Chapter 1214

"Desire…… frenzy…… curse…… are all the extreme manifestations of sentient beings' negative emotions." He realized in his heart, "The Dao of Return to the Void, which embraces all things, should also be able to embrace and…… end all this negativity."

He no longer merely slaughtered and defended.

When another bolt of golden killing thunder struck, he did not clash head-on with the Return to the Void Blade; instead, with his left hand he drew it in, and the Return to the Void Shield turned into a tiny vortex, actually drawing the violent killing thunder's power silently into the shield! The killing thunder surged left and right inside the vortex, yet could not erupt; instead it was swiftly decomposed and assimilated by the Chaotic Return to the Void Qi.

At the same time, he faced the surging lustful illusions and demonic sounds; a faint light flashed at the core of the Origin Star between his brows; his divine sense turned into a vast starry sky, letting those illusions and demonic sounds strike—I remain unmoving, and instead analyzed and understood each lustful fluctuation and emotional energy within.

"I see…… the extreme of desire is emptiness, the end of frenzy returns to calm, the source of curse lies in resentment…… all negativity will eventually go to its opposite, this is…… one of the true meanings of Silence Extinction?"

Blessing dawns upon the mind!

Han Wuxian's eyes blazed with chaotic light! His understanding of the Return to the Void Great Dao deepened another layer under this high-pressure battle!

He no longer passively responded, but took the initiative to attack!

With a flick of his form, he darted through layers of illusions and killing thunder like a swimming fish, directly approaching the Golden Killing Demon Lord who held the "Qi" position!

"Good timing!" the Golden Killing Demon Lord was not startled but delighted; his great axe, bearing the might of heaven-splitting earth-opening, came down fiercely! With the formation's support, this axe's power was already Infinity-close to the Great Vehicle Stage!

Faced with this lethal axe, Han Wuxian neither dodged nor avoided; he simply slowly raised his right index finger.

At his fingertip, it was no longer the dim Return to the Void Blade, but a point of ultimate darkness! This darkness was not nothingness, but contained the ultimate intention to let all things end and let everything return to the origin!

"Return to the Void…… Origin."

He lightly pointed with his finger, aiming at the huge axe blade!

No sound, no explosion.

In the incredulous gazes of the Blood Demon Venerable and the Golden Killing Demon Lord, the axe blade that could split mountains and hills, at the moment it touched that point of darkness, like a stroke erased by an eraser, began from the point of contact to vanish silently and soundlessly! It was not shattered, not melted, but a complete, conceptual annihilation!

Moreover, this annihilation spread along the axe handle like a plague, rapidly!

"No! My treasure!" the Golden Killing Demon Lord was terrified, wanting to let go, but it was already too late!

In the blink of an eye, his natal giant axe, the very thing he was famed for, together with his right arm gripping the haft, all turned into nothingness! As if it had never existed!

"Ah!" the Golden Killing Demon Lord let out a piercing wail; his cultivation plummeted instantly, and the formation's "Qi" position immediately lost balance!

"How could this be?!" the Blood Demon Venerable was frightened to the point of his soul fleeing, and the demonic sound ceased abruptly!

How could Han Wuxian let this opportunity pass? His figure flashed again, and he was already before the Blood Demon Venerable!

The Blood Demon Venerable screamed, channeling all her demonic power, her body bursting forth with pink light that enchanted all beings, and she spat out a pink inner core that smashed toward Han Wuxian! This was the essence of her lifetime's cultivation, containing ultimate lustful power, enough to cause a perfected Void-Revelation cultivator to degenerate!

Han Wuxian merely opened his mouth and gently inhaled.

That immensely powerful lustful inner core, like a weary bird returning to its nest, actively flew into his mouth, instantly enveloped and refined by the Chaotic Return to the Void Qi! Not a single ripple arose!

"You……" the Blood Demon Venerable stared, dumbstruck, as if seeing a ghost.

Han Wuxian pressed his fingers together like a sword, pointing at her brow.

"Break."

The Blood Demon Venerable's body stiffened, the light in her eyes faded, her alluring radiance completely extinguished, and she slumped softly. Her soul and spirit were directly obliterated by the ultimate Silence Extinction intention contained in that finger.

The Three Talents Demonic Slaughter Formation, with its two main casters one dead and one gravely injured, collapsed instantly!

Having lost the formation, the Golden Killing Demon Lord covered his severed arm wound, gazing at Han Wuxian, who was like a demon god descending into the world, his eyes filled with endless fear, with no fighting spirit left, he turned to try to tear open space and flee!

"Can you get away?"

Han Wuxian's icy voice sounded from behind him.

The next moment, the Golden Killing Demon Lord felt the space around him completely solidify; a large hand condensed from Chaotic Return to the Void Qi had already seized his neck, lifting him up like a Little Chicken. His demonic arts, painstakingly cultivated over myriad years, melted away swiftly under that hand like snow under sunlight.

Three late-stage Void-Revelation elders of the Hidden Shadow Pavilion came to pursue, but in a moment, two were dead and one captured!

Han Wuxian lifted the ashen-faced Golden Killing Demon Lord and slowly descended back into the valley. His breath was steady, as if he had merely swatted away a few flies just moments before.

Xiao Ran, Qinglin, Wang Tie, and Zhao Qian, whose injuries had just stabilized, all looked at him with reverence as if gazing upon a deity.

At this moment, they deeply realized that this seemingly young Daoist friend Han Wuxian's true strength had likely truly stood at the pinnacle of this realm, enough to contend with Great Vehicle Stage cultivators!

Han Wuxian threw the crippled, mud-like Golden Killing Demon Lord to the ground and said to Wang Tie: "Brother Wang, it's up to you—extract all information about the Hidden Shadow Pavilion and Yan Buji!"

"Yes!" Wang Tie forcibly suppressed his shock and stepped forward.

Deep in the gray mist space, the Swallow Desire Pot's humming suddenly turned sharp and urgent; its seven-colored flowing light flickered wildly, violently squeezing and purifying the massive amount of newly absorbed desire essence, like force-feeding it into Yan Buji's divine sense avatar.

He had just finished a new round of deducing the Serpent Swallows Elephant divine ability, immersed in the profound mystery of "With my desire, I swallow all phenomena." However, a violent surge originating from the soul link, like a snapping string, abruptly jerked him from his deep contemplation of the Dao!

The Blood Demon, Golden Killing, and Yin Bone—three strands of his soul imprint closely linked to him—were almost simultaneously utterly annihilated!

Moreover, through the fragmentary images transmitted by the three at their brink of death—filled with ultimate terror and incredulity—he "saw" the gray-clad figure who had repeatedly thwarted him, saw the clean, efficient, near-overwhelming slaughter process, especially that final point of utter darkness that annihilated the giant axe and the Golden Killing Demon Lord's arm...

"Trash!"

A icy shout exploded in the gray mist space, the entire space's gray mist solidifying! It was not because he pitied his subordinates' lives, but because his plan suffered setback after setback, especially the existence of this mysterious powerhouse, which had become the greatest variable in his scheme!

The Swallow Desire Pot's humming was forcibly suppressed, Yan Buji's divine sense avatar became fully substantial, and in those black-hole-like eyes, a substantive flame called killing intent ignited for the first time.

"Void-Revelation late-stage…… no, he has touched the edge of the Great Vehicle Stage…… and there is that strange power……" He quickly analyzed the obtained information: "We can no longer let this continue. This brat must be dealt with by me personally!"