The Ancient Saint Emperor of the Heaven-shading

Chapter 177 The Emperor's Seal Returns to Its Place, the Spiritual Treasure Suppresses the Ascending Immortal

True heroes emerge on the Flying Immortal Star!
Led by Wang Hongwu, Ye Chunfeng, Wuliang, and the Heavenly Empress appeared together and descended upon the ancient land of the Kunlun remnants.

When this news spread, all the major powers in the universe were taken aback. After repeatedly confirming that it was true, they were still astonished. They knew that the two sides had a grudge, but they did not expect that the two sides would go to take revenge so soon after finishing their journey on the True Path and before even returning to Beidou.

That's a bit too hasty; that's no ordinary force!
"Hmm, the Holy Venerable had previously annihilated five powerful star races, leaving the Kunlun Clan alive until the end, which shows that he was somewhat wary of them. But judging from their resources, the Kunlun Clan might still have some quasi-emperors left behind."

"The key point is that the Holy Venerable's side also has the legendary Holy Emperor's divine thought. Back during the battle of Ziwei, the Human Emperor's divine thought was also summoned by Ye Chunfeng. Aren't these two alternative quasi-emperors?"

"Yes, don't forget that when the four of them are together, that's the complete set of the Four Great Killing Swords and the Spirit Treasure Array Diagram. That's the most terrifying weapon. Even if Kunlun has ancestral artifacts, they can't withstand it unless they find the Immortal Bell from back then!"

All the sages are watching closely and can't help but discuss it heatedly. This is really reckless. Is war about to break out? After this conflict, one of the two sides will inevitably perish. There is no way to resolve this peacefully.

"The Kunlun Remnants, a bunch of ignorant fools. The ancient Heavenly Court could crush you back then, and so can your successors!" In particular, some clans formed by former members of the ancient Heavenly Court were stirring up trouble, clamoring and showing signs of wanting to join the battle.

The turmoil grew larger and larger, with many forces associated with the ancient Heavenly Court joining in, denouncing the Kunlun remnants. The news quickly spread to various star fields, shocking all races.

"The Kunlun descendants have been arrogant and domineering for so many years, offending many people. Now that they are in trouble, they are being trampled on from all sides."

The Great Sage looked strangely toward the direction of Flying Immortal Star.

There, massive mountain ranges, like the spine of heaven and earth, meander, shrouded in celestial white mist, rising like dragons and snakes; towering peaks resemble crouching unicorns, with wisps of purple mist rising and swirling, covered with fragrant herbs, exuding peace and holiness, their cliffs steep like phoenixes taking flight, with caves on top spewing out colorful light, like wings spreading.

After today, it is unknown whether this celestial beauty will still be preserved.

"Anyone who dares to trespass into the forbidden area of ​​Flying Immortal Star and act recklessly will be killed without mercy!"

At this moment, a voice came from within the clan's territory protected by the array. Clearly, this was from the lookouts, but they were arrogant and did not believe that anyone would dare to attack the Kunlun Clan. This was the Immortal Clan of yesteryear, a behemoth in the starry sky! Therefore, they did not take the four approaching figures seriously at all, and only scolded them.

"Forbidden area? It's just the Heavenly Court's back garden. Back then, the Emperor slaughtered the Immortal Clan, turning them into a remnant race. Let them perish today."

A voice echoed in the sky, and a figure wearing a purple-gold crown and a robe of gods and demons walked out, each step creating a galaxy of stars and an illusion of destruction.

Its aura was terrifying, as if a holy emperor had descended to earth!
Then, another person walked from another direction, with snow-white hair and a chaotic aura covering his body, ancient and mysterious; next, a third figure appeared, wearing a black Taoist robe, with the Taiyin Divine Sea floating around him, which was awe-inspiring; the fourth person was even more arrogant, transforming into a huge phoenix shadow and crashing over.

