Chapter 1196: The Way of the Divine Court

Chapter 546

The Eye of Gui Xu slowly rotates deep within his eyes.

This time, he is no longer simply observing the flow of energy but is immersing his entire Heart Spirit into the mystical state of “Dao comprehension,” extending infinitely outward.

His consciousness transforms into billions of invisible tendrils, probing into every piece of metal debris beneath him, touching those ship keels that have been cold for endless ages, feeling the ancient runes engraved on the armor that have long since lost Divine Light.

Boom!

Scenes of fragments, broken and charged with tragic and fierce imagery, flood into his mind like an unleashed torrent!

He “sees” a divine warship of the “Celestial Patrol” class, opening all its divine cannons in despair, billions of Divine Lights converging into a radiant beam, blasting towards the endless darkness. However, a beam of white light, thinner than a galaxy, flashes by, and the star-domain obliterating pillar, along with that warship, simply vanishes into thin air, as if it never existed.

He “sees” a godly War General, standing ten thousand feet tall, wielding a giant axe, his physique comparable to Divine Gold, striking a blow that causes stars to sway. He charges furiously into the darkness, yet halfway, his body is neatly dissected by an invisible “logic,” from Divine Soul to particle, decomposed into the most basic dust of the Cosmos.

He “sees” a grand priest skilled in Array, burning his life and Divine Soul, setting up a Guardian Grand Array covering the whole galaxy, billions of runes circulating, the Holy Light of order illuminating the darkness. Yet, the indifferent white light merely touches the “concept” of the Array, erasing it, all the runes instantly losing their meaning, the entire Grand Array collapses like a castle on the sand.

There is no earth-shattering explosion, no energy backlash.

This is a higher, more chilling form of “erasure.”

It’s like an artist using an eraser to meticulously wipe away contents on paper from the level of “existence.”

“So this is it… This is not an energy-level attack, but a Law-level ‘Dimensional Reduction Strike’.” Xu Ran’s Heart Spirit trembles violently, yet he forcibly maintains his clarity, frantically analyzing these revelations.

“The Celestial Order does not use energy; it merely defines ‘rules.’ It declares, ‘You do not exist,’ and so you are wiped from the laws of causality.”

“The ‘Dao’ of the divine court is to construct order. But the ‘Dao’ of the Celestial Order is to define ‘truth.’ Before its ‘truth,’ the ‘order’ of the divine court becomes a ‘mistake’ that needs correction.”

Cold sweat arises on Xu Ran’s back.

This is a tyranny, a form of ‘Dao’ so unreasonable, so domineering!

Gui Xu lets all things head towards an end, but at least acknowledges that all things ‘once existed.’ Whereas the Celestial Order simply denies your ‘existence’ itself!

As Xu Ran is immersed in this analysis of ultimate fear, the ground beneath him trembles slightly once again.

Unlike the commotion of the Ghost Emperor’s awakening, this tremble carries an icy, rhythmic cadence.

It’s as if some colossal machinery, asleep for endless epochs, is slowly starting up in the depths of the earth.

Xu Ran quickly withdraws his Heart Spirit, the Eye of Gui Xu gazing downward.

Penetrating layer upon layer of warship wreckage, he sees that at the core of this Metal Tomb, instead of magma, lies an unimaginably large… spherical structure.

It’s entirely composed of a smooth, unknown metal, with countless more complex than stellar geometric patterns carved on its surface, which are lighting up one by one, emitting an icy blue glow.

A presence that shares a Source with the ‘Celestial Order,’ yet colder and more rigid, permeates from that spherical structure.

“Detect high-intensity ‘Dao’-level parsing behavior…”

“Detect unknown Law interference… categorized as ‘anomaly’…”

“Search database… match failed… categorized as ‘unknown variable’…”

“Initiate… Cleaner Fish Protocol One…”

A series of emotionless thoughts, like mechanical commands, resonate in this subterranean space.

In the blink of an eye, on the surface of the tomb, a hundred miles away, the ground of a colossal basin suddenly splits open.

From beneath, a creature wholly silver-white emerges, resembling a giant metal spider. It has eight sharp blade-like limbs, each joint crafted to perfection akin to an artwork, with a head devoid of facial features, only adorned with a massive blue crystal single eye that continuously rotates with complex runes.

On its body, there is not one trace of life energy, nor any Resentment, only pure, cold, absolute ‘reason.’

The Celestial Cleaner Fish!

The Prison Guard of this execution ground!

“Hiss—”

The Cleaner Fish’s blue single eye instantly locks onto Xu Ran. Its eight limbs brace on the ground, and the massive body transforms into a silver lightning bolt, charging silently and swiftly towards Xu Ran!

Its speed transcends spatial limits, as if leaping between spatial coordinates, a moment ago still a hundred miles away, the gleaming sharp limbs now appear above Xu Ran’s head, slicing down decisively!

This strike, devoid of thunderous roar or Divine Light brilliance, carries nonetheless that familiar “erasure” Law!

Its intent is to completely erase the ‘anomaly variable’ that Xu Ran represents from this world!