Chapter 250

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Protagonist:

Jiang Xuan

At this moment, the great war in the universe was still raging fiercely.

Jiang Xuan and the Undying Heavenly Emperor's figures shuttled back and forth through the starry sky, the two sides colliding fiercely, fighting all the way from one end of the universe to the other.

Every clash was accompanied by chaos being split open, the universe seeming unable to bear the weight as it emitted mournful cries again and again.

Time itself, under the impact of their power, was shattered into countless fragments, scattered across every corner of the universe.

"Hum!"

Under Jiang Xuan's control, the Hongmeng Treasure Mirror collided fiercely with the Undying Heavenly Emperor's Five-Colored Heavenly Blade.

In an instant, the scene of all living beings gradually emerged in the light of the collision, a picture of ancient people devoutly chanting, carrying an ancient and mysterious power, singing praises and offering eulogies.

The Great Dao was hazy, as if returning to the primordial state when the universe first opened, everything returning to the original starting point, the beginning of all phenomena; the Hongmeng Treasure Mirror burst forth with dazzling Dao light, like the first ray of dawn at the beginning of heaven and earth.

And under this powerful impact, the Five-Colored Heavenly Blade trembled incessantly, emitting mournful cries, retreating helplessly, completely unable to withstand the Hongmeng Treasure Mirror's fierce assault.

Jiang Xuan's Hongmeng Treasure Mirror completely suppressed the Undying Heavenly Emperor's Five-Colored Heavenly Blade!

"Is this the Heavenly Emperor's weapon!" A Quasi-Emperor couldn't help but exclaim in awe, his voice filled with reverence and admiration for the Hongmeng Treasure Mirror.

In past ages, the Heavenly Emperor had never manifested this weapon.

This Hongmeng Treasure Mirror was truly too extraordinary; the power it displayed far exceeded everyone's imagination.

"Anciently there was the Huang Tower, and the Immortal Bell is said to be a supreme immortal artifact; could the Heavenly Emperor's Hongmeng Treasure Mirror have also become an immortal artifact?" someone guessed with a face full of shock.

The performance of this Emperor Armament on the battlefield was truly terrifying; its might made even some Quasi-Emperors suspect that if the emperors of Ancient Times were resurrected, they might not be a match for this weapon!

The Undying Heavenly Emperor naturally also perceived the situation of the Emperor Armament on the battlefield. His expression instantly turned grave, his gaze revealing a hint of seriousness, trying to see through the reality and illusion of the Hongmeng Treasure Mirror.

"Your weapon is strange!" the Undying Heavenly Emperor spoke, while struggling to cope with Jiang Xuan's supreme attacks, and trying hard to stay awake; due to the intensity of the battle, his voice carried a bit of panting, clearly already somewhat powerless.

"Reality and illusion? Immortal Gold?" The Undying Heavenly Emperor's eyes blazed with divine light, as if he had discovered some shocking secret, "You didn't use any Immortal Gold to forge this Emperor Armament?!!"

This discovery made him find it absurd.

With Jiang Xuan's strength and status, it was impossible for him not to find Immortal Gold for forging an Emperor Armament, but the fact was right before his eyes; this peerlessly powerful Hongmeng Treasure Mirror actually used no Immortal Gold at all.

"Why need Immortal Gold! My Dao is my weapon!" Jiang Xuan roared loudly, his voice like a great bell, penetrating the ages of the past, making those who heard it tremble involuntarily.

This roar was a proclamation to heaven and earth, filled with endless confidence and heroic spirit.

"What a Hongmeng! What a Hongmeng Treasure Mirror!" The Undying Heavenly Emperor's face was cold as frost; he knew well that today's battle could not end well, and one side must surely die on the spot.

The Emperor and the Emperor fought madly in the starry sky; their power was so strong that it stirred the Ten Thousand Domains, and the entire universe trembled.

"Bang."

The Undying Heavenly Emperor could no longer remember how many times he had been beaten back by Jiang Xuan.

