Chapter 1652: Those Who Oppose Xu Yang Perish

Xu Yang remained silent, maintaining an expression of complete control, like a master.

With a few light steps, Xu Yang reached the top of the cage where the living fossil seal guardian was imprisoned, slowly descending onto its surface.

Xu Yang intended to use this posture to declare to all who stood in his team's way: "Those who align with me shall thrive; those who oppose me shall perish!"

The path to the Peak of Kunlun was now clear of any obstacles.

However, Xu Yang knew well that once they reached the Peak of Kunlun, a new battlefield situation would emerge.

After all, the Peak of Kunlun was where the Will of the Supreme God was sealed, and it was also the gathering point for the strongest cultivation sects in the entire Kunlun Divine Path.

Not to mention, the forces of the royal families of the Six Human-Spirit Lineages were guarding the vicinity of the Peak of Kunlun.

It also held the supreme secret of the Kunlun lineage, hidden by the Eighteen Ancient Old Gods.

Xu Yang had once made a judgment based on this series of clues.

The vanished inheritance relics of the ancient Old Gods were likely hidden behind the greatest secret of the Peak of Kunlun.

And all of this was closely related to the survival of the Supreme God's Will.

Including Patriarch Motian, whom he had just encountered, more than one inheritor of the Eighteen Guardian Old Gods had told Xu Yang that finding the inherited power of the Eighteen Old Gods was a crucial step to completely erase the Supreme God's consciousness.

Yet, to date, Xu Yang had seen so few Old God inheritances that he could count them on one hand.

With the main forces about to reach the Peak of Kunlun, Xu Yang was not entirely confident that the entire Monster Beast race would achieve ultimate victory.

After all, in Xu Yang's view, although he was in no way inferior to the Supreme God's consciousness in terms of raw power, the Supreme God had the advantage of time and place; the Kunlun Divine Path itself was the Supreme God's home ground.

It would certainly take great effort to completely eradicate him or overthrow the entire order he had established in the current Kunlun Divine Path.

Of course, these were matters for later.

Xu Yang had always been a down-to-earth person. While the strategy for his next steps was gradually becoming clear in his mind, he was not overly ambitious. He preferred to resolve all immediate issues before steadily leading the main forces forward.

As he thought this, Xu Yang slowly lowered his head. A faint smile touched his lips as he looked at the bewildered living fossil guardian, who was now trapped and pleading within the seal beneath Xu Yang's feet. "Do you have any last words for this ruin you've guarded for hundreds of thousands of years?"

The old man sighed helplessly: "Every generation produces its own talents. I have nothing to say about losing to you. After all, I can see that your strength and cultivation realm far surpass mine. If you want to kill or dismember me, go ahead!"

Hearing the old man's words, Xu Yang did not waste time with pleasantries. He gently touched his brow, and Patriarch Motian, who resided within his soul realm, began to gather immense demonic energy, enveloping Xu Yang's physical body.

Soon, Xu Yang fulfilled the promise he had made earlier to Patriarch Motian.

When he personally suppressed and conquered the living fossil guardian, he would grant Patriarch Motian the right to execute the opponent.

The complete Motian Totem appeared behind Xu Yang, and terrifying demonic power condensed in his palm.

The old man burst out laughing: "Hundreds of thousands of years! You old fellow, you personally suppressed me back then, robbing me of hundreds of thousands of years of freedom! If I hadn't been imprisoned by you for all those years, squandering so much time, I would probably have entered the Boundless Realm in my cultivation by now. It was your competitiveness back then that stripped me of everything and changed my fate. To have the chance to be avenged on you today is truly heaven's compensation for me."

Patriarch Motian looked incredibly excited.

Just as he was about to fully unleash his formidable power through Xu Yang's body, the living fossil guardian, imprisoned in the cage of spatial laws, sighed profoundly. "How do you know that it was my personal will to forcibly suppress you back then?"

As expected, these words startled all observers, including Xu Yang.

Patriarch Motian, who was just about to unleash his extermination technique, was so taken aback by the living fossil guardian's words that he immediately stopped, staring at his imprisoned opponent in stunned disbelief.

"Old man, what do you mean by that? Are you perhaps afraid of death, suddenly trying to mystify things to beg for your life?"

The old man in the cage laughed heartily.

"At my age, even if I had entered the Boundless Realm, the arrival of this human prodigy would have still completely ended my mission.

Even if I hadn't been imprisoned by you, once this Fifth Forbidden Zone collapses, and the Peak of Kunlun behind this seal is once again pierced through, it would mean the complete end of my life.

Little do they know, the cultivators of the Kunlun lineage who spend their entire lives striving to enter the Boundless Great Realm are merely pursuing a joke. Because even entering the Boundless Realm is simply acquiring the qualification to become a puppet of the Supreme God.

The only difference is that we gain an extended lifespan, only to be exploited and enslaved indefinitely by the Will of the Supreme God.

Just like me, after successfully suppressing you back then, I was enlightened by the Supreme God's Will as a reward, breaking through to the Boundless Realm in just three days.

I originally thought what awaited me was the opportunity to share in the Grand Dao of Heaven and Earth, to stand at the pinnacle of the human cultivation world!

But I was completely wrong. The moment I achieved the Boundless Great Realm, my physical body was completely separated from my soul.

My physical body became a sacrifice to the Supreme God's will, exchanged for an eternal, undying soul fire.

In other words, the so-called Boundless Realm is, in fact, the attainment of eternal soul.

But for a human cultivator, you know very well what losing one's physical body means, don't you?"

As the old man spoke, all the observers naturally understood his meaning.

For a human, losing their physical body meant being forever deprived of the right to create powerful cultivation techniques of their own.

Even if the soul enjoyed eternity, the power of the soul only allowed them to wield the power of the myriad laws of the heavens.

But they could not use their own former cultivation techniques.

And all power at the law level was controlled by the Will of the Supreme God.

Therefore, the so-called entry into the Boundless Realm, on the surface, appeared to be enjoying eternal life at the soul level, breaking through to a new level that mortals could never reach.

In reality, it was merely the Supreme God's consciousness, in another guise, completely stripping a cultivator of their true freedom under the pretense of a reward.