Chapter 2590

"I underestimated this old thing, huh—"

"He has a great chance of escaping with his life from the hands of beings of higher immortal scripture essence."

Jiang Ding's face lit up with joy.

Along the timeline of the arrival of the Golden Great Era, among the forbidden zone ancient emperors, a distinction in strength similarly began to emerge, roughly: the closer one is to attaining the Dao in the Golden Great Era, the better the heaven and earth of their Dao attainment, and thus the higher the possibility of their strength being weak.

This difference is not minor; it has even grown to a terrifying extent.

For example, Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang defeated and captured the Swallow Ancient Emperor in an instant—this is a fundamental, enormous difference.

This is certainly the gap between the Eight-Character Immortal Scripture and the Nine-Character Immortal Scripture, but the difference in talent between them also exists, profoundly affecting every individual.

In this era, someone will surely ascend to the Eight-Character Immortal Scripture within decades.

But at the same time, it is inevitable that a considerable portion of forbidden zone ancient emperors will need tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of years to ascend to the Eight-Character Immortal Scripture, all while slumbering and scheming!

This is inevitable; the Eight-Character Immortal Scripture is not so easily crossed.

Those who achieve the status of forbidden zone ancient emperor outside the Golden Great Era possess talents and abilities that are far from ordinary; they will surely ascend to the Eight-Character Immortal Scripture within the Golden Great Era, but the timing is uncertain—millions of years are quite common, for this timescale in the Boundless Starry Void is

not long at all, and can even be called short, after all, even supreme beings have lifespans of millions of years.

Now, Jiang Ding can be certain: among the forbidden zone ancient emperors, the Undying Ancient Emperor must be one of the most elite existences!

Within decades, he will surely ascend to the Eight-Character Immortal Scripture!

"Interesting,"

"Truly interesting—"

Jiang Ding's face bore a scorching smile, his hand pressed on the sword hilt, the smile growing more twisted and mad.

Buzz!

A scorching golden-yellow flame appeared between his brows.

Within this flame, various scenes of the destruction of the cosmic starry immortal Dao arose and faded, the cosmic millstone turned, and the origin of the Dharma-Ending Great Dao was contained within.

With this flame of the Dharma-Ending Great Dao's origin, the immortal body, divine soul, and blood of Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang began to burn slowly, causing his aura to surge wildly mad, and terrifying power like surging waves poured into the Tai Qing Flying Sword, making this immortal sword's light flicker, its edge infinite yet inwardly converged, nearly becoming a true immortal artifact!

Bo Ming!

Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang began to fight for his life!

Upon first seeing the Undying Ancient Emperor—clearly, he himself was an Eight-Character Immortal Scripture ancient emperor, the current strongest in the Golden Great Era, and had painstakingly infiltrated to launch a sneak attack and assassination, successfully evading the keen senses of all forbidden zone ancient emperors, seizing the advantages of timing, location, and harmony—but upon first seeing the Undying Ancient Emperor, he instantly burned himself in a fight for his life!

Jiang Ding pressed his hand on the sword hilt, burning himself, step by step toward the Undying Netherworld Palace.

Along the way, all Emperor-level cultivators, ancient emperors, and immortal formations ignored his presence; no one noticed, not even the slightest trace of heavenly mechanism or karma was disturbed.

Even the Heavenly Dao remained thus tranquil.

The terrifyingly extreme death aura was accumulating, surging upward.

Yet Shen Zhou remained so tranquil.

Not a single ripple.

Deep within the Undying Netherworld Palace.

Endless black mist gathered here into a river, the water turbid, with countless corpses floating within—zombies, white bones,

vengeful spirits and ghosts, humans, phoenixes, dragons, golden crows, cattle, sheep, pigs, dogs—countless races, countless beings' corpses lay within, like the true River of the Underworld in myth.

This underworld river surged like long dragons into the immortal body of a supremely majestic white bone phoenix, being swallowed and absorbed by her, leaving black Dao patterns on her white bones.

These Dao patterns were endlessly repetitive, like immortal Dao texts spreading and extending, etched onto the bone as pure as white jade, making these Dao patterns increasingly complex, profound and unfathomable.

If any being were here, they would surely feel a very strange sensation.

Clearly, the Dao patterns on this white jade bone were becoming ever more complex, yet there was an illusion that they were becoming simpler.

This illusion was so clear, carrying a kind of transcendent essence, that even a mortal seeing it would instantly have this thought.

Like sunlight, stars, the world—natural things existing, the essence of the universe.

This,

is the Immortal Scripture!

This is the Undying Ancient Emperor's *Undying Netherworld Immortal Scripture*, now transforming toward the Eight-Character Immortal Scripture!

Moreover, this transformation is orderly, step by step, not a matter of luck or seeking opportunities, but a strict and orderly process, certain to succeed!

At most another fifteen years, the *Undying Netherworld Immortal Scripture* will achieve the Eight-Character Immortal Scripture!

Even ten years, eight years are possible.

Too fast, too fast!

On the scale of the Boundless Starry Void, what are ten or eight years?

Not even a single breath, merely a finger snap.

The talent of the ancient forbidden zone emperors is terrifyingly overwhelming—these are beings who have survived countless eons, but if they were even slightly weaker, they would have long been wiped clean.

This phoenix race's forbidden zone ancient emperor has been cultivating here for over a decade, about to complete her breakthrough, never having left.

At a certain moment.

Bai Yu-like undying Ming Feng Phoenix suddenly opened its eyes, two clusters of cold, eerie light flickering.

The white jade-like Undying Netherworld Phoenix suddenly opened her eyes, two clusters of cold, gloomy light flickering.

