Heavenly Crown Dao Artifact

"The Rainbow Immortal Clan is getting serious!"

"Rare indeed. They've been forced this far!"

"Another Grotto-heaven Master, a human prodigy. Human prodigies truly emerge in endless numbers—every era has its dazzling figures!"

Many ancient beings opened their eyes, awakened by the Heavenly Crown Dao Artifact, and began whispering.

Silent God Domain.

Great Demon God Court.

"Celestial Stem God Lord, a hero without precedent. He has only just entered the True Realm, yet he has forced the Immortal Clan to use the Heavenly Crown Dao Artifact. He truly is one favored by Heaven's Mandate. I wonder how far someone this ostentatious can ultimately go..."

A peerless woman with silver hair and golden eyes stood amid countless seals. Wherever she stood, frozen silver lightning spread densely. The world collapsed, unable to withstand her power. She was a true supreme figure—the Demonic Monster Emperor.

As an extremely ancient and long-lived existence, Dream Ji possessed knowledge and secrets far beyond humanity's reach. She had even witnessed the rise and fall of quite a few Immortal Clans.

In truth,

not every Immortal Clan feared no enemy and could suppress the entire world.

They needed conditions, and they needed the right moment. Before that moment came, the Immortal Clans often remained dormant, unwilling to emerge casually.

Throughout the ages, there had been many immortal-level forces, but almost none had survived eternally. They constantly changed and weakened.

Of the five existing immortal-level forces, all except the Rainbow Immortal Clan had experienced broken eras. They had been destroyed by wars between Immortal Clans, destroyed by True Immortals, destroyed by Emperors, or destroyed through their own decline. Given enough time, too many factors could cause an supreme force to vanish completely...

After all, the Immortal Clans could not become immortals, while the other forces of the Red Heaven Realm possessed that possibility. Even if they did not become immortals and merely became Emperors, quite a few Emperors could still suppress the Immortal Clans—such as the modern Heavenly Emperor Shenmie Shi, or the Future Dao Lord.

Without absolute certainty, the five Immortal Clans usually held themselves high above the world, residing in immortal domains beyond it. Although those immortal domains were often influenced by the times, weakening or strengthening accordingly, they could always maintain a level far beyond the outside world—enough to nurture individuals unimaginable to outsiders.

From one generation to the next, through uninterrupted inheritance and development, the foundations of the Immortal Clans would ultimately rise into an unimaginable realm.

The ancestor of the Rainbow Race had become an immortal only recently, and its inheritance had never once been severed. That was precisely why it had accumulated such terrifying foundations today.

Ni Xinguang was merely at the consummation of the Venerable Position, yet she could contend with an Emperor Path Extreme Weapon. Holding the Water Emperor's divine weapon, she might even be able to fight the Emperors of the current age.

One had to understand that Emperors were the convergence points of an era's power—the true strongest existences of their times. When the Immortal Clans entered the Red Heaven Realm, some of their power would flow toward the contemporary Emperors.

Under such circumstances, the Immortal Clans had to treat an Emperor's might with caution. Emperors were absolutely not ants that could be casually suppressed; the consequences of failure had to be considered.

Of course, even so, it was still inconceivable. Emperors unified the Three Heavens, forming the Fourth Heaven, and gained the Emperor Path power that ruled over all beneath Heaven.

This was originally the representative of humanity. In the past, Red Heaven had unified humanity's strength through this method, improved the human physique and destiny, and ultimately gathered humanity's prayers at the Emperor Path realm. Through a ritual, it created the first Dao Artifact, the Red Embroidered Ball.

This was Heaven-bestowed authority, and also the crystallization of human history. Red Heaven had not become an immortal the first time. Instead, it had chosen to alter the rules, allowing all humans the possibility of obtaining a Dao Artifact. It amplified the Dao Artifact's power to alter the rules, allowing that rule-altering force to spread throughout the entire Red Heaven Realm and even beyond the void.

At the same time, this ritual became bound to the Emperor Path realm. Once an Emperor ascended to Heaven, they could obtain the power of all humanity and use it to protect the human race.

Humanity had once been so weak. By gathering power through this method and reducing losses, Red Heaven had been able to protect humans in a world teeming with demons and monsters.

During the second gathering of echoes, Red Heaven finally became an immortal, gaining invincible power with which to sweep across the four seas and eight wastelands, drive out the World Gods, and bring humanity to greatness.

