Chapter 22

Crack!

Before the unfathomable spacetime crack.

Half of Ji Xu Kong's body was sealed in ice, even his Primordial Spirit seemed frozen.

He had fallen into a dilemma, facing the danger of perishing!

It was not that he was not strong enough.

Rather, undergoing two Great Emperor tribulations in succession was originally a rarity in ten thousand ages, intolerable to Upper Heaven.

And the enemies were too many, too terrifying!

The other end of the starry sky.

Gu Xuan let out a sigh.

He knew he had to take that step.

The original plan was after defeating Bu Si Dao Ren.

And Ji Xu Kong would also use this opportunity to prove the Dao and become Emperor.

Then.

He himself could use the Immortal Dao Essence obtained from the Strange World to undergo Nirvana and produce a Third Life.

Over these years, he had exhausted his mind deducing it, and it was still quite feasible.

Perhaps, in a few hundred years he could succeed.

One thought, by then with a Great Accomplishment Holy Body of his own, the Void Great Emperor would not have it so difficult!

What a pity.

The development of matters could not go as wished.

The time left for him and Ji Xu Kong was truly too little.

Although they had already done their utmost to prepare.

But facing so many Supremes, no amount of preparation, no matter how defying heaven the Heaven's Pride, was powerless.

No wonder the Void Great Emperor's life was so arduous!

The Dao-proving tribulation was already so full of hardships, so many Supremes coming to ambush and kill.

One thinks, later generations' Ye Fan proving the Dao would be much the same.

Even, the Void Great Emperor had it even harder.

Gu Xuan knew, he had to act.

Although he too had reached the end of his tether, he still had one final trump card.

In the Holy Body's Ku Hai like a vast ocean, boundless Essence Qi surged, Divine Rules in rows.

And at the very center, Chaos Qi coiled.

Within it a cluster of Immortal Qi shone, a dazzlingly brilliant existence.

That was the Immortal Dao Essence Gu Xuan had obtained from the Strange World at the risk of perishing.

It was also his hope to undergo Nirvana and produce a Third Life!

Now, however, it had to be prematurely dissolved.

Only because the enemies Gu Xuan faced were too many and too powerful, and he had already reached the end of his tether.

Boom!

As the Immortal Dao Essence dissolved, boundless Essence Qi filled the already withered and stagnant Ku Hai, stirring up surging towering waves.

Within the body's five great secret realms, it was as if gods shone upon the world.

A grand sacrificial sound rang out, deafening, making one feel as if about to comprehend, to kneel and kowtow toward the gods.

This moment.

It seemed as if the heroic spirits of all past Great Accomplishment Holy Bodies were watching Gu Xuan in the void.

The other end of the starry sky.

The Ice Emperor's gaze was cold and ruthless, hair dancing, standing like a Demon god.

A giant Lanbing Bing Ya circled above his head, that was the Ice Staff, his Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon.

"Borrow your Dao Fruit for a use, extend my Immortal Platform!"

The Ice Emperor's face was waveless for ten thousand ages, murmuring softly, resonating through the Universe like a demonic incantation.

He spoke the language of the Chaos Ancient years, yet it had a unique Dao Rhyme, all Supremes could understand.

Everyone could see, this time Ji Xu Kong truly faced mortal danger.

The Ice Emperor would launch a killing blow.

"Hah!"

He stretched out a hand and pointed.

The Lanbing Bingzhang carried the ultimate killing chill of all things, suppressing and killing toward Ji Xu Kong.

This was the Great Dao Principles' slaughter, capable of injuring Supremes.

Da Kongyu Bei!

Ji Xu Kong remained calm, his ordinary face undisturbed like an ancient well.

Though heavily injured, he still mobilized his meager magic power to fight.

Pop!

A giant stele transformed from Dao Principles violently collided with the bitterly cold Lanbing Bingzhang of ten thousand ages.

The surrounding endless stars all shattered.

Fortunately, this place is the desolate Universe Borderlands.

Ji Xu Kong was shocked back several star systems, his body turning to shattered ice in multiple places, coughing up large mouthfuls of blood.

Obviously, under this strike, he was injured on top of injury.

"Not bad, young man."

A trace of minuscule waves also appeared in the Ice Emperor's ten-thousand-ages-unchanging eyes.

Obviously, with his eyesight, he could see that Ji Xu Kong had resolved most of the damage through the Void Dao.

Otherwise.

With his full-force strike like this, even a Supreme struck would have to pay a heavy price.

Simultaneously.

The other four Supremes' avatars also showed no mercy, fiercely suppressing and killing.

