Chapter 1607: Ultimate Sublimation
Countless great stars shattered into fragments, one river of stars after another turned to eternal dust, many ancient domains lay ruined, becoming star ruins, numerous galaxies left in disarray and destruction.
Imperial blood scattered. No one knew the details of that battle, but many legends remained, passed down through the years, singing of the glory and tragic song of the human clan’s Supreme Being, Gai Jiuyou.
Some said that in the final instant, he attained the Dao, transforming into a Great Emperor, then at the ultimate peak, dimmed, blooming like a firework, heading toward darkness after the brilliance, vanishing forever.
Others said they saw the ancient supreme being of the Dark Calamity forced into ultimate sublimation, drowning that star domain.
Still others claimed they glimpsed a cluster of immortal flames burning, destroying all the Dao marks of the heavens, burying everything, leaving nothing behind.
A generation’s outstanding talent, Gai Jiuyou, disappeared from the mortal world. After that battle, he never appeared again, leaving endless sorrow and grief. Even after many years passed, he was still celebrated.
In the depths of the cosmos, ethereal immortal music played. A white-robed woman, her face covered in tears, sorrowfully played the Transcendence Tribulation Immortal Music alone, filled with grief, seeing off her master. She was Xia Jiuyou.
On the cosmic battlefield, the fighting continued. Only Ye Fan remained. Hope was utterly lost. The entire heaven and earth were filled with gloom and killing intent.
At this point, who could restrain Stone Emperor and Abandoned Heaven Supreme Being? No one was their match.
Ye Fan was covered in blood. He had fought until his body was broken, his divine energy exhausted, with no combat power left. Facing this outcome, he had the will but not the strength, filled with unwillingness and grief!
Boom!
An imperial artifact exploded, shattered, but also released a powerful wave, blasting the two supreme beings until half their bodies were bloody, nearly crippled.
Hope was gone, replaced by despair. The imperial artifacts’ frenzy reached an extreme, seeking mutual destruction. This was a very dangerous signal for the two supreme beings.
Only the two of them remained. The five imperial artifacts of the ancient supreme beings had all been destroyed. Facing the fury of these imperial weapons, they would be in mortal danger.
“Clang!”
From the distant sky came the sound of a sword. A killing sword arrived with sky-high bloody light. A new imperial artifact had joined.
It was one of Numinous Treasure Heavenly Venerable’s killing swords!
Then, a second immortal sword flew in. Its bloody light extinguished stars, stretching for who knows how many light-years, breaking through the universe’s restraints and arriving in an instant.
Black Emperor roared in fury, opening his mouth to spit out a third killing sword. On the sword’s body was the brand of slaughtering immortals, dripping with blood, causing this part of the universe to tremble.
In the depths of the starry sky, a monkey, very similar to the Holy Prince, stood up and opened his palm. A killing sword, with an aura close to his own and already fused with him, soared into the sky, transforming into an eternal light as it flew in.
Boom!
The four killing swords arrived together, spinning, erupting with brilliant light, slashing down, adding power to the imperial artifacts.
Moreover, in that instant, in a distant galaxy, within a vast ocean, a Dao diagram rose, accompanied by the sound of chanting scriptures, appearing right behind the four killing swords.
This was a diagram refined from immortal materials, imprinted with Numinous Treasure Heavenly Venerable’s supreme Dao marks. Combined with the four swords, it was not an ordinary formation, but a great killing weapon truly capable of harming supreme beings.
In an instant, the four swords returned to their positions, forming a peerless killing formation. With a rumble, it slashed out a brilliant beam of light, striking Stone Emperor’s body, producing a clanging sound, triggering fierce resistance.
At that moment, the other imperial artifacts also joined in, entering the formation to execute a fatal strike.
Stone Emperor and Abandoned Heaven Supreme Being truly changed color. If they did not return to their ultimate peak state, they might face a bloody calamity.
One stream of blood after another flew from their bodies. This was no longer the original killing formation. With the addition of many imperial artifacts, it had grown much stronger!
The two had no choice but to fight desperately, engaging in a final bloody struggle.
“The creator of the Formation Character Art constructed the representative of supreme killing formations. Truly terrifying. Unfortunately, Numinous Treasure Heavenly Venerable is not presiding over it. No one understands those most profound immortal texts and Dao marks, so its power cannot reach its maximum.”
Although Stone Emperor was severely wounded, he stabilized himself. Without the true master in control, he did not feel trapped in a death game and launched a counterattack.
He raised his hand, and another equally terrifying killing formation appeared, filled with a soaring baleful aura. This was a blood formation nurtured by devouring countless living beings. He still had a hidden card.
At that moment, bloody energy surged, rolling and boiling, drowning this star domain.
Moreover, he reached out and grabbed at Ye Fan, because at this moment Ye Fan was heavily wounded, having fought to the point of being half-crippled. Without blood to empower it, the Beginningless Scripture could no longer emit imperial Dao laws.
