In the nine heavens.
The celestial source, as vast as the sun, shone brightly throughout the three realms. Its surface was covered with red veins, making it appear as if it were the heart of a primordial god.
It is indeed the heart, because the existence of the Immortal Source is related to the life and death of countless martial artists!
Beneath that celestial source, a graceful figure sat cross-legged, quiet and lonely, like a sculpture.
It was none other than the Spirit Emperor!
Back then, this was the task of other emperors, and the Spirit Emperor would occasionally come to cause trouble and make sarcastic remarks.
Today, however, it is she who is in charge of this place, guarding the Immortal Source. Even if she doesn't want to, even if she is unwilling, the Heavenly Emperor has no choice but to come at his command.
What is the Immortal Source? It is the lifeblood of the Three Realms! It holds the lifeblood of all the fundamental Dao powerhouses in the Three Realms!
How many people have escaped the Immortal Source?
Very few! You could count them on one hand!
In the past, the emperors conspired together to appoint the God of Forging to create and forge the Immortal Source, not to strengthen or develop the Three Realms, but to control all the original Dao martial artists under heaven and trap them all in the emperor's urn.
Basically, those of the sixth rank and above are under the control of the Immortal Source.
Even though the celestial realm has fallen and is no longer suitable for living beings, there are still countless beings in the remaining earthly and human realms who cultivate the primordial path, and those who have reached the sixth rank or above number in the millions! Tens of millions!
So many martial artists, their paths to enlightenment, their life and death, all depend on the emperor's single thought.
For this reason, deep down, the Spirit Emperor was unwilling to guard this place.
Guarding the Immortal Source sounds nice, but in reality, it's to prevent the original martial artists of the Three Realms from destroying the Immortal Source, severing the control of the Great Dao, breaking free from the Immortal Source's shackles, and escaping the Emperor's control.
This is not about guarding the territory; it's about extinguishing the hopes of the martial artists who are the origin of the Three Realms!
"I've finally become the kind of person I hate the most..."
A bitter murmur arose in the Spirit Emperor's heart.
The Spirit Emperor guarded this place, his eyes cold and indifferent, his face showing no emotion whatsoever.
Even if she felt bitter inside, she wouldn't show it on her face.
Even if one learns of all sorts of earth-shattering news through their own clone, it's still the same.
Let alone sending her true form to attack the infiltrated human heroes, she would even be happy for Fang Ping, Zhen Tianwang, Cang Mao, and the others to kill the emperors and disrupt the Origin Land!
What need is there for these corrupt emperors to exist?
Yet I am also one of those corrupt and dark rulers… Ha, how ironic…
The Spirit Emperor pursed her lips and closed her eyes. Her guarding of the Immortal Source destined her to be an enemy of the Three Realms.
But she had to obey the Heavenly Emperor's orders!
"Ling, guard the Immortal Source well!" Suddenly, the Heavenly Emperor's voice echoed beside the Spirit Emperor's true form.
"Hmm," the Spirit Emperor responded softly, without even opening his eyes.
The Heavenly Emperor seemed to be able to see the Spirit Emperor's expression, so he lowered his voice and solemnly said:
“Ling, don’t be dismissive! Cao Ya’s goal might be the Immortal Source! Fang Ping, Zhen, and Zao are just using this as a smokescreen to draw our attention.”
The Emperor nodded slightly.
In fact, that's what she thought too.
After all, countless martial artists in the human realm are controlled by the Immortal Source. At this time of great change in the world, how could Dao Ancestor Cao Ya tolerate such a major fatal flaw on his side, allowing the Heavenly Emperor and the emperors to manipulate him?!
Putting myself in her shoes, if she were Cao Ya Daozu, she would definitely rack her brains to destroy the Immortal Source and break free from the control of the Great Dao!
