Ch. 201The Azure Emperor’s Killing Intent
Chapter Summary
Key Plot Points and Events
- The Azure Emperor Incarnation encounters the Dreamlike Divine Marrow Saint Spirit, a nearly Great Accomplished Saint Spirit born from the Eternal Dragon Vein and connected to Wang Bo’s Chaotic Body.
- The Saint Spirit demands the Azure Emperor Incarnation’s Emperor Weapon and submission, but the incarnation remains defiant.
- The incarnation summons a rust-covered Green Copper Block bearing a small Green Lotus and uses his blood to awaken it, calling upon the Azure Emperor.
- The Azure Emperor’s manifestation appears and immediately destroys the powerful servant riding the Ancient Chariot with a single glance.
- His appearance confirms that the Azure Emperor is not truly resurrected, but is instead a strand of Killing Intent. The same is implied regarding the Demon Emperor.
- The Azure Emperor examines the Karmic Dao Lotus and recognizes the incarnation’s unique Chaos Green Lotus nature.
- He orders the Saint Spirit to sever its evil intent using the Azure Emperor Weapon, promising to spare its life if it complies.
- The Saint Spirit refuses and attacks with the Green Lotus Emperor Weapon, unleashing power that shakes Qinling and devastates meteor fields in distant space.
- The Saint Spirit reveals that the Azure Emperor has died and is merely a remnant of Killing Intent, believing him incapable of defeating a nearly Great Accomplished Saint Spirit.
- The Azure Emperor declares that, despite the Saint Spirit’s rare and difficult cultivation, its lack of benevolence makes it a future calamity.
- He suppresses the Emperor Weapon with one hand, destroys the Saint Spirit and its Ancient Chariot, and burns them with Chaos Fire, announcing his intention to refine the remains into an ancient pool.
Character Developments
- Azure Emperor Incarnation: Displays extraordinary confidence and strategic awareness, using his blood and the Green Copper Block to summon the Azure Emperor’s Killing Intent. He seeks to have the Azure Emperor enhance the Karmic Dao Lotus.
- Azure Emperor: Appears as a serene, majestic, and overwhelmingly powerful manifestation. Though not truly alive, his Killing Intent retains the judgment and responsibility of his former self. He acts decisively to eliminate a threat to the world.
- Dreamlike Divine Marrow Saint Spirit: Revealed as immensely powerful but arrogant and malicious. Its confidence turns into fear once it realizes the Azure Emperor’s Killing Intent still possesses overwhelming imperial authority.
- The Chariot’s Haloed Servant: Previously portrayed as a terrifying slaughterer, he is effortlessly destroyed by the Azure Emperor’s gaze, emphasizing the gap between ordinary supreme beings and imperial power.
- The Observers: Demon Kings and Holy Masters react with shock and reverence, kneeling before the Azure Emperor. They learn that neither the Azure Emperor nor the Demon Emperor has truly returned to life.
Significant Themes
- Legacy and remnants of power: The Azure Emperor’s influence persists through a strand of Killing Intent, showing that a great emperor’s will can survive beyond death.
- True imperial authority: The Azure Emperor’s calm presence and effortless suppression demonstrate that power is not measured only by visible aura or physical resurrection.
- Arrogance versus wisdom: The Saint Spirit relies on its near-emperor cultivation and dismisses the Azure Emperor, while the Azure Emperor recognizes the Saint Spirit’s danger and acts with restraint until forced to kill.
- Duty and sacrifice: The Azure Emperor accepts the burden of destroying a rare, heaven-favored being because leaving it alive would bring disaster.
- Reverence and divine presence: The crowd’s instinctive worship reflects the profound spiritual and historical influence of the Azure Emperor, especially among the Demon Race.
- Creation and transformation: The possible refinement of the Saint Spirit into an ancient pool connects destruction with the creation of new power and resources.
Character Interactions
- The Azure Emperor Incarnation and Saint Spirit begin in direct confrontation, with the Saint Spirit demanding submission and the incarnation deliberately provoking it.
- The incarnation and the Azure Emperor interact through the Green Lotus and Green Copper Block; the incarnation requests help with the Karmic Dao Lotus, and the Azure Emperor responds by assessing it.
- The Azure Emperor and Saint Spirit engage in a tense exchange over whether the Saint Spirit will abandon its evil intent. The Saint Spirit rejects the offer, leading to battle.
- The Azure Emperor and the haloed servant have only a brief interaction, but the Azure Emperor’s glance instantly defeats him.
- The Azure Emperor and the assembled cultivators are connected through overwhelming reverence: his presence causes nearly everyone to kneel, while the Demon Kings show especially intense devotion.