Chapter 20: Breaking Free of the Three Realms

"That voice just now seemed to come from the heavens." Countless people and demons within the Three Realms looked up at the sky in confusion; the weak were bewildered, while some powerful cultivators and great demons were shocked.

In the endless void, the experts of the two warring factions were also astonished.

"This is..." Ji Ning felt a tremor in his heart.

"Rumble~~~"

The entire Three Realms trembled, heaven and earth rumbled, the void roared, as if something formless was about to tear the Three Realms apart. This aura made even the mighty figures of Nüwa's camp, who had been gaining the upper hand, feel uneasy.

"Forget everything else, kill the Frivolity Sect first." Lord Sanqing shouted.

"Kill them first, then talk."

Ji Ning in black robes pointed from afar, and the translucent golden divine sword swiftly flew toward the distant Frivolity Sect army. The sword aura pierced millions of miles, targeting the nearest 'Great Annihilation Formation' composed of six Dao Ancestors and five thousand one hundred True Immortals... The Great Annihilation Formation emitted rings of black light, trying desperately to resist.

"Pfft." The translucent golden divine sword struck once, causing the Great Annihilation Formation to tremble and nearly collapse.

"Pfft." Immediately after, the Three Absolute Sword Formation struck again, executing the 'Blood Drop Style' from the Brightmoon Sword Art, swift and fierce.

Boom~~~

The entire Great Annihilation Formation completely disintegrated. The sword aura swept through, instantly reducing countless True Immortals to dust. The six Dao Ancestors and thousands of True Immortals fled in panic... But the translucent golden divine sword spun in the air, transforming into a massive black hole that frantically devoured and shredded all immortals and demons. Even those who hid in immortal estates had their estates ground to pieces. Of the thousands of immortals and demons, only eight survived, all hiding within powerful cave-heaven treasures or immortal estates.

Among the eight survivors were three Dao Ancestors and five True Immortals.

"Collect." Ji Ning in black robes flew over, waved his hand, and collected the eight treasures, sealing them.

"Dust returns to dust."

Buddha Tathagata, commanding the Pangu Creation Formation, also stepped through the void, charging toward the Frivolity Sect formations. The Frivolity Sect's formations quickly began to retreat and widen the distance... Although their formations contained many immortals and demons, how could they clash head-on with Buddha Tathagata? Hadn't one 'Great Annihilation Formation' just been annihilated by Ji Ning with overwhelming force?

"Break for me!!!" A roar resounded through the Three Realms, and the endless void trembled and shook.

"Hum!!!"

From the far end of the void, a dazzling golden light appeared, like a massive golden crack in the void. This caused the mighty figures of both Nüwa's camp and the Frivolity Sect, though locked in battle, to all notice the scene. The golden crack, hundreds of millions of miles long, seemed as if the entire Three Realms had split open.

Within the golden crack, a surging river could faintly be seen rolling.

"Boom~~~"

The surging river flowed out of the golden crack, then quickly traversed the void, reaching the void battlefield between Nüwa's camp and the Frivolity Sect.

The river rolled on... while the golden crack in the distance had already healed and disappeared.

"Heart Demon." The Lord of All Demons spoke.

"Hahaha... hahahahaha... I have finally returned, I have finally returned, hahaha..." Mad laughter echoed through the void. The rolling river quickly condensed, soon transforming into a tall, thin figure in a black robe. He had thick, ink-black eyebrows and eyes that were intoxicating, making anyone who saw them involuntarily fall into a trance and submit!

His black robe fluttered, his aura overwhelming.

"Tathagata." The tall, thin figure in black waved his hand, and his palm turned into a rolling river, directly striking at Buddha Tathagata.

Buddha Tathagata, who had been charging toward the Frivolity Sect formations, had to turn and block this palm.

"Boom!!!"

The entire Pangu Creation Formation shook violently, and Tathagata's expression changed. But the rolling river immediately struck a second time, too fast for anyone present to block.

"Boom." The Pangu Creation Formation collapsed with a roar. Buddha Tathagata was sent flying backward, hurriedly waving his hand to施展 'Buddha's Palm Kingdom' to collect some Celestial Immortals, but over ninety percent of the Celestial Immortals were instantly annihilated.

"Die."

As the tall, thin figure in black attacked Tathagata, Ji Ning had already deployed the Three Absolute Sword Formation and charged straight at him. The vast, translucent golden divine sword radiated overwhelming power.

