The Ancient Saint Emperor of the Heaven-shading

Chapter 297 The Three Emperors Have All Fallen, and the Future Dao Ancestor Arrives
The seven supreme beings of the ancient land were destroyed, and the Azure Emperor was suppressed!
The Old Man of Annihilation frowned slightly, not even having time to release the Emperor Pill in his hand to help the Azure Emperor recover.

This was his backup plan: three pills that resembled dark immortal gold, enough to temporarily restore even a top-tier Dao Ancestor's combat power, which would be very useful in crucial moments.

Unexpectedly, the Azure Emperor was defeated so quickly. Even with his imperial law and the secrets of the Soul River combined, he could not stop it, and now only the three of them remain.

However, Wang Hongwu and his two companions, who had suppressed the Azure Emperor, showed no sign of stopping. They rushed over and attacked the Hong Emperor. The Feather Emperor and the Old Man of Annihilation were blocked by the remaining forces and frowned. If this kind of encirclement continued, their fate would not be good.

On the other side, Emperor Hong's expression changed. Being surrounded by three people was not a good thing. He resisted with all his might and blocked the First Emperor's attack. However, Shi Hao slashed over with his sword. Every wisp of sword light was a scroll of the heavens and earth throughout the ages. That was his law, his great path. The invincible aura burst forth and directly slashed into Emperor Hong's head.

Wang Hongwu followed closely behind, delivering a powerful punch that crashed down on the Emperor Hong's purple-gold crown, shattering the purple aura that filled the sky. His head was pierced through, and he cried out as he fell backward. He could clearly feel that he was no match for either of the two opponents, and being surrounded by them put him in grave danger.

Looking back on his past life, he was an invincible emperor who never knew what defeat was like. He had always swept through the world, conquering all enemies. However, today, Emperor Hong tasted the bitterness of defeat and was thwarted. He had no choice but to rely on the power of the Heavenly Emperor's Burial Pit to recover.

"All emperors have fallen, and the heavens are wailing. I have seen your future, which is nothing more than the inevitable cycle of history." The Hong Emperor used the imperial law and drew upon the supreme power of the Heavenly Emperor's Burial Pit, entering a terrifying state like that of the Azure Emperor. The two profound forces merged, producing a unique qualitative change.

It was a dark pit, forged from the flesh and bones of the Heavenly Emperor, mixed with a large amount of ominous substances. The Hong Emperor roared, activated his imperial law, and cast a supreme curse. The vengeful spirits of the emperors in the pit were also revived and mobilized to curse together.

'I once protected the heavens, and swept across countless realms, holding the position of supreme ruler. To die in such a lowly sacrifice—I am not reconciled!'

The scenes of each person's demise before death were reproduced: some were captured and besieged in the ancient underworld and died; some had their primordial spirits taken away by the River of Souls and died fighting to the death; some were swallowed up by the Heavenly Emperor's Burial Pit and withered away amidst the devouring of ten thousand souls; some were buried under the floating soil of the four poles and forcibly cremated and burned to death. These curses were reflected on the three emperors.

Furthermore, the history belonging to those emperors was extracted and transformed into a cage-like product to block them. This was Hongdi's desperate move, just like Cangdi before him, using his trump card.

The four of them were all exceptionally talented; otherwise, how could they have created their own systems and reached the pinnacle of Dao Ancestor? The title "pinnacle" was not given lightly; it meant that they had perfected the Dao Ancestor realm and reached its peak!

Then, with the help of the four ancient lands, and the support of the original sacrificial text, and the fusion of imperial laws and evolution, how could it be weak?

Not to mention they weren't idiots sitting still and sleeping, but were genuinely cultivating themselves, and naturally became powerful in the face of danger.

"You guys go deal with those two guys. This guy's Imperial Law is useless against me." Wang Hongwu was very calm. The evolutionary path of the system behind him unfolded, and he broke through the cage, sending Shi Hao and the First Emperor out. He then went to kill the Hong Emperor.

"You alone dare to presume to break my imperial laws?" Emperor Hong sneered, his entire body of purple-gold armor bursting into flames, directing all the curses at Wang Hongwu. Those historical events, those years of imperial fall, those remnants of the Heavenly Emperor all bound him.

