# Chapter 1453: Absolute Power
Although separated by millions of years, although only an extremely faint trace of aura remained, Jie Yuan would never mistake it!
Because that was the divine race under the command of Heaven-Slaying God Emperor Mo E!
Violence and hatred found an outlet for release. The black aura on Jie Yuan's body violently twisted and surged, while the four from Qianye... their pupils instantly dilated to their maximum, as if being fiercely choked by a demon's grip, rapidly dragged toward a bottomless abyss of death.
Jie Yuan slowly raised her hand. With this simplest of movements, it was as if a billion jun of weight had descended upon the four from Qianye, making their bodies and internal organs feel as if they were about to explode.
"Demon Emperor..." Fantian Shen Di forced out with difficulty: "We... are not..."
Before he could finish speaking, a deathly aura suddenly descended upon them.
"Urgh... Aaah!"
The power was barely released, yet the pressure was already so terrifying that no words could describe it. Under uncontrollable trembling, the Three Fan Gods all unleashed dark light from their eyes, fear breeding violence, and simultaneously let out a roar as they charged together at Jie Tian Mo Di!
"Ah!!"
This sudden development caused many Divine Lords to cry out loudly.
Fantian's Three Fan Gods, three Tenth-rank Divine Lords — the highest of Divine Lords in the knowledge of the world. When all three struck simultaneously, the power they unleashed in an instant made even the Upper Realm Kings, who were also Divine Lords, feel as if their bodies were about to be shattered into fragments.
Most people were seeing the Three Fan Gods fight for the first time, and even the various Divine Emperors were generally witnessing the Three Fan Gods joining forces for the first time... because in the Dong Shen Domain, aside from the Divine Emperors, there was simply no existence worthy of their combined efforts.
Facing the power of the Three Fan Gods, Jie Yuan did not move, and her expression did not change in the slightest. Only her outstretched hand... her finger lightly flicked.
Bang!
An extremely soft sound, and in that instant, the Divine Lord power that the Three Fan Gods had just summoned suddenly vanished without a trace.
The power of three Tenth-rank Divine Lords, the highest level in the current age — three streams of power — all dissipated in an instant!
As if the power that had just made even the Upper Realm Kings tremble in fear was nothing more than a fleeting illusion that could be erased at will.
And the Three Fan Gods... they simultaneously let out a scream, as large patches of blood mist erupted from their bodies, and they flew backward into the space of the universe.
The Three Fan Gods of Fantian, who could destroy stars with a flick of a finger... when they joined forces, they were instantly grievously wounded by a single flick of Jie Tian Mo Di's finger!
"You... still... dare... to... resist..." Jie Yuan slowly spread her five fingers, and her cold four words echoed in the deepest souls of everyone present, sounding like the most terrifying curse they had ever heard.
A mass of black light flashed once in her palm.
Instantly, a mass of black radiance shone simultaneously on the bodies of the Three Fan Gods, engulfing their forms...
Amid three terrified, soul-rending screams, their Divine Lord bodies — the toughest, most resilient bodies in the current age, more difficult to destroy than ascending to heaven — were torn into countless dark fragments by the black light, like the most fragile and tattered cloth...
Bang...
The black light scattered, instantly returning to nothingness.
The Three Fan Gods of Fantian thus disappeared completely into the darkness, utterly erased from the world, leaving no trace behind.
Time flowed coldly in terrible silence, yet for a long while, not a single sound was heard.
Boundless fear made everyone tremble, their livers and gallbladders about to burst. Those pale faces showed not a trace of human color.
Qianye Wusheng, Qianye Wubei, Qianye Wua'i...
They were not ordinary people. On the contrary, these were three names that would send shivers down anyone's spine at the mere mention.
And now they were dead...
As simply as wiping away three specks of dust!
This scene could no longer be described by the word "shock". The terror that exploded in their chests at that moment made these proud Divine Lords suddenly understand what it meant to have one's mind collapse, one's faith shatter...
And it mercilessly annihilated the last shred of hope lingering in their hearts.
The hope that Zhou Tian Shen Di had previously mentioned — "pray that the returning Demon Emperor's power disperses in the Outer Chaos... that it can be resisted" — was utterly and completely shattered.
