When one doesn’t want to reason, or when reason fails to get through, resorting to force is often the fastest and most effective method.

Undoubtedly, Jian Chou’s force had already reached such an effect.

After witnessing that completely crushing level of inhuman strength, who would still want to oppose her?

The entire Desolate Domain fell so silent that one could hear breathing.

Everyone was in fear, everyone was curious – partly wanting to know what she intended to do with the Pangu Divine Key, and partly puzzled by her stance.

Only the Sword-Bearer felt clarity at this moment.

He looked toward Fu Chaosheng, who was standing right behind Jian Chou, thinking to himself: So this is the kind of person he is.

The affairs of this world always seem to have right and wrong, good and bad. Whether right or wrong, good or bad, people always have to choose a side to stand on.

Once you choose your stance, you become part of a certain group.

From then on, your words gain recognition, and your actions are no longer lonely. Everything no longer requires thought – just go with the flow, and this life can be lived passionately with little suffering, without having to struggle between left and right, forcing yourself into desperate straits.

From ancient times to the present, from deities to humanity, whether it was the great war that occurred in the long night of old, or the ten thousand years of human history, all demonstrate one truth to everyone—

That is, those who stand in the middle usually don’t meet good ends.

Because those on the left see them as being on the right, and those on the right see them as being on the left.

Even the mighty deity Mu Death was like this.

Today’s Jian Chou might not avoid following His footsteps in the future.

But “I” am “I”.

Neither wanting to stand on the left nor on the right, neither going along with anyone nor needing anyone to go along with me.

No one has decreed that a person must stand on any particular side.

No one has even decreed that a person must stand at all.

As long as one wants to, as long as one has the courage to face it, as long as one has strong enough power – power that won’t be defeated by the left, won’t be defeated by the right, won’t even be defeated by everyone!

And she now possessed such power!

After those words, she didn’t wait for any objections from any side.

Jian Chou felt only indifference.

Everyone’s reaction was within her expectations, after all, seeking life and fearing death is the instinct of all conscious beings in heaven and earth.

They wouldn’t seek death.

So she slowly lowered her eyelids, finally able to examine the divine key in her palm in this eerie silence.

Called a “divine key,” it was actually nothing more than a strand of Pangu’s divine consciousness.

It appeared in deep and shallow shades of purple.

A small sprout that, without needing any activation, seemed to sense the surrounding spiritual energy and radiated light within a small range, like a mirror, like water ripples, and like a dense fog.

The moment she felt its aura, Jian Chou recalled the last two lines of text she had erased from the Nine Curves River Diagram.

She raised her eyes to glance at Fu Chaosheng and simply said: “Wait for me here.”

Fu Chaosheng felt he could guess what she was about to do.

Because during the Yin-Yang Realm battles in the past, she had asked him some questions that were strange enough for humanity itself.

He didn’t stop her, just stood in place, watching her walk past him.

In that instant, everyone who could see her direction clearly was utterly shocked!

She was actually carrying this strand of purple light toward Pangu’s brow!

What exactly was she trying to do?!

The deities had originally thought she seized the divine key to destroy it or keep it safely stored, never expecting she would so rashly open Pangu’s ancestral aperture.

But Jian Chou’s actions exceeded all their expectations!

However, the deity Shao Ji, who had been injured retreating from Jian Chou’s finger flick earlier, suddenly remembered a crucial detail from their past battle, a strange gleam flashing in his eyes. He actually didn’t step forward to stop her, but watched silently.

The people of the Upper Void Immortal Realm knew little about this divine key, not knowing what purpose it served, but they clearly knew that reincarnation was created by Great Lord Pangu. If, according to Jian Chou’s earlier deduction, the Great Lord was merely sleeping after the great war and hadn’t truly perished, then this divine key might very well be the key to it all.

Could it be used to awaken the Great Lord?

This thought flashed through everyone’s minds, but they quickly noticed that the deities’ side also wasn’t coming out to stop her.

The situation seemed wrong…

It looked as if whatever action Jian Chou was about to take was exactly what they were expecting!

Emperor Bai He frowned and directly shouted: “Friend Jian Chou, wait!”

However, Jian Chou turned a deaf ear.

She had heard him completely, but now no one’s words would work.

Her steps didn’t stop, continuing forward as before!

The cultivators from the Upper Void immediately caught a whiff of something heart-stopping.

At the critical moment, who could care about much else?

Emperor Bai He determined that Jian Chou’s action of carrying that strand of purple light toward Pangu’s brow was extremely improper. He raised his palm, and a porcelain-white long sword flew out from his sleeve to intercept her.

But just as he flew forward, a verdant leaf appeared in front of him without any warning!

“Sizzle!”

He instinctively swept his sword, and the entire leaf was already cut in half.

However, the profound power also collided with the surroundings and the sword-wielding Emperor Bai He as the leaf shattered!

His rapid advance was immediately interrupted!

The leaf fell, its radiance scattered, and what appeared before everyone was none other than Laozu Luye, who had been standing beside Emperor Bai He moments ago!

The turbulent airflow stirred her green robes.

The two broken leaf fragments fell to her fingertips, instantly reuniting and becoming whole again, as if they had never been severed by Emperor Bai He’s sword.

At this moment, Emperor Bai He was truly shocked and furious, completely unable to understand, coldly demanding: “Luye, what is the meaning of this?!”

Laozu Luye helplessly sighed in her heart, thinking that the affairs of this Pangu Desolate Domain were truly troublesome, with troublesome complications everywhere!

But this was all internal grumbling.

On the surface, she maintained a nonchalant expression, smiling to reveal white teeth: “No particular meaning, just came out randomly to mess around a bit.”

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The Upper Void crowd had long known her unconventional ways, but they had always felt that in such major matters, Laozu Luye was still quite reliable.

Who would have thought she would say such things!

Messing around – heaven knows who she was going to mess with in all this messing around!

Everyone was dumbfounded, too angry to speak!

And during this interruption, Jian Chou behind Laozu Luye had already reached Pangu’s brow and gently released her hand.

The strand of purple light immediately flew out!

In that instant, the entire Desolate Domain seemed to sense its aura and began to shake thunderously, with high mountains collapsing and the earth caving in!