What Is the Virtual Foundation Stage?

Nie Qingyun.

Seeing this, the Crimson Emperor retreated to the side of the Azure Emperor.

"You still have a trump card up your sleeve, don't you? At a time like this, is it still time to hold back? Show it to us! Shuo Hong is dead. If you can force the First Immortal Emperor to retreat, we still have a chance. Otherwise, we'll all die here today!"

"To die here?"

The Azure Emperor looked puzzled.

"Juan Yan, I think you might have misunderstood something. Today, it's you who should be dying here."

Suddenly, something appeared in his hand, transforming into a Dark Shadows that slashed towards the Crimson Emperor, who was right in front of him.

The Crimson Emperor hadn't expected this guy to attack his own teammate so fiercely when he was in such a predicament. Caught off guard, he was struck on the shoulder by the Dark Shadows, which then slid down his body and into his Purple Mansion.

In an instant, the Crimson Emperor saw the entirety of the Dark Shadows —a section of dark Chain. At the same time, he felt that the Houtu Vast Sea, the Houtu Cangqiong within his body, and the Purple Mansion Reincarnation Firmament Heaven and Earth he had painstakingly cultivated for nearly 100,000 years, all seemed to be connected to this Chain in that instant.

Goodbye, Juan Yan.

The Azure Emperor, holding one end of the Iron Cable, gave him a cold smile.

Let's put an end to our ten-thousand-year standoff.

Having said that, the Azure Emperor gently pulled, drawing the Iron Cable out of the Crimson Emperor's Purple Mansion.

But this gentle pull caused a cataclysmic reaction within the Crimson Emperor's Purple Mansion. Heaven and Earth very foundation of his world seemed to be shaken, the earth collapsed, the Vast Sea reversed, the sky fell, and Reincarnation was shattered. Everything he had painstakingly built was returned to a vast and pure True Essence.

Normally, this wouldn't be a problem, as the Purple Mansion is where the True Essence is stored within the human body. However, the amount of True Essence restored from the collapse of the Immortal Emperor's Purple Mansion Heaven and Earth was simply too much, even the Immortal Emperor's Purple Mansion itself couldn't withstand it.

The Immortal-Crushing Lock —that's the name of the Divine Artifact in the hands of the Azure Emperor. It's a mysterious magical Magical Artifact whose creation method he obtained from the Heavenly Dao by Sacrifice his Imperial Consort, daughter, and Subjects.

The Chain itself has no offensive capabilities; it cannot even kill Mortals by whipping it. However, once it strikes Cultivators, it instantly connects with the Cultivators's Purple Mansion within their body.

At this moment, with just a gentle pull, the Chain can instantly restore everything within the Purple Mansion to True Essence.

For Cultivators below the Foundation Establishment Stage, this is nothing; at most, it can only cause the True Essence Sea within Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators to boil slightly, while Qi Refining Stage Cultivators have no True Essence at all.

However, for Cultivators at the Golden Core Stage or above, this is almost always fatal.

Pulled by this Iron Cable, the Golden Core will instantly shatter, the Nascent Soul will break, and even the Heaven and Earth above the Immortals Realm will collapse. Cultivators below the Immortals Realm who are struck by the Chain will immediately drop in their cultivation level and return to the Foundation Establishment Stage to start over. Those above the Immortals Realm will be in mortal danger.

Because not everyone's Purple Mansion is as limitless as Heaven's Envy.

The True Essence that condensed into heaven and Heaven and Earth collapsed, and the resulting sea of True Essence is something that no one can withstand.

It can be said that this Immortal-Crushing Lock is Realm-Targeting Magical Artifact that targets Cultivators of higher realms; the higher the realm of the cultivator, the greater the threat it poses.

If it hits, even Mortals can use this Immortal-Crushing Lock to kill a peak Immortal Emperor in the Imperial Heaven Realm.