"Are you still not stopping? Are you courting death? This is forbidden territory!" The guardian noticed something was wrong and did not hesitate to activate the formation to revive. However, the phoenix shadow only got faster and faster, coming at an extremely fast speed. Its goal was obvious: to crash into this clan territory.

Before the enemy could even utter a warning, they were burned to ashes by the flames that swept through the Phoenix Shadow. The array platform was instantly shattered, leaving nothing behind.

Boom! The Empress's transformation back into her true form caused the gate to the entire Kunlun clan territory to shatter, even the array patterns that appeared there could not stop it.

The waves of energy surged forward, affecting entire buildings, causing them to break apart inch by inch and then collapse. They swept across tens of thousands of miles, and the four of them crushed through the area with overwhelming force.

"Who dares to be so arrogant and presumptuous as to cause trouble for my Immortal Clan?!" A sharp shout rang out, and finally a powerful figure took action, unleashing the laws that surged forth like a vast ocean. It was a Great Saint, but he was blocked by Shen Chen taking a step forward.

A silver berserker ape, hundreds of feet tall, leaped out, wielding a spear, causing the earth to shake as it blocked the way.

The ape's fur gleamed as if cast from metal, and it was extremely ferocious. Before it could finish speaking, its spear thrust straight at him. It was a forbidden weapon, unleashing countless killing lights and cold shadows. Wang Hongwu did not make a move, but simply watched quietly. The emperor beside him immediately made a move, and with a single stroke, all the spear shadows dimmed, like candles flickering in the wind, and were quickly extinguished.

Then, the Prince of Light stretched out his arm and grabbed the Great Sage Ape with a bang. With a sudden squeeze of his palm and fingers, which were filled with boundless golden light, the creature of the Zhu Yan tribe coughed up blood and exploded.

With a soft "poof," the Great Sage perished!

There's no need for the leader to take action; his followers alone are enough to sweep across the world.

"Too slow! Use the Extreme Path to clear the way and flatten this place!"

The next moment, Wang Hongwu raised his hand and summoned the Sun Emperor Tower. The Heavenly Empress and the others also summoned their divine weapons. The four supreme divine powers emerged together, combining with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth to form an aura that made all living beings bow down in worship.

At this moment, an aura of supreme power permeated the world, shaking the heavens and earth and subduing the netherworld. All things with spirits were forced to submit. The four divine weapons ruled the universe, causing the myriad paths of the universe to cascade down with boundless brilliance, hanging like waterfalls in the sky. All directions were silent, and countless living beings bowed in this direction, offering devout worship.

Then, as the four pressed forward, the four supreme heavenly powers transformed into a destructive wave that surged forward.

"What happened...?" "Huh?" "This is extremely..."

In that instant, the saints of the Kunlun clan all had a premonition of destruction and couldn't help but look up at the sky, but it was too bright.

They could see nothing but the boundless light.

I can't say anything.

Rumble!
The next moment, a monstrous burst of immortal light shot out, piercing through hundreds of thousands of light-years, directly blasting large swathes of the clan's territory into nothingness. Except for the five major tribes protected by the Quasi-Emperor Array Pattern, the rest were completely annihilated!
Even if their clan had a Great Sage, even if they possessed legendary artifacts and sacred formations, it was all useless; they were all reduced to ashes in an instant.

Numerous living beings, even saints, holy kings, and great saints, vanished without a sound, a perfectly fair outcome.

"One strike, and they were all wiped out?" "They wiped out only five tribes. That's ruthless."

In the heavens, many who witnessed this scene shrank back. It was too ruthless. The extreme power directly overwhelmed the Kunlun clan, wiping them out to only five tribes.

"Someone at the Ultimate Path level is pressing in?!" "It's the Holy Venerable and his group!"

"Quickly, activate the clan's protective formation!"

This scene immediately awakened the entire clan territory, causing various other array patterns to quickly revive and intertwine to form a massive array spanning ten thousand miles. From a distance, it looked like a celestial mist had descended, obscuring the path ahead.

