Chapter 331

"So, the myriad realms were not corrupted because the Corpse Immortal Emperor made his final stand before being fully consumed!"

"It seems we all owe our thanks to the Corpse Immortal Emperor—if not for him, these realms would have long been swallowed by darkness, and we would have had no chance to rise!"

"But is there truly still hope for the future? Even if Emperor Huang Tian rises and attains the Realm-End Immortal Emperor stage..."

"Yet our enemy is a being beyond the Immortal Emperor!"

The Immortal Realm, the Alien Realm, the Burial Land, and even the Kings of the Sea of Realms could not help but exclaim in awe—but at the same time, they were filled with despair, for their enemy was simply too terrifying!

Even knowing that Emperor Huang Tian would one day be born, they could not stop their despair, for though Immortal Emperors were powerful, this enemy was beyond the Immortal Emperor—just one drop of its true blood could corrupt a Realm-End Immortal Emperor!

No matter how strong Emperor Huang Tian might be...

How many drops of blood could he possibly withstand?

"That's right—I once cared for all living beings!"

"But I can never return to that state—the one who cared for all living beings is already dead. Now, I am the Dark Immortal Emperor!"

Deep within the Ultimate Ancient Land, the Corpse Immortal Emperor felt dazed, recalling all he had once been—but seeing his current form, he could not help but sneer at himself.

The Primordial True Blood had utterly consumed the Corpse Immortal Emperor; now, he no longer cherished any fondness for the myriad realms!

"Can the Corpse Immortal Emperor still be saved?"

In the Underworld's Forbidden Zone, Shi Hao felt a pang of sorrow—if he could, he did not wish the Corpse Immortal Emperor to die.

After all, in his eyes, an Immortal Emperor who cared for all living beings should not perish this way—it was not what he wanted, and he deserved a better ending!

"Perhaps..."

Beside him, Dark Liu Shen fell silent for a moment before speaking: "The Corpse Immortal Emperor still retains a portion of pure Primordial Spirit and physical form—if someone helps him achieve Nirvana Rebirth..."

"By annihilating the darkness that destroyed his original body, he still has a great chance to return to his Peak Era!"

"Moreover, beings beyond the Immortal Emperor should possess the ability!"

Regarding the Corpse Immortal Emperor...

Dark Liu Shen undoubtedly held him in deep respect!

Therefore, she hoped that when Shi Hao one day gained the strength, he would help him—help him escape his predicament!

"Primordial True Blood—what a grand move!"

"I never expected the Strange Clan would go so far as to beg for a single drop of Primordial True Blood to corrupt this Immortal Emperor!"

"Moreover, they sent forth two Dark Immortal Emperors—but alas, they misjudged: this Corpse Immortal Emperor was too decisive, buying the myriad realms precious time!"

"Come to think of it, we must thank him—if not for his decisive action, we would have faced yet another Dark Immortal Emperor, and perhaps Emperor Huang Tian would no longer exist!"

"Alas, that one passed away too soon—if she still lived, and the Heavenly Realm remained in its Peak Era, when Emperor Huang Tian and others rose, there would still be hope!"

In the Heavenly Realm, many Realm-End Immortals sighed in awe.

They had not expected the Strange Clan to make such a grand move, nor had they expected the Corpse Immortal Emperor to act so decisively—it filled them with admiration.

At the same time...

They also felt gratitude...

After all, had it not been for the Corpse Immortal Emperor's decisive action, they might have had to face yet another Immortal Emperor!

Even the one who would become their ally—Emperor Huang Tian—might have ceased to exist, and all this credit belongs to the Corpse Immortal Emperor!

Yet even as they felt gratitude, they also felt sorrow—for they mourned the loss of the Flower Powder Emperor...

Had the Flower Powder Emperor still lived...

Why would the Heavenly Realm have been in despair?

