Chapter 776: Heavenly Emperor dies, Yan Emperor perishes—death has no rival!

Boom!

Endless blood rain submerged this land and rivers.

One of the human race's 'emperors' has fallen!

Regardless, Chonghua had once been the lord of the human race's Bird Master; after destroying the Dragon Master, annexing the Eastern Barbarians, and opening up the Divine State and Divine Dao, he was even more qualified to contend for the White Emperor's throne.

He had that qualification.

Now he has fallen; this is practically a piece of the human race's heaven collapsing, countless related orders collapsing, the human race's fortune boiling over and inverted, as if suffering an immeasurable loss.

The gloomy wind whistled, the blood rain stretched endlessly; that scene was too terrifying, too horrifying.

At the place cut by the Opening Mountain Divine Axe, in a vast void of chaos, a figure staggered out, holding the broken Wu-Slaying Sword, divine blood staining his whole body.

Heavenly Emperor Di Jun!

He fortunately survived.

But he also paid a heavy price; the identity of Chonghua was permanently sealed and abolished, and he himself retained only a few breaths.

Fortunately, the status of Heavenly Emperor carries enough power—this is the Heavenly Dao-recognized nominal lord of all beings in Honghuang, naturally extraordinary!

Even if there were rebellions of the Wu Clan and the human race afterward, but the concept of 'righteousness' being hyped always brings profit.

When Di Jun reclaimed this identity, he stubbornly clung to life, facing the extremely weakened Wenming after wielding the divine axe, gritting his teeth, he gave a grim cold smile: 'Are you happy?'

"You killed Chonghua, do you think you've won?"

"The Dragon Master has fallen, the Bird Master now collapses as well... All this happened so briefly and densely; my era has indeed ended, and the human race's order has collapsed!"

The horrifying omen between heaven and earth seemed to annotate his words.

"No matter how bad the order, it's better than no order... In the era of Wu-Yao chaotic war and bloodshed, what's wrong with the gods' path?!"

"Cough!"

Wenming coughed up a mouthful of blood, seeming extremely weak; the Opening Mountain Divine Axe is not so easy to use.

But he didn't care about his own injuries, merely sneering as he spoke: 'I think you're farting.'

"Is a bad order better than no order?"

"Wrong!"

"The most evil order will only become the biggest roadblock to the blossoming of hope and dawn, will frenziedly persecute, becoming a great mountain pressing on the heads of the common folk!"

"If there is no order, simply drawing on a blank sheet of paper would be enough!"

Wenming's eyes shone amazingly: 'Some always think they are assets... but they don't realize they are merely liabilities!'

"Who says order must be an asset?"

"It can also be a liability!"

"Good order is naturally a beneficial asset."

"Evil order is merely a stubborn liability of the human Dao!"

"Since it's a liability, either we'd rather have short pain than long pain, or we give it a few corrective punches!"

"Anyone who defends it is either stupid or evil, a vested-interest beneficiary!"

"Moreover... Di Jun, do you think this is your era? Did you achieve the Bird Master's glorious era?"

Wenming laughed, pointed at him, and said: "Wrong!"

"It is the era that achieved you!"

"It is the trust of the common folk that achieved you!"

"Who is the indispensable part?!"

"If you exist but the common folk do not, then Honghuang is not Honghuang."

"If the common folk exist but you do not, then Honghuang remains Honghuang!"

"Heavenly Emperor? Heavenly Court? Is that so impressive?!"

Wenming gave a cold smile: 'Tomorrow, our human race can also confer a Heavenly Emperor!'

"Don't even mention the Heavenly Emperor!"

"What if we add an Earth Emperor and a Human Emperor as well?"

"Di Jun!"

"You take yourself too seriously!"

The leader of the Xiahou clan, Qingtua, spoke like the sharpest blade, stabbing into Di Jun's heart.

"If no one acknowledges your worth, to this world you are nothing!"

"Human Dao, common folk!"

"They are the sole protagonists of this era!"

"When they clearly recognize their own worth and strive for their interests..."

"They themselves are tall individuals, able to prop up this sky!"

"We never needed anything like Mount Buzhou to prop up heaven and earth!"

"Every person can be Mount Buzhou!"

Wenming, fervent and excited, said: 'The Opening Mountain Divine Axe... one day I will sever that mountain, which once was the solace of people's spirits, and also the obstacle on the human Dao's final gate!'

"It protected the people, let the common folk worship and revere it as Creator and Savior... but people don't need any savior!"

"The past will pass, the future... will be grasped in the hands of the common folk themselves!"

The divine sound rumbled, shaking past, present, and future, all directions and realms.

This is a supreme great vow!

Heaven and earth seemed to sense it; the utmost of the universe, the pillar that holds up heaven... at this moment Mount Buzhou rumbled and trembled, infinite divine power swept across, as if the divine mountain had a spirit, naturally resisting and rejecting such a ranter.