His injuries grew increasingly severe, blood staining his clothes, his whole person looking extremely disheveled.

He knew clearly in his heart that he was no match for Jiang Xuan at all, having been suppressed and beaten by the other side since the start of the battle.

Most importantly, he had already reached his limit; every time he blocked Jiang Xuan's attack, it was like challenging his own life's limit. But that person opposite, called the Heavenly Emperor, seemed to possess endless power, with no limit in sight.

Jiang Xuan stared at the Undying Heavenly Emperor with an expressionless face; today, this starry sky was destined to become the Heavenly Emperor's burial ground! However...

"Undying Heavenly Emperor, indeed powerful; presumably your taste is excellent!" Jiang Xuan spoke with a tone of admiration, giving full affirmation to this powerful opponent.

The Quasi-Emperors hearing these words all fell silent: "..." They then realized that the place where the Heavenly Emperor rose was famously a "man-eating flow"...

"Hongmeng, you dare to humiliate me like this!" The Undying Heavenly Emperor's hair stood on end with rage, his furious roar echoing through the universe, the aura around him surging like a raging black wave; he then unleashed the supreme Heavenly Emperor Art, attacking Jiang Xuan madly.

Jiang Xuan's expression was stern, dealing with it in an orderly manner.

"Undying Immortal Phoenix Seal!" The Undying Heavenly Emperor looked up and roared, the sound waves rolling, shaking the Star River into a sway.

This was his self-created invincible art; according to the set trajectory, this art accompanied him in achieving Red Dust Immortal, and then transformed into a shocking immortal art.

The Undying Heavenly Emperor's body blazed with light, instantly transforming into the Immortal Phoenix's true form, flames swirling around him, every feather flashing with mysterious runes, rushing toward Jiang Xuan swiftly and diving down; a huge divine seal gradually emerged behind him.

Jiang Xuan showed no fear, facing the divine seal head-on.

In an instant, Great Dao runes in his hand flashed and leaped, like stars gathering, a mysterious and unique Dao Rhyme spreading out.

This Dao Rhyme seemed to come from the beginning of Hongmeng's birth, the source of the Great Dao, the start of the Ten Thousand Worlds, filled with an ancient and mysterious aura.

"Hongmeng Returns to One!" Jiang Xuan suddenly shouted, his voice like a great bell, echoing through the universe.

At the same time, he unleashed his own peerless killing great art.

For a while, the Long River of Time seemed to be forcibly interrupted by an invisible great hand, time and space fell into chaos, one illusory world after another opened up between the two and instantly shattered; the energy fluctuations released made the entire universe tremble.

Under the collision of powerful power, the Undying Immortal Phoenix Seal was actually decomposed bit by bit, turning into the most original Dao Patterns, and then these Dao Patterns could not be maintained, gradually turning into pure Heaven and Earth Spirit Qi, dissipating in the vast universe, leaving not a trace.

"Bang!"

A huge sound, shocking like a universe big bang.

The Immortal Phoenix's blood, like gorgeous red meteors, sprinkled across the entire starry sky. The Immortal Phoenix transformed by the Undying Heavenly Emperor was almost directly split in two on the spot by Jiang Xuan!

The Undying Heavenly Phoenix's silhouette flashed, transforming back into human form. His face was pale as paper, blood overflowing from the corner of his mouth; looking at Jiang Xuan, he smiled bitterly and said: "Since the past ages, you are the strongest; even the Emperor Venerable cannot compare to you!"

The Undying Heavenly Emperor had once personally seen that god-like Emperor Venerable, and even held the Immortal Bell to ambush him; in his long memory, the Emperor Venerable was undoubtedly the symbol of invincibility.

But now, the strength and methods displayed by this junior before him, who was only over ten thousand years old, completely overturned his previous understanding.

Jiang Xuan quietly gazed at this Ancient Times deity; at this moment, no more words were needed.

