Chapter 126 Tai Xu

“The Three Purities combine into one, at this very moment!”

Listening to the madly uninhibited voice of the Jiajing Emperor, the intense red light of ultimate clarity also continued to shrink. The existence of the Underworld was collapsing. This collapse spread to the distant past, seeking to “restore to its original state” the Underworld and all the Netherworld Dharma Realms that composed it from their very source.

The black Qi summoned by the Yuan Emperor blocked this area of collapse, but it couldn't reverse the overall situation.

This plunged the Yuan Emperor into a long silence. Within the gradually collapsing world of the Underworld, the mighty power that the five and a half Heavenly Hearts could mobilize was becoming increasingly scarce.

The Jiajing Emperor stared at the black Qi, which gradually spread to every corner of the Underworld, mending the places that had already fallen into great decay and collapse. It even began to encroach upon the “Dao traces” manifested by the two of them.

“This black Qi is transformed from calamities in history, originating in extremely ancient times, transcending the constraints of time, and running through the annals of history without end. Therefore, even Dao traces can be tainted by them, but their essence will not be changed.”

“The Dao is the Dao. Its existence is constant; it is neither misfortune nor good fortune.”

The Jiajing Emperor used more Dao traces to suppress the black Qi, which accelerated his consumption, while the Yuanmiao Great Sage evolved the Divine Firmament Nine Heavens, attacking the five and a half Heavenly Hearts.

Among these five and a half Heavenly Hearts, the statue of the Jade Emperor collapsed when the Yuanmiao Great Sage's Divine Firmament Nine Heavens descended, as there was no deity within it. The power of the Underworld inside dissipated, and it was the first to be destroyed.

Seeing this, the Jiajing Emperor began to persuade him to surrender:

“Even ordinary Heavenly Heart Mahayana beings are useless before the two of us. These five subordinates you summoned are merely Great Luo Immortals with Heavenly Heart characteristics, only half-step Heavenly Hearts. What help can they provide you? They can't even delay time.”

“Yuan Emperor, remove your identity as the Yuqing Heavenly Lord. I know you can do it. Your existence can still be preserved; otherwise…”

The two began to coerce him, seemingly confident of their victory. At the same time, among the remaining four and a half Heavenly Hearts, someone's spirit began to tremble, their mind was seized, and intense fear arose.

But the Yuan Emperor's deathly silent gaze moved slightly.

“Oh?”

“From initially wanting to swallow me directly to now asking me to hand over my identity, it seems that my resistance is somewhat useful to you after all. It's not as you yourselves said, that everything is under your control.”

He reached out, and a divine weapon flew up: the Heavenly King Jade Pillar Axe. The Yuan Emperor seized it, and a burst of nine-colored light erupted!

A vast aura swept over everything, causing the Jiajing Emperor's eyes to tremble violently!

“A Heavenly Hua Immortal Treasure with a physical form!”

All Heavenly Hua Immortal Treasures were ethereal objects that appeared in scriptures, the supreme and mighty treasures produced by the evolution of a Dharma to its extreme. However, they were often without physical form, derived from scriptures for use. Although their power was great, they were not coveted or feared.

However, some of the strong individuals in the Heavenly Heart realm, who had obtained great opportunities, would use various materials to try to create Heavenly Hua Immortal Treasures. But even in the Lishan River, which was full of Heavenly Hearts, there were fewer than a handful of Heavenly Hua Immortal Treasures that had been artificially interfered with and refined!

And this kind of Heavenly Hua Immortal Treasure was a Heavenly Hua Immortal Treasure with a physical form!

It could fully unleash the true power of the Heavenly Hua Immortal Treasure as it was sung about in the scriptures!

The Jiajing Emperor exclaimed, “It's a Tai Xu Treasure, you really didn't return it to the Yuanshi Heavenly Lord!”

“So you do remember the Yuanshi Heavenly Lord!” The Yuan Emperor roared, truly confirming why the Jiajing Emperor was here.

There were a total of twelve Tai Xu Treasures, like twelve large cauldrons. Before the appearance of the thirteenth Yuqing cultivator, each Yuqing cultivator had a corresponding Tai Xu Treasure, with their Yuanshi sacred title engraved on it. But upon losing the Yuanshi Heavenly Lord's position, the Tai Xu Treasure would also be taken back.

