Chapter 527: Stepping into the Nine Heavens! Battle Against the Gou Chen Emperor!

Chapter 527: Stepping into the Nine Heavens! Battle Against the Gou Chen Emperor!

January 16th, 2025

"The Celestial Imperial Pool."

Qin Zheng slowly withdrew his hand, murmuring to himself, his eyes reflecting deep contemplation.

As instructed by the Eternal Emperor, he now knew that the source of all pollution in the Celestial Realm was located in the so-called Celestial Imperial Pool.

He had some prior knowledge about this pool and understood that it was a place where polluted immortal gods could be resurrected.

It made sense; without an extremely dense source of pollution, how could new immortal gods be recreated and the slain ones resurrected?

After annihilating the Celestial Dao Realm, Qin Zheng glanced at the golden goblet, where four legendary figures from other great worlds remained.

Qin Zheng extended his hand and pointed, causing four figures to fall from the goblet. Without any intention to fight, they turned and attempted to flee the hall.

Hum!

At that moment, a soft chanting voice echoed.

The Mystic Jade Tower of Heaven appeared, directly suppressing the four legends at its base, rendering them completely immobile.

After ascending to legend, Qin Zheng's control over several Beyond Divine Armaments had significantly improved. Suppressing these legends with the tower was effortless.

Under the terrified gazes of the four legends, Qin Zheng reached out with his hand once more, pointing at their foreheads one by one.

Hum!

On the heart sea, the virtue scroll trembled slightly, and words quickly emerged.

【Spirit Source Venerable, Thousand Sun Powerhouse, Polluted Body, can be purified, requires one million merit crystals, proceed with refinement?】

【Temple of Spirit Venerable, Spirit Martial Powerhouse, Polluted Body, can be purified, requires one million merit crystals, proceed with refinement?】

Thousand Sun, Spirit Martial, Eastern Radiance, Mystic Heart.

These four legendary powerhouses came from four different great worlds, indicating that the Heavenly Emperor had invaded at least four great worlds.

No wonder the other Beyond Shore Bodhimandas had taken action to temporarily bind and restrain him in the Chaos Sea.

Qin Zheng pondered, then raised his hand and clapped, instantly killing the four polluted legends. Thick, dark pollution qi instantly filled the hall.

Xuan Du's eyes flashed with a fleeting look of disgust as he observed the pollution.

Fortunately, the Azure Heaven Mirror's radiance swiftly enveloped and absorbed the pollution into its spatial realm, restoring the hall's pristine and mystical atmosphere.

Qin Zheng slowly stood up.

Xuan Du asked, "Are you going to deal with the source of pollution in the Celestial Realm?"

Qin Zheng shook his head lightly, pondering, "The source of pollution is of utmost importance to the Heavenly Emperor. With my current strength, I cannot handle it yet."

Xuan Du nodded.

Qin Zheng continued, "However, I want to find an opportunity to see what the Celestial Imperial Pool looks like."

In truth, he wanted to see if the nine Celestial Dao Realms he had just slain would resurrect in the pool.

If even legendary powerhouses could be recreated in that pool, its density and terror would surpass everyone's imagination.

Xuan Du's eyebrows furrowed slightly, but he didn't say more. Instead, he cautioned, "Be extremely careful."

The Celestial Imperial Pool, as the source of pollution, posed a greater danger the closer one got to it. A single misstep could lead to falling into the abyss of pollution.

However, Qin Zheng, having inherited the Three Purities' Great Dao, possessed the Beyond Divine Armaments of the Three Purities and was protected by the semi-transcendent Azure Heaven Mirror. This natural advantage against pollution should mitigate the risk.

Qin Zheng nodded solemnly, then bowed to Xuan Du before turning towards the center of the hall. He bowed even more reverently and said, "Thank you, Master, for your assistance!"

After the bow, he turned towards Xuan Du, nodded, and took a step forward, directly leaving the hall.

Watching Qin Zheng's departing figure, Xuan Du's body flickered slightly, then turned to look at the 'Dao' character deep within the hall. With a smile, he said, "The Master's efforts may be in vain."

The light shifted, and the space transformed.

In the desolate and lifeless Chaos Void, a figure clad in a golden-patterned dark robe suddenly appeared, as if descending without causing any disturbance or ripples in space.

Only after ascending to legend did one realize the immense gap between the Manifestation and the Primordial Chaos Realm. The endless heavens, layer upon layer of void, and even the void that required the Azure Heaven Mirror to cross—all of it was now within Qin Zheng's reach.

In his eyes, it was just a 'single step away'. With one step, he could travel from the Eight Scenic Palaces to the battlefield of a decade ago.

