Chapter 2450: The Endless Starry Sky Where the Ancient Emperor Departed

Ding!

Ding ding! Ding ding ding—

The eighteen chimes that had never sounded in the Supreme Sun Immortal Dynasty echoed through the endless starry sky, drifting to every corner where life existed; even ants and mayflies could hear the deep reluctance and sorrow within them, and the endless starry sky fell silent for a moment, many immortal dynasty cultivators' minds went blank, unable to fully accept this fact.

Clearly, just a moment ago, the Ancient Emperor was still here, smiling and chatting;

The next moment, he was already gone in farewell.

The immortal dynasty had lost its most central pillar.

Above the high heavens of the endless starry sky, a dusk imperial crown suddenly appeared, standing firm in the radiance of the Extinction Law Dao, shining brightly, the pinnacle of the endless starry sky, the Ancient Emperor's crown, which had existed on his head since he attained the Dao, now floated alone in the nine heavens.

"Your Majesty——"

Many immortal dynasty cultivators cried out in grief, realizing what had happened.

Crack!

A fissure appeared on the crown, so clear that every cultivator could see it distinctly, witnessing the beginning of the end of this era.

Crack, crack——

The fissures on the crown grew more numerous and larger, rapidly reaching a certain limit, then suddenly swelling and shattering apart, silently dissipating into the starry sky without causing any damage to the outside world, with exquisite control over energy and rules, calculated with perfect precision.

This was the Ancient Emperor's final mercy to the cultivators of the endless starry sky.

Woo——

Woo woo woo——

In the sky, blood rain fell, and mournful cries rose everywhere; this was the heavens and earth misjudging the Ancient Emperor, as they could no longer sense any trace of his existence, and in the present world, there was no causality or fate left for the Ancient Emperor, so they regarded his sudden disappearance as a fall, and thus the heavens and earth grieved, with blood rain pouring across the endless starry sky.

At the same time, the Supreme Sun Primordial Ancient Canon, which had existed in the endless starry sky for eighty million years, was no longer perfect and flawless, but instead showed an extremely minute flaw; the precision of this immortal dao universe constant's empirical formula decreased by at least two decimal places, and the immortal dao friction during operation increased.

"Heaven and earth have changed!"

"Without the Ancient Emperor, the immortal dynasty has no future!"

Many immortal dynasty quasi-emperor cultivators felt their hearts sink, not daring to dwell on grief, each taking charge of the immortal dynasty's formation hubs in their respective regions, carefully sensing the formations across the immortal dynasty and the operational status of all major immortal dynasty projects.

When these high-level cultivators of the immortal dynasty began to act, each fulfilling their duties, a terrible rift became apparent.

Immortal sect cultivators unconsciously gathered toward the quasi-emperor of the immortal sect, clustering together; the Supreme Sun sword cultivators unconsciously clustered; the Tushan attendants unconsciously clustered; cultivators from the holy lands of various immortal sects each approached those they trusted and were on good terms with, although no one raised a shield, all cultivators' souls unconsciously tensed up.

The social distance between cultivators suddenly stretched and stretched, reaching far beyond past levels.

If at this moment any abnormality appeared, it would be discovered that a large number of cultivators would instantly unleash their treasures, formations, shields, and so on.

Between many cultivators, in the mere instant of the Ancient Emperor's departure, they had actually raised their guard.

Trust!

After losing this, everyone could feel its preciousness.

Without an Ancient Emperor suppressing the immortal dynasty at its peak, all cultivators felt a deep sense of insecurity arise in their hearts; cultivators once considered utterly reliable could no longer be trusted.

This sudden sense of estrangement made many immortal dynasty cultivators feel unaccustomed in their hearts.

Yet no one deliberately pointed it out; everyone was busy, pretending this matter did not exist, pretending that everything remained unchanged from when the Ancient Emperor was alive.

"The Dai Sen Super Energy Project, operational power reduced by twenty-seven percent, currently operating normally——"

"The World Ascension Immortal Formation, operational power reduced by thirty percent, currently operating normally, the formation has shown a certain degree of chaos, now stabilized."

"The Great Dream Sword Realm communications are abnormal, currently recovering——recovered to normal."

