Chapter 1205: The Cage Has Broken! (Part 2)

Xu Ran’s gaze became infinitely profound.

This metal tomb, this cosmic prison, turns out to be merely a “cemetery.”

And Cleaner Fish and Holy Adjudicator are merely the cleaners on its outskirts.

The true terror lies in those slumbering deep within the cemetery… the Guardians!

He won, but it seems he also stirred up a greater hornet’s nest.

“Thieves… the fruit of doomsday… the road home… primordial fire… cemetery Guardians…”

A series of mysteries swirled in his mind.

He felt as if he had only unveiled a corner of a vast epic tapestry, its full picture rife with unimaginable bloodshed and terror.

“No matter what lies ahead, my path is only forward.”

Xu Ran retracted his gaze, looking at the scarred Pioneer, and those subordinates who regarded him with endless admiration and fervor.

He was no longer alone.

He had his own “Dao,” and people he needed to protect.

He stepped out, his figure instantly appearing on the bridge of the Pioneer.

“Cang Shi, Zhen Shan.”

“At your command!” The two men knelt on one knee with excitement.

“Relay my order.” Xu Ran’s voice was calm, yet it was infused with an undeniable authority, “Repair the Pioneer, inventory all resources. Our enemy is no longer merely a Celestial Order.”

He paused, his gaze piercing through the ship, looking toward the dark cosmos ripped open and leading to the endless unknown.

“Our journey is to the sea of stars. Our goal is to find that so-called ‘road home’ and unveil the ultimate conspiracy of the cosmos!”

“From today onward, we are no longer remnants of Gui Xu.”

Xu Ran’s voice echoed in the Divine Soul of everyone present.

“We are called the ‘Hall of Reincarnation’!”

“With our reincarnation, we shall reshape the celestial order and usher in a new epoch!”

A fierce battle had just ended, but at this moment, a new force that would surely shake the multiverse quietly announced its birth amidst this broken graveyard of civilizations.

And Xu Ran’s path as Daoist Monarch has just begun. In the darkness ahead, greater terrors naturally also conceal greater opportunities and… the world’s truth.

And Xu Ran’s path as Daoist Monarch has just begun. In the darkness ahead, greater terrors naturally also conceal greater opportunities and… the world’s truth.

The starry sky is boundless, and the massive cosmic crack torn by Xu Ran’s Reincarnation Daoist Monarch’s might is like a scar on the cosmos, gruesome and profound. Beyond the crack lies purer darkness, occasionally illuminated by distant star lights, appearing so small and lonely, as if it’s another broader, colder graveyard.

Xu Ran stands on the bridge of the Pioneer, the aura of the newly ascended Daoist Monarch already restrained, yet naturally flowing with supreme authority, following the alignment of words and my heart as the heart of heaven. Without speaking, Zhen Shan and Cang Shi among others, even their breathing became cautious; they knew the master before them had entered a new realm that they could only gaze upon.

“Daoist Monarch…” Xu Ran closed his eyes, Divine Thought submerged within, introspecting his Dao.

Within him, no longer mortal flesh; each cell seemingly transformed into a tiny reincarnation rune, conducting a subtle cycle between life and death. His Divine Soul had become a Daoist Monarch form sitting centrally within his Sea of Consciousness; the form’s appearance was identical to his own, eyes opening and closing; one for chaos, one for ash. The Möbius loop-like Reincarnation Dao Seal hovered behind the form’s head, slowly rotating, each turn as if birthing and extinguishing a grand world within.

This is the realm of the Daoist Monarch! To imprint one’s Dao thoroughly upon the cosmos, thus wherever he is becomes his Dao Field!

“Daoist Monarch System update complete…”

[Permission Unlock: Dao Principles Deduction (Advanced), Causality Observation (Primary), True World Coordinate Positioning (Fragmented)]

[Current Realm: Reincarnation Daoist Monarch·First Heaven]

“Reincarnation Domain: Completeness 28.7% (Swallowed portion of ‘Absolute Order’ source, completed logic loop)”

[Mastery Authority: Life and Death, Circulation, Correction (Pseudo), Partial Causality]

In the Sea of Consciousness, cold data flowed, yet stirred Xu Ran’s mental state slightly. Having swallowed the Holy Adjudicator γ-7, his Reincarnation Dao completeness leapt directly from 17.3% to 28.7%. This was not merely a quantitative leap, but a qualitative one. His Dao had completed the loop of “order,” no longer purely chaos and destruction, instead possessing the potential to establish new order post-destruction. Between life and death, now lay a bridge named “order,” making his reincarnation more stable and tyrannical.

“Causality Observation…” Xu Ran murmured, with his mind set in motion, unlocking primary causality observation privileges.

In an instant, the whole world once again metamorphosed before his eyes.

He saw the Golden Causality line on Zhen Shan, blazing with battle intent. One end tied to him, the other pointing to a distant cosmic coordinate where the Divine Court Civilization once stood—a now-extinct homeland. He saw Cang Shi, the learned sage, wrapped in countless threads of knowledge and information, the thickest one also connected to himself.

He even witnessed the ancient warship named the “Pioneer,” deep within its hull slumbered many unwilling Heroic Spirits, their obsessions transformed into causality, tightly wired to the ship, awaiting the day they can return home, reconstruct the Divine Court.

As for himself, Xu Ran was entwined in a web-like tangle of causality lines, unimaginably vast. The thickest being the gray-white reincarnation line running through him, stained with the Adjudicator’s silver trace, a Divine Court’s golden thread, and even a thread that evoked heart-palpitating dread, originating from the black bone finger, a blackness so profound it could devour all Light.

This deep black causality traced back to an unknown territory, which even the Daoist Monarch System couldn’t decipher.

“Indeed, Daoist Monarch marks the beginning of manipulating causality…” Xu Ran slowly opened his eyes, gaze profound as an abyss. “The Celestial Order decides my fate through causality, yet it doesn’t know that my causality has already entwined with horrors even it fears.”

At this very moment, a sudden mutation arose!

From the torn cosmic crack, intense spatial fluctuations surged. Following this, several grimly shaped warships emanating plundering and bloody aura like sharks smelling blood, emerged from the outer dark cosmos!

These entirely black warships bore massive skull carvings on their prows, marked with scars of axes and blades, even hung with bones of giant Star Beasts, exuding a savage and violent aura.

“Hahaha! Indeed, there’s big fish here! Such vast Dao Principles fluctuations must signify a great treasure emerging or someone uncovering an ancient civilization’s relic!”

An audacious Divine Thought swept through the entire Star Domain, filled with greed and undisguised malice.

“Hmm? A broken Divine Court ship? And a bunch of Gui Xu remnants?” From the lead giant skull warship, an amused thought emanated, “Perfect, capture them as ‘blood slaves.’ Divine Court’s War Generals make for the finest alchemy materials!”

On the Pioneer, Zhen Shan’s face instantly turned extremely unpleasant.

“It’s the ‘Black Skull Space Pirate Group’!” Cang Shi spoke solemnly, “A pack of hyenas roving various fragmented Star Domains, brutal by nature. Their leader, ‘Blood Slaughter Daoist Master,’ is reputedly at the peak of Daoist Master, with half a foot in the Daoist Monarch threshold, notoriously fierce!”

Only just escaped the shadow of the Holy Adjudicator, now confronting infamous space pirates, Zhen Shan et al. clenched their weapons, expressions grave. Although they held absolute faith in their newly ascended Daoist Monarch leader, the adversary’s numbers were numerous, and each was adept at courting death.

However, Xu Ran’s face showed no trace of tension.

He didn’t even turn his head, merely uttered two words indifferently.

“Noisy.”