Chapter 323: The Destruction of the Origin Realm Caused by a Cleanliness Obsession

Whether out of curiosity or that human instinct to court death, a passerby who overheard Minister Saito's speculation couldn't help but respond.

"It's not necessarily that He forced the future Supreme Being to seal heaven and earth into a vessel. Maybe the future Supreme Being did it to perfectly control more faith power, so it wouldn't be seized by other divine systems, and He wanted to destroy this, so the Supreme Being wants to kill Him."

In unison, Professor Beishan and the rest of them all looked over, eyes fierce and menacing.

That look, those eyes — the meaning was self-evident.

If you dare say one more word, today I'll make your hearse drift around the bend, and your whole family's graves will grow weeds three zhang tall.

On the River of Time.

"Do you consider yourself Heaven?"

The humanoid holy spirit murmured, sighing softly — unsure whether lamenting the degeneration of future generations of humanity, or lamenting the ancestral betrayal of the human progenitor before him,

Mortals too are complicated, full of great hatred.

Being human, yet not only setting oneself up as Heaven, but also viciously slaughtering the human race, treating one's own kind as ants, even willing to brave great danger to swim upstream through time to the past, to slay a being of the past.

At this moment.

After that supreme being who had stepped down from the ancient war chariot spoke, the supreme being beside him who had previously sat upon the dim lotus platform suddenly spoke up.

"What Qin Shi Huang said — that someone would be able to obstruct us — turns out to refer to you, the first holy spirit between heaven and earth."

The other supreme beings heard this.

The beautiful yet cold and ruthless female supreme being from before said:

"So he is the first holy spirit between heaven and earth. I too heard of him in later ages — when this holy spirit was born, ten thousand Daos came to pay homage, he alone stood supreme, born already immortal and indestructible, even transcending time itself. But his nature was lofty and pure, he loathed the ten thousand Daos, and would not permit them to pay homage to him."

"Yet even so, he still transcended time, immortal and indestructible."

The beings of all realms heard this and could not stop trembling violently.

That's too fierce — born already transcending time. Damn.

The peerless heroes and prodigies of every era must toil their whole lives and still may not reach the level of transcending time, yet this holy spirit was born with it — how can you even compare?

Your starting point is his finish line.

Heart-piercing — the kind that utterly shreds the heart. One could see the faces of the realm giants shifting through countless expressions: envy, jealousy, complexity, feelings beyond words.

Toward this heaven-born holy spirit, their feelings were complicated — not only because he transcended at birth, but more because of his nature of lofty purity, his loathing of the ten thousand Daos.

From the female supreme being's words, they could piece together fragments of information.

This heaven-born holy spirit, upon birth, transcended time, drawing the ten thousand Daos to pay homage, to encircle and hymn him.

Such blessed affinity — for every living being it would be a tremendous fortune, one would only wish the ten thousand Daos would quickly come to pay homage and empower oneself, making one stronger.

But this heaven-born holy spirit actually… actually… was displeased by the ten thousand Daos empowering him.

And moreover, loathed it.

What gives?

Do you think all beings cultivate the Dao, that all beings can cultivate, do cultivate, are cultivating — so you despise the Dao, feel that everyone has used it, that the Dao is too filthy?

Do you feel that the ten thousand Daos used by all beings, coming to pay homage and empower you, would defile your nobility? That the ten thousand Daos are filthy?

"That's a cleanliness obsession."

Someone couldn't help blurting out, then the next second hurriedly covered their mouth, slapping themselves repeatedly, indicating they'd spoken out of turn.

As the female supreme being revealed the identity of this humanoid holy spirit,

The other supreme beings likewise reacted one after another, recalling who this holy spirit was.

"The first holy spirit who loathed the ten thousand Daos — why would he appear here? Wasn't it because in the Primeval Era, he was too lofty and pure, loathed the filth of the mortal world of the Origin Realm, and wished to destroy the Origin Realm to recreate it?"

The supreme being holding the pot asked in confusion:

"His actions provoked the Primeval Ancients, which eventually escalated into the great war of the Origin Realm, fought to the end of the timeline, and in the end the Origin Realm shattered. But wasn't he also suppressed?"

"It seems the truth of the past is not so — something was hidden."

A supreme being murmured softly, his gaze giving birth to primordial chaos, nurturing myriad heavens, and to his eyes the vicissitudes of ages was but a fleeting cloud of smoke.

To his words, none of the supreme beings objected.

The fact that the First Holy Spirit could now stand here was the best proof — he had not been suppressed. It was likely that when the Origin Realm shattered in the Primeval Era, the Primeval Ancients simply could not stop him.

Hiss~~~

Countless people worldwide were stunned — even Professor Zhongtian and the others who had been busy covering Minister Saito's mouth were dumbfounded.

Their eyes seemed to lose focus, shocked into vacant, hollow stares.

The Primeval Era, the shattering of the Origin Realm… isn't this talking about…

Tokyo, Japan, Akihabara.

Miyoshi Souta stood before the shop door, his face full of horror as he looked up at the First Holy Spirit upon that boundless, magnificent River of Time, and shouted in a distorted voice:

"The shattering of the Origin Realm was caused by him!?"

Lucifer and Tsukuyomi had once told Miyoshi Souta that the Origin Realm had not always been like this — it had been magnificent, grand, vast beyond measure — but in a karmic conflict of the Primeval Era, the Origin Realm shattered.

Back then, Miyoshi Souta had been curious and wanted to ask the reason for the Origin Realm's shattering, what that karmic conflict was.

But Lucifer and Tsukuyomi could not tell him, because this was not something they could know — it involved a certain great terror, and knowing would invite lethal disaster, a disaster that even gods and demons could not bear.

However, this could not stop people from being curious.

Many had made guesses, believing the Primeval karmic conflict might have been a father's murder, or a life-and-death grudge — in any case, some kin being killed, leading to revenge that fought the Origin Realm to ruin.

It might also have been a grudge between two great powers, fought until the Origin Realm was ruined — this was the guess most people agreed with at the time.

The guesses ran the full gamut, everything imaginable.

Some even guessed that this Primeval karmic conflict might have been a love affair gone wrong — a grudge between two lovers, ultimately leading to hatred born of love and a fierce battle that shattered the Origin Realm.

They had thought that a lovers' quarrel shattering the Origin Realm was already absurd enough as a guess.

But when the truth came out…

The world then knew — the truth was even more absurd, even more screwed.

The Primal Realm shattered, and it was all because of the First Holy Spirit's mysophobia!

That's right—mysophobia!

He was far too pure and pristine; he could not tolerate even a grain of sand in his eye. Seeing the Primal Realm's mortal world so filthy, he simply struck out to destroy it on the spot.

The Virgo among Virgos.

The most terrifying mysophobia in history.

The world gaped, scalps tingling, and their impression of the First Holy Spirit gave rise to a deep dread of mysophobia itself.

"It would be a shame to just slay a Holy Spirit like this. This is a heaven-born being unseen across the ages—one who could surely cross that step, perhaps even attain the Singular. Why not draw him into our faction?"

The beautiful yet cold and heartless supreme female existence spoke as if she truly had the faction's interests at heart.

But not a single person believed her.

The whole world despaired of this looks-obsessed world.

If it weren't for the First Holy Spirit's appearance, had it been an ordinary person, that supreme female existence would probably have killed him on the spot—think about it, just moments ago she had been urging others that time was pressing.

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