The Three Fan Gods... could essentially represent the strongest beings of the current age, yet they were annihilated in an instant by the returning Demon Emperor!
This was the gap between mortals and gods...
Like "divine spirits" in the current age, they were so insignificantly small, so pathetically fragile before a true god.
The Three Fan Gods were dead... Qianye Fantian stood there frozen, as if turned to stone, not moving for a long time.
Undoubtedly, he was the one in the world who knew the Three Fan Gods' strength best.
But he could not comprehend what kind of power could annihilate the Three Fan Gods in an instant...
Not only were the Three Fan Gods his blood brothers, they were also the three cornerstones of the Fan Di God Realm, the three pillars that secured its position as the number one king realm in the Dong Shen Domain — and in his eyes, and in anyone's eyes, absolutely unshakeable pillars.
Now they were dead, shattered...
Countless myths and legends, ancient records, could not compare to even a ten-thousandth of the shock brought by this scene. Killing three Tenth-rank Divine Lords as easily as cutting weeds — this time, with their own eyes, they had witnessed how terrifying the power of the ancient Demon Emperor truly was, and personally experienced... how they, possessing Divine Lord power, were as insignificant as ants before the ancient Demon Emperor!
The bone-piercing, soul-stabbing chill rampaged wildly through every crevice of the bodies and souls of the Divine Lords in that space. Jie Yuan slowly turned her hand, palm pointing directly at Qianye Fantian, who stood there motionless as if his soul had fled: "And... you..."
Facing Jie Yuan's palm and her eyes flickering with deathly black light, Qianye Fantian's body slowly lowered... until he knelt on one knee.
"Demon Emperor, I... am merely a mortal who inherited a trace of divine power, by no means... a member of the Fantian Divine Clan. Now that the Demon Emperor has returned in glory to the Chaos, you will surely command all realms, and all the world will submit. My Qianye Clan has some small reputation in the Dong Shen Domain... and wishes to join under the Demon Emperor's command, to serve at your side. We will obey any order from the Demon Emperor without question... and will never have second thoughts..."
Had they not seen and heard it themselves, probably no one in the current age would believe that the number one Divine Emperor of the Eastern Domain would make such a humble display and utter such humble words.
But no one scorned or mocked him.
Faced with someone who could decide his life or death with a flick of a finger, this was the most dignity-shedding, humiliating, yet also... the wisest, most rational choice.
And being able to utter these words clearly and completely under the demonic might of Jie Tian Mo Di was something few in the current age could accomplish.
And with Qianye Fantian, the number one Divine Emperor of the Eastern Domain, taking the lead, it was as if the last layer of the Divine Lords' dignity bubble had been pricked. Many, their legs trembling, could barely resist the urge to kneel on the spot and pledge allegiance.
Absolutely no power to resist or counterbalance...
The ruler of the world was about to change completely.
Between death and humiliation, the vast majority of beings would unhesitatingly choose the latter.
Only, they had never faced such a choice, nor had they ever imagined that one day they would encounter such a decision.
But unfortunately, even if they cast aside their dignity and groveled, it might not necessarily earn them their lives, because the power of decision... was always in Jie Yuan's hands.
The corner of her mouth slowly tilted. It was an infinitely contemptuous, infinitely mocking curve. Everyone present clearly sensed that disdain and scorn: "So these are the descendants of Mo E's lackeys. So these are the descendants of the divine race that prattled about righteousness... Hehehe... Hahaha... Hahahahahaha..."
She suddenly burst into wild laughter, laughing unrestrainedly, yet... it seemed to carry endless sorrow and grief. As her laughter subsided, her hand gesture suddenly changed, and a pitch-black pressure descended violently with the turning of her palm.
"Urgh!"
"Ah!!"
Somber, terrified groans rang out. This dark pressure did not only fall upon Qianye Fantian, but also upon the Six Star Gods of the Xing Shen Realm and the Five Moon Gods of the Yue Shen Realm... including Xia Qingyue!
Under the might of the Demon Emperor, they were instantly suppressed, forced to one knee, unable to stand again.
