Chapter 437: The Rampant Tyranny of the Three Pure Ones

Under the guidance of the Three Ruin Archangels, the power of Ruin reached an unprecedented peak.

The three of them simultaneously shifted their thoughts, and a terrifying flood of Ruin poured down—no extra action was needed from them, for Ruin, omnipotent by nature, naturally fulfilled the Archangels’ will.

Instantly, the gods and demons, each capable of shaking the boundless star-seas, were all swept away by this strike, radiant with numerical beauty.

Gods and demons with weak foundations and insufficient cunning were instantly crushed, their imprints embedded across countless timelines and possible branches erased along with them.

Without sufficiently powerful backup plans, these erased gods and demons were truly sealed in their coffins, unlikely ever to rise again.

“This is the Celestial Ascension Trial. If so, Itachi must settle all karmic debts—before this, escape is impossible!”

Mei’s calm voice fell, and beneath her, the Ruin·Archangel’s Principle shone brilliantly, ignoring the furious and enraged gods and demons, as a slow yet nearly irreversible tide flowed and crushed along the trails of karma.

Each time a tangled knot of karma was erased, the Ruin·Archangel’s Principle touched the world behind it.

In that fleeting instant, Mei and the other two had to make that world swallow the 【cake】 they had offered.

But how to make these creatures willingly swallow the 【cake】?

Aha had already shown them the perfect example.

As long as the 【cake】 was fragrant enough and large enough, no world would refuse it…

All three of them wanted was to obtain the universal hallmark, and to absorb the one true, unshakable essence of all worlds—everything else could be sacrificed.

“Worlds seek to accumulate more foundation, more opportunities, more tolerance…”

Mei whispered softly, uniting with Möbius and Vil Wei , combining supreme intelligence with omnipotent Ruin…

Everything unfolded as naturally as water flowing downhill.

Because everything these worlds desired, she and her Ruin could provide.

Leveraging Aha’s joy and the gods and demons as stepping stones, Mei’s trio had more than ample confidence.

As more and more worlds acknowledged them, the Ruin power controlled by Mei and the others surged exponentially.

Then, with this stronger, more deeply rooted Ruin power, they made even more worlds nod in agreement.

This cycle repeated endlessly, an almost infinite exponential surge.

At this moment, the Three Ruin Archangels began to slowly sense the mysterious changes occurring within themselves.

Through the grand platform of Ruin, Mei and the others—who should have lacked foundation—finally seized this once-in-a-millennium…

Pinduoduo Ascension Opportunity!

All of this, now, propelled by the myriad worlds, surged like an accumulation of boundless primordial creation power, unstoppable, shattering every barrier, driving them toward a realm once thought unreachable, unimaginable!

“Ruin, Dimension…”

In the edge of the Real World, Mei gazed at the gods and demons before her, powerless as baby rabbits, and smiled faintly—as if speaking to herself, or making a proclamation:

“Identical. Both are me.”

Without using any power, Mei’s voice nonetheless echoed strangely and naturally throughout the entire Real World. Calmly and serenely, she extended her flawless, pale palm, slightly curling it:

“First master Ruin, then master Dimension—climb step by step, that’s all.”

As her palm extended, the Ruin·Archangel’s Dimensional Principle responded naturally.

This was not cosmic truth—but it possessed the same universal hallmark.

Faintly, a unique dimension rose above spacetime—not a derivative of spacetime, nor a change of world, yet naturally transcending reality, akin in some sense to the fourth wall—and Mei stood effortlessly as the 【Author】 beyond that wall.

Under this condition, all of the Real World became merely a canvas the 【Author】 freely splashed ink upon, writing words, drawing images, making Itachi the undeniable absolute rule of the Real World.

Under the helplessness of being treated as a canvas to be splashed upon, the gods and demons listened as if hearing the sacred decree of a Creator:

“Transform yourselves through rebirth… or shall I erase Itachi?”

Erase us?

The gods and demons exchanged glances—these lords who could overturn the cosmos—none dared to act.

By now, they understood: from the very beginning, they had been manipulated by the Three Ruin Archangels.

They were not unaware that Ruin grows in tandem with the strength of civilization.

None among them who reached this level were true fools.

Before entering battle, each had either their own means or methods to resist this trait, or had Moqi ly allied with several or dozens of fellow cultivators to form arrays capable of isolating this trait.

Immortals possessed the ability to conceal heavenly fate and reverse yin and yang; gods, united with their worlds, embodied laws, severing themselves from civilization; and some extreme Qiangzhe even plunged themselves into the dimension of death, rendering Ruin’s mechanism ineffective…

In short, Ruin’s mechanism was powerful—but none among these Qiangzhe lacked their own secret techniques.

But.

Vil Wei threw out Aha!

Aha’s antics rendered all their preparations useless.

Even if a few Qiangzhe could suppress their inner greed and reject this power…

But if everyone else grew stronger, and Itachi alone did not—Itachi grew weaker!

And as everyone knows, the weak cannot alter the tide.

Once the majority of gods and demons had seized a share of joy’s power, everything was irrevocably set.

“Shall we truly not interfere?”

In secret, a great being’s gaze sharpened—if these gods and demons were cast into the trial’s cycle and all karma erased, then this Celestial Ascension Trial would truly be passed.

If they wished to interfere, this was their only chance.

“Do Itachi wonder why, among so many great beings, not a single one has secretly moved against them?”

Another great being fell silent—was it truly that they did not wish to scheme and obstruct the path?

It was not that they did not wish—it was that they could not!

Though great beings all shared an unspoken agreement not to bully the weak and descend to the level of crude suppression…

Yet placing a few pawns to adjust the difficulty of a trial posed no issue whatsoever.

After all…

A weakling is not worthy to sit at the same table as us great beings!

If Itachi cannot even pass the test of our casual pawns, what right do Itachi have to call yourself cosmic truth, celestial great being?

Thus, this rule was, in truth, an unspoken agreement among the great beings.

If any great being found a trial-seeker particularly distasteful, they could expend great cost to place a few pawns as human trials, endlessly increasing the trial’s difficulty.

But…

After sensing the increasingly heavy gaze, these great beings wisely restrained their actions, lest they provoke the misunderstanding of this elder.

Of course, some great beings could not help whispering quietly in their hearts:

“Indeed, even this world cannot escape the rampant tyranny of the Three Pure Ones’ rogue gang~”