Chapter 75: Slaying the Immortal Emperor
A net composed of nine golden dragons pressed down from above. Scales flew off, piecing together like tiles to fill the gaps between the dragon bodies, transforming the net into a seamless spherical space.
The Peerless Immortal Emperor shot up into the sky, his powerful Spiritual Sense locking onto the Elder of the Zhenyu Sect. He then flew over and roared, “You mere ant, what right do you have to sacrifice to heaven?”
Elder Zou of the Zhenyu Sect was greatly alarmed and attempted to flee. Unfortunately, his strength was only at the early Earth Immortal stage, rendering him unable to move at all.
The Peerless Immortal Emperor flew over, decapitating him with a single sword strike. Then, he put the Altar of Heavenly Sacrifice by his side into his Storage Ring.
“Give me back my Altar of Heavenly Sacrifice!”
Sect Leader Song roared in anger, already soaring into the sky, his hand raising his…
“Sacrificing to heaven is the duty of an emperor. Yet you, Zhenyu Sect, have repeatedly overstepped your bounds, already committing the crime of usurpation. Now you still want to reclaim the Altar of Heavenly Sacrifice, truly deserving of death!”
The Peerless Immortal Emperor spoke forcefully. At the same time, he flipped his right hand, and a jade seal appeared out of thin air, which he then threw downwards.
The jade seal grew with the wind, becoming as large as a mountain in the blink of an eye, and pressed down upon Sect Leader Song. It was as if the sky was collapsing, and the four characters “Emperor’s Mandate from Heaven” inscribed upon it were exceptionally dazzling.
“Hmph!”
Lu Yao snorted coldly upon seeing this.
Qi Huang also disdained, cultivators should go against the heavens, but a dignified Immortal King of the Immortal Realm had become a puppet of the Heavenly Dao, it was truly laughable.
Before the jade seal landed, the four characters “Emperor’s Mandate from Heaven” detached from the main body and began to suppress downwards.
Sect Leader Song turned pale with fright, quickly retreated to the ground, and at the same time, sacrificed a tattered Taoist robe, tossing it upwards.
This Taoist robe also rapidly expanded, becoming vast enough to obscure the sky in an instant. Then, it took the initiative to envelop the jade seal.
When the two collided, the Taoist robe overcame the rigidness with softness. The two sleeves, as if manipulated by invisible hands, embraced the jade seal and tightly constricted it.
“Hmph, this is the ‘Heavenly Artifact’ left by our sect’s founder. How can your jade seal contend?”
Sect Leader Song said with a triumphant smile.
“A frog in a well! Your Heavenly Artifact only represents the heaven of ‘Heavenly Beings,’ while the ‘Emperor’s Mandate from Heaven’ on my jade seal represents the heaven of the ‘Heavenly Dao.’ How can you contend?” The Peerless Immortal Emperor questioned loudly. Then, the four characters “Emperor’s Mandate from Heaven” on the jade seal suddenly spewed forth intense flames, beginning to scorch the tattered Taoist robe. As the temperature rose, the color of the flames continuously changed: red, orange, yellow, white, blue, green, purple. The tattered Taoist robe was finally ignited and quickly turned to ashes.
At the same time, the jade seal continued to press down, while the four characters “Emperor’s Mandate from Heaven” transformed into phantoms and pressed down a step ahead.
“Save me!”
A group of Immortals were terrified and scattered like frightened birds.
“Heavenly Artifact Falling Star Bow!”
Sect Leader Song roared, and a thick, large bow appeared in his hand. He drew the bowstring with force, and countless golden True Qi condensed into three cold, shining arrows, which were nocked onto the bow.
“Swish!”
Sect Leader Song then released his right hand, and the three arrows flew off the string towards the four characters.
“Tsk, tsk, tsk…”
The three arrows accurately pierced the phantom images of the characters ‘Emperor,’ ‘Mandate,’ and ‘Heaven’ within “Emperor’s Mandate from Heaven.” However, the character ‘Heaven’ inevitably suppressed downwards.
Sect Leader Song’s face turned pale, but he did not dare to delay. He quickly put away the bow, then sacrificed a treasured sword, madly injecting the remaining True Qi into it, and slashed fiercely at the character ‘Heaven.’
“Rumble…”
The two collided, immediately unleashing a terrifying shockwave. Because it stirred up terrifying spatial fluctuations, everything within its path – be it ice, snow, earth, stone, or liquid, even the air – was decomposed. From afar, the surface of Blue Ring Star appeared to have been hit by a giant meteor, with dust clouds continuously spreading outwards. Those cultivators who were slow to escape were all consumed.
The Peerless Immortal Emperor looked down, seeing that the ground had sunk tens of thousands of feet, forming a giant “Heaven” shaped pit. Sect Leader Song was lying motionless in the center, his clothes tattered, his immortal body broken, clearly on the verge of death.
“To contend with heaven single-handedly, truly overestimating yourself!”
