Void Emperor looked coldly at the flesh sphere Immortal Emperor had transformed into as Extreme Dao Imperial Might erupted with a thunderous roar.
Chaos Qi swirled within the Void Mirror. Its brilliance illuminated eternity as Great Emperor laws permeated the heavens and earth, shaking the world.
Great Emperor runes emerged one after another, like immortal ribbons—dazzling and crystalline—as they intertwined into a resplendent scene.
"Do you think we can use this opportunity to kill Immortal Emperor?" Void Emperor asked.
That was precisely why he had deliberately kept Li Ping behind. The many secrets Li Ping knew might prove useful to him.
For instance, he knew little about Immortal Emperor, yet Li Ping seemed to know him exceptionally well.
Though he was asking, he had actually already made up his mind.
"If Immortal Emperor were so easy to kill, that old schemer would have died hundreds or thousands of times already!" Li Ping said.
Emperor Venerate was far from the only one who bore a grudge against Immortal Emperor. Countless Ancient Sovereigns and Great Emperors throughout the ages had also been his enemies.
Ancient Sovereigns and Great Emperors were all supreme powerhouses of their respective eras, embodiments of invincibility, yet even they had been unable to do anything to Immortal Emperor.
Even Emperor Wushi, unmatched beneath the heavens, had at most been able to stand in confrontation with Immortal Emperor. One could imagine just how powerful Immortal Emperor was.
"But I want to try!" Void Emperor said in a deep voice.
It was certain that the mysterious powerhouse who had attacked him in his later years had been Immortal Emperor.
The Path to Immortality was about to open. Leaving a menace like Immortal Emperor alive would bring no blessing to all living beings.
He took a step into the hall. The Void Mirror swept toward the flesh sphere, its immortal light flashing ten thousand zhang high.
Facing a powerhouse like Immortal Emperor, he held nothing back. His full strength erupted.
Vast Extreme Dao Imperial Might swept across the entire Huoying Ancient Star, gradually spreading throughout the cosmos.
Even the distant Big Dipper Star Domain sensed it, and inexplicable auras emerged once more from the various Life Forbidden Zones.
"Th-this is Void Emperor making a move? Is he fighting the Life Forbidden Zones?"
"No! That is not a Life Forbidden Zone. But who could make Void Emperor fight with his full strength?"
"What exactly is Void Emperor doing? He just swept through the forbidden zones, and now he is fighting with all his strength again!"
The vast Extreme Dao Imperial Might awakened the slumbering Supremes. Across an immense distance, they saw the imperial patterns.
When an Extreme Dao Great Emperor fought with full strength, the might was earth-shattering, shaking the universe and the eight wilds. It was simply terrifying beyond measure.
Yet what puzzled the Supremes was this: who could possibly be worthy of Void Emperor's full strength?
In this age, besides Supremes like them, who else could make Void Emperor fight with all his strength?
Void Emperor struck down with his palm. Heaven and earth trembled as the light blooming from the Void Mirror reached its utmost brilliance.
The figure seated behind the gate seemed to sense something and also made a move, causing the Void Gate to tremble without cease.
Void Emperor understood that Emperor Wushi was likely acting, intending to pull Immortal Emperor into another realm.
If he wished, joining forces with Emperor Wushi would leave the transforming Immortal Emperor utterly powerless to resist.
However, he could see that this was the crucial moment of Immortal Emperor's transformation. Immortal Emperor was extremely weak right now.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, he wanted to try to kill Immortal Emperor rather than drag him into another realm.
At that moment, Immortal Emperor also sensed an inexplicable crisis, and the flesh sphere he had become began to awaken.
Brilliant light burst from within the flesh sphere. Five colors illuminated the cosmos, while ten rays of light cleaved across the starry sky, boundless and endless.
It was an incomparably terrifying aura. Even the Supremes felt chills run down their spines.
"I recognize this aura. In my later years, I once fought him!"
"Me too! He attacked me when I was old and frail, stealing my flesh and blood!"
