Chapter 2446: The Nineteenth Great Sun Dayan Dayan Jianzi: Slay Heaven, Born

Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang sat cross-legged at the celestial pivot of the Nine Heavens, looking down upon Shen Zhou.

As the time of the ancient emperor's slumber draws ever closer, the turmoil and killing intent in the starry void grow ever more intense—not only sword cultivators, but law cultivators alike are drawn into this frenzy, acting with ever greater haste for immediate gain, heedless of consequence.

The ancient emperor is about to fall into slumber!

Once the ancient emperor slumbers, all cultivators of the Emperor Realm will lose the chance to enter the Great Sun Forbidden Zone, lose the chance to enter the Golden Great Age, and lose the chance to witness this beautiful future of the immortal Dao!

Who could bear such an outcome?

Any cultivator who possesses even a sliver of chance to attain the Emperor Realm will not, at this moment, willingly sit by and watch the dream of the Golden Great Age slip completely away from them.

If this opportunity is missed, even if one attains the Emperor Realm, what then?

The ancient emperor's forbidden zone will not open for a single Emperor Realm cultivator; each slumber and awakening of the ancient emperor of the forbidden zone demands a price, affecting the duration of slumber, and even influencing the possibility of awaiting the Golden Great Age!

Likewise, the sword battles and slaughter in the starry void grow ever more brutal and explosive.

One after another, supreme masters of the Great Sun Sword Dao arise; one after another, quasi-emperors of the Great Sun Sword Dao are born; the quality of the holy sword duels rises ever higher, grows ever more cruel, and peerless sword Dao prodigies appear in endless succession.

All sword cultivators share a premonition: the birth of the Great Sun True Immortal Maiden draws ever nearer.

Time flows slowly.

Unnoticed, four million years of time slip by like a finger snap.

In the celestial pivot of Tai Shang Da Ri, Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang sits upon the crystal divine throne, slowly opening his eyes to gaze upon the present endless starry void, upon the many familiar star regions.

"Three million years remain—then I shall depart—"

Jiang Ding murmured.

In another three million years, he will fall into a deep slumber, this slumber destined to last an exceedingly long time, the plan being to awaken only when the Golden Great Age arrives.

Otherwise, even if the immortal dynasty collapses and the immortal sects perish, he will not awaken.

As long as there remain two citizens of the immortal sect—one male, one female—as long as the citizens retain the possibility of propagation, as long as they are not utterly exterminated in the two great universes, he will not change his mind.

This includes the citizens dwelling in the ancient emperor's secret realm of the immortal sect.

No power is eternal; future citizens may perhaps forget the name of the immortal sect, but as long as they exist, that is enough—as long as the central spirit-guardian computer exists, that is enough.

"Furthermore,"

"Great Sun Sword Immortal Maiden—have you been born?"

Jiang Ding looked down upon the starry void and said lightly: "Alas, you are destined to be deficient; most inheritors of the forbidden zone ancient emperor are thus, for the forbidden zone ancient emperor is too strong, and to walk a new path beneath its wings, to forge a new way, to break free from the barriers of the forbidden zone ancient emperor's road and possess sufficient innovation of one's own—is exceedingly difficult."

"For any great unifying hegemon, their offspring are often weak."

"This is why the ancient emperor's heirs and inheritors struggle to match the ancient emperor—they spend their entire lives living in the shadow and glory of the preceding generation."

"Not every forbidden zone ancient emperor is as fortunate as the Sun Ancient Emperor, possessing an inheritor like the Season Flame Ancient Emperor."

A faint sigh echoed within the celestial pivot.

And beneath the starry void, a tragic and brutal holy sword duel rages on: one side is the Slay Heaven Quasi-Emperor, the other is the Order Flame Quasi-Emperor; both are peerless sword Dao prodigies of the endless starry void, the foremost sword cultivators of Shen Zhou over the past seven million years, each having slain countless sword Dao prodigies along the way, each having won one victory after another in the holy sword duels.

