Chapter 140

The outside world.

Across the universe, everyone who witnessed this scene felt their entire bodies turn cold, sensing a bone-piercing chill.

In the hearts of all living beings, the Wushi Great Emperor had guarded the world for tens of thousands of years, keeping the universe peaceful; he was powerful to the absolute peak, unfathomable by anyone, an existence surpassing gods.

Yet such a figure, in his old age and heavily injured, was met with this situation — three terrifying Imperial Path experts coming to hunt him down!

And among them was actually the owner of the Five-Colored Heavenly Blade, the Ancient Myriad Races Supreme God from an unimaginably distant past — unbelievable!

And the terrifying situation did not end there.

Within the several Life Forbidden Zones of the Beidou Star Domain, Supreme auras were already permeating, demonic clouds rolling, shocking the heart like a surging vast ocean!

"Rumble—!"

A loud boom rang out from the Divine Ruins Forbidden Zone; amid the boundless spreading Chaos Qi, an ancient war chariot flew out, atop which sat a middle-aged man cross-legged, black hair falling over his shoulders, blood qi vigorous, eyes bright as blazing lightning.

In merely a single step, this figure crossed the endless star domain, arriving at this starry sky of the Immortal Path, joining the encirclement to kill the Wushi Great Emperor.

"Ling Shen!" Someone recognized this Supreme.

Ling Shen, also called Ling Huang, was a Holy Spirit — but not one who attained the Dao as a stone man; rather, he was formed from a strand of innate essence qi into a flesh-and-blood body, and after reaching Great Perfection made the ultimate leap, proving the Dao and becoming Emperor.

Almost at the same moment.

Accompanied by a godlike aura bursting forth, the Immortal Mausoleum Forbidden Zone likewise saw an ancient war chariot drive out, atop which was a humanoid creature, seemingly a Daoist.

He wore a purple gold crown, draped in a Dao robe, his true appearance indiscernible; gray-brown hair strands scattered across his chest and back, and within his pair of eyes were scenes of the sun, moon, and stars being destroyed.

Around him, the Chaos Myriad Dao swirled, overturning heaven and shaking earth, vast and mighty across the cosmos.

He sat cross-legged on the ancient war chariot, an immortal sword lying across his knees; a peerless aura shook the Nine Heavens, and in nearly an instant he likewise tore through the starry sky, arriving at the Immortal Road Battlefield.

For a time.

With the aging Wushi Great Emperor at the center, a full five Imperial Path experts surrounded him!

This was a terrifying, world-shaking scene, one that had almost never appeared in ten thousand ages; even in the eras of the Holy Emperor and the Void Great Emperor, it had never been this severe and terrifying!

All signs indicated that today would see the Forbidden Zone Supremes emerge together, to hunt down the Current Era Great Emperor in his twilight years!

"Chang Sheng Tian Zun?"

Blood overflowed from the corner of the Wushi Great Emperor's mouth, his body covered in bloodstains — clearly his condition was extremely poor.

Yet he did not care, instead coldly questioning the Immortal Mausoleum Supreme.

"Correct, it is I."

Even on this Immortal Path where immortal light radiated brilliantly, his skull still emitted soaring light that pierced through the Heavens and Worlds — clearly his strength was unrivaled under heaven.

He sat upon the war chariot, giving a slight nod, his voice carrying the indifference and ruthlessness of ten thousand ages.

In the outside world, people across the universe hearing this scene were utterly stunned.

"What?"

"It's actually... the Chang Sheng Tian Zun from the Nine Heavenly Venerables, the one who created the 'Zhe' Character Secret — he hasn't died, he's been hibernating in the Immortal Mausoleum Forbidden Zone?"

Outside the Domain.

Countless people stared with mouths agape, shocked beyond measure.

The Chang Sheng Tian Zun was a figure from the Mythological Era, far more ancient than even the legendary Di Zun!

Such a vast expanse of time has passed, spanning the Mythological Era, the Ancient Era, the Desolate Ancient Era — and he still exists in the mortal world!