“Blood sacrifice to my formation!” Stone Emperor said.
Ye Fan did not resist. Only when he was close did he say, “Take my sacrifice!”
Boom!
He was extremely fierce. He directly let his body explode, intending to take half of Stone Emperor’s life with him. Moreover, a power of Dao dissolution spread. He wanted to burn his blood to ashes, leaving no life substance for him.
Stone Emperor grunted, his arm splitting open, nearly blown off. Ye Fan was already torn into pieces, heading toward self-destruction in the rain of Dao dissolution light.
“Want to die? Not so easy. I let you die, you die. I let you live, you live. Your life and death are mine to decide!” Stone Emperor’s expression was cold. He repaired his arm, his brow emitting auspicious light. He opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood, directly extinguishing the rain of Dao dissolution light.
Then, he raised his hand, merging Ye Fan’s shattered body back together, and threw him into the blood formation, saying, “I’ll spare your life. Let you suffer in the sea of blood.”
Ye Fan laughed bitterly. He had not even succeeded in fully self-destructing, only injuring one of the opponent’s arms. His primordial spirit was not strong enough, and he lacked imperial Dao laws. Indeed, the gap was far too great.
In a sense, he was truly just an ant. Even if he crawled into the body of a giant dragon, he could not defy heaven.
He knew he had little life left, that he would soon leave this world. With laughter and tears, the people and events of the past all surfaced in his heart, one morning after another, one scene after another.
He did not want to give up like this. If there was an opportunity, he would still seek mutual destruction, using the power of his shattered bones to make the enemy bleed three thousand feet.
In the distance, Laozi and Shakyamuni rushed back from the depths of the endless star domain, throwing several incomplete Great Emperor formations into the center of the battlefield!
This place became even more violent and frenzied, the situation extremely deteriorated, out of control, causing even the two supreme beings to frown.
In the distant depths of the starry sky, on a meteorite, Duan De was covered in blood. Beside him was a fragmentary scripture, its formation patterns spreading out, stained with blood. He had nearly sacrificed himself. Gritting his teeth, he said, “I painstakingly refined the Heavenly Venerable’s true blood, just starting to produce some, and now I have to give it all up. A huge loss! Even digging a few Great Emperor tombs won’t make up for it!”
He wailed, feeling immense pain.
He was performing a blood sacrifice. The Devouring Demon Jar floated within the formation patterns spreading from the fragmentary scripture. The mysterious runes and power formed by the bloody light were calling for the Demon Jar to awaken.
This was not an ordinary revival of an imperial artifact; it was awakening its inner subconscious!
Because this was no ordinary imperial artifact. It was formed from the head of the stunningly talented Female Emperor. What Duan De wanted to revive was not the artifact itself, but the Female Emperor’s subconscious and potential!
Finally, he offered up half of the Devouring Demon Jar and shouted, “Supreme Female Heavenly Emperor, I have paid half my life. Please return to unity and go!”
He muttered incantations, his words like thunder, shaking the starry sky. Half of the Devouring Demon Jar flew up, rushing toward the depths of the cosmos. At that moment, the other half sensed it and flew over in an instant.
With a rumble, the two halves merged. Vaguely, an image of a woman, whose pressure filled heaven and earth, appeared, faintly emerging!
This was the most unique imperial artifact in the world, refined from a Great Emperor’s flesh and blood, using her own body as immortal material to forge this unmatched imperial weapon.
And she herself had shed her divine fetus from within!
Rumble!
It charged into the cosmic battlefield. It did not seem like a weapon at all, but more like a truly living Great Emperor, arriving in an instant.
Amid the massive fluctuations, Abandoned Heaven Supreme Being was sent flying. He showed an expression of disbelief, his body covered in cracks. He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with difficulty and said, “Is it an imperial artifact, or a person? This is somewhat strange!”
Abandoned Heaven Supreme Being struck out, slapping forward. However, after the Demon Jar merged, it actually manifested a blurry female figure, her divine might dominating the world. She stepped down, causing the four directions to collapse, making his body tremble.
“Just an imperial artifact. Can it really defy heaven? It’s not her personally!” Abandoned Heaven Supreme Being roared, rapidly increasing his combat power. However, the woman in front of the Devouring Demon Jar had a brilliant light between her brows, shooting out ray after ray of multicolored light, actually neutralizing his power.
Rumble!
Most importantly, the Devouring Demon Jar glowed, and a massive killing formation appeared, covering the sky and earth, drowning this place.
Combined with the incomplete formations offered by Laozi and Shakyamuni, this place became a death ground. Various Great Emperor Dao marks surged together, terrifying to the extreme.
The Beginningless Scripture, which had calmed down, was stained with the blood of Void, Eternal Universe, and several supreme beings floating here. It once again glowed, flipping to a mysterious page. Formation patterns interwove, constructing another great formation.
