Fairy, you call this repaying a debt of gratitude?

"Prepare to die!" Xie Lingran roared.

Immediately, the ancient dragon shadow hovering in the air suddenly opened its eyes, its gaze locked on Shen Wei below. The next instant, this phantom, carrying the power to crush everything in the world, swooped down!

As the dragon's shadow passed by, the blizzard was instantly cleared away, and the violent spiritual energy surged and crushed everything in its path, causing the entire snow-capped peak to tremble violently, with rocks tumbling down the cliffs.

Standing at the edge of the formation, Gu Lengyue felt the terrifying power and quickly circulated her spiritual energy to protect herself. At the same time, her eyes were filled with worry and helplessness as she looked at the lone black figure facing the enemy.

Gu Hanfeng, who was not far away, stared in disbelief, his mind reeling, as he stared intently at the surreal phantom that defied all reason.

Meanwhile, the old man who had been there earlier had also woken up at some point. Upon seeing the immense power surging from Xie Lingran, an extremely greedy look instantly appeared on his aged face.

Faced with this unparalleled and overwhelming dragon momentum, Shen Wei remained unusually calm.

He clearly sensed that the aura and origin of this dragon shadow were entirely derived from the evil dragon spirit that had been stolen from his body.

Xie Lingran ultimately relied on external forces to control the power of the evil dragon, possessing only its form but lacking its essence. While seemingly overwhelming in power, its foundation was actually weak.

This is his only chance to break the deadlock!

Shen Wei closed his eyes for a moment, and when he opened them again, a faint black light ignited in the deep darkness of his eyes.

He no longer tried to suppress the malevolent energy within him, allowing the remaining power of the evil dragon to completely merge with the sword. In order to win this battle, everything was willing to burn!

Gu Lengyue stared blankly at this scene. Now, Shen Wei's appearance was exactly the same as when she first met him at the Gu residence, and even more terrifying than before!

Om-!

"Shadow Shattering" trembled violently, and intricate blood-red dragon patterns appeared on its jet-black blade. The patterns flowed and shone with a cold light, pointing directly in the direction where Xie Lingran was.

"Since it is my power, it should be used by me."

Shen Wei's voice was low and deep as he raised his sword, pointing it directly at the swooping dragon shadow. "I will show you that it was all in vain!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he leaped into the air, neither dodging nor retreating, and charged straight up against the dragon's momentum!

With a horizontal slash, the pitch-black sword light, wrapped in blood-red dragon patterns, soared into the sky. It was no longer a simple sword move, but a resonance and counterattack of the primordial dragon power!

Two completely different, yet originating from the same source, dragon forces collided violently!

Boom—!!

A deafening explosion tore through the heavens and earth, and a violent energy storm swept wildly across the entire peak, centered on the point of impact.

Snow, gravel, and ice fragments were all swept high into the sky by the gale, swirling wildly and turning the entire world into a white expanse, making it impossible to see any human figures.

The drawbacks of forcibly absorbing external dragon power fully erupted at this moment!

The Primordial Dragon Shadow that Xie Lingran relied on to exert pressure was now flickering with blue light under the resonance and impact of Shen Wei's primordial dragon power.

He suddenly realized with despair that the power he had borrowed was being forcibly dismantled and absorbed by the true source of the dragon!

"impossible!!"

High in the sky, Xie Lingran's pupils constricted, her face filled with disbelief. She screamed in disbelief, "This power is already mine! How dare you take it back?!"

He frantically channeled his spiritual energy to forcibly maintain the dragon shadow, but the surface of the dragon shadow had already begun to shatter inch by inch, and the dim blue light kept falling, and its overwhelming power was visibly declining rapidly.

Although Shen Wei below had the advantage due to his dragon lineage, he was still shaken by the violent energy clash, causing his blood and qi to surge.

The wound on his shoulder, which had been injured earlier, was torn open, and blood soaked through his black robe, dripping slowly down his arm and into the white snow, spreading out in patches of crimson.

Despite the excruciating pain, the fighting spirit in his eyes grew even stronger.

He knew Xie Lingran's weakness all too well.

From the very beginning, he knew that he had never truly controlled that power; he had merely relied on the Dragon Imprisoning Formation to forcibly seize it and barely manage to control it.