The heavenly void was now without distance, all within his reach. He could be omnipresent within a single realm!

However, based on his previous encounters with legendary powerhouses, Qin Zheng couldn't be certain if this ability was unique to him or shared by all legends.

Amidst the myriad thoughts that flashed through his mind, Qin Zheng's attention was immediately drawn to the lingering, intense killing intent in the surrounding chaos void.

For those in the immortal realm, ten years was but a blink of an eye, let alone for a nine-star great world, it was an extremely brief instant.

Thus, when Qin Zheng returned to the battlefield, the scene before him was unchanged from a decade ago. The cracks torn by creation still remained, with chaos energy from the outside world continuously pouring in.

Even the lingering battle intent and killing intent in the void were still surging, as if the battle had not subsided, and a great clash was about to erupt.

Qin Zheng clearly sensed that in the chaos void, there were three sources of killing intent that were the most intense. The first was the murderous intent of the Slaying Deity Sword Formation, the second was the killing intent unleashed by Xuan Du through Sun Wukong and Yang Jian.

The last was an extremely domineering force that directly suppressed the previous two, and it was this killing intent that ultimately decided the victory of the battle—the Celestial Emperor's killing intent!

Qin Zheng's gaze swept across the battlefield, and in his pupils, a river of time seemed to surge, capturing the imprints in the void and replaying the scenes that occurred after his departure in his mind.

Thus, as the river roared, the chaos void before him transformed. After his departure, without the Slaying Deity Sword Formation, Guang Chengzi, Yang Jian, and Sun Wukong, the three of them, like torn cloth bags, flew out of the battlefield.

Under the Celestial Emperor's avatar's fierce counterattack, the gap between them was too great, and they were almost instantly annihilated. Even the last to send out the Slaying Deity Sword Formation was Guang Chengzi, who exhausted his last bit of strength.

As for the other Transcendent Powerhouses, those who were already weak and frail, could only burn their lives to restore their peak strength. They were directly blasted and annihilated in the first round of the storm.

The remaining True Martial Emperor and others also suffered severe injuries, but they did not perish on the spot. They stepped forward and caught Guang Chengzi and the other two as they flew out.

The Celestial Emperor's avatar took a leisurely step forward, his expression still indifferent. He did not look at Guang Chengzi and the others but instead turned his gaze towards the direction Qin Zheng had left, reaching out with his hand.

However, his hand had only extended halfway before stopping, and his brows furrowed slightly. His eyes flashed with brilliance, as if calculating and deducing Qin Zheng's departure direction and position.

At this moment, the True Martial Emperor and the others, carrying the nearly fallen Guang Chengzi and the other two, intended to quietly leave, following the void fissure and escaping into the Chaos Sea.

But just as they were about to depart, the Celestial Emperor awoke from his calculations, and his indifferent expression finally changed, giving birth to a wisp of anger. He then sent a palm strike towards the True Martial Emperor and the others.

Qin Zheng was slightly surprised that after the Celestial Emperor sent out this palm strike, he directly turned and left, not even checking whether this strike had succeeded in capturing the True Martial Emperor and the other powerhouses.

Although this was a Creation Great Power, he was confident in his own strength. The True Martial Emperor and the other powerhouses were indeed instantly annihilated under this palm strike.

However, this also left a glimmer of hope for the others. No wonder Xuan Du could take action and bring their true spirits back to the Eight Scenic Palaces. They only needed to be refined in the Eight Trigrams Purple Gold Furnace for a hundred years to return.

Could it be that the Celestial Emperor did not care about the lives of the others? Was he only after the Azure Heaven Mirror on Qin Zheng's body?

Such thoughts filled Qin Zheng's mind.

Then, under his gaze, the shattered Tripoint Bident and Heaven-Supporting Jade Pillar began to emanate clear light, reassembling themselves and carrying the residual true spirits of those in the void back to the Eight Scenic Palaces.

Just as Qin Zheng thought the subsequent events would end here and was about to retract his gaze, returning to the 'present time'—

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The Celestial Emperor's avatar appeared again, breaking through the void and directly following the Tripoint Bident and Heaven-Supporting Jade Pillar's void passage, intruding into the Eight Scenic Palaces.

Could it be that this guy wasn't afraid of the residual sage aura in the Eight Scenic Palaces?

Qin Zheng was perplexed.

However, the subsequent scenes occurred within the Eight Scenic Palaces, which he could not see, and the Celestial Emperor did not return to the current chaos void.

Thus, Qin Zheng stared at the void above for a long time before retracting his gaze, and the scene before him returned, rejoining the 'present time'.