One of the important reasons why the Yuan Emperor was hunted down by so many people was the legend that he had mastered the method to control Heavenly Hua Immortal Treasures, allowing them to be forged into physical forms!

“To actually give the Tai Xu Treasure a physical form, able to unleash its lauded… not good!”

The Jiajing Emperor's expression suddenly changed drastically, and the Yuan Emperor swung the Heavenly King Jade Pillar Axe in his hand. In an instant, mountains and rivers were split apart, and the Divine Firmament Nine Heavens were severed. This divine weapon could only unleash its true supreme power in the hands of a Heavenly Heart realm existence. It was a shocking artifact that condensed the national fortune of a dynasty, constantly receiving the sacrifice of aspirations. From a shocking artifact to a divine artifact, and now, wielded by a Heavenly Heart within the Yuqing, it had truly transformed into a dynasty's divine artifact.

The Yuan Emperor's purpose in swinging the axe was to destroy the connection between the Human Dao Dharma Realm and the Jiajing Emperor. The great axe fell for the second time, and this time, without the Yuanmiao Great Sage to stop it, its target was directly the Jiajing Emperor.

As this dynasty's divine artifact slammed down, a scene of void shattering appeared on the Jiajing Emperor's body. The black Qi converged, gathering entirely on the axe's edge.

“Majesty of the Heavenly King!”

The final ability that Ji Xiang had been unable to see clearly was unleashed by gathering countless black Qi that ran through the annals of history. These calamities were blessed and transformed into a Heavenly King in charge of disasters, who would receive an equal reward after the arrival of a great calamity.

“Fate!”

The Jiajing Emperor narrowed his eyes and saw through the essence of this great divine power with one glance!

This was a divine power that could only manifest before those who possessed the Mandate of Heaven!

“This is a divine power used to deal with the contemporary human emperors. However, you originally intended to reverse Yin and Yang, so this is the divine power prepared for the Ming Dynasty emperors. Now, I am right here, right in front of you, so it is not in vain for your efforts.”

The Jiajing Emperor offered up the Human Dao Dharma Realm.

“It is fate! A place where neither the heart nor thoughts can reach, only by borrowing fate can one break through the predicament. I use the most useless 'life' to transform into disaster, descending upon you!”

“This is 'Lateral Flow'!”

As the jade axe swung, countless ghosts and wandering spirits in the Underworld dissipated. The existence of their souls was also a manifestation of Yin-world life. This most unimportant “life” gathered into a great tide.

This tide even violently shook the Human Dao Dharma Realm, because the lateral flow was a flood of misfortune, indiscriminate. As long as it was life, whether Yin or Yang, it would become part of the tide.

The Jiajing Emperor stared at the axe and sighed, “A dynasty's divine artifact unleashing its full power is truly shocking and terrifying. Only the supreme experts in the Heavenly Heart realm can wield it freely. This flood of calamities that runs through the annals of history, using the lives of countless Yin and Yang beings as sacrifices, can even drag down the Heavenly Dao True Realm.”

His body had already begun to feel damp. The lateral flow had not yet touched him, but it had already caused such an impact. His Mandate of Heaven was declining, but what was terrifying was that the fate and fortune of the Yuan Emperor were also declining drastically, meaning that he would always remain weaker than himself, yet he could achieve complete suppression of himself in the battle.

“That is a divine artifact refined with Yuqing Mystical Arts, using the founding shock artifact of a country in the human world as the base of the weapon, which is why it has such power.”

The Yuanmiao Great Sage held wind and thunder in his palm, and the Nine Heavens Gale Wind burst forth from his hand!

As one of the accomplished masters of the Divine Firmament Sect, the Nine Heavens Gale Wind was the ultimate technique of Divine Firmament cultivation.

“We must retreat quickly, don't let him unleash the Heavenly Hua Immortal Treasure!”

Even though the two had already reached the Heavenly Dao True Realm, they were still greatly fearful of the Tai Xu Treasure!

The gale wind transformed into a giant dragon, tearing apart everything. The Yuan Emperor tore off a piece of the distant past and threw it out, swallowing all of the Nine Heavens Gale Wind. The gale wind was then collected into the distant past, unable to travel to the future, wreaking havoc before the ages, creating an isolated land.