Although the Spirit Emperor longed for Dao Ancestor Cao Ya to destroy the Immortal Source, she had to defend this place seriously for the sake of the Heavenly Emperor's trust. Even if someone came, she would not show any mercy, and if they got close, she would take decisive action to prevent anyone from getting closer!
Otherwise, if the Heavenly Emperor becomes suspicious of her, how can she cut off the Heavenly Emperor's biggest trump card?
"Ling, you don't need to be under too much pressure. If Cao Ya appears, I will take action." The Heavenly Emperor comforted her at the end, and then fell silent.
The Emperor's lips twitched slightly, but he still did not answer.
In fact, she would rather the Heavenly Emperor not take action!
But she also understood that it was impossible!
The Heavenly Emperor has invested too much and schemed too much in Immortal Source. No matter who it is, if they want to make a move against Immortal Source, they will anger the Heavenly Emperor, causing this number one powerhouse in the Three Realms to directly take action and launch an attack in anger!
Although Cao Ya Daozu was strong, in the eyes of the Spirit Emperor, he was at most comparable to a Yang God, and was inferior to the Heavenly Emperor.
Moreover, the Heavenly Emperor's trump card is utterly despair-inducing...
The Spirit Emperor sat cross-legged beneath the Immortal Source, bathed in a bright, seemingly scorching light. Yet, within his heart lay boundless coldness.
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On the other side, within the sixth level of the source land.
Seeing a group of people come down, the Beast King roared, and at that moment, he felt a sense of impending doom.
"Damn it!" the Beast King cursed under his breath, completely disregarding everything else. With a thought, a piece of black soil entered his body from the sixth level of heaven with a loud boom.
That is his attainment of enlightenment!
Rumble...
In an instant, the Beast King's blood and energy surged, transforming into a giant dragon with its whiskers flying, its claws ferocious, its horns piercing the void, and its eyes enormous, like the sun and moon.
The Beast King, the only demon beast king in the world, the number one dragon in the world!
Upon witnessing the Southern Emperor's death, the Beast Emperor immediately went all out.
He also sensed the movements of the God Emperor, the Fighting Emperor, and the Eastern Emperor. If he could hold out for a little while, the three peak emperors would arrive, and the situation would reverse. The human heroes in front of him would fall into an absolute disadvantage, just like him at this moment, on the verge of death.
Just hold on a little longer...
The Beast King gritted his teeth and let out a dragon roar that shook the heavens and earth.
"It's so noisy." Fang Ping picked at his ear and slashed out with his knife.
“Kill the Beast King! He is the number one dragon in the world, and everything on his body is a treasure! How can that poor bastard Nanhuang compare to the Beast King?” Zhang Tao’s eyes burned with fervor.
To be precise, everyone's eyes were filled with intense longing.
The Southern Emperor's combat strength may be slightly stronger than that of the Beast Emperor, but if judged from the perspective of rarity and value, the Southern Emperor is not even a fraction of the Beast Emperor's strength!
The dragon's entire body is full of treasures!
The heroes grinned maliciously and launched their attacks, surrounding and killing the Beast King.
The Beast Emperor noticed the movements of the God Emperor, the Fighting Emperor, and the Eastern Emperor, and they naturally noticed as well.
"Killing the Beast King will be a huge success. Let's flee far away before those three arrive!" the King of Town shouted.
“Cao Ya Daozu is watching, what are you afraid of!” Fang Ping shouted, this was intentional, to make the emperors wary.
In fact, Cao Ya was unaware of their actions.
But Fang Ping and the others knew this, while the emperors did not!
For example, the Beast King's face turned extremely ugly after hearing these words.
"You want me to die? Dream on! All the demons and beasts of the world, bless me!" the Beast King roared.
The void twisted and contorted, and within the Three Realms, countless demonic beasts suddenly weakened; their power was actually dissipating!
The lost power traveled along a mysterious passage, through the void, and flowed into the Beast King's body.
Boom!!!
The Beast King's aura was growing stronger and stronger!
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