Shrouding the Heavens: The Ruthless Heavenly Emperor

He had at least read the Sacred Ruins Supplement.

Ding's people are definitely constantly under the watchful eyes of those three Heavenly Emperors, so he's trying to gain the Empress's sympathy. He'll probably be resurrected after he dies, right?

Think so.

He first talked to the little girl for a long time, telling her all his experiences to gain her sympathy.

Finally, they took the little girl to many places, bought a lot of things, and also gave a restaurant owner a bribe so that he could adopt the little girl until she became an adult.

In the end, Xu Changqing gave the little girl some cultivation techniques and then left. The next time they met was a hundred years later.

He was captured by the elders of the Misty Holy Land, who wanted to cripple him, but Lin Siyu intervened and imprisoned him in the water dungeon.

The little girl, carrying the sacred artifact she had obtained, ventured into the Misty Sacred Land and rescued him.

A look of reminiscence flashed in the female demon's eyes, but she quickly concealed it. She didn't know why Xu Changqing had come up here to stop her.

Impossible, because Xu Changqing has no reason to do that.

"boom!"

The Heavenly Tribulation of Severing the Dao successfully descended, but the woman in white did not sever everything about herself. Instead, she broke through the shackles of the Great Dao with her unwavering will and forcefully reversed the Dao.

"boom!"

The next moment, a massive lightning tribulation descended, instantly engulfing the Feathered Divine Dynasty's grand formation. Several saints appeared and maintained the formation.

But as soon as they made their move, the Heavenly Tribulation seemed to sense something and instantly unleashed a Saintly Tribulation.

However, since the formation of the Feathered Divine Dynasty was an imperial formation, it was not broken; they just felt they had lost all face.

Meanwhile, under everyone's gaze, a milky white light burst forth from between Xu Changqing's brows, piercing through the dark clouds, and a strange fluctuation emanated from Xu Changqing's body.

Then, amidst the attention of the crowd, he slowly spoke: "Humans have seven emotions and six desires, but the Great Dao, the Law, the Rules, and the Order are nonexistent."

"Love is merely a shackle that binds people, and it is also a shackle that binds them."

"Some people, driven by a desire to compare themselves to others and a love of vanity, become envious; others, unable to bear seeing others succeed, become greedy."

"Some people even give up their lives for the love in their hearts."

"A heartless person will eventually fall in love, but after experiencing countless hardships and inhuman torment, he will develop a loathing and disgust for the word 'love' and transform into a heartless person."

"Talent is often not the constraint on a person's cultivation; it is thought that does."

Xu Changqing seemed to be whispering something, or perhaps telling the world something. His eyes began to radiate divine light, and a dark red light burst forth from the top of his head, shattering the dark clouds and staining the sky red.

Within that red light, everyone witnessed the myriad aspects of human life. Some saw kind people who died saving others, while others saw despicable cultivators slaughtering an entire city for personal gain.

Some even had their wives captured and then killed in front of their husbands. The men, blinded by rage, sought revenge despite their lack of cultivation, only to meet a tragic end. Their bodies were left unclaimed and pecked at by vultures.

Various images entered the hearts of the people of the Feathered Divine Dynasty. Some saw their past selves, while others saw Xu Changqing's experiences.

Mu Miaomiao stood in the Feathered Divine Dynasty, silently watching.

Looking at Xu Changqing, she didn't understand why he was saying all this, nor did she know what he had cut off.

Xu Changqing stood silently beneath the dark clouds, enveloped in red light. Amidst the churning clouds, patches of lightning appeared, flashing with lightning, and a large, transparent sword also appeared—the Sword of Heaven's Will.

Memories from the past kept resurfacing in his mind: his Daoist partner had been captured by their old enemies.

She was his second girlfriend in this world, and essentially his wife.

In an attempt to disrupt his own peace of mind, the man killed his girlfriend in front of him.

At that time, he was only at the Fourth Realm, while that person had already transformed into a dragon and took pleasure in killing, wanting to see the mental collapse of those he had tormented.