"The Global Defense Sword Array's might reduced by twenty-five percent——"

The quasi-emperor cultivators of the Immortal Dynasty Dao Ting Committee each took charge of a direction, reporting in succession.

After the Ancient Emperor's departure, the endless starry sky experienced much chaos, but thanks to the Ancient Emperor's prior planning, nothing unexpected occurred, and everything returned to stability once more.

The glory of the Supreme Sun Immortal Dynasty will inevitably fade, but theoretically this process will be very long; in extreme cases, the immortal dynasty could continue to exist for one hundred million years, after which the interstellar-domain super transmission formation will vanish, and the various star domains of the endless starry sky will once again become isolated islands—this is the theoretical outcome.

This theory requires the continuous birth of true immortal heirs of the Supreme Sun lineage to maintain the Supreme Sun Primordial Ancient Canon.

After the Ancient Emperor's departure, immortal dynasty affairs became numerous and varied, like countless cow hairs, with everyone constantly busy; by the time the first Dao Ting Committee meeting after the Ancient Emperor's departure was convened, it was already a hundred years later.

The meeting proceeded as usual, conducting item-by-item voting and handling of affairs, everything largely unchanged from when the Ancient Emperor was alive; this system had already operated smoothly for ten million years, with experience in all aspects.

All immortal dynasty cultivators handled affairs in an orderly manner.

Suddenly, many immortal dynasty cultivators' expressions froze slightly, then quickly returned to normal.

A cultivator of the law suddenly stood up, smiling and saying: "Fellow Daoists, the next hundred years will be when the committee chair's term ends; I wonder whom you all favor for the chair election?"

This remark spread like ripples.

The chair of the Dao Ting Committee is a ceremonial position with no real authority, merely responsible for opening and closing meetings, and this has been the case for at least the past ten million years.

Everything appeared normal.

The abnormality was that this law cultivator was a follower of the Great Sun Dayan Dayan Jianzi, and this law cultivator had close ties with his originating sect, the Qingmu Xianzong, having already pledged allegiance many years prior, with the sect's loyalty to the Great Sun Dayan Dayan Jianzi enduring for many generations.

Does the Great Sun Dayan Dayan Jianzi himself, or his subordinates, desire the chair position?

Many immortal dynasty quasi-emperors silently pondered.

"Qingmu Xianzong Quasi-Emperor!"

"The chair election should be about fairness and openness, not something you can arbitrarily manipulate and interfere with!"

In the silence, the chair of the Immortal Sect's governance slowly rose to his feet and coldly rebuked: "Your actions have already violated the Immortal Dynasty's 'Public Election Law'; please resign immediately."

"You! ——"

A flash of anger crossed the Qingmu Xianzong Quasi-Emperor's face.

Yet he dared not retort to his face.

Immortal Sect!

This sect, from which the Ancient Emperor originated, commanded the ten great deep-space fleets, and after the Ancient Emperor's departure could be called the foremost power of the immortal dynasty, capable of overwhelmingly suppressing any single faction.

"I propose removing the Qingmu Xianzong Quasi-Emperor's committee membership."

"Fellow Daoists, please vote."

The immortal sect's administrators completely ignored the Heavenly Sun Quasi-Emperor's concession, not even glancing at him, and proceeded according to procedure.

The administrative spirit of the Great Dream Sword Realm strictly enforced the procedure, initiated a vote, and one by one, the Supreme Lords and Quasi-Emperors of the Immortal Dynasty exchanged glances and each cast their vote.

Moments later, the result came out.

The Heavenly Sun Quasi-Emperor lost his committee membership and was driven out of the Purple Microcosm Core of the Dao Court by the formation.

The approval rate exceeded eighty percent.

This meant that over eighty percent of the Immortal Dynasty's Supreme Lords and Quasi-Emperors agreed with this view; the first probing attempt by the Great Day Dayan Dayan Jianzi to absorb the entire Immortal Dynasty to perfect his own Dao had barely surfaced before being ruthlessly suppressed by numerous powerful figures of the Immortal Dynasty, including many Sword Dao Quasi-Emperors and Supreme Lords.

The Extermination Heaven Dayan Dayan Jianzi remained expressionless, as if all of this had nothing to do with him.