Chapter 459 – Fated Death: Eternal Silence

“Huff…”

“BOOM!!!”

Howling gales tore through hills and earth, everything caught within the tempest swaying like straw in the wind.

Purple bolts of Raging Thunder fell like torrential rain, transforming the heavens and earth.

Wind and thunder roared in unison, eternal darkness descended, and an illusory realm continuously encroached upon and covered reality.

The battle between the Celestial Masters was immensely grand and magnificent, evoking a sense of impending doom.

Watching the Celestial Masters’ great battle, Mu Lin immediately understood that when the Night Demon leader had fought him earlier, it had been using only Basic Attacks, exercising extreme restraint.

It hadn’t done this to give Mu Lin a chance or because it didn’t hate him, but to guard against Zhang Hetian and the commanders of the Black Fiend Legion and Thunderclap Legion.

With three Celestial Masters watching closely, if the Night Demon leader had fought Mu Lin with its full power, a sudden ambush could have killed it on the spot.

As long as it lived, even if the entire Night Demon Clan perished, it could single-handedly resurrect the race elsewhere.

But if it died, even if the clan survived, it would only become a minor race or fall into servitude as a vassal or slave to other races.

Thus, despite its immense rage over the death of its outstanding son, the Night Demon leader remained extremely restrained when fighting Mu Lin.

Now, this was its true form—unrestrained and going all out.

At full power, it even managed to recreate Nightmare Heaven… No, it would be more accurate to say that Nightmare Heaven was built based on its abilities and with its assistance.

Since it was originally its ability, naturally it could recreate it.

And the current Nightmare Heaven was even stronger—gazing at the vast, dark, and terrifying Nightmare Heaven that blotted out the sky, Mu Lin had no doubt that even if he dropped a hundred nuclear bombs, even hydrogen-level ones, he still couldn’t tear it apart… Well, tearing it apart might be possible, but with someone controlling it, the moment Nightmare Heaven shattered, it would reappear the next instant.

Just as the Night Demon leader had said, where there is light, there is shadow. Pure light or pure attacks couldn’t harm them.

This was the power of a Celestial Master, or rather, a Heavenly Being—assimilating a region and mastering a rule. Such beings could no longer be dealt with by ordinary means.

However: “Since ordinary methods won’t work, I’ll play by the rules too!”

“Power, come forth!”

“Hum!”

As Mu Lin fully connected with the True Spirit Karma Diagram and released his restrictions, countless energies and insights instantly flooded his mind.

Due to his Attribute Panel, Mu Lin’s advancement would plunge him into a state of sudden enlightenment.

And the Heavenly Dao’s favor and blessing prolonged this state of enlightenment and enhanced its effects.

At this moment, the Heavenly Dao acted like an auxiliary device, placing a strand of consciousness within Mu Lin’s heart and merging with him. This allowed Mu Lin to observe and comprehend the world from the perspective of the Heavenly Dao.

Of course, whether it was sudden enlightenment or the Heavenly Dao, these were ultimately just aids—they could only accelerate Mu Lin’s comprehension… He needed his own accumulation to maximize the effects of enlightenment.

Fortunately, Mu Lin had accumulated enough.

With his eyes closed, he seemed to witness countless deaths—some of ordinary people, some of demons and monsters, and others he had personally killed and obliterated.

Countless deaths, especially those personally caused by Mu Lin, which were linked to him by karma, gave him profound insights into death.

“Humans, or rather living beings, are extremely fragile. Whether it’s a shattered brain, a destroyed heart, a damaged soul, or a viral invasion—any of these can cause a living being to die…”

While contemplating death, Mu Lin recalled knowledge from his previous life.

That knowledge led him to realize that not only ordinary people or living beings could die—even the sun hanging in the sky, seemingly eternal, would eventually “die.”

It would one day burn out, and before that, it would collapse and contract into a white dwarf or a black hole.

Beyond stars, Mu Lin even thought about the death of the universe, which was larger than any world.

Yes, the universe too would die, would fall into silence.

The heat death of the universe, as reasoned by humanity, was the ultimate fate of the cosmos and one of its destined deaths.

“All things will die—whether human, object, Earth Immortal, Celestial Master, or even True God. They too will one day fall…”

“There is no absolute eternity. Death is the final destination of all things!”

“And I will master death!”

The insights from endless deaths, especially those from his previous life, allowed Mu Lin to comprehend Death Divinity.

This was Death Divinity unique to him, a Death Divinity capable of silencing all things in the universe.

“Woo woo woo…”

As Mu Lin grasped the rules of death, anomalies occurred in the outside world.

Mysterious cries echoed between heaven and earth, as if all living beings were mourning.

The world was shrouded in an aura of death, and even Spiritual Energy took on a decaying hue, as if everything in the world was heading toward its end, toward death.

Such a scene… was entirely normal.

It must be noted that although Mu Lin had advanced to Earth Immortal, due to Transcendence, the Sky-Scraping Spell·Divinity, the True Spirit Karma Diagram, Fixation… and various other abilities, the rank within his True Spirit Karma Diagram was one level higher than his actual realm—specifically, Celestial Master.

Of course, under normal circumstances, Mu Lin could not unleash Celestial Master-level combat power.

