Looking into the distance, within the Dao Ruins, the mountains are upside down, the void is folded and wrinkled, the course of the mountains and rivers violates the laws of heaven and earth, the clouds and mist flow backward, the strong winds swirl backward, and everywhere there are distorted and chaotic spatial trajectories.
As far as the eye could see, layers upon layers of spatial faults stretched across the sky and earth. From the dark cracks, tiny spatial turbulence would occasionally burst forth, tearing through the air and emitting a piercing shriek.
The air was filled with a thick, bloody aura, the sweltering heat of a collapsing space, and the deathly silence of annihilation of the source. These three auras intertwined and entangled, making people feel tense and their breathing difficult.
Countless cultivators who had entered earlier scattered and ran wildly, some heading straight for the distant, radiant gathering place of the source.
Some people sat cross-legged on the spot, seizing the time to absorb the primordial Daoist energy that was drifting around them, attempting to gain the upper hand and quickly improve their cultivation.
But just as everyone was caught up in the frenzy of the opportunity seemingly within their grasp—
Boom!!!
Without any warning, the chaotic land at the entrance to the Dao Ruins suddenly trembled violently!
The chaotic divine rock on the ground suddenly cracked open, and countless spiderweb-like cracks instantly spread for thousands of miles. The primordial power that had been dormant underground for countless ages surged wildly and rose into the sky. The spiritual energy in the entire void instantly reversed, rolled back, and became chaotic!
The first, inescapable and unavoidable Dao Ruins Heavenly Punishment descended with a deafening roar!
*Sizzle sizzle sizzle—!*
Countless fine, jet-black, and thin spatial blades suddenly sprang up from the cracks in the void, the fissures in the earth, and the chaos of the dome!
Hundreds of millions, densely packed, and everywhere!
These are not spiritual energy blades used by cultivators in battle, nor are they ordinary killing restrictions in secret realms, but rather the primordial spatial cutting power that originated when the heavens were first born.
Each blade thread was refined to the extreme, jet black and translucent, without a trace of fire, yet possessing terrifying power to tear apart mountains, shatter foundations of the Dao, and annihilate divine souls.
All the defensive measures of acquired cultivators—spiritual power, robes, armor, and Dao foundation barriers—are as fragile as paper and utterly vulnerable in the face of this most primitive and pure spatial source of destruction!
“Not good! It’s the Sky-Shattering Blade recorded in ancient texts! The first Dao Ruins’ killing intent has arrived!”
“Quickly! Set up the protective shield! Everyone form a defensive formation!”
“Retreat! Retreat immediately! Don’t be greedy and advance recklessly!”
In an instant, the faces of countless cultivators changed drastically. Terrified screams, urgent warnings, and panicked shouts rose and fell, and the originally frenzied and noisy scene was instantly shrouded in extreme panic.
But it was all too late.
Those who would suffer first are the rogue cultivators and small sect cultivators who rush to the front regardless of everything, trying to seize the core opportunities.
The fastest among them was a rogue cultivator at the fourth rank of Immortal Lord, who had already rushed over a thousand miles away and was about to touch a source spring overflowing with spiritual light. His face was filled with the ecstatic joy of his impending destiny.
The next second, dozens of dark spatial blades silently pierced through his body.
There was no loud noise, no bloody explosion, and not even the slightest room for struggle.
His thick, high-grade spiritual armor, the protective aura he had cultivated for many years, and the solid and refined Dao foundation barrier were instantly cut, shattered, and dissolved layer by layer.
From skin, flesh, bones, and blood vessels to spiritual power, Dao foundation, and soul, the body was completely stripped, torn, and annihilated by the fine, shredded blades.
One second the figure was alive and well, the next it disintegrated into countless tiny specks of light, not even having time to utter a scream before it completely dissolved into the vast, primordial Daoist aura, leaving no trace of its remains.
Not far away, a three-person team of sect cultivators had just formed a defensive battle formation, their spiritual energy shield barely holding up.
However, countless spatial blades bombarded down, and the seemingly sturdy array barrier couldn’t even withstand half a breath before it shattered and collapsed instantly.
The three cultivators were instantly engulfed by the blade threads, their bodies shattering layer by layer, and their blood spraying into the sky.
Fragments of bone, broken magical artifacts, and scattered fragments of storage bags fell and crashed onto the cracked Chaos Divine Rock, a shocking sight.
“Save me! Senior brother, save me! My Dao foundation is crumbling!”
A young cultivator’s desperate roar echoed through the air. Half of his body was completely ripped off by the spatial blade threads, his spiritual power leaked out wildly, his Dao foundation cracked inch by inch, his soul was severely injured, and his eyes dimmed instantly.
Before he could finish speaking, even more blades swept in, completely annihilating the rest of his body and severing all hope of survival.