Chapter 2798: The Heavenly Emperor Dies

"Tai Shang Da Ri!"

"You brat, look straight at me!"

The sun and moon were his eyes, the stars his nose and facial features; a colossal being so vast it nearly filled the entire universe let out a mighty roar, its sound waves surging and overlapping, spreading in all directions, entering the ears of every living being, shaking the souls and spirits of all creatures into darkness.

In the boundless starry expanse, the expedition fleet had already annihilated all heavenly court powerhouses, seized victory from all Daoist army legions, and was now stationed in the Ziwei Ancient Realm; the Sun Ancient Emperor, Beidou Ancient Emperor, and other quasi-earth immortals showed slight changes in their eyes, yet coldly held their formations, watching without any intention to join the battle.

"No manners."

Jiang Ding said calmly.

At this moment, he gazed between heaven and earth, instinctively knowing the Heavenly Emperor had already encompassed the entire universe, mastered the Three Thousand Great Dao, and become the Lord of the Three Thousand Great Dao; any living being and any rule lay bare before his eyes, with no room left to maneuver or evade.

At the same time, the Heavenly Emperor was no longer immortal and indestructible.

His immortal body's core was shamelessly exposed—it was the Yin and Yang, that pair of immortal eyes.

As long as one slashes through that pair of Yin-Yang eyes, the Heavenly Emperor will die!

"Kill!"

"Today, you will die!"

The Heavenly Emperor whispered.

Boom—

Above the endless heavens, a pair of palms formed from countless stars as meridians and bones, with countless Great Dao rules as flesh and blood—Pangu's hand surged down from the peak of the Nine Heavens, slamming toward the sharp-aura azure-clad youth, obliterating him on a cosmic scale.

In that instant, the entire universe began to operate.

The sole purpose of the entire universe was to kill this living being known as the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang!

"You will be the one who dies, Heavenly Emperor."

"How could a being who has never perfected a single immortal method possibly kill me? This has always been a zero-probability event."

Jiang Ding said calmly.

A strand of golden-red flame appeared at his brow, igniting his soul, immortal body, magic power, sword intent, and everything else—everything burned, causing his aura to suddenly increase severalfold, even tenfold, like a heaven-splitting sword standing between the cosmic rivers, such that even the six paths of reincarnation in the universe could not wear him down.

Great Japan Can!

The innate instinct of the Great Sun Sword Dao: burn all, victory or death, no retreat, the ultimate killing move!

Within the cosmic Pangu star-arm that slaughtered everything, a dazzling sword light of twilight burst forth from the ground—unyielding, strongest, sharpest—piercing through the star-hand by breaking the surface, utterly destroying it, scattering shattered stars and torn earth across the sky.

"This sword..."

The Heavenly Emperor's pupils contracted.

He realized that at this moment, the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang was vastly stronger than before; the gap between them had not narrowed but widened further!

Boundless desolate killing intent filled the universe.

"This is good."

"You are going to die, Heavenly Emperor."

Jiang Ding stood firm between the star rivers; his immortal body, immortal soul, and flying sword burned, rapidly approaching death, yet his feeling had never been better.

At this moment, he gazed afar in all directions of the universe and saw faint black-and-white lines spreading throughout heaven and earth.

This is the flaw.

This is the flaw in the Heavenly Emperor's immortal body, revealed by the Eye of Extinguishing the Dao to Attain Immortality; the Dao of Heaven and Earth's Immortality was not perfected, not empty words, but truly so—at least as observed by the Eye of Extinguishing the Dao to Attain Immortality.

"Kill!"

Jiang Ding sneered ferociously, drew his sword, and struck out one sword, then ten thousand swords!

Sword lights burst forth, slashing into the flaw between heaven and earth, tearing apart swaths of sky, rending individual stars and worlds, reducing these stars and worlds to minced flesh and bone—this was precisely the Heavenly Emperor's deficient immortal body being eternally exterminated!

If viewed from a higher-dimensional perspective, it would be as if the Heavenly Emperor had swallowed the sword cultivator into his belly, seeking to refine him, but instead was sliced apart by that terrifying sword light, his bodily flesh shattered, blood gushing forth, tendons and bones likewise breaking.

"Howl..."

The Heavenly Emperor revealed a pained, twisted expression.

"Howl howl howl!"

