Cheng Hao suddenly felt nothing: tears rolled down his face yet his eyes were now blank. His mind was in tatters, his identity broken into countless small pieces. Only a single memory remained, a single speck he had subconsciously kept aside, focusing on protecting that one fragment with all his might.

Because that one fragment was the one thing that was important to him...

But even then, it was in no way enough to restore a mind that had shattered.

Cheng Hao floated in mid air, his expression blank. Down below, some people were starting to notice something was wrong.

"What's up with him?" Xiao Wu asked anxiously. Fu Yin bit his lips and furrowed his brows but he had no way to respond as he didn't know either.

On the other hand, Lao Jianghu's eyes widened and his mouth gaped "No... This can't be..." he muttered "His mind... Has shattered!"

"What?" Fu Yin and Xiao Wu yelled simultaneously.

"Gahahah, you foolish human!" The aftermath of the black ball of flame's explosion dissipated and Yin Hei's scorched figure was now visible. His whole figure was burned in more than one point, one of his horns was broken and black blood trickled down the corners of his mouth.

His skin cracked and from each crack trickled down black drops of blood. Still, even though his figure was battered like so, his face was twisted into an expression of excitement and joy as his eyes burned with fiery killing intent.

Yin Hei gritted his teeth and spat out a mouthful of black blood, then he flew through the air, aiming at the child's body. As he sped towards Cheng Hao, he felt his cultivation had another breakthrough and was now at the high level Royal stage. He became even happier and he felt as if he had just reached the heavens in one step!

He roared loudly and grabbed Cheng Hao's robes by the collar. He then lifted the child up and looked at his face "You have opposed me for such a short while, yet you still managed to piss me off even more than that Tiger down there!"

The Chaos Dragon grinned and punched Cheng Hao in the guts but, although the boy spat out blood, the child made no sound nor did he retaliate!

Yin Hei's smile grew even wider as he lifted the boy once again, this time examining his face closer: his two golden eyes that had previously shone so bright were now hazy, lifeless like a dead fish's! What's more, their corners were full of tears that were now slowly sliding down his cheek.

Yin Hei stared down at the crowd of people below: they had followed the battle up in the sky without blinking ever since the two opponents had exchanged blows for the first time.

Now though, they were paling and couldn't believe their eyes: that boy, so full of energy just a while ago, had suddenly began to mutter strange things, grabbing his head and yelling as if in pain and had finally stopped moving.

After that, Yin Hei had appeared from within the ball of fire, heavily injured, yes, but still alive and ready to destroy some more!

Yin Hei found Lao Jianghu in the middle of the crowd and then yelled "Tiger! Would you mind giving us some insights on what has just happened? It looks like my audience is a bit confused on just what has taken place!"

The old man gritted his teeth as he explained "That shitty snake. He has just used a mental technique that caused Cheng Hao's mind to begin doubting one's self, to see the worst and happiest events that have happened in one's life, inducing to a shattering of the consciousness..."

After hearing that, Xiao Wu, Fu Yin, Sou Rou, Te Rin, Fang Lu, Li Biang... Pretty much everyone who had ties with the young child paled and couldn't believe the words that had just been spoken.

Lao Jianghu continued "This technique is only effective against people who have a difficult past... Or memories that haunt them to this day... It would barely temporarily stun a normal person, but as for Cheng Hao..." he shook his head dejectedly.

Up in the sky, Yin Hei laughed uproariously and then nodded "That is completely right! He saw countless people fall because of him, die before his eyes... Even his loved ones! What better target for this technique is there, than the person that is hated by the Heavens themselves the most, the Evil S-"

"Shut Up!" Fu Yin shouted.

His yell hid what Yin Hei was about to say just in time "You bastard, don't you dare laugh like that! You won with underhanded methods and still dare to boast about it!"

"Winner is the king and the loser is the thief" Yin Hei shrugged his shoulders "And this guy lost. For the second time, the chosen one in the prophecy has failed! I wonder wether that prophecy still counts?" The man pondered "Mm... Although... I could have kept him sane so I could ask him just how he escaped Death? Oh well, guess it is just too bad!"

