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

Chapter 99 Three Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperors

He glanced at the ancient temple that had fallen silent again, then looked towards the Immortal Realm, and finally turned his gaze to the boundless Boundary Sea, where crisis and opportunity coexisted.

He knew that his brief period of seclusion was over.

He needs more battles, more insights, and even more... to find that earth-shattering opportunity that might exist and break through the barrier of the Emperor Realm!

The nameless Quasi-Immortal Emperor used himself as a torch to illuminate the path ahead, and also ignited an even more raging war in his heart.

The Chaos Battle Immortal Lu Xuan will once again step into the Boundary Sea. This time, his goal will be the opportunity to break through realms that even the Immortal Emperor desires!
Meanwhile, within the Immortal Realm, the Golden Crow Heavenly Emperor Xihuang, seated in the Lingxiao Palace, also faintly sensed the abnormal fluctuations in the direction of the Sun Star and Lu Xuan's undisguised, soaring aura of supreme power. His gaze became increasingly profound and unfathomable.

The turbulent events within and outside the Immortal Realm, and the tragic epic of the imperial war in the Boundary Sea, are all interwoven into a more complex and magnificent epic scroll due to Lu Xuan's breakthrough and intervention.

A new journey has begun!
Twenty thousand years!
Twenty thousand springs and autumns have passed since the nameless Quasi-Immortal Emperor stepped into the depths of the Boundary Sea!
For the mortal world, this is a long epic of civilizational change and the rotation of stars.

For the Celestial King, it was also a long period of seclusion that could cause the world to change.

For the two figures still waging war in the Boundary Sea, this was a cruel torment that burned their own Great Dao, will, and origin to the extreme!
Their battlefield is no longer a simple matter of spatial movement, but has delved into the level of the root of laws and the context of spacetime.

They sometimes manifest in the ocean of the present world, shattering star fields and annihilating everything.

Sometimes it leaps into the raging, roaring River of Time, fiercely battling among the fragments of the past and future, attempting to sever the causal foundation of the other; other times it ventures into the Void Dimension, composed of pure laws of destruction, where every collision triggers a violent reaction between the most primordial existence and nothingness.

The nameless Quasi-Immortal Emperor's blue robe had long been eroded by darkness, becoming mottled and fragmented, like a candle flickering in the wind.

The tragic and resolute aura of annihilation surrounding him remained powerful, yet it could not conceal a weariness originating from the depths of his soul, and... a near-perfect brilliance.

Twenty thousand years of extreme conquest have pushed his "Nirvana Heavenly Art" to an unprecedented peak, transforming his longing and hatred for the Xuanhuang Great Realm into the most formidable weapon of attack. His Dao has been sublimated to its fullest extent in destruction, and has already touched a certain critical point.

As for the Azure Emperor, this ancient dark emperor, his condition was even more dire.

Its indistinct, dark body was covered with countless indelible wounds of annihilation, like a broken piece of porcelain that had been barely pieced back together, from which pure dark essence constantly dissipated.

Its proud, almost inexhaustible supply of dark origin was greatly diminished by the Nameless Quasi-Immortal Emperor's Path of Annihilation, which was highly targeted and also contained some characteristics of devouring and ending.

Its aura has weakened by nearly 30% compared to 20,000 years ago!
In that cold will, the initial arrogance and anger had long been replaced by a heavy solemnity and a trace of unbelievable fear.

It couldn't understand why this newly promoted Quasi-Immortal Emperor could hold out for so long.
Why is its Daoist aura so difficult to deal with, as if it was born to restrain and destroy these dark emperors?

The decisive battle broke out at the border of the Myriad Paths Origin Sea.

This is a legendary, mysterious region near the source of the laws of the universe. Here, the laws manifest, and countless traces float like tangible ribbons, yet they are filled with disorder and chaos. Ordinary immortal kings would be instantly torn apart by the chaotic laws upon arriving here.

Two figures, one gray and the other pitch black, crashed into the area!

"The Annihilation Heavenly Art - The Final Chapter of the Era!"

The nameless Quasi-Immortal Emperor unleashed the loudest roar since the start of the war!
He held nothing back, pouring all the power, insights, hatred, and obsession he had accumulated over 20,000 years into this single strike!
He held his hands in a gesture of embrace, as if embracing the entire era that was about to end. The strange phenomenon of the collapse of the Xuanhuang Great World behind him was clearer than ever before, with the phantoms of billions of living beings appearing in it. Their cries, their shouts, their unwillingness and their final prayers all turned into fuel, igniting this ultimate fire of annihilation!
A desolate torrent, indescribable in color and seemingly containing the meaning of the end of all colors, surged forth from his embrace!

