He simply looked up to the sky and let out a dragon's roar that resonated through the ages. There was no grief or indignation in that roar, only boundless pride and determination.
The next moment, he actually ignited the last remnant of his soul essence!
Those who invade our territory, no matter how far away, will be punished!
Instead of fighting for his own survival, he channeled all his strength into the most brilliant and glorious offensive of his life. A golden sun rose slowly above the Imperial Capital Academy, crashing headlong into the three sacred figures, all to buy even a single more breath for the junior below.
Meanwhile, Xiao Han had already arrived at the core of the seal.
The sight before him caused his pupils to shrink sharply.
What an ugly and evil heart it was!
It was about the size of a house, pitch black, and its surface was covered with twisted, vein-like patterns, pulsating slowly like a living thing. Each pulsation emitted an extreme evil that could corrupt all things, causing the space itself to groan in agony.
This aura instantly ignited two major hidden dangers within his body! The Primordial Demon Finger Soul-Splitting Curse Seal on his left ankle and the Netherworld Emperor Dragon Cursefire in his back resonated wildly like sharks smelling blood, clamoring to merge with that demonic heart!
[WARNING! Triple top-tier pollution sources detected, about to resonate! Purification mission failure rate is as high as 99.99%!]
[If this fails, the host will be completely corrupted, their soul Obliteration, and their body transformed into a new generation of world-destroying demon lord, bearing the triple source of pollution!]
The cold, impersonal system notification sounded like a death knell tolling in my mind.
Xiao Han seemed not to hear. His eyes were fixed on the pulsating, dark demonic heart and the rapidly fading golden sun in the sky.
He reached out and resolutely pressed it down!
Chaos Green Lotus Martial Soul, activated at full power!
Buzz--
The pure power of creation and the overwhelming power of demonic corruption collided with each other like water and fire, light and darkness, at the moment of contact!
"Ahhh--!"
An indescribable pain instantly engulfed every inch of Xiao Han's flesh, every cell, and every wisp of his soul!
His sea of consciousness was completely transformed into a battlefield.
The Chaos Green Lotus Martial Soul transformed into a Supreme Dao Lotus, frantically releasing its life essence to purify the filthy power. The Eternal Night Void Emperor Martial Soul transformed into a devouring black hole, tearing and devouring the power of the two great curse seals. Meanwhile, the ancient demonic thoughts contained within the Worldheart Fragment transformed into billions of demons, roaring as they tried to completely tear apart and devour his soul and true spirit.
This was an extremely fierce tug-of-war.
Above the sky.
The golden sun, formed from the remnant soul of the Emperor Xia, finally burned to its end under the frenzied attack of the three emperors of the Divine Court.
His final heroic lament, filled with boundless hope and relief, resounded throughout the heavens and earth.
"The descendants of the Dragon Nation... the backbone of humanity... I... entrust them to you..."
As soon as the words fell, the sun that had shone on the Imperial Capital for a thousand years, and the phantom of the hero, vanished completely in the holy rain of light.
Thus, a great emperor fell.
"Puff--"
At the very moment the Emperor Xia vanished, the purification process at the underground core seemed to have reached a critical point.
Xiao Han suddenly opened his eyes.
His left eye transformed into a chaotic blackness that devoured everything.
His right eye transformed into the gold of creation, nurturing all things.
Two extremely opposing forces within him reached a point of imbalance, which could no longer be suppressed.
"Roar--!"
A roar, utterly inhuman and filled with endless pain and madness, erupted from his mouth, shaking the entire Soul-Suppressing Space!
Above the heavens, the golden sun that carried the backbone of humanity burned to the very end.
There was no earth-shattering roar, only a soft sigh that transcended millennia and resonated in the hearts of every Dragon Nation. The Emperor Xia's final self-destruction transformed into an extremely dazzling golden rain of light, gently showering down upon the land he had protected his entire life.
However, beneath this gentleness lies a destructive force capable of Obliteration stars.
Before a Divine Court Martial Emperor could even utter a scream, his divine body dissolved inch by inch in the rain of light, transforming into the purest particles and returning to the world.
The other two Martial Emperors, including the leader wearing a crown of thorns, were also in a sorry state. Their holy light armor was covered with spiderweb-like cracks, golden divine blood spilled from the corners of their mouths, and their auras were extremely weak, clearly indicating that they had suffered unimaginable injuries.
"A madman! A complete and utter madman!"
Thorn Crown Martial Emperor was both shocked and enraged. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes devoid of any of the composure and arrogance he had displayed before, replaced only by hysterical greed and madness. The Emperor Xia was dead, the seal was broken, and the Worldheart Fragment, so close at hand, was his sole purpose for this journey!
He disregarded his injuries, and the remaining divine power around him burst into flames. He transformed into a beam of holy light that tore through the sky, plunging down into the deep pit like a meteorite, his target Xiao Han and that demonic heart!
"Don't even think about it!"
Lin Qingxia's beautiful eyes were filled with tears, and her lips were bitten until they bled. She could feel the gentle aura that had protected her for countless days and nights completely dissipate. Grief turned into determination, and the source of her Extreme Ice Phoenix Martial Soul ignited, ready to use her own life to guard the last line of defense for the figure underground.
Just as she was about to commit suicide, everything was destroyed.
An indescribable aura of terror rose into the sky from the deep pit.
That aura was half sacred and vast, like the beginning of heaven and earth, the creation of all things; the other half was evil and deep, as if the universe had ended and all worlds Return to the Ruins. These two completely opposite extreme powers strangely merged together, forming an incomprehensible chaos.
A hand slowly emerged from the deep pit.
It was an indefinable hand. One half was composed of countless cyan-gold lotus petals, each petal flowing with mysterious creation runes; the other half was formed from countless rotating dark stars, so profound that it seemed capable of swallowing all light.
It was just that one hand, lifting upwards with a casual gesture.
"Bang!"
The Thorn Crown Martial Emperor's full-force strike, powerful enough to pierce mountains, struck this hand and vanished without a trace, like a mud ox sinking into the sea. All the divine power was instantly disintegrated, devoured, and disappeared into nothingness.
Time seemed to stand still at this moment.
Lin Qingxia's burning source energy stopped, and the surviving Divine Court Martial Emperor stared wide-eyed in horror. The entire ruins of the Imperial Capital were completely silent.
A figure slowly rose from the deep pit.
That was Xiao Han.
But he was no longer the same as before. His left side was shrouded in dark demonic energy, with countless tiny shadowy stars flowing beneath his skin, like a miniature universe of eternal night. His right side, on the other hand, was enveloped in holy cyan-gold light, with phantom lotus petals blooming and withering, filled with endless rhythms of life.
His aura rose steadily in the chaos, crossing the barrier of the Martial Grandmaster, and soared all the way to finally stop steadily at the peak of the Martial Grandmaster Realm Seventh Layer!