Outside the world, Quan Juehua opened his eyes.
Sitting cross-legged, he propped his cheek on one hand, his gaze fixed upon that Minor Thousand World.
Interesting.
Though that avatar had been weak, it still possessed Hegemon Rank strength.
Furthermore, with him controlling the body, Hegemon Rank strength could unleash world-shattering might.
And yet, what was the result?
His avatar had been obliterated in an instant.
Still, now that he had confirmed his opponent was not that Creator God, there was no longer any need to preserve this world.
Quan Juehua drifted slowly upward. Without even needing to draw a blade, he raised a hand and unleashed an open-palm chop from afar toward that world. With his might, this single slash was enough to cleave the entire world in two.
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Durian Planet.
Chen Dahai and Chen Huohai opened their eyes at the same time, immediately seeing the little girl they had saved appear beside them.
Though surprised, the two quickly accepted this reality: the entity they had thought was their 'Mother World' was actually a little girl who not only looked like a child on the outside, but was hardly mature on the inside either.
"Thank you, Chen brothers!"
The little girl looked at the two gratefully, speaking in a timid, soft voice.
Although she was a Creator God, she was actually exceedingly timid and shy by nature. When she was first born, she had not even dared leave this world; it was only after an older sister who was also a Creator God came to visit that her horizons gradually broadened.
Back then, she took that older sister as her role model, wanting to build a world where everyone could live happily.
Regrettably, perhaps due to her lack of ability, or perhaps because she granted humanity too much freedom, the humans of this world constantly slaughtered one another. She wanted to stop them, but each time she tried, she only made things worse.
Left with no choice, she could only heed that older sister's advice and wash her hands of it.
At most, she would quietly watch over the good people, but she would never again intervene on a large scale in the world's operation.
For instance, years ago when the three Chen brothers plunged off the cliff, it was actually she who had secretly intervened. Otherwise, even cushioned by the heavy snow, there was no chance they could have survived.
Back then, it was purely out of kindness; she felt the three brothers were good men who did not deserve such an end.
She never imagined that an act of kindness back then would, through a twist of fate, save her own life today.
"Think nothing of it."
"However... I have a question. Could you be... the Heavenly Dao?"
Chen Dahai waved his hand and looked at the little girl. After uttering the first sentence, he hesitated for a moment before struggling to ask the second question.
He was simply too curious.
Chen Huohai, on the other hand, did not ask. Instead, he attempted to use his own power to understand the little girl.
Then an expression of astonishment crossed his face. In truth, with his level of strength, whenever he wanted to know something, he could draw the answer from time and space in a single thought. Every trace of the past held no secrets before his eyes.
It was merely that in the past, he had spent most of his time immersed in cultivation and had never tapped into this power.
Now that he wanted to use it, doing so was as natural as eating or drinking water. After all, he was sufficiently powerful, and immense power made everything simple.
Feats that others could never achieve no matter how hard they racked their brains could be accomplished effortlessly by him in a single thought.
"So that's how it is."
Chen Huohai looked at the little girl before him, his eyes filled with far more goodwill and warmth.
This truly was the 'Mother World.' What moved him even more was learning that it was the Mother World who had secretly stepped in back then to save the three brothers, making their present accomplishments possible.
Without a doubt, this was no longer merely the grace of saving their lives; it was also the grace of protecting their Dao.
Such benevolence could never be repaid—not even in a lifetime!
"The Heavenly Dao?"
"I think big sister said it can be understood that way, too."
Hearing Chen Dahai's question, the little girl muttered to herself in a low voice.
Then she looked up, about to answer Chen Dahai, but in the next second, her body stiffened. A fissure rapidly spread down the middle of her form, and in an instant, she was reduced to ash and vanished.
Both Chen Dahai and Chen Huohai froze in shock.
In the next instant, the world collapsed. A colossal rift slowly emerged across the sky, cleaving the entire world in two.
In reality, whether the little girl, Chen Dahai, or Chen Huohai, all of them had believed the culprit was dead. The little girl could observe the outside, but she could not actually perceive Quan Juehua's true presence; she genuinely mistook that avatar for the source that had destroyed the preceding worlds.
As for Chen Dahai and Chen Huohai, they had never even stepped outside their world. Up until a few minutes ago, they had never even left this Durian Planet, let alone possessed the perspective to discern that Quan Juehua had merely been an avatar.
The result was that absolutely no one defended against Quan Juehua's slash, and the entire world crumbled into death alongside the little girl.
In the blink of an eye, all things were wiped out. Chen Dahai, Chen Huohai, and Chen Xiaozhao watched helplessly as the earth shattered and dissolved into dispersing energy—watched Chen Asheng, Su Wanniang, and countless, countless people reduced to nothing in less than a second.
In the end, only the three of them were left floating in the void, helplessly watching everything disappear.
"Hahahahaha!!!"
"To think there weren't two, but three opponents!"
"Come! Use all your strength to entertain this old man, or... die!"
Quan Juehua teleported over. Looking at the three of them, he burst into loud laughter, then fixed his eyes on them and spoke slowly.
In reality, there was no time within the Tree Universe. Normally, even Mighty Ones could not move without the power of time. Yet at this moment, the three Chen brothers seemed to have grasped it intuitively, naturally protecting themselves with their own pure energy, allowing them to move freely.
Their energy actually possessed no elemental attribute, nor was it temporal power, but it was as versatile as a cure-all.
Hearing his words, Chen Dahai and Chen Huohai raised their heads. In an instant, their hair bristled with fury, their aged faces flushed crimson with rage. Both glared fixedly at Quan Juehua, their souls reeling from immense shock—never before had they encountered anyone so utterly evil.
The entire world, myriad living beings, and their Mother World—everything, everything had been slaughtered.
"Beast, you're courting death!"
"Vile dog, pay with your life!"
Chen Dahai and Chen Huohai struck simultaneously, two blasts of pure spiritual intent clapping toward Quan Juehua from left and right.
Their power was spiritual intent invisible to the naked eye, moving at incredible speed—essentially, it arrived wherever their thoughts reached; to see was to strike.
In an instant, caught between the two streams of intent, Quan Juehua's arms directly exploded. Under the immense force, the dense mist of his own blood turned into weapons for Chen Dahai and Chen Huohai, pummeling Quan Juehua's body.
To be fair, Quan Juehua had indeed sensed that these three brothers were formidable, but he had never imagined they would be powerful to this extent. His arms were actually far sturdier than most parts of his body, housing the bulk of his strength, yet they were shattered in a single blow.
This was something that neither the Grand Blaze Sky-Burning Saber nor the Killing Intent Archdemon had been able to accomplish.
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