Su Linxian looked up at the Five-Colored Divine Light piercing heaven and earth, excitement in his eyes.
Hum.
The Diya Sword appeared in his palm, ancient inscriptions lighting up one after another along its dark gold blade.
Slaughter Divine Law, Desolate Ancient Divine Law...
Two supreme powers poured into the blade at once, and terrifying sword intent instantly soared into the heavens.
The next moment.
Su Linxian swung his sword.
"Tai'e Return to Origin!"
"Slash!"
Rumble!!
The dark gold sword light tore through the void and slammed into the Five-Colored Divine Light.
In an instant, heaven and earth fell silent!
Crack, crack, crack-
Space shattered simultaneously for ten thousand miles around, and the raging power became a chaos storm that swept in every direction.
Yet only a moment later.
The Dark Gold Sword Intent began to fracture. One crack, two cracks, countless cracks rapidly spread.
That sword light, powerful enough to slay a Great Emperor, was as fragile as thin ice before the Kunwu Mirror!
Su Linxian laughed aloud. "Impressive indeed!"
"I just wonder... between two origin-grade divine treasures, which one is stronger!"
"Exquisite Chessboard, emerge!"
He summoned the Exquisite Chessboard, and it expanded tens of thousands of times in an instant!
Another magical treasure, another origin-grade divine treasure!
The unstoppable Five-Colored Divine Light pierced straight through the sword intent and crashed heavily into the Exquisite Chessboard!
Rumble!
Countless streams of divine light spilled outward, pouring through the Exquisite Chessboard toward heaven and earth!
The instant even a trace of divine light drew near, Su Linxian felt an unimaginable power.
It did not destroy the flesh-it erased existence!
The Kunwu Mirror's power was eating away at his past, present, and future.
His flesh began to turn transparent, his skin and bones gradually fading, as though heaven and earth were deleting his existence bit by bit...
Su Linxian glanced down, his eyes blazing with excitement.
"An Imperial Court divine treasure capable of erasing the Three-Life Body..."
"It really is powerful."
In the distance.
High in the sky.
The Grand Elder was utterly stunned.
"He... actually blocked the Kunwu Mirror's light?"
Even his voice trembled.
The survivors of Immortal Antiquity behind him were even more shaken.
The Kunwu Mirror.
The supreme divine artifact of the Primordial Imperial Court.
Passed down since the Immortal Antiquity Era.
Its mirror light had brought countless peerless experts to their deaths.
Once it shone upon someone, their past, present, and future were annihilated together. Even a Divine Emperor could hardly reverse it.
Yet now, that white-robed young man had withstood the divine light head-on without disappearing.
"Impossible!"
One survivor of Immortal Antiquity cried out involuntarily.
"This is impossible..."
"Even the strongest person beneath a Divine Emperor couldn't endure the Kunwu Mirror head-on!"
Not far away.
Lu Wu and Kai Ming lay amid the ruins, staring fixedly at the sky.
The two ancient beasts that had guarded Immortal Mountain for a million years now had nothing but shock in their eyes.
They had seen the Kunwu Mirror used before. Every time, even hundreds of millions of enemies had been erased in an instant!
Yet their opponent had held out within that all-destroying divine light for a full ten breaths!
"Not enough..."
The Grand Elder finally came to his senses.
His face was pale as he gritted his teeth and roared.
"It's still not enough!"
He suddenly tightened his grip on his staff and slammed it into the ground again.
"Mirror, emerge!"
"Myriad Worlds Return to the Void!"
Boom!
In an instant.
The Kunwu Mirror erupted with unprecedented brilliance.
Dozens of survivors of Immortal Antiquity behind him simultaneously activated the Great Daos within their bodies, pouring all their power into it.
Some instantly turned deathly pale, blood streaming from their seven orifices as they dropped to their knees.
They burned their souls solely to unleash this strike!
The next moment!
Rumble!!
The Five-Colored Divine Light surged, its might instantly multiplying severalfold.
Between heaven and earth, nothing remained but dazzling radiance.
Su Linxian's pupils contracted slightly.
