Complete Revival

Devouring authority was like matter disintegration. What looked like a speck of dust could still erupt with the energy of a nuclear bomb.

The power he had gained was far too immense, and the universe once again entered a period of rapid growth.

The authority hidden in the unseen depths was activated as well.

On the many life-bearing stars of the Heavenly Stems Grotto-heaven,

countless lifeforms raised their heads, restless.

They sensed something in the unseen depths, realizing that something seemed to have happened.

These lifeforms held the highest level of faith and respect for Yun Ye. It was so at the soul level, and the authority to command all people took effect.

Whether they were intelligent races still in their embryonic stages on the life-bearing stars, various demons and monsters, countless ordinary plants and animals, or even microorganisms—

so long as they were alive, they all contributed a portion of their strength. The authority was thereby infused into the operational system of the Heavenly Stems Universe and gradually devoured and assimilated.

The authority to command all people was authority itself, so it did not follow the conventional law of energy conservation. The more people it could command, the more immense its power would become.

In theory, even low-level cultivators combined could never amplify a Venerable's strength, but under authority, anything was possible.

Yun Ye was the God Lord of Creation. The birth of all life originated from him personally. This innate status and innate right greatly stimulated the authority to command all people, bringing it to an unprecedented height. The might of the Heavenly Stems Universe surged explosively.

And that was not all.

Aside from the Venerable Position Entity, the Common People Venerable had left behind other important items.

A Dao artifact nearly at the level of a domain!

Like the Venerable Position Entity, this Dao artifact shattered and vanished in Yun Ye's hands, merging into Tomorrow and rapidly bringing her close to the domain level.

A hundred billion echoes constituted a domain.

Presumably, devouring one or two more Venerables would be enough to reach it.

Yun Ye looked toward the two remaining Venerables, regarding them as his prey.

Although the Emperor Path Extreme Weapon had made it much more troublesome for him to act and caused his strength to drain rapidly, a lack of power was no issue. He could simply burn the Heavenly Stems Universe.

With the Red Heaven True Immortal Law as its foundation, the Heavenly Stems Universe had an extremely high upper limit and could continue growing forever. Burning away half of it now would be no more than devouring several secret realms.

Fewer troublesome Venerables and several powerful authorities—that was a deal that could only make a profit.

If possible, Yun Ye even wanted to wipe out all the Venerables.

The Chaos Creation Destruction Lotus drew inward.

It was about to completely grind the other two supreme existences into oblivion.

"No Dao Domain? Could this God Lord's Dao artifact be sealed within the grotto-heaven...?"

"According to legend, when a grotto-heaven grows to its extreme, it becomes a separate world. With the Dao artifact placed within it, it won't project its Dao Domain into the Red Heaven Realm."

Several Venerables were shaken. This God Lord's potential was too great, seemingly far beyond what they had anticipated.

"Even the Emperor Path Extreme Weapon can't threaten this grotto-heaven. Is it because it's merely an incomplete product?"

Earth Talisman Venerable narrowed his eyes slightly. He actually still had the leisure to care about other matters, remaining astonishingly calm.

He had severed his own emotions, so naturally he showed no fluctuation.

"Dao-friend Earth Talisman, offer up the Ancestor Talisman."

Great Unification Venerable glanced at the place where the Common People Venerable had perished. His expression was unruffled, and he likewise had little emotion. He was filled with confidence in the Ancestor Talisman.

"Rumble..."

The Chaos Creation Destruction Lotus was close at hand, about to sweep over and engulf the two of them.

Yet they remained composed and unhurried as they offered up the Ancestor Talisman.

It was a hazy jade tablet, held in Earth Talisman Venerable's palm and cherished beyond measure. He shook his head. "So be it. How could burying a God Lord come without a price? Let us use his grotto-heaven as our foundation for the next ten thousand years. I would also like to know just how powerful someone possessing a grotto-heaven at its ultimate level can be..."

"Emperor Path Extreme Weapon, fully revived!"

Boom!

The Ten Thousand People Emperor Path Sword expanded a millionfold, blotting out the horizon and spanning from east to west. Dao Domain power coiled around it, faintly locking onto every resisting party within range.

Unfortunately, spatial distance had been infinitely stretched. This was the Red Heaven Realm's true distance, not an alternate space. Because of the distance of the Dao Domain, the Dao artifact's laws could not directly lock onto Yun Ye himself and could only repeatedly destroy the chains of order and laws within the area covered by the Dao Domain.

The two Venerables did not care. The fully revived Emperor Path Extreme Weapon would completely reach the Emperor realm, no longer remaining an incomplete product as before.

Although the Emperor Path Extreme Weapon would subsequently collapse and could never be summoned again, they would also gain a new harvest...

A grotto-heaven cultivator who was merely at the Profound realm!

Summoning the Emperor Path Extreme Weapon came at an enormous price. They had to offer up an Ancestor Talisman, a precious supreme treasure that might not be forged even once in ten thousand years.

