The four Venerables set up an unrivaled killing formation, shattering Heaven and Earth and striking into the Three Heavens, their figures vanishing within the chaos.
Yun Ye saw the four peerless killing weapons unleash their might. The Golden Crow spread its wings, incinerating everything along its path, attempting to pierce through the Heavenly Stems Universe and vaporize this world.
Boom!
All four waves of power were blocked by an invisible force. Yun Ye stood deep within the universe, so distant he seemed unreachable, calmly gazing at the four invading forces.
In an instant, the power of Open Heaven and Split Earth erupted with a boom, directly suppressing the four Heavenly Dao Divine Artifacts. Their might continued to weaken, and before long, the four Heavenly Dao Divine Artifacts dimmed and fell silent, utterly outmatched.
The four Venerables all changed color.
Although they had yet to fully revive the Heavenly Dao Divine Artifacts, even their initial revival should have been enough to sweep across the Venerable realm.
Yet this unknown Grotto-heaven Master could still easily suppress them while advancing into the True Realm and shaking the Azure Heaven?
"Burn my remnant body and draw upon Heaven's will!"
A whisper resounded through the Red Heaven. A man whose eyebrows blazed with flame and whose eyes burned with golden fire formed hand seals, fully reviving the Emperor Path Extreme Weapon. The Four Days Continent trembled. Amid the incredulous gazes of countless cultivators, a phantom of the entire Four Days Continent appeared over the Border Continent. One of the four suns hanging in the sky descended and transformed into a divine weapon.
The Golden Crow Divine Bell!
"Everyone, help me cut this man down."
The man spoke.
The other three remained hidden within the mist, and their Emperor Path Extreme Weapons did not reveal their true forms either. After exchanging glances, one of the Venerables nodded.
"Candle King Venerable, unleash your divine ability to your heart's content. We will surely aid you."
Since one Venerable had fully revived his divine weapon, they were naturally happy to lend a hand. It would not cost them much power.
"Thank you, fellow Daoists."
Candle King Venerable nodded, then looked toward the man who had opened up two heavens and was calmly watching him. "Celestial Stem God Lord, to open a grotto-heaven in this era, you are truly a heaven-gifted genius. I fear only the Heavenly Emperor can stand alongside you. What a pity. Today, you must die here. This is Heaven's mandate."
"Heaven's mandate cannot be defied. For the sake of the Red Heaven Realm, please accept death, lest living beings suffer."
He calculated with his fingers. Receiving no obstruction, he learned Yun Ye's name and finally exchanged words with Yun Ye that could be considered a declaration of war.
"Heaven's mandate indeed cannot be defied, but you are still far too weak."
Yun Ye's gaze turned toward the Four Days Continent. Knowing that the Immortal race had cast its attention over, he said calmly, "Bring the Immortal race here. Even while opening two heavens and resisting the Azure Heaven's suppression, suppressing you all would take no more than a flick of my finger. I shall become invincible in the Red Heaven, open a new heaven, and become an Emperor. That is Heaven's mandate..."
"Heaven's mandate—I shall create it!"
He was neither joking nor attempting to intimidate them.
This was simply a fact.
At this moment, the four Venerables' perspectives shrank without limit. As the vast universe pressed down and the boundless void stretched beneath them, they realized how tiny human power truly was.
They could no longer summon any desire to resist. The fully revived Golden Crow Divine Bell began shaking on its own, ringing with the cries of battling Golden Crows, and a Golden Crow flew out.
This Golden Crow stretched for a hundred thousand miles. With a flap of its wings, the Nine Heavens would burn, and it was enough to turn the surface of the Border Continent to ash. Only the legacies of the great forces could resist it.
But within the Heavenly Stems Universe, the Golden Crow was merely a lesser Golden Crow. Bound by infinite spacetime, it was transformed into a tiny Golden Crow that came to rest in Yun Ye's hand.
The little Golden Crow flew everywhere, spitting flames, but it was simply too small. It looked adorable, and not the slightest trace of might could be seen.
It tried to break free, only to discover that its enemy was stronger than any it had ever faced. It could do nothing.
