Chapter 452: Super Great Fortune

The firmament split open! At this moment, that fissure opened directly, appearing like an enormous eye of heaven opening and closing from a distance.

Inside, it was indistinct and unclear, yet waves of world-shaking, supreme, and immense nomological power surged forth from within, cascading into the world.

As Xu Qing, a jailer from District C, had once carried the laws of an entire world for several months in a minor realm, his perception of laws was extremely acute. Moreover, the Azure Dragon Heavenly Dao within him was currently trembling and emanating a sense of familiarity.

It was as if the entity within the eye of heaven shared the same origin as it! Xu Qing's mind was shaken. He watched the dancing Captain; although the Captain's white daoist robe concealed his body, his dancing posture was identical to the silhouette of the Calamity Immortal clan that Xu Qing had sensed.

"Could it be that Senior Brother was once a Calamity Immortal in a previous life?" "This time's True Immortal Ten Intestines... is completely different from the grand schemes Senior Brother and I undertook before!" Numerous thoughts arose in Xu Qing's mind.

Meanwhile, Qing Qiu at his side was already dumbfounded. She stared in horror at everything, as this experience was truly the most astonishing of her decade-plus life.

She had been captured by the Black Heaven Clan, forced to become a maidservant, watched these two Black Heaven Clan members rise from being suspected to becoming honored guests, then saw them enter the depths of the True Immortal Ten Intestines, and finally, here, she witnessed a Heaven Offering ritual.

Not just anyone could perform a Heaven Offering. Especially since the Calamity Immortal silhouettes appearing around them clearly centered on the Black Heaven Clan member.

While Qing Qiu's heart reeled, Ning Yan was utterly stunned. His breathing was ragged as he stared at everything, his expression one of disbelief.

Just then, as the Captain continued his dance, as hundreds of thousands of Calamity Immortal figures danced around them, and as the Ten Intestines Tree swayed violently, a harrowing roar erupted from the far end of the firmament above the tree where they stood, at this critical moment.

"Little Junior Brother, help me block it!" the Captain called out urgently.

Xu Qing did not hesitate. His body flickered, and he instantly surpassed the Captain, standing in front of him. With a grave expression, he summoned the Black Heaven Idols from his heart, and in the firmament, the Black Heaven Idols descended rapidly.

"Its weakness is its eyes! Hit its eyes!" The Captain's voice, tinged with urgency, quickly reached Xu Qing as the figure charging from the end of the tree trunk, moving at an astonishing speed, was already close, clearly appearing in Xu Qing's sight.

The moment Xu Qing saw the figure, his mind immediately roared.

The figure was not a living being but a corpse of the Calamity Immortal clan. Unlike humans, Calamity Immortals had a totem mark on their glabella, resembling twisting, winding intestines or snakes, forming an eye-like shape when combined.

However, these weren't the main point. What made Xu Qing's mind roar was the appearance of this Calamity Immortal. Although its body was withered, exuding an aura of death, and its belly was cut open, revealing flying, decaying intestines, Xu Qing, familiar with the Captain, still recognized that the Calamity Immortal's sunken face bore an extreme resemblance to the Captain!

Furthermore, the corpse also emitted a dense chill, freezing everything in its path. This coldness was familiar to Xu Qing; it was the same as the Captain's.

Xu Qing's mind was shaken, but there was no time for further thought. The charging corpse was too fast; in a flash, its body vanished, seemingly transforming into a furious gale that lunged at Xu Qing. The instant an intense sense of crisis erupted in Xu Qing's mind, a Black Heaven Idol suddenly descended, blocking its path. A deafening roar instantly erupted, echoing in all directions, unleashing violent fluctuations that swept back and forth.

Xu Qing's entire body trembled, and he spewed out a mouthful of blood. As his body was thrown backward, he saw the Black Heaven Idol in front, blocking the charging corpse and taking a life-or-death blow for him.

