"I knew you'd come around."
The heavens opened up and a blinding light shot through, from behind Primordial, his silhouette eclipsed by the raging light behind him.
"So that's the true form of the Heavenly Dao," even Fang Yuan had to shield his eyes from the sheer immensity of the Heavenly Dao's true body.
The blinding light merged into Primordial's body, flooding every fibre of his being with limitless energy.
Primordial's entire body was shrouded in light, two slits where his eyes were supposed to be cracked open, revealing a kaleidoscope jewel for an eye, the rest of the body followed suit and Primordial had transformed!
His entire body was now a prism, with countless Paths perfectly harmonised, each glowing their respective colours.
"Every Path all in one," Primordial stared at his hands, his fingertips. Every part of him was now perfectly entwined with the Heavenly Dao. The power of God at my fingertips!"
Even Sha Xiao felt trepidation towards Primordial now.
"No." Primordial suddenly said, "No longer refer to me as Primordial."
"I am.." turned to face the audience reading this, "Kami!"
"You're a slave!" Fang Yuan shouted, cutting the silence, Kami stared back at him.
"You dare!" he raised his multicoloured prism hand, firing a beam of pure Order at Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan immediately spun all the Elemental Dao Marks he could gather into his strongest Defensive Killer Move
Dao Killer Move ------- Hepta Elemental Shield!
A shield that was perfectly harmonised with all 7 Elements appeared, but Fang Yuan didn't stop there,
Dao Killer Move ------- Hepta Elemental Shield!
Dao Killer Move ------- Hepta Elemental Shield!
Dao Killer Move ------- Hepta Elemental Shield!
Layers upon layers of the shield appeared, blocking the beam of concentrated Order
"Futile," Kami spoke, his voice neither a shout nor a whisper, but the indifference held within was soul-numbing.
Like a hot knife through butter, the beam made of pure Order tore through every layer of the Hepta Elemental Shield, eventually tearing through Fang Yuan!
"Argh!" this wasn't the first time Fang Yuan had ever been hit, yet it made every experience of pain he had ever gone through in the past feel like a cakewalk, even when he was partially bonded to Sha Xiao!
"Damnnit!" he gritted his teeth, the beam of Order tore right through his entire left arm, a searing, smouldering wound was all that was left in its mark.
Such damage would be superficial to any Dao Lord, but an attack made of Order was not so easily shaken off.
"Shit!" Fang Yuan cursed under his breath, "Order didn't just tear the physical body, it hit my Aperture as well! It is slowly corrupting all my Dao Marks, assimilating them back into the natural order of things, I will lose this entire body if I don't…"
Fang Yaun didn't hesitate, he cut off the infected parts of his Aperture!
His strength had dropped drastically.
"You are a fool for going against the divine," Kami spoke, his voice resonating with the Dao, "This is divine justice this is-"
*Krrk*
The sound of a crack could be heard, which wouldn't ordinarily distract Kami or Sha Xiao, but it originated from the 5 Regions which could only mean 1 thing.
"Another ascender? Impossible!" they both remarked.
But only Fang Yuan smirked, "About time."
~
Back in the 5 Regions,
"It's done." Feng Jiu Ge spoke to a sad and gloomy Star Constellation, the Original Sin Gauntlet let out a malevolent aura, but it was not yet complete, even after snatching Wrath and Sloth Gu, "All that's left is-"
He turned to look at Limitless, who smiled back at him, in his hands was the completed Chaos Spear.
"Great." Star Constellation bemoaned, "Everything is completed when I least need it."
At his point no planning, scheming or calculation could be done, Fang Yaun had transcended mortal bounds and was beyond even her reach.
She took out a bag that contained thinly sliced potatoes that were deep-fried and salted, followed by a pint of ice-cold milk.
"All isn't loss," Red Lotus tried to comfort the dejected Star Constellation who had begun dipping the fried potato into the ice milk, "When we ascend we'll be able to join in and help, so shouldn't we focus on doing that instead of mopping?"
