131: Meteorite

Lin Xuan's aura, having broken through to the mid-stage Immortal Sovereign, was like a giant rock thrown into a calm lake, stirring up monstrous waves in the silent Abyssal Bone Star!

The Asura Clan camp, which had just barely survived the terrifying pressure of the Star Abyss Behemoth, hadn't even had a chance to catch its breath before it was enveloped by this even stronger, more formidable pressure, immediately plunging into an even greater panic and despair!

"Immortal Sovereign... mid-stage?! How is this possible?!" The Nether Skeleton Emperor's roar, filled with shock, fury, and disbelief, erupted from deep within the camp, carrying a tremor he himself hadn't even noticed.

At his peak, he was only at the peak of the mid-stage Immortal Sovereign, and now, with his severe injuries unhealed and his strength greatly diminished, facing an opponent of the same level who was in perfect condition, had just broken through, and was at the height of his power, the outcome was obvious!

What's more, the other side also had a group of covetous Immortal King helpers, and that unfathomable little girl!

The defeat was sealed!

This thought gnawed at the Nether Skeleton Emperor's heart like a venomous snake. He had dominated the Immortal Realm and slaughtered countless races for untold years; when had he ever suffered such a setback? When had he ever fallen into such a desperate situation?

Unwillingness! Monstrous unwillingness and malice almost consumed him!

"Lin Xuan!!!" The Nether Skeleton Emperor's figure shot into the sky, revealing his massive true form shrouded in a dense blood mist. Although his aura was unstable and his armor was shattered, the fierce might of an old-school Emperor still made one's heart palpitate. He stared intently at Lin Xuan and his group, who were slowly flying over from a distance, with a mad flame burning in his blood-red pupils, "Even if this Emperor dies, I will drag you down with me!"

He knew there was no escape. This Land of Exile was a dead end, and outside, the Immortal Domain Alliance army was watching like a tiger. Only by fighting to the death might there be a glimmer of hope, or... mutual destruction!

Lin Xuan steadied himself with Leng Yuechan's support. Although he had just broken through and his aura hadn't fully stabilized, the immense power of a mid-stage Immortal Sovereign was already surging within him. He swallowed several top-grade elixirs, rapidly recovering from his exhaustion and injuries, and looked coldly at the frenzied Nether Skeleton Emperor.

"Nether Skeleton, those who do many wrongs will perish by them. The slaughter your Asura Clan has committed, it's time to pay for it today." Lin Xuan's voice was calm, yet it carried an undeniable tone of judgment.

"Hahahaha! The strong prey on the weak, it's the law of nature! The victor is king, the loser is bandit, why say more!" The Nether Skeleton Emperor laughed wildly, blood mist boiling around him, and his remaining blood sea origin began to burn frantically, "If you want this Venerable's life, then exchange it for yours! Blood Prison... Burning Heaven!"

He suddenly pushed his hands upwards! The entire Asura camp instantly erupted with dazzling blood light. All the surviving Asura soldiers didn't even have time to scream before their essence blood and souls were drained, transforming into the purest blood evil energy, merging into the Nether Skeleton Emperor's body! Even the dead Asura corpses instantly shriveled and weathered away!

This was a true sacrifice! Sacrificing all his subordinates in exchange for a temporary peak of power!

The Nether Skeleton Emperor's aura soared like a rocket, instantly returning to near the mid-stage Immortal Sovereign level, and even adding a few points of tyranny and destructiveness! He transformed into a burning blood-red meteor, tearing through the void with a resolute determination for mutual destruction, crashing towards Lin Xuan! Wherever he passed, space was scorched with dark traces!

"A dying struggle!" Lin Xuan snorted coldly, not backing down. This old ghost was perfect for honing the power of his new realm!

He took a step, chaotic energy roaring around him, more condensed and vast than before! The bronze battle axe in his hand, sensing its master's battle intent, let out an excited hum. Within the demonic light flowing on its blade, fragments of time and runes of annihilation faintly appeared and disappeared!

He did not use the heavily taxing "Universe Returning to Ruin," but instead integrated his newly comprehended power into ordinary attacks.

"Space-Time... Split Slash!"

The battle axe swung out, a seemingly simple yet profound gray axe light, containing the power of time acceleration and spatial cutting, met the incoming blood-red meteor!

Screech—!

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a grating sound, as if cloth was being slowly cut by an extremely sharp blade!

The furious blood-red meteor, at the moment it touched the gray axe light, its violent blood evil energy on the surface seemed to have its time flow accelerated ten million times, rapidly becoming dim and decaying! And its internal core was precisely split in two by the invisible spatial cutting force!

The Nether Skeleton Emperor's charging momentum suddenly stalled. He lowered his head in disbelief, looking at his chest. A subtle bloodline extended from his glabella all the way to his lower abdomen; his Emperor body, his blood sea origin, his Immortal Soul... all were neatly severed by this single axe strike!

"Time... Space... You..." The mad flame in his eyes quickly extinguished, replaced by endless terror and bewilderment. He never imagined that his peak strike, achieved by burning everything, would be so vulnerable before the opponent's strange axe light imbued with the power of space and time!

"It's over," Lin Xuan said faintly, flicking his wrist slightly.

Bang!!!

The Nether Skeleton Emperor's severed body suddenly burst apart, transforming into a sky full of blood mist, which was then swept away by the chaotic energy, completely annihilated and vanished, not even a trace of his remnant soul remaining!

The Nether Skeleton Emperor of the Asura Clan, who had dominated the Immortal Realm and caused countless bloody storms, had utterly fallen! His body and soul were completely destroyed!

Silence!

The entire Abyssal Bone Star fell into a deathly silence.

