Chapter 2719: The Final Battle for Immortality Begins

Time passed quietly.

Unnoticed, over ten billion years of time had passed, and it had come to the final battle time set by the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang; the entire endless starry sky gradually rippled with waves of restless killing intent, especially the Great Sun Sword Cultivators, who remained silent, their blood-red killing intent lying dormant like restless volcanoes.

In the Heavenly Pivot, the blue-clothed youth slowly opened his eyes, his gaze tranquil as water, unchanging through myriad ages.

"Two billion years of earthly immortality are actually slowly coming to an end."

"Besides beings invincible on the Great Time Dao, the utmost lifespan of those below immortals is thus, and cannot be greater."

"Only a few tens of millions of years were reserved for war, and then they were completely exhausted."

Jiang Ding let out a soft sigh, his voice carrying a hint of regret and reluctance: "But, this sovereign still hasn't lived enough; this sovereign feels no weariness, this sovereign still wants more time, there are many things left undone, many dreams unfulfilled, and this sovereign remains curious about higher vistas..."

"Therefore,"

"Become an immortal."

The blue-clothed youth slowly rose to his feet, his gaze turning downward.

Below, one after another Great Sun Sword Cultivator, one after another outstanding immortal sect cultivator, one after another human law cultivator, one after another phoenix, true dragon, golden crow, azure ox, myriad-year vine, and other various race cultivators stood solemnly, numbering three hundred and sixty in total, among whom the weakest were triple-feathered imperial realm cultivators, whose combat power equaled that of the Nine Character Forbidden Zone Ancient Emperors.

There were eighteen sextuple-feathered imperial realm cultivators, whose strength equaled the weak among the Four Character Scripture Ancient Emperors; this was the realm of the nine great final forbidden zone ancient emperors of that era. The strongest were the septuple-feathered imperial realm cultivators, numbering four, respectively from the Great Sun Sword Cultivators, immortal sect cultivators, and myriad-race cultivators, whose strength equaled the weak among the Three Character Scripture Ancient Emperors.

Three Character Scripture Ancient Emperor!

This is the realm that the Solar Ancient Emperor, the Northern Dipper Ancient Emperor, and others of that era exhausted their lifetimes trying to enter, yet in the present age four have entered it, surpassing the strongest talents accumulated over hundreds of billions, even trillions of years—this is the terror of the earthly immortal golden age, where talents abound and the immortal dao environment is superior.

This is the glorious golden age of two billion years under earthly immortal rule!

Moreover, this is merely the tip of the iceberg; these are the talents nurtured in the recent hundred-plus million years, while the vast majority of the mighty lie in slumber, awaiting the final battle.

The vast majority here is no exaggeration, but a statement of fact.

The present-era feathered imperial realm cultivators amount to only one-tenth of the total number; the ancient emperors and feathered imperial realm cultivators of past eras were the true main force, for these ancient emperors and feathered imperial realm cultivators of past eras will inevitably break through in this more prosperous earthly immortal dao age.

"Paying respects,"

"Sword Master!"

The feathered imperial realm cultivators intoned in deep voices.

These mighty ones harbor battle intent in their hearts, their wills resolute; they have long known of today and have always yearned and awaited it, harboring no fear of death.

For once an immortal is born in civilization, all living beings who died for the sake of immortality will be resurrected; if no immortal is born in civilization, everyone will eventually die, with no regrets—such is nature, life must end in death.

"Do you fellow daoists know the source of the alternative path to immortality?"

Jiang Ding slightly nodded in return, smiling as he asked.

The feathered imperial realm cultivators follow various alternative paths to immortality, merely developed to an extremely flourishing degree, because the original ancient scrolls' emperor-attaining immortality method has a fatal flaw: only one ancient emperor can exist per era, and all other true immortal heirs will die; living transmutes possess uniqueness.

"I do not know, Sword Master."

The many feathered imperial realm cultivators shook their heads, utterly honest, like so many students.

This is actually a fact; from their youth onward, they have been students of the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang, long accustomed to appearing ignorant and naive in his presence.

"The alternative path to immortality, its source, comes from the previous golden great age!"

"This endless starry sky era is named by later generations as the Primordial Ancient Scroll Immortality Method Era; in our era, the Primordial Ancient Scroll Immortality Method reached its peak, then gradually declined, and finally vanished completely, becoming another kind of 'alternative path to immortality' not recognized by the mainstream of the endless starry sky."

"Because atop the peak of the Primordial Ancient Scroll Immortality Method, living beings already exist, and its essence remains, forever suppressing the birth of later ancient emperors!"

Jiang Ding spoke in a deep voice.

Earthly immortals have a lifespan limit of two billion years, but this does not mean they must die exactly when that limit is reached; in extreme circumstances, an earthly immortal may choose to temporarily conform to the heavenly way, letting their soul, immortal body, thoughts, and primordial ancient scrolls completely solidify, unaffected by external time.

Nearly immortal in terror!

This is the earthly immortal: if he does not wish to die, does not think, exerts no influence on the endless starry sky, and falls into self-seal, then his lifespan limit currently has no definite length, for it is too long, too long—so long that no living being can measure it.

And the presence of the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang has made it so that in later ages, under heaven, there is no emperor!

The difficulty for living beings to tread this path has become too great, extremely arduous, gradually declining, gradually surpassed by the resurgence of various other paths; ancient emperors and great emperors are no longer synonymous with the supreme of humanity, and the fear written into the myriad races' genetic layer by generation after generation of ancient emperors is gradually fading.

In fact, this situation is not an isolated case; almost all masters of the golden great ages will suppress the development of similar paths.

This is what is meant by 'the sage does not die, the great way does not cease.'

"The later Primordial Ancient Scroll Emperor-attaining method has declined."

"And in our era, the emperor-attaining method has declined, because the master of the previous golden great age walked the immortal body emperor-attaining path! His presence suppresses the development of the emperor realm path!"

"Hahaha, therefore,"

Jiang Ding looked at each feathered imperial realm cultivator whose eyes suddenly blazed hot, and laughed loudly: "Let us go kill the emperor realm master of the previous golden great age!"

"Kill him, seize his path!" "Let the human emperor realm path flourish again!"

In an instant, the eyes of many feathered imperial realm cultivators blazed hot as fire, they could no longer suppress it, terrifying battle intent ignited instantly, burning the starry river myriad ways!

"Yes!"

"Sword Master!"

"Please lead us, to overturn the previous golden great age emperor path master, let the human emperor path flourish again!"

The feathered imperial realm cultivators shouted in unison.

The human emperor realm cultivators' battle intent soared to the heavens.

And at the same moment, various phenomena appeared throughout the universe, brilliance myriad ways; following the will of the earthly immortal, the many ancient emperors, forbidden zone ancient emperors, feathered imperial realm cultivators, and emperor realm cultivators who had slumbered for billions of years began to slowly revive, and terrifying energy undulations shook the starry river.

One after another, the heaven-shaking heroes of past times began to reappear in the human world; one after another, historical heroes awoke, took command of military authority, reorganized new armies, roaring and bellowing, as their wills and pasts began to surface in the heavenly way.

The final battle begins, the earthly immortal's invincible army has revived!