The next moment, the Heavenly Emperor's entire body burst with radiance; the Three Thousand Great Dao transformed into celestial dragons that surged into his body, lunging toward that insignificant azure-clad youth like an ant.

"Howl!"

"Howl howl howl..."

The boundless starry expanse shattered and trembled without cease.

Jiang Ding gazed afar in all directions.

In the Nine Heavens, celestial dragons of the Great Dao roared as they surged to slaughter him; surrounding waves rolled, corrupting chaos waters from heaven and earth surged forth, submerging everything, devouring everything—this was the Primordial Heavenly River before Pangu split heaven and earth, capable of melting and destroying all, like Pangu's stomach acid, terrifying and boundless.

Boom—

In the starry expanse, accompanied by the surging chaos river waters, the Nine Heavens Lei Ting's world-destroying thunder crashed down;

On another side, the Nine Heavens divine fire arose spontaneously, burning all;

In the void, terrifying innate poison mist spread...

At this moment, above and below were filled with killing intent at its utmost; the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang had fallen into the stomach of the Pangu giant; all supreme tribulations since the birth of cosmic heaven and earth now fully surfaced, all surging toward the azure-clad youth.

At this moment, even the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang felt the breath of death.

"Flashes and tricks!"

Jiang Ding gave a cold snort.

He moved neither hastily nor slowly, like some Great Dao rhythm, striking out sword after sword; each sword must land upon the black-and-white traces spread across heaven and earth—this is the universe's flaw revealed by the Eye of Extinguishing the Dao to Attain Immortality; each sword strike must annihilate a bolt of Lei Ting, or else clear a patch of chaos river water.

Clang!

Clang clang clang!

The world-destroying sword light of the final Dharma, one after another, slashed forth, tearing heaven and earth, rending star rivers and time, battling the endless tribulations of the universe—sometimes aura vanished completely, sometimes blazing forth in light, briefly suppressing all heavenly and earthly calamities.

Both masters of the Golden Great Eras had gone all out!

Regardless of everything, it's either you die or I perish; there is no other path left to take.

The Heavenly Emperor could see that the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang's Great Sun Sword Dao, which inherently meant either success or death, but he did not choose to flee and delay time, waiting for the enemy to perish on their own; instead, he erupted with all his power to launch a frontal bombardment, aiming to shatter the strongest and sharpest sword light.

The Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang could see that the Heavenly Emperor's transformation into the Pangu Universe was unsustainable, and delaying for a period would allow him to slay the weakened Heavenly Emperor, but he did not choose this seemingly shortcut path; instead, he met strength with strength, leaving himself no weak retreat.

The two sides fought a life-and-death battle above the Nine Heavens.

This period was extremely brief yet extraordinarily long—just an instant, yet both sides seemed to have exchanged countless billions of moves, launching attacks numbering in the countless billions.

Finally, it is unknown how long passed.

When the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang had slashed out an unknown number of swords, and he sensed that he had at most half a breath of life remaining, he gazed upon the utterly shattered Pangu Universe, his eyes cold and calm, with no emotional fluctuation.

At this moment, the Pangu Universe embodied by the Heavenly Emperor finally exhausted all its foundations and tribulations, slowly collapsing and tearing apart.

The Heavenly Emperor shattered, the universe had no light, layer upon layer of star rivers were torn apart and dissipated, revealing the true Wu Jin Kong Kong.

Beneath the azure heavens and below the Nine Heavens, a youth with outstanding talent fell from the Nine Heavens, filled with intense unwillingness, and roared: "Just a little bit more!"

"Unwilling! How could I die? I haven't revived my parents, haven't revived the black ones, haven't revived everyone I care about..."

"Unwilling..."

Boom—

At this moment, a violent sword light descended, crashing into the Heavenly Emperor's glabella, shattering his skull, causing all his unwillingness to vanish completely, leaving no meaning behind.

All omens between heaven and earth thus dissipated.

The Lord of the Sixth Golden Great Age, the culmination of the Emperor Realm Dao Law, the Heavenly Emperor thus died.

The boundless heavenly and earthly vital energy returned, entering the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang's body, his flying sword, and in an instant restored him from near exhaustion to peak condition.

This time, the expression of the youth in blue clothes was utterly flat, with no emotional fluctuation.

Because victory was natural.

"Lord of the Ninth Golden Great Age, Master of the Time Dao, Great Love Dao Companion."

"Only you remain."

Jiang Ding silently said in his heart.