I Am the Fated Villain

Chapter 1819. The People of the Hall of Non-Life Welcome Their Master’s Fleshly Body Back

“Who invited this expert? How is he this fierce?”

“His strength is probably not inferior to that white-robed senior at all.”

The frontline headquarters of the Righteous Unity Alliance was situated within a stretch of spacetime. Ancient warships filled the region in overlapping shadows, while one war fortress stood after another, densely packed together. Amid the surging chaos energy, bronze palaces and mountain ranges filled with cave abodes could also be seen.

Many high-ranking figures had gathered within the council hall. The weakest among them were beings who had already survived three or four Heavenly Decline Tribulations.

At that moment, all of them stared at the projected scenes from the frontlines, their faces filled with shock and astonishment.

The Uncentral Emperor, Jiang Yun, remained expressionless, his face calm and indifferent.

“This is an expert invited by the senior standing behind me,” he said flatly.

The upper echelons of the Righteous Unity Alliance were all shaken.

Once again, this person had been brought by the mysterious senior behind the Uncentral Emperor?

Apart from that white-robed senior, this terrifying existence whose killing intent shook the heavens was undoubtedly stronger than everyone present. Perhaps even the Uncentral Emperor himself was no match for him.

This was very likely a being who had already survived nine Heavenly Decline Tribulations. In today’s Boundless Expanse, such figures had not appeared for a very long time.

For a moment, all the alliance’s high-ranking members developed a profound sense of awe toward that unseen senior hidden behind the scenes.

On the battlefield where the Heaven-Defying Alliance and the Righteous Unity Alliance clashed, a white-robed figure sat cross-legged atop a barren mountain.

He resembled an eternal mountain, towering and majestic.

Merely by sitting there, he suppressed the endless sins, slaughterous karma, and killing tribulations generated by the warfare engulfing heaven and earth.

Universes everywhere had already been shattered.

The mixed armies from both sides fought and slaughtered one another, leaving devastation everywhere. The sight of countless ruined worlds and fragmented realms was enough to strike terror into anyone’s heart.

Corpses and shattered weapons disintegrated amidst heaven and earth, continuously falling toward various lands.

Universes crumbled.

Worlds collapsed.

One Ancestor Dao Realm existence after another crossed the river of spacetime and fought fiercely there. Their auras swept across past and present.

By the end, they had abandoned Dao techniques altogether and were battling with their physical bodies alone.

Every drop of blood that fell contained the birth and destruction of countless dust-like worlds.

Beyond some blurred world barriers, within indistinct regions of chaos, Ancestor Dao Realm beings could be vaguely seen fighting.

Their battles were even more terrifying.

Those areas were submerged beneath endless light. Even Dao Realm experts were unable to intervene.

With a mere movement of their palms, small worlds were born, chaos was opened, and Dao arts displayed unprecedented power in their hands. The aftermath of their auras alone was enough to annihilate a vast universe.

Within one of the battlefields beyond the worlds, the figure shrouded in black qi had already fallen into a state of battle madness.

Terrifying killing intent condensed around him into prison-like cages of slaughter.

Beneath his feet stood countless ancient steles. Every stele erupted with boundless radiance that drowned his opponents.

By relying solely upon his own power, he restrained several forbidden-zone existences of the Heaven-Defying Alliance. Furthermore, he still firmly held the upper hand.

“Only slaughter is the ultimate pursuit of all worlds.”

“This heaven and earth are nothing but a prison.”

“Living beings are destined to have no path to survival.”

“They might as well die early and sever all worldly attachments.”

“Life itself is sorrow and suffering.”

“Only death brings liberation…”

He laughed wildly.

The more he fought, the stronger he became.

He wielded no weapon. Each punch exploded with endless black radiance that corrupted everything and extinguished all fluctuations.

It was true deathly energy.

Within it echoed the wails of countless dead souls. Shadows of endless ruined universes emerged and vanished.

No one knew how many living beings had died at his hands.

Within the Heaven-Defying Alliance’s frontlines, many high-ranking figures felt their hearts sink. They felt instinctive fear and dread toward that terrifying being who had appeared out of nowhere.

Some even believed that Vice Alliance Master Ling Yuling herself might not be his match. At the front of an ancient warship stood a peerlessly beautiful figure.

Ling Yuling remained calm.

There was no panic or anxiety on her face. Her gaze crossed countless universes and settled upon the figure sitting atop the barren mountain.

“The Fourth Ancient Killing Formation.”

“If you were not Zhong Jun’s descendant, how could you have inherited such an object?”

“Most likely, Zhong Jun’s death and the destruction of the Shaking Light Ancestral Court are inseparable from the person hidden behind the Righteous Unity Alliance.”

