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The collision of two incredibly powerful sacrificial forces was as if the sky had collapsed, the universe had been reborn, all paths had returned to their source, and everything had traced back to its origin.
"Extinction!" the Azure Emperor roared. He was going mad. His gray hair turned even grayer, and his spirit was burning. The blood light in his body was dim. He had exhausted himself.
However, the figure opposite was even more terrifying, sacrificing the spells cast on him along with the spells he had cast, sacrificing them to the past, sacrificing them to his true self!
Boom!
A terrifying figure emerged from the flow of time, its aura even stronger than before. With a sudden, powerful sword strike, it seemed to sever the future from the past, preserving only the present—an incredibly frightening sight, involving cause and effect, time, birth and death.
This attack was terrifying. The Azure Emperor groaned, blood flowing from his seven orifices. He had not expected that his most powerful technique would be broken, and he was also cleaved in half at the waist, blood splattering everywhere!
His primordial spirit surged forth, enveloping his four bodies, and fled into the world, where he suffered an extremely terrible blow.
However, a Quasi-Immortal Emperor is still a Quasi-Immortal Emperor. Even though his primordial spirit was split open and torn into pieces, it was still indestructible and was rapidly reassembling. However, the remnants of Yun Hua's Quasi-Immortal Emperor laws were eroding and weakening his Dao Fruit, making it difficult for him to recover for a while.
"I am a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, indestructible for eternity!" Cang Di roared, struggling desperately to resist.
Indeed, a Quasi-Immortal Emperor is difficult to destroy; otherwise, the Great Dao Flame of that being from the era of the Fallen Emperors would not have burned until now, still retaining its obsession, and even capable of waging war.
"The Sacrifice of Heaven, a grand sacrifice to all the heavens, a sacrifice to the Azure Emperor!"
Yun Hua roared and slashed through the body of the Azure Emperor, tearing off a fragment of his primordial spirit to refine using the Emperor's Method of Forming, Living, Destroying, and Void.
As you can see, altars fly out one after another, some manifesting in the distant past, illuminating the starry sky. Others, their radiance soaring into the future, flowing through billions of years, their runes filling the heavens.
However, these altars did not affect any living beings, nor did they truly change anything.
But at this moment, the past, present, and future of the Azure Emperor filled this altar, binding his entire being to it and corroding it with sacred chains, to be sacrificed to Yunhua!
"I offered a grand sacrifice to the heavens, sacrificing everything except myself, yet I never imagined that one day I would be the one sacrificed to! Hahaha!"
The Azure Emperor laughed bitterly, never expecting this ending. He was sacrificed on his own path; perhaps this was his destiny. Even after sacrificing everything, he could not escape his fate.
"Sacrifice!" Yun Hua formed a hand seal, traversing the past, present, and future, and made a grand sacrifice to the Azure Emperor. He defeated this quasi-Immortal Emperor, turning him into a sacrificial offering bound to the altar. He absorbed the Emperor's Dao Fruit and integrated it into his own Heavenly Dao Secret Realm.
This scene shocked everyone, stirring up waves in the long river of time. Although the creatures downstream could not observe it in reality, they could still feel that terrifying aura and were all terrified. In the life-and-death struggle, the Emperor fell!
Even the other four emperors were somewhat alarmed. This path of sacrifice was too terrifying. If those who followed the same path were to compete, then the victor would truly seize everything. All those who followed the same path would become resources, and it would be impossible for them to coexist!
"The Azure Emperor!"
Emperor Hong and Emperor Yu were also somewhat surprised. Someone could actually surpass Emperor Cang in the way of sacrifice, even sacrificing him and not sparing himself. He was truly a ruthless person. They dared not do such a thing, because if something went wrong, they might be doomed for eternity!
Bang! The battle between the two was equally fierce, with blood splattering everywhere.
The three incarnations unleashed their unparalleled imperial techniques, unifying all methods to manifest their supreme Dao. The three incarnations attacked the two emperors together, threatening to sever even the eternal order!
*Poof!* The purple-gold crown exploded, and purple energy scattered everywhere. Emperor Hong cried out and fell backward, injured by the attack. He then flew backward and rushed into the distance.
