Chapter 2635

The degenerate Dao expanded rapidly, affecting the immortal formations, suppressing the heavenly Dao, even surpassing the Dao of the Nine Great Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperors, causing the entire star river to fall into twilight; under the degenerate Dao's radiance, all immortal Dao rules withered and failed, even spiritual energy became inert and difficult to circulate.

This sudden burst of terrifying power left the Nine Great Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperors in constant shock.

"Lifespan!"

"Burning lifespan! You actually still have lifespan to burn! You truly deserve to die!"

The Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor's eyes were about to pop out.

Burning lifespan, burning lifespan—is this something an elderly cultivator, one whose lifespan is nearing its end, can do?

No!

A cultivator whose lifespan is nearing its end cannot do it!

Just like a pile of firewood, you can burn part of it, but how do you burn a withered leaf in the wind? Once the flame ignites, that leaf will instantly turn to ash, leaving not a trace.

An Ancient Emperor with a lifespan of at most a million years is precisely such a withered leaf in the long river of time.

They are like an extremely rotten, extremely dry tree, with only a hint of green, a hint of vitality left; most of their trunks have dried and rotted to the extreme—any spark of flame falling upon this rotten tree will instantly ignite, burning it to ash, leaving nothing behind.

The slumbering emperors lack the ability to burn lifespan; forcing it will only instantly turn them to ash, without releasing more power, because their bodies, aged to the extreme, have no potential left to extract.

However, an unbelievable fact has appeared before the emperors.

The Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang is burning lifespan and yet has not died instantly!

What does this mean?

"You!"

"You……have lived a fourth life……"

The Huangyan Dragon Emperor slowly voiced what all the emperors present were thinking.

Fourth life!

Yes, fourth life—he has lived a fourth life.

Only thus can the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang burn lifespan, for before them is not a declining, near-exhausted life, but a youthful, vibrant existence, a brand-new life just begun.

No wonder the intensity of the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang's sword techniques far exceeds calculation—originally because of his youthful immortal body and spirit, naturally incomparable to the declining stage.

"Hahaha!" "You old things, just watch this sword of mine!"

Jiang Ding laughed wildly, then drew his sword and slashed at the Nine Great Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperors.

What kind of sword is this?

At the instant the sword was drawn, heaven and earth fell silent, the eternal river of time roared without cease, the degenerate Dao's radiance reached its peak, all Dao radiance surged into this sword, the surrounding dim, floating degenerate cosmos miniature shrank further, then was engraved vividly upon the Tai Qing flying sword.

"Kill!"

Jiang Ding growled low.

In a daze, the beings of the mortal world seemed to see three scenes.

The first scene: three days prior, in the battlefield where the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang and the Nine Great Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperors were locked in combat, a terrifying sword light suddenly emerged from future time, slashing toward the Nine Great Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperors, causing them to show fear—originally the battle was already difficult, now a far stronger sword light came from the future—who could block it?

The second scene: in the future battlefield of combat, a sword light from the past slashed toward the Nine Great Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperors, causing their linked formation to be on the verge of shattering.

The third scene is the present.

Past, future, present—these constitute a person's life; if any one time dies, the beings in the remaining two times will also die!

"Trivial trick!" "Even without the Seven-Character Immortal Scripture, you will still die!"

The Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor raged furiously.

At this moment, the Eight Great Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperors unanimously directed their power toward him, choosing him as the main formation figure, for his sharpness was at its peak and he feared no death—even if his death served as a wedding dress for others, it was still so; in this alliance of differing thoughts, it is extremely precious.

And the Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor gladly accepted.

"Kill!"

The Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor, using the power of the combined attack great formation, triggered the divine soul heavenly Dao, filling heaven and earth with dim radiance, even surpassing much of the degenerate Dao's radiance; he himself would, within the divine soul heavenly Dao, regardless of past or future battlefield, simply draw his sword and slash at the present Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang.

A slash condensing all dim radiance, cutting the essence of humanity, earth, and heaven.

This terrifyingly extreme slash of essence sword light thus silently fell upon the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang's sword of the present time.

Clang!

At the moment the two swords crossed, the sword's cry echoed faintly.

Only then did one sees terrifying black fissures appear across billions of light-years, completely tearing the star sea, shattering the stars, heaven and earth trembling, dim beyond endurance, great stars falling, myriad spirits dying—various terrifying anomalies appeared as both sides fought madly, heedless of life and death.

Boom! After the swords' light clashed hundreds of times, a dim sword light spat blood and retreated.

At the instant of its retreat, in past and future spacetime, the two sword lights that were about to slay and defeat the Nine Great Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperors of that spacetime suddenly vanished.

This one who spat blood and retreated was precisely the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang!

Even burning lifespan, in absolute power, the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang and the Nine Great Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperors still have a gap! This gap is too great, and the Nine Great Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperors' coordination has no flaw—only able to forcefully attack, with no room for cleverness.

Even saying that, even if burning lifespan, even if the military formation enhanced to this extent, the most the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang can do is, at the cost of death, slay five forbidden zone emperors!

Slay five forbidden zone emperors!

Enough!

"Hahaha!"

"Satisfying! Satisfying indeed!"

Jiang Ding drew his sword and laughed wildly: "You alone are merely trash, but nine joined together are enough to kill this lord."

"Hahaha!"

"This lord's life is here—come take it!" "Come take it!"

The mad laughter shook the Wu Jin Kong Kong, the Great Sun Sword Dao ability burned in scorching flames, making him mad yet calm, his entire immortal soul burning, turning into flashes of epiphany in his chest, one after another, inspiration sparks gathering together, forming a boundless sea, surging forward to drive the Mie Fa Tai Yang Xian Jing toward the seventh character.

In a short while of combat lasting dozens of breaths, the Seven-Character Immortal Scripture project has already advanced to six-tenths, and is now moving toward seven-tenths!

It can be said that, aside from special opportunities, the insights gained from millennia of Dao contemplation are not as satisfying as the life-and-death combat on the battlefield now—he is ultimately a sword cultivator.

"Good!"

"This Emperor has come to take it!"

The Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor answered with extreme brevity.

He relied on the power of the Nine Great Forbidden Zone Emperors, the Nine Great Dao Powers intertwining, with the Dao of Divine Soul as the core, and unleashed sword light containing the killing intent and authority of the Heaven-Earth Divine Soul Dao, tearing apart the heavens, tearing apart the starry sky, tearing apart the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang Slaying Demon Sword Formation, and carving wounds upon the blue-clad youth.

Between heaven and earth, those who achieve great undertakings have no foolish or ignorant ones among them.

Why do they willingly fight to the death, unafraid of life and death?

It is because sword cultivators comprehend the Dao in the midst of death!

In the midst of death, the Nine-Leaf Sword Emperor gained many insights into the Dao; even considering only what was gained in battle, this Forbidden Zone Sword Emperor surpassed the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang. There is no other reason—greater room for progress due to being weaker, and superior talent and aptitude, that is all.