Chapter 870 Death Sentence! (5000)

In the Seventh Epoch, year 2151 of the calendar, Grayson, a human arcanist displaced by the encroaching eerie grey fog and the fall of his homeland, encountered a storm in the Southern Gale Sea and perished while escaping the Grey Fog Zone by boat.

His family was dead, and Grayson believed he too was doomed, but in his despair, he was unexpectedly rescued by pirates who were also fleeing.

Because of the endless stream of demonic creatures emerging from the grey fog, ghosts and monsters that defied common sense and rules, and uncanny ghost ships and nine-headed serpents that began to appear even in the sea, as well as giant green octopuses that lured people into dreams, even the vicious pirates needed to unite all possible forces and treated the spellcaster Grayson with preferential treatment.

During the voyage, Grayson attempted to use his arcane knowledge to analyze the essence of these peculiar wraiths, which were different from the undead. The rudimentary research conditions on the pirate ship did not limit the arcanist's analysis. He keenly discovered that, unlike the undead who relied on negative energy, these wraiths and monsters relied on 'resentment'. Resentment was not negative energy, but a peculiar belief akin to the power of faith, so purification arcana and holy light could not completely dispel them.

The Sixth Epoch was destroyed by a negative energy undead cataclysm. In the late era, the sage Colleniel created holy light, which opened the civilization of the Seventh Epoch. As purification arcana, holy battle qi, and guidance for the return to the original state emerged one by one, the undead that destroyed the Sixth Civilization became the most common monsters in the Seventh Epoch, which any transcendent could slaughter at will.

Although both were products of reversing life and death, the core runes and essence of the eerie wraiths were different from the undead. This was why civilization collapsed without resistance when the grey fog spread – those who treated wraiths as undead would suffer greatly.

After fighting ghost ships, sea corpses, water apes, and other monsters with the pirates, Grayson, who had obtained a large amount of research data, gradually figured out the fundamental laws of wraiths. However, to develop a specific purification spell for wraiths like the sages of the past, he needed extremely precise advanced research equipment and a lot of resources for experiments, which was impossible on a pirate ship.

At this moment, the pirate ship encountered the most powerful wraith they had ever faced: the demon god Typhon.

In the terrifying tsunami sweeping across the seas, the storm of tangible resentment formed by the souls of hundreds of millions of lives in the South Sea, the eight-armed snake-headed giant was marching with unwavering steps towards the center of the Seventh Epoch civilization, the Taslunder Federation in the East.

Along the way, many great arcanists and contemporary saints sacrificed their lives and souls to cast holy light and forbidden spells that illuminated the sky, but they could only temporarily halt Typhon's steps and could not break through the indestructible storm of curses around him.

Typhon unleashed a rain of bitter punishment that covered half the world, turning into a grey fog that enveloped the heavens and the earth. The aftershock of his passage sent Grayson and his group flying. Just as the arcanist fell into despair again, the pirate captain handed over his life-saving mask, the 'Breath of the Merman', which allowed people to walk and breathe freely in the water, to Grayson, while he himself was swept away by the waves and drawn into the deep sea by the vortex.

"I don't understand your research."

Before being swept away by the waves, the pirate captain said, "But without a doubt, your life is more valuable than mine. You may be able to fight this world-destroying disaster, at least in part."

"Grayson, live on, destroy these wraiths, and avenge the Blood Coral and us."

The Blood Coral was regarded by the captain as a part of his life, but it was smashed by the waves. Grayson had no time to say anything before he was also swept away by the waves.

A few days later, Grayson, who had returned to the mainland, discovered that this was not any continent he knew, but an ancient land that had re-emerged from the seabed due to the tsunami and tectonic movements. He walked alone on this continent full of marine creature corpses and finally arrived at the vicinity of the highest peak on this continent.