All the gods were greatly shocked.

However, after the shock, they seemed to understand what it meant, no longer finding it strange; instead, they felt it was quite normal.

That's more like it……

Indeed…… otherwise, how would Eldest Princess Nüwa name this axe with the two characters 'Opening Mountain'?

Heading straight for Mount Buzhou, that's normal……

The Ancient God Great Sage deeply agreed.

In the grass, the eavesdropping girl elongated her face.

She felt this world was very unfamiliar.

——What the heck have you all imagined?!

Fortunately, beside her was a commentator, the Sect Leader of the Eastern Pure Lapis Lazuli World, Medicine King Buddha, who gave a fitting explanation.

Not bad, Milady!

Medicine King Buddha swayed, "Not forgetting the original intent… to prove that I, born of Xi, surpass Xi, I forged a supreme fiendish weapon, so that one day I could erase the greatest trace left by August Emperor Majesty in the world, and stamp Honghuang entirely with my mark!"

That's right too!

Clearly it's the era of Princess Nüwa and Pangu; why keep this relic of the previous dynasty, Mount Buzhou?

And yet let it stand so majestically, displaying its presence… those who don't know would think Princess Nüwa is so humble!

The girl listened, silent.

——That makes a lot of sense!

Such a massive Mount Buzhou standing there, more magnificent than the Heavenly Court or the Nüwa Imperial Palace, radiating grandeur and might, showcasing August Emperor's divine power.

Do the modern-day Pangu still care about face?!

Break it!

Quite reasonable.

……Damn it!

The girl silently muttered in her heart.

What the heck is all this?!

She felt utterly powerless…… this black pot stuck to her, impossible to shake off!

With so many extras speculating, she began to doubt……

This Mountain-Splitting Divine Axe—could it really have been forged by her, just to one day cleave Mount Buzhou?!

'We can't go on like this……'

The girl felt a sense of crisis.

'I've always been led by the nose, arranged plainly……'

'I must strike back! Force the opponent to change moves!'

'Otherwise, I fear I'll end up losing in a daze……'

She felt the utmost dreadful pressure, silently clenching her little fist.

Not to perish in silence, but to erupt in silence.

Black pots piled on, leaving her speechless, unable to speak, with no way to defend herself.

How can this continue like this!

'Scheming and plotting, I'm no match for this crowd……'

'Then……'

'I'll just overturn this board!'

The girl didn't speak, but her eyes were incredibly lively, having made a certain resolve.

……

"Nonsense."

Di Jun spoke coldly, neither affirming nor denying Wenming's words: "How did this era become like this?"

"It's precisely because humanity once seized the future and did those 'good deeds'!"

"Without us Primordial Divine Sages guiding its future, pointing the way…… what could all living beings achieve?!"

"Without the sacrifice and offering of our fellow Daoists in the primal Chaos, Honghuang could never hope to endure eternally!"

"Because of humanity's willfulness and stupidity, how many fellow Daoists have fallen in pools of blood?"

"Now you tell me to let the past be past, that the future belongs to all living beings……" Di Jun chuckled lowly, "How ridiculous!"

"We're just taking the compensation we deserve!"

"Power! Wealth! These ought to be ours!"

"You've taken too much!" Wenming said indifferently, "Moreover, you want to cut off the path of advancement for later generations, solidify the hierarchy…… that's utterly intolerable!"

"Cut off the path?" The Heavenly Emperor sneered, "How can fair competition be said to solidify the hierarchy?"

"They're weaker in strength, wit, and power, and lost…… isn't that just natural?"

"I've achieved fairness!"

"But I seek equality!" Wenming gripped the Mountain-Splitting Divine Axe, "Fairness is a judgment of value, not right or wrong, only whether it's worth it, centered on subjective interest, weighing input and output."

"But how can fairness possibly cover all the myriad things in the world?"

"Humanity demands equality!"

"Because we believe all living beings can be reformed, educated…… the future will always be better than now!"

"Era after era rises spirally; every living being will become more courteous, more law-abiding, achieving customary moral conscience, undergoing inner transformation, clearly observing the era, loving the era!"

"The stage of equality is enough to shape humanity's dreams, letting each generation surpass the last…… Di Jun, you're blocking this path!"

"You've reversed the era's progress…… before you repent, you shall be punished!"

Wenming spoke, word by word, pausing.

"Then come kill me!"

Di Jun shouted low, "You can actually bring out the Heaven-Opening Axe, which truly surprises me... but you are too weak!"

"I still have my true form; you can't kill me!"

He looked at Wenming, blood seeping from his whole body; this human king seemed to have reached his limit, unable to swing the divine axe a few more times!

The Heaven-Opening Divine Axe is indeed ferocious.

Swish, swish—two strokes, and it chopped Chonghua to death.

