As the Heavenly Emperor was shrouded in fear, Gu An snapped Emperor Jiming Cang's neck, causing his fleshly body to shatter, his form and spirit both destroyed.
With that one squeeze, all of Emperor Jiming Cang's karma was crushed apart as well. Whether he was the true body or not, he had to die.
Only then did the Heavenly Emperor break free from the suppression of the illusion, his expression turning dark.
He could now be certain that the reason Chaos had besieged the Heavenly Dao was not merely for the Hongmeng Will. Behind this, an even more terrifying existence was scheming over everything.
At the same time.
The Cangming Creation Tree fell into silence. Seeing Emperor Jiming Cang turn to ash in Gu An's hand, all the Cangming cultivators stopped. They looked at Gu An in despair.
This time, they could no longer harbor any extravagant hope in their hearts, because the Cangming providence upon them was dissipating, causing their cultivation to be affected as well.
Not only them—the leaves of the Cangming Creation Tree also began to wither, and its branches were even shrinking, shriveling up.
The surviving immortals and gods all looked nervously at Gu An. They were not certain whether Emperor Jiming Cang was truly dead, and feared that Emperor Jiming Cang would revive once again.
Heavenly Venerable Juenian was the same. Having fought Emperor Jiming Cang himself, he knew well just how terrifying Emperor Jiming Cang was.
Precisely because of this, his reverence toward Gu An grew even stronger.
The Emperor Jiming Cang who had nearly left him unable to breathe had been utterly helpless before Gu An.
Gu An's speed was too fast. He did not have the vast, boundless divine abilities and dharma avatars of the Supreme Dao-Melding Sovereign Emperor, yet he could