Chapter 218

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Protagonist:

Jiang Xuan

Everyone was captivated by the shocking scene before them, unable to help but marvel in their hearts; such a magnificent and splendid sight, such a vast and heroic spirit, was truly rarely seen in the world!

Throughout the long years, where has there been anyone who dared to act in such a manner?

The Heavenly Emperor possessed the momentum of swallowing mountains and rivers, intending to thoroughly end the Forbidden Zones that had continued for thousands of ages, uprooting them completely; his determination was so firm, his courage so great, that it caused the world to change color.

"Charge!"

The Big Black Dog pawed the ground with its four claws, the fur on its whole body standing on end, a fierce light in its eyes, tearing at its throat to bark wildly; its barking seemed capable of tearing the Void.

Over these years, he had followed Ye Fan, and had been targeted by the Forbidden Zones several times; that stifled resentment and anger had never dissipated from the bottom of his heart.

"In this life I rely solely on the sword in my hand to level all obstacles, with a fearless war to carve out a bright world for future descendants, resolving all worries!"

The roar was like a great bell, shaking the Heavenly Vault until it trembled, the Star River swaying, seemingly wanting to break through all shackles between Heaven and Earth, making all things submit beneath it.

The Star River shook, the Universe trembled.

Looking across ancient and modern times, there has never been an existence so daring as to defy Heaven and Earth; it seemed as if they would rewrite the order of this world, treading down all obstacles with a fearless posture.

The Seven Great Life Forbidden Zones, for a long time their majesty could not be looked upon directly, like gods, standing proudly above all living beings, controlling the cycle of life and death, enjoying endless awe and reverence, making people feel timid in their hearts, not daring the slightest profanation.

The years are long; how many heroes and outstanding figures have broken their halberds and sunk into the sand before them, and who could have such heroic spirit and peerless great power, daring to face the Forbidden Zones, let alone conquer them.

The world boiled over; the gazes of all living beings were firmly attracted, tension like a taut bowstring, fear like a frightened bird.

Everyone held their breath, staring at Jiang Xuan, Ye Fan, and the others; every step they took forward could shatter the Void, their aura grand and magnificent, as if they would reopen a bright world within this chaotic Universe.

"This is a variable that shocks ancient and modern times! In this era, perhaps the strongest one will be born, breaking all shackles and restraints, reshaping the pattern of this vast Heaven and Earth!"

"Heavenly Emperor Jiang Xuan, your conduct is arrogant and unrestrained, bullying others too far!"

A majestic voice resounded through Heaven and Earth, a great bell roaring in anger, shaking the clouds in all four directions.

"It is not that I rely on strength to bully the weak, but that you act recklessly, not knowing to restrain yourselves! This vast Universe, how can it tolerate you treating it as your private pasture? Today Heaven and Earth are in a Golden Age, all Laws are clear, all things flourish vigorously, how can it tolerate you acting willfully and perversely any longer!"

Jiang Xuan stood beneath the Heavenly Vault, his figure towering, like a Heavenly Emperor descending to the world, his voice like rolling heavenly thunder, carrying an undeniable majesty and resolve.

Even Ye Fan, standing before him, only felt a terrifying pressure, as if coming from the ancient primordial chaos, surging toward him.

As for those supreme experts who had followed the Beidou's radiance all the way, witnessing this world-shaking change, at this moment their hearts surged, secretly amazed: the Heavenly Emperor's great trend is already formed, his might like the vast ocean, unending; his momentum like a towering mountain, unshakeable; under this heaven, who else can withstand his edge, block his path!

"When we transformed into Imperial Supremes to protect this Universe's Qian Kun, your ancestors were still beneath our feet, humbly praying for protection."

Another majestic voice, like nether thunder from the Nine Netherworlds, carrying endless anger and pride, boomed.

"I respect the glorious first life you once had; that was your Glory. But I spit upon your deeds in your dying years! In the past, the Dark Turmoil descended time and again, devouring countless living beings, the common people suffering, cries of the wild geese everywhere, Heaven and Earth weeping sadly because of your atrocities!"

