Chapter 417: Suppressing the Half-Step Heavenly Sovereign

Chapter 417: Suppressing the Half-Step Heavenly Sovereign

The Fallen Immortal Ancient Land!

One of the most ancient forbidden zones in the Ancient Realm, there are few that can truly rival it. The Primordial Ancient Land is one of them.

In fact, any forbidden zone capable of concealing the divine will of an Emperor must have a significant history.

"Heavenly Sovereign!"

"Only by entering the Immortal Realm can one achieve the rank of Heavenly Sovereign!"

"If there is a Heavenly Sovereign's head in the Fallen Immortal Ancient Land, does it mean that in ancient times, a Heavenly Sovereign of the Immortal Realm perished here?"

This time might even date back to the Primordial Era, to an age even older than the Taiyi Divine Dynasty!

Gu Qingfeng couldn't help but think of the existence of the Primordial Immortal Body. If anyone had the ability to slay a Heavenly Sovereign, it might be such a being.

Additionally, the presence of a Heavenly Sovereign's head in the Fallen Immortal Forbidden Zone made Gu Qingfeng suspect that there might be other remnants of Heavenly Sovereigns in other places.

"The Primordial Ancient Land doesn't have Heavenly Sovereign remnants, but its Dao resonance can conceal the divine will. Perhaps it is also related to a Heavenly Sovereign's demise in battle!"

Gu Qingfeng mused to himself.

The appearance of the Heavenly Sovereign's head was not entirely bad news for him. It meant that Heavenly Sovereigns could die. As long as they could die, there was hope of slaying them.

At this moment, the Bloodfiend Emperor had already suppressed numerous Emperors, and a vast amount of primordial power had flowed into him, causing his aura to rise rapidly. In a short time, he had broken through the peak of the Emperor realm and advanced to a higher level.

"Half-step Heavenly Sovereign... this is the limit of the Primordial Chaos!"

The Bloodfiend Emperor's face showed a look of ecstasy. This resurgence of power was unprecedented.

Even as he broke through to the half-step Heavenly Sovereign realm, the Bloodfiend Emperor vaguely perceived the existence of the Immortal Gate. It seemed that if he wished, he could summon the Immortal Gate and step into the Immortal Realm to achieve eternal life.

But before that, there was a problem to solve.

The Bloodfiend Emperor looked at Gu Qingfeng in the void, his expression returning to its usual coldness.

"To thank you for giving me the time to break through, I will now give you the chance to die with your body intact!"

With that, the Bloodfiend Emperor attacked.

A terrifying blood cloud covered the sky, corroding the heavens and the void. This astonishing scene left all the cultivators in the Northern Region in shock. They could all sense an ominous aura in the blood cloud.

However, in the face of the Bloodfiend Emperor's attack, Gu Qingfeng made no move. Instead, his blood qi vibrated, and an overwhelming blood qi force, like a primordial sun, radiated out, emitting an aura of utmost yang and strength.

All the blood clouds dissipated the moment they touched this aura.

Seeing this, the Bloodfiend Emperor's face turned cold. In the next instant, he summoned the Blood God Sword, and a surging sword intent tore through the Great Dao, striking Gu Qingfeng with a force that seemed to herald the end of the world.

"This sword has tasted the blood of thirty-six Emperors. To die by the Blood God Sword is an honor—"

The Bloodfiend Emperor's face twisted into a grim smile, as if he could already see Gu Qingfeng being slain by the Blood God Sword.

As the Blood God Sword approached, Gu Qingfeng took a step forward, and his four major Heavenly Veins were suddenly activated, releasing a force far stronger than that of any post-Emperor cultivator.

Then, Gu Qingfeng summoned the Heaven's Ruler and casually swung it at the Bloodfiend Emperor.

"Boom—"

The two supreme treasures collided. The Blood God Sword couldn't withstand the force for even a breath, and it was shattered into dust by the Heaven's Ruler. The remaining force struck the Bloodfiend Emperor, who was too shocked to react. The powerful force of the Heaven's Ruler completely exploded his physical body.

A thunderous boom echoed as the Bloodfiend Emperor's body burst open, showering the land with a torrent of blood.

Even so, the power of the Heaven's Ruler was not exhausted. The remaining attack struck the Fallen Immortal Ancient Land, causing the vast forbidden zone to shatter under the force.

The Great Dao collapsed, and the void was annihilated!

An ancient forbidden zone, older than the Primordial Era, was utterly destroyed.

But as the Fallen Immortal Ancient Land shattered, the Heavenly Sovereign's head, hidden deep within the forbidden zone, gradually revealed itself.

"What is that—"

"The aura is so much more terrifying than the Bloodfiend Capital!!"

An ancient Empyrean Aspirant, looking at the head that rivaled a mountain in size, was filled with shock. The sight of the Bloodfiend Emperor being killed in a single strike was momentarily forgotten.

