"There's some meaning to it. That period of time, perhaps it was the starting point of everything. The Primordial Heavenly Dao might know something."
Mu Changqing muttered inwardly. He had only glimpsed a corner of that place in the projection from the Burial of the Heavens Bead.
It was a more terrifying and bizarre ancestral land. Perhaps Heavenly Dao, karma, destiny, primordial chaos... all sentient beings, consciousness, originated from this place.
Mu Changqing knew that one day, he would have to personally break the barrier and descend into the Gray Ancestral Domain.
There, perhaps, existed even more powerful and terrifying entities, a conscious life form that surpassed heaven, one that created that bizarre gray ancestral domain, created heaven and earth, created the unknown darkness of primordial chaos.
Looking at Empress Xuan Yue, Mu Changqing was slightly surprised. The Dao Ancestor could enter the Divine Destiny Against Heaven realm because he had schemed during the Primordial Era and tricked the Primordial Heavenly Dao.
However, Empress Xuan Yue, from beginning to end, had never schemed anything, yet her cultivation was soaring, only slightly inferior to the major Ancestors.
"You're back?"
Empress Xuan Yue's cold gaze met Mu Changqing's, and she spoke first.
Mu Changqing's expression softened slightly, and he nodded with a faint smile.
"Thank you for guarding the Heavenly Court for me."
Empress Xuan Yue shook her head, her cold aura softening a bit, revealing a smile that could topple kingdoms.
"I did this willingly. You don't need to worry about it."
However, Empress Xuan Yue's brief gentleness was only directed at Mu Changqing.
For others, at this moment, they didn't even have the courage to look up at Mu Changqing.
Only the Dao Ancestor felt uneasy, sneakily observing the two with a somewhat lewd gaze.
"Do you want to ask about my cultivation?"
Empress Xuan Yue spoke again, her tone flat, without any fluctuation, as if recounting a very ordinary matter.
Mu Changqing remained silent, merely gazing at Empress Xuan Yue's tall, slender, and cool figure.
Some words needed no saying; they both understood.
Mu Changqing was indeed somewhat perplexed as to why Empress Xuan Yue's cultivation had increased so rapidly.
Furthermore, Mu Changqing had tried to deduce everything about Empress Xuan Yue, but it was too ordinary, too ordinary to be the past of a being at this level.
Having not schemed, having been alone for billions of years, such a congenital being was worse than even the weakest initial-sequence congenital being.
"I don't know either. Perhaps it is precisely because I have no desires or ambitions that I can reach this level."
Empress Xuan Yue said calmly, her aura unchanged, and she had no reason to lie.
Mu Changqing nodded slightly and no longer dwelled on it.
For such a special existence, Mu Changqing could roughly guess one possibility.
That was its connection to the Gray Ancestral Domain.
He looked at the Dao Ancestor, whose body tensed slightly. He grinned obsequiously and said,
"Burial Emperor, why are you looking at this humble one? This humble one has never betrayed you."
Mu Changqing revealed a faint smile, his eyes carrying a hint of mockery.
"Is that so? Then what about the Buddha Ancestor?"
Mu Changqing moved slightly, appearing instantly before the Dao Ancestor, causing him to retreat in fear and quickly explain.
"That was my scheme. If I had told you easily, it would have caused a chain reaction and been sensed by the Primordial Heavenly Dao. Wouldn't all my plans have turned to naught then, becoming an empty dream?"
"Only when I became powerful did I have the right to follow Burial Emperor, didn't I?"
The Dao Ancestor humbled himself extremely, fearing that Mu Changqing might attack him if he was displeased.
After all, in his heart, Mu Changqing was an unpredictable madman.
Mu Changqing's eyes flickered with a forbidden, evil aura. He stared at the Dao Ancestor for a moment before saying coldly,
"This is the last time."
"I wouldn't dare."
Afterward, Mu Changqing turned around. With a wave of his sleeve, the aura of the Heavenly Dao that once belonged to the Heavenly Court was cleared away, and the schemes of congenital beings in the Heavenly Court over the subsequent millions of years were eliminated.