Quasi-Immortal Emperors are invincible, never knowing what defeat is. From ancient times to the present, they have always swept through the world, conquering all enemies.
But today, they have tasted this bitterness again and again, and it's not good!
Emperor Yu is very strong, the strongest among the three quasi-immortal emperors. Back then, he used the Emperor-Slaying Spear to kill the pioneer of the Emperor's Fall era, and now his spear still has the Emperor's blood on it.
The combined attack of the three emperors only managed to blast the Feather Emperor's shoulder, collapsing his chest in the process.
"Heh, if you make me bleed, your fate will be miserable!" Emperor Yu said coldly.
With a thunderous roar, thousands upon thousands of immortal feathers appeared around his body, transforming into countless peerless immortal arrows that shot out in dense formation.
This is a quasi-Immortal Emperor level feather arrow, formed from his own feathers, with boundless power. A single feather arrow is enough to destroy a realm, let alone so many others.
The chaotic sea was instantly riddled with holes, pierced beyond recognition by the arrows, and then worlds were forcibly created from it. One arrow, one world!
Buzz! These feathered arrows are born and die endlessly, never stopping until they kill their target.
Yunhua sacrificed herself to the Azure Emperor, using the Six Paths of Reincarnation and the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm to suppress, obliterate, and devour the Azure Emperor's Dao principles, while she herself faced the Feather Emperor.
Yunhua remained silent, but 369,600 indestructible runes bloomed around him, transforming into countless gods and demons who charged forth, forming hand seals and striking across the heavens and earth. Each flower was a world, each light an infinity, equally boundless and indestructible, colliding fiercely with the feathered arrows.
The cycle of birth and death is endless; for a moment, nothing could be seen here, as if everything had been concealed.
"Give me your life!" Emperor Hong roared, as purple qi rose from the east, bursting forth with boundless light. A vast power accompanied him, elevating his entire being to a state of utmost brilliance, like an emperor being born from a blazing purple sun.
Chapter 583 The Old Man Who Destroys the World
Amidst the clanging sounds, Emperor Hong was draped in a layer of purple armor, a condensation of his essence, magic power, and spirit.
His original Dao runes flowed.
Boom! The Hong Emperor, clad in imperial armor, unleashed a torrent of purple light. His right palm, like a blade, slashed towards the three emperors' avatars. The dazzling light stretched for hundreds of millions of miles, severing the boundary sea!
A life-or-death struggle.
Now, Yunhua stopped Yu Di, turning the tables on him with three against one, and the situation was reversed in an instant.
Yunhua revealed the Feather Emperor's Dao Fruit reflected in the Heavenly Dao Secret Realm, using it to suppress the Feather Emperor. The six wandering energies circulated around her, and all things returned to their original state of oneness.
Each strike was unpredictable, leaving the two of them scrambling to react.
Boom! At this point in the river of time, several beams of light shone brilliantly, emitting blazing divine rainbows that illuminated the heavens.
It's as if this event has affected other dimensions of time and space!
At this moment, in the silent universe, a mutilated corpse floated, its eyelids twitching as if it were about to open.
Furthermore, the mutilated corpse emitted a voice that pierced through the Boundary Sea, slow and low: "Why bother? Why suffer!"
A desolate universe, cold and dark, had remained silent for billions of years, but today it has changed.
A mutilated corpse suddenly opened its eyes, and the light it emitted tore through the universe. The two beams of light were more captivating than a celestial sword, dazzling and sharp.
From a distance, it looks like two bolts of lightning bursting in the darkness, breaking the ancient tranquility!
"Hmm? The aura of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor?" Yun Hua stood on the embankment, his brows suddenly sharpening.
"Open!" Yun Hua shouted, unleashing a surge of power that repelled the two.
The group of people simultaneously ceased their fighting and gazed into the distance.
Emperor Hong and Emperor Yu also had extremely serious expressions.
Yunhua held the Emperor Sword, his gaze, runes in his eyes, condensed into beams of light that pierced the sky as he stared into the distance.
"Could it be him!" Yun Hua's mind was heavy as he thought of the Nine Nether Hound, who was known as the World Destroyer.
……
Deep within the Dark Continent.