Wherever this torrent passed, all traces retreated and dissolved as if they had encountered their nemesis. Even the chaotic laws of the Myriad Source Sea itself were forcibly smoothed out and returned to deathly silence!
This is the true power of annihilation, the final chapter that buries all glory, all existence, and all hope!
"Eternal Darkness and Silence—Devouring Heaven and Devouring the Dao!"

The Azure Emperor felt a deadly threat and let out a hysterical roar!

It ignited its most core Dark Emperor Source, and its blurry body instantly expanded, transforming into a dark behemoth that occupied most of the boundary of the Myriad Dao Source Sea!

The behemoth opened its enormous maw, which seemed capable of devouring the heavens, no longer merely to devour matter and energy, but to completely devour and digest the concept of the "Final Chapter of the Era" created by the nameless quasi-immortal emperor, along with all the laws, wills, and causality contained within it!
This is a head-on, unpretentious, ultimate clash between two paths to "end"!

"boom--------!!!!!!!"

An unprecedented and terrifying explosion has occurred! But the sound did not originate from the material realm; rather, it came from the lament of the very source of the Great Dao!
The boundary of the Myriad Origin Sea has been completely torn open, leaving a huge, unhealable gap!

Within the gap lies absolute nothingness and chaos, beyond even the perception of an Emperor-level divine sense!

At the center of the collision, all concepts—light, sound, time, space—lost their meaning, leaving only the purest "annihilation" and "darkness" annihilating each other!

This time, there was no stalemate!

After the intense light faded, the scene at the center of the battlefield was revealed—

The nameless Quasi-Immortal Emperor still stood there, but his green robe had almost completely turned gray, covered with spiderweb-like cracks, as if it would completely collapse at any moment.

The aura of annihilation surrounding him had dimmed to an extreme, and his aura flickered like a candle in the wind.

He paid an unimaginable price, burning almost everything he had.

The massive dark beast body of the Azure Emperor opposite him had already shattered!
It's no longer a simple injury, but a true, structural collapse!

The enormous beast body shattered into countless dark fragments burning with the remaining flames of annihilation, which were then scattered towards the gap in the "Ten Thousand Paths Origin Sea" below and the surrounding void of the Boundary Sea!

Each fragment contains chilling dark laws, but it has lost the unified will to govern it.

Only the very core piece, roughly one-tenth the size of the original dark crystal, barely maintained the Azure Emperor's extremely weak consciousness, emitting mental fluctuations of resentment, venom, and a hint of fear:

"Annihilation...you...destroyed my imperial body...this grudge...will be avenged..."

It lost!
In the brutal imperial war that lasted for 20,000 years, it was defeated head-on by this newly promoted nameless quasi-immortal emperor in a tragic manner that was almost mutually assured destruction!
His imperial body shattered, his very essence was severely damaged, and his consciousness was on the verge of dissipation!

On the nameless Quasi-Immortal Emperor's hazy face, there seemed to be no joy, only a void and tranquility after exhausting everything.

He slowly raised his almost immobile fingers, aiming at the dark core that was trying to escape, intending to deliver the final blow and completely obliterate it.

However, just as the Daoist aura at his fingertips was about to rekindle—

"Buzz!" "Buzz!" "Buzz!"

From the deepest part of the Boundary Sea, from that eternal source of darkness, three even more profound, ancient, and terrifying Emperor-level will fluctuations suddenly emanated! Like a ferocious beast that had slumbered for countless ages, awakened by the crushing defeat and dying cries of its kind, it cast a cold gaze upon them!
None of these three wills are inferior to the Azure Emperor at his peak!

They did not attack immediately, but the invisible pressure, like three invisible ancient divine mountains, crashed down on the heart of the nameless quasi-immortal emperor, causing his finger, which was about to be pointed, to pause!
He understood that if he insisted on completely destroying the last core of the Azure Emperor, it would inevitably attract the thunderous attacks of those three beings of the same level!

In his current state of utter exhaustion, there is absolutely no way he can put up a fight!

Is it better to risk complete annihilation and utterly destroy a formidable enemy, or to preserve this remaining body for the future?

The wisp of annihilation Dao aura flickered uncertainly at the fingertips of the nameless Quasi-Immortal Emperor, and finally, it slowly faded away.

He glanced deeply at the direction from which the three wills came, then looked at the Azure Emperor's core that was fleeing in panic toward the source of darkness, and let out a soft sigh that seemed to contain the vicissitudes of eternity and endless regret.

He didn't choose to kill them completely, not because he couldn't, but because... he couldn't bear the cost.

He still has an unfinished mission, and he needs to preserve a glimmer of hope for those who come after him.

He didn't linger any longer. Dragging his nearly shattered imperial body, he transformed into a dim gray streak of light, struggling to tear through the void as he fled towards the direction beyond the Boundary Sea.