Without hesitation, Wang Hongwu and his group pushed forward, unleashing devastating attacks. Wherever they passed, towering thunderbolts erupted, directly striking the heavens, tearing apart the sky and scattering star clusters, as if it were the end of the world.

Behind them, the earth cracked open, and underground magma transformed into red waves that surged into the sky, staining everything crimson! Then, swarms of celestial bodies crashed down, creating countless massive craters.

In the blink of an eye, the vast array spanning ten thousand miles was destroyed, and even the powerful figures who presided over it were blasted into dust by the extreme power of the Heavenly Dao.

"An ancestral worship artifact!"

Then a long roar was heard, and one supreme artifact from each of the four parts of the Self-Transforming Serpent, Taotie, Qiongqi, and Taowu flew out to block the four extremely powerful divine weapons that were flying out.

At the same time, one Great Sage after another rushed out from the four divisions. They were all experts who had accumulated power. Some of them were even wrapped in fragments of divine source. They were obviously powerful experts who had realized the severity of the situation and chose to emerge from the world.

"You youngsters of the future dare to invade my clan! You are truly ignorant!" A hot-tempered Great Sage rushed out; it was none other than the legendary divine bird Bifang, which flapped its wings and pounced on Wang Hongwu.

"Little sparrow, you really don't know your place." Wang Hongwu slowly stretched out his hand, his five fingers spread open, his movements casual and simple. However, something shocking happened. The Bifang Divine Bird, which was thousands of miles long, changed as it swooped down. It kept shrinking.

It was as if the heavens and earth had collapsed, time had reversed, and everything had changed.

The divine bird, which was thousands of miles long, shrank continuously when it rushed into Wang Hongwu's hand until it was the size of a palm. It was imprisoned in his palm and kept flapping its wings, but it just couldn't fly. Its claws landed between his fingers and sparks flew everywhere, but it couldn't do anything to him. Instead, it hurt itself and bled profusely. Its claws broke off on the spot. Before it could say anything, his five fingers suddenly closed and crushed it.

Everyone was shocked. With a snap of his fingers, he crushed a veteran Great Sage to death.

Even a full-force attack from a divine bird's bloodline couldn't break through his skin? What kind of freakish physical body is this!
"Rising high in the Ninth Heaven, at the peak of the Great Sage!" The Great Sage Qiongqi was shocked. How could this be? When he received the news, wasn't the Holy Venerable only at the Seventh Heaven of the Great Sage?
Only twenty years have passed, and he's already reached the peak of this realm? He's not even two hundred years old!
Even the most powerful members of the remnant clan were surprised to see this scene. When did they provoke such a heaven-defying figure? To have such cultivation and combat power at such a young age is truly terrifying.

"Holy Lord, do you know what consequences your arrival here today will cause..." The Taotie Clan Chief spoke coldly, about to say something, when Wang Hongwu slashed with his palm, and countless Kunpeng divine feathers instantly intertwined into a blade that swept across.

*Thud!* This strike shattered everything below his neck, turning it into a bloody mist. His remaining head was also shaken and cracked, and his primordial spirit suffered severe damage!

Bang! Then Wang Hongwu flicked his sleeve, and the head slammed straight into the Taotie Clan's territory. With a loud boom, it caused a violent upheaval and explosion. Countless mountains within the Taotie Clan's territory shattered, and fragments mixed with smoke and dust rushed in all directions.

This immediately caused a huge uproar. People never saw the primordial spirit of the Great Sage Taotie again; it had been shattered by that attack.

This is a horrifying scene. Both are Great Sages, yet they couldn't even withstand a single move!
He was instantly killed by the Holy Venerable, before he could even finish speaking.

"Who do you think you are, speaking to me like that?" Wang Hongwu casually withdrew his gaze. Having pierced through the only true path, even the Great Sage was nothing in their eyes now, no different from an ant. Even the best among them couldn't get past the level of followers.

