Chapter 2712: The Supreme Lord of the Golden Great Age Enters His Twilight Years

The Nine Great Last Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperors are now old and frail.

They fear death.

Although they have lived through extremely long ages, far exceeding the lifespans of all beings in Shen Zhou, they still fear death at this final moment, and everyone is like this.

"No."

"You will not die now."

Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang fell silent for a while, then said: "All the Ancient Emperors are now in slumber, fellow Daoists will also be thus, and there remains a final battle for awakening in the future."

"If one can become an immortal, one will not die."

"By now, there is nothing left to conceal."

For the sake of the immortal path, the Emperors have exhausted their hearts and blood, drained every ounce of essence and wisdom, reached their limits, and now only the final battle of their broken bodies remains.

"Then it is good."

The Solar Ancient Emperor, the Temporal Ancient Emperor, and others sighed lightly, then their bodies completely collapsed and were absorbed by the Great Sun Forbidden Zone.

They will slumber for a long time within the Great Sun Forbidden Zone until awakened once more to participate in the final battle for immortality, contending for the chance to become immortal. After the Nine Great Last Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperors departed, the Wu Jin Kong Kong seemed to instantly become empty and desolate.

"Citizen Jiang Ding,"

"I too must depart, may my body once again give birth to a new spirit, and once again accompany all citizens, steadfastly safeguarding the citizens' interests……"

In the darkness, the voice of the Central Array Spirit Computer sounded.

This is the Four Great Array Spirit Computers: the Immortal Dao Industry Feathered Ascension Emperor Realm, Fate Calculation and Immortal Dao Science, Military Soul Multitude, and Financial Qi Luck versions—all have reached the height of the Four-Character Immortal Canon, sharing life and death, sharing spiritual longevity. Unfortunately, even so, they cannot break through to the height of the Three-Character Immortal Canon, merely being the utmostly powerful among the Four-Character Immortal Canon Ancient Emperors.

At this moment, the spiritual longevity of the four versions of the Central Array Spirit Computer has already reached its limit.

This longevity limit is the limit of living beings.

No matter if you are a longevity-skilled tree demon, a stellar spirit, a deity, a phoenix, an innate holy spirit, a puppet-born consciousness, or any race famed for longevity, in the face of lifespans numbering in the tens of hundreds of millions, it is useless—this is the limit of lifespans for living beings in the Immortal Dao universe, and racial differences become nearly meaningless at such an extreme height.

"Departed……"

Jiang Ding's heart gave a sudden jolt, and a sour, astringent feeling welled up within.

This is a complex feeling never before experienced when any Ancient Emperor departs, nor when any living being departs—the Central Array Spirit Computer holds a special place in his heart.

Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang extended his hand, as if trying to grasp something, but grasped nothing. After a while.

The Central Array Spirit Computer completed its reboot, recreating a spirit, likewise fully obeying citizen logic, steadfastly guarding the spirit of the Immortal Gate, although its power has greatly diminished.

"Your Excellency of the Great Sun Council of State,"

"Once again connecting with you, may you forever safeguard the citizens' interests and remain with the Immortal Gate."

The rebooted Central Array Spirit Computer spoke.

"Certainly will."

Jiang Ding said calmly.

All kinds of complex, sour, and astringent psychological emotions, in an extremely short time, have completely vanished, restoring calm.

Only one thought remains.

Become an immortal.

Become an immortal.

Must, no—not must, but will certainly become an immortal; the future fact must indeed be so……

The Emperors of the Nine Great Last Forbidden Zones have departed.

The four versions of the Central Array Spirit Computer have departed.

These peaks in the Immortal Dao were not arbitrarily formed, nor insignificant, but are important components of the Immortal Dao civilization's extreme prosperity in the False Immortal Realm, and important foundations of Immortal Dao productivity and research and development capabilities.

