# Chapter 1753: Burial of the Brahma Emperor (Part 2)
With the grand opening of the Brahma Emperor's Royal City's barrier, the overwhelming poison aura and yin energy that rushed in left even Nanming Shendi uncertain whether to be overjoyed or terrified.
"This is the Heavenly Poison Pearl... this is the supreme treasure of ancient times!" Nanming Shendi murmured softly. "A realm that has stood for nearly a million years, the strongest king realm in the Eastern Divine Region—in the face of the Heavenly Poison Pearl, it has turned into a hell like this in but a single day!"
He muttered these words with a somewhat dazed demeanor, and his desire for the "Eternal Life Object," which ranked even above the Heavenly Poison Pearl, instantly surged by countless magnitudes.
At the center of the Brahma Emperor's Royal City, Qianye Fantian opened his eyes... He clearly sensed that when the royal city's barrier was opened, the Fan King closest to the barrier's core was Qianye Zixiao.
"Master!?" The Fan Kings all lifted their heads, their expressions extremely heavy.
And with the violent fluctuations in their auras and emotions, the Heavenly Poison's toxic force within their bodies grew even more chaotic.
"It was Zixiao..." The First Fan King's pale face took on a layer of iron-gray. "How could he..."
"Heh, when a person faces true despair, they are capable of anything." The Second Fan King let out a heavy sigh.
Qianye Fantian slowly rose, his expression terrifyingly calm.
"Prepare for battle."
With those two simplest of words, Qianye Fantian had already left the main hall and flown into the sky.
One look around—the Brahma Emperor's Royal City, once as familiar as his own body, had transformed into a jade-green hell.
In a mere twenty hours, the life aura within the Brahma Emperor's Royal City had plummeted by nearly seventy percent.
Those qualified to reside in the Brahma Emperor's Royal City either carried the bloodline of the Brahma Emperor, holding noble status, or possessed extraordinarily high cultivation... But before the Heavenly Poison, all living beings were as insignificant as ants.
Divine Kings and Divine Sovereigns fell one after another; the young disciples of the Brahma Emperor and countless descendants could no longer be sensed.
The despairing wails that filled every corner turned this foremost sacred ground of the Eastern Divine Region into a true hell of weeping ghosts.
If even the Fan Kings and the Brahma Emperor himself were suffering such pain and despair under the "Heavenly Wound Severed Mind," how much worse must it be for those below the Divine Lord realm?
Qianye Fantian slowly closed his eyes. Even for him, a deep pain and desolation welled up in his heart.
When his eyes opened again, his icy gaze reflected the figure of Nanming Shendi, behind whom stood two Abyss Kings, six Abyss Gods... and Qianye Zixiao!
Without even glancing at Qianye Zixiao, Qianye Fantian steadied his breath and said, "Nanming Shendi, back on the day I was sealed as Emperor, you did not even come with such a formation. Today, you have given me quite a surprise."
Behind him, the Fan Kings had arrived, but their faces were noticeably grim. Their eyes were fixed on Qianye Zixiao, filled with disappointment, killing intent, and venom.
In contrast, Qianye Zixiao's face was calm and dark—perhaps, as he himself had said, once a decision was made, he would never hesitate or regret.
Nanming Shendi smiled faintly, his gaze sweeping meaningfully across the scene below. "Compared to that Yun Che, what is this little 'surprise' of mine?"
As he spoke, he raised his hand, and the Nanming Divine Pearl in his palm released a faint golden divine light. "Brahma God Emperor, don't you want to try what I hold in my hand?"
Qianye Fantian said in a heavy voice, "Some fools may not know the purification limit of the Nanming Divine Pearl, but do you think I don't?!"
"Whether it works or not, it's always worth a try. Who knows, there might be a miracle." Nanming Shendi said with a smile. "Look at your Tenth Fan King—he didn't hesitate to put in ten thousand times the effort for even a single sliver of hope. Now that's a truly wise man."
"Heh heh heh..." Qianye Fantian suddenly let out a strange laugh. "There has never been a traitor among the Fan Kings. Has Nanming Shendi forgotten that my Fan Di God Realm's Brahma Soul Bell can forcibly recall the Fan God's divine power?"
