All Is Chaos and Sinners

The words "All is Chaos and Sinners" crashed over Xiao Chen like a tidal wave, leaving him utterly shaken. He found it nearly impossible to accept this truth.

That ending was far too heavy, too oppressive.

The blood-red sunset stretched the few towering figures into long shadows. The Nine Ancient Lamps burned forever bright, yet they could not illuminate the path ahead.

A cold wind swept across the barren earth, carrying a mournful, piercing howl.

Gradually, they faded into the distance. Gradually, they disappeared, until nothing remained.

On that road of no return, the grievously wounded Otherworld kings left behind only a trail of bloody footprints—nothing else.

The final outcome could already be guessed, for the floating broken limbs and shattered remains of stone men within this great hall had already foretold everything.

Bang!

Suddenly, a tremendous crash sounded in the distance. The earth shook violently.

At this moment, Xiao Chen was merged with the Divine Diagram, making his spiritual perception far keener. He gazed out across this blood‑radiance‑shrouded region toward the distant edge of the world.

First, a black speck appeared on the horizon. As the earth trembled, the speck grew clearer and larger. A water‑blue giant was slowly marching forward, approaching this place.

He looked like a towering blue iceberg. Though still far away, every detail was already clearly visible. The giant was condensed from the essence of water. Only his head was made of stone. The two parts formed a deeply incongruous whole, yet an indescribably overwhelming divine power pulsed from him.

"The Otherworld's killing tool!" Seeing the giant formed from water essence, Xiao Chen immediately remembered the yellow‑earth giant from years ago—that one had been entirely condensed from earth essence, with only its head petrified.

Boom… Boom… Boom…

The earth quaked. The water‑blue giant's target was precisely this blood‑radiance zone. In his hand he held a colossal iron axe, gleaming with a cold, murderous light.

Rumble…

At that moment, a black gale rose from the horizon, surging like a thousand‐fold black tide.

The black storm had appeared again. Within it, a black giant wielded more than a dozen Ancestral God weapons, swinging them like a flood as it hacked at the Otherworld's killing tool—the very same way it had attacked Xiao Chen and the Divine Diagram before.

The water‑blue giant's stone head emitted a faint yellow light. He turned around and swung his great axe to meet the assault.

Bang!

The giant axe clashed against the dozen Ancestral God weapons, sending up a deafening metallic clang. Sparks flew like shooting stars, dancing beneath the three blood‑red moons—an eerie, extraordinary sight.

The raging gale swallowed that place in a black torrent. Though one could not see what was happening within, one could feel the energy fluctuations—like a volcano erupting, shaking the entire world.

In the end, Xiao Chen saw the black giant collapse several times, only to reform each time. As long as the waste ground remained, he could never be extinguished.

Meanwhile, the water‑blue giant, under the assault of a dozen Ancestral God weapons, gradually began to crumble. With a mighty crash, the water essence disintegrated. Blue light blazed, splashing across the earth.

The black gale swept through. The water‑blue essence drained away rapidly. Only the stone head was not destroyed, roaring in fury within the wind.

"ROAR!"

A great bellow erupted. Yellow light burst forth. Two Ancestral God weapons were snapped by the beams shot from the stone head, wounding the black giant once more.

But the black giant could never be fully ground down—he was practically immortal. Even after being wounded, he soon returned to full strength and threw himself back into the fight.

However, the stone head was far too powerful. Even after losing its body, it remained ferociously strong. Using yellow light to cut a path, it charged out of the black gale and flew toward this light screen.

The black gale pursued relentlessly from behind.

"Did the Otherworld create this waste ground? Was everything here their doing?" Seeing the Otherworld's killing tool, Xiao Chen immediately connected many dots.

The stone head was ultimately a step faster, charging into the blood‑colored light screen. The black gale lingered outside for a time before finally retreating into the distance.

But although the stone head had broken into the blood screen, it encountered an even more terrifying attack. The blood radiance possessed devastating killing power. Even a petrified head began to develop fine cracks, issuing faint crackling sounds.

Only now did Xiao Chen realize just how terrifying the blood screen was—it had been condensed from the annihilation of countless lives. Even a stone head could barely withstand it.

If Xiao Chen had not possessed the Divine Diagram, which shared a homologous aura with this place, he would likely have been ground to dust by now.

"ROAR!"

The Otherworld's killing tool shot two beams of yellow light from its eye sockets, charging furiously toward the great hall.

But soundlessly, the two yellow beams dissipated before the hall's entrance.

"ROAR!"

The petrified head strained, hurling itself forward. Its target was not Xiao Chen but the great hall—it wanted to force its way inside.

