Chapter 53: Next Round, Keep the Party Going

On this day, the Profound Heaven Realm welcomed its darkest moment!

A formation of over a dozen Emperor Realm strongmen mercilessly reaped the living beings of the Profound Heaven Realm, like harvesting wheat!!

"Wuhu!"

The Undying Emperor's Emperor Realm subordinates erupted in raucous cheers, like beasts just released from cages, rampaging recklessly through every corner of the Profound Heaven Realm!

They are enjoying a self‑serve banquet!!

Swish!

Somewhere, a lion‑headed, human‑bodied Emperor Realm arrived at a vibrant area; when he opened his mouth, the region was instantly shrouded by a lion's maw!

A gigantic mouth covered the sky, unleashing an incoherent, devouring force.

In an instant, all living beings in the area began to disintegrate, their blood‑qi turning into fine threads that streamed into the lion‑headed Emperor Realm's mouth!

Ugh…

A moment later, the lion‑headed Emperor Realm let out a satisfied belch, a look of contentment on his face.

"How exhilarating! It's been ages since I've devoured so many beings," the lion‑headed Emperor Realm sneered.

"Demon!"

Just as the lion‑headed Emperor Realm was still savoring the moment, a thunderous rebuke rang out.

Immediately, a Taoist clad in a Water‑Fire Robe swooped in from the sky.

He is a native Emperor Realm of the Profound Heaven Realm, coming to block these rogue demons!

He wielded a sweeping dust‑cloth; as he unfurled it, it expanded instantly, swirling like a tornado toward the lion‑headed Emperor Realm.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

The dust‑cloth enveloped the lion‑headed Emperor Realm's entire body, coiling tightly around him.

However, the Taoist's brow twitched slightly!

Boom!

In the next instant, the Taoist's dust‑cloth was burst open by the lion‑headed Emperor Realm!

"What?!"

The Taoist was horrified, a trickle of blood spilling from his mouth; the dust‑cloth was his signature Imperial Weapon, now shattered at the lion‑headed Emperor Realm's whim, and his own body suffered serious injury!

"Seventh‑tier Emperor Realm?" the Taoist gazed gravely at the nearby lion‑headed Emperor Realm, feeling a hint of despair.

He himself was only a fourth‑tier Emperor Realm; against a Seventh‑tier Emperor Realm he stood no chance!

The lion‑headed Emperor Realm's scarlet eyes swept toward the Taoist, a vicious grin appearing on his face; he coldly laughed, "Heh, a mere fourth‑tier dares to block me—asking for death!"

As soon as the words left his mouth, the lion‑headed Emperor Realm flickered in, brandishing a great cleaver glowing red, and without hesitation slashed down from above the Taoist Emperor Realm!

That great cleaver is the lion‑headed Emperor Realm's signature Imperial Weapon.

Being a Seventh‑tier Emperor Realm himself, his signature Imperial Weapon is naturally far more formidable than the Taoist Emperor Realm's.

Clack!

In an instant, the void seemed cut with a wound; a long blade spanned the emptiness, arriving above the Taoist Emperor Realm's head!

The Taoist gave a bitter smile, as if having made a decision.

He immediately stripped off his Water‑Fire Robe, tossed it aside, and the robe gradually expanded above his head, enveloping him!

The lion‑headed Emperor Realm's blade struck the Water‑Fire Robe as if cutting through a clump of cotton—utterly ineffective!

"Using softness to overcome hardness?" the lion‑headed Emperor Realm scoffed, about to launch the next attack.

At that moment, the Water‑Fire Robe covering the Taoist Emperor Realm suddenly drifted rapidly toward the lion‑headed Emperor Realm!

That left the lion‑headed Emperor Realm somewhat bewildered.

"Knowing I'm outmatched, not fleeing is one thing, but daring to charge at me—what kind of farce is this?"

The lion‑headed Emperor Realm showed slight surprise yet no fear, his body erupting with boundless blood‑light as his aura surged.

When his great cleaver swung toward the rapidly drifting Water‑Fire Robe, the massive robe suddenly shifted aside, revealing the Taoist's figure!

The Taoist's face bore a death‑defying expression; he laughed, "Since I'm no match for you, taste the power of my exploding body!!"

Mid‑sentence, the Taoist's body suddenly swelled, only a few dozen zhang away from the lion‑headed Emperor Realm.

Seeing the Taoist choose to self‑detonate, the lion‑headed Emperor Realm's expression shifted abruptly.

An Emperor Realm's self‑detonation is extraordinary; at such close range, he might suffer severe damage.

The lion‑headed Emperor Realm activated Qi, retreating at extreme speed!!

However, just as the Taoist's body reached the explosion threshold, a massive hand descended from the void above.

The colossal hand was like a sky, endless in view, its palm's veins crystal clear, and it pressed down from above the Taoist Emperor Realm, crushing him onto the ground.

Boom!

The Taoist Emperor Realm's self‑detonation succeeded, the ground rumbling several times.

However, the blast's force was contained, held steady by the massive hand, as if suppressing a trivial firecracker!!

After the residual explosion dissipated, the sky‑covering giant palm slowly retracted!

Simultaneously, the towering figure of the Undying Emperor materialized, standing above in the air with hands behind his back, his demeanor as if gazing down upon the heavens.

Watching the Undying Emperor's back, he had feared the Taoist's blast might affect his own lion‑headed Emperor Realm, but he breathed a sigh of relief and half‑kneeling toward the sky, said, "Thank you, Immortal Emperor!!"

"Carry on playing," the Undying Emperor waved.

He had promised to protect his subordinates' path, letting them indulge freely, and he kept his word, ensuring none of them faced any threat!

"Yes!" the lion‑headed Emperor Realm clasped his hands in salute, then flickered away to feast on other living beings elsewhere.

The Undying Emperor strolled casually through the Profound Heaven Realm, indifferently watching wave after wave of beings harvested by his subordinates.

To him, those beings were merely ants; existing in this world was a waste of resources, far less valuable than nourishing his subordinates!

Boom! Boom! …

While strolling casually, the Undying Heavenly Emperor casually annihilated several native Emperor Realms that were rebelling within the Mysterious Heaven Realm; those Emperor Realms were as tiny as ants in his hands.

Thus, about an hour later, the entire Mysterious Heaven Realm had been completely harvested, and no living being escaped.

Seen from above the Mysterious Heaven Realm, everything was barren, like a scene of the apocalypse!

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh…

After the harvest, the Undying Heavenly Emperor's subordinates flickered to his side one by one, each face glowing red, having taken a hefty replenishment.

"Lord Celestial Emperor, where shall we go next?" the Lion-headed Emperor Realm licked his lips, seeming still eager!

The Undying Heavenly Emperor looked toward the western void, "Let's go to the Jiuzhou Continent and deal with a thing that knows neither life nor death!"

Upon hearing this, his subordinates murmured softly.

They all knew that the Cloud Emperor and the Black Dragon had both been slain on the Jiuzhou Continent!

Lord Celestial Emperor set the next blood‑feast target on the Jiuzhou Continent, surely to avenge the Cloud Emperor and the Black Dragon!

"Onward, onward, onward—next round, keep the fun going!"

The dozen‑plus Emperor Realms behind the Undying Heavenly Emperor were all wildly excited!

If they kept devouring like this today, it wouldn't be long before their cultivation surged dramatically!

Immediately, the Undying Heavenly Emperor led his dozen‑plus Emperor Realm subordinates and vanished into the void toward the Jiuzhou Continent…