This utterance, as if hitting a raw nerve in the gray figure, caused the rolling gray mist around him to churn, indicating extreme agitation.
"Nonsense! I am the sovereign of the Gray Ancient Road, long detached from my primordial Ancestral God and Devil form, achieving self-existence, controlling all beings. Even the Demon Ancestor, a being you regard with such awe, is but an ant I can discard at will. By what right do you speak to me in such a manner?"
The gray figure roared, his aura becoming increasingly violent. The materialized killing intent was soul-stirring, instilling dread.
However weak he might seem, he was still a being of the Ancestral God realm.
Even beings like the Primordial Heavenly Dao were nothing in his eyes.
Though he could not obliterate them, he could easily suppress them.
Now, to be so insulted by Mu Changqing, a born mortal, was something he wouldn't tolerate, even if Mu Changqing was a variable.
"Good, very good. Then let me see what right you, Mu Changqing, the Emperor Burial, have to be so arrogant."
Before his words faded, the gray figure vanished from his spot.
The next moment, the Ancestral Blade reappeared, transforming into a celestial halberd that swept across the heavens. Encapsulating boundless might, it struck with unreserved force towards Mu Changqing.
The speed was too great. Or perhaps, it wasn't speed at all, for at this level, concepts like speed, time, and space lost all meaning.
They could create worlds with a thought, achieve eternity with a thought, cycle through all realms with a thought, and change ages with a thought...!
Battles at this tier were utterly meaningless if the combatants were of the same cultivation level.
Even after battling for eons, both sides might remain in their peak state, unable to gain an advantage, let alone achieve victory or death.
But Mu Changqing was different. His existence transcended the cultivation system created by the Gray Primordial Chaos.
It was as if... he was another Gray Primordial Chaos, the origin of all things.
The clash of different systems rendered eternity and indestructibility meaningless.
Just as all things have yin and yang, they have mutual generation and restraint.
Mu Changqing was the novel system that restrained the Gray Primordial Chaos, hence he was a variable, his future unfathomable, rising from insignificance to this realm.
In an instant, all manner of order, rules, primordial runes, celestial phenomena, and immeasurable immortal lights vibrated.
Mu Changqing watched this scene indifferently and drew his sword to attack again.
His sword light shattered worlds, taboos returned, and endless malevolence and inauspiciousness transformed into the ultimate source of darkness, more terrifying and bizarre than the gray figure's attack.
Battles of blood and fire continuously shook the eternity of time.
Realms evolved and collapsed, the battlefield spanning the entire Gray Ancient Road.
The Sea of Offerings, previously obliterated by Mu Changqing, was recreated by the gray figure and unleashed bizarre substances to attack.
Mu Changqing flicked his sword, severing the attack. Gridded patterns flashed, endlessly dividing the gray figure into countless fragments.
Yet, in a moment, he revived again, his aura remaining at its peak. It seemed Mu Changqing's attacks could only destroy his form, but not utterly obliterate him.
"You cannot kill me. As long as the Gray Primordial Chaos exists, I can revive infinitely. As long as the Gray Ancient Road does not collapse, I am immortal."
The gray figure roared in fury. He was utterly stifled, unable to harm Mu Changqing, let alone annihilate him.
Mu Changqing's purple eyes flickered. The Burial of the Heavens world hung within his hair, incessantly pouring forth the source of darkness, grinding away the gathering gray mist.
"Cannot kill me? You overestimate yourself."
Mu Changqing shouted coldly, his sword severing all worlds, shattering the Gray Ancient Road once more.
Then, Mu Changqing stepped across infinite space, the Burial of the Heavens world, constructed from gridded patterns, piercing through the gray figure.
The two instantly brushed past each other, separating by eons of time and space.
"A futile effort. If even I cannot kill you, how can you enter the Gray Primordial Chaos? It is merely a moth to a flame, a path to self-destruction."
The gray figure's body reassembled with infinite mist, healing his terrifying wounds. His aura reached its peak as he turned to Mu Changqing, sneering.
However, Mu Changqing's next action stunned the gray figure.
He did not stop his movement but pursued the threads of thought towards the Primordial Heavenly Dao and other existences.
Time lost its meaning. In a flash, Mu Changqing reached the end of the Gray Ancient Road.
Previously, he could not cross the entire Gray Ancient Road in one step to reach the entrance of the Gray Primordial Chaos.
This was because everything here was the origin, protected and obscured from deduction by the Gray Primordial Chaos.
Therefore, Mu Changqing could not reach the unknown with a single thought.
He could only proceed slowly, searching for the path.
Now, with thoughts arising and creating causal relationships, Mu Changqing could follow these threads of thought, instantly traversing the immeasurably vast Gray Ancient Road, heading towards the entrance of the Gray Primordial Chaos.
"Damn it, stop! What are you doing?"
The gray figure roared in fury, rapidly pursuing Mu Changqing. He could not allow Mu Changqing to bypass him and enter the Gray Primordial Chaos.
This was his mission. If his mission failed, he would lose his meaning of existence, be stripped of the Gray Primordial Chaos's protection, revert to his original form, and lose everything he now possessed.
Meanwhile, the Primordial Heavenly Dao and the other existences felt an increasing sense of unease, foreseeing a great terror about to descend.
"Not good, he's here! Quick, enter the Gray Primordial Chaos!"
The blurred figure of the Primordial Heavenly Dao let out a humanized cry of panic, looking towards the mist-shrouded expanse ahead, where a ray of immeasurable gray light was rising.
"Damn it, he's here."
The Golden Eyes of the Human Ancestor flickered. A terrifying divine axe suddenly appeared in his hand, and he swung it backwards towards the existences of Causality, Destiny, Spirit Ancestor, Primordial Heavenly Dao, and the Heavenly Dao's spokesperson, Tian Ya.
His speed was too great. So fast that everyone was struck by the Human Ancestor's full-powered, charged attack before they could react.
It seemed he had anticipated this scenario from the very beginning, intending to sacrifice them to preserve himself.
Rumble!
Terrifying power surged towards the five beings. This peak Human Dao power actually bypassed the levels of Causality and Destiny, reaching the Heavenly realm.
"Human Ancestor, you are damned! You betrayed us at the last moment!"
The Spirit Ancestor was the most terrified, being the closest to the Human Ancestor and suffering the most potent force.
Even if it couldn't kill him, it could delay his advance, forcing him back, making him too late to enter the Gray Primordial Chaos.
"A bunch of fools."
The Human Ancestor sneered, unconcerned with the situation behind him. He strode across the surging gray mist, entering the Gray Primordial Chaos.
The Primordial Heavenly Dao, without time to think, directly pulled Tian Ya to his side to block the divine axe light from the Human Ancestor.
Bang!
The bewildered Tian Ya spat out a mouthful of blood, dyeing the entire end of the Gray Ancient Road red.
Then, the Primordial Heavenly Dao felt a chill down his spine. Ignoring the scene behind him, he threw Tian Ya out and followed the Human Ancestor into the Gray Primordial Chaos.
The Spirit Ancestor's figure flew backward for millions of light-years. For him, this distance was perhaps mere a flicker of an instant.
But Mu Changqing's figure had already arrived, his sword light sweeping forward with destructive force, annihilating all that was knowable.
In just a moment, the Spirit Ancestor, with extreme unwillingness and a roar, perished. His hand was still struggling forward,
but Mu Changqing stepped on it, turning it into nothingness.
Tian Ya fared even worse. Without even time to register his fear, he was instantly annihilated by that brilliant and blazing sword light.