He felt it.
The Kunwu Mirror's power was growing stronger!
Even with the Exquisite Chessboard protecting him, the power that erased the Three-Life Body began ravenously eating away at his body!
"Just what I wanted!"
Su Linxian grinned.
"Now this is interesting."
Deep within his sea of consciousness.
The twelve-petaled lotus suddenly bloomed.
Divine Emperor Foundation!
Manifest!
Twelve Great Dao patterns lit up simultaneously!
In an instant, golden divine light erupted from Su Linxian's body.
It was the power of a Divine Emperor, and his first step into Dao-Origin Return Flow, onto the path of a Divine Emperor!
Boom!
The flesh erased by the Kunwu Mirror began reforming in an instant, restored to its original state.
Golden divine patterns appeared across Su Linxian's body, as though the Great Daos of heaven and earth were rearranging themselves within him. His aura began to soar, and the Five-Colored Divine Light that had been devouring him...
Could no longer force him back even half a step!
"This, this is..."
"The power of a Divine Emperor?!" The Grand Elder's pupils trembled violently.
Though the Kunwu Mirror defied heaven... powered by people like them, it could not contend with any Divine Emperor!
Not even... a Half-Step Divine Emperor!
Boom! Divine flames surged around Kai Ming as he roared, "Lu Wu! Attack!"
"The Kunwu Mirror can't stop him!!"
Mu Chiyu could finally no longer remain still.
She stepped forward.
Her golden gown fluttered in the wind, and the terrifying pressure of the Imperial Court instantly enveloped heaven and earth.
A cool, clear voice rang through ten thousand miles of void.
"Stop."
Her voice was not loud.
Yet it was like the voice of the Heavenly Dao.
Everyone's hearts and souls shuddered.
Mu Chiyu said, "I am Mu Chiyu, Goddess of Time of the Imperial Court."
"Everyone, stop."
At those words.
Every survivor of Immortal Antiquity on Immortal Mountain froze.
The Grand Elder whipped his head around, his cloudy eyes fixed upon that golden figure.
His voice trembled.
"Your Highness?"
"Impossible... hadn't you already..."
Gazing at the figure in the sky, Lu Wu remained dazed for a long time before saying, "It really is Her Highness the Goddess!?"
"Grand Elder, stop!"
This time.
The Grand Elder did not hesitate. He abruptly withdrew his staff.
Hum-!
The Kunwu Mirror shuddered.
The Five-Colored Divine Light piercing heaven and earth slowly dissipated.
Dozens of survivors of Immortal Antiquity collapsed at once. Having burned their souls to activate the Kunwu Mirror, they were now utterly drained.
Peace returned to heaven and earth. Where the divine light had fallen, only a blank expanse of nothingness remained, as though everything had ceased to exist.
Su Linxian glanced down at his palm.
Though the Kunwu Mirror had stopped attacking, its lingering power remained.
Su Linxian's expression was calm.
He slowly clenched his fingers.
"Shatter."
The Kunwu Mirror's lingering power within him was forcibly crushed.
Su Linxian looked up at Mu Chiyu in the distance and smiled.
"The Immortal Ancient Imperial Court truly lives up to its reputation."
Leaving aside the guardian beasts and survivors of Immortal Antiquity stationed here, the Kunwu Mirror alone was enough to stand above most of the Life Forbidden Zones in the Myriad Heavens.
Mu Chiyu glanced at him.
She said nothing, then turned to look below.
"Lu Wu, Kai Ming."
The two enormous beasts shuddered.
Despite their injuries, they forced themselves to stand and came before Mu Chiyu.
The fierce beasts that had once guarded Immortal Mountain for a million years now bowed their proud heads.
"Your Highness..."
Lu Wu's voice was hoarse.
"You really are still alive."
Mu Chiyu nodded gently.
"Let's go back first."
Deep within Immortal Mountain.
Inside an ancient stone hall.
Mu Chiyu briefly explained what had happened.
From the fall of the Immortal Antiquity Era to her descent into slumber.
Then to Su Linxian obtaining the incomplete Imperial Court and preparing to reunite it.