That day, Xu Changqing was angry, regretful, and resentful that the world was unfair to him and that he didn't have a special physique, but he was helpless and couldn't even take revenge.

He could only roar in despair, clutching the headless corpse as he ran wildly through the desert, crying and questioning the heavens as he ran.

That person was very confident, confident that Xu Changqing, with his mortal body, could not grow to the Dragon Transformation Realm, so he did not kill him, but only to disrupt his state of mind for his own amusement.

Finally, he killed that person and returned to his home, whereupon he found that person's family and slaughtered them all, not even sparing the little grass.

In his memories, there were also his brothers in this world. The two of them ventured into the secret realm together, but in the end, they fought each other for the Great Luo Divine Iron, which broke their relationship. In the end, his brother died by his own hand.

Mu Miaomiao was kidnapped, and all her gains were handed over to that person in order to be rescued. However, she lost all the life-saving items she had acquired after her breakthrough.

Gradually, he became disillusioned with relationships and stopped believing in them. His heart was sealed shut, and now, no one can touch his inner world.

Xu Changqing's eyes grew increasingly shrewd and bright, his internal energy became more powerful, and he entered a state of ethereal tranquility.

At this moment, no one dared to step forward to stop the two from undergoing the Dao-Slaying Tribulation, because once they left the protective shield's range, they would be targeted and attacked by the Heavenly Tribulation.

“All sentient beings have emotions and desires, but the Dao does not. If I were to lose my emotions, would I be equivalent to the Dao?”

Xu Changqing murmured to himself as he gazed at his origin and discovered dozens of threads within it.

That is the source of one's own emotions.

Whether others can see it or not, he doesn't know; anyway, this is his own emotion.

"Heaven's will is the blade!"

"Sever all emotional ties!"

Xu Changqing suddenly shouted, shocking everyone, even the woman in white was stunned. She had severed her path with her obsession, while Xu Changqing had severed all his emotions.

She appears ruthless, yet she is the most compassionate within that ruthlessness. She knows how to be grateful. Xu Changqing helped her when she was a child, so decades ago she ventured alone into the Misty Holy Land with a sacred artifact to rescue him.

Throughout her childhood, she never forgot her brother. In fact, every so often, she would paint a picture of him to accompany her as she grew up.

This is family affection.

She couldn't be like Xu Changqing.

What would it be like if a person became ruthless?

Everyone in the Feathered Divine Dynasty fell silent, completely unable to believe that Xu Changqing would sever his emotions. This was something no one had ever done before, nor had anyone ever heard of such a path.

Mu Miaomiao was also stunned for a moment, her mind went blank.

"Zheng!"

Suddenly, a sword rang out in the heavens and earth. Everyone saw the dark clouds overhead being parted by an inexplicable force, and the last ray of immortal light appeared from the sky, piercing through Xu Changqing's crown.

Immortal light continuously poured in, eventually transforming into a blade within his body, and the lightning tribulation of heaven and earth descended in an instant.

Countless laws and orders also appeared, as if they forbade such a path from appearing.

Chapter 5 The Ruthless Blade

"Boom!"

The heavens and earth were engulfed in a violent thunderbolt, cascading down like a waterfall. The dark clouds were instantly dispersed by the lightning, transforming into dazzling light, with lightning flashing everywhere.

The will of Heaven transformed into a blade and entered Xu Changqing's body. It was a blade constructed from the primordial Dao, capable of slicing through everything in the world, and nothing could withstand its power.

Xu Changqing channeled his thoughts into the Heavenly Will Blade, aimed it at his own origin, and then slashed down without hesitation.

With a soft "poof," the source was instantly separated, and intense pain filled his limbs and bones. The Great Dao within his body was also severed as a result, and those few sources of emotion were also instantly annihilated by the will of Heaven.

"The heavenly tribulation is the furnace, and the universe is the fire, to temper and refine oneself!"

