Chapter 621: Before I Perish
Chapter 621: Before I Perish
"Run!"
"Run!"
"Run!"
Grand Sage Hunxiao and Grand Sage Yulin burned their physical bodies and souls, even the paths they took were burning, hoping to escape the towering, mighty man.
Rushing sounds echoed.
Space and time turned into a prison, with the Primordial Yellow Qi spreading, trapping the two supreme grand sages.
"Emperor Xuan!"
Grand Sage Hunxiao roared, his presence causing the space-time to ripple and explode, trying to break free from the Primordial Yellow Prison, but to no avail.
Grand Sage Yulin’s expression was heavy as he looked at the distance. They had returned to the same spot, and Emperor Xuan stood calmly, his gaze indifferent as he looked at them.
It was as if he were looking down from a height.
"Emperor Xuan, you haven’t transcended the Thirteenth Rank, yet you forcefully broke free from the time loop. You’re courting death."
Grand Sage Yulin’s tone was grave, his eyes fixed on the towering, mighty man as he spoke in a deep voice.
The towering, mighty man remained silent, his expression calm as he raised his right hand.
Instantly, the Primordial Yellow Prison that trapped the two supreme grand sages began to collapse, and so did the two grand sages inside it.
"You survived last time, but not this time."
The towering, mighty man’s gaze remained fixed. Despite their desperate resistance, Grand Sage Hunxiao and Grand Sage Yulin crumbled within three breaths, their physical bodies, souls, and internal universes reduced to dust.
"Dead?"
Not far away, Lin Yuan took a deep breath.
Two supreme grand sages, just like that, dead?
Lin Yuan had clashed with Grand Sage Hunxiao and was well aware of the grand sage’s strength, far surpassing his own. If he were willing to pay the price, the grand sage could suppress him in a short time.
But such a supreme grand sage couldn’t even hold out for three breaths against Emperor Xuan? What about Grand Sage Yulin, who was no weaker than Grand Sage Hunxiao?
In Lin Yuan’s hands, these two supreme grand sages seemed as helpless as the Chaos Venerables before him, unable to put up even the slightest resistance.
"Is the strength of an Invincible Grand Sage really this much stronger than a supreme grand sage?"
Lin Yuan found it hard to believe. He had also concluded that Emperor Xuan had not transcended the Thirteenth Rank, remaining at the Twelfth Rank, but this strength was too overwhelming. At the same level, a supreme grand sage was no different from an ant.
"That’s not right."
"An Invincible Grand Sage shouldn’t be this strong."
Lin Yuan was certain. An Invincible Grand Sage was indeed much stronger than a supreme grand sage and could easily overwhelm the latter, but the gap in strength couldn’t be this vast.
"Is it because of the time loop?"
Lin Yuan looked at the towering, mighty man. Emperor Xuan’s current state was peculiar, somewhere between the Twelfth and Thirteenth Ranks.
He hadn’t transcended the Thirteenth Rank, yet he had surpassed the Twelfth Rank.
After Grand Sage Hunxiao and Grand Sage Yulin were utterly annihilated, the towering, mighty man retracted his right hand, glanced at Lin Yuan, and smiled. "I’ll go deal with some hidden threats and return soon."
"Alright."
Lin Yuan nodded.
He watched the towering, mighty man vanish from the spot.
Outside the Primordial Yellow Universe.
The Chaos Venerables were unaware of what had transpired within the universe, still discussing the entry of Grand Sage Hunxiao and Grand Sage Yulin.
From a distance, the Ten Thousand Laws Eye and a few other special existences wore grave expressions.
Just then, the towering, mighty man appeared at the entrance to the universe.
Behind him, the Primordial Yellow Universe began to infinitely expand, encompassing the surrounding space-time and the chaotic void.
"Who’s that?"
"How did he get out?"
"Those two supreme grand sages?"
The Chaos Venerables were still dazed, not fully comprehending what had happened.
"Indeed, it’s Emperor Xuan!"
The broken longsword whispered, though he had already confirmed it, seeing Emperor Xuan reappear after thirty million cosmic years of attempting the Thirteenth Rank, his heart still wasn’t calm.
As special existences, they had witnessed too much, even personally experiencing the birth of Thirteenth Rank life.
But forcefully breaking free from the time loop was extremely rare, and the cost was immense.
This wasn’t a normal breakthrough of the time loop’s constraints but another way to break free.
"Emperor Xuan, I didn’t expect the influence of his heart demon to be so great."
The Ten Thousand Laws Eye sighed. He had once mentioned to Lin Yuan that the possibility of Emperor Xuan breaking the time loop was very low due to the immense weight of the heart demon of this supreme grand sage.
Now, it seemed to be the case.
"Chaotic Void."
The towering, mighty man appeared outside the Primordial Yellow Universe, taking a deep breath.
In an instant, the Primordial Yellow Qi of several surrounding void domains, along with the thin, desolate chaotic qi, was all swallowed.
The towering, mighty man glanced at the positions of the Ten Thousand Laws Eye and a few other special existences but didn’t pay them much attention. Instead, he extended his right hand. "Sword, come."
The Primordial Yellow Qi converged, forming the shadow of a longsword.
The longsword resembled the one Lin Yuan had obtained, the Emperor Xuan Sword, but it was in a phantom state.
Even so, an unprecedented sharpness condensed within the phantom longsword.
"Slash!"
The towering, mighty man slashed the chaotic void, making two cuts.
In an extremely secret void realm.
