Living in the deep palace

Boom——!!!!!!

The Immortal Emperor's Mausoleum, sealed for countless epochs, suddenly exploded from within at this moment!
Countless enormous fragments of black divine metal shot out in all directions like a meteor shower!

Immediately afterwards, a pitch-black "object" that emitted an eerie seven-colored halo slowly rose from the ruins of the tomb!
That was the Heavenly Shuttle!
But at this moment, it is no longer the agile creature that once transcended the three realms and was untouched by cause and effect.

Its surface, as if parasitized, was covered with a layer of nauseating, pitch-black flesh that constantly wriggled and multiplied, seemingly composed of countless eyeballs and tentacles!
At its very top, atop it rests a massive, slowly rotating, dazzling sphere of light composed of countless mysterious runes and crystals of laws!
That sphere of light should have been sacred, majestic, and filled with the supreme aura of ruling the heavens.

But at this moment, its core was completely eroded by a mass of pitch-black, filthy energy filled with the power of "Dao"!

It is the supreme core of the ancient Heavenly Court—the Heavenly Dao Axis!
A terrifying existence that has been completely corrupted and has merged with the "Source of the Dao"!
"Hahaha! I did it! I finally did it!"

As Linglong Jinxian gazed at the slowly rising Heavenly Dao Axis, which exuded an aura of endless evil and terror, she showed no fear, but instead revealed a morbid ecstasy!

He struggled to his feet, opening his arms as if to welcome his god!
"My Lord! Your faithful servant has offered you the most perfect 'sacrifice' in the universe!"

"Come! Descend! Become one with me!"

"Let us become the new masters of this sea of ​​stars!"

He roared madly and opened his immortal soul toward the axis of the heavenly Dao!

Om-!
The Heavenly Dao Axis seemed to have heard his call. The writhing mass of dark flesh on it suddenly extended a thick tentacle, which instantly pierced through the chest of the exquisite golden immortal!

"what--!"

Linglong Jinxian let out a groan that was both painful and pleasurable.

He could clearly feel a cold, chaotic, yet incredibly powerful force originating from the world behind the "door" flowing continuously into his body through that tentacle!
His body was rapidly shriveling and withering.

But his immortal soul and his power were increasing wildly at an incredible speed!

In the blink of an eye, he broke through the shackles of the mid-stage Golden Immortal and stepped into a completely new and terrifying realm that Su Chen had never encountered before!
Late-stage Golden Immortal realm!

Although it was merely an unstable late-stage Golden Immortal created by external force.

However, the terrifying pressure emanating from it, the "I am the Dao, and the Dao is me" aura, has already caused the entire Heavenly Court Ruins to groan in despair!
"Can you feel it, Su Chen?"

"This is the power of the 'Lord'! This is the realm of the origin of immortality!"

The voice of the exquisite golden immortal became incredibly grand and distorted, as if it were composed of countless different voices overlapping each other.

His body also completely merged with that mass of dark flesh, transforming into a terrifying monster that was tens of thousands of feet tall, covered with eyeballs and tentacles, and beyond description!

He is no longer the exquisite golden immortal.

Rather, the "devourer" is the newest and strongest "apostle" in this universe!
"Is this the 'freedom' and 'transcendence' you've been pursuing?"

Su Chen looked at the monster before him, formed from betrayal and despair, and his eyes showed no fear, only endless pity.

"It's really... pathetic."

"Pathetic?!" The monster's thousands of eyes swirled simultaneously, locking onto Su Chen, and it roared deafeningly, "What do you know?! You self-righteous ant!"

"Soon you will understand what a supreme honor it is to be a part of the Lord!"

"I am now a late-stage Golden Immortal!"

"Even among Golden Immortals, he's considered top-tier!"

"Now, let me wipe you, the greatest 'anomaly,' completely from this universe!"

boom!
The monster's massive body suddenly swayed, and a jet-black tentacle formed from pure "Daoist" power, like a demonic whip of creation, tore through the sky, carrying a terrifying force that dragged everything into a filthy abyss, and lashed fiercely at Su Chen!
This attack was more than ten times more powerful than the previous Zhenyu Canggu!
Wherever it went, even the remaining laws of this Heavenly Court ruins were completely distorted and assimilated!
Faced with this terrifying attack that could make any Golden Immortal despair, Su Chen took a deep breath. He knew that the real battle had only just begun.