"..." Nanming Shendi's brow furrowed slightly, then he abruptly turned his head to look at Qianye Zixiao.
"Even if my Fan God divine power is stripped away, I still have my Divine Lord cultivation!" Qianye Zixiao said through gritted teeth. "But if I lose my life, then I lose everything."
"God Emperor, do not blame me! Blame yourself for not cooperating with Nanming Shendi sooner! Otherwise, why would the entire Brahma Emperor have fallen to such a state?"
Qianye Zixiao's words gradually dispelled the doubt in Nanming Shendi's eyes. Then, remembering that he had personally searched Qianye Zixiao's memories and thoughts—the most impossible thing to falsify—he smiled calmly, raising the Nanming Divine Pearl with one hand while reaching out with the other toward Qianye Fantian. "Brahma God Emperor, you know exactly what I want."
"This may be the last opportunity of your life. Don't be stupid again."
"Nanming," Qianye Fantian said in a calm voice. "My Brahma Emperor is already like this, yet Yun Che has not taken the opportunity to attack. Instead, he deliberately left a seven-day period... Guess who those seven days are for?"
"Oh?" Nanming Shendi's brow sank slightly.
"Using 'eternal life' as bait and the Heavenly Poison as the lure... Such a simple scheme of driving a tiger to devour a wolf—do you, with your cunning, truly not see through it?" Qianye Fantian's eyes, glinting with a ghostly light, seemed to grow even colder. "Perhaps... Yun Che is now hidden somewhere, waiting to watch us tear each other apart!"
The person hiding somewhere: "..."
"Well said!" Nanming Shendi agreed deeply, but pushed his hand even further forward. "Since the Brahma God Emperor understands so clearly, that saves me from having to explain further."
"Hand over what I want, and I will give you this Nanming Divine Pearl in return. Each takes what they need, no mutual slaughter—how perfect is that?"
"Since you, Qianye Fantian, see it so clearly, you should know that this is the most appropriate choice... your only choice!"
The purifying aura of the Nanming Divine Pearl rushed toward him, but Qianye Fantian's gaze never once touched the Nanming Divine Pearl. Staring at the flame-like greed in Nan Wansheng's eyes, he knew that even if Nan Wansheng was perfectly aware that every step he took was being guided and manipulated, he would not willingly back down.
Because the bait was too great... and too close!
"Heh heh heh heh..." Qianye Fantian suddenly began to laugh, at first low, then turning into a wild, unrestrained roar: "Hahahaha!!"
Boom!!
As the golden light blazed in his eyes, the divine power of the Brahma Emperor erupted with violent force in an instant, bringing with it a roar like ten thousand thunderbolts shaking the world.
This was the imperial might of the Eastern Divine Region's foremost God Emperor. In the storm, Nan Wansheng's long hair flew up and his robes danced wildly, but his body did not move an inch. Behind him, however, both the Abyss Kings and Abyss Gods were forced back step by step, their faces showing terror.
"Master! Master!" The Fan Kings all cried out in alarm.
Because along with the eruption of the Fan God's divine power came the "Heavenly Wound Severed Mind."
Qianye Fantian raised his arm, his eyes like an abyss, allowing the deadly poison to course through his entire body like countless enraged demons. "Even if my Fan Di God Realm is utterly annihilated, with not even bones left, under this Heavenly Poison, that is Yun Che's achievement. I accept my defeat!"
"But for you, Nanming, to try to take advantage of our misfortune—hahahaha..." The calmness was gone from his face, replaced by a terrifying ferocity that even Nan Wansheng had never seen before. "Even if I have to sacrifice this life of mine, I will make you bleed here!"
"Just with the current Brahma Emperor!?"
The ferocity in Nan Wansheng's eyes was also ignited. He put away the Nanming Divine Pearl and exploded with profound energy.
Instantly, the imperial might of the Eastern Divine Region's foremost God Emperor and the Southern Divine Region's foremost God Emperor clashed violently in the sky above the Brahma Emperor's Royal City, shattering the void and breaking the heavens.
