Chapter 335

Upon reaching the level of a Heavenly Venerable, his power was terrifying beyond imagination; after he stabilized his form, heavenly laws danced across the sky, swiftly repairing his injuries.

The Carefree Heavenly Venerable's eyes were hollow, staring fixedly at Yang Zhu; perhaps realizing he could not gain an advantage in close combat, he did not advance further.

Buzz!

His hand signs shifted, black hair flying, the aura of years exuded; a ribbon of light, as brilliant as a star river, slowly flowed past before him.

That River of Time was terrifyingly boundless; each sparkling speck seemed a passage of past years, or an ancient realm, extraordinarily miraculous, dazzling and blinding.

Boom!

The Carefree Grand Commander's expression turned grim, and with a backhand he flung the River of Time outward.

In an instant, heaven and earth lost color, the star river dimmed; a mighty pressure swept across all realms, at this moment the endless void shattered, vast star fields collapsed!

An aura that made one's scalp tingle, even from afar gave the feeling that one's primordial spirit would explode! "The ancient Heavenly Venerable lives up to his name!"

"Good heavens... this is the power of Dao-merging; even an ordinary Quasi-Emperor, upon contact, would surely perish..."

All races of the universe looked up in awe; witnessing this scene left them stunned, their hearts trembling.

Only the Chaos Sacred Embryo's tribulation could produce such a situation; anyone else would likely not last two rounds.

Let alone succeeding in the tribulation.

"Vast as the sea, fine as dust, River of Time—manifest!"

As Yang Zhu's words fell, heaven and earth trembled; immediately, all the laws of the Great Dao appeared, various lights and divine principles dancing, chaotic mist swirling, gorgeous and dazzling.

The next moment, likewise a brilliant ribbon of light flowed slowly past before Yang Zhu, immortal light illuminating all realms, shining upon past, present, and future.

The ribbon was formed from countless faint lights coalescing; each particle surged with mighty temporal power, yin and yang reversed, heaven and earth overturned, affecting the order of one universe.

He would confront the Nine Heavens Heavenly Venerable with Shen Gong of the same domain!

Boom—!

When the two Rivers of Time collided, the universe underwent a great collapse, heavenly and earthly order fell into chaos, taboo runes poured forth like an endless ocean.

At this moment, countless light-years of star rivers fell; meteors and stars bathed in immortal light instantly turned to nothingness, vanished completely, all things destroyed! "Did the Imperial Son succeed?"

Everyone held their breath, hearts involuntarily racing; this tribulation method was too shocking and terrifying, unprecedented.

Buzz...

After all the strange phenomena faded, one could see a person flying backward— not the Carefree Heavenly Venerable, but Yang Zhu!

Although Yang Zhu was retreating, he bore no injury; only his embroidered robe was torn to shreds, otherwise he was unharmed.

When people looked toward the battlefield's center, the Carefree Heavenly Venerable stood where he was, yet was swept by Yang Zhu's River of Time; half his body underwent Dao-merging, becoming a void.

Only half his head and left chest to abdomen remained; the rest turned into a shower of light that dissipated.

"The Imperial Son has won!"

At the same cultivation level, the Carefree Heavenly Venerable lost, unable to withstand the Chaos Sacred Embryo! This is undoubtedly a shocking outcome, yet not unexpected, for Yang Zhu's talent and physique are unparalleled throughout history; people can only look up to him! "Sigh..."

The Carefree Heavenly Venerable let out a faint sigh; with a bang, his whole body exploded into brilliant fragments, which gathered toward Yang Zhu and were completely absorbed.

"Exhilarating!"

Yang Zhu laughed, bathed in the brilliant light rain; that was the Carefree Heavenly Venerable's ultimate law of speed, exceedingly intricate, now being absorbed and refined by him one by one, bringing him great benefit.

Although this battle had few rounds, each clash was a profound insight into the extreme of the time domain; otherwise victory or defeat would often be decided in an instant.

Boom!

Once Yang Zhu had absorbed most of it, the next Heavenly Venerable stirred— one they were somewhat familiar with, namely the Longevity Heavenly Venerable who had recently perished together with the Great Achievement Sacred Body.

He was the originator of this character's secret.

He is an extremely terrifying existence; this character's secret is horribly terrifying, his ability to heal injuries can be called the pinnacle of this field.

Even his true self, relying on this, had nearly become the longest-lived living being, to the point that even the Undying Heavenly Emperor cannot be compared! This was a fierce battle that shattered heaven and earth, overturned order and yin-yang, leaving observers in awe.

After enduring several dozen rounds, Yang Zhu finally slew his opponent, even erasing the last trace of his imprint! Yang Zhu's black hair flowed like a waterfall, unstained by dust, resembling a heavenly emperor inspecting, facing the two great Heavenly Venerables, yet still showing no injury.

His Dao nature, talent, physique, and foundation are so terrifying that none past, present, or future can match him, inspiring awe.

Even if it were a contemporary Great Emperor, Ancient Emperor, or Heavenly Venerable, trying to wound him at the same realm would be difficult to achieve!