He needed to find a place as soon as possible to stabilize his injuries; otherwise, even if he wasn't pursued by the Dark Emperor, his broken imperial body and Dao Fruit could collapse on their own at any time.

Within the Boundary Sea, the terrifying fluctuations of the imperial war that had lasted for twenty thousand years finally... gradually subsided.

Countless Celestial Kings and Giants who had been watching from afar were utterly shocked by this final result!
That mysterious, annihilated quasi-immortal emperor actually... won?!

He defeated an ancient dark emperor head-on, nearly shattering his imperial body!

Although they failed to completely kill the enemy and allowed the core to escape, this is still an unprecedented and earth-shattering achievement!

"...We won?!"

"The Azure Emperor has been defeated and fled! His imperial body has shattered! What incredible power this is!"

"The source of darkness... is not invincible!"

"Quickly! Spread the message to all sectors!"

After a brief period of deathly silence, a boiling uproar and commotion swept across the entire Boundary Sea!
Countless divine thoughts exchanged wildly, filled with excitement, disbelief, and supreme awe for that nameless quasi-immortal emperor!

The outcome of this battle was like a ray of light piercing through the eternal night; though faint, it truly shone into the hearts of all living beings who resisted the darkness!

It proves that even the Dark Emperor has enemies!
Meanwhile, in the Immortal Realm, on the outskirts of the Sun Star, Lu Xuan, who had just finished a brief period of rest and was preparing to step into the Boundary Sea again, clearly sensed the final subsidence of the Emperor War's fluctuations, as well as the dim yet resolute aura of annihilation that was fleeing towards the outside of the Boundary Sea.

He stopped and looked in the direction of the streak of light, letting out a long sigh of relief, which was then replaced by a deeper sense of urgency.

"We won... but it was a Pyrrhic victory."

He could sense the nameless Quasi-Immortal Emperor's aura, which was like a candle flame about to be extinguished.

"We must find a way to help him recover as soon as possible, or one that will allow me to break through to a higher level!"

He knew that the source of darkness would not give up after this defeat.

The next storm will surely be even more violent. The precious time that the nameless Quasi-Immortal Emperor has gained must not be wasted.

With a firm gaze, he no longer hesitated, took a step forward, and once again plunged headlong into the vast, boundless, and perilous Boundary Sea.

His goal is to find that ultimate opportunity, which may exist somewhere in the Boundary Sea and is related to the Emperor Realm and breaking the deadlock!
The border sea has temporarily returned to a state of apparent calm due to the outcome of this battle.

But beneath the surface, an even more turbulent restlessness and brewing tension are brewing.

A turning point in history seems to have arrived. And Lu Xuan, this newly crowned supreme tycoon, will continue to write his own legend on this magnificent stage.

Just as the myriad realms were abuzz with the Pyrrhic victory of the Annihilation Emperor, and countless Immortal Kings were filled with fervor, believing that darkness was not invincible, a ray of dawn seemed to finally pierce the eternal night—

"boom!!!!!!"

"boom!!!!!!"

In the deepest part of the Boundary Sea, the dark source that had temporarily returned to silence after the defeat and escape of the Azure Emperor suddenly erupted again with two supreme pressures that pierced through all the heavens and surpassed all the paths!

These three imperial mights were vast and boundless, chilling to the bone, carrying the same destructive aura as the Azure Emperor, yet each possessing its own unique characteristics. They were like colossal beasts that had slumbered for millennia, now fully awakened at the same time!

Their power is in no way inferior to that of the Azure Emperor at his peak, and one of them is even more ancient and obscure, while the other is even more violent and intense!
Three dark imperial mights, like an invisible tsunami, spread wildly from the deepest part of the Boundary Sea towards all the heavens and myriad realms!

Wherever it passed, the celestial kings from all realms who had just been cheering for victory and exchanging messages suddenly fell silent, as if their throats had been choked!

The flame of hope that had just been ignited by the victory of the nameless Quasi-Immortal Emperor flickered violently under the impact of these two undisguised, malicious, and overwhelming imperial mights, as if it would be completely extinguished in the next second!
"Wha...what?!"

"There are more?! And... there are three of them?!"

"Three beings at the same level as the Azure Emperor have appeared at once!"

"It's over... The Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperor is already on the verge of death, how can he possibly fight against two Dark Emperors at their peak?!"

Panic, an unprecedented panic, like the deadliest plague, instantly swept through the hearts of all living beings who sensed this oppressive force.

The initial excitement and courage seemed so pale and laughable in the face of such an absolute disparity in strength.

It took a Dark Emperor 20,000 years of bitter fighting and burning everything to achieve a Pyrrhic victory.

Now, three beings of the same level at their peak have appeared simultaneously. This is no longer a war, but... a declaration of despair!

(End of this chapter)