He then looked down and licked his lips "Now then... We were interrupted earlier. Twice. This time is for real!" He opened his fanged mouth "Who... Am I going to eat first?"

His figure flickered and he suddenly shot towards the crowd! His eyes darted around until he found Fu Yin and Xiao Wu from within the crowd. He grinned and flames of hatred burned into his eyes.

He sped down and grabbed the boy and girl by the neck and clenched his grip. Fu Yin's eyes widened as he spat out blood. Yin Hei coldly looked at him, his eyes filled with derision and disdain "You, a weakling, dare to talk back to me, you shall die!"

He then seemed to think about something as his smile turned fiendish and he looked at Xiao Wu "But... Wouldn't it be much better if you suffered a bit first? What if I dig out her eyeholes? Or dismember her limbs and then feed her toes to you?"

Xiao Wu's eyes widened and she trembled once.

Fu Yin shivered and then his eyes turned red as he madly yelled "You bastard! Leave her alone! Let her go, I am the one you want! Punish me!"

The human-shaped dragon with a broken horn turned and then smiled innocently "Oh... But I am punishing you. You see, I think that I will keep you alive... As the second last person to die in this whole universe! The first spot goes to Tiger, unfortunately... But don't worry!" He smirked "You will get to see countless people die before your eyes, I bet that at that point you would prefer death over life!"

"Crunch"

Suddenly, Yin Hei's expression twitched.

He trembled and he turned to see that the arm he was previously holding Xiao Wu with was now... Not there any more!

He saw another golden blur and he reacted just in time to jerk his neck aside. The blur sped up and still managed to grab onto his left shoulder and bite away a piece of the flesh.

"Raaaarg!" Yin Hei yelled with pain. He let go of Fu Yin who began to massage his neck. The boy coughed for a bit and turned to look at Xiao Wu: she was now a full one hundred meters away from him, and, in front of her, stood, or more specifically hovered, a golden dragon.

It was more than three meters long and two feet wide. He was holding in his mouth a severed arm as well as a bloody piece of mangled meat; what could be assumed to be Yin Hei's shoulder.

He spat them out with a disgusted look on his face "Pwah! You chaotics' black blood just doesn't fit my taste!" He lifted his head up high and then he began to emit the aura of an emperor of the heavens.

"W-Who... What is that!"

"How did it get here!"

"When did it appear? I couldn't see!" Many cries of surprise could be heard coming from the crowd.

Yin Hei paled and he kicked off the ground, flying in the air, an expression of terror visible on his face "B-Blindlight!"

The golden dragon grinned and then it spoke to the people around him "You may have not been able to see me up until now, but I have always been here, with Cheng Hao at times, with Xiao Wu at others, others I was simply napping... Ahem!" It cleared his throat "Oh well, let's not sweat the details!"

He smiled amiably "Just know that I hate that piece of trash as much as you do. And even if I hate the taste of his flesh..." his eyes began to emanate killing intent on the same level as Cheng Hao's "I shall devour him to the last bit!"

A golden light began to surround his mouth, it looked in many ways similar to Cheng Hao's Golden Aura. It soon transformed into a gigantic mouth made out of light, with three rows of sharp teeth snapping open and closed "It has been long since I have tasted the Brain of a Chaotic!"

That golden mouth was none other than External Aura Pseudo-Manipulation Through Absorbition! The first version of the Golden Aura, an original technique created by Blindlight himself!

Yin Hei gulped and then clenched his remaining fist around his mutilated limb "Damn... That bastard, I forgot he was here!" Then his expression grew placid as he remembered his last, trump card.

He grinned "I think it is finally time. It is your turn, get rid of Blindlight and I will spare you as my servant! Come forth, dragon of the darkest nights and the scariest nightmares!"

Goldy's eyes went wide "Crap! He can't mean..."

He roared even louder and the golden dragon's roar could be heard in a radius of a hundred miles from the sect.

He then sped towards Yin Hei, his mouth opened wide as he yelled "Die, you crappy excuse of a dragon!"

