In contrast, Jiang Chengye, his face contorted with rage, continued to shrink in size, and in his struggles, he inevitably fell into the grasp of the golden hand.
He roared and resisted, his body constantly bursting with brilliant starlight.
What everyone found comical was that the stellar energy storms that could have easily destroyed any martial artist present were now, under the cover of that enormous hand, like fireworks set off during the Lunar New Year, barely making a ripple except for their dazzling colors.
laugh!
As the all-encompassing hand completely closed, Jiang Chengye's figure vanished, and the world fell into a deathly silence, devoid of any further sound.
Shen Qian released his grip, and as Jiang Chengye fell, everyone's vision blurred, and Shen Qian, whose figure had returned to its normal height, stood quietly atop Yaochi Palace.
The tranquil Jade Pool and the dilapidated palace seemed unchanged from before.
If it weren't for the clear sight of Jiang Chengye's broken figure lying on the ground, the dazed crowd would almost have thought that everything just now was just their own illusion.
"This...is it over?"
Zhao Keyi suddenly came to his senses and murmured in disbelief.
That's Jiang Chengye, who's almost as powerful as King Wu!
Throughout the entire process, Shen Qian, who was suspected to be the Heavenly Emperor, only made one move, which directly quelled everything.
"An Emperor-level expert..."
Lin Sanmo's eyes were frighteningly bright, and he only uttered four words in a low voice.
After a brief silence, Shen Qian, who was still standing on Yaochi Palace, reached out and sent a jet-black heart flying out from Jiang Chengye's broken body.
The heart pounded faster and faster, as if resisting something, but ultimately it irreversibly fell into Shen Qian's hands.
Shen Qian then waved his hand, and the stone coffin floating in the sky fell down. He placed his heart into the stone coffin, and with a "bang," the coffin lid, which seemed to have flown in from nowhere, sealed the stone coffin shut.
Then, Shen Qian reached out and wiped it again, and the stone coffin disappeared into the air little by little, like a pencil drawing being erased, without leaving a trace.
"No……"
Faintly, everyone seemed to hear a furious roar of extreme resentment.
"How strange, I can't remember what that stone coffin looked like..."
Qu Bai's expression suddenly changed after witnessing the stone coffin disappear.
Everyone was taken aback, and then tried to recall carefully, but they couldn't remember what the stone coffin, which was so simple in design, actually looked like.
Moreover, as time went by, their memories of the stone coffin continued to fade. If they hadn't reminded each other, they would have completely forgotten that such a thing had ever happened.
"Time-space seal".
Cheng Qingqing had already understood something. Her gaze, filled with complex emotions, fixed on the distant, receding figure. "Is it really the Heavenly Emperor…?"
She suddenly hesitated to go up and acknowledge Shen Qian.
The methods of an Emperor-level expert are unimaginable. Assuming that the Heavenly Emperor has not fallen, would Shen Qian still be Shen Qian at this moment?
But if the heart inside the stone coffin truly belongs to the Heavenly Emperor, then who was he before he sank to his death?
Cheng Qingqing was filled with mixed thoughts, but someone was unwilling to wait. With a whooshing sound, the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden had already rushed over.
Erlang Shen's expression changed several times, but he gritted his teeth and followed afterward.
The crowd looked at each other, their fear mixed with their curiosity, and they all moved closer to find out what was going on.
"Your Majesty!"
The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden stopped a dozen meters away, her eyes filled with a mixture of bewilderment, anticipation, and excitement. "Is it you?"
Having just finished dealing with the stone coffin, Shen Qian slowly raised his head, his indifferent gaze sweeping over the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden and the people behind her.
"The Heavenly Emperor... is dead."
After a brief silence, Shen Qian slowly spoke, uttering four words.
"But just now..."
The Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, still struggling to accept it, wanted to say something more, but Shen Qian had already closed his eyes.
Under the stunned gaze of the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden, the majestic aura emanating from Shen Qian, which made her heart tremble yet felt strangely familiar, began to dissipate little by little.
...
"Holy crap, what happened?"
He suddenly regained consciousness before sinking.
He found himself in a gray space. Turning around, he saw a star rotating not far away, casting rays of light that enveloped another round object with cracks on its surface.
Behind the rounded object, in the shadows, there was a blurry human figure standing silently with its head bowed.
Isn't that your own spiritual core?
Shen Qian suddenly realized that this was his own consciousness space, and the rotating stars were the martial arts starlight he received when he became the national martial arts champion.
As for the blurry figure, it represents the projection left by his kingly avatar in the consciousness space. However, he had never seen it from this perspective before, and now that he looks at it, it is indeed a bit strange.
He rubbed his throbbing head, which felt like it had lost memory, trying to recall what had happened.
In his memory, he was still in Yaochi Palace, while Jiang Chengye swallowed the Heavenly Emperor's heart. He was calculating the odds of winning with all his trump cards when the system went out of control...
system?
Shen Qian thought of something, felt something in his heart, and with a thought, he manifested the system interface.
The residual energy from the Investiture of the Gods was digested prematurely for some unknown reason.
The system has undergone new changes. In addition to the original "AFK" and "Memory Storage" interfaces, there is now another interface.
"The bearing of an emperor?"
Shen Qian stared blankly at the text that appeared on the interface, feeling utterly bewildered.
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