Ling Yuling chose not to act. She continued overseeing the Heaven-Defying Alliance.

This great war had only just begun. No one knew how many years it would continue.

The opposing side feared the Heaven-Defying Alliance’s foundations and therefore dared not advance further.

Meanwhile, because Gu Changge had departed, and because the forbidden-zone existences were occupied restraining that suddenly emerged powerhouse, the remaining high-ranking members found themselves in an awkward position.

Only a handful of Ancestor Dao Realm beings who had survived eight Heavenly Decline Tribulations existed.

Now they had all entered the battlefield.

Even the Demon Ancestor Emperor Huang was fighting enemies within the lands beyond the worlds. This war would allow them to accumulate enormous military merit.

But if they died…Then it would truly be complete destruction of body and soul.

“I never expected to see traces of the Hall of Non-Life again after so many years…”

“The war between the Heaven-Defying Alliance and the Righteous Unity Alliance has even drawn out people from the Hall of Non-Life.”

“Could it be that even the Hall of Non-Life intends to interfere?”

“And which number is this figure?”

Within a vast and profound sea of chaotic spacetime, an ancient lifeform slowly opened its eyes.

Chaos boiled before it. Terrifying energy seemed ready to burst forth and overwhelm all worlds. Soon, however, as its aura subsided, tranquility returned.

Only a deep, mysterious light illuminated the chaos.

Within it floated a blood-colored eye. Scenes of worlds being born and destroyed continuously unfolded inside that eye, inspiring fear.

Through this eye, the ancient being observed the current state of the Boundless Expanse.

When it looked towards the battlefield between the Heaven-Defying Alliance and the Righteous Unity Alliance, even it was startled.

Anyone who had lived long enough knew of the Hall of Non-Life. Its members were easy to identify. The killing intent accumulated through endless ages.

The countless souls and karmic debts floating around them. The ruined remnants of dead universes and worlds surrounding their bodies.

Apart from members of the Hall of Non-Life, there was virtually no second group possessing such characteristics.

“The last time a member of the Hall of Non-Life appeared in the Boundless Expanse… how many Epoch Tribulations ago was that?”

The ancient being sank into thought and memory. It had slumbered for so long that even it could no longer remember when it had last witnessed members of the Hall of Non-Life slaughtering living beings and plundering the resources of universes and worlds.

But one thing it knew for certain—Whenever members of the Hall of Non-Life appeared in the Boundless Expanse, an Epoch Tribulation was sure to follow.

“Could it be that an Authority is about to emerge during this era?”

“No wonder the waters have been stirred into such chaos.”

“Competing for Authority while not fearing detection by that place?”

“They truly act recklessly.”

At the same time, throughout countless unknown regions of chaos, various existences noticed the abnormalities surrounding the war between the two alliances.

Within lands wrapped in endless spacetime currents stood magnificent bronze palaces. Inside one such palace, a Daoist opened his eyes. His expression was detached and tranquil.

Even after witnessing the cataclysmic war between the two alliances, his emotions remained undisturbed.

“The people of the Hall of Non-Life have appeared.”

“The identity behind this strength is certainly not simple.”

A figure wearing a phoenix crown and multicolored phoenix robes peered through a crack in spacetime and observed the current age before softly sighing.

Around her, time flowed like water. At a single thought, it evaporated. All traces of her observation were completely erased, becoming eternal and formless.

While the Heaven-Defying Alliance and the Righteous Unity Alliance were locked in battle, the latter’s upper echelons continued stirring up the rest of the Boundless Expanse.

They encouraged civilizations and True Worlds everywhere to unite under the banner of crusading against the Heaven-Defying Alliance and cleansing the Boundless Expanse of disaster.

One revelation after another concerning the close connection between the Heaven-Defying Alliance and the Black Lotus Cult spread throughout the world.

When certain beings investigated the origins of the Black Lotus Cult, they discovered that it had first appeared near territories controlled by the Heaven-Defying Alliance.

The timing was suspiciously convenient. It had emerged precisely around the period when the Immortal Dao Alliance was preparing for its establishment.

Furthermore, the Heaven-Defying Alliance’s territory was the closest region to the Black Lotus Cult.

So why had the cult not chosen to corrupt and invade the Heaven-Defying Alliance?

Why travel billions upon billions of miles away to target the Ethereal Sacred Domain instead?

Some even openly claimed that the Black Lotus Cult was actually a joint creation of the Heaven-Defying Alliance and the Dark Race.

Its purpose was to deceive all races across the world and divert everyone’s attention, thereby concealing the Heaven-Defying Alliance’s true ambitions.

