The dark Sword Light chased the retreating Fire Phoenix Patriarch like a shadow pursuing the light. It ignored her shield of phoenix flames and pierced the heart of the magnificent Phoenix Phantom behind her—the source of her innate Nirvana power.
"Screech!"
The Fire Phoenix Patriarch let out a piercing Phoenix Cry, filled with pain and despair.
She could feel the dark Return to Ruin Sword Intent devouring her most fundamental Nirvana Origin. Cold and lifeless, it sought to bring everything to an end.
That Sword Intent was not merely destroying her vitality. It was erasing the very principle that allowed her to be reborn through Nirvana.
"No! My Nirvana Dao!"
The Fire Phoenix Patriarch's exquisite face twisted. The phoenix flames around her flickered wildly, then went out for good.
Her enormous true form as a divine fire phoenix drifted apart, piece by piece, like spent ash.
The crimson Essence released as her body dissolved, containing her Nirvana and Flames Origins, was likewise seized and sealed by the Floating Immortal Sword's Return-to-Ruin Power.
A second Ancient Emperor had fallen.
In the blink of an eye, two emperors had been slain.
And in such an overwhelming, uncanny fashion.
The remaining five—Radiant Sun Ancient Emperor, Judgment Ancient Emperor, Yellow Springs Patriarch, Life Ancient Emperor, and Blood Sea Patriarch—were chilled to the bone.
They looked at Fang Chen as though he were a monster emerging from Chaos, a bringer of endings who had shattered everything they thought they knew.
The Fusion Sword Domain continued to turn slowly. Light arose, darkness faded, and the cycle went on without end.
Fang Chen stood at its center with his sword in hand, drenched in blood. Yet he seemed like a god or devil descended upon the world, his presence vast enough to swallow the heavens.
After absorbing