Big hands, divine spears, ancient bells... not giving the slightest chance to catch a breath.

This is to exterminate Ji Xu Kong, forever removing a future threat!

The Ice Emperor frowned slightly, seemingly displeased by the other Supremes acting.

This is his pride as an Ancient Emperor.

As a former Dao achiever, he still doesn't need to join forces with others to suppress and kill an enemy.

However, he merely frowned, and didn't express anything.

After all, now is a special critical period, so it is understandable.

Throughout the Universe.

"Is there anyone who can help him?"

"Too difficult, what kind of era is this!"

Cultivators prayed in despair, wailing in grief with tears streaming.

"Achieving the Dao in this life is too difficult, perhaps I should avoid it."

Other races' Quasi-Emperors' eyes flickered, pondering something.

"What a pity, this human clan's little dragon."

"Natural talent is good, just luck is lacking."

In the Life Forbidden Zone, there were also neutral Supremes sighing with emotion.

Their lifespans were still fairly sufficient, and they didn't have too much ill will toward the human clan.

Speaking like this at this moment also expressed their sighs at the difficulty of achieving the Dao.

Since the Chaos Ancient eras, living beings have far exceeded hundreds of millions upon millions, yet those able to prove the Dao and become Emperors number only a hundred-odd people.

One can see its difficulty!

The world has never lacked Heaven's Pride monsters.

Those able to reach the end, without exception, all possess great wisdom, great courage, great luck, and so on combined.

This human clan's little dragon of the current era cultivates the Void Dao, rare in ten thousand ages!

Time, space — these two are both Path of Humanity Forbidden Domains!

There are rumors, walking these two paths to the Ultimate Domain, one will step into the Immortal Dao!

Yet, such a sole Peerless Heavenly Prodigy of ten thousand ages is about to fall.

This inevitably gives the neutral Supremes a slight sighing sentiment.

Right at this time.

Hum!

An ancient, unadorned stone pagoda appeared out of thin air, suppressing downward.

Boom!

The stone pagoda erupted with incomparably mighty aura, shocking back the big hands, divine spears, golden whips, ancient bells.

"Void, go undergo tribulation, I will protect your Dao for you!"

A Dao shout, transmitted throughout the Universe Xing Kong.

In the gloomy, dark Outside Domain battlefield, Gu Xuan's golden divine power permeated, towering above ten thousand ages, like an Invincible War God.

He activated the Sun Stone Pagoda, traversed the Endless Star Domain, and intercepted this lethal combined strike of the Four Great Supremes' avatars.

And simultaneously.

Everyone also saw.

The Undying Taoist looked like madness, swinging the Phoenix Blood Heavenly Saber to cleave a desperate strike.

At the critical moment of life and death, Gu Xuan sacrificed the damaged green bronze cauldron, protecting his own body.

Chi!

Even though he had transformed Immortal Dao Essence afterwards, his Qi and Blood returned to the peak.

But the flawless Ancient Emperor's full-force strike still left a huge wound on his back, viscera exposed.

Holy Body Treasure Blood poured down recklessly, scattering across the starry sky.

This made certain ancient Supremes somewhat covetous.

This is all life essence that can extend lifespan.

Gu Xuan's gaze was cold, the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist erupted, likewise inflicting heavy injury on the Undying Taoist, causing his shoulder to collapse.

"Senior?!"

Beneath the endless Thunder Sea, Ji Xu Kong's body shattered, his whole form bathed in blood.

The Sun Stone Pagoda, suspended and spinning, intercepted that certain-kill strike for him.

His gaze pierced across the star sea, catching sight of Gu Xuan's eyes.

Within them lay relief, encouragement, and also a hint of gentleness.

And — hope!

As if saying: Xu Kong, you've done very well already!

"Ah..."

Ji Xu Kong let out a great roar, a tragic howl that shook Heaven and Earth!

Watching the distant Perfected Holy Body, his own Dao Protector, his eyes held boundless sorrow, reluctance, entreaty...

Two people, friends for a hundred years, named Dao Protectors but in truth bosom friends, yet perhaps a final parting was ultimately unavoidable.

However.

Neither of the two showed the slightest hesitation.

The two had known each other for several hundred years, and already possessed the deepest tacit understanding.

Moreover, this moment was also something the two had planned for during their previous deductions.

Ji Xu Kong turned, forcibly burning his essence blood, and activated the Great Void Technique to escape this stretch of starry sky.

Blessings to all Book Friends, health and peace! New book seeking follows, seeking reads~

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(Chapter End)