I Am the Fated Villain

Chapter 1768. All Realms Tremble — Was She Born to Respond to Calamity?

All realms shuddered. Countless cultivators and living beings looked up at this scene in terror and shock.

At that moment, regardless of which world or universe they were in, everyone could clearly see that beyond the firmament, within the void, a mysterious land had emerged—filled with dark, bubble-like masses and surging black mist.

The barriers between worlds had become transparent. The outlines of universes grew faint and blurred, as though they were about to be squeezed and shattered. That mysterious unknown land had appeared—boundless in size, immeasurably vast, with no visible edge, seemingly existing independently beyond the vast expanse of all realms.

Strands of black mist continuously rose and spread from within it, converging into lakes, marshes, and seas, as though they were about to seep and spread into the myriad heavens and worlds.

Within that mysterious land, the ground was pitch-black and deep, filled with scarred and broken terrain. Everywhere were ravines and fractures. Even a fragment of a fallen star there was larger than the sky itself. It was impossible to imagine when it had fallen, or what kind of catastrophic war had once erupted there.

At that moment, as that dark land revealed itself, the outlines of the barriers of all realms and countless true-world universes gradually emerged, trembling continuously within space-time. They seemed to be under pressure from that dark land, some regions even beginning to distort and collapse into decay.

Around that dark land, terrifying chaotic lightning appeared. Blood-colored storms swept through heaven and earth, accompanied by black rain and ominous lightning—like signs of a great apocalypse before total destruction.

Within all the true universes of the myriad realms, countless cultivators and beings looked up in fear and trembling.

Beings of all races who did not understand what was happening were utterly shaken.

Meanwhile, some extremely ancient existences, long thought to have been in seclusion, stepped out from their closed cultivation grounds. Seeing this scene, their expressions drastically changed. Their scalps went numb, their spines chilled, and they nearly collapsed to the ground.

“How is this possible…” someone murmured in despair, unable to believe their own eyes.

“I knew it…”

“I knew this day would come eventually.”

“This day has finally arrived. Hahaha… all of you will die, all of you will die…”

“If we hadn’t joined forces back then to deal with the dark beings, would you all be satisfied now…”

Within the territory of certain ancient clans, forebears who had long been believed to have passed away had reappeared. Their faces were ashen and filled with despair as they sat down lifelessly, their faces completely pale with no trace of blood, eyes full of hopelessness.

“Ancestor, what exactly is that mysterious land? Why would you say such things…” younger descendants asked cautiously as they approached.

They had not even had time to process the shock and joy of their ancestor’s return before they were shaken into silence by his despairing words.

This ancestor had once been a peerless figure who dominated the world and suppressed enemies across ages—so why, upon seeing this strange phenomenon today, would he be so alarmed, even showing such utter despair?

“That is recorded in the ancient texts…,” the old ancestor said.

“The land of the Dark Origin.”

“How could it appear again? Wasn’t it already sealed and buried within the void of space-time? Apart from those ancient sages who once sealed it, who could possibly locate its spatial coordinates?”

His eyes were filled with despair, his voice trembling uncontrollably, unable to conceal his fear.

At that moment, it seemed as though he already saw the scene of all realms collapsing and the apocalypse descending—heaven and earth returning to darkness, and the hope of dawn being swallowed by black mist.

Could the era once ruled by darkness be returning again? All races and civilizations would be enslaved by darkness, mountains and rivers shattered, universes collapsing, everywhere filled with blood and darkness.

“What? The legendary land of the Dark Origin?”

The younger descendant who had asked froze completely upon hearing this.

When he regained his senses, his eyes were also filled with shock and disbelief, followed by the same despair.

At that moment, all of the vast realms were plunged into boundless panic and terror.

Countless beings who understood the truth felt as though the sky had fallen upon them, already experiencing the despair of the end of days.

Although the Black Calamity era was extremely distant in time, it had never only existed in ancient records.

Especially in this era, dark beings had reappeared in the world, invading the territories of many races and civilizations. They were still ravaging many regions, slaughtering and harvesting sacrificial offerings without restraint.

Many people initially believed this was merely an invasion by dark beings, like the remnants of past Black Calamities that had ravaged various regions in earlier eras, and did not take the matter too seriously. But with the Dark Origin Land reappearing today within the void, they finally realized that something truly catastrophic was about to happen.

The reemergence of the dark beings was not an accident or coincidence—it was only a prelude.

The true great terror still lay ahead.

