Chapter 631 - 362: The Immortal Emperor’s Decree

"All of you, rise. This journey to the Ancient Star is for us to rest and recuperate. There must be no actions that disturb the living beings of the Ancient Star."

The Carefree Immortal Venerable waved his hand, and with a surge of Magical Power, everyone rose to their feet.

"Lord Divine Venerable, but... we don’t know where the Ancient Star is. Besides, there are hundreds of millions of us. How can one tiny Ancient Star possibly shelter us all?"

"Yes, Immortal Venerable! We’ve dominated this Star Realm for so many years. Why are you suddenly telling us to rest and recuperate?"

A clamor of confused discussion broke out among the crowd.

’Isn’t recuperation something for the defeated? Our Tian Yuan Cultivation World has tens of millions of cultivators and dozens of Mahayana Realm patriarchs.’

’We’ve reigned supreme across the entire Star Realm. From the heavens to the earth, throughout the starry Cosmos, we are invincible.’

’Why would we need to go to some Ancient Star to recuperate?’

"I do not know the reason for this matter, either. You need only obey. The world has fallen into chaos. Since the Immortal Emperor has issued this decree, he must have his reasons."

The Carefree Immortal Venerable said in a deep voice.

"We will obey the Immortal Venerable’s decree!"

The voice, manifested by Divine Power, echoed ceaselessly throughout the cosmos. It was clearly audible even in Star Realms hundreds of millions of kilometers away.

The Carefree Immortal Venerable nodded. He then looked at Zhao Rui, who was watching the spectacle from the side, and said with a slight frown, "Young friend, your strength is extraordinary. I imagine you are not just some nobody on the Ancient Star."

"Oh?"

’So you remember me now?’

Zhao Rui chuckled softly.

"No one in the myriad realms dares to defy the Immortal Emperor’s decree. Although you were able to resist a sliver of his divine might, before the Immortal Emperor himself, you are like a firefly before the brilliant moon."

"Since you come from the Ancient Star and possess such formidable strength, you must hold a certain degree of authority there. Therefore, I will leave it to you to coordinate our temporary stay on the Ancient Star."

The Carefree Immortal Venerable said with a smile, stroking his beard.

"Haha, haha."

Zhao Rui couldn’t help but burst out laughing. ’Cultivation really has warped their minds.’

’You’re invading the Ancient Star, yet you want me, a native of the Ancient Star, to help you.’

’What?’

’Do I look like some kind of collaborator?’

"How audacious! To disrespect the Immortal Venerable!"

A powerful expert shouted sternly.

"Silence!"

Zhao Rui snorted coldly. A battle cry from his Divine Soul, like a strike from a halberd technique, shot through the boundary of illusion and reality, slamming directly into the expert’s mind.

In an instant, it shredded the expert’s physical body, leaving only his Primordial Spirit to flee.

"This..."

The entire battlefield erupted in an uproar.

’This is my Great Desolate Heaven-Imprisoning Halberd?’

The Carefree Immortal Venerable’s eyes went wide with disbelief.

’Let alone an outsider, not even his own disciples in the Immortal Realm had mastered the essence of this Cultivation Technique so perfectly.’

"How do you know this halberd technique? Who in the world are you?"

The Carefree Immortal Venerable’s eyes looked as if they would split with fury, and his body, which had long been carefree and detached from the world, began to tremble uncontrollably.

’Impossible!’

’That person’s soul was scattered to the winds long ago, and I destroyed the Cultivation Technique. How could there possibly be a successor?’

The Carefree Immortal Venerable muttered to himself, his face a mask of terror.

"What a great way to get the juicy details. So, the origin of your Cultivation Technique isn’t exactly legitimate, is it?"

Zhao Rui couldn’t help but let out an amused laugh.

"Forget it. Why am I wasting my breath on you people?!"

With a cold laugh, Zhao Rui leaped into the air above the crowd. His colossal True Dharma Body manifested, and he immediately unleashed a world-dominating halberd technique, swinging down with a thunderous palm strike.

"Not good! Run!"

The cultivators were horrified. They all summoned their sword-lights and fled at top speed.

But no matter how fast they flew, the Divine Soul lock remained fixed upon them, pressing down on their heads like maggots clinging to bone.

There was no escape.

"You dare!"

The Carefree Immortal Venerable finally snapped out of his shock. Enraged by the scene, he swung his long halberd and charged forward to meet the attack.

The Palm Force and the long halberd collided. The immense power generated a silent ripple in a force field, which spread outwards in all directions like a gravitational wave.

"No!"

Countless Low Tier cultivators were turned to dust by this terrifying power.

Only a few cultivators, protected by the powerful experts, survived.

’Could this be the calamity the Immortal Emperor spoke of?’

A powerful cultivator had a sudden epiphany. ’What kind of power allows for such foresight? This is a force that even the Immortal Emperor cannot change.’

"How is this possible?!"

The very instant the Palm Force and the long halberd clashed, generating world-destroying Energy, the long halberd suddenly bent into an arc, like a drawn bow.