The great battle continued, the nine Heavenly Venerables taking turns; as former supreme powerhouses worshipped by myriad beings, how could they join forces against an enemy?

Each of them was the pinnacle of a particular human Dao domain, terrifying beyond compare, fully displaying their own Dao; after a series of battles, Yang Zhu slew the nine Heavenly Venerables one by one.

Among them, the most troublesome were the Numinous Treasure Heavenly Venerable, the Tribulation-transcending Heavenly Venerable, and the Emperor Venerable; only after dozens of exchanges did he manage to slay them.

"The nine Heavenly Venerables of the mythic era could not harm him in the slightest; this person is too astonishing and terrifying, far beyond what we can aspire to..."

"This age truly is a golden era, merely pushed aside by him alone..."

Emperors, Primordial beings, and other ancient path heavenly prides watched unblinking, unable to help feeling shaken; knowing that a figure like Yang Zhu exists, this age is destined to fail in proving the Dao.

Gazing at that figure beneath the brilliant starry sky, divine and majestic, overwhelming the ages, even they, heavenly prides of the imperial path, could only look up to him.

"Finally, it's over."

Yang Zhu exhaled, having fought intensely with each of the nine Heavenly Venerables, requiring his full concentration, daring not to be the slightest bit careless.

This was the Great Dao testing his mastery and comprehension of the nine human Dao domains.

If any domain were lacking, he would likely fail the tribulation— lightly suffering severe injury, failing the tribulation, heavily facing instant death! The nine Heavenly Venerables are in no way inferior to the ancient Great Emperors; their terror is easy to imagine, only they happened to face Yang Zhu.

Buzz—!

In the next instant, heaven and earth violently trembled; taboo runes appeared everywhere above and below, shattering the thirty-three heavens, severing the ages of eternity! With a tremendous boom, strands of order divine chains condensed from taboo power stretched across the void, piercing the universe, immortal light shimmering, fabricating past and present ages.

Among them, a Dao-merging aura emanated, causing chills and trembling! Buzz! The order divine chains were tens of thousands of feet wide, descending in hundreds or thousands, converging toward Yang Zhu, with an endless stream of divine substance being continuously absorbed by him.

At this moment, Yang Zhu's realm was rapidly rising! Manifest!

Yang Zhu swept his sleeve, a River of Years appeared, flowing past; he opened his mouth and inhaled, actually drawing in countless ribbons of light that entered his body.

"He... he is seizing the vital essence of life from ancient times to the present?!"

When the supreme being trapped in the killing formation saw this, his expression changed drastically, his heart surging with huge waves.

Yang Zhu swept aside the River of Years, from the various eras of history, such as the Imperial Decline, the Mythic Age, the Primordial Age...

Now he is, via the River of Time, absorbing the life essence of those eras for his own use, swiftly raising his cultivation! This is a near-heaven-defying Shen Gong, something even the ancient emperors could not manage.

「Wu Shi's time great dao—indeed it cannot but shock……」

In the Sea of Reincarnation, a cold voice sounded once again: "Om!"

Two strands of immortal light pierced the heavens, illuminating all realms; Hun Dun Chi and the Heavenly Blade appeared, lying beside Yang Zhu.

「Today, I will let you become true quasi-emperor weapons. 」

Yang Zhu threw Hun Dun Chi into the order of laws, being baptized by the Heaven-Earth Great Dao and the order of laws; his blazing body became ever more crystalline, immortal light shining, like an immortal artifact embryo.

「Bang! 」

Immediately, he struck the Chaos Heavenly Blade with a palm; the blade instantly shattered into pieces, then turned into a different kind of immortal metal fragments.

「Good heavens…… his weapon is actually forged from three kinds of immortal metal! 」

Seeing this, people couldn't help sighing at the handiwork of the human race's imperial son; know that even the ancient emperors might not be able to find a single kind to forge imperial weapons.

And Yang Zhu, however, used a full three kinds! However, an even more shocking scene occurred.

「Bang! 」

As Yang Zhu reached toward the Big Dipper star field, in the exploded Purple Mountain, nine mouths of the long-dried 'spring eyes' appeared; even without special substances, they were still shocking.

「This is…… the legendary creation spring eyes! 」

Ye Fan has now mastered the source technique; at a glance he saw the origin of those nine spring eyes, and couldn't help but be astonished.

It is said that searching the whole universe might not necessarily find one such immortal object, yet nine appeared at once—how shocking!

Even the generations of source heavenly masters, no one has been fortunate enough to witness it.

「Bang! 」

While people hadn't yet come to their senses, Yang Zhu shattered the nine spring eyes with a palm; instantly nine strands of immortal light burst forth, illuminating every corner of the universe.

Phoenix Blood Red Gold, Eternal Blue Gold, Divine Mark Purple Gold, Immortal Tears Green Gold, Dao Tribulation Yellow Gold, Feathered Transformation Azure Gold, Light-Perception White Gold, Heaven's Mandate Orange Gold, Dragon Pattern Black Gold……

All together nine great immortal metals appeared out of nowhere, each piece two persons tall, divine light shining, submerging the azure heavens of eternity! 「Well done, Wu Shi! 」

Even the supremes seeing this would have red eyes; such foundation, even they would have to stop short.

