Law.

It's not just the ultimate expression of a cultivator control over the law of the universe, it is also an expression of their philosophy to the world.

At that moment, Fang Yijun and Shi Xiang arrive at the mirror world. Immediately, as if detecting a danger to her life, Yijun looks up at the sky above. Shi Xiang was looking too, but he was still young and haven't been through as much as Yijun.

The sky is still blue as it always was even if a peak continent was destroyed in a blink of an eye. It is still beautiful, however...

"Why am I crying?"

Before she knows it, two stream of tear cascade down from Yijun's eyes. Shi Xiang on the other hand, his cultivation was too low to see anything.

Most peak expert even in the upper realm weep when they have the good fortune of seeing the sect master of the Heavenly Sword Sect's swordsmanship, yet at this moment, Yijun was not looking at the sect master' swordsmanship... right?

The only thing she is looking at is the blue sky up above, and yet...

"Why does it feels so empty? Why does the immovable heaven up above feel so empty and desolate?"

This feeling, this feeling of impermanence and emptiness, how could Shi Xiang understands? Perhaps through the failure in his love story with his fiancee Liu Xun, he could have started to understand something, but he is still too young. Only someone like Yijun who experienced a millennia long loving relationship could understand. It is a woman intuition.

"It's like I'm looking at that detestable man."

No, it's not quite like her husband, however the feeling is the same. It's said that a man who has found his true love is the most heartless man to all other woman. Perhaps it could be said that Cui Huang has found his true love with that little lover of his and to her, he is the most heartless man.

This feeling is the same. When staring up at the sky, a familiar feeling arise in her. An uncaring gaze, of a man who does not care for love. A heartless man.

That feeling only lasted for moment before the crying stop.

"You are... senior Fairy Yijun right?"

Shi Xiang bows respectfully. Yijun has a good feeling, he is a good kid.

"That's right. That's I am, you are Shi Xiang right?" Now that she has a good look at him, he is not bad, a bit soft that one can mistake him for a woman but not bad. The fact that he was blushing a little also gets him into her good book.

Ha ha ha. Her beauty was great that even innocent young boy could not help but blush.

"Now where is that bastard Zheng Jie? He is fighting with Yan Yu right?"

Shi Xiang twitches a little but keep his respectable demeanor.

"I'm sure senior Zheng Jie and senior Yan Yu's fight is beyond us. I would not hesitate to say that it may even be beyond our comprehension."

A black mass was falling through the sky, however it was too far away for Shi Xiang and Yijun too see.

It was the remain of Yan Yu. He was "re-spawned" according to the system. However, to Yan Yu, who was unaware of the fact, death is death. He has died. There was not even remain, the system has to recreate it. Never in three thousands years did he face such a humiliation.

In the hell dimension, basing on force, the Black Devil is unrivaled under that red sky.

Basing on intelligence, the Black Devil is the most cunning and vicious. Did you badmouth him the other day? Well his ears are the wall, and his eyes are the earth itself, he is going to make you swallow your words the next day.

Want to find him? Good luck, he uses thousand of disguise, he may just look like you and me and is walking casually out in the street right now.

Over time, the legend of the Black Devil propagate, and Yan Yu forgets even his original name. Being domineering over the Hell dimension, he is the sole ruler...

And yet... he is dead.

"Was it any different than a frog inside a well? This whole life? Why was I so confident about ruling over the losers?"

It could be said that the devil cultivators have lost in the mythical ancient world to cause all of them to fall into Hell like that. Than why is he so happy about ruling over a bunch like that?

"Am I not dead?" The black mass mutters. This is the core of Yan Yu, even if he disguises himself to look like a fairly handsome man on a daily basic, it could not be denied that he is already too far gone. Truly befitting of the name "Black Devil".

"System Notice: Devil Path Ancestor, Yan Yu has been re-spawned. 299 lives remaining."

"I see... even the loser has something to learn huh?" Even while he was falling, he still mutter. However, even while he mutters, the Devil Path Ancestor is biting as hard as he could on his own lips, drawing blood from that blacken body.

