Chapter 296: Chapter 166: New Ability of the Book of Space-Time
They had dominated their eras and witnessed countless grand spectacles.
And yet, the scene unfolding before them shook them to the core.
With a single punch, all things fell into Silent Extinction!
Even Heaven itself could not withstand it; its body exploded into pieces!
’Just what level of power has this Celestial Destiny Emperor reached?!’
They could sense that the punch contained almost pure Physical Power, devoid of any Law.
Yet, before this power, it seemed as if any Law was as fragile as paper.
It was a level of power they simply could not comprehend!
RUMBLE!
Just then, the heavens shook with a thunderous, violent tremor.
A massive Thunderbolt struck down, once again forming into a defiant-looking youth clad in Battle Armor.
The fury in his eyes was almost impossible to conceal.
However, before he could even utter a sound...
RUMBLE!
Another deafening sound echoed from the Void, the Celestial Sound reverberating through the air!
Another punch shot forth.
The body of this realm’s Heaven once again exploded into countless particles of lightning, scattering in all directions before fading into the Void.
It reformed, only to be smashed apart again!
In the span of a few breaths, the body of this realm’s Heaven was shattered over a hundred times!
The Immortal Emperors were utterly stunned.
’This... This Celestial Destiny Emperor is just too savage!’
’He’s not even giving Heaven a chance to reform its body.’
RUMMMBLE—
This realm’s Heaven stopped trying to reform its body.
As Heaven and Earth trembled, a vast, desolate Celestial Sound echoed.
"You can only destroy my thunderous form; you cannot truly harm me. Even if your power is strong enough to shatter endless Laws, so what? I can feel your lifeblood spiraling out of control. Your physical body is about to collapse."
"You are about to die!"
Although the Celestial Sound was calm, anyone could hear the fury simmering within it!
"Excellent, Celestial Father! After he is dead, we hope you will grant the two of us immortality!"
The Blood Sea Ancestor knocked back Kong Xuansheng’s chessboard with a single strike and laughed heartily.
Yuan Chongtian, who was locked in a frenzied battle with Xuan Mi, glanced at the heavens, a faint glimmer of anticipation in his eyes.
He and the Blood Sea Ancestor were both beings who had lived for a million years.
It wasn’t because they were particularly special, but because they had relied on the Invincible Road.
Without Heaven’s aid, they would have likely been annihilated the moment the Invincible Road vanished!
Who would choose death if they could live?!
The longer one lives, the more one craves immortality!
Otherwise, he would have never deigned to associate with the likes of the Blood Sea Ancestor!
The voice of this realm’s Heaven echoed once more.
"I have already found the perfect vessel. You are all useless to me now. It is time you returned what I gave you!"
The moment the words fell, RUMMMBLE—
Countless leagues of the void trembled, and an endless divine radiance suddenly descended.
In that instant, all the Immortal Emperors’ bodies jolted violently.
The True Forms that had evolved from the Spirit Roots within their bodies began to vibrate violently.
The power they had painstakingly accumulated over tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of years began to vanish, as if returning to Heaven and Earth.
"What’s happening? My power!"
"Ah, no! Why?! This is impossible!"
"Heaven wants to kill us! He’s taking away our power!"
The Immortal Emperors cried out one after another in horror.
The first and most affected were the two Immortal Emperors with the highest cultivation Realms: the Blood Sea Ancestor and Yuan Chongtian.
The Blood Sea formed from the Blood Sea Ancestor’s True Form wavered unceasingly, shrinking smaller and smaller.
The Star that was Yuan Chongtian’s True Form—a form which contained an entire world—also seemed to be entering Silent Extinction!
’This is...’
A piercing divine light emanated from Wang Xiao’s body, and his eyes shifted slightly.
’He had long known that the Spirit Roots of this realm’s beings originated from shattered, incomplete fragments of cosmic law.’
’That’s why people in this world who possessed Spirit Roots had such a high starting point, able to rival Tier Four Life forms almost as soon as they began their Cultivation.’
’It seemed this was all deliberately orchestrated by this realm’s Heaven!’
’Now that this realm’s Heaven was reclaiming the Spirit Roots from these Cultivators, it was tantamount to stripping them of their entire Cultivation.’
’After all, the Cultivation of this realm’s beings was almost entirely derived from their Spirit Roots.’
’Every gift from Destiny has a price secretly marked upon it.’
Wang Xiao sighed internally but remained completely unmoved.
His Divine Thought surged like a tide, and both his Inner World and Purple Mansion began to rumble and quake.
However, he made no move.
He was waiting for the perfect opportunity to entomb Heaven.
This opportunity would only come once. If he missed it, there would not be another!
"Sect Leader, our power is being completely stripped away! What do we do?!"
Taiyi Dao’s Saint Son and Saintess, Ye Wanzhou and An Ruosu, felt the power draining rapidly from their bodies, and terror filled their eyes.
Among all the Immortal Emperors, they were the weakest, and thus were ironically the least affected.
The black locks of Mu Tiange’s hair began to turn white.
The ravages of time carved new lines upon his brow.
His expression remained unchanged, and his tone was as it always was, exuding an ageless calm.
"This power was His to begin with. It is only natural that He would take it back..."
He fell silent for a moment.
Then he continued, "However, there are some things He can never take away."
"He can have my Cultivation. But I have a blade strike of my own to gift Him in return!"
As he spoke, Mu Tiange stood tall, and an aura of time that soared to the heavens suddenly erupted from him.
The Spirit Root was merely the foundation of one’s cultivation.
After so many years of practice, it was naturally impossible to strip a Cultivator of their Cultivation entirely!
Not even Heaven could do that.
"Sect Leader, we will help you!"
An Ruosu and Ye Wanzhou understood Mu Tiange’s meaning.
A surging, tide-like Dao Charm suddenly erupted from the pair.
Time and Space converged into a great river that plunged violently into Mu Tiange’s body.
An Ruosu and Ye Wanzhou, however, seemed to have been drained dry in an instant, aging considerably in the blink of an eye.
STEP!
Mu Tiange took a single step. Beneath his feet, a great river formed of the ages seemed to appear, propelling him ever forward.