The scene continued to shift:

【I gave everything I had...】

【But I ultimately could not escape being consumed by the Primordial True Blood; as my body was steadily corrupted...】

【My physical form fell utterly into darkness, yet I refused to accept this transformation—I knew that if I became a Dark Immortal Emperor, I would become the most terrifying darkness of the myriad realms.】

【Therefore...】

【To buy time for future generations,】

【I attempted to expel the dark matter while devouring the world's primordial essence, to halt my complete corruption.】

【Yet my consciousness was inevitably corrupted—but fortunately, even in darkness, I retained a sliver of will, striving to delay the process as long as possible.】

Thus, when a future being—a Nine Provinces Boar with one foot already stepped into the Immortal Emperor realm—arrived, I spoke to him.

【I asked him to sacrifice the myriad realms...】

【Offer pure essence in exchange for the Immortal Emperor scriptures, and I would use it to indefinitely prolong my corruption.】

【He agreed—he began sacrificing the myriad realms, and under this balance of loss and gain, my corruption was delayed; though I knew this was wrong,】

【The corrupted me no longer cared—I merely followed that sliver of will, choosing to sacrifice everything.】

【Of course, to the corrupted me...】

【What I was doing now was, in another way, corrupting the myriad realms—thus, I pursued it relentlessly, for it aligned with my new philosophy!】

【Later, two more Semi-Immortal Emperors arrived, and I made the same pact with them.】

【And with each successive sacrifice...】

【Amid the torrent of offered essence, I was fully corrupted—but powerless to break free.】

【Even as the cosmic chains binding me became tainted, even as the luminous barrier turned into a dark shield, as long as my true body remained ununified,】

【I would remain trapped here—and I believed that one day, my Primordial Spirit would find a way.】

【Finally, after endless eons...】

【The rotting wooden box containing part of my pure Primordial Spirit returned—and it truly brought a solution.】

【It was the means to kill me!】

As the subtitles appeared, the scene also unfolded:

Although the Corpse Immortal Emperor continually restrained himself, refusing to wreak havoc on The Heavens and Myriad Worlds, he ultimately could not escape darkness, forced to consume the world's primordial essence...

To buy time for future generations!

But...

As the years passed...

The Corpse Immortal Emperor finally became utterly corrupted!

His once flawless body was eroded by darkness, transforming into a corpse, becoming the origin of darkness in The Heavens and Myriad Worlds!

But what the observers of the Myriad Worlds did not expect was that even after his complete fall, the Corpse Immortal Emperor still retained a sliver of obsession—he sought to secure enough time for future generations!

Thus, the World-Ending Elder appeared!

He swept across The Heavens and Myriad Worlds, eventually reaching the Precursor Immortal Emperor realm; in that age, in that eon, he was called the First Emperor to Open Heaven and Split Earth!

And the Corpse Immortal Emperor...

Was forgotten by the world!

No one remembered that there had once been an Immortal Emperor who cherished all living beings—even the World-Ending Elder believed the Corpse Immortal Emperor was merely the origin of darkness in The Heavens and Myriad Worlds!

"The true Immortal Emperor?!"

When the World-Ending Elder saw the Corpse Immortal Emperor, he could not hide his boundless shock and delight.

And upon the World-Ending Elder's arrival, the Corpse Immortal Emperor's last remaining obsession took effect—he began to tempt the World-Ending Elder into sacrificing the essence of The Heavens and Myriad Worlds:

"Sacrifice vast quantities of essence..."

"I shall grant you the Scripture of Immortal Emperor Secrets!"

Without doubt...

The World-Ending Elder fell!

To achieve Immortal Emperor status, he began harvesting the lives of all beings in The Heavens and Myriad Worlds, each time gaining another fragment of the Immortal Emperor Scripture!

And as countless eons passed, the Feather Emperor, the Hong Emperor, and the苍Emperor arrived in succession—all made the same choice as the World-Ending Elder, continually sacrificing The Heavens and Myriad Worlds!

It could be said...

The Corpse Immortal Emperor truly was the source of devastation in The Heavens and Myriad Worlds, and everything originated from that single sliver of obsession!

Yet the observers of the Myriad Worlds bore no resentment toward the once benevolent Immortal Emperor, for they understood...