# Chapter 645: The Demon Emperor Departs
It had always been thus since ancient times—never had two great emperors been seen meeting. If these two were both emperors, it would surely be an unprecedented divine miracle!
Beneath the Qinling Dragon Vein, was an ancient emperor sleeping?
"I don't believe it. It must be an illusion. Someone with great power has made everyone hallucinate," someone firmly refused to believe.
The Demon Emperor stood with his hands behind his back, his green robes billowing. He appeared very young, with a heroic and imposing bearing. He seemed so calm, yet possessed an intangible imperial majesty.
Red Dragon Daoist and Peacock King, powerful as they were, could not help but tremble. The Chaos Azure Lotus in their hands swayed, wisps of chaotic mist swirling around it, resonating with the green-robed Great Emperor.
At this moment, they simply could not bear it, could not hold this imperial weapon any longer. They all knelt down. The Green Emperor had not suppressed them, but merely the presence of his origin caused them to be unable to endure.
This was the Demon Emperor of the demon clan. Even standing there calmly and quietly, the most powerful demon kings of the present could only look up to him, trembling from the depths of their souls.
In the distance, Ye Fan's heart shook. What kind of majesty was this of the Demon Emperor? Thinking back to his astonishingly brilliant life, it truly inspired awe.
One could imagine that even in his youth, the Demon Emperor must have been a peerless expert who looked down upon past and present. At that time, he would likely have made all his peers despair, unable to even see his back.
"Clang," "Clang"...
Ten thousand swords sang in unison. Huge pillars of light shot straight into the heavens, each one as massive as a great mountain. These were all traces of pressure emitted by the Supreme Emperor Sword.
These were not sword qi, nor sword beams, but merely some energy fluctuations that naturally flowed when it awakened. Yet even so, they were already about to break through the sky.
One could imagine what terrifying power an imperial weapon would have once fully revived. No wonder even the accumulated great fortune of the entire Central Province over ten thousand years was insufficient to resist it.
The Supreme Emperor Sword stirred—all because of the one who called himself the Immortal Emperor of Central Province. He was drawing upon this sword, trying to seize it to confront the Demon Emperor.
But the Supreme Emperor Sword had indeed awakened somewhat. It possessed its own life. Its strongest power was equivalent to a human Great Emperor being reborn. Though far from truly coming to life, it was not so easily taken by anyone.
"Clang," "Clang"...
The Supreme Emperor Sword hummed softly. The Demon Emperor flicked his finger, tapping it. The sword instantly quieted down, subdued by the invincible existence of a generation of demon clan.
"Hiss"
In the distance, people all sucked in a breath of cold air. The Green Emperor was too powerful. Just like that, he casually put away the Supreme Emperor Sword, making even this immortal sword, renowned since ancient times for its unmatched offensive power, dare not struggle.
"Do you wish to take this sword in hand?" the Demon Emperor asked calmly.
Not far away, on the ancient war chariot, the being who existed like a deity glowed all over. He stood there without moving, feeling a kind of pressure.
"Then take it." The Green Emperor flicked his finger. The Supreme Emperor Sword let out a ringing cry, transforming into a great dragon flying forward, baring its fangs and claws, incomparably sharp.
"Clang"
On the ancient war chariot, the deity-like being raised his hand and grasped the Supreme Emperor Sword. His entire aura instantly surged by a large margin. The million-mile Qinling Range trembled all over.
All birds and beasts let out mournful cries. Even those far away at the horizon prostrated themselves, utterly without any power to resist, continuously kowtowing in worship.
And those present, so close by, felt it even more deeply. None were not terrified. Almost everyone knelt down, their bodies trembling all over, shaking like sieves.
Except for the area behind the Green Emperor, which remained calm and waveless. Every other region was as terrifying as raging waves, violently shaking. Only those behind him could remain standing.
"You are too arrogant!" The Immortal Emperor of Central Province spoke coldly and mercilessly. The Supreme Emperor Sword in his hand hummed and rang, shooting out a heaven-piercing sword qi that instantly tore through the sky.
At this moment, many long-established great powers in Central Province were horrified. Even separated by tens of millions of li, they all sensed an unusual aura.
"Boom!"
The Supreme Emperor Sword continued to shine, transforming into a great dragon that pierced through the heavens, rushing into the starry domain, disappearing into the dark and cold universe.
