"Erase all living beings and return everything to nothingness?"
Chu Tian stood atop the Divine Pass, listening to the Seven Elders of Guixu speak from on high as though they were pronouncing a death sentence upon the universe. An exceedingly contemptuous sneer curled across his lips.
"A few old zongzi sleeping in coffins dare talk about deciding the life and death of all beings across the myriad realms? Today, I'll pry open every one of your coffin lids!"
Yet before Chu Tian could make a move, Return-to-Silence Heavenly Emperor at the edge of Guixu spoke first.
"Chu Tian." The Heavenly Emperor's colossal true body stood across endless void, his single eye blazing with black flames fixed firmly upon Chu Tian. There was unexpectedly a strange note of compromise in his voice. "The grudge between you and me is merely a struggle over orthodoxy within the Taiyi Realm. But these seven old monsters of the Guixu Council cultivate absolute 'nothingness.' Once they succeed, you and I—including those ants behind you—will not leave behind even the faintest trace."
"How about you and I join forces for now? We'll destroy the Guixu Council first, then fight to the death afterward. What do you say?"
The Heavenly Emperor's proposal stirred unrest among the commanders of the heavens atop the Divine Pass. The pressure of the Seven Elders of Guixu, who had reached Half-Step Transcendence, was simply too terrifying. Joining forces with the Heavenly Emperor seemed to be the only way to break the deadlock.
"Join forces?" Chu Tian looked at the Heavenly Emperor as if he were an idiot, mercilessly exposing his calculations. "You old dog are afraid they'll settle accounts with you, so you want to use us as cannon fodder to wear them down, don't you? And then, amid the chaos, sneak