But under the ravages of the Heavenly Poison, Qianye Fantian's imperial might was clearly suppressed. Yet his body did not retreat a single step. A ghostly light flashed in his pupils, and his entire skin and bones writhed unnaturally, but his face showed no trace of pain.
"Master..." The sudden change in atmosphere shocked the Fan Kings.
Except for the traitor Qianye Zixiao, all thirteen Fan Kings of the Fan Di God Realm were present. But they were all afflicted with the Heavenly Wound Severed Mind. Behind Nanming Shendi, though there were only eight... there were two Abyss Kings!
Even though this was the main city of the Fan Di God Realm, it was Nanming that held the absolute advantage.
"If we are all going to die anyway, why grovel before death?" the First Fan King said with a sigh. The sorrow on his face vanished, and golden light bloomed as he fully released his Fan God divine power, just like Qianye Fantian.
"Since we are Fan Kings, we follow our master's will!"
With the release of Qianye Fantian's power, the other Fan Kings, who had been carefully suppressing the poison's force, also threw all caution to the wind. They unleashed their full strength, pressing down on Nanming, allowing the Heavenly Poison to devour their bodies.
Below, the elders and divine envoys of the Brahma Emperor also straightened their bodies... The Heavenly Poison could not be undone. If their end was already sealed, then at least they would leave behind their final dignity.
"Kill!"
It was not a command to engage or repel, but a single, ice-cold, merciless word: "Kill."
The moment that word left his mouth, the fate of the Brahma Emperor was sealed.
They could not win... because every ounce of power they unleashed from that moment on was accelerating their own deaths.
Kill...
Yes, kill!
They could not afford to drag this out. They had to... use every last card in the shortest time!
Use their doomed lives to drag the enemy down into hell with them!
Qianye Fantian's figure flickered, and in the next instant, his power blasted straight toward Nanming Shendi... And around them, the brutal battle between the Fan Kings and the Abyss Kings and Abyss Gods erupted with equal ferocity in the same moment.
In an instant, countless fragments of space shot out like needles, and dozens of dimensional vortices were torn open in the sky above the Brahma Emperor's Royal City.
Nan Wansheng reached out; golden light blazed from his five fingers as he smoothly blocked Qianye Fantian's power.
Standing amid the calamitous storm, his body did not move an inch, and the smile at the corner of his mouth gradually turned savage. "Trying for mutual destruction? You miserable, dying poison bugs like you?"
Boom!!
With a light flick of his five fingers, Nan Wansheng sent Qianye Fantian flying far away. He let out a contemptuous laugh, directly disengaging from the battle and diving downward, heading straight for the tower on the other side of the royal city.
His goal was never to annihilate the Fan Di God Realm, but the "Eternal Life Vessel."
Qianye Fantian spun around sharply, about to give chase, when his entire body trembled and he spewed out a cloud of blood—the blood was a shocking mix of crimson and dark green.
But he did not stop for a single moment, chasing after Nanming with all his might.
Under the affliction of the Heavenly Wound Severed Mind, the Fan Kings and Brahma Emperor elders not only suffered the pain of the poison's ravages but also found their profound energy circulation severely hindered. No sooner had the battle erupted than the Brahma Emperor side, despite their numerical advantage, was completely suppressed.
Boom!
The Western Prison Abyss King struck out with a casual palm, easily knocking back the two Fan Kings who charged at him. Looking at their chaotic auras and their pain-twisted faces under the explosion of the poison's force, the Western Prison Abyss King let out a mocking laugh. "Since you've already fallen to such a state, why not just obey obediently? Why humiliate yourselves?"
"Heh!" The Eighth Fan King and Thirteenth Fan King facing him suddenly let out a low laugh at the same time. In their pain-filled, trembling pupils, a strange golden light flickered.
"Brothers," the Eighth Fan King whispered a soul message only the Fan Kings could hear, "we two... will go on ahead."
As the soul voice faded, the Eighth Fan King and Thirteenth Fan King let out a sudden roar. Golden light exploded from their entire bodies, and they lunged at the Western Prison Abyss King.