But when Chonghua still had his true form, having reached the utmost sublimation... now the emperor of the Heavenly Court stands here—how could he be killed?!

Maneuvering, resisting, tugging…… the Heaven-Opening Axe's attack power is terrifying, but one must also be able to hit the opponent!

Di Jun felt……

With Wenming's tiny frame that can barely support three axe blows, could he really kill him thoroughly?!

"Then what about adding me?!"

A long, lingering sigh, carrying endless attachment to heaven and earth, and also an unregretful resolve, echoed between mountains and rivers.

Di Jun first froze, then his face showed horror.

"Yandi!"

The Heavenly Emperor shouted loudly.

"Fellow Daoist, come with me!"

At some point, a figure wrapped in lingering fire approached, speaking softly.

He descended from the source of ages, leapt out of a most brutal battlefield, and arrived here!

Meanwhile, over there, the Eastern Emperor was rushing to kill…… the combination of the Yan and Yellow Emperors, lacking Yandi, left only Huangdi, which was insufficient to restrain him.

However, the Goddess Xuansu, bearing Bifeng and Yingzhao, had already rushed up, striving to delay Taiyi's steps.

In a short time, she had already refined the tragic Yao Marshal Kui Niu.

Cowhide made the drum, cow bone the mallet, and the innate spiritual light of Kui Niu was sealed within, transforming into a bloody and terrifying spiritual treasure!

Kui Niu Drum!

It consists of eighty battle drums in total, forming a complete set of equipment that sounds when heaven and earth grow dim, containing extraordinary profundity.

At this moment, it faced the Chaos Bell!

The Chaos Bell, which sounded at the beginning of heaven and earth, is the start of light.

The Kui Niu Drum, meanwhile, is struck at the end of heaven and earth, an omen of darkness.

Morning bell, evening drum— they contend with each other!

In terms of power, the Kui Niu Drum is naturally no match for the Chaos Bell.

But for some unknown reason, it can affect the bell's rhythm, interfering, delaying!

Taiyi was held up for a moment!

This allowed Yandi to briefly leave the battlefield and go to the mountains and rivers of the Eastern Barbarians.

And as soon as he arrived here, he sounded the death knell for Di Jun.

He didn't say much, but his actions were extremely ruthless!

— Yandi ignited his own body, performing the supreme sacrifice!

It was a sacrifice for humanity, a sacrifice for the human way!

He burned all the trumpets, fading their impression from the memories of all beings.

Now he is self-immolating, burning himself completely!

And such a sacrifice serves only to trap this incarnation of Di Jun, leaving him no escape in this breath!

"You're crazy!"

The Heavenly Emperor roared, saying as such.

However, regardless of whether Yandi is crazy, he has already gone crazy first.

Because, opposite him, Wenming had picked up the axe and was bringing it down in earnest!

A fixed target, splitting both Yandi and the Heavenly Emperor together!

Nobody think of escaping!

"You will die together as well!"

"I am merely an incarnation here, while you are the true self…… is such an exchange worthwhile?!"

Di Jun did not understand, feeling he had encountered a madman, truly a great tragedy among the gods.

"Very worthwhile." Yandi said calmly, "The fire passes on; though I die, my spirit endures…… roughly speaking, I am not dead."

"Taking you along, the great mountain weighing upon the human way will be less by half…… this is a great gain."

"So, fellow Daoist, don't struggle…… come with me on the journey."

Yandi, in the burning, gradually faded away.

The fortune of humanity fluctuated, countless people wept bitterly; on this day they lost too much.

"Xuansu and the others can't hold out long…… after you kill this incarnation of the Heavenly Emperor, restore order to the Eastern Barbarians, then promptly go to that battlefield and take up the responsibility of opposing the Eastern Emperor."

This was Yandi's final instruction to Wenming, echoing in the ears of all gods, without concealment: "Although your strength has waned a bit, you still have the Mountain-Opening Divine Axe, and you can still bear great responsibility."

"I have noted it." Wenming sighed lightly, and the divine axe fell.

Heaven and earth grew dim.

But eventually it became bright again.

Yandi's form vanished, leaving only the enduring fire, which fell upon the leader of the Jiuli lineage—Chiyou.

And the incarnation of the Heavenly Emperor also disappeared... he fell!

Only a single long sword, leaping through time and space, fell into Taiyi's hands.

It's over.

The ultimate showdown on the Eastern Barbarian lands came to an end.

The Heavenly Emperor died in battle, and all suspense here was completely gone.

"Kill!"

Wenming gave the order, all units followed, and thoroughly exterminated the Heavenly Court's minions here.

"How could this happen?"

The girl stared blankly at everything that was happening, "My big Yandi confidant... just disappeared like that?"

This time it's settled.

She didn't even have the chance to confront Yandi Fengxi.

She couldn't even do any ideological work.

—Yandi died!

No one to verify his death!

He took all the doubts with him, buried together with him!

(End of chapter)