Chapter 1027: Obsession with Life and Death, Hard to Let Go

At the former site of the Dao Platform in Eastern Moyu, an uproar erupted.

Countless Moyu cultivators all around watched as the Dao Platform, which held immense symbolic significance for them, collapsed. They watched the withered tree branch shooting into the sky, and they watched the fruit upon it.

Every one of them felt their hearts trembling violently.

Especially... the Moyu Great Emperor, who had once sat upon the Eastern Moyu Dao Platform—his figure suddenly blurred at this moment and then dissipated.

It turned out that it had only been an illusory shadow.

It was only through the status of a Great Emperor that the crowd had been unable to see the truth.

Now, with the collapse of the Dao Platform and the impact of the Dao Fruit's aura, the truth was revealed to all.

All of this transformed into an invisible storm. As it swept across the eight directions, a sense of unease, stemming from the instinct of life, rose intensely.

This unease came, on one hand, from the drastic changes here, and on the other... from the bell tolling that resonated throughout the entire Moyu Holy Land.

The ancient bell toll echoed through heaven and earth.

That was the bell of war.

Because the collapse of the Dao Platform seemed to have become a signal.

At this moment, the Human Race and the Yanyue Xuantian Race ascended into the sky above the Wanggu Continent, each unfolding a stance of decisive battle toward the two Holy Lands floating in mid-air.

In an instant, heaven and earth were in chaos.

The outside world was in chaos, and the world within the Dao Fruit was now experiencing a chaotic situation as well.

Following the low roar of the Nether Flame within the bone cauldron, the cauldron emitted a heaven-shaking boom and trembled violently. Meanwhile, the worms transformed by Chen Erniu outside the bone cauldron collapsed one after another after enduring the struggle within the cauldron.

Inside the bone cauldron, the Nether Flame seemed to have mobilized the power from the Dao Fruit it resided in, allowing itself to reach a balance once more, revealing heaven-surpassing power as it erupted.

Amidst the rumbling sounds, the lid of the bone cauldron showed signs of being forced open.

Until the next instant, the lid of the bone cauldron shook violently and lifted a crack, as golden light and purple light shimmered, piercing through the gaps around the lid.

The Nether Flame Great Emperor was about to break free.

At this critical moment, the fragment space where the Empress resided erupted suddenly.

At the same time, outside the bone cauldron, the remaining blue worms each revealed madness in their eyes, rapidly digesting the crystals Xu Qing had sent over earlier, low roars emitting from their mouths.

"Damn it, do you think I'm afraid of you!"

"Third Life!!"

Amidst the roar, the transparent sea below exploded directly, infinite seawater stirred up heaven-shaking waves, turning the entire transparent sea into a massive vortex.

An ancient aura rose from within this vortex.

Previously, after his body shattered and fell into the sea, Chen Erniu had actually found the memory fragments of his third life in the depths of this sea. However, due to limited time and insufficient current ability,

he could not absorb them completely at the first moment.

Until the primordial origin sent by Xu Qing...

To Xu Qing, this origin could shape an Immortal Body; to Chen Erniu, it was equally precious.

It can nourish itself, allowing him to unlock more seals, thereby rapidly absorbing the third-life memories he has acquired.

Now, after absorption, he possessed the ability to initially summon his third life.

So, in the next instant, the entire transparent sea erupted, and within the vortex, ice flames were rolled out, the cold air instantly permeating the heaven and earth in all directions.

Immediately following, a large black hand rose from the vortex of the transparent sea into the sky.

This hand was not real but formed of illusion; yet the aura it emitted was not only ancient but also carried a peerless ferocity that shook heaven and earth.

Its form was also bizarre.

It appeared to be a hand, but in reality, a head grew upon the middle finger, while the ring finger and index finger curled to form an arm.

The little finger and thumb hung down like two feet.

As for the palm, a gap split open—that was a bloody, gaping maw.

On the body, there were countless black hairs, covering every position.

It looked incomparably ferocious and shocking.