Grand Sage Hunxiao’s expression was heavy as he looked in a certain direction, speaking in a low voice. "Emperor Xuan?"
Grand Sage Hunxiao, as a supreme grand sage who had experienced countless cosmic years, naturally had many ways to preserve his life. He alone had four true bodies, and his avatars numbered over fifty-eight.
The four true bodies and the fifty-eight major avatars of Grand Saint Hun Xiao were all crucial to his survival. As long as one of them remained alive, Grand Saint Hun Xiao could quickly recover. The number of life-preserving methods he left behind in the boundless chaotic void was unknown. If all his true bodies and avatars were to die, his life-preserving methods would trigger a resurrection.
"Thirty million cosmic years ago, you killed all my true bodies and avatars, breaking through my many life-preserving methods, forcing me to reincarnate. But now? Can you still force me to reincarnate?"
Grand Saint Hun Xiao sat quietly.
Just then, a beam of sword light followed the causal timeline and struck down at Grand Saint Hun Xiao.
"What?"
Before Grand Saint Hun Xiao could react, his physical body and soul were swiftly annihilated by the sword light.
At the same moment, his third true body, located deep within a temporal maze, was also obliterated by a beam of sword light.
The fourth true body was slain.
The first avatar, hidden deep within the ruins of Taiyuan, was slain.
The second avatar, hiding in a special location, was also slain.
The third avatar, residing in a mysterious space, was likewise slain.
In that instant, all three of Grand Saint Hun Xiao’s true bodies and his fifty-eight major avatars were completely obliterated.
In the boundless chaotic void, the numerous life-preserving methods Grand Saint Hun Xiao left behind were also annihilated by the sword light.
At the same time, Grand Saint Yulin’s numerous true bodies and avatars, along with their life-preserving methods, were also obliterated by the sword light, which followed the causal timeline.
"What’s happening?"
"Is this a temporal causal fluctuation?"
"Who could it be? Emperor Xuan?"
The disappearance of the causal connections of these two supreme grand saints, their complete downfall, immediately alarmed the ancient grand saints in the chaotic void. Many supreme grand saints were in seclusion, preparing for their final push to the thirteenth rank, but they were also alarmed.
"Is this aura, Emperor Xuan’s?"
"Emperor Xuan? The supreme grand saint who commands tens of thousands of void domains?"
"Didn’t you say he was aiming for the thirteenth rank?"
Some ancient supreme grand saints, even if they didn’t live in the same era as Emperor Xuan, had heard of this supreme grand saint and were now utterly terrified.
Throughout the long history of the chaotic void, there have indeed been instances where supreme grand saints fell, but those were extremely special times, and the supreme grand saints who fell had done so after numerous intense battles.
Moreover, it wasn’t clear if they had truly fallen, as in the final moments, supreme grand saints could still reincarnate.
Once reincarnated, a supreme grand saint would lose everything, including their physical body and soul, but at the same time, it would completely sever their causal connections.
Back then, Grand Saint Hun Xiao and Grand Saint Yulin evaded Emperor Xuan’s pursuit through such means.
But now?
The disappearance of the causal connections of Grand Saint Hun Xiao and Grand Saint Yulin was too swift.
"Emperor Xuan. Is Emperor Xuan settling the score, clearing out all the grand saints of the Xuanhuang lineage?"
The numerous supreme grand saints were utterly shocked, but none dared to step forward. Thirty million cosmic years ago, Emperor Xuan possessed the strength of an invincible grand saint, and with enough time, he would gain the acknowledgment of all supreme grand saints.
Now, the strength he displayed exceeded the normal realm of supreme grand saints, so none of them dared to step forward.
Outside the Xuanhuang universe, the towering and mighty man carefully sensed, then struck again with three more sword strikes.
After the three strikes, the causal connections of three ancient supreme grand saints completely vanished, and even reincarnation couldn’t save them.
In fact, even thirty million cosmic years ago, if Grand Saint Hun Xiao and Grand Saint Yulin had reincarnated, they would still have no escape from Emperor Xuan’s pursuit, and their numerous true bodies and avatars would be obliterated, leaving them no choice but to reincarnate.
But now, being slain with just one true body, Grand Saint Hun Xiao and Grand Saint Yulin had no immediate recourse to reincarnate.
Who would have thought that the sword strike of the towering and mighty man would be so terrifying, instantly annihilating all their true bodies and avatars, along with their life-preserving methods?
After five sword strikes, the long sword in the towering and mighty man’s hand dissipated, and he turned and stepped into the Xuanhuang universe.
Deep within the Xuanhuang universe, Lin Yuan’s expression was solemn.
"Grand Saint Hun Xiao and Grand Saint Yulin’s causal connections have completely vanished?" Lin Yuan thought to himself.
Interacting with these two grand saints naturally created causal connections, which could be used to determine if they still existed.
Of course, with his current level of causal understanding, Lin Yuan couldn’t yet lock onto their coordinates through causal connections.
After all, the two supreme grand saints would also intentionally conceal their causal connections.
But even if he couldn’t lock onto their coordinates, he could still determine if they were alive through their causal existence.
Now, with the causal connections of Grand Saint Hun Xiao and Grand Saint Yulin completely vanished, it was as if they had been erased from existence.
Just as Lin Yuan’s thoughts spread out, the towering and mighty man appeared not far away, taking a step to stand before Lin Yuan.
"I know you have many questions."
The towering and mighty man looked at Lin Yuan with a smile. "Don’t worry, I will explain everything to you."
After a brief pause, the towering and mighty man added:
"Before I vanish."
(End of Chapter)
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