The gloomy sky's dark clouds were blasted apart.
A string of bells gleamed brilliantly in golden light, and an endlessly terrifying aura swept across the entire Northern Region.
Jiang Family.
In the inner hall, a figure wreathed in flames sat cross-legged within the Fire Domain. The flames, powerful enough to burn a Great Power to ashes, were remarkably docile around him.
With every breath, tiny flames were even drawn into his body through his nostrils.
Clang!
The Fire Domain shuddered. All kinds of Divine Fire turned violent, and the seated figure abruptly opened his eyes. He stepped forward and arrived at the heart of the domain.
A furnace floated within the Fire Domain, endless Divine Fire gushing from its mouth. Yet now it trembled without pause, as if overcome with excitement and boundless fighting spirit.
The mysterious figure laid a hand on the furnace. The two resonated as though they shared the same origin, and a look of shock appeared on his face.
"An Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon has appeared!"
An unnamed mountain range.
Purple Dragon Girl held the Myriad Dragon Bell. With a light shake, the aura of the Emperor Dao stretched across heaven and earth, and the murderous Saint formation shattered on the spot.
The middle-aged beauty walked out, her face dark with anger.
She had spent her life hunting birds, only to have a swallow peck her in the eye today.
A group of juniors who were no more than Dao Palace Realm cultivators had managed to trap her.
If the Imperial Daughter hadn't been protected by an Emperor Weapon, Ye Fan and the others might truly have succeeded with their scheme.
If that had happened, even a thousand deaths wouldn't have been enough to absolve her of blame.
"Oh my god, an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon! We're done for, we're done for!"
Black Emperor's legs trembled. Ye Fan had already gained the upper hand, but who could have guessed their opponent would bring out an Emperor Weapon? Wasn't that just bullying?
He had followed a Late Emperor, so he naturally understood the power of an Emperor Weapon better than most.
Forget about them—even if a Saint came back to life, they still wouldn't be able to withstand an Emperor Weapon's might.
With a weapon this broken, even someone with a Mortal Body could defy a Divine Body. And to make matters worse, their opponent's weapon was a family heirloom Extreme Dao Weapon.
As soon as the Emperor Weapon appeared, Ye Fan bore the brunt of its overwhelming pressure. If not for a Bronze Fragment in his Sea of Suffering that glimmered faintly and absorbed most of the force, he would have lost the ability to move long ago.
Even now, the power of his Ancient Desolate Sacred Body was locked inside him, as still as a ten-thousand-year-old abyss. No matter how he tried to summon it, there was no response.
"Ye Fan, I admit you're the most heaven-defying genius I've ever seen since I was born. But today, this ends here."
Under the light of the Myriad Dragon Bell, Purple Dragon Girl looked like a Divine Maiden descended from heaven, peerlessly beautiful. Yet her exquisite face was now filled with murderous intent.
"Pah! You're supposed to be fighting someone your own age, but you bring out an Emperor Weapon when you can't win. And you call yourself the Daughter of the Great Emperor? I'm embarrassed on the Great Emperor's behalf!"
Black Emperor refused to back down, even though he was terrified.
Duan De's lips had gone pale; he was clearly frightened too. But alongside his fear, there was a trace of hesitation in his eyes.
He actually had an Emperor Weapon, too—though he only had half of one.
Even so, he didn't dare bring it out. If word got out that he owned an Emperor Weapon but lacked the backing of a Holy Land, he would certainly be hunted down.
But if he didn't take it out now, he was sure to die.
He was completely torn.
Either he kept it hidden and died, or he brought it out and was hunted to his death.
As he hesitated, a change occurred within Ye Fan.
A diagram radiating supreme power emerged from Ye Fan's body. The moment it appeared, Emperor Dao Laws surged into the sky and shattered the imposing aura reflected by the Myriad Dragon Bell.
Everyone present stared at the diagram in terror. A phantom figure appeared, treading upon the myriad Dao and turning his back on the world, a peerless existence who had stood alone throughout the ages.
Yaochi.
In the mist-shrouded rear hills of Yaochi, a Peach Tree overflowing with Life Essence suddenly began to tremble. The Immortal Pool, brimming with the essence of countless Source Stones, churned with wave after wave of raging water.
A streak of light flew over from the horizon. The instant she saw what was happening, she was left gaping in shock.
The Peach Tree, which stood a hundred zhang tall, had actually pulled up its own roots. They intertwined like a pair of human legs, and the tree took off running.
When she recovered from her shock and hurried after it, she found the Peach Tree cowering behind the Empress West Pagoda, trembling all over as if it had been terrified out of its wits.
Yaoguang.
Yaoguang was the most unusual Holy Land on the Big Dipper Star.
No Great Emperor had ever emerged from this Holy Land, and not even a Quasi-Emperor. It had only produced dozens of Saint ancestors.
Yet over hundreds of thousands of years, they had pooled their efforts to forge an Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon—the Dragon Pattern Black Gold Cauldron.
Now, more than a dozen Grand Elders had gathered beside the Extreme Dao Emperor Weapon.
They were all frail with age, but the auras surrounding them were immensely powerful. They were the Holy Land's hidden foundation.
Yet these top experts all wore looks of shock.
"The Emperor Weapon is trembling. Has some heaven-defying treasure appeared, or has someone attained the Dao and become a Great Emperor?!"
Ji Family.
Like the Jiang Family, they were a Desolate Ancient Family. Their ancestor was the renowned Void Great Emperor.
The Emperor Weapon the Great Emperor had carried with him in life—the Void Mirror—was enshrined in the Ji Family's ancestral hall.
But in the empty ancestral hall, the Void Mirror suddenly awakened on its own. Its boundless, smooth surface reflected a supreme being. Though the figure was only a phantom, he was still powerful enough to suppress the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
Crack!
A crisp sound rang out. The Void Mirror dimmed, and the image reflected on its surface vanished.
"Quit your tricks!"
The middle-aged beauty gritted her teeth. A Black Dragon appeared behind her, roaring as it charged at Ye Fan in midair.
The phantom in the heavens seemed to gain a trace of awareness. He merely shifted his gaze toward them, and the Black Dragon and the middle-aged beauty were struck as if by lightning. Their bodies crumbled into drifting ash.
When his gaze turned to Purple Dragon Girl, the Myriad Dragon Bell seemed to be provoked and fully revived.
The Myriad Dragon Bell disappeared, replaced by a middle-aged man with a square face and an air of absolute dominion.
"Father!"
Purple Dragon Girl's eyes reddened as she murmured at the man before her.
But she quickly came to her senses. This was only the divine spirit of the Myriad Dragon Bell, not her father.
The Immortal Emperor's phantom interrupted Purple Dragon Girl's thoughts. He simply extended one finger, then brought it down toward the Myriad Dragon Bell with overwhelming force.
As if he were crushing nothing more than an ant.
"Roar!"
The Myriad Dragon Bell roared at the sky. Behind it, myriad dragons howled, their Dragon's Roars ringing out in waves.
Real dragons blotted out the sky and surged upward, each surrounded by a terrifying dragon might. Every one of them could easily kill a Saint—or even a Quasi-Emperor.
But as they collided with the phantom's finger, a powerful shock wave spread outward from the point of impact, and ripples shivered across the void.
Bang!
The Myriad Dragon Bell was beaten back to its original form, becoming an ordinary object that fell to the ground.
With the Myriad Dragon Bell defeated, the Heavenly Emperor phantom cast a meaningful glance over heaven and earth, then faded away.
"H-holy crap, Ye Kid, was that the Heavenly Emperor you mentioned?!"
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