Chapter 158

The slaughter above the Immortal Mausoleum was not bloody, yet it was filled with the bleak desolation of the Grand Dao's collapse.

Forty-nine ancient Supremes, under Gu Cangsheng's absolute domain suppression, became trapped beasts confined to a tiny space.

Gu Yuan's chaotic singularity within his body spun wildly, and even the branches of the World Tree sapling protruded from his skin, greedily catching the scattered Imperial Dao fragments in the void.

Each Supreme's fall signified the return of an ultimate Dao principle to heaven and earth.

"Grandfather, although these old fogeys' Dao is incomplete, their will to survive can be used to temper my flame."

Gu Yuan maintained the River of Time while commenting.

Gu Cangsheng stood with his hands behind his back, his deep gaze fixed on the deepest part of the Immortal Mausoleum.

He sensed an unusual aura—not that of an Emperor, not even a quasi-Immortal, but a remnant of a True Immortal exuding a strong putrid stench.

"Yuan'er, stop playing when you've had enough; down there lies a big guy who intends to use these wastes as sacrifices."

Gu Cangsheng suddenly spoke.

As his words fell, the ancient tombs at the core of the Immortal Mausoleum below, which had been sleeping, suddenly began to collapse over a wide area.

A jet of ink‑black blood surged up from the ground, instantly submerging the remaining thirty‑plus Supremes.

"Ah! Nether Sovereign! You're still not dead!"

"No! The Underworld demands a blood sacrifice of us!"

The Supremes resisting Gu Yuan's River of Time let out desperate wails.

They had schemed their whole lives to devour beings and prolong their lifespans, never expecting that deep within the Underworld lay an even more ruthless figure.

Within that black blood‑wave, a figure bearing six bone wings and clad entirely in bronze armor slowly rose.

His aura was extremely unstable—at times exerting the pressure of a True Immortal, at times dropping to the Supreme realm.

Yet that pure aura of yin‑death caused the surrounding space to undergo large‑scale collapse.

That was the failed fleshly shell of the Nether Sovereign, the legendary founder of the Underworld.

Or rather, an immortal corpse contaminated by some extradimensional force.

"The aura of the Immortal Realm…"

The immortal corpse spoke, its voice hoarse, like two pieces of corroded divine metal grinding against each other,

"If I capture you…… my lord…… will reward me……"

With the appearance of this immortal corpse, a power surpassing the law limit of the Burial Emperor Star Domain erupted explosively.

This power was not only aimed at Gu Yuan, but also struck at the spatial seal laid down by Gu Cangsheng.

"Self‑destruct!"

The immortal corpse issued a strange command.

The remaining thirty‑plus Supremes' eyes instantly turned vacant.

Their souls were controlled by the black blood, and they simultaneously initiated the most thorough self‑detonation.

What does it mean for over thirty ancient Supremes to self‑detonate at once?

That is enough power to utterly erase an entire star domain.

The instantaneous burst of this energy caused even Gu Cangsheng's spatial seal to shake violently.

"Want to run?"

Gu Cangsheng snorted coldly,

"Playing the brave warrior's wrist‑cut in front of me—you've gone overboard."

He stretched out his right hand, his five fingers clenching violently in the air.

The destructive energy that was about to explode was forcibly compressed by him into a sphere.

But even so, that power was still too huge.

The Underworld immortal corpse seized the gap, its six wings beating, dragging the Immortal Mausoleum's core along, and actually smashed through the void barrier.

"Blood sacrifice!"

The immortal corpse roared again, casually sucking the remaining Supremes from the other forbidden zones—the Divine Ruins and Burial Heaven Island—into the black blood as fuel, forcibly breaking Gu Cangsheng's seal.

A pitch‑black rift appeared at the edge of the universe, a passage to endless void.

"Grandfather, they're trying to flee into the void!"

He saw the Divine Ruins and Burial Heaven Island, taking advantage of the Underworld's chaotic outbreak, also unleash secret techniques and dive into that rift.

Gu Cangsheng's eyes narrowed slightly, showing a hint of surprise: "There's even a True Immortal‑level seal backing them from behind? Interesting."

He did not immediately pursue that Underworld immortal corpse.

Instead, he fixed his gaze on the Divine Ruins forbidden zone that was about to follow and dive into the rift.

Gu Cangsheng raised his hand and grabbed.

That grasp spanned tens of millions of li of void, landing directly on the Divine Ruins that had already fled halfway into the rift.

Within the Divine Ruins, the surviving Supremes let out shrill screams.