The fall of him, the Undying Heavenly Emperor, was the final ending of this battle.

"Boom!"

With a huge sound, the final collision began.

The Undying Heavenly Emperor went all out, unleashing forbidden means; but even so, before Jiang Xuan, it was still of no avail.

"Hiss!"

The Undying Heavenly Emperor was actually split cleanly in two by Jiang Xuan's fierce attack!

His Primordial Spirit also suffered heavy damage, nearing collapse, emitting faint glimmers on the verge of dissipation.

"Hahahaha..."

The Undying Heavenly Emperor let out a mournful laugh, the laughter filled with resentment and helplessness, "When I was young, I accidentally entered a Void Crack by mistake, falling from the Xian Yu to this mortal world. Since then, day and night, all I thought of was returning to my homeland. Originally, I had already seen the glimmer of hope, but today, I ultimately fell here."

Jiang Xuan heard this, a cold smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

He knew clearly in his heart that for the sake of realizing his goal of returning home, the Undying Heavenly Emperor did not know how many innocent lives he had sacrificed. If it were not for my rapid progress in cultivation and possessing sufficiently powerful strength, I would probably have already died at the hands of the Undying Heavenly Emperor.

Jiang Xuan did not hesitate in the slightest, immediately recalling the Hongmeng Treasure Mirror.

The Hongmeng Treasure Mirror shone with brilliance, like a dazzling meteor, striking straight toward the Undying Heavenly Emperor.

At this moment, the Undying Heavenly Emperor was already exhausted, not even having the strength to raise his hand to block, only able to watch helplessly as the Hongmeng Treasure Mirror swept across.

In an instant, that figure who was once peerless under the heavens completely disappeared in the vast universe.

The Undying Heavenly Emperor, thus fell!

At this very moment, the entire universe seemed to be shrouded in a layer of blood color, a heavy sense of sorrow slowly spreading.

The Undying Heavenly Emperor was an Ancient Emperor who had not severed his own path; his fall caused Heaven and Earth to react, as if mourning this once-powerful strongman.

Jiang Xuan stood alone in the vast starry sky, quietly gazing at the boundless universe.

With the death of the Undying Heavenly Emperor, on the long Xianlu of the past ages, there was one less person from now on. At this moment, Jiang Xuan felt an inexplicable complex emotion in his heart, both the satisfaction of defeating a strong enemy and the lament for this cruel fate.

"Hum!"

Looking at the wailing Five-Colored Heavenly Blade, Jiang Xuan waved his hand with domineering force, and an invisible powerful suction instantly drew the Heavenly Blade into his hand.

Not long after, figures appeared out of thin air beside Jiang Xuan; they were the Quasi-Emperors who had been watching this shocking great war from a distance. In their eyes looking at Jiang Xuan, there was full of awe and admiration.

"The Heavenly Emperor's divine might is truly peerless in the world!"

A Quasi-Emperor couldn't help but sigh, his voice carrying a bit of excitement and reverence.

In their hearts, every time Heavenly Emperor Jiang Xuan acted, he could bring unimaginable shock; just as when he pacified the Forbidden Zone, just as when he slew the Emperor Venerable, today defeating the Undying Heavenly Emperor was even more so.

"Jiang Ge, you're too absurdly strong..." Pang Bo circled around Jiang Xuan once, as if studying some rare species, sizing him up from top to bottom, while muttering nonstop in his mouth, "Simply a pervert; with ten thousand years of cultivation, he can actually defeat an old monster who has lived for two million years."

Nowadays, with Jiang Xuan's help, Pang Bo had already proven the Dao through unorthodox means, but seeing the momentum of Jiang Xuan's attack, he felt he was not much stronger than an infant.

Jiang Xuan heard this, feeling both amused and exasperated.

"Heroes under the Tianxia are truly like carp crossing the river..." Thinking of the Emperor Venerable, the Undying Heavenly Emperor, and the latecomer Jiang Xuan, Ye Fan finally sighed.