Jiang Xuan's gaze was like a torch, piercing through the Time of ten thousand ages, his words sonorous and forceful, like the divine thunder of the heavens, rolling and reverberating between Heaven and Earth.

In the boundless Star Domain, all reverberated with Jiang Xuan's earth-shaking roar; invincible belief and the Heavenly Heart mutually fused, the vast Universe trembling violently, emitting booming sounds.

"War!"

Jiang Xuan struck out fiercely; his chosen target was the Shen Xu. This mysterious land bore mottled traces of the years, preserving the ruins of the Heavenly Court from the mythological era; those ancient towers and halls stood silently in the long river of time, and on some buildings there were still faintly mysterious Array Patterns personally engraved by the Imperial Supreme back then.

Recalling the past, the once glorious Ancient Heavenly Court disintegrated with a boom in that earth-shaking God War; many Heavenly Court fragments scattered like meteors toward the eight desolate domains of the Universe, and this place was one of the most critical locations among them.

"Boom!"

With a huge sound, as if Heaven and Earth collapsed and were reshaped, Jiang Xuan's palm covered the sky and blotted out the sun, actually forcibly uprooting the Shen Xu from where it had taken root, then steadily placing it in the Star River of the great Universe.

Like a heavenly god descending, divine might awe-inspiring, completely disregarding the peerless experts potentially hidden within the Shen Xu, with an unstoppable momentum, he moved mountains and rivers.

Inside the Shen Xu, someone angrily acted, trying to stop it; a large hand emitting a terrifying aura crossed the endless Void, striking down to kill.

Jiang Xuan's expression did not change; he merely shook lightly, and reflected that ferocious attack back in full; that expert's figure also staggered back under the powerful counter-shock force, hiding in the depths of the Shen Xu.

"War!"

Ye Fan threw himself into the fight with no regard for life or death, bravely charging into the depths of the Shen Xu, launching a thunderous attack with incomparably sharp methods.

A towering figure suddenly rushed out, shattering a huge Immortal Source Block in the vast Heavenly Vault with a boom, decisively entering the state of Ultimate Sublimation.

He roared loudly like a great bell: "Fellow Daoists, if you do not act now, when will you wait? Do you really want to let him break them one by one, letting our Forbidden Zones fall into a state of eternal disaster?"

There was actually only this one person left in the Shen Xu bitterly holding on; this greatly exceeded everyone's expectations.

"This campaign aims only to destroy the Shen Xu!"

Jiang Xuan raised his head and shouted angrily, sound waves rolling like thunder, stars shifting position.

Human hearts are treacherous and unfathomable; the three great Forbidden Zones, hearing these words, had a moment of hesitation. That instant of weighing and measuring, all because the price of emerging was heavy as a mountain, making the Forbidden Zone forces also unable to avoid feeling apprehension.

"Boom!"

How could Jiang Xuan miss the opportunity; in a split second he cut across the sky, he stepped through the Void, every step falling with the might of Mount Tai collapsing, a tyrannical aura permeating Heaven and Earth, no one able to stop his sharp edge.

Jiang Xuan was unstoppable; his foot solidly shattered all the Array Patterns interwoven by the Forbidden Zones, then heavily stomped on the iron fist the Shen Xu Supreme had punched toward the sky.

Where the two collided was like the initial opening of Chaos; first auspicious qi exploded, earth-shaking; in a flash, Blood Light splattered in all directions like fireworks.

"Puff!"

With a muffled sound, the Shen Xu Supreme's fist exploded with a boom, flesh and blood flying everywhere, too horrible to look at.

His figure staggered, retreating repeatedly, his face full of disbelief.

"Kill!"

Jiang Xuan struck out swiftly. The two figures intertwined, like divine dragons wrestling; every collision triggered violent tremors, fresh blood splashing up, a rain of blood pouring down, dyeing the Universe's blue sky completely red.