After the corpse uttered those four words, it slowly rose, coldly gazing in one direction. Its entire body gradually emanated vitality, as if it had come to life.
He only has one leg, the other leg is missing a foot, and he is also a one-armed man. He is very disabled, his hair is dry and yellow like wild grass, and he looks very old and weathered by time.
"Return to One!" He raised his only arm, which shook the universe, and then pointed it in multiple directions.
With a loud bang, his mangled remains flew from all directions deep within the dark land, and surprisingly, they quickly pieced themselves together, the flesh writhing and healing rapidly.
Then, with a bang, his remains were pieced back together, and his body was whole again.
He wore old black clothes, and even though his body was broken and had been floating in the universe for countless epochs, the black clothes were still there, giving off a sense of ancient vicissitudes.
It was stained with blood, had holes, and looked very ancient. Now, as its body revived, the tattered clothes began to flutter wildly, unleashing overwhelming divine power.
In an instant, this entire universe was covered by thick black clouds.
That was an intense, irresolvable dark primordial power!
In the darkness, his body was almost invisible, only an outline remained, thin and elongated, but his eyes burned even brighter, like two small suns in the darkness, dazzling and terrifying.
The next moment, he began to stride, piercing through the void, smashing through the boundary barrier, and descending upon the dark land with boundless pressure.
In an instant, the dark land boiled, and huge waves rose in the boundary sea, surging towards the sky. Accompanied by a tragic aura, it was as if the end of the world had come and the final calamity was about to arrive.
At the place where the old man landed, chaos surged like a tidal wave, spreading in all directions. As his black robes billowed, he was surrounded by a radiant light, breaking through all obstacles!
"The Annihilator, the strongest among the Four Emperors." On the sacred altar, Yun Hua, who had received the Dao Fruit of the Azure Emperor, suddenly opened his eyes.
Clusters of sacrificial light swirled around him, his aura was extremely terrifying, there was no physical form around him, like a distorted void, where even the passage of time had not appeared, and the boundary sea in the area below had been evaporated!
"Has the Azure Emperor fallen?"
The old man in black narrowed his eyes, no longer as relaxed and calm as before. The scene before him surprised him greatly, as it unleashed a terrifying aura that suppressed the entire universe!
A dark light swirled around him, and his aura was extremely terrifying!
"It really is him, the Old Man Who Destroys the World, You Ao, one of the Ten Fiends!" Yun Hua thought to himself, having made up his mind.
"Perhaps the Ten Fiends are able to defy the heavens because they have the bloodline of a quasi-immortal emperor."
"True dragons and phoenixes, though not visible here, must exist in other worlds as quasi-immortal emperors."
"Of course not necessarily. It may also be related to living beings. For example, a genius like me is also a genius at the level of the Ten Fiends." Yun Hua pondered.
"Senior!" Hong Di addressed him, his voice tinged with excitement.
The Feather Emperor, being arrogant, merely cupped his hands in greeting without addressing him as a senior. This clearly demonstrates the astonishing background of this person, who was so highly regarded even by a Quasi-Immortal Emperor who dared not be negligent.
“There’s no need for such formalities among those who share the same path! It’s just a pity for the Azure Emperor, who has completely buried his imperial body in this life. He once made a grand sacrifice to all the heavens, but now he has been sacrificed by others.” The old man in black nodded and said.
His power was immense. His arrival here caused chaos and turmoil to rise. The sea below was filled with towering waves that kept crashing against the sky. Dark power permeated the universe, turning the sea black. It was vast and mighty throughout the world, seemingly the ultimate in history, revered by all directions!
The old man was quite polite, treating Emperor Hong and Emperor Yu as equals, without any condescension.
"Senior, you are the first emperor to create the world. We are all his successors and should pay our respects," Hongdi said, glancing at Yunhua.
The first emperor to create the world—that title is terrifying.
These words all revealed the terrifying identity of the person who spoke.
“Ignorance is bliss, and those who do not know are unaware.” Upon hearing this, Yunhua shook his head, and the entire sacred altar roared and moved in response to him.
The first emperor to create the world? That title doesn't belong to the Old Man Who Destroys the World yet; the real one is still asleep.
"However, he is indeed very strong. It can be said that he has reached the pinnacle of this realm and is even more terrifying than those three." Yun Hua was wary of the World-Destroying Elder's every move.
