Chapter 509

Donghua!

You're courting death, do you understand?

Nonsense, but there should be a limit!

Your groundless accusations, bombarding wildly, have seriously smeared our image, you know?

What Di Jun Five Directions Heavenly Emperors, what Báizé selling out interests...

Good fellow!

Relying on being Taiyi, you dare to spout nonsense?

Especially...

If it's false, these mighty beings, upright and unafraid of slander, would naturally not care what you say and just laugh it off—they still have that magnanimity.

After all, the benefit from reputational damage due to slander hardly seems worth a life-and-death clash with a peak figure.

But if it's true, the named mighty ones must have something to hide...

What's your fate for spouting blatant lies?

Everyone had no choice but to reluctantly silence you!

At this moment, gloomy gazes wandered the podium, showing intense attention.

They spiritually support Taiyi, and don't mind also lending military support!

Everything depends on how the situation develops next.

And not disappoint their expectations.

Taiyi, the ancient god, came prepared for this journey!

Donghua also was 'careless,' failing to take precautions!

"Donghua!" Taiyi roared, his voice shaking the ages.

His blood and vigor surged, his divine might awe-inspiring, he spoke righteously: "As emperor, I naturally set the standard for the Heavenly Court!"

"I will never wrong a good deity!"

"And I will never let any evil deity off!"

"You want evidence?"

"Then I'll give you evidence!"

He waved his hand casually, a stream of light shattered Chaos, forming a vast, boundless heavenly stele that shrouded the cosmos in Xuanhuang, inscribed with characters detailing the year, month, day, and Donghua's secret collusion with the Wu Clan... all these were reflected in the eyes of countless beings.

"This is the evidence of your betrayal of the Heavenly Court!"

Taiyi roared, filled with righteous indignation, taking Donghua's own confessed materials to sanction this emperor.

Faced with this "unexpected" situation, Donghua's very spirit was "shocked."

In the eyes of countless intensely watching beings, his face first "drastically changed," then his "pupils contracted," that sudden shock of events being exposed, the panic of a ultimate secret laid bare—Donghua portrayed it vividly.

But soon these expressions faded, returning to calm.

This was to fit his persona—to others he is an extraordinary figure, with exceptional resolve, decisive and steadfast.

Such a figure, if shocked for too long... would seem a bit fake.

However, that split-second reaction was enough for the audience to "fill in the blanks" and comprehend.

Sometimes, don't directly tell the audience the answer; let them guess... because people tend to firmly believe their own deductions, enjoy them more, and spread them on their own.

"Alas, you don't know, things are like this, like this..."

"I think..."

"Wait."

"Of course."

"Suspicion is suspicion."

"As a big figure, Donghua must struggle a bit!"

Then his gloomy tone spoke, his eyes icy: "Taiyi!"

"You really went to great trouble."

"To frame me, you even fabricated the plot details so meticulously."

"Down to the year, month, day, and the participants in the secret talks... sigh, you've gone to great lengths."

"But don't treat everyone as fools."

"If you claim I'm secretly plotting rebellion, acting deviously, how could you possibly know?"

Donghua's questioning was his final struggle.

But Taiyi decisively thwarted him.

"This, naturally, is because—" he clasped his hands toward heaven, "my elder brother, the Heavenly Emperor Di Jun, who sees clearly through the ages, discerns the mysteries, and sensed your impropriety."

"Then, secretly, he conducted a covert investigation."

"He placed ten Imperial Princes openly to confuse you, make you underestimate, and provoke you to act rashly!"

"Once you move, traces appear."

"Knowing your whereabouts, what's hard about catching you red-handed?"

Taiyi shouted, "Donghua, no need to quibble!"

"Because we've already seized the human witness!"

"That witness is none other than your subordinate, involved in your many secret plots... using him as a breakthrough, we followed the vine to uncover the gourd, and all your conspiracies have been exposed in broad daylight!"

Taiyi's gaze was proud, just right to show the victor's pride: "Bring the witness forward!"

"Instantly."

Two divine lights shot from the camp of the Heavenly River Navy.

These are two mighty demon gods.

They jointly subdued a prisoner and came to this place.

Upon seeing the prisoner, Donghua fell silent.

—That was his aide in the Heavenly Court!

At this moment, the prisoner's eyes were empty and lifeless, his form broken; everyone could see at a glance that he had endured extreme torture, and a supreme mighty being had forcibly extracted the needed information from him.

"Kunyu..." Donghua's lips trembled slightly.