"Boom!"

Finally, with a deafening huge sound, Jiang Xuan gathered power in his palm and fiercely struck out a palm; the Shen Xu Supreme's body flew out horizontally like a kite with a broken string.

Jiang Xuan took advantage of the momentum to move; the Eight Trigrams Furnace spanned the Void, sweeping out; for a time Fire Light filled the sky, the surging Divine Furnace covering ten thousand li, precisely refining the Shen Xu Supreme inside the furnace.

This world-shaking battle slowly drew its curtain; the Shen Xu's last Supreme was thoroughly killed.

In an instant, the great universe seemed to emit a thunderous roar interweaving pain and liberation; that Supreme Dao Essence dissipated like smoke and clouds, and the divine soul also turned to ashes.

The Heavenly Emperor destroyed Shen Xu once more; this news, like a storm, rapidly swept across all corners of the world.

Yet another Supreme standing at the peak of the world was slain by the Heavenly Emperor!

Looking back on his first half of life, brilliance shone ten thousand zhang, glory adorned him, revered by the Ten Thousand Races.

But his latter half fell into endless ferocity and struggle; in this Heaven and Earth chess game, he fought like a trapped beast. Until the very last moment of life, only desolation remained, only that one piercing furnace light witnessed his finale.

"Years like a blade slay Heaven's Pride..."

Jiang Xuan murmured softly, his gaze drifting toward the Taichu Ancient Mine, Xian Ling, Shang Cang, and these last few Forbidden Zones still remaining in the world. In those eyes were determination, battle intent, and also emotion toward the great trend of Heaven and Earth.

The Beidou Land was shrouded in a layer of invisible, heavy haze; the atmosphere was tense to the extreme.

This was a confrontation of Great Emperor-level powerhouses sufficient to shake the Star River; that oppressive force, as if materialized, was so heavy it felt as though breathing would halt.

At the critical moment, a cold hum laden with complex emotions drifted out faintly.

In the end, the Taichu Ancient Mine, Xian Ling, and Shang Cang — these three Forbidden Zones — did not have any experts emerge.

Shen Xu having already become history, they had originally missed the chance to act; after weighing the pros and cons, they also felt there was no need to rashly get involved in this dispute.

Time slowly passed; the war clouds originally dense like rolling dark clouds gradually dissipated into nothingness.

The smoke of this battle gradually dispersed, but the shocking aftermath, like surging tides, rapidly swept the entire universe.

Shen Xu, this Life Forbidden Zone that once made countless living beings revere in awe, was thoroughly removed from the universe.

And Fenbao Cliff, after this great battle, ushered in even more magnificent development; a vast courtyard rose from the ground, and in the courtyard an old peach tree, gnarled and vigorous, was quietly planted, its branches and leaves flourishing, presenting a scene of auspicious tranquility yet teeming with vitality.

The influence of this battle, like a storm, caused Heaven and Earth to tremble violently. The Heavenly Emperor's divine might was vast and boundless, like the blazing sun in the sky; his prestige rapidly spread throughout the universe, its grandeur reaching an unprecedented height.

Such glorious battle achievements are unmatched even in the long river of time; who can rival them?

Jiang Xuan's reputation was like the sun at mid-heaven; looking back on the past, in the long years only this life has someone able to push horizontally across the major Forbidden Zones with an invincible posture, successively pacifying the Lun Hui Hai, Undying Mountain, Shen Xu and other mysterious and dangerous forbidden lands; the great merits he established are like a towering monument, destined to be deeply recorded in the annals of history — no matter how time circulates, no one can erase them.

After this battle, the world was in an uproar, lasting a full several decades before gradually returning to calm.

Everyone clearly realized that a golden prosperous era truly different from the past had arrived.

In this era, even those Supremes who were once high above, striking fear into all living beings, could no longer easily endanger the universe's peace.

This is a period of glorious years full of legendary color; the various races produced a large batch of exceptionally talented geniuses, each displaying their abilities on this great era's stage, making this universe even more dazzling, truly achieving heroes emerging in droves, strong ones like a forest.

