Battle Through the Heavens: Purple Heaven Thunder Emperor

Chapter 525 Self-Destruction

Inside a huge and strange spatial passage.

Two streaks of light, stretching for thousands of miles, like two comets chasing and entangled with each other, flashed by in the colorful passageway.

On one side was endless purple lightning, filled with terrifying power that intertwined destruction and rebirth.

On the other side was a thick, inky black energy, churning and surging, exuding extreme coldness and evil, as if it wanted to devour all light and life.

Two extremely terrifying energies collided and annihilated each other continuously in this long and endless passage.

Each clash unleashed a violent energy storm powerful enough to tear apart an ordinary Battle Saint.

Where the storm raged, the colorful ribbons of light that howled past were pulverized into powder, and the walls of the passage twisted and flickered violently, emitting a chilling creaking sound.

However, no matter how these two forces clashed, the seemingly translucent barrier remained resilient.

Although it was frequently twisted and deformed, it never completely broke.

At the core of the purple lightning stream.

Xiao Bai sat cross-legged, surrounded by purple lightning, like a god born from thunder.

His face was calm, his eyes deep, and there was no fluctuation in his eyes as he faced the huge black hand that was hitting him and obscuring his vision.

They didn't even bother to get up.

He skillfully raised his hand and made hand seals, his movements flowing smoothly, as if he had practiced it hundreds of times.

As purple lightning leaped from his fingertips, a thousand-foot-long, ancient and majestic lightning seal, its entire body wrapped in destructive purple lightning, appeared out of thin air in the void ahead.

Above the Thunder Seal, a Qilin roared, surrounded by the Four Symbols, exuding a terrifying aura that could suppress heaven and earth and annihilate all things.

Raising his eyes, which had turned completely purple, he calmly gazed at the colliding lightning seal and giant hand.

"This passage—I wonder when it will ever end!"

Xiao Bai murmured softly, his voice carrying a hint of barely perceptible weariness.

He looked around, and the colorful light bands of the spatial barriers flashed past him at lightning speed, dazzling and eternal.

In this passage where the concept of time had been lost, a fleeting look of vicissitude flashed across his eyes.

From the moment he decided to turn around and fight back against the Soul Emperor, he completely lost his sense of time.

There is no alternation of day and night, no guidance from the stars, only eternal flowing light and battle.

The battle never stopped.

Fighting until exhausted, the power of life is activated, injuries are healed, and the battle resumes.

Battles unleash potential, deepen understanding of destructive power, increase cultivation, and lead to another battle.

His body seemed to have transformed into a tireless fighting machine, and the Soul Emperor was the mad whetstone that constantly honed him.

"Um?!"

Just as Xiao Bai was thinking, he suddenly turned his head and looked towards the end of the passage.

An instinctive feeling told him that something different seemed to be emerging ahead.

Moreover, the spatial fluctuations there became unusual, no longer stable, and carried a unique sense of disorder and boundaries.

"roll!"

Almost at the same time, Xiao Bai felt a terrifying and evil aura sweeping in from behind him once again.

The Soul Emperor pounced again.

Xiao Bai didn't turn his head, nor did he even lift his eyelids; his thoughts merely stirred slightly.

The Purple Lightning Emperor Seal, which had been quietly rotating, suddenly swelled up in the void behind him!

It expanded from a thousand feet in size to ten thousand feet in an instant, like a thunderous mountain standing across the passage!

"boom-!!!"

A terrifying explosion, far more devastating than any previous collision, resounded through the passageway.

Just then.

A voice, filled with anger and so hoarse it was almost inhuman, suddenly rang out from the depths of the darkness.

"Xiao Bai"

This sound was no longer the roar of an irrational beast, but carried a clear emotion!

Xiao Bai was startled by the sound, then stood up.

He looked at the figure that had been revealed after the dark energy gradually dissipated, a hint of mockery in his eyes.

"It seems my thunderbolts were indeed quite effective against that evil energy. Were they enough to make you regain your senses?"

At this moment, the Soul Emperor was still surrounded by black energy, but it was much thinner than the thick, viscous state it had been before.

"Heh—hehe—hahaha—"

The Soul Emperor first let out a low laugh, which gradually grew louder and eventually turned into a maniacal laugh.