This was Chen Erniu's third-life projection, and also the peerless ferocious evil suppressed by the Immortal Technique Great Emperor back then.

Now summoned by Chen Erniu, it rushed straight toward the firmament, reaching above the bone cauldron in the blink of an eye, and pressed down suddenly upon the trembling bone cauldron that was about to be forced open.

"Refine for me!"

Chen Erniu roared.

The bone cauldron shook, experiencing a moment of silence, but before Chen Erniu could feel proud, the next moment, an even more intense explosive power erupted from within the bone cauldron.

The booming sounds were deafening.

Chen Erniu's third-life projection immediately became blurred, showing signs of collapse.

After all, this was not his true third-life physical body, only a projection. Facing the terrifying Nether Flame within the bone cauldron, his suppression power could not fully take effect.

Seeing Chen Erniu's third-life projection about to collapse...

Xu Qing, at the critical moment, completed the final fusion of the seven Great Worlds within his body. Without the slightest hesitation, his body shook suddenly.

In an instant, he appeared beside Chen Erniu's third-life projection, his eyes revealing sharp light, his right hand raised, and he pressed down through the air toward the trembling bone cauldron below.

"Extreme Gold, Extreme Wood, Extreme Water, Extreme Fire, Extreme Earth!"

Heavenly sounds erupted from his mouth.

In the next instant, five of the seven worlds behind him descended suddenly, vaguely forming five broken crystals, erupting with Five Elements power, surrounding the bone cauldron to suppress it.

Following that, the remaining two worlds also descended rapidly.

Extreme Space, Extreme Time!

Inside the bone cauldron, a shrill sound emitted, but in the next instant, Xu Qing and Chen Erniu's expressions changed drastically simultaneously; an incomparably terrifying impact erupted from within the bone cauldron.

The strength of this impact was like a hot knife through butter, unstoppable, as if all obstacles were meaningless.

The next instant, it erupted!

The lid of the bone cauldron was directly flipped open, Xu Qing and Chen Erniu retreated continuously, and inside the bone cauldron, the figure of the Nether Flame was rising.

Although they were strong, compared to the Nether Flame here, the gap was ultimately not small.

"You..."

As the hoarse voice emitted from that figure's mouth, the fragment where the Empress resided collapsed with a boom.

The aura of a God erupted within.

The magnitude of the fluctuations formed swept across this world, causing heaven and earth to change color. At the same time, the Empress's figure stepped from there, arrived above the bone cauldron, and pressed down fiercely.

Distorting the eight directions.

The peak power of the God Platform rose fully without reservation.

Xu Qing and Chen Erniu did not hesitate in the slightest, retreating rapidly to clear the battlefield.

They understood that from here on, the trend of events here was no longer something they could control.

Facing the Empress's strike, the Nether Flame had blood-red eyes; he raised his hand and waved, intending to break the Empress's power.

But in the next instant, behind the Empress, an ancient star rose suddenly.

Once this star appeared, winds rose and clouds surged, and a vast intent covered heaven and earth.

Upon the star, five figures sat cross-legged.

These five figures were Gods, and also the Human Emperors of past generations.

Dongsheng, Sheng Tian, Jing Yun, Dao Shi, and Xuan Zhan.

Their divine power erupted fully, pouring into the ancient star, suppressing downward.

And the collapsed fragment in the distance was no longer blurred, revealing the riddled holes formed by the previous battle, as well as the Nether Flame clones that had died miserably with heads and bodies separated.

There was also the Moyu Great Emperor, who had vomited blood and been severely injured.

At this moment, Moyu looked at the Empress's departing figure and at this world, his face pale, murmuring softly.

"This Grotto-Heaven is actually transformed from the extremely rare Myriad Wonder Nourishing Dao Fruit!"

"The Myriad Wonder Nourishing Dao Fruit can grant any existence below a True God the possibility of rebirth. One Dao Fruit can be used three times, but each user can only use it once in a lifetime."