The Black Heaven Idol's body vibrated, standing like a mountain, intercepting everything! The corpse, which bore an uncanny resemblance to the Captain, roared, and spiritual treasury fluctuations rose from its body as it tried to break free, but the Black Heaven Idol's entire body shone with intense black light, grabbing it firmly with both hands, refusing to let go in the slightest.

As the standoff continued, before Xu Qing could even catch his breath, roars came from the other nine Intestine Trees in the distance. Figures emerged from their ends, also heading towards their location.

Seeing this, Xu Qing's expression changed. He quickly formed hand seals, and immediately, sharp whistling sounds came from the firmament as the second, third, and fourth Black Heaven Idols descended simultaneously.

These three Idols came from the direct nations of three other high-level royal dynasties within the thirty-six city-states of this region. Although Xu Qing hadn't visited these other city-states recently, he had already established contact with their Idols through the Zenith Nation's Idol, allowing him to issue commands.

This time, upon arriving at the True Immortal Ten Intestines, these four Black Heaven figures were his reliance and trump card.

Now, with three Idols appearing and intercepting with all their might, it was clear they couldn't hold out for long. Fortunately, the Captain's sacrifice was now nearing its end.

As the Captain looked up, a hint of madness in his eyes, a scene unfolded that made Xu Qing's heart churn with turmoil.

With a wave of his hand, the Captain actually pulled out pieces of flesh, varying in color and size, from his body. Each piece of flesh emanated astonishing divine fluctuations.

Xu Qing recognized one piece at a glance; it was the flesh of the Siren Clan's Juying.

There were thirty-three pieces of flesh in total, their differing auras indicating they came from various divine beings. Not only that, but the Captain also took out nine small black bottles. After crushing them all, nine drops of divine blood floated out.

One of these drops, Xu Qing sensed, contained the aura of the Spirit Venerable of the Nether Elves.

Then, the Captain slapped his forehead and, with a 'waah', spat out a patch of black earth. This earth rapidly converged, forming a palm-sized statue. It was the Corpse Ancestor Idol of the Sea Corpse Clan!

It wasn't over. The Captain continued to spit, and soon eight more small statues were expelled, each different in appearance and not from the Sea Corpse Clan.

Thirty-three pieces of divine flesh, nine drops of divine blood, and nine astonishing Idols. After the Captain produced all of these, his eyes filled with fervent zeal, and he shouted.

"Son, wake up, it's time to eat!" With that, he waved his hand, and all these items rose into the air, merging into a ball of flesh in the firmament, heading straight for the fissure.

Next, the Captain bowed again. As hundreds of thousands of Calamity Immortal figures prostrated simultaneously around them, the ball of flesh landed at the fissure in the firmament and plunged inside.

As chewing sounds emanated, the fissure roared, and the sound of creation reverberated once more. It ripped open again! This time, it tore open by thousands of feet!!

A partial view of the interior was revealed. Inside the fissure was a void, and within that void, a colossal entity vaguely existed. Its precise form was unclear; one could only vaguely discern a gigantic humanoid presence. Furthermore, this humanoid entity's belly appeared to be torn open.

With just one glance, Xu Qing's eyes stung as if they were about to burst. Fortunately, the Poison Ban Pill and the power of the Violet Moon simultaneously surged in, barely preventing him from going blind, though blood still flowed.

Immediately afterward, the corpses fighting the Black Heaven Idols around them all looked up at the firmament and knelt.

As Xu Qing's heart quaked with horror, the Captain, amidst his prostration, abruptly looked up. Gazing at the fissure in the firmament and seeing the entity inside seemingly stirring, his eyes filled with unprecedented madness, and he began to laugh maniacally.

"Little Junior Brother, in this life, I've finally accomplished one of the few things I've always wanted to do, and it's all thanks to you!"

"If not for your appearance this time, achieving this step would have been extremely difficult. I wouldn't have been able to enter this place at all, even with the Sacred Wave Clan's protection. And if I had failed, I would have had to accumulate power for hundreds of years, or even longer, again."

"Now, I can tell you everything!"

"Do you know what that is?!" The Captain raised a hand and pointed at the firmament.

"That is the Heavenly Dao!"

