Chapter 608: What Does the Man in the Black Robe Have to Do with Me Being the Executor of Karma?

Executor of Karma was a Celestial Immortal who excelled at contemplation. Back when the Celestial Ascension Ladder still existed, he had once visited the Observer World.

There, he accidentally learned that the cultivators of the Observer Civilization had discovered a strange phenomenon—tiny black dots that appeared and disappeared with great mystery.

Initially, Executor of Karma didn’t pay much attention, thinking it was just the ignorance of mortals from the lower realms finding everything mysterious.

But after careful study, he felt that he himself might not be that knowledgeable after all.

This shouldn’t be the case. His Bai Ze bloodline, his Celestial Immortal cultivation—each of these represented vast experience and knowledge. How could he not recognize what these black dots were?

Executor of Karma researched for a while but still couldn’t figure it out, so he returned to the Immortal Realm, and the matter was left unresolved.

Executor of Karma always remembered this incident until the Heavenly Dao developed sentience, the Immortal Realm giants engaged in great battles, and the Celestial Ascension Ladder broke.

He still remembered the Dao voice of the Heavenly Dao echoing in the consciousness of every Celestial Immortal: the myriad worlds faced the calamity of great extinction, and even the Immortal Realm could not remain aloof. To survive this calamity, the only way was to destroy all living beings before the calamity arrived. Afterwards, the Heavenly Dao would reshape the myriad worlds, restoring them to an era of peace and prosperity.

But what exactly this calamity was, the Heavenly Dao never said. Executor of Karma tried to sound out several Golden Immortals but couldn’t reach any conclusion.

Executor of Karma was troubled, unable to figure out what could possibly destroy the myriad worlds, including even the Immortal Realm.

At this point, he remembered the black dots observed by the Observer World.

He suspected that the black dots were related to the so-called calamity.

Unfortunately, the Observer World hadn’t observed the black dots many times, making it insufficient to summarize any patterns.

Time—the Observer World needed time.

Executor of Karma immediately decided to protect the Observer World. After all, the Observer World fell under Executor of Honghu’s jurisdiction.

He transformed into the Black-robed Figure and told the three Rulers the method to save the world. Executor of Honghu remained completely unaware of this, only feeling that these three Rulers were quite troublesome, having tied their own lives together with the entire human race’s survival—they were tough opponents.

Executor of Honghu had tried many times to destroy the Observer Civilization using other methods, but under the omnipresent cameras, all conspiracies had no room to unfold.

Later, Executor of Honghu simply gave up on destroying the Observer World and directly sent a late-stage Earthly Immortal monster to brutally beat up the three Rulers.

At least it would vent some frustration.

The Observer Civilization didn’t disappoint Executor of Karma either, actually summarizing some patterns about the black dots, especially the Convergence of Possibilities, which subtly aligned with the rules of possibility and was very persuasive.

The black dots even transformed into the Black Tide, brushing against the edge of the Immortal Realm, yet no one in the Immortal Realm knew about this. Executor of Karma only learned about it when he secretly watched the recordings.

With Executor of Karma’s methods, bypassing the three Rulers to secretly watch recordings was the simplest of tasks.

Later, the black dots even devoured the Venerable Shenzang Statue. What was the Divine Vault Sovereign? That was the embodiment of the Heavenly Dao. For half of the divine statue to be swallowed—the implications were terrifying upon careful thought.

Executor of Karma became certain that the Black Tide was the calamity mentioned by the Heavenly Dao.

Everything was perfect. The Observer Civilization had no more value and could be discarded. As for how to destroy this world, that was Executor of Honghu’s problem to face.

What does the Black-robed Figure have to do with me, Executor of Karma?

Then Executor of Honghu suddenly died.

All the worlds under Executor of Honghu’s responsibility were transferred to his name.

When he learned of his superior’s decision, Executor of Karma even felt the impulse to give up completely and simply summon the Human Sovereign of the Nine Provinces to start a war with the Immortal Realm.

If I’m going to die, none of you should live either.

Executor of Karma calmly thought it over and decided it was better to live one more day at a time, abandoning this idea.