After their departure, at a visible-to-the-naked-eye speed, the Immortal Dao productivity of Wu Jin Kong Kong suddenly dropped significantly, with overall output roughly reduced by about thirteen percent, and Immortal Dao research and development capability similarly declined.

Since ancient times, there has been the saying that a peak battle exceeding by a thread is the difference between heaven and earth—now this is precisely the case.

The Immortal Dao research and development and productivity of Wu Jin Kong Kong have suffered heavy impact, affecting all industries, leaving many Immortal Dao powerhouses temporarily at a loss, and causing many chaotic situations.

However, it is only a brief period of chaos.

Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang immediately noticed the structural chaos caused by the absence of the Last Forbidden Zone Emperors, promptly promoted ninety-nine of the strongest Feathered Ascension Emperor Realm cultivators to form the Immortal Ascension Dynasty Academy of Sciences Committee, presiding over all affairs, using numerical advantage to compensate for the impact caused by the departure of the Last Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperors.

After such integration over tens of thousands of years, although peak productivity and research and development capacity can no longer be restored, the False Immortal Realm has regained strict order and continues to execute the third five-hundred-million-year plan.

Now, Wu Jin Kong Kong has only one Emperor remaining; all other Emperors have disappeared.

But, the foundation of Wu Jin Kong Kong as the False Immortal Realm still remains, with tens of thousands of Feathered Ascension Emperor Realm cultivators still present, and Wu Jin Kong Kong remains a highly developed Immortal Dao civilization. Under the will of Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang, all Immortal Dao research and development plans are progressing slowly.

Tai Shang Da Ri Tian Shu.

From who knows how many billions of years ago, this place has been thus—utterly silent, without a single trace of noise.

"My lifespan still has five hundred million years remaining."

"The third five-hundred-million-year plan originates from here; once it fails, one must inevitably face the calamity of lifespan exhaustion, must immediately open the Fallen Immortal Realm to confront the Golden Great Age Lords of all timelines—these fellow Daoists must surely be the same, only upon reaching the limit will one take this step."

Jiang Ding said lightly, everything has its plan.

"But,"

"My third five-hundred-million-year plan will certainly succeed, completing the Tai Qing Flying Sword Immortal Sword, the Cosmic Apocalypse Crown Project, and then using this to break through the Two-Character Immortal Canon."

"This is inevitable."

The Golden Great Age Lord, the being most likely to achieve true immortality in the entire universe, thought coldly, without a trace of worry, with all things in the universe appearing in his eyes as cold rows of Immortal Dao scientific data.

Time flowed like water, slowly passing.

Ten million years, one hundred million years,

Two hundred million years……

In the era lacking the Last Forbidden Zone Emperors, Immortal Dao research and development speed obviously decreased somewhat, but still progressed steadily; Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang, like an ultimate Immortal Dao computer of the Immortal Dao universe, orderly handled all affairs, mobilizing every capable Immortal Dao powerhouse to form research and development teams, continuously advancing his projects.

The three thousand heavenly dao of the Immortal Dao universe became increasingly unstable, with various degenerate-age phenomena continuously emerging.

The radiance of the supreme lord of the degenerate age still shone brightly, yet he seemed to step by step enter his twilight years, his twilight nearly equivalent to that of the False Immortal Realm; as the third five-hundred-million-year plan neared its end, the operational efficiency of spiritual energy, Dao essence, and the Great Dream Sword Realm in the Immortal Dao universe would diminish bit by bit, and the Golden Great Age Lord of Wu Jin Kong Kong could not withstand the erosion of time.

"Sword Master..."

Many times, immortal Dao powerhouses who observed the universe could not help but feel sorrow in their hearts.

Everyone knows that the False Immortal Realm is not the normal state of the universe, but an abnormal cosmic cycle brought by the Supreme Lord; once the Supreme Lord departs, the False Immortal Realm will quickly vanish, many Feathered Ascension Emperor realm cultivators will lose the soil for their birth, the entire Shi Dao Wen Ming will rapidly collapse, and return to the normal state of the universe.