At this moment, in his heart, a faint unease arose, concerning life and death, so he temporarily deduced the Eight-Character Immortal Scripture and opened his eyes.

"Cause and effect,"

"From the Sun Ancient Emperor."

"What is he doing? Does he bear me ill will and has he already begun substantive action?"

Extremely terrifying, in the dark unknown, not knowing what the Sun Ancient Emperor was doing, separated by an unknown distance, not even having begun true action, merely scheming, already sensed by her, unfathomable to gods and ghosts.

Extremely terrifying— in the dark unknown, not knowing what the Sun Ancient Emperor is doing, separated by an unknown distance, even before any real action has begun, merely scheming, she has already sensed it, unfathomable to gods and ghosts.

Then, nothing.

【61】 She can no longer sense any further malicious presence capable of threatening life, nothing worth noting, no danger at all.

There is no danger at all.

No.

Danger.

"The Solar Ancient Emperor does not have the ability to kill me."

"Temporarily ignore it; what matters most now is the transformation of the Immortal Scripture. After the transformation, we will speak again."

The Immortal Ancient Emperor sensed cause and effect, then slowly closed his eyes again, continuing to deduce the Eight Characters Immortal Scripture. That faint unease he placed in his heart.

In the next instant, he suddenly opened his eyes!

"Wrong!"

"The Solar Ancient Emperor also possesses the Nine Characters Immortal Scripture; he cannot do anything to me!"

"There must be another possibility!"

"It could come from, from"

The Immortal Ancient Emperor cried out in shock.

No danger signs at all—this is the greatest danger sign!

This defies common sense!

This place contains immense danger!

Hum!

The Immortal Ancient Emperor instantly burned his immortal soul and immortal body, reaching the utmost decisiveness!

Clearly there was no danger, just a low-probability inference, yet he decisively burned everything, even causing the Great Dao to begin manifesting, the six realms of heaven and earth undulating, the Great Dao manifesting.

It was clearly the Six Paths of Reincarnation!

The path the Immortal Ancient Emperor walks is actually the Six Paths of Reincarnation!

Not yin and yang, not the netherworld, not the Yellow Springs Great Dao everyone imagines, but the Six Paths of Reincarnation Great Dao, fully revealed at this critical moment of life and death.

The Immortal Ancient Emperor reached the utmost decisiveness.

Yet, it was still too slow.

Slow!

Too slow!

In that extremely minute moment when the Immortal Ancient Emperor wanted to burn himself but had not yet truly begun burning, a sudden change occurred.

Clang!

This is a clear, pleasant sword cry.

Very moving, the sound pure and pleasant, like mountain spring water, even more like the collision of the Great Dao, the degenerate source flow, from the universe after countless ages, when the universe entered its twilight, undergoing the collapse of the Immortal Dao, the degenerate era when the Immortal Dao ceases to exist, all things in the Immortal Dao vanishing.

"Supreme Great Sun————"

The Immortal Ancient Emperor let out a mournful, furious roar.

Yet in her immortal soul, an image appeared uncontrollably.

It was in a bamboo forest, with pattering raindrops falling, the rustling rain sounds lulling one to sleep, amidst the sky-full of rain threads, one raindrop attracted the Immortal Ancient Emperor's gaze.

This raindrop was especially captivating, continuously enlarging in his eyes, enlarging, enlarging————

This raindrop came from the degenerate era of the Immortal Dao, passed through layers of time, traced back to antiquity, carrying all the magic power, divine awareness, and sword intent of the Eight Characters Immortal Scripture Forbidden Zone Sword Emperor burning himself, carrying all the killing intent of this Forbidden Zone Sword Emperor, crossing endless time, boundless barriers, arriving before the Immortal Ancient Emperor!

Ultimate!

Extreme speed!

A sword infinitely close to the Immortal!

This is the sword technique of the sword immortal from the Supreme Great Sun, the degenerate era time-water droplet!

"Eight Characters Immortal Scripture, sneak attack, burning self————"

"You, not bad."

The Immortal Ancient Emperor sighed deeply.

Too fast.

The opponent values himself too highly.

At this moment, among the thousands of escape immortal techniques of the Immortal Netherworld Palace, only nine could react. His immortal body burst forth with layers of dim light, the Six Paths of Reincarnation with billions of barriers, the Four Elements Immortal Forbidden Emperor's supreme weapon, the Six Paths of Reincarnation Palace unfolding, layer upon layer of palaces blocking eternity, enough to bind trillions of beings within.

In this extremely short time, only nine immortal techniques, immortal body defenses, and the Six Paths of Reincarnation Palace could be relied upon.

Even if rushed, these means would be sufficient to face the sudden sneak attack of several forbidden zone ancient emperors without dying, allowing him to escape calmly and then calculate.

But now, at this moment, can these block it?

Hiss!

The Immortal Ancient Emperor instantly knew the answer.

A beam of light, a water droplet from the degenerate era, directly pierced through the nine immortal techniques, the immortal body defense of the Immortal Ancient Emperor, and on the solid, immortal walls of the Six Paths of Reincarnation Palace, a tiny hole appeared silently.

All of this happened too fast!

The immortal techniques, immortal body, and Six Paths of Reincarnation Palace showed no abnormality, no explosion, no shattering, as if nothing had happened at all.

Only, the Immortal Ancient Emperor's head felt slightly cool.

A tiny hole appeared on the Immortal Ancient Emperor's head, piercing through it. Inside the hole, an extremely terrifying, highly condensed degenerate-era sword aura instantly filled the entire head.

The Immortal Ancient Emperor's body stiffened.

Within the famed immortal body said to be undying, a rich deathly aura spread, and all vitality in the immortal body vanished completely in an instant.

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A youth in blue robes appeared silently beside the Undying Ancient Emperor.

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