Just as the four great Immortal Kings were exerting their full strength to break through the spacetime imprisonment—
“Buzz!”
“Roar!”
“…”
Three utterly different Dao resonances shot into the heavens from the depths of the Immortal Domain, from the direction of the Golden Crow Clan’s territory. In an instant, they crossed endless spacetime and descended here!
One wore imperial robes and a crown, majestic and sovereign!
It held a whip of law condensed from chaotic qi. When the whip lashed out, it did not strike at the flesh.
Instead, it lashed directly at the phantom of the chaotic river of time around Chi King, causing his laws of time to stagnate for a moment!
One wore pitch-black battle armor, baleful aura surging to the heavens—it was the Evil Corpse!
It transformed into a torrent of destruction and rammed straight into Wushang!
There was no technique, only the most extreme power of destruction, clashing head-on against his body impervious to all laws.
A terrifying energy capable of annihilating a sea of stars erupted, forcing Wushang to respond with all his strength!
One wore a green robe and had an indifferent air, transcendent and detached from the world—it was the Self Corpse!
It did not attack directly. It merely gazed calmly at Kundi and the Blade King.
Yet that calm gaze alone made Kundi feel as though all his schemes had been seen through, and made the Blade King sense that the blade of law he had condensed was faintly showing signs of losing control and backlashing!
This was suppression from a higher level of Dao realm!
With the Three Corpses appearing together, though the true body had not personally arrived, the Daos they represented—chaos, destruction, and transcendence—complemented one another. For a brief time, they actually restrained all four great Immortal Kings!
Although they could not defeat them, the goal had already been achieved so long as they could prevent them from escaping with ease!
“Clang—!”
In that lightning-fast instant when the four great Immortal Kings were briefly held back by the Three Corpse incarnations/
A true chime of the Chaos Bell, originating from the main body itself, pierced through layer upon layer of space from the depths of the Golden Crow Clan’s territory and came sweeping over in grandeur!
The bell’s chime was not loud, yet it contained supreme might that could split heaven and earth apart and stabilize the primordial chaos!
Wherever the sound waves passed, among the Foreign Land army frozen in place,
hundreds of thousands of elite dark beings located in the core region seemed to be erased by an invisible giant hand, instantly turning into the most primordial particles and vanishing without a trace!
At the same time, a beam of chaotic light shot out from the source of the bell chime.
Like a precise surgical blade, it plunged directly into a spatial secret treasure carried by Chi King!
Chi King let out a muffled groan. He felt that the secret treasure he had nurtured for countless epochs with the power of his own time origin—a treasure that contained a small piece of the Source of Time within—had actually been forcibly stripped away!
That was a key object for him to recover from his injuries and comprehend the Great Dao of Time!
The chaotic light wrapped around that mass of “Source of Time” suffused with fragments of time,
as well as several other dark secret treasures forcibly stripped from Pu Demon King and the Blade King, all radiating powerful fluctuations. In an instant, it flew back into the Immortal Domain and landed deep within the Chaos Palace.
Only then did the Three Corpse incarnations simultaneously withdraw their auras and retreat toward the Immortal Domain.
The spacetime imprisonment was lifted, and the Foreign Land army regained its movement, but it had already suffered disastrous losses, its morale utterly collapsed.
The faces of the four great Immortal Kings were ashen, especially Chi King, who nearly coughed up blood!
Not only had they suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of a junior, they had now even been forced to leave behind “toll money” by the other party. Their dignity was swept away, and their losses were immense!
Kundi took a deep look toward the Immortal Domain. In his perception, that Chaos Palace was like an unfathomable abyss.
He knew that they had completely fallen into a disadvantage today. If they continued to entangle themselves, things would only grow worse.
“Leave!”
He nearly spat out the word through gritted teeth. Without the slightest hesitation, he was the first to tear open the void, sweeping up the surviving troops and plunging into the mist of the Boundary Sea without looking back.
This time, the Foreign Land retreated in utter disarray. They had not only lost the present battle, but also their momentum and foundation!
Atop the Imperial City, there was first a stretch of silence, followed by cheers and cries of worship that shook heaven and earth!