In this current era, once the seal of the Dark Origin Land was broken, and the Dark Origin Lord sealed within it—also known as the “Heaven-Usurping Lord”—revived and reappeared in the world, who in the entire vast expanse of all realms could resist or stop it?

Previously, many cultivators and beings treated the rumors that the dark beings intended to revive the Heaven-Usurping Lord as nothing more than gossip, paying it no mind.

Only now, upon seeing the Dark Origin Land reappear in the world, did they finally panic—finally feel fear—and fall into terror. In other clans and civilizations, similar scenes of panic were unfolding everywhere. Information about that mysterious unknown land swept across all regions like a hurricane.

Many people initially did not know what it signified, but after others began to explain it, they finally understood—and were filled with shock and fear.

Who could have imagined that the Dark Origin Land would suddenly reappear in the world?

Although that land seemed to still be at a certain distance from the myriad realms and had not yet approached, merely appearing as a blurred phantom covering the heavens above—many terrifyingly powerful beings used their ocular techniques to look into the distance with full force, and reached a conclusion that filled everyone with even greater despair and terror.

The Dark Origin Land was slowly moving toward the vast expanse of all realms. It was not stationary. It seemed to be driven by some unknown great force, descending from that mysterious void, and was about to approach the myriad realms and collide with them.

No one knew where exactly the Dark Origin Land was located, nor which civilization or universe would be the first to make contact with it. But in any case, once it collided with the vast expanse, it would bring endless disaster and darkness to all realms.

At this moment, the dark beings would certainly exhaust every means to guide and receive it, allowing it to descend. Many clans and civilizations even suspected that the sudden appearance of the Dark Origin Land was absolutely due to the dark beings performing a grand sacrifice to summon its descent.

The dark beings sought to recreate their former glory, and thus they would inevitably welcome back the return of the Heaven-Usurping Lord.

Although the dark beings of the present era were powerful, without a leader they still could not contend against the entire vast expanse of all realms.

Thinking of this possibility, all races and orthodox civilizations were shaken with waves of terror.

The Anti-Heaven Alliance and the Orthodox Alliance were still locked in war—if they ended up in a mutual stalemate, would that not allow the dark beings to reap the benefits as the fisherman and seize everything?

“What is that?”

Gu Xian’er stood on a hilltop, also looking up into the sky. She focused her gaze and could clearly see that high above the heavens, there was a hazy, blurred, mysterious land shrouded in black mist.

There were ravines and fractures everywhere, but they were all indistinct and could not be seen clearly, obscured by surging dark substances.

“That is the Dark Origin Land.”

“It has actually already emerged…”

A cold voice came from beside her. A white-robed, otherworldly woman also looked up at this scene. Her usually expressionless face was now filled with unprecedented solemnity.

Gu Xian’er looked at her in shock and asked, “Senior, have you recovered your memories?”

The white-robed woman shook her head and said, “Not yet. But I possess memories related to it. Once it reappears in the world, the entire vast expanse of all realms will face boundless disaster and catastrophe, and will once again be shrouded and ruled by darkness.”

Gu Xian’er was hearing such seriousness and gravity in her tone for the first time, which clearly showed how severe the situation was.

“Senior, is there any way to stop all of this?” An elder of the Xianyue Sect, who had also heard of the Dark Origin Land before, asked with equal gravity.

The white-robed woman, upon hearing this, seemed to fall into thought. Then she shook her head and said:

“I don’t know. There are many things I cannot remember, but there should be a way. It was once sealed before. Its reappearance this time is very likely because the seal has begun to loosen, or because it has been guided here by the dark beings.”

“Even if it can be stopped, it is not something that can be achieved with our strength. In this calamity, we are unable to change anything.”

A woman walked over. She wore a loose cyan robe, her figure slender, her face delicate and refined. Her long hair was tied up with a wooden hairpin. She showed no great sense of panic, as though she could calmly face everything.

“The young lady Qingnan is right. In such a catastrophic disaster, what can we possibly change?” The elder of the Crescent Moon Sect who had spoken earlier gave a bitter laugh, as if he had resigned himself to fate.

“We cannot even deal with the dark beings who have already occupied our sects and homelands—how could we possibly hope to stop this calamity?”

“Perhaps there is still a chance?” the white-robed woman said softly, looking up at the sky. “Although it is approaching the vast expanse of all realms, there should still be some time. That time may be the opportunity heaven has given us.”

“Exactly,” someone else said. “Senior is right. Until the very end, how can we give up so easily? But before that, we should continue our journey. We are almost reaching the Nine Heavens territory. Perhaps there, we will find a way to resolve this.”

