Chapter 2668: The Immortal's Trace Appears Again

The war between the new and old emperors drew the attention of the entire Endless Starry Sky.

In such circumstances, the promotion of the Cross Immortal Scripture Ancient Emperor was not as dazzling, although it still was the foremost concern for many ordinary Ancient Emperors.

For many ordinary Ancient Emperors, nothing is more important than promoting to Forbidden Area Ancient Emperor, living out a third life.

Supreme Great Sun Heavenly Palace.

Supreme Great Sun Ancient Emperor was meeting with several Ancient Emperors, including the Annihilation Ancient Emperor, Yueyin Ancient Emperor, Time Order Ancient Emperor, Wanchong Mountain Ancient Emperor, and others, a dozen in total. Both Human and Demon tribes were present, though there were no traditional Endless Starry Sky Dominator races such as the True Dragon Immortal Clan or Golden Crow Immortal Clan, mostly Ancient Emperors from weaker tribes.

The commonality among these Ancient Emperors was having reached the height of the Cross Immortal Scripture before the Golden Era.

“Annihilation, how are your preparations for promotion to the Nine Character Immortal Scripture?”

Jiang Ding looked at the Annihilation Ancient Emperor and asked.

Some Ancient Emperors were slightly moved, keenly noticing the Supreme Great Sun Ancient Emperor’s address; ‘Annihilation’ — directly calling the Annihilation Ancient Emperor by name without the title of Fellow Daoist.

Many felt envious.

This meant the Annihilation Ancient Emperor was regarded as a junior disciple, with a closer relationship.

“Still lacking.”

“I beseech the Sword Master to bestow one thing upon me.”

The Annihilation Ancient Emperor cupped his hands in salute.

“What thing?”

Jiang Ding asked indifferently.

“Grant me a sword of strength of one in a hundred, no matter life or death.”

Clang!

The clanging sound of the sword suddenly burst forth.

The numerous Cross Immortal Scripture Ancient Emperors present were startled, suddenly feeling an ice-cold chill, as if plunged into the Extreme Ice Domain, as though their Divine Souls were frozen and solidified.

All the Ancient Emperors strained to widen their pupils.

Finally, amidst the turbulent currents of shattered layers of rules, an Ancient Emperor caught a glimpse of a black sword-light flashing — like a cosmic fissure, a natural flaw, sliced into the Destruction Path, faintly visible within the Destruction Path was the silhouette of an enraged Sword Emperor.

This silhouette within the Destruction Path exhausted everything, expending two lifetimes of sword dao wisdom, striking a sword in the face of death.

There was a soft sound.

Instantly, struck down by a single blow.

That black silhouette was severed into two by the sword-light, the body stiffened, then slowly collapsed into the radiance of the Destruction Path, the body bit by bit disintegrated into a mass of Spiritual Light, disappearing without a trace, all vitality extinguished, no longer visible.

“Good.”

The voice of the Supreme Great Sun Ancient Emperor slowly arrived.

This was because the Sword Emperor’s speed far surpassed the arrival of Divine Sense, creating a lag in sound.

In the distance, the Annihilation Ancient Emperor’s corpse was collapsing, dissolving into tiny points of Spiritual Light, vanishing within the hall, leaving no trace.

“Annihilation…”

Wanchong Mountain Ancient Emperor and the others shivered, hair standing on end, nearly unable to resist igniting everything in escape.

Such brutality, such calmness akin to insanity left them bewildered, unable to adapt to such madness.

Just a moment before, the two Sword Emperors were so harmonious.

An elder was asking a younger about preparations for promotion breakthroughs, the younger answered respectfully, seeking treasures from the elder, everything harmonious, the teacher kind and the disciple filial.

Yet in the next moment, the two drew swords, one died!

Died!

Just died like that!

The Annihilation Ancient Emperor, no unknown figure in the Endless Starry Sky, on the brink of becoming a Forbidden Area Ancient Emperor, died just like that, right in front of them, everything so casual, as if discussing yesterday’s meal, and then the Annihilation Ancient Emperor just died, without any forewarning.

The palace instantly fell into a calmness like death.

Many Ancient Emperors’ Divine Souls were tense.

“…Your Majesty,”

After a long time, finally Yueyin Ancient Emperor’s voice slowly arose: “Did the Annihilation Friend truly die? He seems to have failed.”

The Annihilation Ancient Emperor’s actions appeared frightful to outsiders, but to the cultivators of the Supreme Great Sun Daoist, it was completely normal. Great Sun Sword Cultivators always acted this way, even at the emperor’s level, nothing surprising.

“Possibly.”

Jiang Dingjian sheathed the sword, speaking casually.

“Oh? What do you mean?”

