A drop of waste blood creates an ultimate Dao being! The Heavenly Emperors awaken-a tragic, heroic resolve!

This battle overturned the understanding of every living being in the world.

The disparity was far too obvious.

Between the Chaos Heavenly Emperor and the two Heavenly Emperors, there seemed to lie an unbridgeable chasm.

He looked like a true Dao achiever, acting casually as though guiding his juniors.

Only after this battle.

Did everyone belatedly realize...

Perhaps this era had not broken the law that only one invincible being could exist in each era.

It was simply that this era was exceptionally brilliant and extraordinarily powerful.

So much so that even those who could not reach the end of the imperial path in this era were capable of becoming Heavenly Emperors.

As for the one favored by destiny, who had defeated every heavenly prodigy beneath the heavens, he had reached a wondrous and unfathomable realm!

Some said that the Chaos Heavenly Emperor had originally come from the immortal realm and had been left behind in the mortal world.

That was precisely why, after attaining the Dao, he had chosen to turn his own domain into a forbidden zone, unwilling to let the turbid Qi of the mortal world sully his innately pure immortal body.

Others speculated.

That within the Immortal Court, whose origins were unknown, there lay a legacy left by that era before recorded history, when immortals had existed.

And the reason the Chaos Heavenly Emperor had swept aside all opposition since his debut, defeating the holy sons and monstrous talents of every great holy land and ancient clan.

Was that he had obtained the most powerful True Immortal legacy in the world!

Only...

None of it mattered anymore.

Everyone knew that the Chaos Heavenly Emperor's strength had surpassed them all, making him truly invincible in the world.

Perhaps he had already reached a certain boundary.

He was closer to that boundary than any Dao achiever throughout history.

And... no one knew when he might cross it outright!

Deep within the Immortal Court.

Scorching flames rose, extraordinarily lively.

They transformed into lifelike fire phoenixes, dancing between heaven and earth like manifestations of true immortal beings.

Lu Qingyun sat cross-legged, his entire body enveloped in pure flame.

The surrounding void continually twisted and collapsed beneath the terrifying waves of heat, then revived anew, as though undergoing... nirvana.

A drop of True Phoenix blood essence, like a blood-red crystalline diamond, radiated supreme brilliance within Lu Qingyun's heart, making its beats exceptionally powerful!

Every beat made the blood within him purer and vaster!

This was a baptism, and also a transformation!

After a long while, Lu Qingyun opened his eyes. A streak of red light pierced through layer upon layer of immortal mist, as though he had seen through the laws of this world.

A clear phoenix cry seemed to sweep through the void, its lingering echoes drifting on and on.

"Immortal King-level True Phoenix blood essence truly is extraordinary."

"The essence it contains actually resonated with the incomplete True Phoenix Precious Technique I obtained back then, allowing it to be truly completed!"

"This was an entirely unexpected gain. Excellent, excellent..."

Lu Qingyun flicked a fingertip, forcing out a drop of waste blood and making it manifest as a lifelike blood phoenix.

It seemed to become a real living being, circling Lu Qingyun's fingertip, vivid and lifelike.

Wisps of ultimate Dao imperial might manifested around it.

It was so tiny, yet seemed to possess transcendent power because of that drop of waste blood within it.

As though it could... rival a Great Emperor!

Buzz-!

The blood phoenix cried mournfully and fell onto a divine mountain within the Immortal Court.

The laws within its body actually ground away the Immortal Court's Dao traces upon that divine mountain, making it resemble a place where a real phoenix had fallen.

Birds and beasts alike were touched by a wisp of True Phoenix presence and underwent mutations.

Lu Qingyun took in the entire scene.

A single drop of waste blood could create an ultimate Dao being. He had already become unimaginably powerful.

He was confident that, in terms of combat prowess alone...

Even if a True Immortal descended into the world, he could still put him to death!

However...

He was not a true immortal, after all.

Though his lifespan was long and his combat prowess boundless, the constraints of this world still bound him firmly like shackles!

Lu Qingyun's gaze was deep as he looked out at the starry cosmos.

It seemed to pierce through the ages, carrying an indescribable meaning.

