The Lord of Darkness was not a fool and understood everything in an instant.
Because of this, his expression grew even more grim and displeased.
Following this, he let out a cold laugh, as if speaking to Mu Changqing, or perhaps to all innate beings.
"Since you all wish to sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, then I shall grant your wish."
The Lord of Darkness no longer held back, invoking the endless eons, plunging all of history and space into darkness, drawing it into his body, and evolving infinite darkness.
Darkness returned, and countless spaces were enveloped by it in the same instant.
Terror and dread swept through all that was known.
"Burial Emperor, accept the judgment from darkness."
The horrifying wounds on the Lord of Darkness's body healed rapidly, and his aura transformed again as he deployed his trump card.
Supreme power shattered the nine heavens, illuminating the past, present, and future.
Chaos fragmented inch by inch, and the chilling, ultimate darkness transformed into an unparalleled strike, carrying immeasurable might towards Mu Changqing.
Wherever it passed, it stirred temporal storms, distorting history.
Mu Changqing slowly raised his head. The Purple Netherflame underwent extreme transformation, its noble and unseeable purple flames growing ever more dark.
Upon the Burial Heaven Great Dao, a barely visible, hazy purple bead slowly emerged from it, radiating power that surpassed the supreme.
Within the chaos, unique purple order divine chains of the Burial Heaven Great Dao shattered the primordial chaos and descended through time and space.
Brilliant divine light erupted, like clanging iron chains that pierced through all darkness, striking towards the Lord of Darkness.
Boundless and terrifying, mysterious and unknown Dao patterns appeared, shedding droplet after droplet of crystal-clear liquid that emitted a purple-green glow.
Intending to bury all existence.
The dark matter was devoured, and the endless darkness receded.
Fear surged onto the Lord of Darkness's face.
A sense of death emanated, spanning countless epochs and immeasurable years.
For the first time, the Lord of Darkness felt the threat of death, the sensation of being erased, of being buried.
"No… you cannot kill me. You are destroying the chess game, destroying the rules, destroying the order of heaven and earth."
The Lord of Darkness's immeasurably grand body was corroded by the strange purple-green liquid, his form cracking. Horrific wounds, spanning hundreds of millions of miles, opened up, and black blood polluted the endless chaos.
He was afraid, terrified, because he was truly going to die.
Mu Changqing's expression was indifferent. The Burial Heaven Purple Sword reappeared in his right hand, gathering infinite, supreme strangeness and absorbing billions of strands of Purple Netherflame.
With a single sword strike, all was silenced for eons. Temporal storms were erased, and the river of time faintly showed signs of collapse.
Looking at the supremely brilliant, unstoppable purple sword energy that sliced through space and time to attack him,
The Lord of Darkness, now shrouded by the purple order divine light, grew even more fearful and roared in anger.
"Demon Ancestor, if you don't act now, I will perish, and you will lose an ally. In the future, facing this Burial Emperor, you too will be helpless."
As his voice fell, from the depths of the primordial chaos, a crack appeared in a luminous curtain of primordial chaos, and a wisp of demonic energy seeped out.
In an instant, it traversed an unknowable distance, reaching the battlefield.
Bang!!!!
A deafening roar echoed once more throughout the endless space and time.
Mu Changqing's unstoppable purple sword energy was blocked by the terrifying demonic energy.
In a breath, the horrifying demonic energy swept through everything, attempting to pull the Lord of Darkness away.
"Heh heh, finally showing yourself? Demon Ancestor, one of the most powerful beings rumored among innate life forms. Why the sneakiness?"
As he spoke, Mu Changqing attacked again, invoking the purple order divine chains, piercing through space, time, and chaos towards the Lord of Darkness.
Would Mu Changqing let a cooked duck fly away?
From ancient times to the present, apart from the Heavenly Dao,
No one had ever been able to stop him.
Even the Demon Ancestor was not something Mu Changqing would take seriously.