The Peerless Immortal Emperor snorted coldly, then rapidly ascended to high heavens. He then looked down upon the earth and said, “Not a single one of you will escape today!”
At the same time, the nine golden dragons in the sky opened their massive mouths and spewed terrifying flames downwards.
The nine streams of flames descended like rivers of lava, scorching the surface of Blue Ring Star. The ice that had accumulated for countless years could not withstand the high temperature of the sun.
Unable to withstand such high temperatures, it all melted and evaporated, turning into high-temperature gas that surged upwards. However, because the spherical shield formed by the nine dragons was airtight, it could not dissipate heat, causing the entire interior to become a steamer.
The ice and snow on the surface of Blue Ring Star quickly melted. Innumerable rocks and soil were melted, forming rivers of lava on the earth. Volcanoes erupted one after another due to unstable crust, and the surface temperature rapidly increased. A blue star turned into a terrifying red in the blink of an eye, and its ring also disappeared.
Those Immortals who had just escaped death were now like crabs in a steamer. Seeing their bodies being roasted inch by inch, they were powerless and could only let out hysterical wails, continuously begging for mercy, but no one responded.
The Peerless Immortal Emperor watched all this with indifference. He didn’t know if these were all the knowledgeable individuals, but wiping them all out was better.
“Hmph! Yu Qian! Yu Qian! Is this what you called your fatal tribulation? Did you lie to me, or is this all you’re capable of?”
The Peerless Immortal Emperor looked down at the Storage Ring in his hand and questioned.
“If I said that your true fatal tribulation has not yet arrived, would you believe me?”
A crisp female voice came from the Storage Ring, clearly Yu Qian.
“Is that so? Then where is my true fatal tribulation?”
The Peerless Immortal Emperor looked around, his gaze sweeping across the land.
At this moment, Lu Yao finally made her move. She sprinkled the Heaven-Concealing Water onto herself and then charged towards Blue Ring Star. Ink-like Yin energy overflowed from her body, instantly transforming into nine huge chains that directly entangled the vital points of the nine golden dragons encircling Blue Ring Star, and then she pulled outwards.
“Roar…”
The nine golden dragons let out mournful cries. Pulled away without any ability to resist, the encirclement immediately collapsed. The internal heat finally found an outlet and escaped into the universe, and the temperature on the surface of Blue Ring Star began to drop.
“Isn’t it here?”
Yu Qian in the Peerless Immortal Emperor’s Storage Ring teased.
“Who is it?”
The Peerless Immortal Emperor looked up vigilantly, scanning the surroundings. There was no one within his Spiritual Sense range, but with his naked eye, he saw a dark figure looking down at him. Those nine golden dragons were bound by the Yin energy chains, rolling and struggling powerlessly like small snakes with their vital points gripped.
“Yin energy? From where did such a powerful evil creature originate!”
The Peerless Immortal Emperor faced a formidable enemy,
extending his hand to summon the jade seal into his hand.
“Hand over Tian Ji Zi,
and I’ll give you a quick death!”
Lu Yao commanded from above.
“What arrogance, who lives and who dies is not yet determined!”
The Peerless Immortal Emperor stubbornly replied.
“Knowing that I am your fatal tribulation, why struggle!”
Lu Yao shook her head with pity.
With a thought, the nine Yin energy chains rapidly contracted, crushing the nine golden dragons into nothingness in the void.
“So what? This Emperor will defy fate today!”
After saying this, the Peerless Immortal Emperor’s powerful Spiritual Sense lunged to restrain Lu Yao. At the same time, the jade seal in his hand flew out and also smashed towards Lu Yao like a mountain.
Lu Yao joined her right hand’s four fingers together.
Her black fingernails rapidly grew, forming a treasure sword several dozen feet long.
Then, she vanished from her original position.
When Lu Yao reappeared, she had already passed by the Peerless Immortal Emperor, leaving behind a spatial rift several hundred feet long.
“Crack! Crack!”
The spatial rift began to spread, and the jade seal in its path instantly shattered. The Peerless Immortal Emperor’s large head also rolled off his shoulders.
The difference in their strength was too vast, leaving no room for suspense.
“Truly pitiful, borrowing the power of the Heavenly Dao while claiming to defy fate!”
Lu Yao shook her head with pity,
her fingernails retracting to their normal length.
“Still… unable to do it?”
The Peerless Immortal Emperor exclaimed with unwillingness before closing his eyes, but his Life Soul still attempted to escape.
Lu Yao didn’t even look, her Yin energy chains pursued and directly crushed the Peerless Immortal Emperor’s Life Soul in the void.
Lu Yao then walked over to the Peerless Immortal Emperor’s corpse, removed the Storage Ring from his finger,
and then released Yin energy to corrode and seal his Spiritual Sense.
“Come out, you must have been waiting for me for a long time.”
Lu Yao then said to the Storage Ring.