Late-stage Golden Immortal?

Although he didn't know what a true late-stage Golden Immortal looked like, he knew it couldn't possibly be like the exquisite Golden Immortal before him.

because.

too weak!
If he were a true late-stage Golden Immortal, he should have fled in panic long ago, but a feeling told him that he could fight!
The illusory figure of "Taiyi Daozun" behind him shone with boundless light!

The "World Tree" that had long since become one with him also began to sway wildly at this moment!
"war!"

……

……

The pitch-black demonic whip and the dazzling nine-colored divine light collided fiercely!
Boom—!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The entire Heavenly Court Ruins seemed to be facing a second apocalypse after this terrifying collision that surpassed the level of ordinary Golden Immortals!
Countless enormous spatial rifts, like a spider web, spread wildly in all directions!

The remaining ruins of the immortal island were completely reduced to dust by the impact of this energy storm!

Su Chen's figure was like a small boat in a raging sea, forced to retreat repeatedly by the terrifying power of "Dao Dye"!

The Taiyi Immortal Light emanating from his body flickered unpredictably, and even the invincible illusory image of the "Taiyi Daozun" began to show signs of dissipation!
So strong!

Su Chen's heart sank.

This monster, which combines the Heavenly Dao Axis and the Exquisite Golden Immortal, has truly reached the threshold of the Third Ineffable Realm!

It is no longer simply "commanding" laws, but "creating" laws!
A malevolent law unique to the "devourers," filled with pollution and destruction!

"Hehehe... Did you see that? Su Chen!"

"In the face of absolute power, how utterly vulnerable your laughable 'order' is!"

The monster's frantic roar rang out once more!
Its thousands of eyes simultaneously shot out an overwhelming barrage of filthy divine light, like a torrential rain, completely sealing off all of Su Chen's escape routes!
Su Chen spun around quickly, using the Taiyi Soaring Dragon Step to its fullest extent, narrowly avoiding the deadly divine lights.

But he knew that if this continued, he would eventually be worn down and killed by his opponent because he would run out of strength!

We must find a way to break through its "Taoist influence"!
Just as Su Chen was racking his brains for a solution and found himself in an unprecedented crisis.

A sigh, filled with weariness and resentment yet tinged with a hint of relief, suddenly drifted out from the deepest part of the Heavenly Emperor's Mausoleum, which had long since turned to ruins.

"Ugh……"

"Linglong... in the end, you still chose this path of no return..."

The voice, though faint, seemed to contain a supreme majesty!
This caused even the arrogant monster to freeze in its tracks!
"Who?!" The monster's tens of thousands of eyes turned to the ruins of the tomb at the same time, letting out a roar of surprise and uncertainty, "Who is playing tricks?!" Su Chen's heart also stirred.

He looked toward the source of the sound.

At the heart of the tomb ruins, where the axis of the Heavenly Dao once stood, a faint, seemingly extinguishable golden light slowly began to glow.

Immediately afterwards, the point of light rapidly expanded, transforming into a towering, earth-shattering imperial phantom clad in a nine-dragon imperial robe, its face blurred yet still radiating supreme majesty!
He was the last ruler of the ancient immortal era—

Immortal Emperor!

Zuo Qingcang!
This is not the corrupting influence of Zuo Qingcang, but the true appearance of a Celestial Emperor.

Although it was just a wisp of will that had long since vanished over countless eons, it remained here because of its lingering obsession...

"Zuo...Qingcang...?!"

The moment the phantom figure was clearly seen, even the exquisite golden immortal, who had long since transformed into a monster, couldn't help but let out a scream filled with fear and awe!

That was an absolute reverence for the former monarch that came from the depths of one's soul!

"You...you weren't already completely annihilated, body and soul?!"

"I am indeed dead."

Zuo Qingcang's phantom slowly raised his head, his eyes, which seemed to see through eternity, fell on the monster, filled with endless sorrow and disappointment.

“But my will has always remained within this ‘Heavenly Axis’.”

"I am waiting, waiting for someone who can end all of this."

His gaze slowly turned to Su Chen, and for the first time, a hint of approval appeared in his majestic eyes.

"Junior, you are very good."

"He is more outstanding than me, more outstanding than any genius I have ever seen in my life."

Zuo Qingcang's voice became extremely solemn.