“Just some weapons, and you want to kill an emperor? You cannot defy heaven!” Both supreme beings shouted, but the situation was many times more serious than they had imagined.
Every imperial artifact began to glow, using the massive fluctuations here to summon various residual Great Emperor formations from the universe, all pressing down to suppress this place.
Some incomplete formations, long buried and unable to reappear in the world, now, because of the roar of so many imperial artifacts and the spread of their boundless power, successively revived, rising from the ground to suppress this place.
“Roar!”
Abandoned Heaven Supreme Being could not bear it. With no retreat and no choice, at this moment he underwent ultimate sublimation. His Dao rapidly ascended, reaching a peak, blooming with immortal radiance.
The surrounding incomplete formations all exploded, unable to suppress him!
Even Stone Emperor’s blood formation collapsed, because the materials were insufficient to withstand this world-overwhelming pressure. The entire universe trembled. One great star after another exploded.
Abandoned Heaven Supreme Being made no attempt to hide this divine might, as if he could shatter the entire primordial universe with one step!
Abandoned Heaven Supreme Being was in despair. He had not expected that, just before the slaughter feast was about to begin, he would be forced to this point. He had undergone ultimate sublimation, transforming into a world-dominating ancient emperor. No one could stop his advance. But it also meant that soon, he would self-destruct in the most brilliant light.
Ye Fan did not know whether to feel gratified or to sigh. This supreme being was destined to die, but the price was too great.
“Abandoned Heaven Supreme Being, you make such a sacrifice, while Stone Emperor sits back and watches you undergo ultimate sublimation. Do you not feel regret?” Ye Fan spoke.
A pair of icy eyes swept over, and many star domains dimmed. This was true, flawless imperial Dao law. Abandoned Heaven Supreme Being’s expression was as cold as an ice sculpture.
But he did not attack Stone Emperor.
At this point, aside from Numinous Treasure Heavenly Venerable’s diagram, the formation constructed by the Beginningless Scripture, and the formation laid down by the Devouring Demon Jar, everything else was destroyed.
The fluctuations of the ancient emperor’s law swept across the eight wastelands. Many imperial artifacts rose and fell within the formations, but the beams of light sweeping in could no longer truly harm him!
Ask the world, who could match him?
A true ancient emperor had emerged. The nine heavens and ten lands had no opponent. The beings of the world were suffocating. In this oppressive atmosphere, they all trembled, without a shred of hope.
“Mutual destruction!”
From within an imperial artifact on the verge of shattering, the voice of its artifact spirit roared. It manifested as an old man, Dao light flowing, as if blood was burning. He was the first to charge forward, then voluntarily exploded. This was a Great Emperor-level fluctuation.
He chose death, charging forward without hesitation, without a moment’s hesitation, transforming into the most brilliant flames.
“Boom!”
Abandoned Heaven Supreme Being’s mighty body shook, but killing him was far too difficult, hopeless. Not even a single drop of blood splashed out.
Such was the might and power of an ancient emperor, surpassing everything in the mortal world. Truly unmatched under heaven. As long as he existed, no power could kill him.
“A life of humiliation is not as good as a glorious death!”
Another imperial artifact sublimated, becoming completely transparent, very crystalline. It chose death, letting itself bloom like a firework, making a final desperate struggle.
This was not a damaged imperial artifact, but a complete one, yet it also walked this path.
“Boom!”
The imperial artifact flew in, exploding into pieces, grinding itself into nothingness. Its light illuminated the past and future, shaking the entire universe, becoming a great torrent rushing forward, killing toward the ancient supreme being.
However, Abandoned Heaven Supreme Being had returned to his peak. Although he shook violently, in the end, after the light dissipated, he still stood there. Though his life was limited, at this moment he was unmatched under heaven!
His entire body was covered in chains of order, sweeping across the universe, fighting against the many imperial artifacts.
“The Dark Calamity, without hope, without dawn. Is it fated?” Ye Fan sighed softly, without sorrow, without anger. In the previous great explosion, he had already escaped the blood formation.
His expression was serene, watching the tragic and heroic scene of the imperial artifacts exploding. He was like an outsider, murmuring, “Let my soul and bones also be buried here.”
He took one last look into the depths of the cosmos, then resolutely and decisively burned. Using the formation constructed by the Beginningless Scripture to block Stone Emperor from approaching, his body transformed into an undying torch.
This was the Great Accomplishment Saint Body burning. Then his forehead bone shattered, exploding into the most vivid lifeblood flower, drawing the Dao Evolution Immortal Garment to also explode with it, crossing the formation patterns of the Beginningless Scripture, charging toward Stone Emperor.
There was no sound in the world. Although the most brilliant light was blooming, Ye Fan could no longer see. The lifeblood flower scattered, flowing into his own eyes, covering everything. He disintegrated, the light formed from bloody mud and shattered bones crashing into Stone Emperor’s body.
This world went dark. He could not see, could not hear, his perception fading away.