Chapter 222 - The Annihilation Times (1/2)

Fengxi stared dazedly at Xiao Chen for a long time before finally shaking his head and sighing. “Forget it. We can talk about it when old Qing Chen comes back. The Annihilation Times are upon us. His own seal should be opened as well.”

“Is Perfected Immortal Qing Chen coming?”

Xiao Chen couldn’t help feeling flabbergasted. Perfected Immortal Qing Chen had warned him not to cause an accident in the Middle Continent before he left. But he seemed to have truly gotten into serious trouble this time. He asked again, “What’s the Annihilation Times? What is his own seal? Is Perfected Immortal Qing Chen a Nirvana Realm cultivator as well?”

Fengxi sank into a contemplative mood with a myriad of expressions crossing his face. After a long time, he finally replied, “It’s hard for me to explain the seal of his own, but the Annihilation Times are indeed upon us. This time, there’s no room for escape.”

The more ambiguous his replies were, the more anxious Xiao Chen became. He had the feeling that everything that was happening had something to do with him. “What’s the Annihilation Times? Give me a straight answer. Is it because of the Devil Clan’s invasion of the Human World?”

Fengxi shook his head. “The Devil Clan’s invasion of the Human World isn’t a big enough event to be considered as the Annihilation Times.” Speaking of this, he looked at Xiao Chen and continued, “Kid, do you know what the Natural Law is?”

Natural Law? It was often said that the Natural Law was uncertain and boundless; it was something that couldn’t and shouldn’t be made sense of. This had always been an abstract concept to him. Moments of silence later, Xiao Chen asked, “Does the Natural Law truly exist in this world? Is it more than just a lofty and baseless idea preached by the people?”

Fengxi nodded. “The Natural Law is the supreme existence in this world. It watches over every movement in the world. You can also call it a form of code. No one can decipher this code, not even the legendary Supreme Realm cultivators.”

Supreme Realm!

Xiao Chen’s heart jolted in surprise. That was a taboo word. Regardless of how one chose to cultivate, be it through becoming a Great Golden Immortal or a Peerless Devil King, the ultimate purpose of one was to enter the Supreme Realm and attain true immortality to become equal to heaven!

However, the truth was that the Supreme Realm only existed in the imagination of the people. Since the splitting of heaven and earth, not a single one had ever achieved the realm.

The two of them fell into a long silence before Fengxi said, “There’s someone who once attained the Supreme Realm.”

“What?!” Xiao Chen had never been more shocked in his life. If that person had attained the Supreme Realm, wouldn’t that mean that he or she would be capable of contending against the Natural Law?

“The first Devil God of the Archean Eon. He abandoned his family name, and the ancient texts show that people have only ever known his title. He was called the Heaven Exterminator!”

“Heaven Exterminator!” Xiao Chen’s heart sank. Just the name alone was enough to tell him that this person was surely the one who had led all living things into fighting the Natural Law.

Fengxi nodded and added, “But he failed. It was his attempt that brought about the first Annihilation Times. The so-called Annihilation Times refer to the fury of the Natural Law, resulting in the downfall of all gods and the ruination of all living things. Everything returns to naught. Life will restart only ten thousand years later.”

Shock hit Xiao Chen hard. The Natural Law was as terrifying as it was ruthless. Could this world be one big wheel of reincarnation? No one could surpass the Natural Law, and any attempt to do so would result in the arrival of the Annihilation Times.

“Cultivation itself is a form of defiance of the natural order. It was also Heaven Exterminator’s attempt that made the Natural Law feel the genuine threat as well as the true terror of living beings. Since then, it didn’t allow any existence that could threaten it. So whenever the power of the living reached a saturation point, it would inevitably begin the Annihilation Times and plunge the living into the cycle of reincarnation. Be it Immortals, Devils, or Gods, all of them would be annihilated without exception.”

Xiao Chen’s expression was still colored with shock. He muttered, “Then what’s the point of cultivating? No one can decipher the code of the Natural Law and fight it. If annihilation is the only thing that awaits at the end, what’s the point of cultivating even if we become Immortal Kings or God Kings? If this is the case, then the Natural Law is a true nightmare.”

Fengxi shook his head. “No. The truth is that the Natural Law fears the living and what we can do. The reason lies in that his vital Qi was badly harmed in his great battle against the Heaven Exterminator. He’s unable to fight a person of Heaven Exterminator’s caliber anymore. So he fears that someone similar to Heaven Exterminator will show up in this world again.”

“Is that why he’s annihilating all living things again and again? Is that the so-called code of the Natural Law? Is that the Natural Law that all living things look up to?” Xiao Chen sneered.

Fengxi didn’t comment. After a long period of silence, he said, “We have the Heavenly Emperor reigning in the Heaven Realm above us and the Earthly Monarch ruling the Human Realm below. Who among them doesn’t behave the same? If an existence which is about to surpass their power shows up, they will view it as the greatest threat to their life. Do you think they’ll turn a blind eye to it?”

Xiao Chen was still sneering. To him, this couldn’t be the true Natural Law. The real thing ought to love the common people as they loved their children, not annihilating all living things once and again. The idea of going against the Natural Law seemed so unbelievable that it was borderline ridiculous. Even the first devil God that led all living things to fight the Natural Law seemed ludicrous. Moments later, he asked, “How do you know that the Annihilation Times are coming?”