"Bang"
In the eternal and desolate starry domain, a passing meteor was turned to powder by the thick sword beam. Another region of meteors was swept through, becoming dust.
Such was the power of the Supreme Emperor Sword. Held in someone's hand and activated, not yet fully revived, it already displayed terrifying might that made one's hair stand on end.
A person standing on this land could cut down meteors flying beyond the heavens. This was almost like a myth, its power so overwhelmingly strong that it drove all experts to the brink of collapse.
"What kind of power is this?"
"Even gods don't have such offensive power!"
Many sect masters turned pale, their faces incomparably bleak. With such majesty, even if they cultivated for a hundred lifetimes, they could never achieve it.
"This is just an imperial weapon that hasn't fully awakened. If it were truly revived, or if a true Great Emperor wielded it, what kind of power would that be?!"
"Legend says that an ancient Great Emperor, standing on the ground and wielding an imperial weapon, could easily cut down stars in the universe, no matter how distant. It seems to be true!"
When people thought of this rumor, they all trembled. Such majesty was too terrifying. Even destroying this world would be no problem at all.
"No wonder, throughout history, Great Emperors were all taboos. He lives, he dies; he dies, he lives. Two emperors rarely meet..."
"Hum"
On the ancient war chariot that had survived since ancient times, the supreme being wearing the imperial crown and the sacred armor of an ancient emperor repeatedly praised, "Good, good, good!"
He continued to wield the Supreme Emperor Sword, shaking it with force. An even thicker sword beam pierced into the starry cosmos, extremely terrifying.
At this moment, some living fossils on the Central Province land were startled into opening their eyes. They looked incredulously toward the vast heavens.
"Imperial majesty!"
"Someone is fully activating an imperial weapon. An ancient Great Emperor's weapon is reviving. How is this possible? Just how much power is needed to achieve all this?!"
The Supreme Emperor Sword was being driven by a supreme force, nearly reviving. The most powerful group of people in Central Province all had subtle sensations, all alarmed.
Especially the four immortal divine dynasties. They were even more uneasy. They sensed that this was the Supreme Emperor Sword reviving. Who was directing all this, and what did they want to do?!
By the side of the Immortal Transformation Pool, the Green Emperor remained unmoved. He quietly looked ahead. In his eyes, stars evolved, and all kinds of mysteries of the universe's birth swirled together.
"Green Emperor, you are too arrogant. Do you truly think I don't know your true state? I will send you to liberation, to disappear from this world forever!"
On the ancient war chariot, the Immortal Emperor let out a great roar. Suddenly, he swung the imperial weapon in his hand, slashing forward with an aura of world-destroying annihilation.
This sword strike was incomparably vast. If it fell, not only the Immortal Transformation Pool but the entire million-mile Qinling Range would be destroyed, ceasing to exist!
The Green Emperor let out a sigh. He said nothing, only extending two fingers to clamp forward, arriving in an instant.
"World in the Palm!" The divine monk from the Western Desert was shocked.
A grain of sand, a world. The Buddha's hand could evolve a universe of stars, possessing boundless divine powers. This was an unpassed secret art of Buddhism, yet the Green Emperor could manifest it.
"Ding!"
A light sound rang out. The Demon Emperor's two fingers extended for over ten li, clamping the unfathomably mighty Supreme Emperor Sword. He easily fixed it in place. Even this imperial weapon, on the verge of fully reviving, could not move, could not slash down.
"Just now, it cut down meteors beyond the heavens, yet now it can't even overcome two fingers!"
People's hairs stood on end. Just how powerful was the Demon Emperor? There was truly no way to measure it.
"Demon Emperor, worthy of being the number one figure in a hundred thousand years, ushering in the golden age of the post-ancient era!" said the Immortal Emperor on the war chariot.
"I gave you a chance..." the Green Emperor spoke calmly.
"You... gave me what chance?" The deity-like being retreated, the ancient war chariot rumbling.
"Lending you the Supreme Emperor Sword was not for you to kill me, but for you to cut away your own evil thoughts and leave behind a benevolent heart." The Demon Emperor shook his head.
"Stop putting on imperial airs. Don't think I don't know your true state. You died ten thousand years ago. The you of today is no longer in your prime!"
"You are about to become a sacred spirit. Nine orifices connected to the spirit, formed over millions of years, is no easy feat. Killing you would incur heaven's wrath. I did not wish to take life, but now I have no choice but to act again," said the Green Emperor.