The remaining Great Saints of the remnant clan exchanged glances, tacitly activating their Quasi-Emperor Array Patterns. Even their Supreme Array was reviving, its power terrifying beyond measure. Only after rings of divine light spread out did they utter their harsh words, "Since you have humiliated us so much, Holy Venerable, let us settle this with a fight to the death today!"

Ha! The Empress couldn't help but laugh. These guys were really stubborn, but it would be quite enjoyable to trample them underfoot.

With a hum, the Flying Immortal Star Array revived, and the battle spirits of the Immortal Clan were all summoned back. They all charged forward under the blessing of the Quasi-Emperor Array. Countless powerful figures roared, and their voices combined to explode like thunder, shaking the heavens and the earth, and the entire universe was rumbling.

In an instant, all sorts of grand and majestic sounds, the chanting of ancient gods, the echoes of celestial prayers, and other sacrificial sounds appeared, all pressing down on them.

Wang Hongwu activated the Digital Secret Technique, saying, "I carry the Eastern Emperor Bell out." With a resounding clang, all the great bells and chimes, the ancient gods chanting scriptures, the banished immortals praying, and the sacrifices of all living beings were instantly suppressed.

He was just one person, yet he swept aside a large group of people in front of him. In an instant, Zhong Bo swept a path through them, with severed arms and limbs flying everywhere and weapons breaking, making it impossible to stop him.

"Kill!" Then a monster at the peak of the Great Sage realm appeared, with the head of a crocodile and the body of a rhinoceros, its entire body brown, and it swooped forward. Accompanying it was a silver roc, its feathers shining brightly as if forged from the finest silver. It swooped down, its wings sharper than a heavenly blade, cleaving through the heavens and earth.

Wang Hongwu didn't say anything, but raised his fist and killed the enemy.

That kind of power was terrifying, domineering and unparalleled. Wherever a punch passed, everything was destroyed, chaos collapsed, and it pierced through heaven and earth. Nothing could stop it!
*Poof!* The two peak Great Sage beings were instantly shattered, their flesh and bones flying everywhere, their primordial spirits broken, and blood mist rising. This scene stunned everyone. One punch could kill a peak Great Sage? Is this even human?
Is the only true path that has been walked really that terrifying?
The next moment, a loud bang was heard, and a huge seal crashed down. The seal of the Taiyin Human Emperor appeared. Although it was missing a corner, it was still incredibly powerful and could suppress all things in the universe.

"An extreme sneak attack?!" The people from beyond the realm were shocked, not expecting anyone to be so despicable. Upon closer inspection, it was none other than the leader of the Qiongqi tribe, a peak Great Saint.

clang!
However, just as the great seal was about to fall, the Eastern Emperor Bell crashed down and blocked it. The myriad bell waves shook the Qiongqi tribe leader, causing him to cough up blood and fly backward, his body torn to pieces and almost exploding.

Everyone was stunned. Their sneak attack had failed, and they had almost been killed by the shockwave.

This is not a matter of the tool, but rather a matter of the difference in quality among people; the Qiongqi tribe leader is far inferior to the Holy Venerable.

With a cold laugh, Wang Hongwu charged straight out, like a god or demon breaking free of hell, shattering his shackles and slaughtering everyone in his path. Blood flowed from his fists and fingers, and no one could stand against him. Almost every punch was deadly, and every strike sent blood and bones flying.

In the blink of an eye, he killed over a hundred battle spirits summoned by the great formation. He then used the "Travel" technique to traverse the formation patterns and arrived before the Qiongqi clan leader. His palm swirled, drawing an arc containing the patterns of the Great Dao, transforming into a universe, and once again suppressed everything.

This is the world in the palm of your hand. A slap landed heavily on the face of the Great Sage Qiongqi, making him dizzy and causing him to fall to the ground. His head exploded like a watermelon, and his primordial spirit was also smashed by the palm, causing him to perish on the spot!

Wang Hongwu also grabbed the Emperor's Seal and, through the resonance of the Taiyin Mother Scripture, held it in his hand.