Among the many powers, Fenbao Cliff still occupied the most dazzling position, leading alone, unmatched.

Yao Xi has reached the Quasi-Emperor Nine Heavens; Zi Xia has even achieved the Unorthodox Path to Enlightenment.

Ye Fan, like his original trajectory, established the Heavenly Court; the world honors him as Ye Tian Emperor. Ye Fan has many teachers, friends, and followers — the Old Madman, Li Tian, Dou Zhan Saint Ape... all cultivated to the Quasi-Emperor level, and went very deep, joining the Heavenly Court.

Deep within Fenbao Cliff, Jiang Xuan sat cross-legged peacefully; since the campaign that pacified Shen Xu, a hundred years have leisurely passed. During this time, most of his days were immersed in closed-eye comprehension of Heaven and Earth's profound mysteries.

"Ye Fan, what was the result with the Golden Crow Great Emperor?"

Jiang Xuan asked with a smile.

Ye Fan's eyes showed a trace of confusion; several years ago he once fought Jiang Xuan in the depths of the universe — he fought to madness, while Jiang Xuan remained constantly calm and breezy. Ye Fan once suspected he was still some distance from the Emperor Realm.

Ye Fan held between his fingers a golden feather shining brilliantly, a faint smile curling his lips: "Slightly better by a margin."

"Jiang Xuan, what realm have you actually reached?"

"Having reached the Great Emperor level, it's not that there's no further progress; I'm also on the road."

Before long, a piece of news exploded like a thunderclap across the universe: several years ago, Ye Fan and the Golden Crow Great Emperor once had a heart-stopping sparring contest; in the end, the Golden Crow Great Emperor returned with damaged feathers, miserably defeated by Ye Fan.

In an instant, the entire universe shook; everyone was stunned speechless. Although all knew Ye Fan's strength was transcendent and unworldly, this time so directly displaying his invincible posture still made countless people tremble with fear.

In past years, there was never a Great Emperor in the world who suffered defeat; this seemed an uncrossable chasm. Those startlingly talented figures, even with abilities reaching heaven and earth, once sharing a lifetime with a Great Emperor who had proven the Dao in the current generation, could only pale in comparison, reduced to foils.

But now is different from the past! Ye Fan has not yet proven the Dao and become Emperor, yet can suppress a Great Emperor with absolute strength; although he had previously shown his edge when pacifying the Forbidden Zones, displaying transcendent sage might, this undeniable news spreading still makes hearts surge.

Jiang Tian Emperor is invincible under heaven, and now another Ye Tian Emperor appears; the Dark Turmoil will forever become the past.

Ye Fan emerged horizontally into the world, with an invincible attitude defeating the current Great Emperor; like a stone shattering the sky, in an instant he shook the Nine Heavens and Ten Domains; the vast universe everywhere boiled with clamor, all living beings shocked.

In the long decades thereafter, this battle's lingering prestige continuously reverberated and was recited throughout the universe, making all races' living beings hold awe and tremble.

After this battle, Ye Fan was like a deity suspended high in the Heavenly Vault; his every command issued, all corners of the universe heard and submitted, no one dared oppose his edge; the Heavenly Court's authority made the eight directions revere in awe.

The universe's atmosphere quietly changed. The era already producing outstanding talents in droves — the Golden Crow proving the Dao and becoming Emperor once made everyone's path ahead dim and lightless.

Ye Fan with heaven-defying power defeated a Great Emperor, becoming another Heavenly Emperor after Jiang Xuan, causing those Peerless Heaven's Prides to have bright eyes and surging hearts; their inner beliefs became ever more firm as a rock.

In the years thereafter, Huo Qi Zi, Yin Tian De, Hua Yunfei and many other heroes all closed their doors for bitter cultivation, single-mindedly pursuing a higher realm, hoping to break through themselves and step onto a brand new realm. (Chapter End)