Chapter 2396: The Supreme Sun Ancient Emperor's Heavenly Pivot Severed Bond

Jiang Ding sat cross-legged on the crystal divine throne, wearing the Taiqing Flying Sword at his waist.

His demeanor was cold and detached, as the ancient emperor of the endless starry sky, immortal through the ages, the supreme being of the world, looking down upon countless reincarnations in the mortal realm.

But at a certain moment, accompanied by the sound of seed coats tearing, a patch of grass leaves appeared on the forehead of the blue-clad youth.

This grass leaf was dark green, with fine serrations along the edges and fine white hair-like spines on the surface, as unremarkable as common weeds by the roadside, nothing strange about it.

The only strange thing was that this grass leaf appeared on the flesh of the human emperor!

"Nine leaves, Sword Emperor——"

Jiang Dingleng thought coldly.

The first sound was a beginning, followed by crackling noises that rang out continuously, then strands of weeds appeared on the face, neck, arms, hands, and any part of the blue-clad youth's body; in the blink of an eye, the youth turned into a humanoid creature covered in weeds.

This was only the surface.

If one were to peel back the blue-clad youth's skin and delve deep into the flesh and organs, one would see dense root systems penetrating the body, tearing through flesh, wrapping around bones, piercing this human emperor's immortal form with countless wounds, leaving not a single patch of intact flesh, the entire person nearly replaced.

Even the Taiqing Flying Sword at his waist, forged over four million years with countless immortal metals, had weeds growing on it!

These weeds were too terrifying!

Almost conceptual in nature!

Soul, flesh, metal, rules—both tangible and intangible beings could be parasitized by it, with nothing able to stop it; this was a miraculous immortal technique, a treasure of the soul path.

Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang seemed to have been completely devoured.

Only those eye sockets, filled with numerous weeds, still flickered with a faint black-and-white light.

"Interesting."

"A very interesting soul path—spring wind cannot burn it out, wild fire blows and grows again; brutal purification and destruction merely promote its growth, nourish it; this sword should be met with circumvention, avoiding its sharpness, gradually wearing it down and analyzing it——almost the classic tactic against the Sun Ancient Emperor."

"No wonder he is a forbidden zone ancient emperor; even I, who follow the Ten Character Immortal Scripture, must avoid him."

Jiang Ding said calmly.

Hum!

Hummm————

Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang began to manifest the Great Dao of Destroying Dharma, and also started to use the numerous formation dao patterns in the Tai Shang Da Ri Tian Shu, drawing power from the Destroying Dharma Great Dao of the endless starry sky to form a scene of dusk in the age of declining Dharma descending upon this mortal world, layer upon layer of declining Dharma ripples spreading outward.

The endless starry sky trembled, and countless phenomena appeared.

Among them were the blooming of soul-dark lotuses, countless weeds growing, and sword shadows cutting through layers of weeds, attempting to break free yet unable to do so; the three thousand heavenly dao rules surged without rest, causing constant fluctuations in the cosmic constants of the immortal dao universe, greatly affecting the operation of immortal dao factories throughout the endless starry sky and the rotation of countless worlds.

"Sword Master!"

"The heavenly dao is undergoing change——"

A great number of immortal dao powerhouses awoke from seclusion, startled, their faces turned deathly pale, having witnessed some tremendous horror.

Everyone involuntarily looked up toward the nine heavens.

Tai Shang Da Ri Tian Shu still hung eternally high; since Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang attained the dao three million years ago, this human race's great weapon has descended from the nine heavens to the mortal realm, forever immortal.

Now, this eternal human race's great weapon trembled violently, bathed in the radiance of the Destroying Dharma Great Dao.

Layer upon layer of original ancient scriptures of the Destroying Dharma Great Dao blossomed, falling into the tian shu, forming thirty-six layers of stellar light halos like ribbons, sealing this human race's great weapon layer upon layer, as if within it had been born a great heavenly omen capable of destroying all beings of the endless starry sky.

As the final seal fell, the violent turmoil in the endless starry sky gradually subsided.

"Such a terrifying seal!"

"What happened in the tian shu?"

Many emperor realm cultivators and quasi-emperors fixed their gazes on the gradually calming tian shu, their bodies trembling more and more.

Tai Shang Da Ri Tian Shu!

This is the human emperor's place of quiet cultivation—why would such a strange and terrifying thing happen, like sealing a world-destroying fiend, making people subconsciously fearful in their hearts?

This must be a cosmic-level great disaster!

Numerous alarms, numerous message inquiries poured into Tai Shang Da Ri Tian Shu like snowflakes, yet received no response at all; even the divine spirit of the governmental affairs array in the central hub of the Great Dream Sword Realm Dao Court remained silent, no longer responding instantly as before, like an omnipresent divine spirit.

This further intensified the anxiety and fear in the hearts of many high-level cultivators.

Immortal dynasty, collapsing?

Many inheritors of ancient immortal sects and holy land powerhouses could not help but entertain this thought.

Such things have been all too common in history.

The survival of the immortal dynasty depends on the ancient emperor; once the ancient emperor passes, the first to break is the immortal dynasty-level communication and political governance, then internal strife and waste within the dynasty gradually appear, cross-star-domain super transmission arrays begin to destabilize, finally severing, leading to regional warlords declaring independence——all of this truly seems familiar.

Many powerful beings' thoughts began to stir, many kinds of beings had some inexplicable thoughts.

These thoughts had never appeared in their past lives; all beings were loyal unto death to the ancient emperor, fighting to the death without retreat, even when facing a battlefield of certain death they advanced without hesitation, never asking about danger, only asking where the command lay.

But now, these thoughts had abruptly appeared, naturally making people fearful, as if they had always existed.

They were merely ignored by their past selves, and now merely revealed.

However, the endless starry sky did not give rise to turmoil.

On the contrary, it became increasingly peaceful and harmonious; in the past, in each great thousand world and minor thousand world, there were always some public order incidents,

a few murder cases occurring, but at this moment, all of these ceased to exist; any emerging signs were immediately met with icy scrutiny and slaughtered by iron-blooded immortal dao powerhouses.

Even many supremes personally handled cases involving mortals and qi-refining cultivators, not disliking the waste of time, only to increase efficiency by a hair's breadth.

Stability!

Everything for stability, stability!

This is the consensus of all immortal dao powerhouses in the endless starry sky, a consensus so strong it frightens people, to the point that even murder cases between mortals are not permitted; whoever dares to raise their head is executed on the spot.

These heaven-men, viewed by low and mid-level cultivators as gods, and the supremes, are not much better than ordinary mortals.

They are fearful, they are longing, they are trembling, unable to maintain calm, striving to uphold the order of the dao court, not allowing it to waver in the slightest, staring fixedly at the eternal Tai Shang Da Ri Tian Shu.

This deathlike tranquility persisted for a long time.

Ten years, twenty years, thirty years——until thirty-two years later, the central governmental system of the Great Dream Sword Realm Dao Court suddenly resumed operation, once again monitoring the world, retrieving data from the governmental systems of all regions during these thirty-two years, and then accordingly rewarding or punishing the relevant military and political officials.

Many qualified emperors and quasi-emperors who could communicate directly with the Ancient Emperor flew toward him like snowflakes, greeting him.