The entire stone hall fell silent.
Lu Wu and Kai Ming lay prostrate on the ground.
Only after a long while.
Did Lu Wu speak quietly.
"So that's how it was..."
Leaning on his cane, the Grand Elder slowly walked up to Su Linxian.
Then he bowed deeply.
"Emperor Lord."
"We did not know you were an honored guest of the imperial court. We offended you earlier, and beg your forgiveness."
Su Linxian waved a hand, taking no offense.
"It is fine. I was the one who forced my way in first, after all."
After all, he had initially only intended to test the Immortal Ancient Imperial Court's reserves.
Su Linxian's gaze swept over everyone in the stone hall.
These survivors of Immortal Antiquity all had feeble auras.
Some could no longer even stand steadily.
A system panel quietly appeared.
[Survivors of Immortal Antiquity] [Number: nineteen] [Lowest cultivation: Quasi-Emperor] [Highest cultivation: peak Great Emperor] [Status: soul essence severely depleted; lifespans nearing their end]
Nineteen people.
The weakest was a Quasi-Emperor.
The strongest was a peak Great Emperor.
Even in the present Myriad Heavens and countless worlds, such strength was still a force that could not be ignored...
Su Linxian spoke calmly.
"My intrusion into the Immortal Mountain was presumptuous."
"Consider these things compensation from this Divine Son."
As his words fell.
Su Linxian waved his hand.
Boom!
His spatial ring opened.
The next instant.
Clatter-
Countless Supreme-Grade Spirit Stones poured out of the void.
Their spiritual radiance instantly illuminated the entire stone hall. Then ancient Saint Medicines appeared, one after another.
Million-year-old spirit herbs, Emperor Realm spiritual materials, divine pills brimming with immense vitality...
All of them hovered in midair.
Dense spiritual energy enveloped the entire stone hall!
Su Linxian said with a faint smile.
"These pills."
"Will be enough to heal the damage caused by burning your souls."
"Consider the rest a little compensation."
Every imperial court survivor present froze at the sight.
They had thought that after defeating them, he would force them into submission.
Or even seize the Kunwu Mirror.
Never in their wildest dreams had they expected this.
This young Emperor Lord had actually chosen to compensate them.
The Grand Elder trembled and hurriedly knelt.
"We thank you, Emperor Lord!"
"The Emperor Lord is merciful!"
[Ding! The imperial court survivors' favorability has increased. Gained 100000 Villain Points!]
Mu Chiyu quietly watched from the side.
For the first time, a trace of gentleness appeared in her golden eyes.
Mu Chiyu spoke.
"The imperial court is now incomplete."
"How many of our people remain?"
The Grand Elder clasped his hands. "Your Highness, Goddess, including the younger generations."
"Thirty-six in all."
"They are the last of the imperial court's bloodline on the Immortal Mountain."
Thirty-six people.
The once-glorious Primordial Imperial Court now had only thirty-six people left...
Mu Chiyu closed her eyes.
After a long while, she opened them again.
"I intend to reunite the imperial court."
"Where is the Imperial Court Core?"
The moment her words fell, the atmosphere in the stone hall froze.
The Grand Elder's grip on his cane tightened slightly.
Lu Wu and Kai Ming lowered their heads at the same time, as though harboring some difficulty they could not voice.
Mu Chiyu frowned.
"What is it?"
Lu Wu was silent for a moment.
Finally, he spoke.
"Your Highness, Goddess..."
"Something has gone wrong with the Imperial Court Core."
"During the Dark Era."
"A wisp of Primordial Evil Qi descended upon the Immortal Mountain. It seized the essence of the Imperial Court Core, and is now sealed within the Mustard Seed Space..."
"We stayed behind to suppress it."
What?!
Mu Chiyu's expression changed sharply.
Su Linxian slowly narrowed his eyes as well.
Primordial Evil Qi?
"What is that?"
Lu Wu crouched low, his voice heavy.
"Emperor Lord, when that thing appeared, strange phenomena filled heaven and earth."