“Rise!”

The Yuan Emperor offered up the Tai Xu Treasure.

A hollow voice emanated from the treasure:

“All heavens and earth are within it, reaching into the Great Lofty Heavens!”

The Tai Xu Treasure Light on the Tai Xu Treasure instantly illuminated the myriad ages of time!

It collected everything!

“A Hollow Spiritual Sound! It really is a Hollow Spiritual Sound!”

The Jiajing Emperor's expression also changed drastically at this moment. He saw that even time itself was being collected at this moment, severing the myriad ages. All phenomena entered within it and could not escape. It was empty and desolate, yet it could evolve endless divine light, all kinds of illusions and realities. Being collected by the Tai Xu Treasure, as the legends said, it was empty, desolate, and isolated from the world forever! In an instant, it was empty and extinguished!

When used for compassionate purposes, it would have all kinds of graces, evolving countless spiritual objects and immortal foods, all diseases would be permanently eradicated, the six senses would be opened, one would contemplate the grace of the Dao, and one would obtain the six supernatural powers, reflecting on the past and future. All the karmic connections experienced in the ninety thousand great kalpas would be as clear as the palm of one's hand.

But when used for killing…!

Then there was nothing that could escape!

The Hollow Spiritual Sound was the voice that the Yuanshi Heavenly Lord had left in the Tai Xu Treasure! Or rather, it was the ultimate Dharma of the sonic Dao left by the first Yuqing cultivator!

Even Dao traces were being collected. The Yuan Emperor's third axe flew out, cleaving open the Human Dao Dharma Realm and blocking it outside. The Jiajing Emperor and the Yuanmiao Great Sage then遁entered the Dao. There was nothing in front of them. The nine-colored divine light on the Tai Xu Treasure suddenly dimmed, and the Yuan Emperor's face also turned pale as he looked at the gradually recovering Jiajing Emperor and Yuanmiao Great Sage in that nothingness.

“The Dao… within the Dao?”

The Yuan Emperor had felt that kind of realm before, but had been unable to enter it. But he understood what it was.

The Dao was everywhere. Entering within the Dao was equivalent to being able to avoid all divine powers and Dharma. Even causality and karma had no way to touch it. The past and future did not exist within it either. Things within the Four Symbols could not interfere with it.

But the Jiajing Emperor and the Yuanmiao Great Sage were still shaken and uneasy as they looked at the big cauldron. But seeing the Yuan Emperor's condition, their mood relaxed slightly. The Yuan Emperor, unafraid of death, continued to offer up the Tai Xu Treasure!

But the Jiajing Emperor was already prepared. The Yuan Emperor's state was weak; he would not give the Yuan Emperor another chance to strike.

“Dao Seal!”

All things were under the constraints of the Dao. Only by obtaining a greater Dao could one cover the current Dao. The Jiajing Emperor, who had mastered the Six Extremes Dao Chapter, borrowed the power akin to the Heavenly Dao True Realm and used the form of the Supreme Old Lord to unleash the Dharma of the Dao Emperor, firmly binding and stopping the operation of all Daos. The Tai Xu Treasure was certainly supremely powerful, but if the surrounding Daos were sealed, so that the act of “offering up” was forbidden, then even the most powerful Heavenly Hua Immortal Treasure would be reduced to a useless object.

Under the Dao Seal, the Tai Xu Treasure and the Yuan Emperor seemed to have been cut off from each other. The Yuan Emperor's heart trembled violently. He sighed softly:

“It is over.”

Right now, even if he truly projected his true form, which existed in the distant past, here, he would not be able to reverse the battle situation. His limit was here. Faced with an existence that could lock down the Dao, an existence akin to the Heavenly Dao True Realm, he could no longer fight. Even his own divine kingdom had been destroyed and was in ruins.

Thus, the Yuan Emperor took out his final trump card.

A wisp of azure Qi surged up.

It was the Qing Luo Connection.

In the instant he touched the connection, a huge shadow appeared from the Tang Dynasty, directly映shone behind the Jiajing Emperor and the Yuanmiao Great Sage!

The Underworld was connected to all eras, yet it was independent of all eras. This was the Yuan Emperor's original intention in building the Underworld. He had not expected it to come in handy at this moment.

Mister Gu had arrived!