The crowd was shocked. So this so-called Immortal Emperor was not a true Great Emperor, but merely an existence about to become a sacred spirit, still having a path to walk.
"You yourself are nothing but a strand of killing intent. You are no longer the you of the past. What can you do to me?!" The being, almost comparable to a sacred spirit, roared.
The people were shaken once again. This was truly unexpected. The Demon Emperor had not been reborn either; he was merely a strand of killing intent.
At this point, people finally understood. How could there be two Great Emperors in one era? It turned out neither was real; there were hidden circumstances.
"It is indeed him. The Green Emperor's killing intent, preserved in the world to kill the ancestor of the Cai clan," the sick old man muttered to himself.
Ye Fan suddenly understood. He had heard a secret before. Before the Demon Emperor sat in meditation and passed away, he had sent out a killing intent in the Eastern Wasteland to eliminate the red-haired creature that was wreaking havoc in the Qinling Range. But at that time, the Qinling Great Dragon had moved, sinking underground. The third-generation Origin Heavenly Master had disappeared into the earth, and they could not find him.
The Green Emperor's cultivation was unfathomable. Once his killing intent was sent out, as long as it did not strike its target, it would last forever, automatically absorbing the essence of heaven and earth to replenish its power.
"Rooted on a piece of green copper, transforming into a small green lotus, sinking into the place of its birth..." Everyone woke up, figuring out the cause and effect.
"But that piece of green copper..." Many people revealed greedy looks. Since the Green Emperor was merely a strand of killing intent, he would inevitably disappear. This green copper would naturally become ownerless—an absolute treasure.
"Entering the Divine Ruins, walking through the Southern Heavenly Gate, leaping over the Heavenly Palace, I once killed two true sacred spirits under that immortal flat peach tree. Now, I did not wish to kill a third, but I also do not wish to see you bring disaster to the world," the Green Emperor spoke calmly.
Upon hearing this, everyone's scalps went numb. Just how strong was the Demon Emperor? From his words, it seemed he had killed two sacred spirits without much effort.
"Two true sacred spirits from the Divine Ruins, one of the seven forbidden zones of life in the Eastern Wasteland, were killed by you?!" The being's voice was very unnatural.
"Nine orifices connected to the spirit, gestating for millions of years before truly taking form. Reaching this step, you are beloved by heaven. I did not wish to break my vow against killing, but if I let you live, you would surely bring disaster to the world. You have no benevolent heart. If heaven resents it, I will use my imperial power to dissolve it all!" The Green Emperor became majestic.
The people were horrified. It was said that killing one favored by heaven's great fortune would bring endless calamities, suffering heavenly punishment, and certain death.
Every sacred spirit took millions of years to take form. It could be said that they gathered heaven's great fortune. Killing them would bring boundless disaster.
From ancient times to the present, only human Great Emperors dared to kill them, relying on their own power to dissolve heaven's calamities and refine the heavens.
"Boom"
The being about to become a sacred spirit swung the Supreme Emperor Sword with one hand while seizing the Chaos Azure Lotus with the other, wanting to use two imperial weapons to fight the Demon Emperor.
However, the Green Emperor paid no attention. He let his former weapon, the Chaos Azure Lotus, fly away, merely saying calmly, "I am a Great Emperor. Without an imperial weapon in hand, can I not kill you?"
At this moment, he slowly raised his hand and pressed down. There was no radiance, no terrifying fluctuations. But when the two imperial weapons slashed toward him, they were all fixed in place.
"Boom"
The great hand descended. The sacred spirit let out a great cry. His body shattered inch by inch, burned inch by inch, turning into a patch of light together with the ancient war chariot, evaporated.
A being who, after becoming a sacred spirit, could contend with a Great Emperor was thus easily erased. People's hearts were immensely shaken!
"Ding!"
A light sound came. A piece of green copper fell to the ground. The Demon Emperor's figure faded, then completely disappeared, as if he had never existed.
On the ground, only a piece of rusted, mottled green copper proved that everything just now was real.
"Green Emperor!"
"Ancestor!"
Various voices rang out. Many people cried out in shock.
"To live, what of it? To die, what of it? From chaos I came, to chaos I return. Through ten thousand ages, a single lotus in the azure sky..."
Ethereal voices came at last, and then everything fell silent. There was nothing left.