His realm was ultimately only Earth Immortal; the Celestial Master rank was a Transcendent state achieved through extreme bursts.

To unleash Celestial Master-level combat power, Mu Lin needed to consume vast amounts of Mana and boundless mental energy, burning them to forcibly elevate his realm.

This Ritual was named by Mu Lin as the Ascension Ladder or the Time of Coronation.

Although there were many limitations, the benefits of rank elevation were endlessly marvelous—it illuminated the path ahead for Mu Lin.

More importantly, during certain special moments, Mu Lin could unleash Celestial Master-level combat power without hindrance.

For example, when controlling a super-large Spirit Vein or Dragon Vein… with boundless energy, he could naturally sustain the rank of his Time of Coronation.

As now, merging with heaven and earth, Mu Lin could borrow a portion of the world’s power. Even if it was only a tiny fraction, given the vastness and boundlessness of heaven and earth, Mu Lin could still unleash combat power at the Celestial Master level.

With such capabilities, it was no surprise that he could cause such immense commotion.

“Woo woo woo…”

All living beings wailed, blood rain fell from the sky, and blood-like magma continuously erupted from the earth.

Under the influence of Mu Lin’s advancement, the entire world seemed to be on the verge of collapse, gradually descending into ruin and decay.

This vast phenomenon even affected the Celestial Masters who were engaged in battle.

Listening to the wails of all living beings and witnessing the scene of everything heading toward destruction and demise, even the Celestial Masters felt a tremor in their hearts.

They had a sense that this kind of death could threaten them.

“How is this possible? He’s only advancing to an Earth Immortal, not a Celestial Master or True Lord!”

“Damn it!”

“Excellent!”

Upon realizing this, the human side was naturally overjoyed, celebrating the emergence of another powerful figure for the Human Race and cheering loudly!

But for the Demonic Fiends, it was distressing, and they felt a deep-seated apprehension.

“Stop hiding! Take action and kill him. That human truly poses a threat to us!”

Such words… indeed prompted some Demonic Fiends lurking in the shadows to act.

They understood the principle of shared peril.

However, as they took action, the powerful figures on the human side naturally did not stand idly by.

“Hmph, if you want to kill a Prodigy of my Human Race, you’ll have to get past me, the Seven Killings Wolf Lord!”

“Awoo!”

With a howl, a Blood Moon appeared in the sky, and a man brimming with heroic spirit charged into the battlefield with a blade, blocking the Evil Apostles preparing to attack Mu Lin.

“Boom!”

The involvement of other Celestial Masters intensified the chaotic battle in the area.

Mu Lin sensed all of this and even became aware of the threat posed by the Celestial Masters of the Demonic Monsters and Alien Races.

But he paid it no mind.

In his state of enlightenment, he was not without combat prowess.

In fact, due to his harmony with the heavens, he was even stronger in this state than usual.

As for being interrupted in his enlightenment, that was impossible… The favor of the Heavenly Dao and its active blessings made Mu Lin’s enlightenment remarkably enduring and not easily disrupted.

At the same time, Mu Lin’s advancement was not yet complete.

Moreover, he was dissatisfied with the mere Law of Death.

He thought of the many Demonic Fiends, his own act of resurrection from death, and the near-immortal nature of the gods.

This made Mu Lin snort coldly.

“This world has too many resurrection abilities, and such frequent resurrections disrespect death and undermine the authority and prestige of King Yama.”

When resurrection from death becomes commonplace, who would still revere King Yama, who controls death? Especially the powerful—they simply do not care.

Thus, having comprehended the Law of Death and with his enlightenment still intact, Mu Lin immediately delved deeper, exploring eternal death and Fated Death.

During Mu Lin’s exploration, the Source Runes of Stabilize and Sky Observation, as well as… the infinite power of the Ouroboros and the extinction of the universe, were of great assistance to him.

The extinction of the universe deepened Mu Lin’s understanding of death and reinforced his conviction that death is the ultimate destination and final fate of all things—at least, before transcending the universe, death is the ultimate fate.

Meanwhile, Fixation and infinite power were layered upon the attribute of death, transforming the death Mu Lin inflicted on others into a permanent state—an infinite, cyclical norm.

This realization meant that any living being killed by Mu Lin would die.

This may seem like a tautology, but it is not.

Previously, those killed by Mu Lin could be resurrected through various means. But now, once killed by him, they would die forever, never to rise again.

Realizing this, Mu Lin almost wanted to shout, “Deities, your days of ease are over.”

Of course, in the end, he did not voice it aloud, nor did he believe that his Fated Death would fully take effect against the True God.

“Mystery fails before greater mystery, and so do rules. After all, I have not yet Ascended to Godhood, so I may not be able to bestow upon them Fated Death and eternal silence.”

“However, while I lack the Divine Position of a True God, I can attain the status of a Celestial Master through coronation… From now on, Celestial Masters will have only one life before me!”

“Moreover, they cannot even sustain injuries… The wounds I inflict could be described as me killing a part of them.”

“And since it is killing, the death I bestow will naturally carry the endlessly cycling power of fate!”

“This power will cause a part of their bodies to forever decay, never to recover!”

(End of Chapter)