"Th-that could not be Immortal Emperor, could it?"
The Supremes were utterly shaken. Having recognized the aura emanating from the flesh sphere, they were even more astonished.
No wonder Void Emperor had fought with all his strength. His opponent was Immortal Emperor!
The revelation that Immortal Emperor was still alive was no less shocking than Void Emperor's return to the world.
The Supremes sadly discovered that, at the critical moment when the Path to Immortality was about to open, every sort of monster and demon had come crawling out.
With the Path to Immortality about to open and such a complicated, ever-changing situation before them, the Supremes were completely stunned!
"Void Emperor, you actually returned to the world?"
Within the flesh sphere, the transforming Immortal Emperor was equally shocked, no less so than the Supremes.
He felt that the past hundred thousand years or so had truly been cursed with terrible luck. Every miserable thing imaginable had happened to him.
He had clearly reached the crucial point of his transformation, on the verge of becoming a Mortal World Immortal amid the boundless mortal realm.
First, Emperor Wushi, that junior, had come looking for him—and his strength had been terrifyingly formidable.
After transforming for millions of years, he had actually been unable to do anything to a junior. In the end, they could only remain locked in confrontation.
Fortunately, he held the advantage. He remained in this realm, while Emperor Wushi had already entered another realm.
Once his transformation was complete, he would surely make Emperor Wushi, that junior, pay a painful price.
Who could have imagined it? At the crucial moment of his transformation, Void Emperor had come again!
He could say with absolute certainty that Void Emperor had definitely died back then!
How could a person who had already died possibly return to the world?
Faced with such an incomprehensible situation, his mind buzzed. Like the Supremes, he was completely stunned!
But he no longer had the luxury of shock. Facing a Great Emperor at his peak, he had no choice but to respond with his full strength.
With a thought, five-colored plumes flew from their sheath, and five streaks of immortal light slashed out from the flesh sphere he had transformed into.
The immortal light was dazzling. Each streak rang with a sonorous clang, humming sharply—strange yet beautiful, brilliant and blinding.
Unmatched power erupted, grinding away swaths of runes as it clashed fiercely against the Void Mirror with world-shaking might.
Void Emperor's expression remained unchanged as he unleashed the forbidden secret art within the Void Mirror, fiercely confronting Immortal Emperor.
Violent collisions erupted continuously. Huoying Ancient Star rang like struck metal as terrifying power spread throughout the cosmos.
"Void Emperor truly is domineering!" Li Ping sighed.
Though he was nearby, the aftermath of the Emperor War did not affect him in the slightest. That was clearly because of Void Emperor.
As far as he knew, Immortal Emperor had existed in the world for millions of years and undergone countless terrifying transformations.
Though Immortal Emperor was currently in poor condition, he was still a Peerless Expert unimaginably close to becoming a Mortal World Immortal.
Void Emperor was not only fiercely confronting Immortal Emperor, but even sought to kill him. What overwhelming dominance!
"Dong!"
Suddenly, a vast bell chime rang out. A great bell tore through the void—it was the Supreme Emperor Armament, the Wushi Bell.
The Wushi Bell fully awakened. A phantom appeared upon it, and an ancient, desolate, tyrannical aura instantly swept across the far reaches of the cosmos.
With his back to all living beings, he sat cross-legged there, carrying an indescribable bearing. It was the phantom of Emperor Wushi.
Emperor Wushi stood tall and majestic, his hair thick and full. Even in stillness, he carried a trace of solitude.
The Wushi Bell erupted into motion and, with the force of thunder, smashed solidly into the flesh sphere Immortal Emperor had transformed into.
"Rumble!"
A terrifying aura emerged. The Void Gate expanded, the Path to Immortality appeared, and both the Wushi Bell and Immortal Emperor were completely swallowed.
Void Emperor stood before the Void Gate, watching as the node of the Path to Immortality gradually settled and vanished. He remained silent for a long while.
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