between heaven and earth, it was as if a dark curtain had appeared, blotting out the sun, and beneath this dark veil shone the magnificent aurora, shattering the firmament!

That was the light of Sword Dao, unstoppable, transcending the realms of immortals, saints, and gods; One Sword Suppressing the South Heavens!

That was the Art of Painting, encompassing all living beings, situated between the mortal world and the other shore; One Painting Overshadowing the Sky Domain!

That was the melody of the Qin Dao, of great sorrow and great compassion, enveloping life and death of the worldly realm; One Song Reversing Samsara!

Nan Feng, Zi Ling, Dugu Yuqing, and others saw some scenes of the battle because they shared the same Dao evolving into a blinding light in the battle!

Qin Dao, Art of Painting, Demon Path… various Dao turned into radiant lights, manifesting below Yun Xi’s feet. Beside her were even more inconceivable and unknowable Dao, all erupting simultaneously.

And that heavy curtain was directly torn asunder!

At this moment.

Within the present world.

The Forbidden Ancient Path suddenly shook violently, almost collapsing, the false shadows of the many worlds that once carved this path scattering one after another, utterly obliterated.

Slowly, a scene emerged before everyone:

Yun Xi, with peerless elegance, like an immortal transcending all, stepped onto that black path and advanced step by step–each step she took, a portion of the black path collapsed!

“The Dao of your lifetime… how can it surpass the last… that Dao Gate couldn’t possibly bestow such fortune upon you!”

At the end of the path, the Black Hand’s voice actually trembled!

He was filled with unwillingness to the utmost.

In his last life, he ambushed the Ten Honored and Two Vicious, and could have obliterated everything. Instead, at the End of Myriad Dao, emerging from that Dao Gate, he tempered the Myriad Dao, and was defeated.

Waiting for an eternity, he devoured all the supremely powerful beings fallen into the darkness, acquiring their Dao, but… he was still defeated by Yun Xi.

Because Yun Xi’s Dao in this lifetime was actually stronger than her last.

And Yun Xi was just steadily approaching.

“The Lord of Samsara has reappeared… the End of Myriad Dao has been reborn… The last shadows of those people still linger…”

The Black Hand’s voice was inexplicably heavy, saying:

“Very well, very well, I truly did not expect… that person’s contingency was capable of this…”

“Let you all live a little longer!”

Having said this, the pitch-black path quickly receded, aiming to vanish from this world.

“Not good, he’s trying to escape!”

“If he escapes back, there will surely be a catastrophe!”

Elder Taiyi and other ghosts were anxious.

But, at this moment.

Between heaven and earth, suddenly several scrolls appeared, extending endlessly!

An awe-inspiring mountain peak, as if standing through the ages, the White Tiger emitting a roar, resounding through time.

A vast river flowing as if from ancient times, steaming through spacetime, blocking all in its wake!

Those were… the White Tiger Roaring Sky Map, the Ji Shui Tu!

— These two scrolls had been given to Mu Qianning and Fire Spirit by Li Fan during the time in the Yin Realm.

Later, upon entering the Yang Realm, the two paintings remained in their possession, until they came across the stone coffin in the Yang Realm, the paintings were then obtained by the End of Myriad Dao.

Later, the residual thoughts of the End of Myriad Dao entered deep into the ancient path, already scheming.

Just now, Nan Feng, Zi Ling, and others exerted all their strength to snatch the Forbidden Path Marks, and the most important reason was… fishing!

Luring the Black Hand, that big fish!

Once the fish surfaced, these two paintings would then sever the Black Hand’s retreat!

“Is this… is this his painting?!”

“End of Myriad Dao… you’ve plotted to trap me?!”

The black path was forced to reappear, fear written in the Black Hand’s voice!

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