"It is unlike a living creature. It has no consciousness, yet instinctively devours the essence of the Great Dao."
"We tried to refine it, but ultimately failed."
"With no other choice, we could only suppress it using the Imperial Court Core."
Kai Ming lay nearby, slowly folding his six pairs of tattered wings.
A trace of dread appeared in his crimson eyes.
"That thing is very dangerous."
"Even after countless years, it continues to erode the seal."
"If we had not kept watch all this time, it would likely have broken free long ago."
Su Linxian stood to one side, his expression calm.
"Lead the way."
Those simple words.
Left everyone stunned.
The Grand Elder raised his head.
"Emperor Lord, that thing..."
Su Linxian interrupted him.
"I know."
"Let us take a look first."
Deep within the stone hall.
An ancient passage slowly opened.
Lu Wu and Kai Ming led the way.
The Grand Elder followed close behind with the remaining survivors of Immortal Antiquity.
The deeper they went, the colder it became.
Silvery-white auroras intertwined with gray-black mist, filling the passage.
The gray-black mist seemed alive, constantly battering the seals around it.
Each collision produced a low rumble.
"Is this the power leaking out of it?"
Mu Chiyu frowned.
Merely the aura escaping from it.
Was enough to make her sense a hint of danger.
If its true form unleashed its power.
Even she might struggle to suppress it.
At last.
They reached the end of the passage.
The space before them suddenly opened up.
An enormous Underground World appeared before everyone.
At its center.
An ancient Imperial Throne hovered in the void.
The Imperial Throne was forged entirely from primordial divine gold, with nine divine dragons coiled around it.
Eternal, undying silver divine flame burned in each dragon's eyes-the former symbol of the Primordial Imperial Court.
Yet a mass of pitch-black light hovered above the Imperial Throne, gray-white patterns constantly writhing across it like the blood vessels of some uncanny creature.
It was the size of a fist, without physical form or fluctuations of life.
Yet it emanated an ominous aura that made their hearts tremble...
Dozens of silver chains of law extended from the void, binding it firmly above the Imperial Throne.
But now, those chains were covered in cracks.
Su Linxian's gaze settled on the mass of black light.
[Ding!] [Primordial Evil Qi detected-gestating] [Danger level: extremely high]
"Hm?" Su Linxian raised his brows slightly.
Lu Wu spoke gravely. "This is it."
"We have been suppressing it for a million years."
Mu Chiyu walked up to the Imperial Throne and stared at the mass of black light.
After a long while, her expression suddenly changed.
"Wait..."
"This aura..."
"It is very similar to what appeared at the end of the Immortal Antiquity Era..."
The Grand Elder's expression changed sharply.
"Your Highness, Goddess, do you mean..."
He was a descendant of the imperial court, with a limited lifespan, not someone like Lu Wu or Kai Ming who had survived from the Immortal Antiquity Era until now.
Mu Chiyu said slowly.
"The Chaos Evil God."
As those words fell.
The entire underground space sank into deathly silence.
Every survivor of Immortal Antiquity instantly turned pale.
The Chaos Evil God.
That name.
Had once heralded the end of the Immortal Antiquity Era.
Back then.
At the height of the Primordial Imperial Court's power, countless Great Emperors presided over the Myriad Heavens, with no shortage of Divine Emperors among them.
Yet they had still paid a horrific price when the Chaos Evil God descended.
The ancient immortal era shattered.
The myriad worlds collapsed.
Countless mighty warriors fell.
That battle.
Changed the entire age.
Kai Ming stared fixedly at the mass of black light.
Killing intent surged in those crimson eyes.
"No wonder... we found this aura so familiar."
Mu Chiyu turned to look at Su Linxian.
"This is no ordinary evil energy. It involves the Chaos Evil God."
"The situation is beyond our ability to handle."
"Please ask your father to intervene."
Su Linxian looked at the mass of black light and said calmly.
"No need."
Mu Chiyu froze for a moment.
"What?"
Su Linxian slowly took a step forward.
His white robes stirred in the wind.
"I'll deal with it."
"However..."
"I'll need to borrow your Kunwu Mirror."
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