Chapter 2654: The Traces of the Immortal Reappear

The war between the new emperor and the old emperor attracted the attention of the entire Wu Jin Kong Kong.

Under these circumstances, the ascension of the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang to the level of the Zi Zi Xian Jing was not so eye-catching, although this was still the primary concern for many ordinary ancient emperors.

For many ordinary ancient emperors, nothing was more important than ascending to the forbidden zone ancient emperor level and living a third life.

Tai Shang Da Ri Tiangong.

Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang was receiving several ancient emperors, including Mie Dao Gu Huang, Yue Yin Gu Huang, Shi Xu Gu Huang, Wan Chong Shan Gu Huang, and over a dozen others, comprising both human and demon races, though there were no traditional Wu Jin Kong Kong hegemon races such as the True Dragon Xian Clan or the Golden Crow Xian Clan; most were from minor races.

The common point among these ancient emperors was that they had all reached the height of the Zi Zi Xian Jing before the Golden Great Era.

"Mie Dao, how are the preparations for your ascension to the Nine Zi Zi Xian Jing progressing?"

Jiang Ding looked toward Mie Dao Gu Huang and asked.

Some ancient emperors felt a slight stir in their hearts, sharply noticing Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang's address—Mie Dao—this was a direct use of Mie Dao Gu Huang's name without the honorific Dao You.

Many felt envy in their hearts.

This was treating Mie Dao Gu Huang as a junior disciple or the like, indicating a closer relationship.

"Still lacking a bit." "I beseech the Sword Master to bestow upon me an object."

Mie Dao Gu Huang clasped his hands in salute and said.

"What object?"

Jiang Ding inquired calmly.

"Bestow upon me a sword bearing the power of Bai Yi, regardless of life or death."

Clang!

The clear, ringing sword cry suddenly burst forth.

Many Zi Zi Xian Jing ancient emperors present shuddered, instantly feeling a bone-chilling cold, as if plunged into the realm of extreme ice, as though their very souls were frozen and solidified.

All ancient emperors strained to widen their pupils.

Finally, amidst the turbulent flow of shattered rules layer upon layer, one ancient emperor glimpsed a fleeting streak of black sword light, like a fissure at the edge of the universe, a natural rupture, slicing into the Great Dao of Destruction, where a vague black sword emperor figure roaring in fury could be seen within the Destruction Dao.

This figure within the Destruction Dao exhausted everything he had, poured forth his sword wisdom from two lifetimes, and, facing death, swung a sword.

Pfft! Immediately, a single strike extinguished him.

This black silhouette was cleaved in two by the sword light, his body stiffened, then softly collapsed into the radiance of the Destruction Dao, his body gradually dissipating into a cluster of spiritual light, vanishing completely, his life force extinguished, leaving no trace.

"Good."

Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang's voice arrived slowly.

This was because the Sword Emperor's speed far exceeded that of divine sense arrival, thus creating a sound lag.

In the distance, Mie Dao Gu Huang's corpse collapsed, turning into specks of spiritual light, scattering within the palace, leaving not a trace.

"Mie Dao..."

Wan Chong Shan Gu Huang and others felt a tremor, their hairs standing on end, nearly unable to resist burning everything in flight.

This cruelty, this maddening calm, left them somewhat unable to comprehend or adapt to such a lunatic's approach.

Clearly, just moments ago, the two Sword Emperors had been so harmonious.

Elders inquiring of juniors about their ascension breakthrough preparations, juniors responding respectfully, seeking treasures from elders—everything was thus harmonious, teacher kind, disciple filial.

But the next moment, they drew swords and faced each other, one died! Died!

Just like that, died!

In the Wu Jin Kong Kong, they were not nobodies; Mie Dao Gu Huang, who was only a step away from the forbidden zone ancient emperor level, died just like that, before their eyes, everything so casual, as if chatting about what they ate yesterday, and then Mie Dao Gu Huang died, with no omen whatsoever.

The palace instantly fell into a silence as still as death.

Many ancient emperors had their souls tightly tensed.

"... Your Majesty,"

After a long while, Yue Yin Gu Huang's voice slowly sounded: "Did Mie Dao Dao You die? He appears to have failed."

Mie Dao Gu Huang's conduct, to outsiders, seemed shocking, but to cultivators of the Tai Shang Da Ri Dao Tong, it was utterly normal—Great Day Sword Cultivators have always been thus, even at the imperial level, nothing surprising.

"Possible."

Jiang Ding sheathed his sword and said casually.

"Oh? How so?"

Yue Yin Gu Huang was prompted, curious: Death is death, life is life.

What does "possible" mean?

"I have some knowledge of Mie Dao's thoughts."

"To engage me with the power of Bai Yi using a method similar to the Holy Sword Duel, in order to achieve a breakthrough in sword Dao... Hmm, it seems Mie Dao was driven mad by the Great Japanese Ability, overly eager for war, nothing surprising."

