Pursuit of the Truth

As the three people with the Masks of Anger, Grief, and Resentment took a step forward, their clones also appeared. Wind, rain, and thunderbolts immediately erupted from them, and they split into three directions before charging at their target.     

Su Ming still had his eyes closed, meditating. A glint appeared in Zhu You Cai's eyes. He took a swift step forward and walked toward the three people who were coming at them.     

Reng Wus' Progenitor had a dark smile on his lips. With one move, he turned into distortions in space and took a step toward the place of Su Ming. Behind him, Virtue Rooters' Progenitor, the three Almighties in Mastery Realm… and the numerous Reng Wus also took a step forward.     

Boom!     

At the edge of the fifth ocean was the galactic beach formed by shattered stones. It shuddered abruptly, and as it trembled, the Reng Wus approached en masse. Their progenitor came in the fastest. He was so quick that he reached Su Ming's side in the blink of an eye.     

At that moment, Flame Fiends' Progenitor was being held back by the clone of the person with the Mask of Happiness from the fifth ocean. Zhu You Cai was fighting against the remaining three clones. When he turned back, a brilliant light shone in his eyes. He brought his right hand up, and a piercing purple light immediately erupted from the Life Inequity Spear in front of Su Ming.     

That light swept through the area, and booming sounds instantly echoed in space. Reng Wus' Progenitor tumbled backwards. When he was touched by that purple light, he coughed up a mouthful of blood. Behind him, most of Virtue Rooters' Progenitor body disintegrated. As he was reduced to a bloody mess, his Nascent Divinity was separated from him, and with a loud scream, he retreated in a rush.     

The three who were Almighties in Mastery Realm and who had followed behind Reng Wus' Progenitor also looked as if their bodies were about to evaporate. They looked as if they were about to be destroyed and disappear. Reng Wus' Progenitor pounced on them, and a large amount of blood fog erupted from his body with a bang before sweeping them up and retreating ten thousand feet away. When he reappeared, he coughed up blood again. As for the other three, they were covered head to toe in wounds.     

The trio had clearly activated their full power to resist Zhu You Cai's attack, but they still could not fight against it. They had only managed to barely resist it after Reng Wus' Progenitor had activated the blood fog and infused it with some of the strange power from their race. Yet they were all still heavily injured.     

As for Virtue Rooters' Progenitor, he retreated swiftly and appeared thousands of feet away. Then, his entire body trembled before he was torn to shreds, and his body as well as his soul were destroyed!     

The sky and earth were shocked by that single strike. This was the power of the War Immortal.     

The three clones fighting against Zhu You Cai also disappeared when under the purple light from the Life Inequity Spear, as if they were dust that was blown away by the wind.     

With a buzz, the Life Inequity Spear flew to Zhu You Cai. He stood in front of Su Ming and swept his spear sideways.     

"I am here. Who dares to come forth?" Zhu You Cai asked flatly. His voice echoed in the area, causing the entire region to fall incredibly quiet.     

"As expected of an Almighty in Life Realm!"     

Reng Wus' Progenitor wiped off the blood at the corners of his lips. A surprised glint shone in his eyes. As he mumbled to himself, the eyes of the four masked people from the fifth ocean sparkled at the same time before they took a step forward and charged to toward Zhu You Cai simultaneously.     

"Happiness!" the person with the Mask of Happiness immediately said while rushing forward. His voice was ancient, but had a force akin to thunder roaring. As booming sounds shook the area, his mask melted. As it did so, it started spreading out until it covered his entire body. Then, he started twisting, turning into a large runic symbol in the middle of space.     

An ancient, prehistoric presence spread out from that runic symbol. If there was anyone who knew the ancient alphabet, they would have been able to recognize that the meaning of the runic symbol was the source of all joy in the universe.     

This was an ancient runic symbol that would cause all who saw it to feel happiness rise within the depths of their hearts!     

When that runic symbol appeared, a thick wave of happiness spread through the galaxy. A happy smile immediately appeared on Flame Fiends' Progenitor, but the look in his eyes was clearly that of fear.     

At the same time, the Reng Wus also came to a stop, and fear appeared on their faces. In fact, the three heavily injured Almighties in Mastery Realm all reacted in the same manner.     

Only… three people did not react the same way.     

One of them was Zhu You Cai. His expression remained the same, without a hint of change. The second was Reng Wus' Progenitor. His expression was dark. The space around him distorted, a telling sign that he had activated the laws of fate's power to fight against the Runic Symbol of Happiness that hailed from a time long past.     

The last… was Su Ming.     

The gray-haired Su Ming was the master over all administrations regarding death. In his mind, which was dominated by complete rationality, not a single hint of emotion would appear. Even the Runic Symbol of Happiness from ancient times would find it difficult to enter his heart.     

He closed his eyes and still did not take any action toward everything happening around him.     

The instant the Runic Symbol of Happiness appeared, the person with the Mask of Anger immediately had his mask melt. When it covered his body and twisted his figure, he turned into the second runic symbol.     

It was the Runic Symbol of Anger!     