The Crimson Emperor's Purple Mansion quickly expanded, but the endless True Essence still sought space to be released. It broke through the Crimson Emperor's Purple Mansion, rushed into the Crimson Emperor's body, went all the way upward, smashed the Crimson Emperor's Spiritual Platform, and then flowed downward to his limbs and bones. Finally, pure True Essence burst forth from every pore and orifice of the Crimson Emperor's entire body. His body turned into a huge bomb, and then with a bang.

The Crimson Emperor exploded on the spot, turning into fragments.

This all happened in an instant. After killing the Crimson Emperor, the Azure Emperor immediately turned his gun on his last teammate. The Northern Black Emperor screamed and fled into the Void in fear, but the Iron Chains in the Azure Emperor's hand followed her position and entered the Void, grabbing the Black Emperor's Purple Mansion and instantly shattering the Heaven and Earth within her body into True Essence.

The Black Emperor collapsed to her knees in agony, her Purple Mansion visibly swelling.

Just as she was about to self-destruct, the beautiful woman opened her small mouth and spat out a crystal-clear Ice Sphere.

The Ice Sphere rolled twice on the ground, then suddenly transformed into a tiny Black Emperor, which ran away without looking back.

In the end, the woman also had a backup plan and escaped with her life.

Bai Qiuran, who was watching the battle, gave Le Zhentian a wink, and the Central Immortal Emperor immediately understood and quietly left the place.

"Your turn is next, First Immortal Emperor."

The Azure Emperor swung the chain on his hand and looked at Bai Li, who stood with his hands behind his back.

"I admit I'm no match for you, but that's without resorting to Unorthodox Tactic."

He threw the Immortal-Crushing Lock at Bai Li quickly withdrew and retreated.

"It's useless!"

Upon seeing this, the Azure Emperor shouted, "Under my control, the Immortal-Crushing Lock can automatically track its target... First Immortal Emperor, your era has ended, fall!"

Just as he said, the Immortal-Crushing Lock was as agile as a venomous snake, traversing through layers of space and relentlessly pursuing Bai Li. Bai Li raised his hand and unleashed several Divine Ability, but the moment they came into contact with the Immortal-Crushing Lock, these Divine Ability all turned into the most basic True Essence and slowly dissipated on the spot.

Just as the Immortal-Crushing Lock was about to pierce Bai Li's body, a Dark Shadows suddenly flashed past from the side, shoved him aside, and then faced the Immortal-Crushing Lock head-on.

"Ha ha ha ha."

Seeing the figure Restraint the Immortal-Crushing Lock and connected to the Purple Mansion, the Azure Emperor laughed loudly, "Ghost Emperor, I didn't expect you to walk right into my trap. Very well, I'll deal with you first, then I'll deal with the First Immortal Emperor... Even if you are at the Return Ruins Realm, facing the Immortal-Crushing Lock, you will only face death!"

He yanked hard, pulling the Immortal-Crushing Lock out of Bai Qiuran's Purple Mansion, causing his True Essence True Qi to surge, but... that was the end of it.

Bai Qiuran standing firmly in place, completely unharmed.

"Huh?"

Before the Azure Emperor could react, Bai Qiuran suddenly appeared in front of him, raised her hand and punched him through his chest.

"Puff!"

A punch pierced his chest, and the Azure Emperor coughed up a mouthful of blood. He stared in shock at the Ghost Emperor before him, trembling as he asked, "Why? Why didn't my Immortal-Crushing Lock react to you? There must be some mistake!"

He yelled and plunged the Immortal-Crushing Lock into Bai Qiuran's Purple Mansion again, pulling hard, but at this moment, cracks appeared in the Immortal-Crushing Lock in his hand, and then it shattered into pieces.

"It seems your Artisans aren't entirely Loyalty to you either."

Bai Qiuran smiled at him, then leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Let me tell you a secret, I'm a Virtual Foundation Stage Cultivator."

What is the Virtual Foundation Stage?

This was the last thought remaining in the Azure Emperor's mind. The next moment, his body was torn to pieces by the endless Sword Qi, while his Souls was captured by Bai Qiuran's raised hand.