After a long while.

His calm voice echoed through the depths of the Immortal Court.

"The ages turn, and seas become fields."

"My Immortal Court shall endure through all eternity, and I too can... remain undying through all eternity."

The twenty-six-thousandth year of the Immortal Court calendar.

Several thousand years had already passed since that utterly absurd battle.

On this day, the Black Realm bloomed once more amid the stars, and the Black Emperor's presence manifested in the world again.

On the same day, Ye Mingyuan also awakened and reappeared in the world.

The timing was simply too coincidental, making it difficult not to wonder whether this Sacred Body had recovered long ago.

But as this concerned Heavenly Emperors, no one dared make rash remarks.

With the awakening of the two Heavenly Emperors, discussion of the forbidden zones once again reached a fever pitch.

Heavenly Emperors coexisting and waging war against the forbidden zones.

This was what everyone hoped for.

But after what had happened last time, everyone worried about what would happen if the Chaos Heavenly Emperor obstructed them again.

Would the two Heavenly Emperors meet their deaths this time?

Precisely because of this, despite their bitter hatred of the forbidden zones.

They still did not want the two Heavenly Emperors to take that risk again.

After all, the calamities of the forbidden zones.

Had existed since ancient times.

Even without the Chaos Heavenly Emperor's interference, the two Heavenly Emperors of this era alone could never eradicate them completely!

Better, then, to seek peace and stability.

Within the Black Realm.

Powerful beings prostrated themselves on the ground, bowing to the supreme figure upon the imperial throne.

Their expressions were urgent as they tried to dissuade him and laid out what was at stake.

They feared that the Black Emperor would brave danger again.

Upon the imperial throne, the Black Emperor looked down at these familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar beings, and a ripple stirred within his eyes, which seemed unchanged through all eternity.

The years drifted on; time never returned.

Twenty thousand years had passed.

Apart from the Dao achievers of an era, all other living beings had grown old and turned into handfuls of yellow earth.

Thus, those before him.

Were merely descendants of his first followers. They seemed to bear the likenesses of old acquaintances, but that was all.

The Black Emperor's eyes opened and closed.

Scenes spanning tens of thousands of years flowed through them.

His blood was still vigorous, and he remained at the very peak of his life.

He was still young.

Merely in his prime.

There were still years to go before his blood began to decline.

If he devoted himself during this time to studying the Great Dao and advancing his cultivation.

With his deep foundations as a Divine Medicine of Immortality, there was still hope that he could live a second life and create another tens of thousands of brilliant years.

He might even... seek an opportunity to become an immortal!

Only...

A figure flashed through his eyes.

It was the False Immortal he had killed in the Desolate Ash Sea back then.

To pursue the immortal Dao, he had sacrificed the living beings of the entire cosmos, then hidden within a forbidden zone, clinging to life ever since.

Back then, he had not approved of the path the other had taken.

He had not even thought... that immortality was something one absolutely had to reach.

Even now, he still felt the same.

And judging by how he had suppressed and killed him without much effort... he had been right.

Thus, he was unwilling, at the very peak of his life.

To spend his time chasing the vague and elusive immortal Dao. His aspirations did not lie there...

And he... was now likewise honored as a Heavenly Emperor.

He was a Dao achiever of the present era!

Then naturally, his actions should follow his own will!

Wage war against the forbidden zones and slay the Supremes!

Even if the Chaos Heavenly Emperor tried to stop him again, so what?

He sought only... a clear conscience!

The Black Emperor slowly rose, his gaze turning toward Fallen Immortal Star.

Through some unseen connection, Ye Mingyuan, who was on Fallen Immortal Star, sensed something and looked up to meet his eyes.

With a single glance, they understood what was in each other's hearts.

And so...

Today, several thousand years later.

The two Heavenly Emperors, having only just awakened, chose to...

Set out once more and wage war against the forbidden zones!

Throughout the vast cosmos, living beings wept, and all life lamented!

The entire cosmos was filled with sorrow and tragic heroism!

Every living being knew that, after making this choice.

The road the two Heavenly Emperors had set foot upon was one strewn with thorns!

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