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The Celestial Emperor certainly did not cause any major disturbance in the Eight Scenic Palaces. After all, he had just emerged from the Eight Scenic Palaces and had not noticed anything amiss.

But for a moment, Qin Zheng couldn't figure out the purpose of the Celestial Emperor's intrusion into the Eight Scenic Palaces or what happened there in the end.

Xuan Du hadn't told himself, perhaps indicating that it wasn't of great importance.

Qin Zheng's thoughts churned in his mind, finally suppressing them as he looked towards the direction of the Yuan Dong Tian in the chaotic void.

As his gaze fell upon the Yuan Dong Tian, it still floated in the chaotic void, untouched by the great war of the past. It had only been carried further away by the aftermath of various battles.

Qin Zheng withdrew his gaze, knowing that this realm would no longer be a place of conflict. Peace would prevail for the beings of the Yuan Dong Tian.

At the same time, in the Yuan Dong Tian, a figure seemed to sense Qin Zheng's gaze. Their body trembled slightly, wanting to raise their head and return the gaze, but they forcefully restrained themselves.

This was the elder Daoist Shi Jingxuan, the only one who hadn't joined the great war.

When the war suddenly broke out, the divine soldiers formed a grand formation, sealing off the true realm where the divine mountain was located, leaving him unable to enter.

And when the formation of divine soldiers was broken and the Creation War erupted, he saw several polluted legendary powerhouses from other realms. His heart felt like it had been doused with cold water, and he developed a sense of retreat.

So, instead of joining the battle, he quietly entered the Yuan Dong Tian, allowing the aftermath of the war to naturally push the Yuan Dong Tian further away from the battlefield.

A legendary figure might attract the attention of the Celestial Court, but one realm among the Thirty-Three Heavens would not be a target for their intervention.

He felt fortunate for this, especially after witnessing the Celestial Emperor's appearance and effortless slaughter of powerful beings. His decision to stay hidden seemed even more prudent.

Thus, he concealed his identity and lived as an ordinary person within a realm of the Yuan Dong Tian, carefully observing the changes outside while waiting to see if the Celestial Court would return to this chaotic void.

And so he waited for ten years.

When he sensed Qin Zheng's gaze, a sense of joy filled his heart. It proved that the Celestial Court had no resources left to pursue Qin Zheng and would not return to this chaotic void.

But at the same time, a sense of inexplicable guilt welled up within him.

Although his strength wouldn't have made a difference in the battlefield, he had come with the intention of overthrowing the Celestial Court, only to choose cowardice in the final moments.

Facing his former companions, complex feelings of guilt arose, and he dared not meet their gaze.

He wasn't sure if Qin Zheng had seen him, and there was no time to marvel at Qin Zheng's ascent to legend within ten years. Only when Qin Zheng's gaze left did a sense of relief surge within him.

And when Qin Zheng's figure departed, he sighed and stepped out of the Yuan Dong Tian, never looking back as he left the Thirty-Three Heavens and ventured into the boundless chaotic sea.

Unable to face death for revenge, he chose to hide his identity and drift through the chaotic sea for the rest of his life.

After Shi Jingxuan left, ripples appeared in the void, and Qin Zheng's figure reappeared, his expression calm and unperturbed.

It was hard to blame Shi Jingxuan for his choice, as fear of death was a natural human emotion, even for legendary powerhouses.

But the Celestial Emperor's plans extended beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens to the entire chaotic sea. Perhaps one day, the other party would also face the scene of the great war from ten years ago.

What would they choose then?

This thought flashed through Qin Zheng's mind, and he shook his head lightly, dispelling these stray thoughts. He turned his gaze towards the Ninefold Heavens and took a step forward.

Whoosh!

The void shifted, and time flowed!

In an instant, his figure appeared in a starry sky filled with meteors.

Another figure stood there as if waiting, holding a spear with one hand, gazing at him calmly.

"To survive the Celestial Emperor and become a legend within ten years, you truly have some fated fortune."

Gou Chen Emperor spoke slowly.

As his voice sounded, a terrifying aura like raging waves surged forth from his body.

Qin Zheng wasn't surprised, as he hadn't concealed his own aura. The appearance of a legend would naturally be noticed by other Dao realms.

He scanned his surroundings and finally looked at the Gou Chen Emperor, whose body emanated the aura of creation. Qin Zheng asked, "Where is the Celestial Emperor?"

The Gou Chen Emperor sneered, gripping his spear tightly and taking a step forward. His aura surged like a dragon, sweeping across the four directions.

"To dare speak of the Celestial Emperor after becoming a legend is truly courting death!"

(End of Chapter)

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