The original Fusang Ancient Tree Domain crumbled inch by inch, merging with the demon-tainted Overseas Immortal Realm. The Azure Emperor sat cross-legged, resisting the backlash from his origin and slowly uprooting it, with no attention to spare.
Several epochs earlier, when heaven and earth were first opened, the Daoist Celestial Worthy and Amitabha Buddha were locked in fierce battle. Outside the Real Realm, the Heavenly Emperor combined his power with the Blade of Time at the cost of Jianmu withering prematurely, barely preventing Heavenly Venerable Yuanshi from returning from the Journey to the West World. After the Demon Sage departed, he went so far as to abandon his Heavenly Emperor body to suppress the opening of the Investiture of the Gods World.
Invincible throughout an age!
That was not the end. Daoist Master Lingbao, now at the Other Shore level, walked slowly forward and thrust out the Qingping Sword.
After becoming a Most Ancient One, Daoist Master Lingbao, who had inherited Heavenly Venerable Lingbao's karma, had likewise reached the Other Shore level.
A flash of clear light sliced through the boundless darkness and cleaved the nothingness that possessed neither past, present, nor future. Even though the Demon Buddha, already a spent arrow, united all nine forms of the Reverse Tathagata Palm, this strike of Qingping was certain death!
The pitch-black darkness parted. The Demon Buddha sat cross-legged at the foot of the Ancient Fusang Tree. Vitality faded from his eyes, and madness vanished, leaving only the weathering of ages and a wistful sigh. Neither regret nor guilt appeared as he chanted softly:
"If I cannot attain the Dao Fruit in life, in death my Dao Fruit too shall perish!"
His voice echoed as his demonic body disintegrated, as though it had already become dreams, illusions, bubbles, and shadows at the