"I am falling to a lower continent then. Zheng Jie has destroyed the previous continent." As a former Heaven Path Cultivator, Yan Yu is familiar with the layering nature of the world. Falling down to a lower continent mean losing advantage, even losing portion of your cultivation so as not to destroy the continent.

"No, this is fine. In the first place, the cultivation method of the Devil cultivator..." The cultivation method of the Devil Cultivator... even if the lower continent lack Heaven Qi and cultivation resource, is it any different from Hell? No, it is infinitely better, it still has resource, not like the jail that was Hell.

Even while saying that, Yan Yu is still biting down on his lips. This rage, this anger, this helplessness. It's good fuel for a Devil Cultivator. Right now Zheng Jie must have thought that Yan Yu was already dead, this is a good opportunity. His great achievement is about to be completed. This is the greatest danger of letting a Devil Cultivator from the Hell dimension loose in the world, no matter what continent, they will still be dangerous.

When Yan Yu landed, he immediately focus on completing his greatest achievement, applying the cultivation of the Hell dimension within the normal world.

In minutes, the whole continent where he landed on darken.

The law of Self of the Devil Cultivator...

In the Hell Dimension, resource was scarce, you have to use everything you have. Even rocks can be eaten. Because of that, a different mindset was developed within the Devil Cultivator.

Selfishness, Greed, Lust... in the end it all comes from the self.

If the Heaven scorned me, I will defy the heaven.

If the Heaven Path cultivator cultivate according to the Heaven, the Devil Path Cultivator cultivate based on their "Self".

The selfishness, greed, lust... they indulge on it. Allowing their Self to grow to a greater level. Everything they do is for their "Self", this is their philosophy. It is a self-centered philosophy, but that is the point. That is why every Devil Path Cultivator has personality problem, they don't try to integrate themselves, into the world, they revel on their own personality, their flaw, their everything.

Soon enough, the Self grow to a point where the body just cannot contain it anymore, my "Self" is so great that it encompasses all of Heaven and Earth, that rock over there is my "Self", the tree is my "Self".

The ego grows so much that everything can be consumed. It is similar to the law of consumption but it is focused on the "Self", only their darkness itself will consume everything.

"Darkness devouring the Heaven."

The final state for a Devil Cultivator, everything can be consumed, even the hypothetical heaven ahead. No, they will devour the heaven, that is their law. Everything will be devoured by the Self, the Self is the greatest resource akin the Heavenly Dao of the Heaven Cultivator, a Dao of the Self, as heretical as it is.

It is in direct opposition of the Heaven Path cultivator's philosophy, becoming one with the Heavenly Dao, the Devil Path Cultivator's final goal is to make everything, even the Heavenly Dao become one with them.

In fact, the realm of the Sect Master of the Heavenly Sword Sect, Zheng Jie reflect this opposite. "Sky Sea", becoming one with the Sky Sea above, that is the Heaven, the sect master, expand his sense out, his divine sense that become one with nature and the heaven. Yan Yu on the other hand...consumes

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Without any interference, the entire lower continent was eaten within moment. Everything was condense into Yan Yu's self. Become one with the self, he was akin to the continent itself. That is why Yan Yu has once said that if he completed his great feat, even if Zheng Jie wanted to fight, he wouldn't be able to.

How could you fight the earth, the trees, the entire continent?

The moment Yan Yu breaks out of Hell is the moment he completes his apotheosis, condensing everything into his "Self", devouring the Heaven itself.

Even if he still hasn't escaped Hell yet, even if this is just a mirror dimension, this is the perfect place to ascend.

When everything is eaten, Yan Yu would be akin to the Heaven Dao.

Without interference from the Sect Master, Yan Yu's Self permit everything, from the lower continent. The vast sea, the majestic mountain, all was eaten. Everything from the continent, the neighboring continent, the lower continent, the participle world, the air, the water, the Qi, the light, everything become Yan Yu.

