Chapter 1206 - 551: Dao Principles Analysis!

Chapter 551

The voice was not loud, yet it seemed to carry a magic power whereby words instantly became reality.

As his words fell, the leading giant skeleton warship, along with the maniacal Divine Thought it emitted, suddenly came to a halt!

Time, as if at this moment, had been paused.

Then, under the terror-stricken gaze of every member of the Black Skull Space Pirate group, their formidable leader, the "Blood Slaughter Daoist Master," began an unbelievable "reversal" of his flesh and Divine Soul!

His brawny and daunting Daoist master’s body was rapidly "growing younger," transforming from a domineering middle-aged giant into a youth, then a teenager, a child... Finally, under everyone’s horrified stare, he reverted to the most primordial life essence, and with a "boom," he was completely nullified, as if his entire life’s years were forcibly rewound and then entirely erased!

From existence to non-existence, it occurred with just a single thought from Xu Ran.

"My Dao is Reincarnation."

Xu Ran’s calm voice echoed within each space pirate’s Divine Soul, akin to a demonic sound emanating from the Nine Netherworld.

"Life and death, all revolve within my singular thought."

"Now, I grant you... death."

As his words ended, the Reincarnation Domain silently engulfed the entire battlefield.

Those few mighty space pirate warships, along with the thousands upon thousands of space pirates aboard, did not explode, did not scream, nor did any energy leak.

They just... wilted.

The sturdy ship hulls quietly disintegrated into the most basic particles, like rocks weathered for millions of years, dispersing into the starry sky. Those fierce space pirates, whether the powerful kings or the ordinary minions, all at the same moment had their life’s fire extinguished, their Divine Souls fell silent, and their bodies turned to dust.

The entire process was eerily quiet.

As if they had never existed, merely a stain on the cosmic canvas, wiped clean by an invisible hand.

With a single thought, the notorious space pirate group was annihilated!

This is the might of a Daoist Monarch!

Aboard the Pioneer, a pin drop could be heard.

Zhen Shan, Cang Shi, and all the former members of the Divine Hall were all stupefied, watching the scene, the shock in their hearts even surpassing Xu Ran’s previous confrontation with the Arbiter.

Confronting the Arbiter was a thrilling contest of Dao, a clash of wisdom and courage.

But at this moment, it was purely, unreasonably, a crushing of life itself!

"This... is a Daoist Monarch..." Zhen Shan murmured to himself, eyes filled with fervent admiration. He finally understood that between a Daoist Master and a Daoist Monarch, there was not merely a river, but an infinite cosmos!

Xu Ran slowly withdrew his gaze, as if he had just completed a trivial act.

"Cang Shi."

"At your command!" Cang Shi jolted to alertness, immediately bowing.

"Starting from this point, scan the entire ’tomb’." Xu Ran’s gaze turned towards the vast and boundless Metal Tomb, "The Arbiter calls this place a ’tomb,’ I want to see what is truly buried here."

"Understood!"

Cang Shi immediately sprang into action, although the Pioneer was damaged, its core detection Divine Array could still barely function. Soon, a vast Star Map slowly unfolded at the center of the command bridge.

It was a breathtaking sight.

Numerous gigantic, unimaginable metal wreckages floated silently in this imprisoned Star Domain like continents. Some resembled a broken Heaven-Reaching Divine Sword, its blade still retaining indestructible Sword Intent, eternal for millions of years. Others looked like a collapsed Golden Divine Hall, even as ruins, they still exuded a sacred and majestic aura. There were also remnants of warships larger than stars, each with distinct styles, representing super civilizations that had long perished in grandeur.

This is a graveyard of civilizations!

Every wreckage represents an era harvested by the ’Heavenly Dao’!

"Master, look here!" Cang Shi pointed to a peculiar coordinate on the Star Map, "The energy reaction here is most unique, belonging neither to the Divine Hall nor to any known perished civilization."

Xu Ran’s gaze fell there.

It was a ruin made of bronze, ancient and desolate in style. In the center of the ruins stood a colossal stone tablet.

No, it was not just a stone tablet, but a... Turtle Shell!

A massive green Turtle Shell, as large as a small asteroid, covered in naturally formed mysterious patterns like the tracks of the Dao, even across a great distance, it emanated an overwhelming aura capable of penetrating the past and foreseeing the future.

"Let’s go and see."

Xu Ran took a step and vanished from the command bridge. In the next moment, he had crossed the endless void, landing before the giant bronze Turtle Shell. Zhen Shan and others navigated the Pioneer, closely following.

Standing before this Turtle Shell, Xu Ran could feel its extraordinariness even more.

The patterns were not artificially engraved but innately formed, as if the first strands of Dao principles concerning "destiny" and "divination" manifested in the cosmos at its inception, leaving their mark on the world.

"This is... the remnants of the ’Xuan Tian Civilization’!" Cang Shi, aboard the Pioneer, through Divine Array analysis, exclaimed in shock, "According to ancient records, the Xuan Tian Civilization reigned supreme in divination across the heavens during three eras before the Divine Hall. Its civilization’s treasure, the ’Xuan Tian Dao Shell,’ could deduce the rise and fall of an era! Unexpectedly... they too fell here!"

Xu Ran extended his hand, gently touching the cold Turtle Shell.