The few surviving Asura remnants, who had luckily not been sacrificed and were hiding in the corners of the camp, watched their invincible Emperor disappear like fireworks. They completely collapsed, some slumping to the ground, some wailing in despair, while others scattered and fled like headless flies.

Leng Yuechan and the others looked at Lin Xuan, their eyes filled with shock and adoration. Master's strength had reached a realm they could only look up to. Slaying a mid-stage Immortal Sovereign behemoth, then slaying the old-school Emperor Nether Skeleton, such a feat was enough to shake all the heavens!

Lin Xuan slowly exhaled a turbid breath, feeling his mid-stage Immortal Sovereign cultivation, which had been completely stabilized by this battle, within his body. There wasn't much joy in his heart, only a sense of calm as dust settled. With the Nether Skeleton's execution, the Asura Clan's biggest leader was removed, and this long-lasting war finally saw the dawn of its end.

He glanced at the scattered Asura remnants, but did not pursue them to kill them all. These small fry could no longer stir up trouble.

"Clear the battlefield, collect any storage artifacts or tokens the Nether Skeleton Emperor might have left behind," Lin Xuan ordered.

"Yes!" Mo Sha and Ye Chen immediately sprang into action, and soon found a dark-red, cracked bone ring from the scattered blood mist, which was the Nether Skeleton Emperor's storage magic treasure, as well as a token representing the highest authority of the Asura Royal Family.

Lin Xuan looked at the token in his hand and mused, "With the Nether Skeleton dead, the Asura Clan is leaderless. This is the best time for a complete purge. Qing Yao, in the name of the Immortal Domain Alliance's Executive Envoy, issue the highest wanted order, unite all forces, and eradicate all known remaining Asura Clan forces. No surrender will be accepted; kill without mercy!"

His voice was cold and decisive. For a race like the Asura Clan, whose instinct was slaughter and destruction, mercy was cruelty to one's own people; they had to be completely rooted out!

"Yes! I'll go at once!" Yun Qingyao acted swiftly and resolutely.

"We should also return," Lin Xuan said to his team members. The Land of Exile was not a place to stay long; the main objective of this trip had been overfulfilled.

However, just as they were about to board the breaking wave to leave, another anomaly occurred!

The dark-red bone ring of the Nether Skeleton Emperor, which Lin Xuan held in his hand, suddenly vibrated violently without warning, and then with a "crack," the surface cracks expanded, and it exploded!

A pure, incomparably dense dark-red blood light, filled with extreme malice and curses, shot towards Lin Xuan's glabella like a living thing!

This was actually the last curse left by the Nether Skeleton Emperor before his death! It contained his endless hatred for Lin Xuan and the most vicious secret art of the Asura Clan!

It happened so suddenly, and the distance was too close; Lin Xuan didn't even have time to react!

"Master, be careful!" Leng Yuechan exclaimed.

But just as the cursed blood light was about to merge into Lin Xuan's glabella—

Lin Yingluo, who had been quietly staying by his side, seemed to sense the malice in the curse towards her Daddy. Her small face tightened, and without thinking, she reached out her small hand and grabbed the blood light!

"Nasty thing! Don't touch my Daddy!"

The terrifying cursed blood light, capable of cursing an Immortal King to death, struck Lin Yingluo's tender little hand, yet it was like a mud ox entering the sea, not even causing a ripple, and just... disappeared!

Lin Yingluo merely shook her small hand in disgust, as if she had touched something dirty, and mumbled, "It's cold, not fun."

Everyone was once again dumbfounded.

Lin Xuan was also stunned for a moment, then felt a wave of lingering fear, and then immense relief. Fortunately, he had brought his daughter! This old dog Nether Skeleton, he wasn't even peaceful in death!

He quickly picked up his daughter, carefully checked her, and confirmed she was fine before finally relaxing. This daughter was truly a perfect combination of his lucky star and his bane.

After this small interlude, the group no longer lingered. They boarded the breaking wave, activated the teleportation array, and left this Land of Exile, full of death and danger.

Several months later, the Immortal Realm.

The news of the Nether Skeleton Emperor's fall and the Star Abyss Behemoth's slaying spread like a whirlwind to every corner of the Immortal Realm!

The world was shocked!

The remaining forces of the Asura Clan, upon learning this news, completely lost their last will to resist. Under the Immortal Domain Alliance's iron-fisted purge, they were either killed or fled to more remote and dangerous unexplored lands, no longer able to form a significant threat. The Asura scourge that had plagued the Immortal Realm for many years was finally basically quelled!

The Immortal Domain Alliance's prestige soared, and the fearsome reputation of Executive Envoy Yun Qingyao, "Immortal King Qing Yao," spread far and wide. She was hailed as an "Empress" and truly became the maintainer of order in the Immortal Realm.

And Lin Xuan, this Star Palace Master, this Chaos Demon Venerable, was even revered as a mythical existence! His battle achievements were widely circulated, and countless cultivators regarded him as an idol and a goal.

After this battle, the Star Palace firmly established its undisputed hegemonic position in the Immortal Realm! Lin Xuan also truly stood at the pinnacle of the Immortal Realm!

However, standing at the highest point of the Star Palace, overlooking the flourishing Immortal Realm, Lin Xuan's heart did not hold much complacency.

He looked up at the endlessly deep void, his gaze seemingly piercing through layers of space, seeing the even more terrifying shadows hidden behind the scenes—Ancient Burial Lord behind the Nether Skull Ghost King, the potential variables brought by the Asura remnants who had fled into the Land of Exile, and the mysterious source of the system... "The pinnacle... perhaps it's just another starting point." Lin Xuan murmured softly to himself, a deeper light flickering in his eyes.

The road ahead was still long. But no matter what challenges lay ahead, he was confident that he would lead the Star Palace forward, all the way!