Shi Xiang and Yijun who was watching without understanding anything yell in alarm.

"What is this? The heaven and earth? Are we witnessing the creation of the universe? The primordial time that has been lost to myth and legend" The more knowledgeable Yijun utters.

In the beginning, the world emerge from Chaos, creating the Heaven and Earth and all the human between. A black mass, that was the usual description of the Chaos the world emerges from. The Heaven decides that Chaos was unneeded anymore after creating the Heaven and Earth and so banish it away forever. At this moment, the sight in front of their eyes is akin to that primordial scene itself.

Yan Yu consumes everything, in moment, the Earth was all consumed, the Black Devil he is. The closest the Devil Cultivators have to someone who could Devour the Heaven and make it him.

However at that moment, there was another equally close master who just now witness what the end path of a Devil Path Cultivator is, Zheng Jie looks in alarm at the world beneath him.

Everything is Yan Yu.

The moment he realizes that is the moment his determination to weed out all devil grow even stronger.

In just moment, the Devil Path Ancestor has grown uncontrollable.

"C̶̮̞͚̦̫̯͖͔̮̥̫̘̗ͬ̐̿͑́͘͝͡ͅoͬ̑ͥ͒ͮͪ̒̆̅̉ͧ̉̄͛́̇͏̵̛̖̪̗̻̥̣̤͘͟m̵̢̼̗̲̜͉̳͕̻̣ͨ̽̏͆ͫͩ͐̌͗̎̒̒͊ͮ͠͝e̡̡̛͙͓̯͙ͦ͊ͫ̍̑̎̇ͫͣ̒̂ͮ̊̐̄͢͠ ̨̮͉̞̟͇̼̝͙̯̹̘̻̠͈̠̐̿ͮ͐ͮ̆̍̒͑̔̆ͮͧ̈̓͂ͥ̇̋͢͟͠o͑͑̒̇̌͌̃̾ͦͦͩ̂͐̄ͤ̋͜͢͏̫̲̠̻̪͚̳̘̩̣̺̹̞̮̥u̶̸̓ͦ͑̆́̍̊̈͐ͩ͏͏̜̻̼͠t̴̟͇̜̦̫̫͖̺͖̬͑͂̎́̕ ̥̱͕͓͍̫̦̗͔̣̫̖̯͉͎̥̰̝ͦ̐ͤͩ̇́̃͑̽̕͝͝ͅZ̸̧̙̙̺̬̲̊̔ͫͤ̄͘͢͝ḩ̠̖̝̬̱̥͎̬͐̍͌̉͐͌ͪ̌͒͞e̝͙̫͛͗̆͆̍ͯ̿̓̄̐̓͂͢n̵̵̘̻̻̬͓͔̠̗͇̰̝̘̻͙̱͉̏̋ͧ͑͆ͫ̈͆͒ͮ̈̍̾̔̚̚g̋̂ͪ͂̆̔̄̋̎́̑̌ͤ̽̆̐̚̚͜͜͝҉̻̥̗͕͕̹̹͎͔̣̠̘ͅ ̸̧͂̈͌̈͝҉͖̫͉̺̤͚͍̗̹̼̱̜̼J̶̡̯̙͉͕̳̘̮̫̥̗̠̘̬̯̊ͫͪ͑͋͊̅̀͛̉̂ͯ̽͋̚͢͡͞ͅï̢̢̨̬͙͙̜͔̗̟̳̻̤͓̲̼͈̥̟̙͊̏͒̍̑̈ͤ͌ͪ͌͂̂̈̇̉ͩͬ̕ę̸̛̞͈̳͓̬̦̯͇͙̼̘͉͈̖̖̂ͫ̈́̐͒̓̔ͣ̎̾̏͑̊̽͆ͧͩ͐̐̕!̴̗̱͓͉̦̣̘̮̺͔̜̬̰͔̍̎̿̒̆̀̾ͧ̃͛ͨ̂͒̎̒̊̕ͅ."