Xiao Chen was not afraid of it causing damage. He knew that a place as sacred as this hall would be even more deadly. This petrified head could never shake it.

Boom! The stone head smashed into the hall, on the verge of breaking through. But at that moment, an overwhelmingly powerful divine force surged out, striking it and cracking it apart.

"ROAR!"

The stone head had no real consciousness—it was merely a tool of war. Roaring, it suffused its entire skull with a hazy radiance, cocooning itself as it stubbornly charged into the hall.

Light flashed. It succeeded in breaking through. But what awaited it were the floating chunks of stone limbs, broken arms, and shattered stone heads—far more solid than the charging stone head, many times denser.

At this moment, they lay still and motionless, devoid of any change. Yet their formless aura already made the invading stone head tremble.

But it refused to yield. It struggled violently, roaring, stirring the great hall into turmoil.

All the broken limbs and shattered stone heads within the hall began to rotate slowly—still plain and unadorned. Yet in that instant, the invading stone head started to crack. Crack, crack, crack—the sounds came relentlessly, and then, in the span of a breath, it shattered into pieces.

When all the broken arms, legs, and stone heads within the great hall had completed a single, slow rotation, the invading stone head was utterly reduced to nothing, dissolving into specks of yellow dust that fell softly to the ground.

This terrifying power left Xiao Chen stunned. Even the Otherworld's killing tool could not survive here—no wonder no one dared to intrude.

The moment the petrified head was destroyed, in the Eternal Unknown, the three Supreme Ancestral Gods suddenly opened their eyes.

"Our powerful tool of war has been destroyed."

"It seems that while the divine power fluctuations in that place have weakened, it remains difficult to seize by force. We will need endless ages to slowly grind away everything there."

"…"

At that moment, from the distant horizon came a scream. An Otherworld Ancestral God, pursued by the black gale and grievously wounded, was then drawn in by the blood-colored light screen. With a boom, he was shattered within it.

"Why does this waste ground, crippled by our world, never end?" Those were the last resentful words of the Otherworld Ancestral God, soon swept away by the wind—but Xiao Chen caught them clearly.

"It really is the Otherworld." Xiao Chen's emotions churned violently. "Even in the most ancient eras, they were our sworn enemies!"

Meanwhile, before the great waterfall leading to the Celestial Realm, the Martial Imprint sat as still as an ancient well, deep and silent, letting the cascade from the heavens wash over his body.

On the other side, the colossus—a stone man nearly as large as a mountain range—slowly opened his eyes and muttered to himself: "My descendant's mark of life has faded away…"

Within the blood-colored light screen, peace had returned. The mournful, desolate song had long since ceased.

Xiao Chen, merged with the Divine Diagram, slowly advanced toward the great hall.

The broken limbs and shattered stone heads inside did not release their destructive power. Instead, at the approach of the Divine Diagram, they trembled slightly.

When Xiao Chen reached the center of the great hall, the palace shook violently. The Divine Diagram grew hazy. A mysterious, unfathomable power seemed to connect with it, causing Xiao Chen to tremble repeatedly.

Scenes—vivid images—materialized before Xiao Chen's eyes.

He knew that this was a replay of the past. Through the Divine Diagram, he would uncover a sealed chapter of history.

A vast continent spread out before him. Life withered. Ancestral God‑level combat raged, draining the world of nearly all vitality. Corpses lay in the millions; blood flowed so thick it floated shields.

Xiao Chen's eyes narrowed sharply. Among those Ancestral Gods, he spotted three familiar silhouettes—the very three Supreme Ancestral Gods who guarded the Eternal Unknown.

They had already existed in that distant age, just beginning to show their prowess. No wonder they commanded such status today. Their origins were ancient beyond measure. Even the Otherworld gods treated them with deep reverence. Although these three were not stone men, their identities were astonishing enough.

Boom!

At that moment, several powerful stone men descended. The continent shattered, life was extinguished, blood rose in tidal waves. Countless living beings were shaken into the high sky, turned to blood, and condensed together.

At the edge of the continent, within a great hall, nine lamps shone brightly. Their radiance stabilized the land, allowing the sundered earth to reform. But they could not save the countless lives lost.

At the same time, several Stone‑Man Kings fighting near the great hall rushed to meet the Otherworld stone men. The most tragic battle in history erupted!

But Xiao Chen could no longer see it, for the energy involved seemed to transcend time and space, radiating outward through the images. He was forced to submerge his consciousness into the Divine Diagram, unable to read any further.

When everything calmed, the radiating, terrifying light had faded. Xiao Chen extended his spiritual sense once more to gaze.