With his imperial power, he could indeed curse and kill the Dao Ancestor, but unfortunately, Wang Hongwu not only had overwhelming combat strength, but his system also countered his secret techniques. Suddenly, the Primordial Heavenly King appeared, manifesting as the Free Heavenly Lord at the source of every era of imperial decline and every period of history, slowly extending his hand: "Sever the eras of the heavens and bury your imperial body."

The next moment, he actually grabbed those eras containing the years of the fall of the emperor with one hand!

All the Emperor's Curses were conversely bound within, becoming frozen scenes. Emperor Hong was horrified. This guy's system was not powerful in direct combat, but rather strange and difficult to defend against, with all sorts of unpredictable methods that could adapt to any battle situation and find ways to counter it.

This also means that he has no weaknesses. Once they engage in combat, he can turn the tables and restrain the other Dao Ancestors. For Emperor Hong, this is not good news, because in the next moment, Wang Hongwu condensed that series of cursed eras into a seed of calamity.

"When all calamities end, I will be free to chant the name of the Heavenly Father." He looked down at the Hong Emperor, and with a flick of his finger, the seed of calamity fell into the Hong Emperor's history, covering his future. The history of the previous emperors falling together became his own greatest calamity.

Free and unfettered, the Dao Ancestor descends to the calamity!
"Take the pill." The Old Man of Annihilation sensed the problem and decisively flicked out a pill to save Emperor Hong. This attack was equivalent to the combined killing move of the two emperors. How could Emperor Hong possibly withstand it?

It is in danger of capsizing!

However, crystal-clear and densely packed causal lines appeared in Wang Hongwu's palm. He had secretly replaced one of Hongdi's lines with his own, which reflected the scene of the pill falling into Hongdi's hand. But now it had been rewritten; after the Old Man of Annihilation flicked it out, the pill fell into Wang Hongwu's hand.

"This is really troublesome." Emperor Yu frowned. Although this system is not the type that works by sheer force, it is much more troublesome because God's own physique and the laws of the human body have already made up for the problem of offensive power.

In the arena, Hongdi was in a miserable state, having endured countless years of imperial decline. His body was covered with scars, including the piercing pits of the ancient underworld's cycle of reincarnation, the echoing sounds of the soul-summoning river, the scorched marks from cremation buried in the topsoil, and the distorted and eroded flesh beneath the burial pit.

He suffered retribution and his fate was sealed. Even though the burial pit inscriptions allowed him to be resurrected time and time again, his current situation is still bleak.

"Hongdi, you will be my second child. Come, follow your father's guidance, and I will take you to the highest place!" With that, Wang Hongwu moved, intending to suppress Hongdi. He stepped out of Hongdi's history, occupied the ancient realm from which he was born, and even coexisted with his history, becoming an indelible part of it, aiming to become the source of Hongdi!
"You...you dare to try to control the Emperor? To replace the Dao Ancestor?" Emperor Hong was horrified. If his source was replaced, would he still be himself? He did not hesitate to self-destruct in resistance, but the figures in his history, the Wang Hongwu, all turned around and looked at him strangely, whispering, "Naughty."

The next moment, before Hongdi could self-destruct, he was struck by Wang Hongwu, who interrupted him in the previous instant. Wang Hongwu clenched his fist and blasted him through again, leaving Hongdi's chest exposed. Then, with a flick of his palm, Wang Hongwu sliced ​​open his brow like a blade, annihilating his primordial spirit.

This scene shocked and enraged the Hong Emperor. Indeed, the Dao Ancestor was difficult to destroy. Even the First Emperor, who was indeed killed once, still had his Dao Fire burn for countless ages, and his remnant god remained undestroyed.

It's not that having a gap means you can quickly suppress your opponent; that's impossible. At the level of the Dao Ancestor, even if there's a gap, it would take a long time to suppress each other. Just like when the Three Emperors besieged and killed the First Emperor, it took a very long time. It's not difficult to determine who is superior in a one-on-one fight, but it's really difficult to determine who lives and dies.

However, the life-or-death struggle he had anticipated did not occur. Wang Hongwu did not intend to kill him; as he had said, he intended to make him emperor and use him for his own purposes.

In all the myriad realms, let alone the emergence of a Dao Ancestor, even the birth of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor is extremely difficult.

Then we can't afford to waste it! Although it's slower to cultivate it ourselves, we can't fall behind, but we can also directly compete with the supernatural!

The powerful individuals they painstakingly cultivate are then used by themselves to fight against others and seize even more powerful individuals. What a wonderful cycle this is!