Because he vaguely sensed powerful arcane fluctuations, Grayson explored the depths of the mountains. He had reconstructed the two arcana, 'Nightmare' and 'Will Dissolution', and created a new arcana that could directly attack beliefs, which could effectively kill wraiths. With this, he killed sea wraiths and all kinds of eerie monsters along the way, and successfully arrived at the front of a giant ancient temple gate located deep in the underground of the mountain range.

After a long period of time and seawater erosion, the ancient rune gate was still solid. It was created using a technology that Grayson had never seen before but had the same effect as arcana. Grayson used his knowledge to identify that it was likely a creation of the 'Magitech Epoch' of the Third Epoch in the legend. The Magitech Epoch also used arcane energy, but it was not guided by spirit and pure wisdom. The Magitech civilization used many rune devices and tools to guide arcane energy, creating a glorious era of all members being spellcasters.

But the Magitech Epoch was destroyed, just as the 'Battle Qi Epoch' of the Sixth Epoch was destroyed by the undead. They were destroyed by a natural disaster.

The demons, which were derived from human desires and the souls of the dead, instigated three world wars and finally materialized into entities. The demon army destroyed the Third Epoch until Kahnstra, the alchemist master who opened the Fourth Epoch, refined the Soul Condensation Potion and created a sanctuary magic circle that could protect the soul, fundamentally eliminating the breeding ground for demons, and then re-established civilization.

With his own knowledge and several months of research, Grayson opened the long-abandoned gate and was able to enter this ancient research center originating from the Third Epoch.

Surprisingly, this ancient research institute, which had sunk to the bottom of the sea for thousands of years, contained countless advanced rune modules, as well as a research laboratory comparable to the most advanced arcane mage tower of the current era. These lost Magitech technologies were so powerful that Grayson was greatly inspired and broke through the threshold of the Great Arcanist, becoming a first-class expert in this world.

In the depths of this research institute, Grayson even found a magnificent library with books as vast as the sea. Even Grayson, who had seen the Central Library of the Southern Region, had never seen so many books, almost piled up into mountains, and most of the knowledge recorded in them was something he had never seen or heard of.

In this library, Grayson even found a complete idiot-proof reconstruction manual for the Magitech civilization – as long as a Magister could obtain these books, he could recreate the cornerstone of Magitech technology through this knowledge and rune engraving platform. All the silent equipment and facilities in the entire research institute, which had been frozen by magic for tens of thousands of years, were enough to rebuild a civilization.

The Seventh Epoch still has remnants of Magitech technology. Obtaining the knowledge in this library will definitely enable civilization to integrate and become stronger.

What Grayson found most incredible was that in this library, there were even speculations by sages of past epoch civilizations about the truth behind the natural disasters.

Reading these books, Grayson keenly perceived a fact.

Whether it was the technological civilization of the First Epoch, the psionic civilization of the Second Epoch, or the Magitech civilization of the Third Epoch, all of them were destroyed by the 'undead monsters' that suddenly appeared in the late Epoch, and the reason why civilization could continue was because sages had found the weakness of the undead monsters, so they could open up hope in despair.

Integrating the knowledge of the Seventh Epoch, the newly promoted Great Arcanist felt a sense of urgency.

Heart demons, psychic disasters, demons, artificial heteromorphic demons, devils, undead, and the 'wraiths' of this epoch, all of them were like this, magical creatures created by reversing life and death.

Similarly, each time these magical creatures were resolved, the essence of civilization would ascend. Now the core technology of the Seventh Epoch, the 'Holy Light Epoch', has reached the point where it can destroy the entire world. Several major forces deter each other, so that a balance can be achieved.

Grayson also realized that if he could perfect his belief arcana, then the power to destroy wraiths could also make human dreams come true – at that time, if there was an Eighth Epoch, then the Eighth Epoch might be called the Creation Epoch, because everyone could realize their fantasies. Reconstruct the world with one's willpower, and use this power to fight, produce, and create civilization.