"And for this fruit to be so withered, it must have been used by the Nether Flame; now only the last time remains before it dissipates."

"So, this is the key to the Nether Flame's rebirth!"

"And also the Empress's greatest scheme this time!"

As Moyu vomited blood and his body staggered backward, the Empress, above the bone cauldron, looked down at the Nether Flame within.

At this moment, fifty percent of the Nether Flame's body was purple, thirty percent was golden, and twenty percent was cyan.

She could not see the source of the purple, while the source of the golden was a drop of river water; as for the cyan... it came from the Dao Fruit, which was also the focus of the Empress's gaze.

On this trip, she had been hiding her strength all along!

She had not used her full power.

On one hand, her opponent this time had a cultivation base near the absolute peak.

On the other hand, her scheme was too important, and there was only one chance.

She did not allow herself to fail.

Originally, according to her initial plan, if the variables Xu Qing and Chen Erniu had not appeared, then the situation here would have been the Nether Flame wanting to possess Moyu, while she cooperated with Moyu to achieve her own goals.

Although the Nether Flame was formidable, she also had her own backup plans.

But plans could not keep up with changes. The appearance of the variables Xu Qing and Chen Erniu caused the trend to change drastically. The Nether Flame changed his mind, abandoning the possession of Moyu, and instead cooperated with Moyu.

His target for possession changed to Xu Qing.

So the Empress was watching, waiting for an opportunity.

And as for the variables, in the subsequent process, the Empress felt more and more that it was not a bad thing.

Whether it was Chen Erniu's third life or the bizarreness of Xu Qing's physical body, all gave her more certainty than the original plan.

Therefore, she continued to wait.

Until the Nether Flame, in order to break free, actively revealed the power of the Myriad Wonder Nourishing Dao Fruit, the Empress... finally waited for the opportunity!

What she wanted was for the Nether Flame to actively do this, to reveal the Dao Fruit.

Thus, during the strike, the Empress immediately took out the backup plan she had prepared for this trip without any hesitation.

Her backup plan was the Human Race's Ancient Emperor Star.

It was also the Human Race's number one supreme treasure in terms of status.

And with the blessing of five Human Gods, this supreme treasure could display heaven-shaking power.

At this moment, amidst the rumbling, the Ancient Emperor Star suppressed downward.

The Nether Flame's roar echoed intensely.

He wanted to break through, but as the Empress bit her tongue and sprayed her own divine blood for another blessing, and with the explosion of her God Platform within her body at all costs, the Nether Flame's momentum to break free was blocked.

Immediately following, a vortex appeared inside the descending Ancient Emperor Star.

It rushed down.

With the power of this star, the power of the five Human Emperors, and the might of the Empress's own God Platform, the bone cauldron where the Nether Flame resided was swallowed into the ancient star!

Sealing the Nether Flame.

After doing all this, the Empress's eyes, at this moment, revealed a determination belonging to humanity.

She, became her.

Her goal, from beginning to end, was never to kill the Nether Flame with all her might, nor was it the Nether Flame's soul.

What she had been waiting for all along was for the opponent to take out the Dao Fruit, so she could rely on the Ancient Emperor Star to isolate the opponent from the outside world!

Causing this Myriad Wonder Nourishing Dao Fruit to lose contact with the Nether Flame.

In a short time, it became an object without external karma.

Only in this way could she have the opportunity to unfold her ultimate goal for this trip!

"Great Emperor..."

The Empress murmured. As she raised her hand, a vast statue flew out from within her body, growing larger and larger, and landed on the sea below.

The seawater shook.

That statue was the Sword-Wielding Great Emperor!

Xu Qing gazed at this scene, his heart fluctuating, his breathing rapid, excitement rising.

He had guessed the Empress's purpose.

And the Empress, whose eyes had been calm since becoming a God, now looked at the statue, revealing deep longing and admiration for an elder.

She spoke softly.

"Return..."

She, she actually intends to resurrect the Sword-Wielding Emperor right here!