Although his cultivation level seems to have skyrocketed and his combat power is unparalleled, his foundation is actually unstable and he is riddled with hidden dangers. Once he encounters a backlash from his origin, he will collapse in an instant!

"Give it back to me!"

Shen Wei let out a low shout, and with another flick of his wrist, the sword light surged!

The jet-black sword light pierced through the chaotic spiritual energy and precisely struck the center of the trembling dragon shadow.

In an instant, the entire phantom first shattered at one point like glass, and then exploded completely!

The emerald green spiritual energy scattered like fine snowflakes and dissipated, merging into Shen Wei's body, instantly dissipating the originally domineering and boundless dragon might.

The moment the dragon shadow shattered, Xie Lingran felt as if he had been severely injured. His body stiffened abruptly, his blood and qi surged in his chest, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

He forcibly suppressed his injuries, but the rage in his eyes had been ignited to the extreme. How much joy that powerful force had brought him, and how much anger it brought him now that he had lost it.

"You're asking for it!"

Xie Lingran's eyes were bloodshot, and his long, snow-white hair danced wildly in extreme rage. The originally scattered cyan-green dragon power around his body suddenly subsided and condensed into a solemn imperial gold and cyan color.

As a descendant of the former imperial family, he was burdened with the mission of restoring the dynasty and taking control of the country from a young age.

His life of seclusion, his self-sacrifice to feed the formation, and his defying the heavens to seize the dragon were not merely for the sake of mere cultivation, but to reclaim the vast lands that belonged to his own dynasty.

Previously, he had always held back, unwilling to overdraw on the foundation of his imperial family and the last remaining vestige of the dynasty's fortune.

But now that his magic has been broken and he is seriously injured, he is unwilling to let his years of forbearance go to waste. He is determined to get the evil dragon, which is his only chance, and he must seize it!

He took a few steps back, then stood high in the air again. His disheveled expression quickly disappeared, his eyes were slightly closed, and his whole body was filled with indescribable power.

He unleashed the royal seal passed down through generations, spiritual energy surging from his fingertips. Then, with a low shout, he uttered the move that had been sealed away for a hundred years:

"The Emperor Approaches the Abyss!"

This is the ultimate forbidden technique unique to the former imperial family. It was the supreme skill that enabled the founding emperor of the former dynasty to pacify the world. After the establishment of the dynasty, it was improved by several emperors, who continuously incorporated their own original power into it!

Only those with royal blood and unwavering resolve can activate it.

It does not belong to the orthodox path of immortality, nor does it seek carefree longevity. From the very beginning, it has only been dedicated to suppressing the world, stabilizing the country, and bringing peace to the people!

In an instant, a powerful golden aura swirled and intertwined around Xie Lingran, solidifying and taking shape, and a phantom of an emperor slowly appeared in the world!

The phantom was dressed in the robes of the former dynasty emperor, with a majestic crown and a golden longsword in his hand. Its figure was enormous and its demeanor was dignified. For a moment, one felt that this was the true form of the founding emperor of the former dynasty who reigned over the world and swept across the eight wastelands!

"Shen Wei, you have repeatedly thwarted my grand plan to restore the monarchy!"

"today!"

"I will use the sword of my ancestors! I will use your blood to sacrifice for my great dynasty!"

The "Shadow of Darkness" in Shen Wei's hand trembled incessantly. The murderous aura on the sword was actually suppressed by the opponent's golden aura. This trembling was no longer the excitement of before, but the trembling of fear!

Shen Wei's dark eyes instantly turned serious, and for the first time, a genuine sense of fear and oppression arose in his heart.

Xie Lingran's move had already surpassed the scope of ordinary cultivators' fighting.

That was the dynasty's fortune accumulated over a century, a deadly move blessed by the imperial family's Daoist aura, his last resort!

But now is not the time to run away!

......

In ancient times, the founding emperor of the Great Chen Dynasty slaughtered all the demonic dragons in the world, and established a human dynasty from the dark and chaotic world where all races were numerous and the human race was insignificant, thus winning a glimmer of hope for the human race.

Now, hundreds of years after the fall of the Great Chen Dynasty, Xie Lingran, who carries the remnants of the royal family, and Shen Wei, who carries the dragon seed, will once again face off in this fateful duel!