In the dark, Grayson sensed that there seemed to be a vast will controlling the rise and fall of the entire world, and hundreds of millions of worlds fluctuated with the fluctuations of that will. His breath was exhaling the sparks of wisdom that these many worlds erupted in the repeated destruction and rebirth of the epoch.

That might be... a kind of truth, a kind of creator.

A will of heaven.

Faced with such a will, no matter how intelligent Grayson was, it was impossible for him to resist. He could only rely on the conditions in this ancient research institute of the Third Epoch, as well as many rune modules, to try to manufacture a Magitech weapon that could mass-produce belief arcana.

At that time, as long as he handed over this module to the contemporary saints and great arcanists of the Taslunder Federation, then he might be able to fight the demon god Typhon and many eerie monsters.

Knowing all this, deducing the truth behind the Epoch's destruction, Grayson, who had become a Great Arcanist, had perfected his 'Belief Arcana' module and used Magitech technology to make it mass-producible. Carrying the rune etching mother box that could mass-produce this module, Grayson couldn't wait to return to the stormy world of civilization. He could definitely save the world and reverse the imminent demise of the Seventh Epoch.

He rode the wind and used the Breath of the Merman left by the pirate captain to cross the vast sea. Grayson, with the hatred of his family and the belief of his comrades, slashed and killed all kinds of powerful and eerie monsters along the way. He wanted to bypass the storm zone created by the demon god Typhon and return to the center of civilization.

But perhaps it was a kind of malice, or a necessity set by heaven.

The Father of All Demons, who had originally not cared about those ants, turned his head and looked at the direction where Grayson was with his hideous hundred eyes.

—He will die, die in the hands of the Father of All Demons, the Storm Demon God, the Hundred Calamity Wind of Resentment, and his belief arcana module, which integrates the essence of the two Epoch civilizations, will be lost at sea, the hope that civilization will not be destroyed will be annihilated, the Seventh Epoch will be destroyed according to the established plan, until the final moment of despair, a new sage will be allowed to be born, obtain Grayson's inheritance, save the world in a barren land, and recast civilization.

The original destiny was like this. Grayson's great creation will disappear in the sea breeze, hundreds of millions of people will die, becoming fuel in the cycle of life and death.

But sometimes, ah, the fate of people and the future of the world are unpredictable. Of course, it depends on self-struggle, but also on the historical process in the void of the multiverse.

Grayson, who originally thought he was bound to die, never imagined that the world, which had been mostly shrouded in grey fog, suddenly lit up with a round of cyan-purple blazing sun.

There was even a voice, although incomprehensible, that could be understood by anyone, regardless of race, cursing in the sky.

"Youquan, what makes you worthy of being called a Dao Integrator? Using the destruction and reincarnation of thousands of worlds, or even the entire world group, and the cycle of life and death as research material for your own Great Dao?"

Outside the world, there are huge, magnificent, and towering dragon shadows flashing. He is waving his long tail, entwining another huge god shadow emitting grey-black mist, and then punching him in the face again and again: "This kind of crime can no longer be sentenced to life imprisonment, we must come down hard!"

With a punch, divine blood splatters, the stars twinkle in the sky, falling like rain.

The cyan-purple dragon aura is so majestic and vast that its brilliance alone warms all the heavens and worlds.

Above the sea, the eight-armed snake-headed giant, the indelible Hundred Calamity Wind, the Father of All Demons, gradually melted in this brilliance. The hundreds of millions of souls that composed him dissipated one after another, liberated, and sent into reincarnation by this brilliance. For a time, the sound of crying filled the entire world.

[You, Quan!]

On the other side, another grey-brown sun emerged. The shadow of a terrifying emperor walking slowly spoke the name word by word in a sinister manner. He held a pagoda in his hand, and his tone was almost a mixture of hatred and rage, but it finally condensed into indifference and coldness: [Zhuzhou is right, your Great Dao is not important, your future and possibilities are not important.]

[It is very important that this multiverse does not have Dao Integrators like you!]

