Chapter 2739

The waters of the Weak Water Tianhe surged and gurgled as they flowed.

The Burning Yang Golden Immortal, one of the Three Great Golden Immortals of the Celestial Court, and his elite troops of the Celestial Court struggled desperately in adversity, the Vermilion Fire Golden Crows crying out as they stirred vast seas of fire, the three billion cultivators of the Celestial Court forming the Slaughter Immortal Grand Array, which manifested in the manner of the Heavenly Fire Great Dao, burning dry even the void and the Great Dao itself.

Yet these terrifying attacks, falling upon the Weak Water Tianhe, were utterly submerged!

The mighty waves of the Weak Water surged heavenward, drowning all, submerging all, swallowing all sparks, dragging each Golden Immortal, Heavenly Immortal, and Earthly Immortal into the river, even the lightest floating dust unable to rise upon the Weak Water, everything sinking, powerful Celestial Court cultivators struggling in the river water, tens of billions of Celestial Court cultivators silently sinking to the bottom, drowning directly, the patterns of the Slaughter Immortal Grand Array dissolving and melting away in the Weak Water.

The Celestial Court cultivators would not surrender, bound by soul seals and unwilling themselves, while the Seventh Golden Great Age would not make false, deceitful promises.

Endless despair gradually rose in the hearts of many Celestial Court powerhouses.

Could it be that the eternal Celestial Court, enduring for countless billions of years, now faces annihilation?

"Kill!"

"Weak Water!"

"Come! Fight me!"

The Burning Yang Golden Immortal's eyes turned blood-red, in an instant burning himself, actually leaping forth from the Weak Water Tianhe to fly several kilometers, struggling fiercely against the terrifying pulling force of the Weak Water Tianhe to slay toward the Weak Water Ancient Emperor within the endless Weak Water, having lost his troops, he foolishly used the provocation method to invite the Ancient Emperor of the Seventh Golden Great Age's forbidden zone to be slain.

As a Golden Immortal of the Celestial Court, he now had no recourse.

Yet something unexpected happened.

"Good."

"As you said, Burning Yang Daoist."

The Weak Water Ancient Emperor, despite the situation being settled, defied the Immortal Dynasty's military orders, alone stepping out of the fleet formation, holding an ancient Tianhe seal, slowly walking toward the Burning Yang Golden Immortal.

This Celestial Court Golden Immortal was stunned for a moment.

"Haha!"

"Hahaha... hahaha..."

The Burning Yang Golden Immortal laughed to the heavens, saying words indescribable in sorrow and joy, laughing loudly: "Weak Water Daoist, come, fight me! In the same rank, the Celestial Court will not lose!"

At this moment, he no longer harbored thoughts of victory, only striving for a single breath.

He would strive, in the same rank, Celestial Court cultivators would never be defeated!

The Weak Water Ancient Emperor was not a Sword Emperor; for unknown reasons he was willing to leave the overwhelming advantage of the military formation to fight on equal terms, but he would absolutely not, like the Sword Emperor, leave himself no retreat, charging straight into a life-or-death holy sword duel; once falling behind in the duel, the Weak Water Ancient Emperor would unhesitatingly activate the military formation's power to bombard the opponent.

"Kill!"

"Kill kill kill..."

The Burning Yang Golden Immortal roared with a mournful fury, as if burning himself.

He transformed into a wheel of the Fire Virtue Star Lord, causing the Heavenly Fire Great Dao of the endless starry sky to resonate for him, to blossom for him, making the entire heaven and earth turn crimson, endless seas of fire burning fiercely, the three thousand great Dao rules not existing in this star field, only the ultimate Heavenly Fire Great Dao remaining.

"Correct."

"Indeed, it is the four-character Immortal Scripture Ancient Emperor, without error."

The Weak Water Ancient Emperor had a blank expression.

He likewise activated the Profound Water Great Dao, endless water waves and tides arising and ceasing, the azure brilliance of the Great Dao illuminating heaven and earth, driving back the authority of the Heavenly Fire Great Dao, standing in opposition, sharing the division of heaven and earth equally.

A great seal of the Weak Water Tianhe appeared in heaven and earth, accompanied by the omnipresent gurgling of flowing water, a wondrous heaven-and-earth miracle, the Weak Water Tianhe capable of submerging heaven and earth for eternity emerging from the seal, without any thought of avoiding its edge, likewise facing off head-on like drums and gongs, the Weak Water Tianhe surging forward to meet the Fire Virtue Star Lord's solar wheel of the Burning Yang Golden Immortal.

The Profound Water Great Dao and the Heavenly Fire Great Dao, these two utterly different Dao powers, clashed in this crude manner.

Boom!

Boom boom boom!

At the instant the attacks of the top powerhouses of the two Golden Great Ages intertwined, heaven and earth trembled, resounding with boom boom boom, at the point of contact the powers of water and fire Dao annihilated each other, nearly tearing apart heaven and earth, forming a black fissure, crimson and azure water and fire light splashing in all directions.