The laughter contained little joy, but rather a sense of madness and a twisted feeling of surviving a catastrophe.

"Indeed! I must thank you for that purple lightning!"

His hoarse voice betrayed a near-maniacal emotion: "If it weren't for the constant consumption and attrition of those evil energies by the Purple Lightning, I—I'm afraid—would have truly become a puppet who only knows how to kill!"

A bloodthirsty smile curled at the corner of his lips, his eyes flashing with a fierce clash of red and black light as he stared intently at Xiao Bai: "Since that's the case—then why not go all the way and grant my request? Hand over the source of that purple lightning! Let me completely cleanse this damned, evil energy from my body!"

His words were filled with a sense of entitlement and undisguised greed.

"What sweet dreams are you having in broad daylight?"

Xiao Bai chuckled, his face full of mockery.

"That's not up to you!"

The red light in the Soul Emperor's eyes suddenly intensified, as if that violent killing intent had regained the upper hand.

As soon as he finished speaking, he acted without hesitation!

Without any buildup or warning, it simply and brutally grabbed at Xiao Bai from a distance!

Faced with an attack that would make even an ordinary nine-star Dou Sheng pale, Xiao Bai merely snorted and raised his right hand, his five fingers loosely clenched.

"Snap!"

The solidified space around him shattered inch by inch, like a mirror!

Purple lightning leaped, transforming his entire body into an absolute domain of thunder, and the violent destructive power directly annihilated the Soul Emperor's attack!

"Your cultivation level—late stage of the Nine Stars?!"

When the Soul Emperor sensed the immense aura emanating from Xiao Bai, which was in no way weaker than that of a peak nine-star Dou Sheng, he was suddenly shocked and exclaimed in surprise.

He wasn't talking about strength, but rather a genuine level of cultivation!

Although Xiao Bai was able to fight him before, it was mainly due to the terrifying power of the strange purple lightning and his near-immortal regeneration ability.

In the perception of the Soul Emperor, his cultivation level had always been artificially elevated with the help of external forces, and his foundation was weak.

But now—

This aura was solid, heavy, and vast as the sea, clearly indicating a genuine late-stage Nine-Star Dou Sheng cultivation level!

"Hehe—Speaking of which, I have to thank you for all of this."

Xiao Bai chuckled lightly, stood with his hands behind his back, and the purple lightning around him slowly subsided, but the pressure that belonged to a peak expert became even more profound.

"If it weren't for your relentless pursuit from the beginning, forcing me to constantly walk on the edge of life and death and unleash my potential, I really wouldn't have been able to get to this point in such a short time."

At first, when he fought against the Soul Emperor, who had been corrupted by evil energy and whose strength had increased dramatically, he was indeed at a disadvantage and even narrowly escaped death several times.

But the life force of Dacheng gave him almost unlimited endurance and recovery ability.

Although the Soul Emperor's strength continued to grow, his mind was unclear, and his attack methods were simplistic and brutal, failing to achieve a true crushing victory.

As the battle continued, under immense pressure on the brink of life and death, the destructive power within Xiao Bai, which was previously difficult to comprehend, was fully unleashed.

The process of fighting was a process in which he gained a deeper and deeper understanding of the power of destruction.

Every life-or-death struggle, every clash of forces, gave him a deeper understanding of the essence of "destruction".

As his understanding of the power of destruction deepened, his cultivation level also skyrocketed under this extreme pressure and enlightenment, like a rocket!

From the late stage of the eighth star, to the peak, then to the early and middle stages of the ninth star, and now to the late stage of the ninth star!

Now, his comprehension of the destructive power within him is nearing completion. He only needs one last opportunity to completely merge "life" and "destruction" and achieve the Great Perfection of the Life and Destruction Purple Lightning!

hum! ! !

Just as the two were facing off, the entire massive spatial passage suddenly trembled!

It wasn't the kind of localized distortion caused by the aftershocks of the previous battle; the entire tunnel structure was trembling violently!

"Are we going out now? —"

Xiao Bai's eyes flashed, and he secretly became wary.

At the end of the passage lies both opportunity and unknown danger.

The Soul Emperor also sensed the anomaly. He frowned, and the red and black light flashing in his eyes temporarily stabilized, revealing a hint of caution.

Only he himself knew best that what was sealed in that black crystal was a drop of extremely terrifying dark blood!