Yueyin Ancient Emperor became curious.

Death is death; life is life.

What did ‘possibly’ mean?

“I know a bit of Annihilation’s thinking.”

“Using a method similar to Holy Sword Fight to challenge my strength of one in a hundred, seeking breakthrough in the sword dao… Hmm, it seems Annihilation has been driven mad by Great Japanese Ability, too eager for battle, nothing surprising.”

“Annihilation trusts me, believing I would not hold back; this indeed was a battle of life and death.”

Jiang Ding chuckled and said: “This battle had two outcomes, one is failure and death, which currently seems so.”

“The other outcome… is rebirth within destruction.”

Rebirth within destruction!

Yueyin Ancient Emperor’s body trembled, then showed an understanding expression: “Annihilation Friend indeed is an extraordinary talent, choosing such a battlefield, if he unfolds rebirth within destruction, completes the breakthrough in the Great Dao without anyone ending him in the embryo’s stage.”

“Hopefully, Annihilation Friend isn’t entirely dead.”

She praised.

“This is Annihilation’s path.”

“Yueyin, how is your preparation? Is there anything you need help with?”

Jiang Ding asked.

“Your Majesty, I might be able to promote within tens of thousands of years.”

“As for help,”

Yueyin Ancient Emperor grinned: “I want many Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasures, many Immortal Dynasty computation power, a lot of scientific research team support, give me as much as you can.”

“Want the most! Best to give me the entire Immortal Dynasty’s computation power!”

Wanchong Mountain Ancient Emperor and others’ tense Divine Souls finally calmed down, exhaling softly.

“Related Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure, Immortal Dynasty computation power, and scientific research team support, right?”

“I will allocate them to you.”

Jiang Ding completely ignored the chaotic words ‘all’, ‘whole’ from Yueyin Ancient Emperor’s speech, temporarily allocating a batch of Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasures to her, and opening the related permissions.

“Friend Wanchong Mountain…”

“Friend Time Order…”

Jiang Ding met with each Cross Immortal Scripture Ancient Emperor, discussing various issues in their respective paths, inquiring about their difficulties and thoughts, and subsequently trying to provide solutions one by one.

It could be confirmed that in the coming period, the number of Nine Character Immortal Scripture Forbidden Area Ancient Emperors of the Supreme Great Sun Immortal Dynasty would see a significant increase.

After many Ancient Emperors left, Jiang Ding gently closed his eyes.

Crack crack…

With the sound similar to ceramics shattering, his body started to show terrifying cracks, with fresh blood gushing out boldly, staining the ground black.

This unexpected horror stemmed from three years ago.

Three years ago, he appeared at the edge of the Heavenly Yuan Supreme Great Sun Demon Slaying Sword Formation, near a Great Thousand World, silently observing here.

This was the Perishing Immortal Realm.

The place where he grew up years ago, suspected to be a dreadful place burying immortals.

Here all life and land have vanished, transformed into a ruinous sea of bones emitting a sense of danger, even Forbidden Area Ancient Emperors dared not approach.

From the arrival of the Golden Era, Jiang Ding and many Ancient Emperors knew of the unknown related to immortals here, hence Great Sun Forbidden Area, Undying Forbidden Area, and numerous Forbidden Areas settled here; a great secret resides here.

Therefore, when planning the Supreme Great Sun Domain, Jiang Ding included the Perishing Immortal Realm first, yet didn’t dare place it at the core, but kept it at the edge of the Supreme Great Sun Domain, constantly taking notice.

At this moment, after hundreds of thousands of years of observation, an anomaly finally appeared here.

Amidst terrifying pressure, uncontrollable panic, the green-clothed youth’s eyes shed streams of bloody tears, yet refused to shut them.

He saw!

At the center of the black fog sea, accompanied by emerging cracks, an image flickered then vanished, but was firmly fixed in the mind of Supreme Great Sun Ancient Emperor.

In this scene, paths collapsed, True Gods fell, the entire universe was engulfed by the Blood Sea, submerged, all beings perished, the universe became barren, the Three Thousand Great Paths absent.

In this nearly dead universe, a figure gazed at the universe for the last time, then slowly vanished.

The events from three years ago fell again upon the body of Supreme Great Sun Ancient Emperor, stirring a panic within him, as he looked outside the palace, indeed seeing Yueyin Ancient Emperor, Annihilation Ancient Emperor, and other Cross Immortal Scripture Ancient Emperors come together for a visit, identical to the memory.

Annihilation Ancient Emperor!

Annihilation Ancient Emperor should have died!

“Time…”

Jiang Ding’s heart sank.

Could it be, just by glancing at the anomaly in the Perishing Immortal Realm, he must entirely fall into this three-year corridor of time, eternally unable to transcend?