The setting sun bathed the land in blood. Only a few Stone‑Man Kings, supporting each other, stood wounded on the waste ground.

"Our world—how can it be a land of chaos? Our people—how can they be sinners? We will not accept this!"

The bitter wind howled. Blood drenched the earth. The terrible scene seemed to echo their cries.

Several Stone‑Man Kings knelt on the cold ground, crying out in anguish: "All our people are nearly annihilated. We are useless… We are failures!"

In the end, the tall shadows, stumbling, leaving trail after trail of blood, walked into the great hall within the vision.

Within the palace stood a high platform. On it, the Nine Ancient Lamps burned forever.

The flames of the ancient lamps were refining a colossal white bone fragment. Haze swirled. The bone fragment bore many mysterious characters and patterns. Most uniquely, a living Divine Diagram was gestating within the bone shard, constantly rotating and shifting.

"The Divine Diagram—the Divine Diagram originated here…" Xiao Chen was astonished.

The Land of Chaos and Sinners was so ancient that it could no longer be dated. It surely predated every civilization of the Nine Provinces.

"The Divine Diagram has ultimately not yet fully matured. But we have no time left."

Several towering figures stood before the nine lamps. Their unyielding, resolute faces showed endless regret. All of them clenched their fists, fresh blood spurting from their wounded bodies.

Rumble!

The entire world shook violently. The starry sky above shattered!

At the same moment, another vast world descended, overlapping with this one, beginning to fuse together.

"They want to seize our world and merge it with theirs!"

Within the great hall, the Stone‑Man Kings straightened their backs, gazing through the giant doors at the heavens.

"We have no time. They have already come…"

"But in the end, the Divine Diagram could not be successfully refined. It could not be birthed!"

The Stone‑Man Kings were filled with regret—with desolation and sorrow—and also with a trace of fierce resolve.

"The Divine Diagram is incomplete. We supplement it with our bodies. Better a shattered jade than an unbroken tile!"

That was their decision. They climbed the high platform, grasped the Nine Ancient Lamps, put away the bone diagram, and, supporting each other, walked out of the great hall.

Xiao Chen had seen the later part of this scene before—they had walked an irreversible road…

As those images passed, new ones appeared. Under a blood‑colored sun, the Stone‑Man Kings advanced toward the powerful enemies on the horizon.

Dazzling light engulfed everything in the frame. Only the nine lamps blazing, the Divine Diagram growing hazy… and endless bloodlight could be seen.

"You slaughter our people, you steal our land—we will not accept this!"

"The Divine Diagram is incomplete. We supplement it with our bodies. Better a shattered jade than an unbroken tile!"

This desolate, tragic cry rang through the heavens, echoing across time and land.

Not only did this land become a complete waste ground, but the Otherworld's original continent—the one that had tried to fuse—was also split into four or five parts.

Otherworld Ancestral Gods fell one after another!

But it was at this moment that the Stone‑Man Kings suffered devastating injuries. In the sky, several Otherworld stone men stood beside the Ninety‑Nine Stone Steps. With a thunderous rumble, they descended, crushing down toward the kings holding the nine lamps.

"Our people are already annihilated. What face do we have to live on? Let our blood stain the long sky, and let us die on the battlefield!"

With voices so tragic and stirring, the Stone‑Man Kings made their decision. Holding the ancient lamps, they resolutely melted their own bodies into the Divine Diagram.

Their forms shattered. The Divine Diagram contained within the bone fragment seemed to possess life, absorbing the essence and blood of the Stone‑Man Kings, bursting free of the bone fragment, and finally condensing together with them.

"You slaughter our people, you steal our land—we will not accept this!"

"The Divine Diagram is incomplete. We supplement it with our bodies. Better a shattered jade than an unbroken tile!"

Those were the last words of the Stone‑Man Kings. A hero's end—tragic and fierce. The Divine Diagram, mingled with their flesh and blood, charged into the sky, rushing toward the Ninety‑Nine Stone Steps and the Otherworld Stone‑Man Kings.

Boom!

The Divine Diagram collided with the Ninety‑Nine Stone Steps. The divine power fluctuations swept across the shattered earth and the vast starry sky.

Blinding light drowned that place. Xiao Chen could not gaze directly. The terrifying energy fluctuations at that level seemed to truly transcend time and space, radiating outward, forcing him to retreat into the Divine Diagram.

The Ninety‑Nine Stone Steps shattered and receded into the distance. At the very top, blurry demonic shadows seemed to sway, carrying away the shattered land. The empty world was left with only a small patch of waste ground.

And the Divine Diagram itself was shattered, rushing in all directions, tearing asunder the barriers of the great worlds…