Perfection: The Eastern Emperor Bell manifests, I am the Golden Crow Heavenly Emperor

Chapter 118 Transformation into Emperor
Lu Xuan's will transformed into the purest flames of war, burning away all his past understanding of the Great Dao. He poured the inclusiveness of chaos, the sharpness of the War Immortal, the end of annihilation, and even the heat of the Golden Crow bloodline into these flames to forge and purify them.

The nameless remnants of spirits transformed into the coldest winds of annihilation, blowing through the raging flames of war, helping to remove the last trace of impurity, cooling and shaping the essence forged in the fire, and endowing it with an eternal quality that is unchanging through the ages and cannot be erased even by the passing of an era.

This process is like creating the world from nothingness, or like giving birth to new life from annihilation.

It is extremely dangerous. The slightest mistake could lead to the complete collapse of one's Dao Fruit and the annihilation of one's will by the backlash of one's own power.

Lu Xuan could feel the terrifying pressure emanating from the eggshell, as if the weight of the heavens were crushing him, and the weakness of his own essence being rapidly drained and on the verge of depletion.

But his mind was as firm as iron, and he remained unmoved.

Everything from the past—the conquests of the Emperor's Fall era, the bloody battles deep within the Boundary Sea, the near-death experiences under the palm of the Azure Emperor, the silent rebirth after hundreds of thousands of years, the tragic will of the Nameless Emperor, the hopes of the Golden Crow Clan, and the survival of all beings in the Immortal Realm—has now become the most fervent fuel, injected into this final transformation.

"Click..."

After an unknown amount of time, a barely perceptible cracking sound, yet seemingly echoing deep within the very core of Lu Xuan's soul, quietly rang out.

A fine crack appeared on the eggshell formed by the condensation of the three Dao principles of Chaos, Battle Intent, and Annihilation.

Within the crack, there was no dazzling light, no overwhelming power, only a wisp of gray, seemingly all-encompassing yet capable of ending everything, primordial energy quietly seeping out.

The instant this energy flow appeared, the laws of heaven and earth of the entire Golden Crow Ancestral Palace—no, the entire Golden Crow Ancestral Land and even more distant regions—experienced a momentary, subtle shift and resonance! It was as if something transcending the existing Great Dao system was about to be born!

Outside the hall, Yang Shuo, who was guiding a fugitive immortal king to "Wanqing Cliff" according to instructions, suddenly stopped and turned around in horror to look in the direction of the ancestral hall.

The true fire of the sun within his body, which had been personally guided by Lu Xuan and fused with a trace of the Dao of Annihilation, uncontrollably bowed slightly, as if paying homage to a king about to awaken!
The severely injured Frost Soul Immortal King, whom he had guided, trembled in his soul, feeling an indescribable, invisible pressure originating from the level of life flash by, almost causing his already fragile Dao heart to collapse.

At the same time, Yan Huang, who was holding the Insight-Dispelling Talisman and secretly lurking on the outskirts of a location with "abnormal energy fluctuations," suddenly clutched his chest.

He felt his fighting spirit and bloodline boiling and shouting, as if they were about to burst out of his body and rush towards the ancestral temple!

He forcibly suppressed the tremor in his heart, but his eyes became even sharper as he fixed his gaze on the target—the seemingly abandoned ancient altar located deep in the southwestern desert of the Immortal Realm. From its underground, strange fluctuations were faintly emanating from it, resonating with the dark aura of the Boundary Sea, and extremely subtle divine senses were moving in and out of the place!
"It's almost over... Lu Huang is about to succeed..."

Yan Huang was excited, but he dared not be careless. He pushed the monitoring function of the Insight Talisman to its limit, recording all suspicious traces.

Inside the Hall of Wisdom and Light, the light before the Ancient Immortal King of Burning Lamp suddenly shone brightly the instant the eggshell cracked, briefly dispelling the gloom that had recently settled from observing the Dark Sacrifice!

In the lamplight, the blurry yet chilling transformation of Lu Xuan's secluded cultivation spot was reflected, as well as the more active energy reactions at several abnormal points in various parts of the Immortal Realm.

"It's coming... the final transformation..."

Ran Deng muttered to himself, his withered hands trembling slightly, whether from excitement or nervousness, it was hard to tell.

He immediately transmitted the latest observations—the accelerated rotation of the Eternal Dark Vortex in the Boundary Sea and the suspected gathering of more phantoms of the Ancient Temple of Guidance in the Boundary Sea region closer to the Immortal Realm—to the Golden Crow Ancestral Hall with the highest level of encryption, even though he knew Lu Xuan might not have time to pay attention at the moment.

At the edge of the Boundary Sea, the Butcher, who was on a fishing mission, had just crushed a patrol of dark behemoths with lightning speed. Suddenly sensing something, he shouldered his blood-dripping giant blade and looked towards the Immortal Realm, a hint of doubt and anticipation appearing on his ferocious face. "Huh? This chilling aura... what big commotion has Lu Xuan stirred up?"

He flicked the black blood off his knife, licked his lips, and stared even more fiercely into the churning darkness deep within the Boundary Sea.

"Who cares? I'll just chop up a few more animals and give them to him as a congratulatory gift!"

Within the Immortal Realm, the chaos caused by the influx of fleeing Immortal Kings continues, panic is spreading, and rumors are rampant.

The location where Aoki, Liyue, Xuangang, and others were secretly meeting them was under increasing pressure, with spying and probing conflicts from unknown forces beginning to emerge.

The energy fluctuations at those "anomalies" became more frequent and intense, as if echoing the dark tides deep within the Boundary Sea, or as if waiting for a "signal" from within the Immortal Realm.

Everything seemed to be a bowstring stretched to its limit.

Inside the Golden Crow Ancestral Hall, the cracks on the eggshell were spreading more and more slowly but steadily, like a spider web.

The hazy, primordial airflow grew increasingly dense, gradually filling the entire interior of the eggshell.

Lu Xuan's will and the nameless remnant spirit completely merged and became inseparable in this airflow.

Their memories, insights, principles, and even their final obsessions have all become part of this new, hazy current of air.

A completely new and unprecedented "existence" is being conceived.

It is no longer just chaos, not just war immortals, not just annihilation, but a kind of primordial truth that the ultimate fusion of the three points to.

Lu Xuan could even vaguely "see" that deep within the hazy air currents, a nascent Dao Fruit, indescribable in color and shape, was slowly condensing. It seemed to be the beginning of everything, and also the end of everything.

Success is within reach!
However, at this most crucial moment—

"Boom!!!"

It didn't come from inside the ancestral hall, but from outside the Immortal Realm!

From the direction of the border sea!
A deafening roar, far more terrifying than any previous upheaval, as if the very foundation of the universe itself was shaking, mixed with the mournful cries of countless worlds instantly shattering and the eerie fluctuations of the dark matter's violent cheers, pierced through the many barriers of the Immortal Realm and slammed into the minds of all living beings!

The lamp of wisdom before the lamp flickered wildly, almost going out!

His face turned deathly pale instantly, and he strained to send out a message filled with extreme shock and warning:
"The Eternal Dark Vortex has erupted! Coordinates: The original site of the Xunfeng Great Realm! A colossal 'Ancient Hall of Guidance' has been detected...transforming from illusion to reality! There is...there is the aura of the Dark Emperor's true form...imminent arrival!!!"

Almost simultaneously, a towering pillar of black light erupted from the ancient altar in the southwestern desert that Yan Huang was monitoring!

(End of this chapter)