As evidence, they pointed out that the Dark Race remained unusually quiet.

Not a single unusual movement could be seen.

This was completely unlike the Dark Race known throughout the world.

Such claims naturally triggered enormous waves of shock.

Normally speaking, wouldn’t a war between the Heaven-Defying Alliance and the Righteous Unity Alliance provide the perfect opportunity for the Dark Race to take advantage of the chaos?

Why had there been no movement whatsoever?

Under such circumstances, more and more people began suspecting the Heaven-Defying Alliance.

Many believed that the boundless black fog enveloping the Ethereal Sacred Domain was a scheme orchestrated by the alliance.

The appearance of the Heaven-Defying Alliance’s leader was certainly no coincidence.

It had all been planned in advance.

Some even believed the Righteous Unity Alliance’s claims—That the many guests who had attended the Immortal Dao Alliance Assembly had already met with disaster.

“When the Heaven-Defying Alliance’s leader returns completely…”

“Even the Righteous Unity Alliance will no longer be able to stop him.”

“The entire Boundless Expanse will become the territory of the Heaven-Defying Alliance and the Dark Race.”

“No one will be spared.”

The Righteous Unity Alliance vigorously spread such rumors and messages. The entire Boundless Expanse had already fallen into chaos.

Everyone could feel an overwhelming fear and unease. It seemed that nowhere remained truly safe.

No genuine sanctuary existed anymore. With each passing day, the Dark Source Land hanging above all beings drew closer.

Fear.

Anxiety.

Chaos.

These emotions began spreading throughout universes and territories everywhere. Even supposedly transcendent sects and lineages started experiencing problems.

Internal conflicts erupted endlessly. The darkness hidden within people’s hearts was magnified without limit.

Time flowed onward like an unstoppable river.

While catastrophe engulfed the Ethereal Sacred Domain and turmoil spread throughout the Boundless Expanse, another terrifying war was unfolding within a separate region entirely consumed by darkness.

This land knew neither light nor day. Ashes filled every corner. Beneath the dark sky stretched endless mountain ranges, highlands, hills, plains, valleys, rivers, marshes, and wastelands.

Pitch-black volcanoes stood beside eternally frozen dark soil.

Swamps rose and fell endlessly. This was a world without law, restraint, form, color, or desire. Every moment, it shifted between reality and illusion.

Landscapes appeared and vanished simultaneously. No one could determine which point in spacetime it truly occupied.

Perhaps yesterday.

Perhaps tomorrow.

Or perhaps ten thousand ages in the past.

At the summit of the most imposing mountain range stood a vast and ancient dark palace. Around it stretched endless clusters of structures.

Some resembled altars. Others resembled fortresses. This was the Nightmare Demon Domain, the eternal homeland of the Heavenly Multitude.

Above the palace surged endless blood-colored mist. Ancient horrifying scenes manifested continuously.

Within the mist, a bronze coffin could vaguely be seen floating. At that moment, a lone figure stood before the palace.

Blue points of light resembling fireflies flickered around the figure, completely concealing their appearance and physique.

The current ruler of the Heavenly Multitude—

The Moonless High Priestess.

No one had ever truly seen her real appearance. Not even her trusted subordinates, the several chief priests serving under her.

Behind the Moonless High Priestess, countless priests and priestesses had assembled beneath the palace.

A sea of figures knelt in silence. The atmosphere was solemn and reverent.

In the distant lands, war raged. Countless dark creatures collided and slaughtered one another like crashing tides.

Terrifying killing intent filled the heavens. They were wrapped in endless dark energy. One mighty figure after another stood across the sky like eternal demonic shadows.

They feared no corruption from darkness. Indeed, they themselves belonged to races that had already fallen into darkness.

This place shared the same origin as them. Naturally, they had no need to fear contamination by the dark matter filling the realm.

Dark matter flowed across their bodies like cascading waterfalls. It nourished their dark demonic forms. Immortal auras intertwined around them.

“After countless ages, we have finally set foot here once more.”

“We shall welcome our master’s fleshly body back.”

“If the Moonless High Priestess knows what is good for her, she will step aside and hand over the Coffin of World Burial.”

“Our master’s voice has already echoed from the Dark Source Land.”

“He is calling to us…”

A terrifying voice boomed like a heavenly drum. The sound shook heaven and earth. The blood and qi of all dark creatures churned violently. Even their dark souls seemed on the verge of being torn apart.

The speaker was a figure so vast that neither heaven nor earth seemed capable of containing his true form. He stood at the distant edge of spacetime.

Dark matter flowed across him like rivers. An immortal suit of armor emitted cold radiance. A mere strand of his aura seemed capable of destroying eternity itself.