Chapter 151: A Single Slap to Kill Three

Gu Cangsheng's voice was light, containing no magical power, yet it seemed like the great Dao's celestial sound, resonating in the hearts of every living being across the entire Zangdi Star Realm.

That voice held no murderous intent, no anger, only a detached, factual tone, as if saying, when the heavens rain, people must drink water.

"Arrogant!"

The ancient emperor of Blood Phoenix Mountain, enraged, sneered; he had attained Dao at the end of the mythic age, reigned over the universe for a hundred thousand years, shed countless blood, his ferocious name was famed—how could anyone ever look upon him with such contempt?

"Old relic, no matter your origins, today you shall bleed here!"

"Kill!"

The supreme of Xianling was even more direct: with a roar, billions of black Dao laws burst out from his body.

Forming a death spear that pierced heaven and earth; wherever the spear pointed, the galaxy dimmed, the great Dao collapsed!

The supreme of the Reincarnation Sea also acted; he manifested the Reincarnation Dao, and an ancient Six Paths Reincarnation Disk appeared behind him, turning slowly.

He intended to drag this whole world, together with Gu Yuan and his grandson, into an eternal void of annihilation.

The ancient emperors of the other six forbidden zones were also unwilling to be outdone.

At this moment, they simultaneously employed their imperial Dao laws!

Though they had each cut themselves once, no longer at their peak, their combined strike still possessed enough might to make the entire universe shudder!

Above the Heavenly Dome, a sea of blood surged, death's aura spread, the light of reincarnation shone everywhere.

Nine distinctly different yet equally terrifying imperial Dao forces intertwined, forming an absolute death domain that crushed down toward the tiny grandson and grandfather below!

In the distance, Lord Yao Guang and others had already been pressed to the ground by this aura, their Dao hearts on the verge of rupture, lacking even the courage to lift their heads.

All that remained in their eyes was despair.

Is this the might of the ancient Supremes?

Just a breath of aura, and it extinguished any thought of resistance!

That new emperor... can he truly stand against it?

Yet, faced with this world‑shattering scene, Gu Cangsheng didn't even lift an eyelid.

He merely stepped forward slowly.

Just an ordinary step.

As if he were a common old man taking a post‑meal stroll, leisurely moving his foot.

Yet that step...

Buzz—

The whole world changed.

The death domain constructed from the nine imperial Dao laws froze instantly the moment Gu Cangsheng took that step.

Whether it was the surging sea of blood, the death spear that pierced the void, or the slowly turning Reincarnation Disk, each was like a specimen trapped in amber, suspended mid‑air, motionless.

Immediately, a scene that would split the souls of the nine ancient Supremes forever appeared.

A hand.

A gigantic hand, beyond any description, silently manifested from the heavens above.

That hand was not flesh and blood but woven from countless supreme Dao runes; within its palm seemed to swirl the cycles of universal birth and death, epochs changing.

It was enormous.

So large that the entire Zangdi Star Realm before it looked like a tiny marble.

It stretched across the sky, obscuring sun, moon, and starlight, enveloping the whole universe, as if this world had been created by it!

"What... what is this?!"

The ancient emperor of Blood Phoenix Mountain could not believe it.

He felt minuscule before that giant hand, like a speck of dust.

The imperial Dao body he once boasted of was as fragile as thin paper.

This was not a disparity of power levels.

It was the crushing of life's very essence!

It was ants looking up at the heavens, mortals glimpsing a deity!

"Run!!"

Without any hesitation, the nine ancient Supremes, at the same instant, made the same choice.

They wildly burned their own origins, aggravating their Dao injuries, transforming into nine streams of light that fled in nine different directions.

Yet, before that sky‑covering hand, their struggles seemed laughably feeble.

The giant hand made of imperial Dao runes slowly closed.

Like a person casually swatting an annoying fly.

No earth‑shaking collision, no annihilation of laws.

The frozen death domain, at the instant the palm closed, vanished silently like a fleeting illusion.

The first three to act—Blood Phoenix Mountain, Xianling, and the ancient supreme of Immortal Mountain—bore the brunt, being slapped before they could even utter a wail.

Their imperial Dao laws, undying bodies, and primordial souls were, before that giant hand, erased by an incomprehensible, irresistible great force.

No, not just that!!

The giant hand slowly opened.

Three fist‑sized orbs, radiating brilliant divine light, each containing within a complete world's primordial light sphere, floated quietly in the palm.

Each light sphere emitted the purest possible imperial Dao aura.

Those were the crystallizations of the three ancient Supremes' lifelong Dao and law.

The Great Emperor's primordial source!

A half‑step immortal king merely manifested a law image; a single step, a palm grasped it.

The three ancient supreme beings who were once invincible in an era were instantly refined, their forms and spirits annihilated, leaving only the purest essence!

"Grandpa, you're being a bit wasteful."

Gu Yuan looked at the three clusters of the great emperor's primordial source and muttered with a tinge of pity,

"At least they were three great emperors; even this essence is already half gone."

Gu Cangsheng withdrew his magical aura, and the massive hand that had blocked the sky vanished into nothingness.

He gestured, and the three clusters of the great emperor's primordial source turned into streams of light, soaring to his front.

Hearing his grandson's complaint, he blew his beard and glared at Gu Yuan with irritation.

"Yuan'er, you don't understand."

He pointed at the three clusters of essence, a hint of disdain appearing on his face,

"Having been self‑cut, the essence was already fragmented, further corroded by time into a tangled mess; after I refined it, it's even less than one‑tenth of the great emperor's primordial source you once gave me—like a withered willow, still better than nothing."

"Perfect, you can use it to replenish the energy of your inner world."

Speaking, he snapped his fingers, and those three clusters of the great emperor's primordial source—enough to drive any cultivator mad—lightly floated toward Gu Yuan.

Gu Yuan nodded and absorbed them into the chaotic singularity.

The World Tree sapling seemed as if it had been waiting all along.

It began the absorption with exhilaration.

As for the portion of the Immortal King's power he had already absorbed, now taking in this diluted essence—at most only a shade stronger than the usual 17th‑realm source—it was merely a breeze.

The grandfather‑grandson's conversation, as if no one were there, reached the distant holy‑land elders and the ears of the six remaining forbidden‑zone supreme beings who were fleeing, word for word.

They each froze in place, as if petrified.

In their minds, only endless void and a booming roar remained.

Dead?

The three ancient supers… just like that, gone?

Killed by a single slap…?!

Even more frantic and terrified were the remaining life‑zone supreme beings who had just realized what was happening!

All awakened wills trembled wildly!

"Dead… dead? The three ancient emperors—Blood Phoenix, Immortal Tomb, and Reincarnation—vanished in an instant?!"

"That… what kind of power is that?! That's not a Great Emperor! Absolutely not! That's… that's an Immortal! The legendary… true Immortal has descended!"

"Impossible! The Great Dao of this realm is incomplete, the Heavenly Heart Seal is singular—how could an Immortal arise?!"

"Whatever it is! Quick! Run! This person is unbeatable! If we don't leave now, we'll all die here!"

Fear, like the most virulent plague, instantly swept through the hearts of the present forbidden‑zone supreme beings.

They were terrified!

They truly were terrified!

Having lived for millions of years, having sparked countless dark upheavals, and treating all beings as blood food, they felt the threat of death for the first time!

Yet, just as they were about to spare no expense, slip into the endless river of time and space, and flee this star region,

Gu Cangsheng's indifferent voice rang out again.

"Don't rush; old man hasn't yet filled his grandson's inner world."