"This 'Heavenly Dao Axis' was already corrupted by the core of the 'Devouring One' before I perished. I used my last bit of strength to barely seal it off and left a 'Purification Lock' on it."

"This lock can only be opened by someone who has mastered the great Dao that transcends the existing Dao of this universe and created a completely new 'order'."

"I have waited for countless eons."

"Finally, I've been waiting for you."

The phantom of Zuo Qingcang stretched out its palm, composed of light and shadow, and gently touched Su Chen's brow.

"I will reveal the final method to unlock the 'Purification Lock,' along with all my insights into the 'Great Luo' realm..."

"This is for you!"

"Go, junior!"

"Fulfill my...unfulfilled last wish!"

"Let this sea of ​​stars, which we once loved so deeply..."

"Returning to...Qingming!"

boom--!!!!!!

A vast and boundless stream of primordial information, filled with the purest "Immortal Path" and "Emperor Path," surged wildly into Su Chen's sea of ​​consciousness like a bursting dam!

Su Chen felt as if his brain was about to be completely overwhelmed by this massive flow of information!

That was the complete legacy of a true "Great Golden Immortal" who once reigned supreme over an era!

It is the most profound and complete interpretation of the third ineffable realm!
The moment Su Chen received the immense inheritance from Emperor Zuo Qingcang, his entire worldview seemed to be overturned.

If his previous "Taiyi Heavenly Immortal" realm was an understanding and application of the "Dao," reaching the pinnacle of the second realm.

So, the insights that flooded his mind at this moment, belonging to the "Great Luo," taught him how to truly "become the Dao"!
The Great Luo is one who transcends time and space, and is eternally free!
Their "Tao" is no longer dependent on the laws of the universe, but has become part of the laws of the universe itself!

Even more so, one can, with a single thought, carve out one's own "Great Luo Heaven" in the chaos, creating entirely new and stable laws!
"So... this is the true face of the Third Realm!"

An unprecedented light of enlightenment shone in Su Chen's eyes!
Within his sea of ​​consciousness, the "Taiyi Daozun" began to rapidly evolve and transform under the impact of this Great Luo Enlightenment!
Meanwhile, outside, the monster that was transformed from the Linglong Golden Immortal had recovered from its initial shock!
Its tens of thousands of eyes simultaneously erupted with endless jealousy and madness!
"No--!!!!"

"Zuo Qingcang! You dead man! What right do you have to give him your inheritance?!"

"I am your subject! I am the rightful heir to the Heavenly Court!"

"I will kill you all! I will devour everything you have!"

The monster has completely gone berserk!
Its enormous body suddenly shrank inward, transforming into a constantly rotating and collapsing "filthy black hole"!
The black hole, emanating a terrifying suction force capable of devouring and assimilating everything, descended upon Su Chen and Zuo Qingcang, the fading phantoms of the Heavenly Emperor!
It wants to bury these two people, along with their heritage and will, completely!
"Hmph! A traitor dares to speak of inheritance?"

The illusory figure of Immortal Emperor Zuo Qingcang let out a disdainful snort.

His body, which was about to dissipate, suddenly erupted with the last and most dazzling imperial divine light!

"Immortal Decree - Heavenly Emperor's Seal!"

A massive jade seal, formed from pure immortal laws and inscribed with eight ancient divine characters that read "May you live forever and rule the heavenly way," emerged from the void!
With its supreme divine power to suppress all ages and judge all heavens, it slammed fiercely into that filthy black hole!

This was his last blow, the last one he left in the world!
boom--! ! ! !

The Heavenly Emperor's Seal collided violently with the murky black hole!
At this moment, the entire Heavenly Court Ruins were completely engulfed by dazzling white light and deep blackness!
Taking advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Su Chen suddenly rushed towards the core of the energy storm!
They charged toward the Heavenly Dao Axis, the source of everything, which was annihilating the Heavenly Emperor Seal!
His goal from the very beginning was not to defeat the monster.

Instead, we must wrest control of this universe from its grasp!
"Taiyi Dao Body, merge!"

With a roar, Su Chen's physical body, his immortal soul, and his Taiyi Dao Venerable merged into one at this moment!

It transformed into a pure, immortal, and eternal nine-colored stream of light!

He transformed himself into the "Great Dao of Taiyi" itself!
In the form of "Tao," it forcefully entered the ultimate showdown between the "Immortal Path" and the "Defiled Path"! (End of Chapter)