Chapter 468

Boom——!!!

A terrifying collision beyond words erupted above the Di Wu Ceng【True Transmission Realm】.

The Celestial Emperor battle armor deity formed by Uprightness wielded a golden edict condensed from pure Celestial Court law, engaging in an earth-shaking showdown with the five great titans.

The Supreme Immortal King evolved a golden blazing sun, his word becoming law, attempting to directly alter the laws of this place with supreme power, erasing Uprightness's existence from concept.

The Thunder Emperor Ancestor then drew upon endless chaotic divine thunder, transforming it into a purplish-black sea of thunderous punishment, seeking to completely submerge that deity's phantom.

The Jade Pool Holy Master summoned an illusory Jade Pool fairyland, within which immortal light flowed and killing intent lurked, aiming to drag Uprightness's divine soul into it for eternal perdition.

The Demon Lord of the Myriad Demon Abyss and the titan of the Western Heaven Buddhist Sect also displayed their divine abilities, demonic qi and Buddhist light intertwining into two distinct yet equally terrifying forces that flanked from left and right.

The entire Hall of Sending Heaven trembled violently, countless tiny spatial fragments peeling off from the air to reveal the deep, silent endless void behind.

"Uprightness! You are merely a wisp of remnant soul and an obsession left by the Celestial Emperor—how dare you oppose us?!" The Supreme Immortal King's voice was icy and overbearing.

"Traitor!"

Uprightness's furious roar shook the universe; the golden edict in his hand blazed brightly, actually withstanding the combined strike of the five great titans head-on!

"Back in the day, when you saw me, you were required to bow and kneel! Taking advantage of the Celestial Emperor's expedition and the Celestial Court's peril, you dare to bite the hand that fed you—you're worse than swine and dogs!"

"Hmph, victors are kings, losers are bandits."

The Thunder Emperor Ancestor gave a cold snort,

"The Celestial Emperor has long perished in the Ruins of the Boundary Sea, and the Celestial Court is but past clouds! Uprightness, if you are sensible, hand over the Celestial Court's last origin and control of this Hall of Sending Heaven; out of old sentiment, we can let your remnant soul reincarnate peacefully!"

"Pah!" Uprightness shouted, "Let this old man hand over the Celestial Court's foundation to you lot of wolf-hearted, dog-lunged traitors? Dream on!"

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A more intense collision erupted, laws were being annihilated, the Great Dao wailed.

Although the five great titans were numerous and mighty, they had been forcibly descended, constantly suffering immense backlash from the world's lingering ancient laws, able to exert only seventy to eighty percent of their strength.

Although Uprightness was merely a remnant soul, he had governed this place for countless eons, his essence fused with the Hall of Sending Heaven's laws, enabling him to mobilize the last power of this shattered world.

For a moment, the two sides fought to a standstill, neither able to gain the upper hand.

Meanwhile, below, by the dried-up Place: Sheng Xian Chi.

Gu Yuan's true self stood there at leisure, watching with interest the celestial battle in the sky, as if watching a splendid fireworks display.

Behind him, Gu Yuan's clone remained motionless, like the most loyal guard.

"Fight, fight, the fiercer the better," Gu Yuan's true self calculated in his mind.

His goal was clear: to pack up and take away the entire Hall of Sending Heaven.

But the problem now is that those five big shots up there are blocking the exit; he simply cannot sneak away with such a vast world right under their noses.

Although Uprightness could temporarily hold them off, Gu Yuan could see that Uprightness's power came from burning this world's origin, a rootless duckweed; defeat was only a matter of time.

Once Uprightness fell, the five titans would divide the Hall of Sending Heaven, making his trip here pointless.

"We need a plan to kill them all, or at least severely wound a few, so they have no time to bother me."

Gu Yuan's gaze fell upon his own clone emanating pure annihilation-source power.

A bold yet sinister plan gradually took shape in his mind.

Just then, Uprightness's anxious divine-sense transmission echoed in his sea of consciousness.

"New Master! I can barely hold on! These five traitors, though suppressed, are genuine titan Immortal Kings! In half an incense stick's time, this world's origin will be exhausted by me!"

"By then, my soul scattering is trivial; letting these traitors seize the Celestial Court's last heritage is the real catastrophe!"

"New Master, flee quickly! I will exhaust my last strength to open a path to the endless void for you! I will use the Celestial Court's ultimate forbidden art【Ten Directions All Annihilated】to restrain the Jade Pool and Thunder Emperor—the two most vicious traitors—buying you a sliver of chance!"

Uprightness's tone was filled with resolve and tragic grandeur.

However, Gu Yuan's response left him stunned.

"Senior, there's no need for that."

Gu Yuan's divine sense was calm and unperturbed,

"Who said we're leaving? Today I've claimed the Hall of Sending Heaven; no one dare try to take it."

"New Master, you..." Uprightness exclaimed in astonishment.

"Senior, have you forgotten the origin of this clone of mine?" Gu Yuan's divine sense carried a hint of a smile, "I have a way; perhaps I can share your burden, even… cause them to fall into disarray."

"Trust me once and cooperate with me in putting on a show."

Although Uprightness did not grasp Gu Yuan's intention, seeing his confident gaze, he still chose to believe.

"Good! New Master, what do you need me to do?"

"Simple." Gu Yuan looked at his clone and issued the order: "Soon, just pretend to be driven to desperation, feigning that you will perish together with the entire Hall of Sending Heaven."

……

Above the Heavenly Dome, the battle grew ever fiercer.

The deity phantom formed by Uprightness saw its light begin to dim, obviously due to massive power consumption.

And the five great titans, too, because of intensifying legal backlash, each wore a solemn expression, their strikes no longer as reckless as before.

Just as the battle reached a stalemate.

Below, the black-clad youth who had remained silent—the very clone of Gu Yuan—suddenly unleashed a roar brimming with madness and hatred!

"Enough! All of you, cease!"

Boom!

A gray-black annihilation-source power, a hundred times more terrifying than before on the fourth layer, erupted explosively from within Gu Yuan's clone!

This power was so pure, so evil, that even the six Immortal King–level beings locked in fierce combat instinctively halted their actions and turned their gazes toward it.

"This is… annihilation-source power?!" In the Supreme Immortal King's golden eyes, a grave expression appeared for the first time.

"Rabble of the Zang Tian Ge!" the Jade Pool Holy Master shouted shrilly, "You killed my grandson, stole my supreme treasure, and now dare to meddle with the Celestial Court's inheritance?! Your Zang Tian Ge, what audacity!"

He instantly equated that earlier mysterious black-robed figure with the present black-qi-shrouded demonic figure.

After all, in their view, besides that bunch of lunatics from the Now Faction: Zang Tian Ge, who would still do something that offends everyone?

The Thunder Emperor Ancestor and the Demon Lord also had bloodshot eyes; the deaths of their descendants now appear to be inseparable from this Now Faction: Zang Tian Ge!

In an instant, Gu Yuan's clone successfully attracted everyone's hatred.

Kekeke…

Gu Yuan's clone let out a chilling, mad laugh, then slowly raised his right hand; a drop emitting a dark purple glow, as if it could drag the entire world into eternal annihilation, appeared in his palm.

It was precisely that drop of 【Yuan Du】!

"Since I cannot obtain it, you hypocritical giants of the immortal realm, don't even dream of getting it!"

"The supreme fortune of this ancient immortal court shall, together with me, return to eternal oblivion!"