"What a weirdo in human skin." Noticing his thoughts, Hongdi couldn't help but think that this guy was even more suitable for the Evil Land than Cangdi.

And that became his last thought. Then the sacrificial bowl pressed down, taking him into it, and he went to keep the Azure Emperor company.

Was Emperor Hong also suppressed?
Seeing this, the expressions of the World Destroyer and the Feather Emperor grew even more grim, as they were now reduced to just the two of them.

Now it has become a situation where ten emperors are besieging two emperors, and defeat seems to be inevitable, it's just a matter of time.

But they were clearly just Dao Ancestors who had just broken through!

Having just stepped into this realm, how could he suppress a supreme Dao Ancestor blessed by the Four Ultimate Lands?
"You guys deal with the old man, I'll handle this one with wings." After suppressing the Hong Emperor, Wang Hongwu set his sights on the Yu Emperor. Then Shi Hao and the First Emperor nodded and launched a full-scale attack on the World Destroyer. Even though the old man had condensed a Supreme Immortal Embryo and had once stepped into that realm, he was still somewhat visibly shaken.

Because it is foreseeable that if the Feather Emperor is suppressed again, he will have to fight the entire field alone, which he cannot withstand.

Previously, although Emperor Yu had encountered great trouble, his combat power was undeniable. He was very strong, second only to the Old Man of Annihilation. Back then, it was he who used the Emperor-Slaying Spear to kill the First Emperor, and now there is still Emperor's blood on the tip of his spear.

But right now, his expression was also solemn, because Wang Hongwu had already arrived in front of him. With a wave of his hand, he suppressed the heavens and the myriad worlds with a force that could cause all the heavens to fall and all the worlds to shake. The Feather Emperor bent down slightly, and the wings on his back grew out of control, transforming into two broadsword-like weapons. He slashed forward, tearing apart countless universes.

Clang! This crisscrossing slash was enough to shatter a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, but when it landed on Wang Hongwu, it only made two symbolic sounds. Then he was punched, which made Yu Di's head spin. This guy's body was covered by the Origin Mother Gold, which contained all the myriad worlds. It was no different from a boundless Quasi-Immortal Emperor's weapon hitting him. It even sent Yu Di's primordial spirit flying three feet away from his body.

The next moment, the power of the Four Extremes Floating Earth reappeared. The Feather Emperor's primordial spirit wielded the Emperor-Slaying Spear to thrust forward, while thousands upon thousands of immortal feathers appeared around his physical body, transforming into peerless immortal arrows. These were formed from the feathers of his true body, possessing boundless power. A single feather arrow was enough to destroy a realm, let alone so many.

“Still can’t learn his lesson.” Wang Hongwu shook his head, taking the cause with one hand and sowing the fruit with the other. With a twist, the feather swords and spears fell into a state of mutual destruction, flying one another. Then he pressed forward, beating the Feather Emperor until he coughed up blood and staggered backward. Just as he was about to counterattack, two large hands covered with Origin Mother Gold grabbed his wings.

With a sharp crack, Wang Hongwu tore off the Feather Emperor's wings with his bare hands, then held them in his hand, visibly covered them with a layer of mother gold, and used them for his own purposes. He then slashed them across the wings like a broadsword, instantly dismembering the Feather Emperor into four pieces.

Emperor Yu was both shocked and furious. Throughout history, he had always crushed his opponents and had never suffered such a great loss before. To have his body dismembered and blood gushing into the sky was unprecedented. Seeing this, the Old Man of Annihilation did not hesitate any longer. With a roar, he summoned the power of the Ancient Underworld. One cycle of reincarnation after another crisscrossed the arena, enveloping everyone and directly transporting them to another world.

They plunged into the River of Souls along the cycle of reincarnation!
In an instant, one of the four ancient lands erupted with a terrifying low roar, like the howling of billions of gods and demons. Countless soul lights surged up, obscuring the sky, disrupting time, and turning the past and present upside down.

Then, the place erupted in excitement!
The great battle among the emperors caused the Soul River to surge and churn with countless waves, followed by torrential rain that blanketed the area.

Upon closer inspection, the rain did not come from the sky, but rather originated from the River of Souls, rushing upwards and obscuring the entire world. All the raindrops were soul light, carrying chaotic energy, endlessly rushing towards Wang Hongwu and the other two.