"The Ancient Hope Continent has a hundred thousand Heavenly Daos, each governing a region's operations. Above them are ninety-nine Ancient Heavenly Daos that have existed since time immemorial!"

"And what you're seeing now is neither the hundred thousand ordinary Heavenly Daos of the Ancient Hope Continent, nor the ninety-nine Ancient Heavenly Daos!"

"That is... a created Heavenly Dao."

"These three thousand-plus different ethnic groups, scattered across various eras, aim to create the hundredth Ancient Heavenly Dao of the Ancient Hope Continent!"

"This plan has been ongoing for an unknown number of epochs. Before the Calamity Immortal clan, the previous race among the three thousand-plus groups to attempt this was the Ancient Spirit race. Their Spirit Emperor largely succeeded but ultimately failed, causing immense backlash that nearly wiped out their entire race."

"Then, the Divine Remnant Face arrived, and catastrophe descended, causing an unforeseen twist in this millennia-long plan of the three thousand-plus races. However, as the final successors, the Calamity Immortal clan, building upon the foundations laid by the Ancient Spirit race, were just one step away from success back then!"

"That final step was to send the Ten Intestines, formed from the last pure-blooded member of the Calamity Immortal clan ascending to immortality, into the body of this created Heavenly Dao. It would become the Heavenly Dao's intestines connecting it to the Ancient Hope Continent, and once fully connected, it would awaken!"

"Back then, the Calamity Immortal clan was just one step away, and what I'm doing today is completing that step!"

"The ninety-nine Ancient Heavenly Daos of the Ancient Hope Continent have no perception, no subjective consciousness; they are a chaotic mess. This hundredth Ancient Heavenly Dao is also the same, but once it awakens, its subconscious will be controlled by its creators!"

"The three thousand-plus races who participated in this throughout history were all its 'fathers', but most of them are nearly dead. And we... we also sent our own blood, flesh, and intestines into this Ten Intestines Tree. Once the Heavenly Dao integrates them into its abdomen, we will effectively become shareholders in the Heavenly Dao at the last moment, one of its 'fathers'!"

"Little Junior Brother, tell me, isn't this an earth-shattering, super great fortune?!"

The Captain laughed wildly, looking up at the sky. As Xu Qing's mind was swept by a monstrous tide, a colossal sound rumbled from the firmament. A large hand, as white as jade and exuding an astonishing fragrance, extended from the crack in the sky. Its appearance changed the color of the firmament and made the earth roar.

Countless laws overflowed from this hand, spreading boundlessly, instantly enveloping the Eastern Great Desolate Prefecture and, in a flash, covering the Sacred Wave Great Domain.

Mountains, rivers, vegetation, the earth, all sentient beings, everything was encompassed within it.

As the minds of countless living beings wildly fluctuated, this colossal hand slowly descended, grabbed the Ten Intestines Tree, and slowly began to pull it upwards!

The Ten Intestines Tree swayed, and Xu Qing and the others' bodies shook. However, compared to this moment's changes, the turmoil in Xu Qing's heart was far more overwhelming.

The Captain's voice continuously echoed in his mind.

"Become a shareholder in the Heavenly Dao? Become the Heavenly Dao's 'father'?" Xu Qing murmured, his breathing growing more rapid.

Qing Qiu and Ning Yan at his side, their minds were now utterly roaring, stirring up an unprecedented storm. In the next instant, both simultaneously moved, cutting open their bellies, intending to integrate their intestines into the tree.

"Too late, haha! You didn't listen to me before; now it's too late!"

The Captain burst into laughter, the exhilaration in his expression remarkably intense.

"Little Junior Brother, although it will still take some time for this hundredth Ancient Heavenly Dao to fully awaken and take control of Ancient Hope, you will soon discover the benefits of being one of its 'fathers' during this process!"

"Compared to that little sparrow Kong Xianglong, their trivial matters are nothing! They squabble over a bit of military merit all day; this one venture of ours is something they couldn't achieve in a lifetime!"

The Captain transmitted his voice, filled with immense pride and delight.