"Mo E's lackeys, even if only descendants, all deserve to die!!"
In the ancient era, the Fantian Divine Clan, the Star Gods, and the Moon Gods all belonged under the command of Heaven-Slaying God Emperor Mo E!
Mo E was dead, the gods were annihilated. Her hatred and anger could undoubtedly only be vented upon these descendants... no, not even descendants, but mere inheritors of power.
The crowd was greatly alarmed, hastily retreating. Amid their fear, there was also a measure of relief... Like Zhou Tian Shen Di, they all realized that the current Demon Emperor did not seem as insane and brutal as expected. She had reason, she had clarity. Even though she could annihilate them all, she focused her target on the inheritors of the divine race under Mo E.
Perhaps... the others might escape disaster?
Amid their terror and retreat, they all thought this.
The death of the Three Fan Gods was still fresh before their eyes. The world-overshadowing pressure made it impossible for Qianye Fantian and the Star Gods and Moon Gods to muster even a shred of resistance, only despair spreading rapidly throughout their bodies.
"Damn it!" Mu Xuanyin muttered.
If the Qianye died, if the Star Gods died, it had nothing to do with her, but the Moon Gods... Xia Qingyue was among them!
"W-wait!" Zhou Tian Shen Di shouted with a trembling voice: "Demon Emperor... they are not the divine race... only... urgh!"
Aside from Zhou Tian Shen Di, no one stepped forward to block or plead. Those who felt they might possibly escape disaster would never risk being instantly annihilated for the sake of others.
Before Zhou Tian Shen Di could finish, a black light descended upon him, suppressing his voice and body. Jie Yuan's voice, a thousand times more terrifying than the God of Death, rang out in the depths of everyone's soul: "It seems you also want to die!"
"Xike's lackeys... also deserve to die!!"
"Lord... Master!" The Guardians were terrified to the point of death... but with the Demon Emperor's power, the Demon Emperor's hatred, who could save them?
In this world today, gods were beings that should not exist.
The current chaotic aura could no longer give birth to true gods. Even some divine artifacts left behind from the ancient era were rapidly weakening as the chaotic aura changed... including supreme treasures like the Zhou Tian Pearl.
In this world today, did "absolute power" exist?
It did not. Each king realm was extremely powerful, but there were other king realms to counterbalance them.
Even the Chaos Supreme, the Dragon Sovereign, could not openly act arbitrarily in the current age.
But if a true god descended upon the world... that would be the emergence of an absolute power, an absolute existence that should not appear.
Just like Jie Tian Mo Di, returning from the Outer Chaos!
The power she possessed surpassed the boundaries of the current age, surpassed the Heavenly Dao and laws of this Chaos. She could arbitrarily decide the life and death of any living being, could determine the survival of any race.
From now on, the order and laws of the chaotic world would be established by her alone. All living beings would become slaves... There would simply be no power, no possibility to resist. And if she so desired, she could even slaughter all living and non-living things in the current age to vent her resentment and brutality, or let the Chaos evolve anew, becoming a world belonging only to her.
The future world, the future myriad beings of Chaos, would all grovel at the feet of Jie Tian Mo Di alone... This was the future they could foresee, and the best future at that.
The world, from today onward, would undergo a drastic change...
That was what they thought, both in their eyes and in their hearts, heavy and dark... while for Fantian, Star Gods, Moon Gods, and Zhou Tian... there was only despair.
But just then, a violent aura of profound energy suddenly erupted under the demonic pressure that even Divine Lords could not resist, unleashing a blood-colored profound light.
Although this profound energy was strong, everyone present was of such caliber that, at their level of power, it was but a trace of insignificant energy.
Yet it was this energy, which in their eyes was weak and pitiful, that caused Jie Tian Mo Di's pitch-black pupils to violently tremble. Her hostility, hatred, murderous intent, and the Demon Emperor power she was about to release — all froze in place.
Yun Che slowly walked out from behind Mu Xuanyin. The blood-colored profound energy on his body remained thick and glaring under the Demon Emperor's pressure. He stared directly at Jie Tian Mo Di's suddenly turned gaze and said slowly: "Senior Demon Emperor, would you allow this junior to say a few words?"