He felt an irresistible force pinch the core of his forbidden zone, and even those ancient palaces and divine trees were to be forcibly yanked back by that hand.

"Immortal, spare my life!"

Gu Cangsheng's expression remained blank as he jerked his right hand sharply backward.

Boom—!

The Divine Ruins, which had already vanished into the void rift, were actually pulled out whole by him from within the rift!

The tremendous impact force turned the surrounding stars into dust.

In midair, the Divine Ruins were directly pinched by Gu Cangsheng's grasp until they disintegrated.

Inside, the Supremes, divine materials, and damaged immortal formations all instantly turned into primal energy, which Gu Cangsheng condensed into a huge bead.

"He got away big—I feel a bit cheated."

Gu Cangsheng casually tossed the bead that had condensed the essence of the entire God Ruins to Gu Yuan.

At this moment, the Immortal Mausoleum had become a huge pit, and the Underworld, taking the remnants of the Forbidden Zone, disappeared into the depths of the Void.

Although they were not completely annihilated.

But in this battle, five of the Nine Great Forbidden Zones have already been destroyed.

Although four remain, the remaining Forbidden Zone Supremes are still less than one-third of their peak period.

Gu Yuan looked at the fading remnants of the Human Race Emperors' souls, feeling somewhat complex.

These remnants were already like candles in the wind; being able to unleash even a single burst of power is already extremely difficult.

"Junior…… well done……" the old man behind the Void Mirror Illusion said, his voice growing ever weaker.

Gu Yuan said nothing; he directly took out a jade bottle from his Storage Ring.

That was a bit of Immortal Substance he had packed.

"Senior, don't rush to die; as a member of the Gu Family, I have no reason to let my helpers suffer a loss."

Gu Yuan opened the bottle cap and flicked his finger.

Several drops of crystal-clear liquid, exuding rich immortal aura, flew out and instantly entered those several remnants of souls.

The remnants of souls that were about to collapse, upon contact with this bit of Immortal Substance, miraculously stabilized.

Those blurry faces became clear at this moment.

Although they remained in a remnant state, the foul smell of decay disappeared, replaced by a vibrant vitality.

The fragrance of the Immortal Substance permeated the air above the ruin-like Immortal Mausoleum.

That vitality, which transcended the laws of this heaven and earth, caused the originally lifeless wasteland to sprout specks of green in a short time.

Several remnants of Human Race Emperors stood dazedly in the Void.

They could feel that their own spirituality, originally destined to return to nothingness, was now being forcibly reshaped by a warm and vast power.

This is not merely prolonging life, but rather reforging the soul's foundation.

"This…… this is Immortal Substance?"

The remnant of the Void Universe Emperor lowered his gaze at his hands, which had become much more solid, his voice revealing undisguised astonishment.

Gu Yuan flicked out several more drops of Immortal Substance.

"These things should be enough for you seniors to exist in this Star Region for tens of thousands of years; if fate permits later, reforging a physical body is not impossible."

Several Emperor remnants looked at each other, each seeing shock in the other's eyes.

They have guarded the Human Race for tens of thousands of years, long having become indifferent to life and death.

But at this moment, they were stunned by the youth's extravagance.

"The grace of saving our lives, the virtue of protecting the Dao—we have kept it in mind."

The remnant of the Eternal Space Emperor solemnly performed a salute to Gu Yuan.

His originally illusory furnace shadow also turned fiery red, brimming with spirituality.

Gu Yuan waved his hand: "Seniors, please don't stand on ceremony. Since those rats of the Underworld have fled, I won't be polite either regarding the remaining things in the Immortal Mausoleum."

Having said that, he turned his body and looked at the remaining ore veins beneath the Immortal Mausoleum.

Although the core had been partially taken away by the Underworld's Immortal Corpses, the Immortal Mausoleum, as the oldest Forbidden Zone of the Burial Emperor Star Region, still has astonishingly vast reserves of dragon veins and immortal materials buried in its remaining parts.

Gu Yuan directly summoned the Bronze Ancient Coffin, which in midair transformed into a size of tens of thousands of feet, generating a terrifying suction force.

The deeply buried Ultimate Dao Divine Gold, Emperor Array Pattern Fragments, and even the Storage Rings left by ancient Supremes were all sucked into the coffin.

These resources, as well as the Forbidden Zones that had no time to escape,

were all thoroughly looted.

Who knows, upon returning we might even have every member of the Gu Family wielding an Ultimate Dao Imperial Weapon!

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