The tall, thin figure in black struck out another palm.

His palm turned into a rolling river, crashing into the translucent golden divine sword. The sword let out a ringing sound, and the river trembled slightly, dispersing a little, but soon the sword was sent flying.

...

The entire battlefield fell silent.

Nüwa's camp, which had been pursuing everywhere, quickly regrouped. Ji Ning's true body and second incarnation stood together, and Buddha Tathagata flew back. They all stared at the tall, thin figure in black.

As soon as he appeared, he struck two palms.

One palm easily suppressed the Three Absolute Sword Formation.

One palm, with two strikes, annihilated a Pangu Creation Formation, even one commanded by Buddha Tathagata.

"Swoosh." "Swoosh." "Swoosh."

The Frivolity Sect army also quickly regrouped. Even Cixiu the Great Demon, Blade Zun, and others retreated first. As he retreated, Cixiu stared fixedly at the tall, thin figure in black and transmitted to Blade Zun: "Is he the Heart Demon Lord? His strength is too great. Even in the endless chaos, he is among the very top of the Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals, infinitely close to the World level."

"Yes, a supreme existence among Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals." Blade Zun also felt a chill in his heart.

Ordinary Ancestral Gods were at the leader level, the strength of newly born Ancestral Gods.

Top Ancestral Gods... were at the level of Ji Ning and Lord Huanmu now, and Lord Sanqing and others with formations also reached this level. In the endless chaos, after sufficient training, Ancestral Immortals and first-class Ancestral Immortals could generally reach this level. But among Ancestral Gods and Ancestral Immortals, only one in a thousand might be this supreme existence, infinitely close to World Gods and Chaos Immortals!

...

"Everyone be careful, he is the Heart Demon Lord." Lord Sanqing transmitted, "Back then, he merged with the Dao of Heaven. Now it seems he has broken free from the Dao." From what they had just witnessed, anyone could guess that the Heart Demon Lord had likely broken free from the Dao of Heaven. If he hadn't, how could he attack them and kill so many Celestial Immortals?

"He broke free." Ji Ning also felt wary.

Too terrifying.

His Three Absolute Sword Formation, his strongest technique, had been directly crushed head-on. The Heart Demon Lord's strength was too great!

During the ancient cataclysm... the strongest in the Pangu Chaos World was Nüwa, and the strongest in the Frivolity Chaos World was the Heart Demon Lord! They were on the same level. Nüwa had long become a World God and left the Three Realms, while the Heart Demon Lord had been trapped in the Dao of Heaven for eons, now breaking free.

"Heart Demon." The Lord of All Demons of the Frivolity Sect had merged his two divine bodies, looking calmly at the Heart Demon Lord. "You owe an explanation."

"Explanation?"

The Heart Demon Lord's black robe rustled, ripples of water spreading around him. He chuckled, "Yes, an explanation. Feng Mo, you are truly clever. I saw it back then—though in our Frivolity Chaos World, Huanmu's reputation was second only to mine, you were the one who could truly be my rival. In the last war between the two chaos worlds, I must thank you. Without you, I wouldn't have seen any disciples or descendants when I came out this time."

"Explanation." The Lord of All Demons continued to stare at him.

"Oh." The Heart Demon Lord smiled. "You guessed right. Everything behind it is because of me."

The Heart Demon Lord's captivating eyes swept over Nüwa's camp, his voice echoing in the void. "Everything is because of me. Because I wanted to break free from the Three Realms, I found a way to incite this catastrophe."

"What does your breaking free from the Three Realms have to do with inciting a catastrophe?" The Lord of All Demons frowned.

"Hahaha, I will tell you, you will all know, especially you." The Heart Demon Lord's gaze swept over Nüwa's camp. "Before you die, I will let you die with full understanding."

The mighty figures of Nüwa's camp all burned with killing intent.

This Heart Demon Lord was too arrogant.

He completely disregarded them. But Ji Ning and the others also understood that although the Heart Demon Lord was not as heaven-defying as a 'World God' who could achieve absolute dominance, the strength he had just displayed would likely require several of Nüwa's camp to join forces and risk their lives to block him.

"Ji Ning, your true body, and Jueming, the two of you will join me later to block the Heart Demon Lord." Suirenshi transmitted.

"Yes." Ji Ning and Buddha Jueming both responded.