Chapter 402.2: I Am the Great Calamity, Who Is There to Eliminate Me?

In the unknowable region of the Central Heaven, at the sea of primordial chaos. Suddenly, a flicker of spiritual light appeared within that indistinct chaos.

The entity known as the Great Calamity spent ninety-nine percent of its existence asleep. It possessed no independent consciousness. Perhaps because it had existed for far too long, a trace of spiritual awareness had finally emerged within its form. Boundless information flooded into it.

The Great Calamity opened its eyes. Its intelligence was limited. Its gaze was profound yet muddled, as though it had not fully awakened.

It murmured, its voice faint as a mosquito's buzz, "Qi Yuan Eliminates the Great Calamity?"

Like a pebble no larger than a fingernail dropped into an endless sea, first came a ripple. No one expected that ripple to continue expanding, becoming waves. Until finally, world-destroying tidal waves tens of thousands of li high towered over the heavens.

A thunderous voice exploded within the ears of every living being in Canglan World.

"Those who undergo tribulation bear sin and blood upon themselves. Between heaven and earth, flesh shall be cut from them slice by slice, until all sins are repaid!"

Every cultivator who heard that voice turned deathly pale. The Great Calamity’s voice pierced their souls. Guilt and fear surged uncontrollably within countless hearts.

"We bear sin and blood?"

"The Great Calamity is heaven's judgment?"

"We are the ones in the wrong!"

Its voice alone left everyone mentally shaken and filled with terror. Moreover, every corner of the Canglan World could hear it. Every cultivator finally understood a tiny fraction of the Great Calamity's power. With such strength and enormity, there was simply no opposing it.

Then, an even more majestic voice resounded. "Those undergoing tribulation refuse repentance. Delusions have arisen within them. They even approach while bearing killing intent. Therefore, they shall fall as the Thousand-Mo World fell."

A vision appeared in everyone's minds. Mountains shattered. Seas flooded inland. Continents split apart. Spiritual qi collapsed. Countless living beings wailed. Restless souls wandered. Terrifying heavenly tribulation. Merciless Heavenly Dao. An entire world, destroyed. Witnessing such an apocalyptic scene, every cultivator trembled. Their eyes became lifeless with despair.

"The Great Calamity cannot be resisted!"

"How can anyone eliminate this?"

"We are the ones at fault. The Great Calamity has committed no wrong!"

Some cultivators completely lost heart, collapsing in tears. And here they had thought Yin Spirits were terrifying for being able to destroy an entire nation in one blow. They even represented the greatest military power of the Canglan World. But compared to the entire Thousand-Mo World, they were merely a grain of sand on a beach.

Who could possibly win against an existence like the Great Calamity? No matter how skilled one was, it was simply not enough!

***

In Phoenix Heaven, dread filled Iceberg Empress’ eyes. "So this is the Great Calamity? An existence even Yin Spirits cannot comprehend!"

Having only recently entered the Yin Spirit realm, she had been filled with confidence. She believed she was superior to her peers. A mere wave of her hand could sink an entire nation. Yet compared to sinking an entire world, the gap was simply too vast.

Great Venerable Whitefish appeared dejected. "Even if I exhausted my entire life, I doubt I could injure even a single hair on its body."

Another Great Venerable smiled bitterly. "The ant is me."

Fox Den Xiao Li sat blankly on the ground. "It'll be okay. Senior is strong! He'll definitely destroy the Great Calamity!"

Meanwhile, some cultivators descended into madness, their spirits unraveling.

"It's over! It's all over! How could Blood-Clothed Sword God challenge such a thing?! Canglan is finished!"

A cultivator who had secluded himself for a thousand years, achieving greatness only late in life, fell into despair. "So... this is the Great Calamity... Who could possibly defeat it?"

At the Divine Radiance Sect, Kang Fulu silently watched the scene.

In the Eastern Lands, Jiang Ruhua rushed forward as a streak of light. "Faster! I have to go faster! I absolutely have to see that brat Qi Yuan before everything is destroyed so I can smack him across the face!"[1]

At this point, he merely thought that Blood-Clothed Sword God happened to share the same name as Qi Yuan.

Now that Blood-Clothed Sword God was supposedly eliminating the Great Calamity, the world was in turmoil. Countless lives were about to perish. Yet at such a critical time, Qi Yuan had abducted his precious daughter. Unable to see her during this crisis, how could he not be furious? He would absolutely slap Qi Yuan across the face when they met!

He abruptly came to a halt. The heavens of Canglan World had gone dark. Everything was pitch-black, without even a single ray of sun. Even the blood-red sun was nowhere to be seen.

Jiang Ruhua instinctively looked upward. An unimaginably enormous existence was slowly rising. A gigantic shadow blotted out heaven and earth, growing larger with each passing second.

Jiang Ruhua trembled violently. "This..."

His spiritual qi grew unstable. Looking upon that colossal being above, his only instinct was to crawl into a hole and hide. Only by being surrounded on all sides would he feel even the slightest sense of safety.

"It's too huge!"

"What is that?!"

"A monster?"

"I-is that its eye?"

Countless cultivators gnashed their teeth so hard they ached. Their souls trembled. Witnessing the epic monstrosity in person, everyone was overcome with terror.

The Great Calamity stretched beyond the limits of sight. It even appeared slightly larger than the Canglan World itself. Its colossal frame resembled boundless primordial chaos itself, vast beyond imagination. A Yin Spirit probably couldn’t even harm a single hair on its body. How could Blood-Clothed Sword God possibly win?

Muddled, featureless, only its eyes burned with sparks of intelligence. Those enormous eyes hung in the heavens, overlooking the entire world.

Every living being trembled from the depths of their souls. Some even fell directly to their knees.

"O’ Calamity!

"Great Immortal God!"

"Forgive me!"

They couldn’t summon even the slightest desire to resist.

Jiang Lingsu looked upward, deathly pale. Yet her eyes blazed with overwhelming killing intent. If looks could kill, the Great Calamity would already have died countless times. She quietly repeated to herself, "Qi Yuan Eliminates the Great Calamity!"

Lord Great Wisdom gazed solemnly at the Great Calamity. “It has become even larger.”

***

The Great Calamity slowly opened its maw, resembling a black hole capable of devouring everything. "I am the Great Calamity. Where is the one who would eliminate me?"

Its intelligent eyes swept across the earth, searching for the one undergoing tribulation. Every cultivator froze. Where was Blood-Clothed Sword God?

Qi Yuan’s voice resounded with an icy sharpness, contrasting sharply with the Great Calamity’s muddled voice. "Up here!"

Every cultivator instinctively looked upward, but all they could see was that colossal being. The half-awake Great Calamity raised its head as well.

Translator notes: CLIFFHANGERRRRR

1. ***E/N: He got his priority straight. Wait, maybe this is the reason Qi Yuan abruptly left to destroy the Great Calamity? ☜