The malevolent energy contained within was truly terrifying; if it weren't for Xiao Bai's purple lightning having the effect of restraining it and constantly depleting it...

With the special ability of the Void Devouring Flame to devour bloodlines, he barely managed to refine a trace of it. This time, he is probably going to completely fall into ruin and never recover!

As he was about to leave this long and oppressive passage and face the unknown exit, even someone as mad as him felt an instinctive sense of vigilance.

Just as the two were each lost in their own thoughts and on guard, their auras involuntarily locked onto each other, preparing for a sudden attack at the exit, an incredibly intense silver-white light suddenly appeared at the end of the passage ahead without warning!

The light was not an attack, but it carried an irresistible spatial teleportation force, sweeping in like a tidal wave. Its speed and range were so great that it was impossible to dodge!

The silvery light instantly engulfed the two figures, along with the purple lightning and black energy surrounding them!

All that remained in my field of vision was an endless expanse of pure white.

Immediately afterwards, a stronger sense of spatial pulling came from inside the passage.

When Xiao Bai's vision returned, he was no longer in that dazzling passageway.

There was darkness in front of my eyes.

It is not a pure, lightless black, but a deep, vast, and seemingly timeless black.

Beneath my feet was some kind of hard, cold, black ground that stretched into the endless depths of darkness.

The air was filled with an extremely thin, cold energy that carried a faint sense of decay and chaos, completely different from the energy of heaven and earth on the Dou Qi Continent. This caused his Dou Qi to feel a slight sense of rejection and stagnation.

The figure of the Soul Emperor appeared about a hundred feet to his left, also warily surveying this unfamiliar dark space.

The two souls unfolded almost simultaneously, cautiously exploring their surroundings.

This dark space seemed to be extremely vast. Their souls stretched for thousands of miles, yet they did not touch the boundary, nor did they discover any obvious signs of life or architectural traces.

There was only eternal darkness and the cold ground beneath my feet.

"here it is----"

Xiao Bai frowned, and the feeling of unease in his heart grew stronger.

He had a very bad feeling about the environment here.

The chaotic, chilly energy in the air made him extremely uncomfortable.

Just as the two were conducting their initial investigation and were filled with doubt and uncertainty, a sudden change occurred!

Without warning, an eye suddenly opened in the dark void in front of them!

A gigantic, malevolent eye that almost filled half of the dark void!

The moment that eye opened, an unprecedented sense of horror and terror, originating from the deepest part of his soul, instantly overwhelmed Xiao Bai like ice water!

"Terrifying! Absolutely terrifying!"

Xiao Bai's heart almost stopped beating, and his blood seemed to freeze.

The aura emanating from this eye was even more terrifying, more profound, and more intense than the lingering aura of a Dou Di he had sensed deep within the cave of the Ancient Emperor Tuoshe.

evil!

That's absolute suppression on a higher level!

It's a difference in the very essence of life!

When Soul Emperor sensed this terrifying aura, he felt the same horror as Xiao Bai.

The malevolent energy that had just been suppressed within his body, along with the fused bloodline, were both producing a strange, faint phenomenon—

A sense of closeness?!

It seemed that the evil aura emanating from his eyes was somehow connected to the drop of dark blood he had refined within his body.

"Two—bugs—"

A grand, ethereal voice, seemingly from countless ages ago, resounded directly in the depths of their souls.

The voice was neither male nor female, but rather conveyed a detached indifference, as if looking down upon ants.

The voice abruptly stopped at this point.

Immediately afterwards, the dark red vortex-like "pupil" seemed to rotate slightly.

A moment later, the voice let out a strange laugh: "Haha—there's actually a fluctuation of battle aura? You came from that passage—"

The absolute indifference that had been there before vanished from his voice, replaced by an undisguised excitement and—excitement?

"Huh? You little bug—you have my aura on you?"

The voice paused, as if it were carefully sensing something.

"I remember now—when I left the Dou Qi Dimension back then, fearing that the temporary passage might be unstable and the coordinates might be lost, I left a drop of my essence blood in the dimensional portal—"

"I never expected that you would obtain it and even absorb it into your body. Interesting—"

Xiao Bai was shocked upon hearing this!

This emperor? !