He tried to destroy the Observer Civilization, only to discover that this civilization was like an impenetrable fortress with no weaknesses.

No conspiracy could escape the notice of the three Rulers. If he tried to kill the three Rulers, it might give birth to a nascent Heavenly Dao, creating a vicious cycle.

Executor of Karma felt that to solve the problem, he still needed to start with the Stellar Weapon.

Try it first, and if it doesn’t work, think of other methods.

As for Executor of Honghu’s foolish method of sending Earthly Immortal monsters, he would use that too.

Along the way, Executor of Karma kept pondering the matter of the Observer Civilization. When he snapped out of his thoughts, he found he had already arrived at the Golden Palace of Clouds in the Qingwei Heaven.

This place was shrouded in immortal energy, permeated with Dao charm, with primordial cloud energy curling upwards. If mortals came here, just taking a single breath would allow them to step into the Qi Refining Stage.

Here, opportunities were everywhere.

He quickly straightened his appearance and followed Netherfire Immortal Lord to have an audience with the Immortal Emperor.

All the Golden Immortals of the Immortal Realm had gathered here.

Netherfire Immortal Lord was among the most powerful group of Golden Immortals. He passed by dozens of Golden Immortals and came to the front row: “I pay my respects to the Immortal Emperor.”

The Immortal Emperor wore a flat celestial crown and a golden-threaded immortal robe, appearing supremely noble. His eyes were completely black, without any whites, like abysses—unfathomable.

The Immortal Emperor sat in the palace without speaking, giving people a heavy feeling as if they were carrying an immeasurably heavy immortal mountain on their backs, unable to straighten their posture.

Four attendants stood behind the Immortal Emperor—the clan leaders of the Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise races.

“This is the Primordial Chaos and Limitless Immortal,” Executor of Karma secretly marveled. No matter how many times he had an audience with the Immortal Emperor, he always felt envy, thinking that if he could just touch the threshold of the Primordial Chaos and Limitless Immortal stage in this lifetime, it would not have been in vain.

He rarely had the opportunity to see Primordial Chaos and Limitless Immortals. It was only when the Heavenly Dao developed sentience and the Dao Ancestor took action, with the five Primordial Chaos and Limitless Immortals each displaying their divine powers, that he became captivated by this realm.

Dozens of Golden Immortals knelt and bowed: “May the Immortal Emperor live forever, boundless and limitless.”

The Immortal Emperor’s black eyes swept over the ministers in the hall as he slowly said, “All my beloved ministers may rise.”

“Thank you, Immortal Emperor.”

“After nine thousand years of effort, the number of myriad heavens and worlds has been reduced to one-fifth, and this remaining one-fifth are also on the brink of destruction. This is a fortunate matter.”

“Today, I have summoned all my beloved ministers here for only one matter: to prepare for the great cleansing, to accelerate the remaining one-fifth of worlds into the abyss of destruction.”

As these words were spoken, the Golden Immortals trembled slightly, surprised by this decision, as it was much faster than previously discussed.

According to the plan, the great cleansing wasn’t supposed to happen for another three to five thousand years.

But with the Immortal Emperor present, this wasn’t a private gathering, so it wasn’t appropriate to discuss.

Moreover, there wasn’t much to discuss anyway—it was just about checking for omissions and making their methods of world destruction more bold and explicit.

Even if their methods became more radical and gave birth to nascent Heavenly Daos, with so many Golden Immortals present, and with Primordial Chaos and Limitless Immortals and the Divine Vault Sovereign as the final guarantee, what could possibly go wrong?

Newly born nascent Heavenly Daos wouldn’t be able to escape from them.

As long as there were no nascent Heavenly Daos that had existed for a long time and had already begun to transform, everything would be fine.

The Immortal Emperor was quite satisfied with his ministers’ attitude and continued, “The Divine Vault Sovereign has told me that the timing of the calamity’s arrival is unpredictable, and we need to make early preparations, accelerating the process of world destruction.”

“The Primordial Ancestor is responsible for the Underworld, and I am responsible for the myriad worlds.”