Yin Hei smiled and then waved his arm. Just as Goldy was about to bite down on the man's neck, time seemed to slow down as a single rift appeared in the air behind the Chaos Dragon: from it, a man clad in black robes, a pair of black mustache and a pointy beard of the same color stepped out.

He extended a single finger and it clashed with Blindlight's illusory fangs of the External Aura Pseudo-Manipulation Through Absorbition technique. The dragon's face fell, and it quickly retreated, just in time to escape the finger attack that broke through the illusory fangs as if they were paper.

Goldy gritted his teeth and dodged to the side "You bastard! So that's where you were! How dare you raise your hand on your master!"

The middle aged man wearing black robes smirked as he completely stepped out of the rift made out of shadows. He flinched "Crap, I can only use up to a hundredth of my power in here... This plane is so weak! I am stuck at the peak Saintly stage!"

Yin Hei frowned "Wouldn't want to get caught in a spatial rift vortex, would we? Don't try to rise any higher!"

Blindlight gritted his teeth "Don't you dare ignore me! Cease this all in this very instant, Hellish Nightmare Dragon! You son of a snake, Blacky! Come here so I can spank you! You dare break a Soul contract!"

The mysterious black robed man was none other than Blacky, the Hellish Nightmare Dragon, who had been forced into a Soul Contract back when Cheng Hao had opened the first floor!

The man scoffed "Mhe! Even if that child had not been turned into a retard and was unable to kill myself using the contract, you are still not included in the terms, so why should I obey you?" He smirked and his body began to change. Soon, it had become a three-hundred meters long, horrifying, black dragon.

"Oh Blindlight, oh Blindlight..." the gigantic monster snickered "You have no idea just how much I have waited for this moment! The moment I squash you to death! All the humiliation I suffered, the pain! All this will be repaid today, no, now!"

The golden dragon's eyes widened when he saw the black, snake-like dragon flying straight towards him. He gritted his teeth and used the full power of his cultivation base to dodge to the left. Even then, the tail of the black dragon caught up and the golden dragon got sent flying, golden blood flying from his mouth.

"Ahaha! So you do bleed, you bastard!" The black dragon sneered "Just you wait... You will bleed a lot more soon!"

...

"Finished..." Lao Jianghu muttered "We are finished. The world will crumble... And all because I was incompetent enough to free the damn beast!" He gritted his teeth and began crying. Around him, many people fell on their knees and prayed to whomever they believed in.

Unfortunately, unless a true miracle appeared, the chance of them escaping... Was zero.

...

Up in the sky, a familiar presence stared at the battlefield down below. It seemed to be somewhat disappointed "So this is all a Heavensborn with actual feelings is able to do... Such a waste, if he had run away sooner, he would have survived! So, in the end, having emotions revealed itself as being his own undoing..."

The voice pondered and then spoke again as he prepared to leave "I guess... I will wait for the next one to rise to prominence..." It suddenly halted and stopped speaking, as if he were listening to something "Wait!"

"This presence... It's muttering something... Is it coming from down below? What is it that he is saying exactly? My very existence is trembling by simply hearing it?" The voice this time was full of disbelief and shock.

"Where? Where is it coming from? Where!" It frantically searched when, finally, his focus fell on Cheng Hao. It stood silent for a bit "No, it cannot be. His consciousness should have shattered so how... Wait, could it be?"

The voice paused and then burst out laughing again "Boy, you never cease to amaze me! Not being able to see your future is indeed making this turn out as quite a show for me!"

It seemed to be smiling as it summoned the red feather once more "Still... What kind of power will you bring out? Will it be enough to seal away your enemies? Or will you die and force me to start the Cycle all over again? Show me, little Heavensborn, show me! Make it, and this will be yours!"

The feather shone with bright red light, as if the life force it contained was immense! If one looked closely, they would be able to make out a faint golden outline of an illusory, golden feather super-imposing with the true red feather...

It looked just as if it was protecting it! Yet, the light was feeble and wouldn't last much longer as it was already showing signs of decaying...

The invisible being seemed to be holding the glowing red object in one of his hands and then... Let go. The feather fell, fluttering in the wind and falling down towards the battlefield below.