Chapter 1281

These lives, though weak, are all part of the world; every birth is, in truth, a gift from the entire world.

Thus, the faith power drawn from these lives can subtly align with certain principles of the world's operation, allowing divine power composed primarily of such faith to drive laws and rules with exceptional efficacy.

Even dark faith!

Therefore, if the Ancient Gods wish to drive the laws, they must abandon their Ancient Divine Power and begin cultivation anew.

But once they do so, they become indistinguishable from other Celestial Gods, and even… their progress will fall far behind that of the Celestial Gods.

They are Ancient Gods; their era has passed. Even if they abandon their Ancient Divine Power, their bodily structure remains utterly incompatible with the current age.

Unless they abandon their very bodies.

But that would be even riskier.

Thus, no matter how long the Ancient Gods live, none have ever abandoned their power!

Yet they have made great efforts to counter the power of the laws, infusing their Ancient Divine Power with vast quantities of forces that suppress the laws.

And these methods, at their origin, actually came from the Five-Star Ancient Gods!

In suppressing the power of the laws, the Five-Star Ancient Gods are the most experienced.

Especially this one Five-Star Ancient God—Dragon Sovereign of the Azure!

When he strikes, even the Lord of the Seven Seas cannot withstand it, even when driving the power of the laws!

"Lord of the Seven Seas, what are you waiting for!"

Dragon Sovereign of the Azure roared as he attacked.

Clearly, Dragon Sovereign of the Azure still believed the Lord of the Seven Seas had not died and was locked in combat with Lin Yan within the Flame Sun.

That was why Dragon Sovereign of the Azure called out, urging the Lord of the Seven Seas to coordinate with him for a deadly pincer strike against Lin Yan!

Yet Dragon Sovereign of the Azure received no response.

His attack had already been launched; he could not recall it just because the Lord of the Seven Seas did not answer.

All the Celestial Gods saw that before Dragon Sovereign of the Azure's trident, space had no time to react—it shattered completely.

Wherever the trident passed, nothing remained!

Even the Space Law could not stop this trident.

Unless it was driven by a Primordial God's law!

Then, the trident struck the Flame Sun with full force.

"Boom!"

The Flame Sun, struck by the trident, instantly shattered into fragments.

"Boom!"

But to Dragon Sovereign of the Azure's surprise, though the Flame Sun was shattered, the flames did not extinguish—instead, they shifted from their previous condensed state into a dispersed state.

This change in the flames gave Dragon Sovereign of the Azure a sudden feeling.

The feeling was that the Flame Sun had not been shattered by his powerful strike.

Rather, it had shattered of its own accord.

"Boom!"

Throughout the Spirit God Realm, flames blazed fiercely once more.

Yet unlike before, Dragon Sovereign of the Azure's body was so massive that even as the flames spread across the entire Spirit God Realm, his standing figure remained visible.

"I have devoured countless Flame Stars—no flame can harm me in the slightest. Flame Lord, your strongest technique means nothing to me. Be extinguished!"

Massive flames erupted from Dragon Sovereign of the Azure's body.

The stars he had devoured were all Flame Stars!

That is, although Dragon Sovereign of the Azure had never touched any law or rule, his own power was inherently tied to fire!

Having devoured countless Flame Stars, if not stopped by a Primordial God, he would even dare devour the Celestial Sun—he truly feared no flame!

Dragon Sovereign of the Azure's two eyes, each the size of ordinary shattered stars, scanned through the flames.

Since the battle began, aside from the first collision, his two subsequent strikes—though immensely powerful—had felt to him like punching cotton.

Especially the second strike: no physical god could possibly withstand it.

Even an incorporeal god from the Dark Abyss would have been shattered and utterly killed by that blow.

Yet the Flame Lord not only survived, but even these flames had not been extinguished by his strike.

"Where is the Lord of the Seven Seas? These flames are suspicious."

Dragon Sovereign of the Azure's gaze flickered.

Then, faster than Four-Star Ancient God Great Dragon, he discerned the truth about the flames.

"You clever Flame Lord!"

Dragon Sovereign of the Azure had uncovered Lin Yan's secret.

"So you are the flame itself. Then the Lord of the Seven Seas was likely killed by you?"

Dragon Sovereign of the Azure said.

Though he suspected this possibility, his expression did not change much—as if Lin Yan killing the Lord of the Seven Seas would not frighten him at all!

The Lord of the Seven Seas was strong, but still no match for Dragon Sovereign of the Azure.

He was a Five-Star Sovereign who could fight Primordial Gods!

"You guessed right."

Lin Yan's calm voice echoed.

"As I thought. The Lord of the Seven Seas underestimated you. Your form is bizarre indeed—Primordial Gods have likely already cast their gaze downward. Once they learn your secret, even if I do nothing, other Primordial Gods may take interest. But matters I can resolve need no Primordial God's intervention. Your spatial lockdown cannot touch me."

As Dragon Sovereign of the Azure finished speaking, he shook his trident.

Clearly, having uncovered Lin Yan's secret—that Lin Yan himself was flame—Dragon Sovereign of the Azure still did not believe he could lose.

Even, he deigned not to break the spatial lockdown brought by Lin Yan's flames, to let his words spread out.

So what if its form is bizarre?

In that chaotic ancient era, the entire world was filled with all manner of strange and peculiar enemies.

But in the end, that ancient era was ruled by the Ancient Gods.

The Ancient Gods commanded all, and none dared disobey!

Even the first celestial deities born trembled beneath the Ancient Gods' pressure.

Even the very first Primordial Deity dared not face a Five-Star Ancient God head-on, but silently cultivated for countless years, letting the laws grow stronger—only launching war against the Five-Star Ancient Gods when they prepared to strike at the Heavenly Realm's sun, left with no other choice.

The Azure Dragon Supreme was not among the first Ancient Gods, but his lifespan was exceptionally long.

The enemies he had fought included ones far more troublesome than the current Abyss Demons, Evil Gods, and Dark Deities—by a hundred, a thousand, even ten thousand times.

For instance, some enemies seemed to possess countless lives: kill them today, and they'd reappear later, utterly impossible to eradicate.

But in the end, all such petty foes fell before the Ancient Gods.

In fact, the first Ancient Gods understood sustainable development.

They were born amid chaos and disorder, and in their own era, they were the guiding lights of that age.

They methodically devoured stars.

In the starry sky, stars were countless; these stars had long lifespans, yet each day saw vast numbers born and vast numbers perish.

As long as they controlled their pace, they could ensure their own power grew while allowing the starry sky to remain prosperous.

But as the Ancient Gods grew ever stronger and came to dominate that era, the situation spiraled out of control.

More and more Ancient Gods arose, stronger and stronger, each requiring more and more stars to devour to grow.

This led to the entire starry sky being ultimately devoured by the Ancient Gods, reduced to darkness.

The Azure Dragon Supreme witnessed the entire process of the Ancient Gods' rise and fall.

He had lived too long.

How could he be frightened by Lin Yan's flame form?

Even, he would not be particularly surprised.

"Interesting. This Lord has not properly stretched his limbs in a long time. Today, I shall let you—and the deities of the Heavenly Realm—know why the Ancient Gods were able to dominate an age."

After the Azure Dragon Supreme spoke, within his body, it seemed as if a slumbering great beast awoke.

At this moment, even within the Spirit God Realm, where Lin Yan's flames burned with spatial lockdown, countless deities beyond the realm sensed something amiss.

Oppression.

Unparalleled oppression!

As if a being, superior in life-form to all deities, had appeared!

You must understand that a god is already the most perfect state of being.

【90】 Know this: the deities were already the most perfect state.