Chapter 714: The Test of the Dark Sacred Law Origin

The Nine Heavens Dragon Emperor heard the words, instantly enlightened, hurriedly restrained his own breath, daring not to move a hair, lest he disturb that supreme Holy Law Origin.

They silently stepped aside, Dragon Power circulating around them, ready to act as a protector, and inwardly marveled: no wonder Ye Wuque, at such an age, already possesses this world‑defying cultivation; his temperament and composure are far beyond what an ordinary Heavenly Pride could compare with.

If it were any other cultivator of the same age, faced with such an opportunity, they would have already turned red‑eyed and seized it recklessly.

At that moment, the Dark Sacred Law Origin also seemed to sense the surrounding stir.

It quivered slightly, its emitted Darkness aura suddenly surged, and the supreme pressure belonging to the Holy Law swept forward like a tide.

The shattered Void under this pressure came to a complete standstill, the raging Darkness tide instantly calmed, and even the surrounding Chaos turbulence seemed to have been paused, motionless.

It first turned slowly, sweeping past the nearby Nine Heavens Dragon Emperor.

Just this unconscious glance made the Nine Heavens Dragon Emperor's whole body tense, his ten‑thousand‑foot dragon form trembling uncontrollably, as if a terrifying presence from the root of his bloodline were staring at him, even his breathing became difficult.

He could clearly feel that within the Holy Law Origin came an extreme repulsion and indifference, as if looking at an insignificant ant, unwilling to linger even a moment.

After only a moment, the Dark Sacred Law Origin shifted its "gaze", no longer casting a single look at the Nine Heavens Dragon Emperor.

It turned slowly, and finally settled on Ye Wuque, who stood not far away.

At that moment, the entire shattered Void fell completely silent.

The Dark Sacred Law Origin quivered slightly, its emitted Darkness aura growing ever denser and more vigilant.

It could clearly perceive that the young Human being before it harbored three supreme auras of the same rank and origin as itself.

Each of those three auras bore the ultimate laws of the universe, each carried a Holy Law pressure no weaker than its own, precisely the kind of kindred existence it had searched for over endless ages.

Yet it still did not approach, but instead released a probing will.

In an instant, Ye Wuque only felt the scene before his eyes suddenly shift.

He seemed pulled into an endless dark cosmos, with an infinite abyss beneath his feet and a Jiemie starry sky overhead; all around, the negative emotions of the Zhutian Wanjie—greed, slaughter, resentment, jealousy, despair, madness…—the ultimate forces of the Darkness line surged like a tide toward him, seeking to corrupt his soul and pollute his Dark Heart.

This is the Dark Sacred Law Origin's first trial.

It wants to see whether the being before it intends to command the Darkness or will be devoured by it.

Endless visions unfolded before him.

He saw himself grasping the Darkness Holy Law, becoming the sole ruler of the Zhutian Darkness; with a single thought he could plunge the Wanjie into eternal Darkness, all beings crawling trembling at his feet, even the Supreme Without Equal masters would bow and submit.

He saw his enemies, howling in agony under the Darkness's corruption, life worse than death;

He saw the people he wished to protect, safe and unharmed under his power, immortal and never dying;

He saw himself standing on the Zhutian Absolute Peak, overlooking ten thousand ages, achieving an unprecedented supreme hegemony.

This is a temptation no being can resist, the ultimate embodiment of power, strength, and immortality.

If he is willing, if he surrenders to the Darkness, all of this will be his.

Yet Ye Wuque, standing in the endless Darkness, still has clear eyes, his Dark Heart steady as a rock, unmoved in the slightest.

He gazed at the endless visions before him, his mouth only curving a faint smile.

He has walked this path, rising from obscurity, having witnessed too much Darkness, endured countless life and death.

He has seen under the iron hooves of the Dark Clan, beings trampled, blood flowing like rivers;

He has witnessed countless sects annihilated, countless families shattered, countless innocent beings, under the Darkness's corruption, turning into mindless monsters.

He seeks power not to dominate the Zhutian, not to satisfy his own greed and desire, but to have sufficient ability to protect those he wishes to guard, to end this endless cycle's Dark Calamity, and return a bright order to the Zhutian Wanjie.

"Darkness has never been a tool to enslave beings or satisfy selfish cravings."

Ye Wuque's voice rose slowly in the endless dark cosmos, calm yet firm, like a startling thunderclap, "It is a rule, a part of Tiandao, the cornerstone that balances light and dark, a shield that protects all beings, not a spear that slaughters them."

The moment his words fell, the endless visions before him shattered with a boom.

The Dark Sacred Law Origin quivered slightly, seeming a bit surprised.

It has seen countless beings coveting its power—whether Human, demon race, or other races' strongest—when faced with such temptation, without exception, they all fall into it, devoured by desire.

Yet the young Human being before it had a Dark Heart steadfast to such a degree, not a single tremor.

But its trial had not yet ended.

At the moment the visions shattered, an extremely terrifying Dark Origin Power, like a breached dam, surged into Ye Wuque's body with a boom.

This is the most pure, most domineering Jiemie force of the Darkness line; even a Supreme Boundless Great Perfection master, if this power floods their body, would see their Dao Foundation collapse instantly, their soul extinguished, leaving no chance of reincarnation.

This is its second trial.

It wants to see whether the being before it has enough foundation and strength to bear its power, and whether it is worthy to become its master.

The terrifying Dark Origin, like countless poisonous snakes, crazily slithered into Ye Wuque's meridians; wherever it passed, the meridians cracked inch by inch, and the Dao Foundation instantly filled with fine fissures.

That Jiemie force raged toward his Sea of Consciousness, seeking to corrode his soul and erase his will.

Yet Ye Wuque still stood in place, offering no resistance, nor summoning his own power to suppress it.

He simply stood quietly, allowing the Dark Origin to rampage within his body.

Because he knows this is the Dark Sacred Law Origin's final test; if he were to act now to suppress it, he would become inferior and completely lose the Holy Law's recognition.

What he must do is not to fight but to embrace, to accept, to let the Dark Sacred Law Origin see that he has sufficient ability to bear this power and enough true heart to wield it.

Just as the Dark Origin was about to surge into his Sea of Consciousness, eroding his soul, the three dormant supreme auras within his body suddenly awakened.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Three deafening Tiandao roars echoed consecutively within him, like the thunder of the universe's birth.

Three beams of dazzling divine light shot skyward from his body, and behind him coalesced into three supreme Dharma forms spanning heaven and earth.