They had been traveling together for quite some time. Because of the war between the Anti-Heaven Alliance and the Orthodox Alliance, they had avoided many universes and routes that might be affected, which made their journey rather slow.

Along the way, they also deliberately avoided territories occupied by dark beings to prevent trouble.

“I don’t know why, but I always feel something indescribable… a growing sense of urgency,” Gu Xian’er thought to herself as she withdrew her gaze.

Whether it was the destruction of the Crescent Moon Sect, or the war between the Orthodox Alliance and the Anti-Heaven Alliance, it all gave her a strong sense that she needed to become stronger as soon as possible.

Now, with the reappearance of the Dark Origin Land, that sense of urgency had intensified to the point where she almost felt suffocated.

Clearly, Qingnan was right—they could do nothing in the face of such a catastrophe.

But why did she still have a strange intuition, as though a voice deep within the heavens and earth was telling her that she was meant to turn the tide and stop all of this?

Was she born to respond to this calamity?

It had already been hundreds of years since the war between the Anti-Heaven Alliance and the Orthodox Alliance officially began. For mortals, a hundred years might be a full lifetime. But for cultivators who had already reached a certain level of cultivation, a hundred years was merely a fleeting moment.

For the various clans and orthodox forces of the Anti-Heaven Alliance and the Orthodox Alliance, these hundred years were only the beginning. Throughout history, no large-scale war between true world civilizations had ever ended within mere centuries.

Such wars often lasted tens of thousands of years—or even longer, spanning multiple epochs.

For behemoths like the Anti-Heaven Alliance and the Orthodox Alliance, their struggle was even more brutal, which also meant it would likely last far longer.

No one knew when this war would end. The entire vast expanse would likely remain in this period of turbulence and chaos for an unknown duration.

Ancient warships sailed through the void, filled with surging chaotic energy, crushing through space-time as though crossing the river of time itself. Many experts of the Anti-Heaven Alliance stood upon the hulls.

Layers upon layers of star fields stretched endlessly, separated by vast universes and broken spatial rifts. Chaotic energy overflowed in all directions. Countless shattered continents flew across the cosmos like fragments, blasted apart by terrifying forces. Everywhere was the aftermath of brutal war.

Many high-ranking figures of the Anti-Heaven Alliance—Ling Yuling, White Bone Ancestor King, Hunyuan Jun, Chu Heng, and others—had gathered here. Among them were also overlords from forbidden zones, such as Mu Fuguang and Tong Xian.

“In recent days, a mysterious powerhouse has appeared in the Orthodox Alliance. Many of our Ancestor Dao Realm experts have been defeated by him one after another. Some were even nearly killed…”

“I suspect that this mysterious powerhouse is connected to the mastermind behind the Orthodox Alliance. Those who fought him have never even seen his true appearance. They only know that he wears a white robe and is elusive, with unfathomable strength.”

“The regions where this white-robed figure has appeared have all caused our armies to collapse. If he is not stopped, he may affect the outcome of the entire war.”

White Bone Ancestor King wore a black robe, his face gaunt and aged, hollow eye sockets deep and dark. His gaze was profound as he looked at the battlefield ahead, where slaughter raged and killing cries shook the heavens.

“This matter has also reached my ears. That mysterious white-robed man is far stronger than ordinary Ancestor Dao Realm cultivators. I fear none of us are his match,” Chu Heng said gravely.

In this war, Ancestor Dao Realm experts could already influence the outcome. What the Anti-Heaven Alliance and Orthodox Alliance were competing in was the number of such experts.

Now, however, a being far beyond the Ancestor Dao Realm had suddenly appeared, and this naturally drew the attention of many high-level figures of the Anti-Heaven Alliance.

Of course, this attention had not yet turned into fear. After all, all the senior members of the Anti-Heaven Alliance were well aware of their leader’s unfathomable strength. This mysterious existence was not yet enough to alarm Gu Changge.

“Lady Yuling, should we invite those few to take action and test that white-robed expert?” One of the high-ranking members of the Anti-Heaven Alliance couldn’t help but ask, looking towards Ling Yuling.

Mu Fuguang, Tong Xian, and the other overlords of the forbidden zones rarely acted. But everyone in the alliance knew how terrifying they were—ordinary Ancestor Dao Realm experts were no match for them.

Yet at this moment, Ling Yuling seemed to ignore the question entirely. Her hair drifted in the void, her flawless face expressionless. She raised her head and stared at the vast, boundless, dark land outside the heavens, as though lost in some distant memory.