Their sword Dao achievements are splendid and radiant; each of them will surely attain the Emperor Realm, and become immensely powerful Emperor Realm cultivators, yet they unanimously abandoned that path, resolutely joining the slaughter of the holy sword duel, seeking to claim the crown of the Great Sun Dayan Dayan Jianzi in this final holy sword duel.

The karmic ties of these two peerless prodigy quasi-emperors surface in the ancient emperor's heart.

"Neither is of the immortal sect's lineage."

"The immortal sect's supreme sword cultivators all perished in total defeat during the holy sword duels of hundreds of thousands of years ago."

Jiang Ding calculated briefly, then thought lightly.

Those immortal sect sword Dao supremes and quasi-emperors may indeed be counted among the sword Dao prodigies of the endless starry void, yet compared to the foremost sword Dao prodigies of the entire seven million years of the endless starry void, they still fall short.

Even if their enlightenment is sufficient, it is still so—lacking in strength and ability, they are simply lacking.

The ancient emperor's thoughts thus diverge.

In days of old, when I became the Great Sun Dayan Dayan Jianzi, Xiyuan had long since died; I have never seen the Great Sun Sword Lord—this is a fortune, yet likewise a regret.

Perhaps this generation's Great Sun Dayan Dayan Jianzi will be different?

Clang!

Suddenly, a sword cry that affects the Great Dao erupts in the endless starry void, piercing the starry void, influencing a thread of the river of time's turning; at the quasi-emperor realm, this is how it is—it heralds the extraordinariness of this sword cultivator.

"Hahaha!"

"Hahaha—hahaha—"

Amidst waves of maniacal laughter, a sword cultivator bathes in blood and raves, laughing wildly.

Beneath his feet, countless sword cultivators' bones pile up like mountains, each bone a top-tier sword Dao prodigy from the star regions, now utterly unremarkable.

In his hand, a profound gold flying sword emits a terrifying aura, capable of overturning heaven and earth, already fully saturated with his aura and bone-blood, utterly become his life-and-death cultivated natal flying sword, which none can wrest from him—this is his personal Dao-foundation sword, the Great Sun Dao Sword!

Clang!

Clang-clang!

In the endless starry void, countless long swords and flying swords sing without wind, clanging and ringing.

In the endless starry void, all sword cultivators instinctively turn toward this direction, instinctively bow and pay homage, worshipping this newly born sword emperor, this newly born heir of the Great Sun Sword Dao.

"Slay Heaven Sword Emperor!"

"Pay respects to the Slay Heaven Sword Emperor!"

"Pay respects to the Great Sun Dayan Dayan Jianzi—"

Countless reverent and submissive voices convey to this newly born powerhouse; such emotion is so evident, even carrying an unconscious implication surpassing the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang.

The ancient emperor, though strong, is already aged! Soon to depart!

Yet the future belongs to the young sword cultivator, the young Great Sun Dayan Dayan Jianzi leading the way; any cultivator still wishing to survive beneath the starry void cannot help but bend their waist, however much the laws and order of the immortal dynasty begin to be overlooked.

This is the ancient conflict between heir apparent and ancient emperor.

If the heir resembles the ancient emperor too closely, he will be feared; if he does not resemble the ancient emperor, he easily invites malice.

The position of heir apparent is exceedingly difficult to hold.

The present Great Sun Dayan Dayan Jianzi, the nineteenth Great Sun Dayan Dayan Jianzi, bears no title of heir apparent, yet all immortal sect cultivators unconsciously regard him as the ancient emperor's heir apparent.

This is because of his name as the Great Sun Sword Child, and more so because of his terrifying combat power that far surpasses that of ordinary Imperial Realm cultivators!

At this moment, the Great Sun Sword Child named Mie Tian, upon his birth, turned his blood-red gaze toward the Supreme Great Sun Heavenly Pivot, gazing across the endless starry void, and saw a pair of indifferent pupils.

These pupils came from a blurred figure seated upon the crystal divine throne.

These indifferent pupils flickered with faint black-and-white light, silently observing the nineteenth-generation Great Sun Sword Child.

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