He has lived through the Di Zun, the Undying Heavenly Emperor, the Douzhan Shenghuang, the Ruthless Great Emperor, the Holy Emperor, the Void Great Emperor, and generation after generation of Ancient Emperors and Great Emperors, never truly perishing.

This is truly too astonishing, and makes many feel a chill run down their spines.

And now.

The world barely knows what manner of existences dwell in the Seven Forbidden Zones of Life — too terrifying, beyond their understanding.

Within the Immortal Path.

The Wushi Great Emperor had clearly also guessed the identities of the two earlier Supremes.

He fixed his gaze, his weathered face cold as he said: "Yuan Shen, Yuan Gui?"

"Correct, I am Yuan Gui."

"I am Yuan Shen."

The two experts announced their titles.

Though their appearance was somewhat abrupt, any Supreme-level expert could perceive that these two had emerged from the Taichu Ancient Mine.

"Truly picking a good time to appear, emerging at a time like this..."

The Wushi Great Emperor sighed lightly, then divine light lit up around him as he forcefully circulated the Dao Principles, temporarily suppressing his injuries.

Then, with a Dao shout, he rebuked the one who had ambush-killed him earlier, his voice shaking the Cosmos,

"Undying Heavenly Emperor, dare not show yourself?"

The next moment.

In the void, that figure wreathed in Infinite Divine Principles finally manifested.

This moment, the world shook.

As expected!

If before people could only speculate from that Five-Colored Heavenly Blade, now the true owner has appeared — undoubtedly an explosive revelation of fact.

This existence, the Ancient Era's Myriad Races Supreme God, after endless ages, has finally revealed his true appearance once more.

It was a martial man, standing there, untouched by the passage of time, looking twenty-something, bearing peerless grace, terrifyingly young.

The Undying Heavenly Emperor, an existence both human and god, the supreme deity among the Ancient Myriad Races — even later Ancient Emperors on the throne held him in the highest reverence!

Even the existences within the several Life Forbidden Zones trembled for it.

Only because they all saw clearly — this person had obviously never self-severed, but had lived on life after life in this very way!

Regardless of what method he used, and regardless of how some Forbidden Zone Supremes were full of wariness and suspicion toward him, the fact that the Undying Heavenly Emperor could achieve this is itself a heaven-defying miracle!

Even the other four Supremes in the Immortal Road Battlefield — the Spirit Emperor, Prosperous Tianzun, Yuan Shen, and Yuan Gui — were looking at him with somewhat complex expressions.

"Still according to the original agreement, I only want a strand of his heart's blood, and the living Great Dao marks; the rest of the flesh and blood, Imperial Bones, etc., all belong to you!"

The Undying Heavenly Emperor transmitted a divine sound, his voice lofty and far-reaching, yet filled with coldness and cruelty.

Obviously.

Their joint appearance this time was not a whim, but had long been premeditated.

It is just that the world does not know how they avoided the perception of the Current Era Great Emperor to achieve this.

But thinking about it, as the Ancient Myriad Races Supreme Gods and Forbidden Zone Supremes, they naturally possess peerless secret techniques to conceal heavenly secrets.

"Do you take me for old and frail? I am still a Current Era Great Emperor, not necessarily unable to take a few people with me."

The Wushi Great Emperor's gaze was cold and sharp, his voice desolate yet domineering.

His head full of white hair scattered loose, a suit of white clothes stained with patches of blood — the result of his previous failure charging the Immortal Path and suffering heavy injuries.

Such a scene was completely that of a hero at his end, yet still unwilling to yield or submit.

However.

"Worthy of being Wushi, truly domineering; pity you cannot achieve that today."

Yuan Shen — that Supreme, holy and pure beyond compare, as if formed from a Divine Source — sneered coldly, and his such certainty naturally had its confidence.

The next moment.

With a hum, an ancient and unadorned formation diagram rushed out from the crown of Yuan Shen's head, soaring straight into the heavens, enveloping the high sky.

Instantly.

The qi of this star domain changed drastically, as if corpse mountains and blood seas emerged, as if hundreds of millions of gods and demons were beheaded.

Across the entire Immortal Road Battlefield, a vast expanse of crimson light spread, the bloody qi seeming to condense into substance, killing intent penetrating to the bone!