The Dao resonance within the head made even a half-step Empyrean feel their own insignificance.

Gu Qingfeng stepped forward and approached the head. Only then did he see clearly.

The head had a gruesome blood hole in its forehead, the true fatal wound.

And this head had existed for countless ages, yet the blood in the wound seemed not to have truly dried or solidified. The flesh moved slowly, as if it had not truly died.

Seeing this, Gu Qingfeng's expression changed slightly.

"This Heavenly Sovereign of the Immortal Realm hasn't truly perished. If this continues, one day, he will be resurrected!"

A fallen Heavenly Sovereign was not a major issue, but a Heavenly Sovereign who had not completely fallen and still had a chance of resurrection was a massive threat.

Gu Qingfeng did not know the identity or background of the Heavenly Sovereign before him, nor did he know how the Ancient Realm or the human race viewed this being.

In such a situation, Gu Qingfeng naturally did not want anything to go beyond his control.

However, when Gu Qingfeng tried to punch the head of the Heavenly Sovereign, the next moment, the Dao resonance within the head violently oscillated, and a terrifying aura erupted.

"Boom—"

Under the suppression of this aura, Gu Qingfeng's figure involuntarily retreated a hundred miles.

Looking at the shattered void and the seemingly eternal head of the Heavenly Sovereign, Gu Qingfeng's expression became extremely grave.

He realized that the head of the Heavenly Sovereign was even more complex than he had imagined.

Thinking of this, Gu Qingfeng summoned the Heaven's Ruler. Immediately, the jade-colored ruler, carrying the supreme power of the three thousand worlds, struck the head of the Heavenly Sovereign forcefully.

The Great Dao surged, and various rules shattered. The head of the Heavenly Sovereign seemed to emit a roar of unwillingness. In the shattered rules and the Great Dao, Gu Qingfeng saw a supreme figure emerging from the Immortal Realm, causing a great calamity in the Ancient Realm.

Suddenly, a mighty figure rose from the Ancient Realm and engaged in a fierce battle with the Heavenly Sovereign of the Immortal Realm.

That battle shattered the entire Ancient Realm.

Millions of beings were drenched in blood.

In the end, the Heavenly Sovereign of the Immortal Realm was slain and fell in the Ancient Realm. The other supreme being who battled the Heavenly Sovereign also perished, heavily wounded.

However, upon his death, he transformed into all things, mending the flaws of the Ancient Realm.

All these scenes unfolded as the Great Dao disintegrated, even though they were fleeting, they left a deep impression in Gu Qingfeng's memory.

"So that's how it is..."

At this moment, many of Gu Qingfeng's doubts were resolved.

From these scenes, he understood that before the Primordial Era, the Ancient Realm had an even more ancient era, a time of great glory and numerous powerful beings.

One day, a Heavenly Sovereign from the Immortal Realm descended, intending to destroy the world, but was met with a world-ending battle against the supreme being who had created the Ancient Realm.

In the end, the Heavenly Sovereign of the Immortal Realm was defeated and fell in the Ancient Realm. The beings of the Ancient Realm also perished.

That battle had no winners.

All along, Gu Qingfeng had thought the Primordial Era was the most ancient time, but now it seemed that the Primordial Era was not the most ancient. The battle had merely severed the Ancient Realm's lineage.

At the same time, Gu Qingfeng truly understood the origins of the many ancient forbidden zones in the Ancient Realm.

The battle of that ancient era left the Heavenly Sovereign's blood and the lingering Dao resonance, which gradually transformed into the current forbidden zones.

At this moment, the head of the Heavenly Sovereign exploded.

The last bit of life in the head was now completely extinguished.

Only a drop of blood, radiating a terrifying aura, remained in the void.

This drop of blood was about the size of a fist, emitting a rich golden hue, with terrifying Dao resonance flowing over it, as if the universe was being born and destroyed, and all kinds of great Dao phenomena were evolving.

"Heavenly Sovereign's Divine Blood!"

Gu Qingfeng tried to use the Divine Emperor Cauldron to collect this drop of Heavenly Sovereign's Divine Blood.

However, the moment the Divine Emperor Cauldron touched the Heavenly Sovereign's blood, this great sage artifact that had accompanied Gu Qingfeng for a long time exploded, scattering fragments in all directions.

At the moment the Divine Emperor Cauldron shattered, a terrifying and bizarre aura erupted. The Deceptive Heavenly Emperor used this opportunity to break free and tear through the void, heading towards the heavens.

"Die!"

Seeing this, Gu Qingfeng's eyes turned cold, and he immediately summoned the Heaven's Ruler, striking the Deceptive Heavenly Emperor.

With just one strike, the Deceptive Heavenly Emperor's body was completely destroyed, and the cracks in his remaining eye seemed to indicate that it would soon be extinguished.

