MTLNOVEL Chapter 820: Arrival
Beneath the rift in the northern Heavenly Curtain, the golden Divine Throne of the Divine Law Venerable is emitting a wailing on the brink of collapse. On the surface of this throne, condensed by the 'Divine Law' concept, tens of thousands of gilded texts are twisting and cracking like burning chains, with each crack seeping out a dark golden Origin Power—
This is the Great Sun Venerable gnawing at the foundation of the Divine Law Venerable's power from the depths of the Root. The shadow of the Great Sun Venerable looms over the throne, with twelve dark golden disks slowly rotating behind them. Each disk reflects altered legal texts, like sharp surgical knives, peeling away the 'Judgement' authority that the Divine Law Venerable relies on for survival.
"Divine Law, do you remember the sword you stabbed into my chest from behind all those years ago?"
The voice of the Great Sun Venerable carries the venom accumulated over hundreds of thousands of years, each word tearing through space: "After my Awakening, it is etched in my bones and never forgotten. What wrong did I ever do to you? Was it because of your thirst for order? I promised that if you gave me just 2000 more years, I would create a pure world for you. Could you not wait even those scant 2000 years?
In the past, you followed me into battle, witnessing with your own eyes the Supreme Heavenly Venerate sweeping across heaven and earth to establish the Supreme Divine Court. It was so ruthless and merciless. You followed me away from Taishang, inheriting the Order Skill I took from Him. Did you still expect Him to show mercy when He returns?"
The Divine Law Venerable did not respond.
Long ago, twenty-six thousand years ago, they had already lost their physical body. Now, even their form of Primordial Spirit has been dispersed by the Great Sun Venerable.
At this moment, it is entirely dependent on the densely woven legal network between heaven and earth to sustain itself. The myriad official laws and the customary rules of the people, like chains, are intertwined under the feet of the Great Sun Venerable, coiling and twisting like a giant serpent, struggling frantically.
Their eyes appear on this snake-like chain, reflecting the shadow of the Great Sun Wheel, as some forgotten memories surge into the Divine Law's consciousness like a tide.
Thirty-one thousand years ago, they did indeed personally drive their own Divine Artifact, the 'Thunder Punishment Divine Sword,' into the heart of the Sun Resurrection body, still remembering the fury and unwillingness in the eyes of whom it pierced.
Now, the same emotion is replaying in their own eyes.
"You all—indeed, resort to any means as before, even using mortals' lives, using twisted laws as bait—"
With a mocking smile, Divine Law's voice fractures like a candle in the wind, yet still carrying the dignity of law: "Thus, I never regret it! What I regret is heeding your persuasion back then, shattering the order I was meant to safeguard myself—"
These remnants of the Great Sun, laid traps within the lands of Da Liao, using the twisted laws of thirty-four surrounding counties and a blood sacrifice of billions to lure them into the trap.
The trickery, filthiness, and bloody brutality of this scheme are exactly the same as thirty-two thousand years ago!
Therefore, they have no regrets!
More memories now emerge in their mind.
In that era, the Heavenly Curtain like carrion gnawed by a great beast, crimson rain fell from the cracks, each drop carrying whispers of madness.
The gods of the Great Sun Divine Court, to resist the pull of the Root and to augment their power, frantically seized followers on earth and in Purgatory.
But when they realized these beliefs were poisoned, potentially dragging them further into the Root, and that as long as the order set by the Supreme Heavenly Venerate existed, and the mortals revered and adored the Supreme Heavenly Venerate, He would never fall from the Truth Divine Throne, they mercilessly turned their blades on their own followers.
At that time, the lands of Sky Extreme Star were shattered amid blood and fire, the mortal world was rife with demons created by the gods, sweeping across the Five Continents like a tidal wave, wantonly slaughtering beings and devouring flesh, as mortals were trampled like ants under the crushing weight of divine power, driven to despair.
The Divine Law Venerable's pupils gradually turn crimson.
However, at this moment, their Judgement and Order are being forcibly stripped away bit by bit by the Great Sun Venerable.
The Judgment Skill was originally the Great Sun Venerable's, seized from the Lord of Divine Script, maintained for seventy thousand years. The Divine Law Venerable has never been able to refine the Spiritual Imprint of the Great Sun Venerable.
So currently, the concept has long been mostly stripped away by the Great Sun Venerable.
The Order Skill originally belonged to the Supreme Heavenly Venerate. After the battle with the Supreme Heavenly Venerate, the Great Sun Venerable handed over part of the Source Essence to them. Therefore, the Divine Law Venerable's control over this concept is equally unstable, though it does not belong to the Great Sun.
However, in ancient times, the Divine Law Venerable served at the Great Sun Divine Court, constrained by a Blood Covenant with the Great Sun Venerable, unable to oppose them directly.
The Divine Law Venerable could only muster all efforts to resist, delaying the Great Sun Venerable's seizing of their power.
They know that continuing like this will inevitably lead to their downfall.
Yet the Divine Law Venerable will never allow their guarded order, their crafted laws, to be destroyed and disrupted.
The remaining Spiritual Wisdom of the Divine Law Venerable vaguely realizes that these thoughts may be influenced by the will and perception of all beings, yet they resolutely sweep the heaven and earth with Divine Sense.
Although their Judgement and Order have been taken, the concepts of 'law', 'punishment', 'covenant', and 'justice' still belong to them.
They will never allow the Great Sun Venerable to possess these powers of theirs.
Compared to letting these remnants of the Great Sun plunge the world back into bloody chaos, sinking into darkness for over thirty thousand years, they would rather entrust these concepts to others, to those who can truly maintain the order and laws of the world.