The Great Ruler: Starting from the Dark Ages

Chapter 108 Fourth Generation
Xu He struggled back to the Heavenly Emperor's Palace, now too weak to even stand up.

Today's battle was extremely taxing. I was already nearing the end of my life, and forcing myself to fight to the limit only depleted my lifespan. My body was also destroyed and rebuilt several times.

In the very end, he rashly used a forbidden technique that was still in its infancy, almost squeezing out the last drop of wax from the oil lamp.

The endless death energy surrounding Xu He had already overwhelmed his original blood energy, almost to the point of dissolving him into the Dao.

In the past, they roamed freely across the world, but now it seems their time is coming to a regretful end.

This is the first time it has been this difficult, unprecedented, and unlikely to happen again. It is even more difficult than for an elderly person in their twilight years.

Chuan Ying wanted to use his own blood essence to prolong Xu He's life, but Xu He shook his head and refused.

In truth, both of them knew that at Xu He's level, the Emperor's essence blood was no longer of much use.

Xu He raised his hand, trying to summon the Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold Sword, but he couldn't mobilize it at all. In the end, it was the deity that autonomously tore through space and came to help him evolve the Nirvana Method.

But it was too late. By the time the Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold Sword truly evolved the Nirvana Method, Xu He had already entered a state of enlightenment and could no longer observe it.

The scattered sparks of life are still burning, yet some are extinguished.

His injuries healed extremely slowly; the Emperor's blood no longer flowed, or rather, there was very little blood left to flow.

The great Dao of Heaven and Earth has already begun to utter mournful cries.

"Is the Heavenly Emperor really going to pass away?" someone outside asked, choking back tears.

Even many prodigies who had not yet attained enlightenment, and even peak Quasi-Emperors, lowered their eyes at this moment.

Indeed, the existence of the Heavenly Emperor meant that they remained unknown for hundreds of thousands of years, and many of them exhausted their lifespans and truly became skeletons.

No matter how you look at it, the existence of the Heavenly Emperor ended the darkness and turmoil, protected the nine heavens and ten earths, brought life-saving rain to all living beings, and preached the Dao to enlighten cultivators.

In any of these respects, it is a great achievement.

Now that he is truly passing away, they are still extremely saddened.

"Such a figure, would he die before becoming an immortal? But to have injured the immortal Emperor who had become an immortal is truly impressive, it's just a pity." Inside the forbidden zone, the human supreme sighed softly. He roughly guessed the reason why Xu He hadn't gone to the forbidden zone for so long, which was that there were indeed a few people inside the forbidden zone who hadn't launched the Dark Turmoil.

The great laws of heaven and earth still lament.
Inside the Heavenly Emperor's Palace, the death aura emanating from Xu He's body grew increasingly dense, while his physical form became increasingly faint.

Inside its Sendai, a flame that refused to die still struggled on.

His physical body had truly decayed, and Xu He's remaining, decaying primordial spirit emerged at this moment.

He stared at the primordial fire atop the platform, speechless for a long time. Just now, he had tried several times to learn the Nirvana method of the Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold Sword in his primordial spirit form, but to no avail.

At this moment, however, this ball of primordial life fire attracted Xu He's attention.

"He bears some resemblance to Lingbao Tianzun."

The scene before them was remarkably similar to the life-fire atop the Lingbao Heavenly Venerable's Immortal Platform, and even the two of them were in the same predicament, having lost their physical bodies.

"What if the primordial life fire were to undergo Nirvana like the immortal phoenix?" Suddenly, an idea popped into his mind.

He had tried both physical rebirth and nirvana beyond the primordial spirit, but to no avail. However, his primordial life fire was a vast blue ocean.

Xu He suddenly thought that this was somewhat feasible.

The undying flame of the Celestial Venerable Lingbao's Immortal Platform may also be an attempt to undergo Nirvana, but it failed due to his racial innate abilities and the lack of the Nirvana method of the Celestial Phoenix.