This is truly terrifying. Each raindrop is the soul light of a world, densely packed and boundless throughout the heavens and earth. The saying that the souls of all the heavens have fallen is not an exaggeration.

"All the souls of the heavens have fallen, but the river will endure forever!"

This is the language of an unknown era, its origins too ancient, forming the melody of a summoning song. Within this terrifying melody, faint and indistinct sounds seem to emanate, causing a sense of panic, suffocation, and tearing pain in the heart.

Then, an unparalleled being emerged from the upper reaches of the Soul River. It had no human form whatsoever and its appearance was terrifying.

It can be seen that he was a humanoid creature back then, and still retains some of his remaining features. Now, apart from his two legs being human, his lower body has a spider body behind his buttocks. In addition, half of his humanoid corpse is growing out of his abdomen, and the head connected to it, including his face, is covered with red corpse hair.

"Those who have violated the River of Souls...!?" This Supreme One was a powerful figure who guarded the vital area of ​​the River of Souls. The sudden appearance of the various emperors naturally alarmed him, prompting him to come and investigate.

However, what he received head-on was a surging burst of light from a punch!
Bang! In an instant, the supreme being exploded, without even having time to activate the resurrection ritual.

Before he could finish speaking, he was beaten to death.

Because the gap between the Supreme Being and the Dao Ancestor is huge, not everyone is the powerful Supreme Being or the top Dao Ancestor who participated in the previous battle. When they encounter Wang Hongwu and the other two, they are instantly suppressed and crushed.

Then, the Supreme One collapsed into a seed and fell into Wang Hongwu's hand. Just as the Old Man of Annihilation and the Feather Emperor were about to summon more Supreme Ones to help, they were affected by the First Emperor's Law, which opened the Primordial Gate and moved everyone to another cycle of reincarnation.

They fought their way from the River of Souls into the Ancient Underworld!

This ancient land was dark and gloomy, with intricate ancient paths connecting all directions. They fought a chaotic battle here, and the Feather Emperor roared, but before his voice could be heard, it was covered by Wang Hongwu's hand. That big hand pressed down on his head and suddenly swooped down, crushing him through one cycle of reincarnation after another, smashing through many nodes and the dark realm, and then suddenly lifted him up and threw him into the air.

Even the Emperor-Slaying Spear in his hand was snatched away by Wang Hongwu, who threw it as a weapon, piercing through the Feather Emperor who was flying through the air and freezing him in place, unable to move.

The next moment, Wang Hongwu's entire body shone with the golden light of the Origin Mother, terrifying and overwhelming, like an unparalleled overlord before the creation of the world, his power pressing down on all the heavens and myriad realms. He spread his arms, swung his Emperor Fist, and slammed forward to kill. Yu Di used the power of the Four Extremes Floating Earth to protect his body, but he was beaten until he was covered in blood and was shaking violently.

As the pressure in front of him eased, Yu Di was about to retaliate when he saw his opponent strike down with a palm, knocking him to the ground. Then, Wang Hongwu grabbed him with both hands and lifted him up on the spot.

*Thud!* Then, with a loud crash, the Dao Ancestor and Dark Emperor was torn apart alive by Wang Hongwu!
It was torn in two, ripped apart, and the scene was bleak.

The Feather Emperor roared as he was cleaved in two. This was a tremendous trauma for him, as his primordial spirit was split in two, and his physical body swelled up to burst through the heavens and earth.

He roared and struggled, his body, split in two, still fighting, not at all like the behavior of a dismembered creature. At the same time, the power of the Four Extremes Floating Soil combined with his Imperial Law, and his whole body was covered with a layer of burning soil. His skin cracked open with dry scars, from which the burning flames of the Great Void and the flames of the Ancient Universe leaped out.

"Those who cannot be buried by the heavens shall be laid to rest amidst the floating earth of the four corners of the earth, and burned by the fire of the great sky and the flames of the ancient universe!"

Emperor Yu chanted the supreme incantation, his body transforming into a giant earthen furnace that fell down, igniting two flames to bury and cremate Wang Hongwu!

"Trying to use these two flames against me? Naive." Wang Hongwu sneered, opened his mouth and inhaled, directly absorbing the two sub-flames into his body. He had mastered this power back in the Immortal King era. Immediately, the system expanded, and the Tai Sui medicinal tree directly took root on the floating earth furnace that the Feather Emperor had transformed into.