"The divine weapon of the Sun Day Emperor is quite powerful. What a pity that its master is not here."
Boom!
Power descended. Heaven and Earth were created, and the little Golden Crow shattered on the spot.
"Impossible!"
Candle King Venerable suddenly vomited blood. The Golden Crow Divine Bell in his hand shook violently as cracks spread across it. The spirit of the Heavenly Dao Divine Artifact had been directly slain, which was nearly equivalent to destroying the Heavenly Dao Divine Artifact itself. The Golden Crow Divine Bell's might plummeted, nearly falling through the Emperor realm.
Such a tremendous shock, even merely spreading to Candle King Venerable, left him gravely wounded. He retreated in terror, vomiting mouthfuls of blood.
It was unimaginable—utterly unimaginable.
"The extreme weapon actually shattered! A Grotto-heaven Master who has yet to break into the True Realm can pulverize the spirit of a Heavenly Dao Divine Artifact and destroy the will of an Emperor?"
The other Venerables had never even heard of such a thing. With one exchange, he had directly blasted apart a Heavenly Dao Divine Artifact. Even an Emperor should have been incapable of doing so!
After all, an Emperor Path Extreme Weapon was itself a conglomeration of power left behind after an Emperor's death, equivalent to the Emperor himself. If it truly possessed such power, did that not mean this man had already surpassed Emperors by an entire level?
"Equivalent to the Emperor himself? A dead object is merely close to that. It cannot defeat any Emperor. And you users are even less qualified to compare yourselves with an Emperor."
"The weak have only death awaiting them. Since you have become pawns leading the way for the Immortal race, this is where it ends."
Yun Ye extended his right hand, and the Book of Reincarnation appeared. The power of the Boundless Dao Canon erupted, infinitely stacking the power of Divine Art. This was the effect of the Canon's techniques. Merely possessing the Canon itself allowed one to use the power of its rules and gain boundless strength.
In this life, he would sweep aside everything!
"Stop, time!"
The Time Divine Law was empowered without limit. The extended laws maintaining the operation of the Heavenly Stems Grotto-heaven included time. Now it erupted, directly freezing the four Emperor Path Extreme Weapons.
With boundless strength empowering it, the might of the Time Divine Law rapidly surged toward its theoretical limit. With Yun Ye's foundations supplemented by boundless power, this was an irresistible force. Unless a True Immortal intervened, all others were nothing more than clay chickens and porcelain dogs.
The four Emperor Path Extreme Weapons solidified when swept by the divine radiance of time. The four Venerables did the same. Their figures remained vivid, some horrified, some shrouded in mist, and some hazy and indistinct. None could transcend the concept of time.
This scene was the greatest terror imaginable.
The masters of numerous Emperor-path forces were terrified, trembling from the depths of their souls.
He had not even entered the True Realm, yet already possessed the power to suppress the Emperor path. What kind of hellish joke was this?
"Die!"
As Yun Ye uttered his two-word true speech, the judgment of death took effect. Heaven and Earth were created, crushing the bodies of the four Venerables and devouring their authorities.
This power of Open Heaven and Split Earth surged like chaotic mist. After destroying everything, it opened spacetime and matter anew before vanishing without a trace, as though it had never appeared.
In such a brief span of time, the outside world clearly had no chance to react. The four Emperor Path Extreme Weapons were sealed and dropped into the universe's nine stars. Thus, even when time began flowing again, the four Emperor Path Extreme Weapons would remain unable to move. They would be gradually eroded and transformed into Yun Ye's strength.
"Rustle, rustle!"
Rain of spiritual energy fell across the entire Red Heaven. A mournful song arose—the omen of Venerables' deaths. Even Yun Ye could not stop it, proving that everything had not been an illusion.
The four Venerables, carrying four Emperor Path Extreme Weapons, had fallen just like that, without the slightest power to fight back.
Could it be that this man truly was invincible in the Red Heaven, destined to open a new heaven, become an Emperor, and embody the mandate of this age?
Countless cultivators could not help but entertain the thought.
This was a terrifying existence the likes of which had never been seen before.
Invincible from the moment he emerged!
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