Heaven Burial Bell, Emperor Jiang's Heart Ached Greatly

Ye Chen's expression was as dark as water.

He stared at Gu Youwei, who had already lost her reason, feeling utterly disordered.

All along, Gu Youwei had been his most loyal supporter.

They shared the same goal; he was talented, she was beautiful. In the eyes of the world, they were a golden couple. If nothing went wrong in the future, he would surely bring this peerless beauty into his harem.

But now...

Gu Youwei's defection undoubtedly meant that the two had embarked on different paths, strangers bound for different roads.

"Damn Heavenly Emperor!"

"You're about to die, yet you still disgust this Emperor."

He cursed the Heavenly Emperor inwardly, yet he still unwillingly tried to persuade Gu Youwei aloud.

"Miss Youwei, the Heavenly Emperor has long since become heartless and faithless, abandoned by all living beings. His death is no great pity. Why must you do this?"

"Have you considered that if you release him, he will surely bathe all living beings in blood?"

"Could it be that you wish to become the sinner responsible for the extinction of all races?"

Many of Ye Chen's supporters also stepped forward at this moment.

"The Heavenly Emperor is the great devil of this world. We have suffered enough beneath his oppression. Today, we absolutely cannot allow you to release him!"

"That's right. Do you truly dare to make an enemy of the entire world for his sake?"

Gu Youwei's gaze was icy, without the slightest trace of color.

She slowly opened her lips, releasing boundless Imperial Might. "So what if I become the enemy of the entire world!"

Before her words had faded, Imperial Might erupted around her for billions of miles, annihilating endless rivers of stars. Heaven and earth trembled beneath this Empress's peerless imperial majesty.

"Enough!"

A vicious gleam flashed through Jiang Minghuang's eyes as he struck first.

He knew well that if Gu Youwei were attacked jointly by the others, she would certainly perish.

Only by personally suppressing her could he preserve her life.

Once three days had passed and the Heavenly Emperor fell, even if Gu Youwei harbored towering hatred, there would be nothing she could do.

"Clang!"

At some unknown moment, an ancient bell appeared in Jiang Minghuang's hand.

The ancient bell was simple and archaic, dark yellow in color. Endless divine Dao-patterns wound around it, obscure and mysterious. Savage ancient beasts and countless ancient stars were engraved upon its body, containing boundless true might.

As Jiang Minghuang brought forth the ancient bell, it grew with the wind.

It unleashed terrifying soundwaves. Everything between heaven and earth was annihilated within them. Even the blazing sun trembled, bursting forth with waves of true flame that incinerated the void.

As though it might fall at any moment.

The ancient bell descended. Time and space shattered, the myriad Daos broke apart, and every order of heaven and earth was suppressed and annihilated beneath this bell!

"Jiang Minghuang, how dare you!"

Gu Youwei's expression finally changed drastically as she shouted in a fierce, piercing voice.

Her hatred nearly drove her mad. Though this peerless Empress's heart erupted with monstrous unwillingness, beneath this ancient bell, all that remained was helplessness!

This bell was a supreme immortal artifact!

Seeing the Empress who had swept across all heavens be suppressed by this ancient bell in an instant, the expressions of the gathered cultivators changed one after another.

In the eyes of the many cultivators led by Ye Chen, greed flashed without the slightest concealment!

Heaven Burial Bell!

This bell had once been the Heavenly Emperor's supreme imperial weapon. Later, it followed the Heavenly Emperor into battle across the myriad heavens and worlds, sweeping aside every powerful enemy in existence.

No one knew how much blood of Supremes and Great Emperors it had been stained with!

A great part of the reason the Heavenly Emperor had been invincible in this world was this supreme imperial weapon.

Jiang Minghuang's elder sister possessed a Dao Artifact Immortal Embryo body. After the Heavenly Emperor learned of it, he actually used Jiang Minghuang's sister to refine the Heaven Burial Bell.

From then on, this imperial weapon advanced into an immortal artifact.

It was also the only immortal artifact in the entire Northern Profound Continent.

As for Jiang Minghuang's sister, her consciousness was erased from that point onward. She became the ancient bell's artifact spirit, and also the Heavenly Emperor's puppet.

The falling-out between the sworn brothers back then had begun precisely because of this.

And because Jiang Minghuang shared the same bloodline as his sister, aside from the Heavenly Emperor, Jiang Minghuang was the only one in this world capable of wielding this ancient bell.