"Impossible!"

Blood flowed from the eyes of the Burning Yang Golden Immortal, his mournful roar.

At the instant of contact, he discovered that the Weak Water Ancient Emperor was indeed of the same rank as him, but was not weak as imagined, like a junior's battle in a simultaneous light-space cavity, but rather stronger!

This result he could not accept!

The Fifth Golden Great Age, could it be inferior in every way to the Seventh Golden Great Age, with not a single variable of victory?

Such a result is extreme arrogance, looking down upon the long river of time through the ages, the invincible Celestial Court Immortal Dao Civilization of an entire Golden Great Age unable to accept!

"Kill!"

"I do not believe it!"

The Burning Yang Golden Immortal grew ever more furious and violent, further burning himself, in this battle he even did not wish to survive, only for ultimate self-immolation, an extreme battle.

"Kill kill kill..."

"Kill kill kill..."

The authority of the Heavenly Fire Great Dao and that of the Profound Water Great Dao fiercely clashed in this extremely ancient world of the Vermilion Bird Ancient Realm, both sides here fighting to the death, you advance I retreat, exhausting the wisdom of the Immortal Dao, pitting their foundations, treasures, immortal arts, roots, vision, and everything else against each other.

Sometimes the Heavenly Fire Great Dao overpowered the Profound Water Great Dao, sometimes the Profound Water Great Dao overpowered the Heavenly Fire Great Dao.

At times heaven and earth were crimson as blood-red sun, at times azure as icy abyss, the entire heaven and earth in chaos, layer upon layer of the visions of fire and flowing water at the creation of the universe appearing, then shattering, indeed both sides were of the same rank, their trump cards exhausted, deeply respecting each other, without appearing the heavenly chasm of the battle between the Solar Ancient Emperor and the White Tiger Autumn Slaughter Golden Immortal.

After an unknown time, after an unknown number of moves, the devastated heaven and earth gradually calmed.

The azure brilliance of the Profound Water Great Dao filled heaven and earth!

Without question, this battle, a battle of the same rank, the slaughter amidst the intertwining of water and fire, the Weak Water Ancient Emperor won, the top same-rank combat power of the Seventh Golden Great Age superior by a margin!

In the heaven and earth where the Profound Water Great Dao suppressed all, an old man with a bent posture gazed unwillingly at the sky.

This was precisely the Burning Yang Great Luo Golden Immortal.

He had burned everything—his soul, Dao authority, immortal body, even his remaining lifespan—would utterly perish after at most a few breaths, paying such an extreme price, yet the final result merely wounded the opponent, unable even to force the opponent to burn his lifespan, though of the same rank, there existed between them a tremendous gap!

The Burning Yang Golden Immortal knew the reason.

The opponent's cultivation method was stronger than his, the opponent's treasures stronger than his and far stronger, the various precious heavenly materials and earthly treasures used in refining his treasures unheard of and unseen, his wealth at least tens of times greater than his own, his immortal arts far more exquisite than his, his foundation far deeper than his.

But,

But still unwilling!

The foundation of the Seventh Golden Great World cultivator is stronger than mine, his magic power is stronger than mine, his soul power is stronger than mine, his magic treasures are stronger than mine—these I can accept, I had anticipated them, for the Seventh Golden Great World is indeed exceedingly wealthy, yet he still possesses pride, namely, defying the principles of heaven and earth!

Defying the principles of heaven and earth is an independent immortal Dao ladder, rightly destined to suppress all, surpass all!

Why, then, is this so!!!

Why, then, am I still defeated among peers of the same rank!

"Why?"

"Why... why..."

The Burning Yang Golden Immortal is about to die, yet truly unwilling, he cries out loudly.

"Because the Primordial Ancient Canon Attains the Dao Method."

"Precisely for this reason, fellow Daoists have never captured high-ranking officials of the Celestial Dynasty, hence you remain unaware."

The Weak Water Ancient Emperor waved his hand, concealing nothing: "The Seventh Golden Great World also possesses its own immortal Dao ladder, named the Primordial Ancient Canon Attains the Emperor Attains the Dao Method, its combat power far exceeding any single path, an independent immortal Dao ladder, akin to your mortal-root cultivators and immortal-root cultivators."

Since ancient times, the true immortals of the Seventh Golden Great World have possessed combat power vastly surpassing that of peers of the same rank, precisely because the true immortals possess an independent immortal Dao cultivation zone.

"This path has many flaws, yet also many merits."

"Among them, a major flaw is that within an era spanning tens of millions to hundreds of millions of years, only a single living being may cultivate it."

The Weak Water Ancient Emperor bears little pride or self-satisfaction, for there are too many ancient emperors stronger than him, each defying heaven to an extreme degree, yet he merely states calmly: "Fellow Daoist, unfortunate as it may be, I once reigned supreme between heaven and earth in an era, uniquely exalted, thus I too walked the path of the Primordial Ancient Canon Attains the Emperor Attains the Dao Method."

"Thus, fellow Daoist, do you now understand?"