Chapter 597 - 328: Evil Divine Domain Finale

The old man was silent for a moment. He slowly raised his hand, suppressing the surging Divine Power within him, and the flow of black blood from his wound gradually stopped.

He looked at Zhao Rui, his aura retracting. The arrogance and killing intent from before were gone, replaced by a solemn gravity.

"I admire your strength. The Evil God lineage concedes defeat."

The old man spoke slowly, his voice losing its previous coldness and gaining a touch of placidity. "I can tell you what you wish to know."

Hearing this, Zhao Rui raised his hand and recalled the sky full of Star Core Longswords. His Divine Power slowly receded as he looked at the old man with an indifferent gaze. "If you’d been this straightforward from the start, we wouldn’t have wasted so much effort."

The old man gave a bitter laugh. With a wave of his hand, he moved the nearby Divine Venerable—who was on the verge of death from their battle—to a safe distance. He then turned back to Zhao Rui and slowly began to reveal the secrets of this universe.

"The Divine Court you speak of was, in ancient times, the supreme Divine Domain that ruled over the entire vast universe.

In that era, the universe teemed with prosperous races and countless gods. The ancient Divine Court was the master of all Divine Domains.

It upheld the cosmic order, commanded innumerable gods, and controlled many of the origin powers, such as time, space, life, death, and Yin and Yang."

"My Evil God lineage was once one of the divine clans under the Divine Court. However, because we cultivated Forbidden Powers like destruction and consumption, we were regarded as heretics by the mainstream gods of the Court.

Tens of millions of years ago, a world-shaking war erupted within the Divine Court. Gods fell, order collapsed, and the great Divine Court shattered, completely annihilated.

All that remained were countless ruins and secrets, scattered throughout the universe."

At this point, a hint of sorrow flickered in the old man’s eyes before he continued speaking.

"As for the Divine Domain and Evil Divine Domain you mentioned, they are merely cosmic Star Realms occupied by the gods after the Divine Court’s fall.

After the Divine Court was destroyed, the universe fractured into innumerable Star Realms and Divine Domains. The powerful experts of every race each claimed a piece of the cosmos for themselves to rest and rebuild.

The surviving members of my Evil God lineage established the Evil Divine Domain in this Star Realm—the very place you are in now. We have been relying on the origin of destruction to slowly recover our strength."

"And the Divine Domain you come from is likewise a Star Realm occupied by some of the surviving gods from after the Divine Court’s collapse.

The vast universe is boundless. Besides the Divine Domain and the Evil Divine Domain, there are countless other unknown Star Realms and secret realms.

They hide the legacies and treasures left behind by the Divine Court, and they also harbor experts and civilizations far beyond our imagination."

"He attacked your Divine Domain before simply because he wanted to seize the remnants of the Divine Court’s origin power within it to help our Evil Divine Domain recover its strength.

These Axes of Ruin were originally forbidden weapons of the ancient Divine Court. Traces of them were discovered by our domain’s predecessors, who pulled them from a dimensional space. They have been passed down to their descendants ever since."

Zhao Rui listened quietly, and the many questions in his mind suddenly became clear.

The abstruse runes and strange power sources in the Evil God Cultivation Technique he had copied earlier—parts he had understood but could not fully comprehend—now all made sense.

’So the root of all this comes from the ancient Divine Court, which was destroyed tens of millions of years ago.’

He looked at the old man and asked in a deep voice, "What was the real reason for the Divine Court’s destruction? And where are its remaining ruins?"

Hearing this, the old man slowly shook his head, his eyes full of helplessness. "The Divine Court’s great war was too long ago. The truth has long been buried by time. All I know is that the war involved the origin power of the universe itself.

All the gods were annihilated; no one was able to escape unscathed. As for the Divine Court’s ruins, they are scattered throughout the vast universe. Without a fateful encounter, you could spend a lifetime searching and never find them."

With that, the old man raised his hand and waved. A blade of black light flew toward Zhao Rui. Encased within the light was a black token engraved with strange runes.

"This is an Evil Divine Domain pass. With it, you can travel through the Evil Divine Domain unimpeded. Although my Evil God lineage’s philosophy is at odds with yours, your strength is comparable to the ancient gods. In the future, if you travel the universe and encounter other Evil Divine Domain factions, this token will ensure your safe passage."