Chapter 1824: The Land Becomes a Book, Branch of Fate
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"Our familyâs wealth is vast."
The Crown Prince Purple Green smiled faintly and raised his right hand, lightly flicking it toward the palace exterior.
With this motion, the rumbling across the Sky Devouring Region intensified to deafening levels.
Thenâan unimaginable scene unfolded!
The earth... instantly transformed!
Mountains, rivers, structuresâeven the imperial palaceâall morphed in that instant into...
A book!
The land had become a book!
Across the Sky Devouring Region, the Mirror of Wanggu in the sky was plundering the nationâs fortune, having already taken most of it, causing all things to grow increasingly indistinct.
Yet paradoxically, as the earth-turned-book turned a pageâ
Mountains and rivers reappeared, all things were restored, the capital returned, and the citizens revived.
That single page contained an entirely intact Purple Green Kingdom!
Even as the Mirror of Wanggu continued its plundering and Xu Qingâs reversed vortex kept absorbing, the page replicated everything perfectly.
Stranger stillâeven when the contents of that page eventually blurred from the mirrorâs theft...
The book turned another page.
The second page was identicalâstill the Purple Green Kingdom, unchanged.
"Little Brother, take as much as you desire."
The Crown Princeâs smile deepened.
"For Iâve recorded every breath of the Purple Green Kingdomâs existence as individual pages of fate. Eventually, they gained life and began propagating endlessly..."
"Even I no longer know how many exist."
This was the divine authority heâd once demonstratedâ
Fate!
Only now, the Crown Princeâs manipulation of fate was far more sinister and boundless than before!
As he spoke, the bookâs pages began turning fasterâno longer waiting for the mirror to drain them before flipping, but accelerating autonomously.
Each page was the Purple Green Kingdom.
Thus the mirrorâs plundering was forcibly accelerated.
Yet the kingdomâs fortune, through this rapid page-turning, became infinite.
A sense of futility grew inescapable.
The Mirror of Wanggu reflected this despairâit ouldnât plunder endlessly, just as the reversed vortex couldnât spin perpetually.
With a resounding crack, a fissure appeared on the mirrorâs surface.
More fractures spread, a series of shattering sounds echoing as the mirror shattered completely!
Countless fragments rained down across the land.
Simultaneously, on Wangguâ
The human Empress vomited blood, Her body withering as She weakly gazed toward the Sky Devouring.
All the human experts whoâd participated in the ritual suffered similarly.
The scene repeated across all racesâcultivators coughing blood, the entire Wanggu falling into stunned silence.
Only the Sky Devouring Regionâs book continued turning its pages, replaying scenes endlessly
as if time itself cycled.
Xu Qing sighed inwardly.
The Crown Prince had failed to seize his divine form earlier.
Now, Xu Qingâs attempt to plunder the Purple Green Kingdomâs fortune had likewise failed.
Yet the moment the mirror shattered, Xu Qingâstanding in the palace plazaâflashed forward toward the main hall!
If plundering wouldnât work, then battle would decide everything!
Inside the hall, the Crown Prince lightly tapped the air.
Ripples of fate spread from his fingertip, forming a barrier against Xu Qingâs approach.
"Your opponent is another possible version of meâfrom fate."
As these words echoed, the turning pages abruptly stoppedâ
Revealing a branching tributary of fate!
This branch didnât replace reality but coexisted with itâ
Inside the hall, the Crown Prince still sat upon the throne.
Outside, the world transformed!
A second Crown Prince appearedâ
Standing atop the fragmented-faceâs statue, arms outstretched, his expression chillingly detached as his earlier words reverberated through this fate-branch:
"...Sacrifice!"
With this utterance, fanatical cries erupted across this alternate Purple Green Kingdom:
"We gladly die for the Crown Prince!"
"We gladly die for the Crown Prince!"
The voices came from everyoneâcultivators, mortals, men, women, old, youngâall burning with fanaticism.
At their princeâs single word, they began immolating themselves!
Sacrificing everything to their Crown Prince!
This fate-branchâs prince was offering his entire kingdom to empower himself!
Countless lives became streams of light converging upon the statue, merging into his bodyâ
An endless tide.
Xu Qing didnât interfere.
His Ordinance Law perceived the truthâthis was already an event that had occurred.
Changing this moment wouldnât alter the outcome.
Only by changing the final result could causality be reversed.
So he watched intently, analyzing every detail.
Upon the statue, the Crown Princeâs body melted into blood under the sacrificial delugeâ
Dripping onto the effigy below.
Within breaths, this fate-branchâs kingdom stood emptiedâ
No citizens remained, not even the Crown Princeâ
Only his blood coating the statue.
Thenâ
A terrifying aura erupted from the effigy!
Divine might surged skyward, shaking heaven and earth, reversing wind and clouds as anomalous substances flooded the world.
Rules dissolved. Laws vanished.
Only divine authority remainedâsupreme and absolute.
The unmistakable pressure of a Lord God!
Amid this overwhelming pressure, the statue of Desolate began to transform. Its stone body awakened into flesh, writhing and reshaping Into a humanoid form.
Its face rapidly took shape, and in the blink of an eye... It bore the likeness of Purple Green!
Then, with a single step, It vanishedâshattering the voidâonly to reappear right before Xu Qing.
Amid the eruption of anomalous substances and Lord God-level suppression, It raised Its right hand and pressed toward Xu Qing.
Xu Qing unleashed his Ordinance Law, colliding with the Crown Prince Purple Green.
BOOMâ!
The heavens and earth quaked. The world itself trembled under the colossal impact.
Xu Qing allowed the force to propel him back, stopping a thousand feet away. Calmly, he observed Crown Prince Purple Green standing outside the palace hall.
At the same time, Crown Prince Purple Green outside the hall gazed back at him.
And inside the hallâthe other Crown Prince Purple Green did the same.
Both spoke in unison,
"Little Brother, this time... if youâre not prepared, you will die."
their voices weaving together across the intertwined threads of fate, resonating through the present moment:
Crown Prince Purple Greenâs divine authority was Fate!
This method of plucking a branch from destiny and materializing another possibilityâcoexisting with realityâwas something Xu Qing had experienced before.
Back in the Fourth Star Ring, within the turbulence of spacetime...
At the final point of convergence, Xu Qing had appeared beside that old painter.
The old painter was another version of Xu Qingâa possibility from a different timeline.
But the means by which they achieved this differed.
Crown Prince Purple Green relied on Fate.
Xu Qing relied on his Ordinanceâtransforming into dimensions, piercing through all timelines.
Yet both... had reached the same apex.
For gods, it was the level of a Lord God.
For immortals, it was the realm of an Immortal Lord.
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