Countless beings inexplicably exploded, turning into dust and dissipating into the river of time.
"Go back and manage the Heavenly Court well. Don't disappoint me."
Mu Changqing's figure vanished from above the Heavenly Court, his lingering voice reaching the ears of the many powerful beings in the Heavenly Court.
"We obey the Master's command."
The cultivators of the Heavenly Court kowtowed and shouted. Only after Mu Changqing had been gone for a long time did they dare to rise.
Their bodies were soaked in cold sweat, feeling a sense of near-death escape.
"Master is becoming more and more terrifying."
Yuan Datou touched his bald head, saying with lingering fear.
As his physical body transformed and became more terrifying, the unknown he could perceive also increased.
In his vision, where Mu Changqing stood, all the heavens and myriad realms, all ages, all revolved around him.
It was as if Mu Changqing was the true heaven, controlling time, karma, and the destiny of all beings.
Zhang Fanchen nodded slightly, his eyes regaining their imperial majesty. He looked in the direction Mu Changqing had left, filled with immense reverence in his heart.
...
After leaving the Heavenly Court, Mu Changqing's figure headed towards the depths of the starry sky.
In an instant, he descended into a somber and bizarre world.
And this was the Ancient Land of Reincarnation of the Heavens.
Mu Changqing walked forward with his hands behind his back. Where he passed, the Ancient Land of Reincarnation cracked inch by inch, turning into nothingness.
Innumerable ancient corpses of sentient beings were automatically consumed by the purple flames.
The ancient wheel of reincarnation that connected heaven and earth was merely glanced at by Mu Changqing before it instantly shattered and turned into nothingness.
The entire Ancient Land of Reincarnation completely collapsed, and all the souls on the path of transmigration turned into nothingness one after another.
"Reincarnation? There is no need for its existence."
Mu Changqing traversed infinite time and space, hovering above the Abyss of Reincarnation.
Di Yuan sensed him and secretly extended three large heads, looking at Mu Changqing with terror in his eyes, and said tremblingly.
"Burial Emperor, why are you here again?"
Mu Changqing looked down at Di Yuan's trembling, colossal body and did not answer.
He slowly extended his right hand, and a long sword filled with the most primal, evil, and dark aura appeared.
"Since you are hiding, then this Ancient Land of Reincarnation also has no need for its existence."
As he spoke, Mu Changqing raised his hand and swung his sword. That terrifying power severed eternal time and shattered karma and destiny.
Instantly, the entire Ancient Land of Reincarnation and the dark starry sky turned into nothingness.
Even the supreme power of reincarnation forged by the Primordial Heavenly Dao could not restore it.
Seeing this, Di Yuan's terror deepened in his three heads.
If it weren't for the fact that it couldn't easily leave this place, it would have already fled to save its life.
Watching the dark starry sky collapse and the countless massive soul bodies being destroyed, Di Yuan muttered in terror.
"It's over, it's all over. My home is gone. What am I still guarding? Wuwuwuwu!"
Di Yuan hugged his head and wailed. His massive, star-like black dragon claws continuously wiped away tears that flowed like a river.
Mu Changqing glanced at the dark starry sky for a moment and no longer sensed the aura of the Heavenly Dao.
He was certain in his heart that the Heavenly Dao had completely abandoned this Ancient Land of Reincarnation and did not dare to confront him directly.
"Coward. You like being scum in the darkness so much."
Mu Changqing said coldly, his sarcasm unreserved.
Then, Mu Changqing looked at Di Yuan, whose tears had turned into a vast ocean, and was speechless for a moment. He said faintly,
"What are you crying for?"
"Wuwuwuwu, my home is gone. You're definitely going to kill me. I'm going to die, and you won't even let me... let a demon cry?"
As he spoke, Di Yuan felt increasingly wronged, crying earth-shatteringly, like muffled thunder.