Then, countless origins were superimposed at this moment. Every part of him spread to every origin at every time point in the myriad worlds. He existed forever and extracted the power of the great explosion of heaven and earth at the beginning and end of each era. He used the Primordial Dao to radiate and manipulate the power of the heavens and earth in that era, and merged them together, directly injecting them into the body of the Feather Emperor.

This was an Eternal Epoch Explosion he created using his system. The intense radiation from the Primordial Dao, with its bursting power every instant, was equivalent to the force of a collision across all the myriad worlds. Emperor Yu immediately felt the crisis of death and did not hesitate to use the floating earth to take his place. However, it was too late. The moment he felt it, he had already been hit.

Boom! With a single strike, a misty ruin, resembling overlapping eras and interwoven years, was created here. Its terrifying light will continue to illuminate all the heavens and worlds for many epochs to come, spreading until the end of the entire Dark Land's history.

This was a move that purely overwhelmed the opponent with sheer size. The Feather Emperor couldn't withstand it and was blasted apart. His primordial spirit wanted to say something, but it was directly grabbed by Wang Hongwu and sealed into the sacrificial bowl. "The third son has returned to his position, but there is still a rebellious son wandering outside."

Emperor Yu was also suppressed.

With the three emperors falling one after another, the Old Man of Destruction could no longer remain calm. His face darkened. He never expected things to develop to this point. His three Emperor Pills had been wasted, and one of them had even fallen into Wang Hongwu's hands, inadvertently aiding an enemy.

"Don't the four ancient lands have any backup plans?" He was somewhat displeased. They were really unreliable. The battlefield of the heavens was so intense that they couldn't even spare a Dao Ancestor.
"Your turn!" Shi Hao closed in, joining forces with the First Emperor and Wang Hongwu to surround the Old Man of Annihilation from three directions, sealing him in the center with no way to escape or avoid him.

This scene made him sigh. Back then, the three emperors' hunt led to the decline of the imperial dynasty, but he never expected that everyone would suffer such retribution and be surrounded and killed. What a cycle of cause and effect.

Wow!

At that very moment, the ripples of the river of time reached their peak, and the creatures that had been swimming upstream finally appeared.

There was not just one person, but several figures appearing together, each with dazzling runes swirling around their bodies. The dense patterns indicated that their systems were mysterious, suggesting that they were powerful individuals with invincible potential.

"These are not ordinary emperors, but Dao Ancestors." The First Emperor sensed this and revealed a strange expression. What was the purpose of the future Dao Ancestors going against the tide?
Wang Hongwu and Shi Hao looked over and saw that those creatures seemed to be engaged in a great battle, having all arrived at this point together.

"It's them!" "Indeed, it was during this period."

"Fortunately, we made it in time. They haven't taken that step yet, they haven't changed the course of the war."

Amidst the turbulent waves of time, a voice rang out, filled with surprise, followed by a barrage of imperial runes that blasted towards Wang Hongwu and Shi Hao.

That was the full force of the Dao Ancestor's attack, but the next moment, a huge cauldron came flying through the air, cutting through the ages. With a single breath, the cauldron absorbed all the killing intent and firmly blocked it.

"It's you again! You damned bastard, do you think you can end all this with yourselves?!"

"A single leaf can cover the sky, obscuring the past and present. I will surely end this ominous era!"

Amidst the roar, a being stepped on the great cauldron. It was a round cauldron with three legs and two handles, gleaming with various kinds of immortal gold, and surrounded by the primordial energy of all things. As for the mouth of the cauldron, it was a chaotic void, impenetrable, as if it were nurturing the heavens.

However, not only was the cauldron cast from celestial metal, but the person on it was also as dazzling as a celestial holy spirit, as if all the heavenly materials had been fused together. Mother energy, celestial metal, and even an ancient bronze coffin had appeared. That being actually used it to forge a battle body, creating a terrifying indestructible golden body.

His body is stained with the blood of the Supreme One and the remnants of the Dao Ancestor's soul light; he has fought his way through the future!
Beside the man stepping on the cauldron, there were three other beings advancing together, looking down upon the world: a man with a large bell on his head, a woman wearing a bronze ring, and a fat Taoist priest wearing a Taoist robe, holding a hoe in one hand and a pickaxe in the other.

Opposite the four of them stood one Dao Ancestor after another, emanating an ominous aura.

(End of this chapter)