When it appeared, the presence in the galaxy was forcefully changed, from happiness to anger. The emotions of Flame Fiends' Progenitor changed, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood. When he fell backwards, his whole body was filled with rage. However, that rage formed an indefinable, bizarre air when it was compared to the even greater fear in his eyes.     

He was not the only one. The three Almighties in Mastery Realm from the Reng Wu Race and all the other Reng Wus were the same.     

This change in their emotion was not due to their will, but was a forceful change in them brought by the power of the world, and it was the most damaging of all attacks.     

The third runic symbol appeared with a bang. At the instant the Runic Symbol of Grief took shape, the presence in the universe changed again. Then almost the moment the change occurred, the fourth runic symbol appeared with a bang as well.     

It was the Runic Symbol of Resentment. It caused filled the galaxy with a strong resentment, and as it occurred, Flame Fiends' Progenitor let out a shrill scream of pain. With a bang, his body tumbled backwards until he fell on a shattered rock not too far away from Su Ming. When blood trickled out of the corners of his mouth, confusion appeared in his eyes, and he looked as if he had lost consciousness. Occasionally, joy would appear on his face, then it would be anger, and every now and then, it would be grief or resentment.     

It was the same for the Reng Wus. In fact, even their Progenitor was shivering. The distortions around him were twisting and changing nonstop because he had exerted the powers of the laws of fate to their absolute limit.     

However, slight changes still appeared on his face. The corners of his lips curled up in the show of joy.     

At that moment, it could be seen that the mighty pressure from the full appearance of the Runic Symbols of Happiness, Anger, Grief, and Resentment in the area… had already surpassed that of an Almighty in Fate Realm!     

At the same time, a grim expression that had never appeared before showed up on Zhu You Cai's face as he confronted the four runic symbols. He tightened his grip over the Life Inequity Spear, and the four runic symbols let out a loud bang to charge towards him. As they spun around him continuously, they turned into a whirlwind.     

As it spun, the people dressed in black leather armor from the fifth ocean sat down cross-legged, and their bodies instantly vanished into the fog.     

When all of them disappeared and the whirlwind began to spin even faster, a loud bang surged into the heavens. The entire fifth ocean started spinning at that instant, forming a gigantic whirlpool that swept through the entire area with loud booming sounds. Its waves shook the entire universe.     

At that moment, as the whirlpool rotated and the fog in the ocean gathered together, a gigantic face formed in the fifth ocean. There was a smile on that face, and when it rose up, it said one single word towards the cosmos, the universe, and the galaxy.     

"Happiness!"     

When this word rang out, a shocking bang immediately traveled left the whirlwind and went for Zhu You Cai.     

"Anger!" the voice said.     

"Grief!     

"Resentment!"     

When the gigantic face formed of seawater said each word, its face would change, and the whirlwind which surrounded Zhu You Cai would also let out a loud bang that would shake the sky and earth.     

Zhu You Cai's face while he was in the whirlwind was sullen and pale. As his body distorted, he lifted the Life Inequity Spear in his right hand and thrust it downwards swiftly.     

"Impermanence… of Life and Death [1]."     

As he mumbled these words, the long spear let out a loud bang, and black light erupted from it. That light swept through the area and crashed into the whirlwind as well as the four runic symbols. The world roared, and the whirlwind stopped spinning for a moment right under everyone's eyes before disintegrating into its surroundings. The impact that stirred up swept through the fifth ocean, and as the whirlwind collapsed, a ray of black light shot out to turn into a long arc that charged towards the face in the fifth ocean.     

Booming sounds rose again.     

At the instant the face from the fifth ocean collided with the long spear, it was torn to shreds. At the same time, when the disintegrating whirlwind scattered in all directions, the four runic symbols were flung out and turned into four figures in the middle of space. They coughed up a mouthful of blood and raised their heads to look at their opponent coldly.     

Zhu You Cai's face was pale as he stood in space. When blood trickled out of the corners of his mouth, he staggered and plunged down, landing on the shattered stone beside Su Ming. Upon reaching the ground, he swiftly gained his footing. When he lifted his right hand, black light shone in the fifth ocean before returning to his hand as the Life Inequity Spear. He stabbed it into the shattered stone to support himself so that he would not fall.     

"Endless Cycles of Life!" A brilliant light shone in Zhu You Cai's eyes, and he lifted his left hand to swiftly point at the center of his brows.     

However, the instant the tip of his finger touched the center of his brows, Reng Wus' Progenitor in the distance laughed loudly. He had been waiting for a long time, and the Almighty in Life Realm had finally executed the Endless Cycles of Life Art.     

At the instant his laughter echoed in space, an ordinary looking Reng Wu behind him lifted his head and took a step towards Zhu You Cai. He was so quick that he moved like a flash of lightning. When he moved over, his body withered swiftly, and he became so emaciated that he looked like a skeleton in the span of a breath. At the instant he appeared beside Zhu You Cai, his body turned into powder under the speed.     

However, that powder turned into a huge hand that seized Zhu You Cai's head. A power… that surpassed Life Realm spread out from that hand, the power of Death Realm!