In this vast world, those who can be called "Emperor" among the evil races must have strength at least at the level of Earthly Sovereign, or even higher, Heavenly Sovereign!

Judging from his words, this person was actually one of the powerful evil race members who invaded the Dou Qi Continent back then!

Moreover, the fact that someone could leave behind their blood essence as a coordinate for future use suggests they were no ordinary player in that great battle!

Thinking of this, Xiao Bai's face turned completely ugly, and his heart sank to the bottom.

Facing a demonic emperor who might be a supreme being or even higher—it's simply not something a nine-star Dou Sheng can contend with!

Is he really going to die here today?

Suddenly, a strong sense of resentment surged from the depths of my heart!

He had finally made it this far, finally gained the strength to protect his loved ones, and finally glimpsed hope for a wider world.

How could you die here?

To die in such a cold, dark, and unknown place?!

No! Absolutely not!

Xiao Bai's mind raced, desperately searching for any possible way to escape.

Now it seems that the only hope may be—

The thunder talisman in the sea of ​​consciousness.

This is his last trump card, and also his biggest secret!

These thoughts flashed through my mind like lightning.

Upon hearing the voice emanating from that eerie giant eye, the Soul Emperor immediately understood the source of the drop of black blood that had nearly brought him to his doom.

No wonder the evil energy in that blood was so terrifying and so pure!

"Now that you have obtained my blood essence and refined it into your bloodline, you are now my bloodline."

The gaze of that malevolent giant eye seemed to soften somewhat as it fell upon the Soul Emperor, its voice carrying a condescending air of bestowal.

As for you—

The words shifted, and the giant eye's "self-light" instantly locked onto Xiao Bai.

The dark red vortex-like "pupil" suddenly shone brightly!

"call out-!!!"

A beam of light, only as thick as an arm but extremely solid and jet black, shot toward Xiao Bai as if it had teleported!

Wherever the beam of light passed, even the void of this dark space emitted a "sizzling" sound of being corroded!

In an instant, Xiao Bai felt every cell in his body trembling wildly, issuing an extremely dangerous warning!

This attack cannot be withstood! It must not be touched!

But the moment his thought crossed his mind and his internal fighting spirit began to circulate, his body suddenly stiffened!

A vast, cold, and oppressive aura of heaven and earth descended from nowhere, like an invisible shackle, and instantly acted on his entire body!

"My... cultivation level?!"

An incredulous look appeared in Xiao Bai's eyes.

He was horrified to discover that his immense Dou Qi, at the late stage of the Nine-Star Dou Sheng realm, was being forcibly suppressed by the oppressive force of heaven and earth.

The power that the seal could mobilize instantly plummeted to the level of a four-star Dou Sheng!

Not only that, his entire aura was incompatible with the energy of this world. The laws of heaven and earth had a strong sense of rejection towards him, as if he were an unwelcome "outsider". Circulating his battle qi here was twice as difficult and half as efficient, with huge consumption and obstacles everywhere!

"Hehehe—Energy systems that do not belong to this plane will be instinctively suppressed and repelled by the heavens and earth of this plane—"

A mocking, cruel voice, tinged with a hint of wistful resentment, emanated from that malevolent giant eye: "Back then, that brat Chixiao loved to exploit the repulsive properties of the lower planes to deal with us—causing our race to suffer heavy losses in that interdimensional war—"

"I never imagined that after ten thousand years, I, the Emperor, would have the chance to let a mere insect from the Dou Qi Continent experience this feeling! Hahahaha!"

Arrogant, triumphant laughter, filled with vengeful satisfaction, echoed through the dark space.

Xiao Bai watched as the eerie beam of light, which made his soul tremble and sent frantic warnings, approached at an unavoidable speed.

Suppressed by heaven and earth, his cultivation plummeted, and his movements were restricted.

He knew that if he were hit by this beam of light, the consequences would be absolutely unimaginable!

At best, they will be corrupted by evil spirits and become puppets; at worst, they will be destroyed in both body and soul!

Since we can't avoid it, and we can't stop it—

So————

In Xiao Bai's eyes, the last trace of hesitation and struggle disappeared, replaced by an extreme madness and determination!

A destructive, violent, and all-consuming will erupted from his body!

In the next instant, a destructive light and energy erupted from where Xiao Bai stood!