The Black Mass reaches the Sword Saint Abode where Zheng Jie was staying. At the monstrous stage Yan Yu is at, who could oppose him?

Even Zheng Jie didn't expect such a terrible law, the law of Self of the Devil Cultivator, and Yan Yu, make good of his threat, devouring the heaven.

In an ease that even Zheng Jie didn't have when he destroyed the peak continent of the Nine Cloud Kingdom, the Devil Ancestor destroy the continent where the Heavenly Sword Sect resides, even the Sword Saint Abode.

A land mass billions of kilometers wide disappear in second. This is the peak of the Devil Path cultivation world. The ending they all seek, everything becoming them. Yan Yu does not even resemble his former self anymore, but he is aware. With great cruelty, he knows this is the place Zheng Jie was protecting the most, so he takes great care tearing everything apart slowly.

Only one object survive and fall outside of the Devil Path Ancestor's consumption. That which is sealed beneath the cold Sword Saint Abode, a cold corpse constantly emitting coldness. It just falls away silently when the Heavenly Sword Sect is destroyed.

"Where is Zheng Jie?"

Yan Yu thinks to himself, even when he consumes everything, the Sect Master is no where to be seen. Even when his sense is now even greater than any Divine Sense the Heaven Path Cultivator could have, for the life of him, he could not detect Zheng Jie.

Yan Yu looks at his map.

The entire map is red.

He zooms out.

The entire map is red.

"Impossible!" He looks at the sky above.

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The Heaven comes down upon the black mass.

"Impossible! Are we really in the Primordial era? The Sky is falling! It is falling!" Yijun yells in panic. And yet she is not dead, due to them only be observer to the PvP.

Shi Xiang who finally realizes what is happening says

"So this is the battle between senior Zheng Jie and senior Yan Yu..." He could only stare up in awe.

"How could they actually do something like this? They are still human."

In fact, at that moment, Zheng Jie was the closest to ascension.

Sky Sea... becoming one with the Sky Sea above, that is the Heaven...

Even if it is just a hearsay, the Sect Mater took it to heart, and dedicated his swordsmanship to the greatest completion.

"So what if you become the heaven above? So what if you are the heaven itself? I will devour all the star, I will devour the sky, I will devour the heaven."

The black mass reaches to the heaven above, continuously expanding as it reaches higher and higher. The stars in the sky was devoured as he said, Yan Yu becomes bigger and bigger. Yijun and Shi Xiang was shaking in their boot staring at a phenomenon they don't understand.

However...

The hunting party who was with Yan Yu who was in disguise stare at him in surprise when that fellow appears out of nowhere and walk away without even looking in their eyes. On his lips is a stream of blood due to biting down too hard.

"It was a lost."

Yan Yu didn't even look at them in the eyes when he walks away.

"Huh? Did you lost to the Old Devil? Ha ha ha." The party who did not understand anything mock the Devil Ancestor.

"Old Devil?" With a wave of his hand, a scream could be heard in the distance. It was the Old Devil they was hunting.

However at that moment, Yan Yu didn't even care about that and walk away.

"Even if I escape, even if I was at my strongest, that fellow on the outside world..."

At that moment, in the middle of the turmoil party in the Royal court, the Sect Master of the Heavenly Sword Sect appears out of nowhere. However, he isn't as interested in the party as he was previously. Listlessly, he walks away.

"Master." Lang Li runs toward him to check if her master is alright. At that moment, perhaps her hug was too overly familiar...

"It was a draw." He did not elaborate and continues to walk away.

"I'm going back to cultivate." He says without greeting anyone.

"If we really fought, then the world..." He mutters to no one in particular.

"How could I get stronger?" He stares at the System Interface that he hasn't touched from the start. It was the first reward the System has given him. He has not touched it until today. It was a button that says

"The Many Paths of Reincarnation system"

When he went back to the Sword Saint Abode, Zheng Jie presses it.

At that moment, the sword saint temporarily disappears from the world.

"WAH WAH"

"Congratulation! It's a healthy baby boy."