At this moment, the madness in Mu Changqing's eyes grew even more terrifying, his body radiating extreme purple light, with countless phenomena constantly appearing and then dissipating.
"Burial Emperor, grant me some face and stand down."
A voice like a celestial bell boomed from beyond the endless space and time, cold and devoid of any emotional fluctuation.
It was like a god on high, proclaiming his decree.
Mu Changqing scoffed upon hearing this and said,
"What are you? All beings, I can bury them. If you dare to descend in your true form, I fear no battle."
At this moment, Mu Changqing was reckless, his madness reaching its peak, becoming increasingly overbearing and peerless, reverting to his true nature, ignoring everything, and fearing nothing unknown.
"He's gone mad, utterly mad. The Burial Emperor is simply a lunatic."
The old Daoist was inwardly terrified. Mu Changqing didn't even regard the Demon Ancestor, and such behavior was clearly a declaration of war against the Demon Ancestor.
"As expected of the Burial Emperor, a being who dares to provoke the Heavenly Dao, an ultimate lunatic. If it's not necessary, do not provoke him."
"Heh heh, interesting, very interesting. Burial Emperor, the only one in all of history and the future to break free from the chess game of post-natal beings. Your future, I eagerly anticipate."
"Burial Emperor, you are qualified to cooperate with me."
"Arrogant!"
"As expected of the one I admire, Burial Emperor. I am about to break through the primordial curtain and descend to the realms. Wait for me."
All the innate beings sensed this and had their perception of Mu Changqing refreshed.
Of course, these innate beings had their own hidden motives and varied thoughts.
Some were disdainful, some wary, some wished to cooperate, and some… admired him.
At this moment, Mu Changqing once again looked towards the depths of the endless chaos, his expression growing colder and more manic.
He channeled the purple liquid on the purple order divine chains, transforming it into an supreme strike, imbued with the boundless sword energy, and attacked.
Just then, an anomaly occurred. A hazy figure emerged from the depths of the chaos, carrying a strange gray substance.
With a full-powered surprise attack, it struck Mu Changqing.
Bang!!!
Caught off guard, Mu Changqing was knocked into the turbulent flow of space and time.
Following this, another hazy figure appeared, disrupting the rules of space and time, binding Mu Changqing in a temporal cage, and striking him into the chaotic dark currents.
"Damn it, you rats hiding in the shadows, the four innate beings, very well, I have remembered your auras. I will return and suppress and annihilate you all."
Mu Changqing had been careless. Innate beings who disrupted rules had brought another innate being to hide in the chaos and seize the opportunity to attack him.
Clearly, the two were of the same faction as the Lord of Darkness and the Demon Ancestor, fearing that Mu Changqing would kill the Lord of Darkness.
After Mu Changqing's figure completely disappeared into the chaotic dark currents, the purple light receded, and the purple order divine light faded.
The endless chaos returned to peace. Only then did the two hazy figures heave a sigh of relief.
At this moment, the two of them could not help but feel a deep sense of dread.
"He is too terrifying. Even with you and I joining forces, plus the Lord of Darkness, we would have no hope of killing him."
"Heh heh, unless the Demon Ancestor acts personally, and then joins with other innate beings to seal off all possibility of his survival, then there might be a chance to kill him."
"Alas, the time is not yet ripe. Be careful, you and I. When he returns, you and I might be in trouble."
"What are you afraid of? When he returns from the chaotic dark currents, the Demon Ancestor will surely descend to the realms. At that time, under our combined might, we will fear nothing."
As their voices fell, the two hazy figures vanished from their spot.
The Lord of Darkness, meanwhile, returned to the depths of the primordial chaos to begin his recovery.
The injuries he sustained were too horrific. The wounds that struck at the very source of darkness caused him immense headaches.
He had been just a step away from being killed by Mu Changqing.
This fear made him dare not look directly at Mu Changqing's existence again.