"A divine artifact has been tarnished and fallen into your hands; what a disgrace!" He coldly surveyed his surroundings, then suddenly took out a fragment of the Human Emperor's Seal and embedded it into the gap, causing the entire ancient seal to blaze with divine light.

The Emperor's Seal returns to its rightful place today!

The heroes in the distance all witnessed this scene, and their hair stood on end and their backs trembled. How could this be so heaven-defying? In just one encounter, half of the four tribal leaders were dead, leaving the remaining survivors trembling with fear.

At the same time, the remaining Supremes also moved. A forbidden lightning bolt swept across, obscuring the entire starry sky. They each used their secret techniques to sweep across, shattering swathes of the remnant race's experts and battle spirits, leaving none of them as match.

Seeing the hordes of the dead, the Great Saints of the Remnant Clan grew anxious. They immediately became ruthless and used a blood sacrifice to accelerate the revival of the Extreme Dao Array Patterns. In an instant, it was as if ten thousand ghosts were wailing in the world. The sound was so mournful and piercing that it terrified people's souls.

Only now did their expressions turn serious, because the Extreme Dao Array Patterns were terrifying, and once they "fully revived," no one wanted to face them directly.

But it's clear that the Kunlun descendants can't do that; they need a true quasi-emperor.

Wang Hongwu made his move, unleashing the ancient divine stele personally refined by Lingbao Tianzun using the secret method of character formation. This stele was specifically designed to break through all array patterns in the world and was directly embedded into the earth, blocking the revival of the extreme array pattern. If a quasi-emperor were to revive it, he naturally wouldn't be able to stop it. However, it was just a group of Great Saints far inferior to him, so it wasn't a problem. At that time, he could simply cover it with the Lingbao array diagram, and the world would be theirs.

Then, the leader of the Candle Dragon Clan arrived carrying a large piece of divine source, looking at the arena and saying, "Holy Venerable! Do you really intend to commit annihilation today? If you truly force us, we will revitalize our strength and fight back!"

"What a joke! The Supreme Being of the Candle Dragon Tribe was killed by the Lord of Heaven back then, and even his ancestral artifacts were destroyed. What other resources do you have to offer? Even if a Quasi-Emperor were to be born, we would have no fear." The Emperor sneered, directly exposing their weakness, which made the Great Sage of the Candle Dragon Tribe look very unpleasant. He had originally wanted to trick the four of them, but he didn't expect that one of them would know so much about what happened back then.

Back then, the Kunlun clan actually had two supreme beings who were still conscious: Huashe and Zhulong. However, one was ruthlessly killed by the Emperor, and the other was suppressed on the path to immortality, which led to the decline of their lineage.

The emperor's words sent a chill down his spine. Could it be that the other party still had a way to contend with a quasi-emperor? With this thought in mind, he dared not reveal his final trump card so soon. If something went wrong and several quasi-emperors fell, then there would truly be no way to save them.

If he could find out the opponent's true strength, that would be best. Thinking this, the Lord of the Candle Dragon Clan simply bowed to the Divine Source behind him.

"Please, Ancestor, make your move!"

Upon hearing this, all the survivors held their breath, their faces filled with anticipation.

Boom! The next moment, the divine source shattered, and a huge roar resounded from within, shattering the universe. It was like a colossal creature from the beginning of time about to destroy the world; with a single turn, it could shatter galaxies.

Then a colossal candle dragon flew out from it, stretching ninety thousand feet long, crushing the sky. It then transformed into a demon god-like figure, merging with the quasi-emperor array below, standing in the void, its blood-red hair flying wildly, its eyes as cold as two ice cellars.

"A quasi-emperor?" Shen Chen and the prince of the Light Clan exchanged a glance, sensing an aura far surpassing that of a Great Sage.

"No, it's still just the last half step away." The Emperor shook his head. This was an old ancestor of the Candle Dragon Tribe from back then. Half of his body had already squeezed into the Quasi-Emperor Realm, but it was by no means the last bit of his foundation. He knew that there must be Quasi-Emperors left behind in all five major tribes!