"This is a Chaotic Spirit Treasure... No, it's impossible, how can such a thing exist in the lower realms!!!"

The Deceptive Heavenly Emperor's voice was filled with fear, as if sensing the approach of death.

All along, the Deceptive Heavenly Emperor had been fearless, only submitting to Gu Qingfeng to avoid pain and torment. But now, he truly felt fear.

After all, as long as one remains alive, nothing is truly a problem.

But now.

The Deceptive Heavenly Emperor was afraid.

For He saw what should not have existed—a Chaotic Spirit Treasure.

No matter how the Deceptive Heavenly Emperor thought about it, He could not fathom why a powerful Chaotic Spirit Treasure would appear here.

However.

The Deceptive Heavenly Emperor did not have time to think further, let alone beg for mercy. Heaven's Ruler struck again, thoroughly slaying Him on the spot.

Boom—

Eyes burst, and a strange, cold aura swept through the air.

Gu Qingfeng extended his hand, and Heaven's Ruler returned to his grasp.

"A Chaotic Spirit Treasure can completely eradicate these Immortal Realm evil deities and deceptive deities. This means that even without advancing to the Heavenly Sovereign realm, I can achieve this level of power!"

Gu Qingfeng had originally thought that he needed to break through to the Heavenly Sovereign realm, transforming his life essence once more, to truly slay these evil deities.

After all, in his view, no existence was truly eternal and indestructible.

The difficulty in slaying them ultimately stemmed from insufficient strength or life essence.

Just as when he faced the Evil Spirits initially, Gu Qingfeng had no means to slay even the weakest of them.

But what Gu Qingfeng did not expect was that Heaven's Ruler could so effectively subdue the Evil Spirits.

Even the Deceptive Heavenly Emperor, whom Gu Qingfeng could not confidently slay even after breaking through to the Great Earth realm, was directly exterminated by Heaven's Ruler. This demonstrated the overwhelming power of a Chaotic Spirit Treasure.

Then.

Gu Qingfeng looked at the Heavenly Sovereign's blood before him and used the pill bottle rewarded by the system to collect it.

One drop of blood filled three bottles.

The Heavenly Sovereign's blood, which even a Great Sage Artifact could not withstand, did not harm the jade bottle in the slightest.

After completing these tasks, Gu Qingfeng continued to other forbidden zones.

Since he had begun, he would not stop halfway.

Eliminating all forbidden zones and slaying all ancient Emperors was what Gu Qingfeng intended to do.

If he did not act now while he had the power, these ancient Emperors would pose a significant threat to the Divine Martial realm in the future.

...

One forbidden zone after another crumbled!

Ancient Emperors fell in droves!

Now, no one in the entire Ancient Realm dared to question Gu Qingfeng's strength.

After all, since Gu Qingfeng began his campaign, he almost eradicated one forbidden zone every day. In just half a month, over a dozen ancient forbidden zones were obliterated, and countless ancient Emperors perished.

At this point.

People suddenly realized that although becoming an Emperor was challenging, there had actually been quite a number of Great Earth realm experts from the Primordial Era to the present.

They just seemed few and far between when spread over such a vast expanse of time.

Now, as Gu Qingfeng destroyed one forbidden zone after another, these ancient Emperors were all forced to emerge.

The name "Qingfeng Emperor" became an insurmountable peak.

Everyone understood that even through countless ages, Gu Qingfeng's name would endure, revered by all.

After all, throughout history, there had been only one person truly capable of sweeping through numerous forbidden zones.

To say he was unparalleled was no exaggeration.

As for whether there would be any successors, most people believed it was unlikely.

Not every Emperor could match Gu Qingfeng's Heaven-defying strength. Just look at the Bloodfiend Emperor of the Primordial Era, who was slain with a single blow.

If ordinary Emperors were one thing, the Bloodfiend Emperor was renowned as a top-tier Emperor.

Yet.

Even the mighty Bloodfiend Emperor fell.

In essence.

The battle in the Fallen Immortal forbidden zone.

Thoroughly solidified Gu Qingfeng's reputation as invincible.

This was indeed the case.

No ancient Emperor or forbidden zone could stop his advance. Everyone knew that the destruction of all forbidden zones was only a matter of time.

This realization.

Brought many people immense excitement.

For them, forbidden zones were a hidden disaster.

Each time an ancient Emperor appeared, they unleashed torrents of bloodshed, slaughtering countless lives. With the forbidden zones now being exterminated and ancient Emperors falling, the future would no longer be plagued by these ancient Emperors' chaos.

Of course—

Some speculated whether this Qingfeng Emperor might also enter a forbidden zone and become an ancient Emperor in his later years.

But this notion was met with derision by many.

No way.

With his transcendent power, would he willingly seal himself in a forbidden zone? Entering the Immortal Realm was the true path he would take. (End of Chapter)

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