Chapter 1231: Retrospect!

Chapter 564

On the mandate, there are no words, yet it elucidates the fundamental Law of the cosmos: Existence is reasonable, those unreasonable do not exist!

And Xu Ran, along with the “inverse path” he represents, is deemed the ultimate “unreasonable” in the judgment of the Heavenly Law!

This mandate, named “Heavenly Law Annihilation Order,” does not harm the flesh nor sever the Divine Soul. Its purpose is to trace back through the river of time, and from the very Source of the “past,” completely erase Xu Ran, this “variable.”

Once struck by it, Xu Ran will appear as if he never existed in this world. All memories related to him and all causality he has incurred will be reset and rewritten.

This is the “zeroing” method of the Heavenly Law! Imperious and insoluble!

Facing this inevitable strike that could lead any Daoist Ancestor to Despair, Xu Ran on the throne, slowly… laughed.

“You may erase my past, but can you erase… the causality I’ve severed?”

He slowly raised his right hand, his fingers forming a sword.

At the center of Chaos within his Sea of Consciousness, the newly formed rudiment of the “Reverse Sword” suddenly burst out with endless sharpness!

“Senior Heavenly Slayer, lend me your eternal indomitable intent!”

“Gods and demons of old, lend me your lifetime resentment!”

“Today, I, Xu Ran, shall slash out this… first Reverse Sword!”

“This sword, named… [Non-Self]!”

With the fall of his words, Xu Ran pointed a finger!

No earth-shaking Sword Light, no Sword Qi tearing through the Cosmos.

Only an almost imperceptible, seemingly nonexistent gray Sword Intent flew from his fingertip, meeting the golden mandate descending from the heavens.

This Sword Intent seemed small yet harbored a subversive philosophy.

The Law of the Heavenly Law is: Existence is reasonable.

While the “logic” of Xu Ran’s sword is: My non-existence is also a form of existence!

You cannot erase someone… who has never “existed” from the start!

This is a profoundly paradoxical attack on the foundational logic of the Heavenly Law!

Slash!

Under the watchful gaze of all, the gray “Non-Self” Sword Intent and the golden “Heavenly Law Annihilation Order” quietly collided.

No explosions, no Energy release.

At their encounter, a state of eternal stillness occurred.

The golden mandate attempted to trace the past of the Sword Intent, only to find its Source was a void, impossible to trace.

The gray Sword Intent tried to sever the causality of the mandate, only to discover its causality was linked to the Cosmos’ “order,” impossible to sever.

Two fundamentally different “logics” were caught in the most primal confrontation and… stalemate at this moment!

One breath, two breaths, three breaths…

Finally, with a crack!

A crack appeared on the golden mandate!

Next, the crack spread like a spider web!

The “Non-Self” Sword Intent ultimately prevailed, for it represents “variables,” “possibilities,” while the Heavenly Law represents “constants,” “fixed quantities!”

Variables ultimately cannot be completely defined by fixed quantities!

Boom!

The golden mandate shattered, dissolving into a rain of light across the sky. The gray Sword Intent also exhausted all its Power, returning to nothingness.

Above the heavens, the cold indifferent eye of the Heavenly Law showed… a fluctuation for the first time.

It gazed deeply at Xu Ran, a gaze crossing through ancient times, firmly imprinting his existence on the opposing side of the Heavenly Law.

Soon after, the giant eye slowly closed, and the enormous breach piercing the earth and heavens disappeared as if it had never appeared.

“Did the Heavenly Law… retreat?” The voice of the remnant sky was filled with disbelief.

“No, it didn’t retreat.” The ancient voice of the Tomb Guardian carried unprecedented excitement, “It… acknowledged! It acknowledged this lad’s ‘inverse path’ has the qualification to exist as a ‘logic’ in this world! It couldn’t erase it for now, only classify it as ‘anomaly’!”

From a “flaw” that needed fixing to an acknowledged “anomaly”!

This is the status Xu Ran earned for himself with that one slash of the sword!

Finally, he has the qualification, as a chess player, to sit before the chessboard named “Heavenly Law!”

Phew…

Xu Ran exhaled a long breath on the throne. That sword almost drained all his Heart Spirit and Power.

But he succeeded.

He slowly stood up, and the “Throne of the Inverse” composed of countless Sword Intents transformed into a stream of light, merging with the imprint of the Broken Sword “Heavenly Slayer” at his brow, forming a more ancient and profound “inverse” mark.

The entire mountain of ten thousand Dao’s corpses had completely turned into flat ground, all the corpses and Dao Principles already part of Xu Ran.

He took a step forward, his figure appeared before the Tomb Guardian and the remnant sky.

“Thank you, senior Guardian.” Xu Ran deeply bowed towards the Tomb Guardian.

“No need to thank me, this was the master’s scheme, I’m merely a Guardian. The path, ultimately, you walked by yourself.” The Tomb Guardian waved his hand, his turbid old eyes filled with gratitude, “How do you feel now?”

“Better than ever.” Xu Ran felt the surging Energy within him, seemingly capable of reshaping the universe, and the transcendent feeling from the “Reverse Sword” in his Divine Soul, capable of severing all bindings, his gaze firm.

“Peak of Daoist Monarch Ninth Heaven, merging ten thousand Dao, bearing the Reverse Sword… boy, your Combat Power now probably can’t be measured by Daoist Monarch alone.” The remnant sky’s consciousness formed a vague human figure, overwhelmed with emotion, “Ordinary Daoist Ancestors might not fare well against you.”