A Holy Spirit Ruled the Age, Harvesting the Universe! Emerging with an Immortal Source Coffin as a Congratulatory Gift!

The forty-four-thousandth year of the Immortal Court calendar.

A thousand years had passed since the Heavenly Emperor fell into the forbidden zone.

Driven by anger, the people destroyed temples and erased history, using these extreme measures to conceal their own fear.

And also to... welcome a new Great Emperor!

The laws of the imperial Dao stretched across the cosmos like an iron decree, pressing down upon everyone's heads.

They made everyone aware that an ancient Holy Spirit emperor still existed in this world.

Though no one wished to witness his emergence.

Yet a thousand years had passed, and the Heavenly Emperor's lingering might had long since dispersed.

He... already reigned over all!

Vast supreme pressure spread outward from the center of the universe.

A sacred palace forged from divine metal stood amid the sea of stars, its radiance illuminating the world.

Yet it made people feel an extreme, piercing cold!

Sheng Ying's body was enormous, like a primordial divine mountain.

He toyed with two life-bearing planets he had just casually plucked, unmoved by the wails and pleas of the countless living beings within them.

His gaze illuminated the world.

He rose, letting every living being in the cosmos witness the return of this ancient emperor!

And the very first thing he did upon returning was issue a decree.

"All great clans, sacred lands, and life-source stars with stockpiles of immortal metal, divine stones, and other resources."

"Take out seventy percent and present it to the sacred palace as congratulatory gifts."

"I shall refine the myriad essences of heaven and earth and reach a realm no one has ever attained! You... should give everything for this!"

"Those who refuse, I shall visit in person and sever your legacies for ten thousand generations!"

Domineering!

Greedy!

The moment he took the throne, he sought to plunder the resources of the entire cosmos!

Such conduct was unlike that of any invincible ruler before him!

But there was nothing anyone could do.

No one dared gamble on whether he would truly commit slaughter.

After all, this was a Holy Spirit who regarded all living beings with indifference...

And so, one great clan and sacred land after another set out.

From all the great life-source stars, beings also stepped into the starry sky and headed toward the sacred palace.

Originally, this place.

Had been a sacred ground revered by all living beings in the universe.

Now, however, it was seen as a demonic lair, choosing people to devour!

It was still a scene of all living beings coming to pay homage, yet its meaning was as far apart as heaven and earth!

But Sheng Ying did not care about this.

He sat within the sacred palace, wisps of faint immortal-rhyme Qi swirling as his eyes opened and closed.

He watched the beings of the myriad races on the Ancient Starry Sky Road, who were deeply unwilling yet had no choice but to bring him resources.

A cruel smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Why should the invincible ruler of an age protect all living beings?

As a Holy Spirit nurtured by heaven and earth, he had emerged upon reaching perfection and attained the Dao in a single stroke.

His purpose was not to protect these ants.

It was to advance ever farther along the path ahead, using the entire universe to sustain him alone as an ancient emperor, and thereby break through the ultimate limit!

Throughout ancient history, how numerous had Great Emperors and ancient emperors been?

Yet why had they departed one after another in regret, either dissolving into the Dao of heaven and earth or falling into forbidden zones to eke out their remaining lives?

Though aptitude was part of the reason.

The most important point was that they were not ruthless enough!

After attaining the Dao, they deterred the forbidden zones and slew Supremes.

They played the hypocrite for thousands upon thousands of years, until their final days were gone and their years could never return.

Only then did they abruptly awaken, crying and pleading for a forbidden zone to save them a place.

Compared with these Supremes, the only one Sheng Ying could barely bring himself to acknowledge at all was the Chaos Heavenly Emperor of the Immortal Court in the Ninth Forbidden Zone.

"Still, back then... you weren't ruthless enough!"

"You merely abandoned your duties, without improving yourself in the slightest. Turn the entire cosmos and the beings of the myriad races into nourishment for your path forward. That is the proper way to use them!"

Sheng Ying glanced toward Fallen Immortal Star, a trace of greed in his eyes.

No hurry...

His wings were not yet fully grown.

Once he reached the pinnacle, he could venture deep into the Immortal Court and taste the flesh and blood of that Chaos Heavenly Emperor...

"The Chaos Body, the greatest physique throughout all history."

"I wonder whether soaking my body in his chaos blood... could bring about a transformation."

He closed his eyes, waiting for the various resources of immortal metal and divine stones to arrive.

But what he did not know was.

At the very instant he withdrew his gaze.

An ordinary, unremarkable figure, carrying an enormous, strangely shaped piece of immortal source on his shoulder.

Stepped onto the Ancient Starry Sky Road.

And was walking toward him, step by step...

Not the slightest trace of his presence leaked out. Everything came from instinct, as though he had waited over a thousand years for this moment.

His pace was not fast.

Yet every step carried him across several star domains.

Soon, he overtook some people from the great clans and sacred lands.

"Such a huge piece of immortal source as a congratulatory gift-which clan is he from, to spend so lavishly?!"

An elder of a sacred land exclaimed.

Not only at the extravagance of offering immortal source right from the outset, but also at his unfathomable strength, as impossible to sound out as an abyss.

Beside him, a more senior elder frowned deeply.

He watched that departing figure overlap with the towering, peerless figure deep within his memories.

And despite himself... tears streamed down his face.

He murmured, "I knew it..."

"You were here. You've been here all along..."

The gates of the sacred palace stood wide open.

Immortal metal and divine stones-supreme treasures that were exceedingly difficult to find and took an extraordinarily long time to form-were now piled into mountains.

At such a scene of abundance.

Had that Holy Spirit emperor not been sitting high in the void.

Everyone present would likely have summoned their Emperor Weapons without a moment's hesitation and unleashed a battle of the supreme Dao!

But now, not a single person dared move in the slightest.

The emperor's pressure bore down upon all worlds like a universe of chaos.

It chilled the hearts of all the saints!

"Heh-not bad."

Sheng Ying's voice was utterly indifferent, yet everyone still heard the hint of pleasure within it.

Still, no one dared utter a word, and all trembled with fear.

Sheng Ying was greatly satisfied by this sight.

Even he had never imagined there would be so much immortal metal and so many divine stones.

The combined reserves of these great clans and sacred lands were enough to forge several ancient emperor weapons.

However, he had an innate Emperor Weapon, so there was no need to forge one.

And the reason he needed these divine treasures.

Was naturally that, as a heaven-born Holy Spirit who had attained the Dao from an immortal stone, he could continually improve himself by devouring immortal metal and divine stones!

Even just what was currently within the sacred palace.

Was enough for him to undergo a transformation.

Moreover, on the Ancient Starry Sky Road, quite a few factions had yet to arrive here to present their gifts.

The quantity of divine treasures these factions had stockpiled over the long years was as vast as an ocean!

"Great Emperors, Heavenly Emperors-they're nothing but a bunch of people who don't know how to adapt!"

"When I become an immortal, I shall break this world's seal and give all future generations an environment in which they can attain immortality. That will be true, great merit! Something the cosmos will inscribe for eternity!"

Within his heart, Sheng Ying had already sketched out what would come after he became an immortal.

The image of himself receiving worship for all eternity filled him with immense self-satisfaction.

The sacred palace's gates remained open at all times, with factions arriving now and then to present gifts.

Before that magnificent mountain of divine treasures at its center, any gift seemed dull and lightless.

Even if...

It was an enormous piece of immortal source shaped like a coffin!