The might of the Eastern Emperor had actually reached such a level!
With one incarnation and the manifestation of the Three Corpses, he had forced back four great Immortal Kings and forcibly seized their precious treasures!
What peerless bearing was this!
The Good Corpse incarnation returned to the Imperial City, nodded slightly to Pan King, Hunyuan Immortal King, and the others, then turned into a streak of light and vanished.
After this battle, the method of “Severing the Three Corpses” shook the myriad heavens with its might. The name of the Eastern Emperor, Lu Xuan, became completely transformed into a sharp sword hanging over the hearts of the Foreign Land and the darkness.
The storms of the myriad heavens became even more unpredictable because of Lu Xuan alone.
The Foreign Land army retreated in wretched defeat, and the Boundary Sea returned to “calm,” leaving behind only the energy aftershocks that had yet to fully subside,
as well as the humiliation of the defeated and the aura of darkness permeating the air.
The cheers and clamor atop the city walls continued for a long time before gradually subsiding under the gestures of Pan King, Hunyuan Immortal King, and the others.
Yet the excitement and reverence burning in the eyes of every Immortal Domain cultivator did not fade for a long, long time.
However, those whose hearts had truly been thrown into towering waves, and who needed time to digest everything they had seen and heard today, were the highest-ranking figures of the Immortal Domain and the Primordial Ancient Realm.
Immortal Domain, Pan King’s secret realm.
Hunyuan Immortal King, the Ao family ancestor, and several other core Immortal Kings had gathered here, remaining silent together with Pan King.
Within the secret realm, immortal springs murmured and divine medicines gave off their fragrance, yet none of it could soothe the turbulence in their hearts.
Only after a long while did Pan King slowly speak, his voice carrying a trace of dryness that even he himself did not notice. “Everyone… did you see it clearly?”
Hunyuan Immortal King took a deep breath. In his eyes, it was as though that heaven-shaking scene of the Three Corpses manifesting divinely, freezing spacetime, and forcibly retaining the treasures of giants was still replaying.
“I saw it clearly… but I understand it even less.”
He paused, organizing his words, his tone filled with disbelief. “That single Good Corpse incarnation of the Eastern Emperor was actually able to freeze the spacetime of an army of billions with a single word. Though it borrowed the awe-inspiring might of the Chaos Bell, his understanding and control of the rules has already surpassed our imagination! That is definitely not something an ordinary giant can reach!”
The Ao family ancestor continued, his voice carrying both reverence and lingering fear.
“Even more terrifying was the appearance of all Three Corpses! The Attached-Self Corpse lashed the river of time, the Evil Corpse clashed head-on with Wushang, and the Self Corpse suppressed Kundi and the Blade King with its gaze… That was not some simple clone technique. Each corpse body represents an ultimate direction of the Great Dao, and they complement one another as a seamless whole! This… this was simply like facing three peak giants whose minds were connected and whose Dao arts supplemented one another!”
“And these are merely the corpses he has severed!”
Pan King added, his tone incomparably grave. “Then his true body… just how powerful must it be now? Could the ultimate goal of this ‘Severing the Three Corpses’ method he created truly be that legendary… Emperor Realm?”
The moment the two words “Emperor Realm” were spoken, the secret realm fell into dead silence once more.
That was the supreme realm that weighed upon the hearts of all Immortal Kings, one they yearned for yet felt despair toward.
Hunyuan Immortal King’s gaze flickered. “The profundity of this method lies not only in enhancing battle strength. Did you all notice Thunder Emperor, Lu Yan, and Daoist Mingxin? Thunder Emperor comprehended the self amid battle, harmonized the good and evil of thunder, and gave birth to Chaos Divine Lightning; Lu Yan fused with the will of his Evil Corpse and took control of Chaos Heaven-Burning Flame; Daoist Mingxin’s Glazed Heart Sword rendered him immune to myriad demons… All of them, under the guidance of this method, found the ‘true essence’ of their own Dao and broke through their original shackles! This is not forcibly raising them up, but rather… guiding them to excavate their greatest potential and see clearly the road ahead!”
“In other words,”