"Mie Dao trusts me, believing I will hold nothing back—this is indeed a life-and-death battle."

Jiang Ding smiled and said: "This battle has two outcomes: one is failure and death, which appears to be the case now."

"The other outcome... is that destruction contains new life."

Destruction contains new life!

Yue Yin Gu Huang's body trembled, then he showed an expression of sudden realization: "Mie Dao Dao You is indeed a heaven-defying genius, choosing such a battlefield—if he nurtures new life within destruction, completes the Dao breakthrough, and no one strangles him in the embryonic stage..."

"Hope Mie Dao Dao You has not completely perished."

She praised.

"This is Mie Dao's Dao path." "Yue Yin, how are your preparations? Do you need any help?"

Jiang Ding asked.

"Your Majesty, I should be able to ascend within approximately tens of thousands of years."

"As for help,"

Yue Yin Gu Huang chuckled: "I need vast amounts of heavenly materials and earthly treasures, vast amounts of Xian Chao computing power, vast amounts of research team support—you give me how much, I want that much."

"I want as much as possible! Best to give me all the computational power of the entire immortal dynasty!"

The tens of thousands of mountains ancient emperor and others, whose divine souls had been tightly tensed again, finally gradually relaxed, letting out a soft breath.

"The corresponding heavenly materials and earthly treasures, along with the immortal dynasty's computational power and research team support, right?"

"I will allocate them to you."

Jiang Ding completely ignored the words 'all' and 'entire' and other miscellaneous terms in Yue Yin Ancient Emperor's speech, temporarily allocating a batch of heavenly materials and earthly treasures to her, and opening the relevant permissions.

"Wan Chong Shan Dao friend..."

"Shi Xu Dao friend..." Jiang Ding received each of the numerous Ten Character Immortal Scripture Ancient Emperors in turn, discussing various problems in their respective paths, asking about their difficulties and ideas, and then doing his best to provide solutions one by one.

It can be confirmed that, in the coming period of time, the number of Nine Character Immortal Scripture Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperors of the Tai Shang Da Ri Immortal Dynasty will see a significant increase.

After the numerous ancient emperors had left, Jiang Ding slightly closed his eyes.

Crack crack...

Accompanied by the sound of shattering porcelain, terrifying cracks appeared on his body, large gushes of blood surged out, dyeing the ground black.

This sudden terror came from three years ago.

Three years ago, he appeared at the edge of the Tai Shang Da Ri Slaughter Demon Sword Formation in the Yuan Tian realm, near a thousand-world, silently observing this place.

This is the Fallen Immortal Realm.

The place where he grew up in the past, suspected to be the terrifying burial ground of immortals.

All life and land here have already disappeared, instead turning into an abyssal sea filled with ruins and white bones, emitting a dangerous aura, so much so that even forbidden zone ancient emperors dare not approach.

Since the descent of the Golden Great Era, Jiang Ding and numerous ancient emperors have known that this place harbors the unknown, the unknown related to immortals, hence the Great Sun Forbidden Zone, the Undying Forbidden Zone, and a large batch of forbidden zones are located here, for this place holds a great secret.

Thus, when planning the Tai Shang Da Ri domain, Jiang Ding immediately incorporated the Fallen Immortal Realm, yet dared not place it at the core, instead situating it at the edge of the Tai Shang Da Ri domain, constantly vigilant. At this moment, after hundreds of thousands of years of observation, this place finally showed abnormality.

Accompanied by an ultimate terrifying pressure, an uncontrollable panic in the heart, the blue-clad youth's pupils had two streams of blood tears flowing continuously, yet he refused to close his eyes even in death.

He saw!

In the center of the black mist sea, accompanied by the appearance of fissures, a image flickered and then vanished, yet it was stared at intently by the Tai Shang Da Ri Ancient Emperor, etched in his heart.

In this image, great Dao collapsed, true immortals fell, the entire universe was devoured by a sea of blood, submerged, all living beings perished, the whole universe became a barren wasteland, and the three thousand Daos were gone.

In this nearly dead universe, a figure finally looked back at the cosmos, then gradually faded away.

The events from three years ago reappeared upon the Tai Shang Da Ri Ancient Emperor's body, causing a surge of panic in his heart, as he looked toward the palace exterior, and indeed saw the Yue Yin Ancient Emperor, the Mie Dao Ancient Emperor, and other Ten Character Immortal Scripture Ancient Emperors coming together to pay homage, exactly as in his memory.

Mie Dao Ancient Emperor!

Mie Dao Ancient Emperor should be dead!

"Time..."

Jiang Ding's heart sank.

Could it be that merely glancing at the abnormality of the Fallen Immortal Realm once, he would be thoroughly plunged into this three-year time corridor, forever unable to transcend?