That voice seemed to awaken the prisoner's consciousness... He looked at the Grand Minister of Destiny, and suddenly tears streamed down his face.

"Your Majesty..." he choked, "I am incapable, I have brought trouble upon you..."

"I once sought death to keep the secret... but..."

"But, he cannot seek death." Taiyi interjected with a cold smile, displaying the demeanor of a boss, "I want him alive, so he can only live!"

"After I finish interrogating the secret and perhaps serve as a witness, only then can he die!"

"Sigh..." Donghua sighed upon hearing that.

Things have come to this.

He seems to have nothing left to say.

He wanted to argue, but the other side no longer wanted to listen.

When Taiyi raised his hand to signal...

A vast, boundless power spread, sweeping across the entire Heavenly Court and the whole starry expanse!

Under this power, many Golden Immortals felt their very spirits tremble... This was the divine might of the Supreme Star Dipper Grand Formation, now activated!

They truly came prepared!

After all, the meaning behind Taiyi's words, both explicit and implicit, had already been made as clear as possible.

The Heavenly Emperor Jun had suspected Donghua not just for a year or two, but for many years.

And today, since they decided to announce his crimes, they must have considered the possibility of Donghua violently resisting!

Donghua!

Taiyi's gaze was stern, yet deep down held a hint of complexity and respect: "The laws of the Heavenly Court were still written by you."

"I recall that it was mentioned above..."

"What punishment is prescribed for the acts of splitting and rebelling against the Heavenly Court?"

"It seems... to be eternal sealing!"

Taiyi pointed at Donghua from afar, "Give up resistance and accept punishment!"

"Heh..." Donghua's face showed a half-smile, "Interesting... truly interesting..."

"I never expected this..."

"Who would have thought that one day I would be judged by my own laws?"

"Ha... hahaha..."

He began to laugh unrestrainedly.

The laughter was piercing, causing the starry heavens to tremble; countless stars burned and exploded at this moment.

Suiyue Changhe shifted course, an abrupt turn foretelling the most terrifying event to come, shaking ancient history and opening up the future!

Suddenly.

Before the laughter faded, the Donghua Emperor in a fluttering blue robe surged forward, his whole body charging ahead!

His strike was so decisive and abrupt; though great peril loomed, he did not think of retreat but instead bared his blade, revealing his killing intent fully!

This moment.

All the Golden Immortals present could feel an ancient, vast will sweeping over them, originating from Donghua alone yet transcending all, bearing the heroic spirit of "even if tens of thousands stand against me, I will go forward!"

It seemed as if tens of thousands surrounded him, yet those surrounding him felt no safety, instead being encircled by Donghua alone!

Reckless!

Taiyi was shocked and angry, seemingly not expecting such an abrupt turn; only after Donghua moved did he hurriedly give chase to intercept.

But...

Too late.

Donghua laughed, erasing the definition of time, redefining spatial distance; in a single step he arrived before the two mighty demon gods tasked with guarding the prisoner.

A flick of his finger sent a longsword unsheathing; though it seemed a casual swing, it made the two demon gods sense the crisis of death.

Ah!

They roared, no longer caring about anything, exerting all their strength to resist; brilliant divine light flashed, shining for eternity.

However...

Useless!

Below the Golden Immortals, all is dust.

Below the Grand Void, all are ants.

In a daze, the words the Heavenly Emperor Jun occasionally sighed while lecturing them floated into their minds.

Then... annihilation!

Under the sword's light, all divine abilities and arts are illusory!

Only a vast twilight hue swept over, seemingly slow yet actually swift and unstoppable, erasing everything.

Divine abilities like fireworks, a flash and gone, vanished.

Bodies like bubbles, a flash and gone, vanished.

Primordial spirits like calamity ash, a flash and gone, also vanished.

Primordial indestructible spirit light…

Oh, this is still fine.

It lives up to the fame it has enjoyed for years; to say it is indestructible is to say it is indestructible, and it shines with difficulty in the twilight.

But its condition is obviously not good either.

Just like a tiny star flickering far on the horizon in a pitch‑black night, utterly unremarkable… perhaps a patch of dark cloud drifts by and easily hides all its radiance, a trivial matter.

——Wiping out consciousness, plunging into silence, henceforth becoming a tool person……Primordial spirit treasure!

East Sovereign's might is ferocious to this point!

With a single sword strike, he slew two mighty beings with ease, without expending the slightest effort.

And this is merely something he does casually.

His thoughts are focused on rescuing his subordinates.