"I dare not accept such praise. We are all quasi-Immortal Emperors, and we are all fellow practitioners," the old man said with a smile, looking at Yun Hua.
"Why bother? At our level, what is there to be upset about? Fighting for some vague sense of mission, the so-called darkness and light, right and wrong, black and white are all empty words. Is it worth fighting for them?"
Chapter 584 Showdown with the World-Destroying Elder
"So-called hometown, so-called descendants, so-called inheritance, are all just fleeting fireworks, which will eventually fade away. Only beings like us can be eternal. There are only a few Quasi-Immortal Emperors, so why kill each other?"
“Seeking the Dao wholeheartedly is not the same as being heartless. You are attached to appearances. Letting go does not mean abandoning it. It still remains in your heart. This is your own eternal path, and no one can control it!” Yunhua did not agree with the old man’s concept. The face of the little girl flashed through her mind.
Everything I have experienced today is a step-by-step journey to the peak, leaving its mark. It is the path of my own growth, and the joys and sorrows along the way cannot be altered by outsiders.
The purpose of spiritual practice is to seek the Tao, not to extinguish one's own self. One should not focus too much on one aspect and lose sight of the other, otherwise one will be assimilated by the Tao and lose one's dominant position.
"Hehe, if you have lived through enough years, you can let go of all of this. What are emotions and desires, what is homesickness, what is hatred and madness, all can be laughed off."
"The Great Dao is ruthless, and in the end, we are all such beings. We should sever our emotions and desires. You cannot let go because you are still young. After the passage of time, your hearts will be weathered, and everything you cared about and valued in the past will have vanished into thin air. At that time, you will naturally understand that only our Dao is eternal."
The old man spoke calmly, his words carrying a domineering air, as if he were certain that everyone would agree with him.
"That's how I see it. Anyone who stands in my way is an enemy, and I'll kill them all. What's the point of all this talk!" Yun Hua was extremely domineering, showing no respect whatsoever to the Old Man of Annihilation.
No one outside could shake his resolve. His aura was rising, and his killing intent was boiling. He still wanted to kill Emperor Yu and the others.
"Boom!" Yun Hua made his move, his fist forming a seal, looking down upon the world with domineering confidence. Even though this old man was unfathomable, he still moved forward, ignoring his obstruction, and attacked Emperor Yu, Emperor Hong, and the Old Man of Annihilation.
He raised his hand and threw a punch. His path was eternal and his will was supreme. At this level, everyone firmly believed in themselves. How could they be swayed by a few words? In an instant, the boundary sea shattered, and large areas of the sea dried up.
Everything was completely destroyed by Yunhua's punch. A wave and a fragment of the world vanished without a trace, returning to chaos.
I will advance horizontally, and those who obstruct me will be my enemies!
He unleashed his power, his Dao Fruit of this life transforming into a bridge, and astonishing golden light shot into the sky from between his palms, tearing apart countless universes, causing everything around him to crack and collapse, all cleaved apart by the light of his fist.
Upon closer inspection, within that fist-shaped light, 309,600 indestructible runes floated and sank, as if reflecting 300,000 worlds, containing Mount Sumeru within a mustard seed, with immeasurable power accumulating, expanding and splitting every instant, bursting forth with even more dazzling fist-shaped light, cutting from the present world to the future, illuminating all the heavens throughout the ages!
The majestic power of the heavens overwhelmed all living beings; the dazzling fist light illuminated the past, present, and future. This strike far surpassed anything before!
Both Emperor Hong and Emperor Yu were shocked. This person hadn't even used his full strength just now?!
"Hmph! You only attained enlightenment in this era, how can you compare to us!"
Hongdi launched an attack to block the way. He was not only proficient in curses, but his own combat power was also terrifying. Purple aura swirled around him, and a large area of chaos turned into purple-gold, condensing in front of him.
At this moment, his aura was unparalleled, constantly forming hand seals, imbued with an ineffable purple aura, and he ascended to the peak of the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm.
With a loud boom, outside of all worlds, the Hong Emperor's palm struck down, causing billions of chaotic seas to tremble. An invisible purple hand then materialized and manifested here!