In this battle to assault Heaven, Ye Chen was indeed the leader.

But in truth, a large part of the reason the Heavenly Emperor had been defeated so smoothly was that Jiang Minghuang had sealed the ancient bell within the River of Time and Space, allowing the Justice Alliance to ascend the Heavenly Palace with exceptional ease.

"When Emperor Jiang acts, it truly is extraordinary."

Seeing Gu Youwei suppressed, Ye Chen felt no anger in his heart. Instead, he felt a measure of delight.

Just as Jiang Minghuang had expected, only by suppressing Gu Youwei now could they avert a bloody battle. Once the Heavenly Emperor fell three days later, no matter how unwilling Gu Youwei was, she would be powerless to change anything.

Then, with kind words and enough time, he believed he could surely make Gu Youwei change her heart and return to his side.

Jiang Minghuang remained expressionless.

He paid Ye Chen no heed, his gaze fixed only on that ancient bell, his eyes filled with desolation.

He hated the Heavenly Emperor, but he hated this ancient bell even more.

If not for this ancient bell, how could he have lost the elder sister who had cherished him beyond measure since childhood?

Thinking of his once gentle sister, Emperor Jiang wept soundlessly in his heart.

The towering hatred in his heart toward the Heavenly Emperor surged ever higher!

Within the mirror.

Gu Changqing gazed intently at everything outside, and a trace of helplessness flickered across his lips.

After writing for so long, he had finally managed to turn one female lead against them, only for her to be suppressed before she could even stir the slightest ripple.

"Looks like I need to keep writing and get more people to stand on my side."

Gu Changqing pondered inwardly.

The great undertaking was not yet complete; this young master still had to keep striving!

Gu Changqing was not discouraged.

At the very least, his writing had not been without results.

Though Gu Youwei had been suppressed, she had undoubtedly stood loyally at his side.

Though she was of no substantial help to him now, at least he had one less force to contend with as an enemy.

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After dissolving Cao Yuwei's attack this time, Mei Gongzi did not rush to counterattack. She merely stood where she was without moving.

Cao Yuwei frowned slightly. Was this little girl's perception truly so sharp? After he had formed armor from flames, he still had other methods at his disposal. If Mei Gongzi had followed up with an attack, he was confident he could use that method to restrain her. But Mei Gongzi had not stepped forward, forcing the ability he had poised to unleash to be interrupted.

The battle saber slashed out once more, its powerful saber intent several degrees fiercer than before. Cao Yuwei moved with the blade, man and saber as one, charging straight toward Mei Gongzi.

The Heavenly Secret Plume in Mei Gongzi's hand formed the Heavenly Mysterious Circle once more, and with an instantaneous shift, she changed positions. While dissolving her opponent's attack, she also broke his lock-on. The next instant, she was already on the other side. A golden-red gleam flashed across Cao Yuwei's body and vanished; had she not dodged so swiftly, another ability would undoubtedly have descended upon her.

A battle of attrition! She seemed determined to compete with Cao Yuwei in endurance.

Yet no one doubted where this ability came from. After all, the Peacock Demon Race's greatest innate gift had always been Stellar Transposition. Her technique possessed the same marvelous effect through a different path.

After dissolving Cao Yuwei's attack this time, Mei Gongzi did not rush to counterattack. She merely stood where she was without moving.

Cao Yuwei frowned slightly. Was this little girl's perception truly so sharp? After he had formed armor from flames, he still had other methods at his disposal. If Mei Gongzi had followed up with an attack, he was confident he could use that method to restrain her. But Mei Gongzi had not stepped forward, forcing the ability he had poised to unleash to be interrupted.

The battle saber slashed out once more, its powerful saber intent several degrees fiercer than before. Cao Yuwei moved with the blade, man and saber as one, charging straight toward Mei Gongzi.

The Heavenly Secret Plume in Mei Gongzi's hand formed the Heavenly Mysterious Circle once more, and with an instantaneous shift, she changed positions. While dissolving her opponent's attack, she also broke his lock-on. The next instant, she was already on the other side. A golden-red gleam flashed across Cao Yuwei's body and vanished; had she not dodged so swiftly, another ability would undoubtedly have descended upon her.

A battle of attrition! She seemed determined to compete with Cao Yuwei in endurance.