After beating the prison guards into incapacity, what's left but to do as he pleases?

He scooped up the prisoners, and with a stir of his divine power, all shackles and restrictions were undone, leaving them free.

"Your Majesty…" Kunyu wept uncontrollably.

"Don't speak, hurry up and recover." East Sovereign had just finished saying that when he suddenly turned; the sword light that had originally cut the two mighty beings to shreds, without hesitation, did not expand his victory but instead went to meet the East Emperor charging from the other side!

"Clang!"

The Chaos Bell tolled slowly, shaking past and present ages.

Time flowed backward at this moment, and all things rose and fell in an instant!

In the ebb and flow of spacetime, the top‑tier permission‑dog is cheating, and in a careless moment, the demon god mighty beings who were about to be beaten back to weakness instantly return to full health, though fear and bewilderment still linger in their eyes.

They feared the East Sovereign Emperor's world‑shaking battle prowess, and were bewildered at how they had managed to escape a calamity.

Still fine.

In the next instant they understood everything……gazing at a sword that shifted from dusk to dawn, shining eternally, and then at a dark‑hued Chaos Bell that rang of its own accord——what else could there be to not understand?

Immediately.

They scrambled desperately to flee, losing all dignity!

They had no choice but to flee.

For their level, the two about to clash were like gods fighting……and they? They were merely mortals destined to suffer collateral damage!

Staying near the battlefield……they were practically asking for death!

But escaping was not easy either.

Right from the start came a peak collision—two Taiyi Great Luo beings burst into true fire!

"Clink!"

The sword blazed, the dawn‑light dazzling, just as the East Sovereign Emperor's true name—Shaoyang—truly bore the aura of ruling the Myriad Heavens and looking down on antiquity, like the rising sun sweeping all before it.

It split all darkness, drove away the endless night……a mighty force tore through the Myriad Heavens and ages, letting the vast ages and all things in the universe arise, perish, flourish, and decline because of it.

At this moment supreme majesty burst forth, shaking all of ancient history.

Besides Pangu, who among the ages could display such divine might!

This sword of East Sovereign alone suffices to prove his power and brilliance—a monument worthy of remembrance in the history of cultivation.

One sword, cutting the boundary between being and non‑being, in the void redefining rules, creating something from nothing, cycling the five primordial extremes, shaping Chaos……then forged by Chaos into boundless heavens and earth, evolving endlessly!

This sword can give birth to all things and all laws!

Likewise, it can annihilate all things and destroy all laws.

The Myriad Heavens open and close, realms crumble……under the sword's light this scene repeats endlessly, a snap of the fingers enacting it countless quadrillions of times.

After countless cycles of reincarnation, stacking this sword's sharpness, it ultimately becomes supreme; if it could break eternity, one could debate the Dao with Pangu!

Such power makes one feel utterly dreamlike and unreal.

However.

Even one as domineering as the Emperor now meets an opponent.

"Clang!"

Taiyi struck the Chaos Bell.

This bell suppresses all of spacetime!

The ages linger, pausing here.

What is creation?

What is destruction?

What is reincarnation?

All must obey my command!

It is the greatest law!

The sword gleamed, its light at its peak, yet at this moment it seemed bound by an invisible shackle.

It kept descending, yet could never reach, separated by an infinite distance.

"This is Pangu's law—how can you resist it?"

The East Emperor's words echoed through the starry void.

"East Sovereign, you violently resist the enforcement of the law, knowing full well you break it—your crime is one degree worse!"

"An eternal seal is not enough; one must execute with the ultimate punishment to warn others!"

Taiyi announced coldly.

"Hahaha……" East Sovereign laughed loudly, "What of Pangu's law?"

"You aren't Pangu at all!"

"His rule is strong, but it also depends on who is using it!"

"I am knowingly breaking the law, I am violently resisting the law… what can you do to me?"

"You…… get back!"

The Emperor let out a violent shout, his body bursting forth with boundless light, brilliant and limitless, shattering all restraints.

"Boom!"

An unprecedented huge roar!

An unprecedented collision!

One sword, one bell, collided head‑on!

Then…

This place collapsed!

At this moment.

In the venue, hardly anyone could stay seated anymore.

Everyone was busy.

Busily employing the run‑away strategy.

"Crazy…… crazy……"

Báizé Yao Marshal is somewhat conscientious; when transferring, he doesn't forget to bring along those middle‑ and lower‑layer representatives—otherwise, they probably wouldn't have a single survivor, all dying in this aftermath.

(End of chapter)