"This is the only way." Xu He's eyes showed an unprecedented determination.

If he had used the "Ancient Yin Scripture" and the "Ancient Taiyang Scripture" to cultivate the Great Dao of Yin and Yang before his lifespan ran out, and evolved a chaotic body within his body, he might have truly been able to live another lifetime, thus avoiding his current predicament. But now, he has no way out but to try.

Now, all that can be done is to use that incomplete Immortal Phoenix Nirvana Method to try and ignite the life fire to complete the Nirvana.

Xu He had a premonition that if he could use this method to achieve Nirvana, he could also make Lingbao Tianzun walk the same path as him in the future, thus defying the heavens and returning.

Finally, Xu He took a deep breath, his primordial spirit body plunged into the life fire, severing everything, and his entire being transformed into the life fire to deduce Nirvana.

Inside the Heavenly Emperor's Palace, Chuanying looked at Xu He's decaying body and helplessly pounded on the bluestone slab.

The ancient Heavenly Court was destroyed, and the Immortal Emperor was the mastermind behind it all. And now, the Lord of the Heavenly Court is about to pass away, and it is still the Immortal Emperor who is responsible for this.

But despite his clamor for eternal revenge, he couldn't even withstand a single slap from the Immortal Emperor!

Chuan Ying roared, his voice resounding throughout the universe, causing countless living beings to tremble.

The destruction of the Heavenly Court was a thorn in his side and the root cause of his inability to become emperor. He had always believed that once he killed the Undying Emperor and his inner demons were destroyed, becoming emperor would be a natural outcome.

But now it seems I was wrong, terribly wrong.

He is not even a match for the Immortal Emperor, let alone an emperor.

"Emperor Cheng, Emperor Cheng!" Chuanying gripped the stone stick tighter and squeezed out these words through clenched teeth.

Just as Chuan Ying was enraged and the Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold Sword collapsed,

An overwhelming aura surged forth, sending Chuan Ying and the Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold Sword flying.

Then, just as Chuanying was shocked and wanted to rush into the Heavenly Emperor's Palace to check on the Heavenly Emperor's condition, the bronze gate of the Heavenly Emperor's Palace suddenly closed tightly.

"Heavenly Emperor!" Chuan Ying shouted. Everything had happened in the blink of an eye, but he believed that the great power the Heavenly Emperor had just unleashed was a sign of his return.

The Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold Sword also roared at this moment.

Immediately afterwards, endless life essence began to spread throughout the Heavenly Emperor Palace, gradually merging into the death energy. After an unknown period of time, the life and death energies finally showed a state of being evenly matched.

Chaotic energy arose at this moment, beginning to envelop the Heavenly Emperor's Palace, then spreading to the Heavenly Court, and gradually expanding to the Purple Star Emperor Star...

"Such a strange phenomenon, emanating from the Heavenly Court of the Ziwei Star Region? It's the Heavenly Emperor!" someone outside shouted, pointing at the chaotic immortal light of the Ziwei Star Region.

"I knew it! A man of such stature as the Heavenly Emperor would never die!"

"Heavenly Emperor, I beg you to return and once again protect all living beings!"

At first, only a few people spoke, but gradually it turned into a roaring cry, and all the spirits in the universe prayed devoutly at this time.

We call upon the heavens and bow to the earth.

Around them, the scattered thoughts of all living beings converged, transforming into shimmering golden light, becoming dazzling shooting stars that flew towards the Heavenly Court, leaving behind countless brilliant traces in the starry sky.

Too dazzling, too splendid, unprecedented in history, and unlikely to be seen again in the future.

Within the desolate forbidden land, the ruthless emperor, dressed in white, looked up at the starry sky, his indifference towards all things turning into satisfaction.

He slowly lowered his slightly raised hand, revealing a stunningly beautiful face beneath the mask, a slight smile playing on his lips.

She knew that the Heavenly Emperor could live out four lifetimes on his own without her intervention.

(End of this chapter)