The sound of crunching and chewing accompanied Star Constellation, "It's useless, by the time we ascend things would have already concluded, Primordial and Sha Xiao won't let Fang Yuan give them a stalemate like when I Giant Sun and Fang Yuan duked it out."
!!?
The others stared blankly at Star Constellation, who mindlessly chewed her tidbits before realising the confusing stares.
"Oh right," She said, grabbing another handful and stuffing it in her mouth, "Reckless was killed by Primordial ages ago, his body is possessed by Theiving Heaven's Dao Guardian, Sha Xiao."
"Not just Dao Guardian, but brother actually, he is well was my twin brother from our home world." a male voice joined in as a figure just appeared out of thin air.
Star Constellation dropped her snacks in surprise, Red Lotus prepared his Dao Killer Move, and Giant Sun's face was still shocked.
"Thieving Heaven!?!?!?" they all shouted.
"Nice to meet you all, it's good to finally put a face to the names," he gave a polite bow, and a hooded figure stood next to him.
"How are you back!" Star Constellation was the most shocked, she knew Sha Xiao's situation, and the fact that Thieving Heaven was not doubling over in pain meant something.
"You're not truly back," She squinted, her mind quickly deduced what was going on, "You're just a shell infused with the personality and memories of Theieving Heaven, but the Soul, Luck and everything that made him, him, is gone."
Sound effects of a bell being hit 3 times played,
*Ding Ding Ding*
"You're absolutely correct! Thieving Heaven is no more, I am Theseus, we met briefly haven't we Red Lotus."
Red Lotus's face turned glum, and the encounter with Thievi-Theseus was not exactly pleasant, "What are you after this time!"
"Oh, straight to the point, I like it," Theseus put his hands behind his back, "Well I and Fang Yuan have a deal and plan, a little quid pro quo, and I'm going to need to steal some things that you lot no longer want anyways."
When Theseus pulled his hands out from behind his back, the Original Sin Gauntlet was on his left, and the Chaos Spear was on his right!
!!!
The party of Venerables turned around to look at the respective holders of the items, but Limitless was gone and so was Feng Jiu Ge!
"Those slimy…" Red Lotus cursed, "You got away last time because I was careless not this time!"
Dao Killer Move -------- Eternity!
Dao Killer Move -------- Shackling Void!
Chains made of spacetime wrapped all around Theseus,
"Oh my," Though he was bound it didn't faze him
It was at this point that Star Constellation realised something strange, "Hang on…didn't he appear with an accomplice where is that-"
Sharp piercing pain erupted from her abdomen, as blood splattered outward, Red Lotus, Gaint Sun, and Earth were shocked, not by the grotesque scene, they'd all been through worse, but by the fact that not even Star Constellation could detect this guy's presence.
The lapse in attention by Red Lotus allowed Theseus to break free, though it wasn't much difficulty given the two immense artifacts in his possession.
"Here you go," Theseus said, as he tossed the two artifacts toward the hooded figure, who nodded as he grabbed them and tore a hole in space.
"You're going nowhere!" Red Lotus had rushed to Star Constellation's side when he noticed the pair trying to escape, with his command over Space right now he could easily have closed the tear.
Correction, he should have easily been able to close the tear, but a force much greater than him was constantly brute forcing it open.
The wound inflicted on Star Constellation wasn't life-threatening to a Venerable, much less a pseudo-Dao Emperor, but for some reason, it made her mind hazy.
She glimpsed at Red Lotus trying desperately to hold him back and at the figure non-hauntingly leaving, a single name appeared in her mind.
The only one who had ever so easily overpowered all the Venerables combined,
She uttered his name in her mind, and the hooded figure glanced back, half a foot in his rift, though his face was shrouded by the hood, Star Constellation swore she could make out a sadistic smile, and as if to confirm her guess, the hooded figure held his finger up to where his lips would be and uttered one word,
"Shhh."
And with that, he stepped through and disappeared.
Cold sweat broke out across the camp, with all the recent events, everyone was tired and just chose to rest.
Am thinking if I should just wait and 1 shot release the finale chapters, because I estimate it is another 10ish chapters remaining, maybe even less if I make them longer per chapter.