Red Heaven truly had been peerless. Not only had it founded the Emperor Path system and successfully ascended as an Emperor, but through a fortuitous coincidence, it had actually walked the path to immortality to its end.

At that time, the Red Heaven Realm had several World Gods. Although the Dao Artifacts had not yet fully taken shape and were merely somewhat stronger than ordinary authorities, they lacked the allure they possessed now.

Yet choosing to alter the world's rules when gathering the first echo still required tremendous resolve.

Even if the fluctuations from altering the world's rules targeted only humanity, they could very well attract the World Gods, leaving the person dead without a burial place and completely making wedding clothes for those who came after.

"Still, if Red Heaven hadn't invested the first gathered echo into the rules of Dao Artifacts back then, humanity as it exists today would never have come into being!"

Yun Ye reached out and grasped Tomorrow's hand. A Dao sword appeared, its blade wrapped in water and fire, with ribbons of flame and flowing water swirling around it.

Most of the chains sealing the sword had snapped.

The Dao Domain belonging to the Tomorrow Sword rapidly expanded, covering the entire Heavenly Stems Grotto-heaven.

At the same time,

the Heavenly Crown Dao Artifact joined forces with the power of the many Venerable Ones of Red Heaven, treating the Heavenly Stems Grotto-heaven as Yun Ye himself and directly erasing it. The grotto-heaven's power vanished soundlessly like it was being rubbed away by an eraser. Even the Great Destruction was affected and suppressed by the Highest Position's power in the Red Heaven Realm.

Only the Heavenly Crown Dao Artifact or a Celestial Stem God Lord at Great Success could contend with the Heavenly Crown Dao Artifact.

Great Success naturally meant the Emperor Path!

Yun Ye was still far from strong enough.

After unfolding the Tomorrow Dao Domain, Yun Ye was somewhat astonished. The Great Destruction could even twist and devour the Tomorrow Dao Domain. No wonder the Heavenly Crown Dao Artifact could not immediately suppress it. The Great Destruction contained some kind of profound cosmic truth, perhaps closer to an "Absolute Rule" than the various authorities.

The Heavenly Crown Dao Artifact was the thing on the land that could most justifiably be called close to an "Absolute Rule." In fact, so long as one wished to become an immortal, one could immediately obtain an Absolute Rule.

"You have violated the order of Red Heaven. Death is your sentence!"

Ni Xinguang activated the power of the Heavenly Crown Dao Artifact. It visibly contended with the Great Destruction—in fact, it could be said to suppress it. The Great Destruction could no longer draw near.

Chains of order coiled toward the Heavenly Stems Grotto-heaven, erasing every part they touched.

Even the power of the Heavenly Crown Dao Artifact's true name was taking effect.

The source of this Dao Artifact was naturally not a True Immortal, so it had nothing to do with a True Immortal's will. It was not even related to the Water Emperor. This true-name power came from an ancient ancestor of the Rainbow Race. That ancestor attached great importance to the status of the Immortal Clans. The true name they had obtained was unrelated to weakening tribulations; instead, it strengthened the binding force of the ruling Dao Artifact.

Its name was "Immortal Clan Supreme."

The Immortal Clans occupied the highest position in the ruling system, and no external force could disrupt this order. Once the true name was activated, it could ensure that the Dao Artifact's wielder would never suffer harm before all their subordinates had died. At the same time, the more people who died, the stronger the Dao Artifact's effectiveness became.

From the beginning of the Great Destruction until now, quite a few Venerable Ones had already died. All of them had become vengeful souls within the order of the Heavenly Crown Dao Artifact. Now, they aided Ni Xinguang's strength, swinging their blades toward Yun Ye.

Then Yun Ye raised his sword and swept them all away in one stroke.

Divide Authority!

Form Liberation!

"Dao Artifacts? Everyone has one. It seems I've won! What are you waiting for? Submit, all of you! Do you truly want to fight me to the death?"

He was shrouded in chaos, concealing his true form, as he spoke.

"..."

Ni Xinguang fell utterly silent. Her eyes were filled with astonishment. Only the Heavenly Crown Dao Artifact could contend with the Heavenly Crown Dao Artifact. Did this person possess one too?

The many Venerable Ones were even less willing to speak. Their expressions and emotions were concealed beneath the surging energy.

Even the Immortal Clan was helpless. What confidence did they have to fight?

They simply did not dare to disobey because the Immortal Clan stood before them.

The Heavenly Crown Dao Artifact hung in the air. With a single thought, even a Venerable One would perish directly. If they truly died just like that, it would be a most unjust fate.