Chapter 1416: Heavenly Curse Beast and Supreme Will

Chapter 1416: The Celestial Curse Beast and the Supreme Will

After hearing the words spoken by the Supreme Will, Zhou Zhou's pupils dilated in shock.

The True Great Cosmos? The Illusory Great Cosmos?

And that the Celestial Curse Beast was actually brought personally by the Supreme Will from the Illusory Great Cosmos?!

Could it be that the Supreme Will did not originate here, but instead came from the Illusory Great Cosmos?

Yet how could beings from the Illusory Great Cosmos legitimately arrive here, and even become such an incomparable, transcendent existence?

Wasn't the Supreme Will the daughter of the Chaotic Will?

In that very moment,

despite Zhou Zhou's sharp mind and agile thoughts, he was still momentarily disoriented, his head spinning from the sheer weight of this revelation.

This single sentence carried an overwhelming number of unsettling, deeply disturbing implications.

"I came with you into the True Great Universe seeking freedom and joy, not to be imprisoned like a criminal, locked in this hellish place, living day after day without seeing the sun!"

The Heaven-Cursed Beast hissed venomously.

"You chose to come yourself—what can you blame me for?"

"If it weren't for our shared origin, I'd have killed you already."

The Supreme Will spoke coldly.

"You're not even worth the effort of killing me outright!"

The Heaven-Cursed Beast roared in fury.

"Oh, then why haven't you taken the time to understand yourself?"

The Supreme Will said with utter contempt. "Still, you can't bear to let go of your own life—your words sound so fearless, as if you truly don't fear death."

The Heaven-Cursed Beast fell silent.

Zhou Zhou saw this and felt a flicker of thought.

It seemed that though this celestial cursed beast had been constantly pushing fate into chaos, deep within, it truly feared death.

Yet why would it act in such contradictory ways?

Was it attempting to draw the attention of the Supreme Will through this paradox, in order to achieve its own ends?

As he pondered,

the Supreme Eye suddenly shifted its gaze back upon him once more.

"Imperial Sovereign of the People."

The Supreme Eye spoke.

"Lord of the Supreme Will."

Zhou Zhan bowed respectfully.

"Just now, my conversation with the Heavenly Curse Beast—you should have heard it by now."

"You likely have some guesses in your heart, but you need not seek answers from me. With your current strength, you are still not worthy of knowing the truth behind these matters."

"When you have reached sufficient power—when you become a true Supreme Lord, or attain the highest will—then I will reveal everything to you."

"But until then, you must not ask, must not speak. Keep every word you heard today locked within your mind. Never tell anyone."

"As for Them…"

The Supreme Eye gazed calmly upon Yuan and the Emperor, their faces filled with confusion, and spoke softly: "What you see right now is merely a phantom I have created. They still know nothing."

"Yes, Lord of Supreme Will, I will keep every word I heard today strictly to myself. I will never reveal a single thing."

Zhou Zhan replied without hesitation.

The Supreme Will nodded once, then said: "Regarding the Heavenly Curse Beast, I will personally imprison Him. I will ensure He has no influence on your future."

"When you have absorbed all three clans, go to the Ultimate Void Battlefield."

This was the second time the Supreme Will had brought up this matter.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhou immediately replied:

"These matters can be handled by my other avatars. I will immediately lead the deities to the Ultimate Void Battlefield."

The Supreme Will nodded once again, satisfied.

And then, the eye of supremacy, radiating boundless pure white light, vanished into the Chaos Sea.

Zhou Zhan exhaled in relief.

Though he had seen this symbol of the Supreme Will many times before,

each time he felt an overwhelming, suffocating pressure.

True masters of the "Will Beyond the Realm" — how terrifying they truly were.

He murmured to himself.

Then he turned his gaze toward the Heavens-Cursed Beast.

Indeed.

The Heavens-Cursed Beast had vanished.

Clearly, it had been taken away by the Supreme Will.

Zhou Zhan felt a growing sense of ease in his heart.

This, for Him, the most unstable bomb, had finally distanced itself from him.

Now, truly, he could venture forth into the Ultimate Void Battlefield without a care.

He then looked toward Yuan and the Emperor.

As his gaze fell upon these two supreme deities, their divine bodies instantly trembled, and they hastily lowered their heads in fear.

Zhou Zhan found this utterly astonishing.

After this incident.

At this moment in their minds.

His own deterrent power had probably rivaled that of a supreme god or even a will-level existence.

He did not dwell on it, looking at them with a faint, enigmatic smile as he spoke:

"The Heaven-Cursed Beast has already been taken away by the Supreme Will, to be punished by Him in person."

"As for you two gods, when do you prepare to end your own lives and be reborn as corpse gods?"

"You aren't planning to go back on your word, are you?"

"How could we dare!?"

Yuan and the Emperor were startled, answering instantly:

"We will do exactly as you say right now!"

The two gods locked eyes, drew a deep breath, and without hesitation detonated the divine godheads within their minds.

The godhead was the very source of a deity's life energy, the sanctuary where even the divine soul resided; it was, in essence, the sum of a god's entire existence.

The moment those godheads shattered, Yuan and the Emperor were brought to the absolute brink of death.

Yet, it was only the brink.

As supreme master gods, even the explosion of their godheads granted them a fleeting, desperate window to linger before their ultimate fall—a stolen pocket of time to accomplish what they desired.

For instance...

Transforming into corpse gods!

Their hands wove into intricate seals as their lips moved in unison, chanting ancient, mystic incantations.

Silently, imperceptibly.

A streak of spectral, deep violet netherworld aura surged from behind them, faintly coalescing into the vision of a supreme, boundless underworld.

It was the Underworld that sensed the fall of two Supreme Deities, preparing to draw in the death-energy born at the moment of their demise, channeling it into its own realm.

Thus, the Underworld could strengthen its essence;

and at the same time, prevent the dangerous dispersion of such deity-level death-energy, unguided and uncontrolled, across the myriad realms.

But just then—

The corpse-rebirth techniques of Yuan and the Emperor had already taken effect.

Suddenly, within the bodies of the two deities, a powerful suction emerged.

As soon as this force appeared, it instantly drew in all the forces unleashed by the shattering of their divine essences—divine power, soul energy, willpower, law-based energy, death-energy, and more—confining them all within the already lifeless divine corpse.

These immense powers of Supreme Deities, forcibly gathered together, began rapidly transforming their corpse under the influence of the corpse-rebirth technique.

If this trend continued...

No more than a century would pass.

These two supreme deities could be transformed, becoming elite corpse deities!

Even in terms of combat power, they would surpass their former selves.

The only drawback might be that they could no longer ascend further.

Yet Zhou Zhan's brow slightly furrowed at this.

Who would have the leisure time to wait a hundred years for their transformation?

With a calm gesture, he immediately established a time-acceleration domain and a corpse deity rebirth domain around the two deities.

Under the combined influence of these two supreme laws, within a mere minute, the two deities experienced twenty-some years of time inside the domain and successfully completed their rebirth into corpse deities, becoming two full-fledged corpse deities.

Upon seeing this, Zhou Zhan withdrew the domains.

Soon thereafter, Yuan and the Emperor, now transformed into corpse deities, awoke one by one.