The nine great immortal metals, the nine creation spring eyes…… are all supreme immortal objects, encounterable but not seekable!

「Om! 」

Yang Zhu paid no heed to the supremes, throwing the nine great immortal metals into the forbidden ocean above the heavens, using myriad dao as fire, the ten directions of the universe as furnace, to temper them!

「Boom! 」

He first opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of essence blood, wind separate attaching to the surface of the immortal metal, merging his dao and li into it.

Immediately, with a change of hand gesture, the River of Years surged, transforming into the most terrifying forbidden power, which fell entirely upon the nine great immortal metals.

Finally, he pushed the Wu Shi Scripture forward; the pages flipped, issuing forth one Wu Shi immortal precept after another, imprinting them on the immortal metal, speeding the refinement of the Heavenly Blade.

Om! The Chaos Immortal Realm appeared, the Dao-comprehending tea tree, the Fusang divine tree, and the Nine Yin divine tree appeared; leaves all over trembled, dropping countless chaos divine waterfalls, which Yang Zhu absorbed.

「Boom—! 」

At this moment, the two ancient coffins in the immortal realm trembled; the Human Emperor's might swept across all realms, as if feeling the cries of all beings, nearly bursting out of the coffins!

「Pay respects to the Human Emperor! 」

「Great Human Emperor, we have finally felt your aura again……」

The human race felt that imperial might, already guessed which supreme existence lay in the ancient coffin; immediately their eyes reddened, they all knelt down and worshipped.

「In this lifetime, with me here, you may rest in peace; what you have done for humanity before you is more than enough; future generations will remember you……」

Yang Zhu spoke softly; hearing this, the two imperial coffins gradually calmed, the imperial might withdrew, and silence returned.

Having said that, he casually glanced at the Zi Wei star region, and with a gesture caused the great emperor's killing formation there to vanish.

Previously, out of worry that the Sun Holy Emperor would not wish to see the Zi Wei living beings suffer, he forcibly broke out of the coffin; Yang Zhu thus had to beforehand set up a great emperor's killing formation there for protection.

「If it weren't for the Human Emperor not wishing to see Zi Wei suffer, I wouldn't need to go to such trouble with the great emperor's effort. 」

Yang Zhu swept his gaze over the Zi Wei cultivators, his eyes very indifferent.

Thinking back to how the Sun Holy Emperor's last bloodline was hunted, while the vast Zi Wei had no one lift a hand, he didn't have much fondness for that star region.

「Wuu wuu, Human Emperor, we feel ashamed before you……」

「We were wrong…… please beg the Human Emperor's forgiveness……」

At this moment, the Zi Wei cultivators finally understood what was happening; their hearts ached, tears streamed down their faces, each expression ashamed and unable to bear, they knelt long and could not rise.

「Kill! 」

Several supremes at this point killed until their eyes reddened, trapped and slain by the two flawless emperor formations; if they did not push their sublimation to the utmost, escaping would be extremely difficult.

However, seeing Yang Zhu's cultivation rapidly surging, they could not sit still.

「We must definitely strangle this child, otherwise we will face great calamity in the future! 」

The Chaos Holy Embryo differs from the Ancient Holy Body; it need not reach the ninth layer of quasi-emperor to be considered complete; once it steps into the quasi-emperor threshold, it can be considered to have entered great completion.

A great completion holy body can rival the emperor; they still doubt that after the Chaos Holy Embryo becomes a quasi-emperor, they dare to prove they can withstand it head-on.

After all, there has been the precedent of Wu Shi the Great Emperor; a holy body dao embryo is already near heaven-defying, and now the Chaos Holy Embryo is even more so!

「Too late! Wu Shi the Great Emperor proved the dao in five hundred years; the imperial son will only be faster—slowly three or four hundred years, quickly over two hundred years, 」

「By then, past and present will be invincible; even at your peak, you'll be no more than a single move opponent! 」

In the distance, the Black Emperor raised his head and puffed his chest, spirit picking up the wind, grinning with a big mouth as he spoke.

As one who has followed Wu Shi the Great Emperor, he knows well how terrifying this physique is! 「Om—! 」

The power of the Great Dao is too terrifying, plus the support of forbidden scriptures; the nine great immortal metals were quickly sacrificed and refined into the shape of a heavenly blade.

Now the Chaos Heavenly Blade, forged from the nine great immortal metals, flows with colorful immortal light throughout; the blade's edge is bright, peerlessly sharp and terrifying! 「Go. 」.

Yang Zhu took the intercepted heavenly blade deity and slapped it with a palm into the heavenly blade.

「Om! 」

The gods took possession for a moment; the blade trembled, and just a wisp of killing intent that leaked out tore apart the universe, severed the river of time, horrifying beyond measure! An endless black abyss emerged, spreading from the blade's edge to the ends of the universe; the nine heavens and ten earths, the myriad rivers of stars all roared, on the verge of shattering.

At the same time, Yang Zhu faced no pressure or hindrance; his realm successfully broke through to Quasi-Emperor, and it continued to surge without cease!

(End of Chapter)