Back on Earth, I am the only cultivator.

"Hehehe... After countless eons, the barrier of this world has finally shattered..."

"The laws of deliciousness, vibrant life... I smell the scent of paradise..."

A deep, hoarse, eerie roar, seemingly composed of countless vengeful spirits, came from the depths of that enormous hole.

Immediately afterwards, hundreds of millions of scarlet eyes lit up in that dark abyss!

"What...is that?!"

A former general of the Immortal Emperor, who had just survived the great battle, looked at the dark, surging tide with a grim expression.

"Big brother! Be careful! It's an extraterrestrial demon!"

Xiaoya gasped in shock, a look of panic appearing on her stunningly beautiful face for the first time.

Her silver hair danced wildly, and her hands moved rapidly, forming hand seals as she tried to mobilize the newly restored Heavenly Laws to plug the hole.

However, she had just absorbed the source when her body trembled violently, and she suddenly spat out a mouthful of divine blood.

"No... the boundary barrier is too damaged, and it just went through a great battle; the laws of the universe here are all in chaos! I can't activate the boundary barrier's defensive formation at all!"

Xiaoya's bloodshot eyes were filled with anxiety.

"Xiaoya, step back!"

Wu Fan caught her.

Before they could react, hundreds of millions of extraterrestrial demons surged out of the dark hole like a black tsunami!

They have no fixed shape; some are as menacing as small mountains, while others are like black mist. Wherever they pass, starlight dims, and galaxies are reduced to a deathly gray dust.

"Kill! Defend against the enemy! Protect the Heavenly Dao!"

The Purple Cloud Immortal King's eyes were bloodshot as he roared as if in a madman.

His entire body crackled with lightning, transforming into a raging dragon ten thousand feet long. Leading the remaining hundreds of thousands of his old troops, he fearlessly charged towards the celestial demon torrent.

"Boom!"

A brutal and bloody battle erupted at that moment.

However, this was a war that was fundamentally unequal.

There were simply too many demons, and they seemed to be born to counter the laws of this world. When the Celestial King's powerful spells struck them, they were simply bitten and swallowed by the demons with their gaping maws.

"What! My soul! My laws have been devoured by them!"

Screams echoed throughout the room.

The defensive line was pushed back step by step by the Heavenly Demon's offensive, and countless loyal cultivators were swallowed up by the black tide in despair, turning into gray dust.

"Heavenly Evolution Slaying Immortals, Chaos Annihilation! Get back here, you Emperor!"

Wu Fan roared, and his natal immortal sword instantly transformed into a gigantic 100,000-zhang-long sword, spanning the starry river and sweeping out with chaotic sword energy capable of destroying everything.

"boom!"

Wherever the chaotic sword light passed, millions of celestial demons turned to ashes in an instant.

However, before the sword light dissipated, millions of celestial demons screamed and surged out of the huge hole, seemingly endless.

"Huff... huff..."

Wu Fan stood in the starry sky, his chest heaving violently.

Although he possessed immense combat power, he had just experienced a life-or-death battle with Yan, and his magical power was already greatly depleted. Now, in this starry sky polluted by the Heavenly Demon and unable to replenish spiritual energy, the magical power within his body was drying up at an alarming rate.

"Hehehe, you're nothing but a mere Immortal Emperor. Obediently become our nourishment!"

Within the black tide, several gigantic demons, exuding an aura comparable to the peak of the Immortal King, sneered and opened their claws that blotted out the sky, closing in on Wu Fan.

"Your Majesty... your magical power is almost exhausted."

Zixiao Immortal King cleaved the Heavenly Demon in front of him with a single slash, then turned to look at Wu Fan's slightly weakened back, his eyes instantly reddening.

Beside him, several surviving Celestial Kings and patriarchs of ancient sects were covered in blood and looked miserable.

"Is our home going to be destroyed like this?"

An old sect patriarch with white hair laughed bitterly. Half of his body had been bitten to pieces by the Heavenly Demon, and his life force was rapidly fading away.

"No!"

The Purple Cloud Immortal King took a deep breath, and two resolute flames suddenly burst forth from his eyes.

He looked at Wu Fan's black figure, who, even with his magic power depleted, stood firmly at the forefront, and said in a resolute voice:

"Your Majesty has been willing to shed blood for this great world."

"What is there left for us, these crippled bodies who have eked out a living for countless years, to cherish?"

The surrounding immortal kings and ancestors were all shocked. Then, the despair on their faces gradually disappeared, replaced by a resolute look that seemed to have seen through life and death.

"Fellow Daoist Zixiao, do you mean...?"

"With our broken bodies, we offer sacrifices to the Heavenly Dao! With the fruits of our life's cultivation, we send the Emperor to the position of Dao Master!"

The Purple Cloud Immortal King laughed loudly, his laughter filled with the poignant sorrow of a hero in his twilight years.

"Hahaha! What a brilliant plan to send an emperor into the Dao realm!"

The one-armed sect patriarch wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and laughed wildly:

"I have cultivated for three million years, and to be able to pave the way for the Emperor before my death—my life has not been in vain!"

"Count me in! All immortals will be ablaze, and the Heavenly Demons will meet their end!"

"We, your humble servants... are willing to guide Your Majesty!"

In an instant, hundreds of thousands of surviving former subordinates, immortal kings from all the heavens and myriad worlds, and patriarchs from various sects knelt down in the void, facing Wu Fan's back.

Wu Fan seemed to sense something amiss behind him, and abruptly turned his head, his pupils suddenly contracting:

"Zixiao! What are you doing?! Stop right now!"

"His Majesty!"

The Purple Cloud Immortal King looked up, a relieved smile on his face:

"To see Your Majesty return to your former glory, I have no regrets. The future of this world is now in Your Majesty's and Lady Xiaoya's hands!"

"This is an order! I command you to stop! Do you hear me?!"

Wu Fan roared, tears streaming down his face. He desperately tried to rush forward to stop them, but was held back by the endless demons before him.

"Your Majesty, may you rest in peace!"

With a loud shout, a blinding golden flame suddenly rose from his Niwan Palace.

That was no ordinary primordial fire; rather, it was the result of him burning his true spirit and igniting the laws of heaven and earth that he had comprehended throughout his life!

"boom!"

Then came the second, the third, the tenth...

"All immortals are ablaze, heaven and earth shall hear! We voluntarily offer our Dao fruits to aid the Emperor in attaining the Dao!"

At this moment, hundreds of thousands of cultivators transformed into dazzling pillars of light.

Their physical bodies dissolved in the light, their souls transformed into the purest energy in the void, and the brilliant Dao Fruits, which condensed their life's cultivation, slowly rose in the pillar of light.

"Your Majesty! Slaughter them all!"

"Avenge us!"

That tragic roar pierced through the demon's eerie cries and echoed throughout the desolate starry sky.

As Xiaoya watched that scene, tears streamed uncontrollably down her reddened eyes, her voice trembling:

"Big brother...they used their true spirits to cleanse the demonic energy, transforming it into unclaimed primordial Dao fruits...don't let them die in vain!"

"Aaaaaah!!! Heavenly Demons!!! I, the Emperor, will tear you to pieces!!!"

Wu Fan let out a heart-wrenching roar, his eyes turning blood red.

In the void where countless cultivators had vanished, those Dao Fruits, shining like stars, were connected end to end under the guidance of the remaining will of the Purple Cloud Immortal King. They actually transformed into a vast and boundless golden galaxy woven from the lives of hundreds of thousands of immortals in the dark universe!

"Boom!"

The golden galaxy, carrying the last hopes and power of the immortals, roared and poured into Wu Fan's body!