Jiang Xuan encouraged, "Immortal is merely another starting point; above the Immortal there are still several great cultivation realms. In my opinion, Emperor Venerables like the Undying are far inferior to you!" Just as in his humble days, he encouraged Ye Fan in this same way.

"Did the Undying Heavenly Emperor also become an Immortal through nine lives?" Yao Xi's face was still full of shock; in her understanding, it was truly hard to imagine that someone could actually live in reverse for nine lives.

In an instant, everyone's gazes turned to Jiang Xuan in unison; in everyone's eyes flashed the light of curiosity, urgently wanting to know the answer: why could the Undying Heavenly Emperor endure such long years, and until just now still be so vigorous.

Pausing for a moment, Jiang Xuan began to explain, "The Undying Heavenly Emperor has hidden in the world since the beginning of Ancient Times, specifically targeting Ancient Emperors and Great Emperors who were in their twilight years, using their extreme Dao blood to live out another life in the Human World time and time again."

Hearing this secret as shocking as heaven splitting and earth trembling, everyone's eyes showed deep astonishment.

Ancient Emperors and Great Emperors were existences standing at the peak of the world and invincible under the Tianxia; yet someone dared to treat them as prey to hunt, which simply subverted everyone's understanding.

"The Undying Heavenly Emperor said he fell from the Xian Yu..." Qing Di spoke, his face full of uncertainty, afraid he had misheard something, "Does the Xian Yu really exist?" Jiang Xuan looked at Qing Di, knowing in his heart what he wanted to ask; Qing Di had always been persistent about the existence of the Xian Yu.

The Xian Yu, since ancient times, had been the holy land dreamed of by countless Emperors and Sovereigns, carrying their ultimate yearning for eternity and transcendence.

Nowadays, the Undying Heavenly Emperor's words once again pushed the topic of the Xian Yu before everyone's eyes, naturally tugging at the heartstrings of every person present.

Jiang Xuan smiled slightly; from ancient times to the present, everyone said that entering the Xian Yu would make one an Immortal, but the truth of reality was much crueler.

Nowadays, true Immortals are hard to find even in the Xian Yu; at least in this fragment of the Xian Yu near the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, there is no existence of Immortals. The "becoming an Immortal" that people usually speak of is, after all, merely a state of longevity achieved in the Human Realm.

"He did not lie; it is now impossible for a natural Immortal Phoenix to be born in this universe." Jiang Xuan nodded slightly, formally responding to Qing Di's question.

"Hiss." A sound of sharp intakes of breath suddenly rang out around them.

This mystery that had troubled the past ages was actually unraveled by Jiang Xuan so lightly today!

The Xian Yu truly exists! This realization gave everyone a wonderful feeling as if witnessing history.

"However, the Undying Heavenly Emperor did not necessarily become an Immortal by living in reverse for nine lives." After a long while, Jiang Xuan continued to speak.

Everyone was puzzled; just now Jiang Xuan said the Undying Heavenly Emperor sneakily attacked late-life Emperors and Sovereigns to extend his life, so how could he say it was not necessarily living in reverse for nine lives?

"When the Undying spied on me, his true body was in a strange world; this strange world was in the gap between the Ren Jie and the Immortal Realm, where Longevity Substance remained; even if Human Path cultivators stayed within it, they could extend their lifespans."

"Through cultivation over long years, even a dog can cultivate to the extreme Dao; the Undying Heavenly Emperor was naturally extremely talented, so becoming an Immortal is not surprising, but this kind of Immortal is not a Red Dust Immortal."

"Becoming an Immortal in an era when it is impossible to become an Immortal can be called a Red Dust Immortal."

Speaking to this point, everyone finally understood: one is the orthodox Immortal, the other is the Red Dust Immortal; those without lifespan shackles who rely on long accumulation are orthodox Immortals, and whether in potential or combat power, they are far inferior to Red Dust Immortals.

(Chapter End)