"A half-step Quasi-Emperor? Such a Dao Fruit is enough to sweep away all Great Saints. Even if they all come at once, I feel it would be difficult." In the outer realms, those who were watching this battle pondered, feeling that the situation was about to change.

Even the survivors in the arena began to cheer, filled with immense excitement.

"Ancient Ancestor Zhulong is invincible!" "Ancient Ancestor will surely break through to the next realm and attain the Dao, transforming into a Quasi-Emperor to rule the world!"

"Please, Ancestor, intervene and defeat these invaders!" "Capture them and torture them thoroughly, Ancestor!"

They have a sense of relief at surviving a catastrophe, and with a strong foundation remaining, they are bound to sweep away this group of outsiders.

However, they soon realized something was wrong, because the four people were too calm!
They showed no reverence upon seeing the Ancient Ancestor Zhulong, and were even somewhat disappointed.
Yes, but disappointing.

The four were disappointed. That wasn't a true quasi-emperor, and it wasn't enough to warrant the intervention of the two great deities. So naturally, they had to expend their own efforts.

"I knew there were still old fogies like this. Heh, it's hard to say whether a true quasi-emperor is an option, but someone like you is not difficult to kill!" Wang Hongwu glanced at the Candle Dragon, and a killing sword slowly appeared in his hand. Seeing this, the three women of the Heavenly Emperor's Palace also laughed. Killing a half-step quasi-emperor to add to the fun was not bad.

Upon hearing this, the Ancient Ancestor of the Candle Dragon burst into laughter. "Kill me? Haha, do you think you're some kind of quasi-emperor?"

It was incredibly confident that even the most amazing Great Sage would be useless against it, and would be killed by a single finger. This was because it had already cultivated a portion of the Quasi-Emperor Laws. Although its physical body had not yet undergone a transformation, it had indeed managed to squeeze in half of its body.

However, the moment it finished speaking, the entire Flying Immortal Star underwent a dramatic change.

"What's going on?" People noticed the abnormality; even the weather had changed. Dark clouds filled the sky, torrential rain poured down, the wind howled, and thunder roared, as if the end of the world had come.

And all of this changed in an instant!

In an instant, the entire Flying Immortal Star was stained with blood, a hazy blood mist swirling around, which was astonishing, with a murderous aura soaring to the heavens and boundless calamity.

Four deadly swords hung in different locations, their bodies dark red, emanating a terrifying and astonishing killing intent that made everyone's hearts pound.

Each of the killing swords bore blurry marks, recording terrifying traces of the Immortal Slayer, chilling to the bone. That aura spread, sword energy in myriad directions, carrying blood light, steaming with chaotic energy.

"The legendary Spirit Treasure Killing Formation?!"

Immediately, the Candle Dragon Ancestor shivered. He recognized what it was: the four killing swords of the Spirit Treasure Celestial Venerable from the mythological era, capable of slaying immortals and venerables, and invincible.

The four killing swords are the most terrifying weapons in the world. Each one is bright red and exudes a strong stench of blood. Facing any one of them is like being in a sea of ​​blood, with towering crimson light rising up, boundless and vast.

Above, another array diagram slowly rotated, its chaotic energy hazy, and the laws of the Great Dao spreading out, obscuring the entire Flying Immortal Star. This caused his pupils to shrink sharply. The killing array diagram of the Spirit Treasure Celestial Venerable had also appeared, and the dead end had been formed.

The saints from beyond the realm exclaimed in amazement, "No wonder some in the world say that they can kill emperors and destroy immortals. Their aura is too violent, their killing intent is unparalleled, and no supreme divine weapon can compare to them."

Kill! In the next moment, the four shouted in unison, and the greatest weapon of all time transformed into four blood rainbows, piercing through the air and leaving endless Dao runes in the air, penetrating the body of the Candle Dragon Ancestor.

puff!
As the blood of the Candle Dragon flew everywhere, the expressions of all the remaining clansmen changed drastically.

(End of this chapter)