"Slash!"

The two joined forces. Blood scattered through the air as they blood-sacrificed the Emperor Path Extreme Weapon and used it for control.

The fully revived Emperor Path Extreme Weapon was on an entirely different scale. A single strike destroyed the vault of heaven, nearly splitting the Heavenly Stems Universe apart as heaven and earth trembled without end.

"..."

Yun Ye became solemn. He had intended to resolve the battle quickly, which was why he had taken the initiative to attack. He had not expected the Emperor Path Extreme Weapon to possess an even stronger state!

He brought his hands together, and the Heavenly Stems Universe instantly returned to stability. Infinite spacetime unfolded once more, possessing even greater depth than before, and he used it to defend with all his might.

The two Venerables swung their sword, cleaving apart Heaven Earth Profound Yellow and shattering order and space. This was the full extent of the Emperor Path Extreme Weapon's power, but unfortunately, it still could not shake Yun Ye. The shattered regions were quickly repaired, and the Heavenly Stems Universe continued expanding, its aura growing stronger and stronger.

Absorbing the Venerable Position Entity was a process. It had not yet finished digesting it, and the entity was comparable to an entire secret realm.

"Impossible..."

"It still has no effect!"

"What authority is this? It can't even break through a fully revived Emperor Path Extreme Weapon?"

The two Venerables' expressions changed completely.

They had intended to blast open a hole in the vault of heaven and threaten the Celestial Stem God Lord. They had not expected this sky to be seemingly infinitely distant, to the point that even the Emperor Path Extreme Weapon could not pierce it!

This was clearly not because of spatial distance, but because of authority!

Once the Emperor Path Extreme Weapon fully revived, it would receive the augmentation of the Emperor Path Heaven!

This was a power achieved through the fusion of the various high-dimensional powers controlled by ancient Emperors with the human race's destiny. It could turn decay into something miraculous!

An Emperor had once stated outright that the Emperor Path Heaven was an alternative Dao artifact. The condensation of a race's destiny represented the ability to mobilize the power of that race. Even if it was not authority, it could still counteract authority!

After all, authority represented only a single continent, while the Emperor Path Heaven represented the power of the human race throughout the entire Red Heaven Realm...

The fully revived Emperor Path Extreme Weapon was still unable to do anything to a mere Profound-realm cultivator. This was too shocking. Could a grotto-heaven truly be this powerful? Could it approach supreme might despite having only been initially opened?

"God Lord, please stop."

The many Venerable Positions finally took action. They could not keep watching. Otherwise, if this Grotto-heaven Master slew several more Venerables, they would no longer be able to restrain him.

A Heavenly Dao Divine Artifact was immediately offered up, originating from the Nether Devil Dao Domain.

It was the divine artifact of a Heretical Dao Emperor who had proven the Dao through slaughter and created the method of becoming a devil. He was notorious throughout the Red Heaven Realm.

The Heavenly Dao Divine Artifact he had left behind possessed the same trait and was extraordinarily sinister. The moment it was offered up, a sea of blood filled the sky and propped up a section of heaven, causing Yun Ye's power to disperse at once.

The two Venerables had already been gradually approaching the end of their paths and were on the verge of perishing, but now they had escaped calamity. Yun Ye's overall strength was already insufficient to deal with an Emperor, let alone the many Dao artifacts hanging in the air alongside the Heavenly Dao Divine Artifact, suppressing the Heavenly Stems Grotto-heaven from every direction.

Dao artifacts did not even have physical forms in the lower realms and could not cause any destruction beyond the limitations of the laws.

But at the Venerable Position realm—

this was a collision between authority and authority, and Dao artifacts could all intervene.

The laws of Dao artifacts took effect against every authority. When orders collided, what they contained was no longer important. The total quantity was the only thing that mattered.

Whether one could make the total quantity of one's own authority surpass the echoes of the Dao artifacts was the key to whether a Venerable Position would be erased by them.

Only domain-level Dao artifacts corresponded to Venerable Positions. But with the major sects enduring for ten thousand years, how could they lack domain-level Dao artifacts?

Multiple Dao artifacts intertwined, already reaching the level of a domain.

"Celestial Stem God Lord, I advise you to stop. How could someone who has endured to this era possibly have no trump cards? Challenging an entire continent alone will likely lead to a dead end."

Nether Devil Dao Lord spoke with a smile. The Heavenly Dao Divine Artifact he held was a blood-colored divine pearl. A blood-colored sea was hidden within the pearl, and no one knew how many living beings it had swallowed.

At this moment, he was also interested in swallowing a newly born Grotto-heaven Master.

As the Dao Lord of the Nether Devil Dao Domain, even during the era of Shenmie Shi and the era of Skillful Spirit Sovereign, those Emperors had to show him some respect. A Grotto-heaven Master?

Even if it were a Great Success God Lord, the Nether Devil's tens of thousands of years of heritage would not simply be given to someone else. At most, they would hold the God Seal and act in place of the divine office.