At four different positions, respectively hung two crimson Killing Swords and two Extreme Dao Imperial Weapons.

A desperate aura covered sky and earth; clearly the formation diagram was only slowly rotating, yet it emitted a qi mechanism of heaven collapsing and earth shattering, threatening to make the universe starry sky collapse.

With such heavy killing intent, the true identity of this formation diagram was already about to reveal itself.

Lingbao Tianzun's Killing Formation Diagram, also the Number One Killing Formation Under Heaven since ancient times, reputed to have once slain an Immortal!

Legend has it that when this Number One Killing Formation Under Heaven appears, as long as an Imperial Path expert presides, even a Great Emperor trapped within would be slain given enough time.

In former years.

During the Void Great Emperor's reign suppressing the world, Lingbao Tianzun's Killing Swords also appeared in the world, activated by two Forbidden Zone Supremes with the Chaos Two Instruments Killing Array; pity it fell short at the last moment, failing to defeat the Void Great Emperor.

Along with that, both Killing Swords were seized by the Holy Emperor and the Void Great Emperor.

But now it is different.

Not only is it the complete version of the Number One Killing Formation Diagram Under Heaven, but four Imperial Path experts jointly preside, aiming to absolutely kill the aged and heavily injured Wushi Great Emperor!

Obviously.

Over these many years, they ultimately still let these few Supremes find this formation diagram, and the other two Killing Swords.

On the two Killing Swords, there were faint imprints: scenes of Slaughter Immortal, of Xue Hai Destroying Universe, even more of Myriad Spirits Prostrate Corpses; the killing qi flowing out was terrifying and shocking.

As for those two Extreme Dao Imperial Weapons, they were naturally the Spirit Emperor's Spirit Blade and Prosperous Tianzun's Prosperous Sword, serving as substitutes for the Killing Swords — the difference in effect not great.

And this was also one of the sources of confidence for Yuan Shen, Yuan Gui, and the other great Supremes to appear and encircle and hunt Wushi.

In fact.

Because over these tens of thousands of years, Wushi's merit participates in creation, shaking ancient and modern times, his prestige is too great; just his past destruction of the Underworld Forbidden Zone left a deep impression on the various Forbidden Zone Supremes.

Even Yuan Shen, Yuan Gui, and the Spirit Emperor, who had the grudge of him suppressing and killing their kind, when incited by the Undying Heavenly Emperor's Dao Body that day, merely sat and watched the changes, waiting for an opportunity.

Because the Immortal Path opening was not far off, every Forbidden Zone Supreme is an extremely cautious, selfish lot.

Generally speaking, they would absolutely not lightly appear for some grudge.

If not for Wushi's failure charging the Immortal Path now, suffering heavy injuries, even the Wushi Bell completely destroyed — clearly a rare good opportunity — these few would fundamentally not have shown themselves.

Prosperous Tianzun's appearance naturally also involved coveting Wushi's essence blood, the Undying Emperor's and others' sincere invitations, etc., but the main reason was still seeing and confirming Wushi's heroic end on the Immortal Path, only then appearing.

And the crisis seems not limited to this.

Because the next instant.

From the direction of the Beidou Star Domain, another terrifying anomaly transmitted.

Busianshan.

Demonic clouds pierced the Nine Heavens; a supreme expert covered entirely in black armor appeared, black light swirling, terrifying and boundless.

He rode astride a massive Divine Tiger; this tiger's whole body covered in dense scales, not fur, flashing a terrifying metallic luster, ferocious flames boundless.

In the Busianshan Supreme's hand, he held a great halberd, pitch-black and grim, able to crush the Heavens and Worlds, able to pulverize hundreds of millions of stars — a great halberd cast from Dragon-Pattern Black Gold, its blade edge snow-bright, terrifying and world-shaking; this is absolutely an Imperial Weapon!

Immortal light exploded; this Supreme in a single step arrived at the outskirts of the Immortal Road Battlefield.

"Stone Emperor?"

In the other Forbidden Zones, a Supreme recognized this person, murmuring in the Immortal Source, obviously somewhat surprised.