Enduring the excruciating pain, Xu Changqing sat cross-legged in the void, letting the sea of ​​lightning engulf him. White flames began to appear in the surrounding void, eventually coalescing into a ball.

"Boom!"

The lightning descended, and the violent thunder instantly cleaved Xu Changqing, tearing his flesh apart, spurting blood everywhere, and charring his skin.

"Hey!"

At this moment, a red light burst forth from Xu Changqing's body. It was his Dao artifact vibrating, flying directly out of his Sea of ​​Bitterness and into the Sea of ​​Thunder to be tempered.

Everyone saw Xu Changqing's weapon.

It was a snow-white bone knife, as beautiful as mutton fat jade, or as if it were carved from crystal clear jade. The blade was dark red and exuded a murderous aura.

This knife is very long, over 1.6 meters. Even when you hold it with both hands, a large part of the handle is still sticking out. The blade has a jade-like texture.

It's not straight; it's slightly curved, with patterns spreading along the back of the blade, resembling the order of the Great Dao or a naturally carved pattern on jade.

This sword has been with Xu Changqing for over three hundred years, fighting alongside him since his mortal days.

When he joined the army, he used a knife, which he had forged himself at a blacksmith's shop; it was just an ordinary piece of iron.

But having killed many people on the battlefield, the knife broke many times in the end. Xu Changqing had no good materials to repair it, and he was also reluctant to lose his old friend who had fought alongside him for many years.

The dead from the battlefield and this sword were fused and tempered together.

After using it a lot, I got used to it, and the knife eventually became a bone knife.

A dark red primordial spirit appeared between Xu Changqing's eyebrows. This was the result of him killing too many people and cultivating some kind of demonic art, which created an evil primordial spirit.

But at this moment, the primordial spirit actually took the initiative to enter the furnace formed by the Great Dao of the Heavens, evaporating all the baleful energy contained in the primordial spirit. All that dense baleful energy and killing intent merged with his ruthless blade.

At this moment, the dark red primordial spirit began to become crystal clear, like a mirror, or like a milky white porcelain doll.

At this moment, Xu Changqing also forged his own path.

Amidst the attention of the crowd, nine colors burst forth from the top of his head, representing the very source of his emotions.

Immediately afterwards, everyone saw Xu Changqing form hand seals, guiding the essence of these emotions into his internal organs, and also saw the Heavenly Will Blade being absorbed by him.

After severing ties, Xu Changqing's face was expressionless, his eyes were deep and unfathomable, like a secluded spring under the moon, and he became taciturn, cold and ruthless.

and,

His hair was also visibly turning white, and his thick black hair began to be eroded by white.

Xu Changqing turned his head to look at the woman in white and saw that she was forming hand seals, and the Great Dao Treasure Bottle above her head was becoming more and more solid. In the end, the Great Dao Treasure Bottle directly swallowed the Heavenly Tribulation of Severing the Dao.

She looked down at the protective array of the Feathered Divine Dynasty, knowing that she could not severely damage the Feathered Divine Dynasty this time, so she carried the Heavenly Tribulation and escaped into the universe.

Xu Changqing was the same; the two of them escaped into the universe and were engulfed by lightning tribulation.

Mu Miaomiao stood on the street, looking at Xu Changqing with worry. She found it hard to accept that Xu Changqing had severed his feelings for her.

"Master, Changqing is undergoing his tribulation under the watchful eyes of everyone, intending to destroy the Feathered Divine Dynasty. Those old fogies will definitely make a move. Can you help him?"

Mu Miaomiao's silky black hair swayed gently, and tears welled up in her large eyes.

Mu Miaomiao's master remained silent for a long time. She had been secretly observing Xu Changqing. Then she spoke and replied, "I will only help them once and let them run away because the Feathered Divine Dynasty is not simple. I have sensed two Quasi-Emperors alone."

“I can help them stop the Quasi-Emperors, but I can’t do that to the Great Saints. It depends on their luck.”