"No! Impossible!"
"This... these are Destruction Dao Principles on the verge of perfection!"
"A peak Immortal Emperor! You're a peak Immortal Emperor!"
"No... that's not right! Your aura is clearly at the Profound Origin Realm too!"
"Your Dao Principles may differ from ours, but ten thousand paths lead to the same destination. I can sense it clearly: you're at the Profound Origin Realm!"
The moment Lord Heavenly Emperor made his move, the Nirvana Immortal Emperor was dumbstruck. He was too stunned even to feel afraid.
This made no damn sense!
What kind of Immortal Emperor mastered perfected Dao Principles while still at the Profound Origin Realm?
Oh, one from the Azure Cloud Sect? Then that made perfect—hell no, it didn't!
It was absolutely impossible!
"Nothing is impossible."
Lord Heavenly Emperor withdrew the Destruction Dao Principles he had unleashed and looked at him indifferently, hands clasped behind his back.
If he was that weak, he just needed to train harder.
If he had Dao Principles as heaven-defying as his sect master's, wouldn't that solve everything?
Had he trained diligently all these years?
Why hadn't he started over and mastered some heaven-defying Dao Principles?
"Ah, this is the end for me, and worldly affairs no longer concern me. Could you clear up one last mystery for me?"
The Nirvana Immortal Emperor sighed softly and accepted his fate. His body had already been annihilated; only his head remained, and it too was about to vanish.
With time running out, he began asking without waiting for Lord Heavenly Emperor to answer. "You're not from the Heavenly Universe Immortal Realm."
"Where did you come from, and what name do you go by there?"
"I only wish to know whose hand I fell to. Then I'll have no regrets."
Lord Heavenly Emperor answered without a moment's