And in the Reincarnation Sea Forbidden Zone, likewise shocking light rushed into the sky.

This is a tall and majestic existence, draped in Feathering Blue Gold Battle Armor, flashing the coldest light, Chaos qi submerging his true body, like a demon god who survived from the era of heaven and earth opening.

"Lord of Reincarnation?"

Someone cried out in alarm.

The Lord of Reincarnation, also called the Reincarnation Supreme, before and behind him appeared a vast ocean — a sea formed from souls, one of the most terrifying places in the world — the Reincarnation Sea reappearing.

Ancient Supremes holding weapons are more common; those forged in Immortal Gold battle armor are fewer; anyone of this sort is destined to be very hard to fight, because they emphasize defense.

This is absolutely a terrifying peerless Imperial Path expert, also one of the greatest instigators of the Dark Turmoil, hands stained with blood, having killed who knows how many living beings in the past.

He also merely took a step across, traversing the endless starry sky, arriving at the battlefield encircling and killing the Wushi Great Emperor.

"Fellows, I come here for two things: one, to kill Wushi; two, to test this Immortal Path — how about it?"

The Lord of Reincarnation's eyes flickered with ferocious light, his voice incomparably cold.

And the Stone Emperor, slightly farther away, also transmitted a divine sound, the meaning much the same.

Obviously.

The appearance of these two Supremes was also due to various reasons, among them the hope for the Immortal Path.

But the main reason was that the absolute kill on Wu Shi had now been achieved!

Outside Domain.

Across the Universe, cultivators in the various Supreme Races and major powers seeing this scene had already completely fallen into shock tremble.

A full seven terrifying Imperial Path Experts appearing, plus the Number One Killing Formation Under Heaven since ancient times, the Zhu Xian Killing Formation, to surround and kill him old and heavily injured, divide and eat his flesh and blood and Imperial Bones!

Among them was even the Undying Heavenly Emperor, such a Primordial Supreme God.

Such a situation, for the Wushi Great Emperor, was too desperate!

Even if he were in his prime years, he might not necessarily be able to break through such a killing tribulation.

Not a shred of hope could be seen, everyone's hearts tightened, feeling a kind of acute pain.

A generation's unrivaled, peerless hero, was he to meet a tragic curtain call just like this, even to be dismembered by others? This was undoubtedly a fate tragic to the extreme.

Nothing to say, the battle erupted right then.

"Kill!"

Yuan Shen and the other three roared, activating the Zhu Xian Killing Formation, streaks of blood light instantly shot forth, slashing toward Wu Shi.

The Undying Heavenly Emperor, Stone Emperor, Lord of Reincarnation also acted simultaneously, the Five-Colored Heaven Knife, Stone Emperor Spear, Reincarnation Secret Technique chopping down at him.

This was an absolute kill!

Four Ancient Emperors joining forces to activate the Number One Killing Formation Under Heaven, and three terrifying peerless experts besieging — never before seen in all ten thousand ages!

Strong as the Wushi Great Emperor was, he could only retreat, using the Forbidden Chapter Secret Technique to convert space-time, letting all killing return to nothingness, and letting his own body transfer to another space-time.

But even so, he was still injured.

Around the original injuries from failing to break the Immortal Path, several new wounds were added, Imperial Blood sprinkled down.

"Worthy of this body constitution, even the blood is so greatly nourishing..."

Chang Sheng Tian Zun's large hand swept across, collecting and swallowing the Imperial Blood flying in the starry sky, a satisfied expression revealed on his face, but he soon attacked with full force again.

However.

The Wushi Great Emperor, at the very center of the crisis, on his martial and peerless face, not a trace of sadness or anger could be seen.

Even suffering trauma again, even facing seven powerful and cruel Imperial Path Experts, he still possessed a peerless domineering aura.

His gaze cold and sharp, he stood there, as if murmuring, "Just this much?"

What kind of words were these?!

As if waiting, to see if any Forbidden Zone Supremes would appear.

Simply causing the several great Supremes to all feel inconceivable!

Was this confidence gone too far, or did he truly possess such strength, feeling even this lineup could not take him down?

(Chapter End)