He inverted the pagoda, and it was clear that he was using the Town Dao Pagoda as a wolf's tooth club, slamming it **** on the back of the giant god entwined by the dragon's tail – instantly, visible distortions occurred, and the power of the Town Dao Pagoda prevented this Dao Integrator from naturally recovering from his injuries, so he could only endure this endless pain.

[I will change! I will change!]

The Dao Lord Youquan, who was being beaten, was screaming at this moment. He sensed the fear of real death: [I swear, I will definitely correct my mistakes – don't you want to imprison me? I confess, I confess!]

"Confess? Too late!"

Grayson's story, the epic of the world's seven Epochs of destruction and rebirth, is not an isolated case.

Grayson has his own wife and children, and aging parents who need to be filial. Among the dead, there are innocent and romantic girls, and scholars who tirelessly pursue the truth; there are young boys and girls who are enjoying their youth, and young people who are trying to take on family responsibilities and start to grow up.

They are thinking about the future and looking forward to tomorrow, and the wraiths have destroyed everything, turning it all into the silence of the grey fog.

Just an experimental thought of a Dao Integrator can cause tens of thousands of worlds and civilizations in many universes and timelines to fall into this meaningless cycle of destruction and reincarnation, and countless lives will die.

Their dreams and wishes will be trampled on, just for a fun possibility, just because a Dao Integrator wants to try to peek at whether some sparks of wisdom that He has never seen before can burst out from the masses.

To make up for His Great Dao, a little bit of insignificant 'completion'.

Such a crime sounds very light.

[The Dao Integrator Youquan, takes the worlds as a training ground, selects strong people and sages, and makes civilization reborn and sublimate in the cycle of life and death, step by step approaching the Great Dao.]

Listen, this seems like doing good deeds - Dao Lord Youquan also thinks that he is doing good deeds, he has shared the mysteries of his Great Dao with all mortals, as long as there is really a qualification, you can comprehend the essence of His 'Great Dao of Life and Death' from this one destruction and rebirth after another.

This is something that countless people seek and want to obtain, the 'Heavenly Principle'!

Grayson doesn't understand the battles between those huge and majestic shadows in the sky.

He just suddenly wanted to cry, and suddenly felt unwilling.

"Truth be upon us..."

He stared at the light in the grey sky, clenched his fists, and the man muttered to himself: "If this is the truth of the world, this is the will of the Creator, then I would rather not exist, never be born, even if the world is destroyed, I will definitely not let Him get his wish!"

—When will the sun disappear? I will perish with you.

I would rather the light no longer exists, no longer have the sunshine shine, and I would rather all this be wiped out.

This is the most terrifying and hateful curse and wish that a mortal can make.

Coincidentally, right here, at this moment.

—There is someone who can hear the wishes of the prayer.

—There is someone who can hear the flow of tears.

The wishes of the people outweigh the will of heaven.

At least, for the sake of reform, for the sake of salvation, this is the greatest 'correctness'.

So, in the noisy and extremely terrifying gaze of many Dao Integrators, the sentence was handed down.

"Dao Lord Youquan, there is no judge here, and there is no courtroom. Zhuzhou's sky has not been completed yet, but I can't wait."

It is not to establish prestige, nor is it to kill the chicken to warn the monkey, but simply because, in relation to correctness, monsters should die.

The Dragon of Ten Thousand Worlds Innovation, who is also the Master of Devouring Demons, stretched out his hand and explored towards the chest of the grey-black giant god, as if to grasp the 'Dao of Life and Death Reincarnation' that had been spread in thousands of worlds along this Great Dao projection body.

This is far hotter than the evil soul, this 'evil way' called 'wrong' is a terrifying thing that far surpasses all evil souls, but their essence is the same.

Completely kill a Dao Integrator? This is very difficult, perhaps more difficult than defeating Hongshi.

But the young man has already revealed his fangs: "I am your judge, your trial."

"I sentence you, and I sentence all the Dao Integrators like you."

"Death sentence."

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