511: An Immortal Emperor? Impossible!!!

Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor chuckled, not taking it to heart.

"The Sacred Heaven Sect is now at the end of its rope; it's normal to recruit a few talented Disciples to keep up appearances."

"Is a junior in the Immortal Lord Realm worth making such a fuss over?"

"No!"

The Grand Elder suddenly looked up, a look of alarm flashing in his eyes.

"I remember now, he's Su Ming!"

"He's the one who took Su Qingyuan away from our Nine Heavens Immortal Sect!"

Once these words were spoken.

Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor's smile instantly vanished, and the air around him seemed to freeze.

"Are you sure?"

"The back of his figure is exactly the same, and that aura couldn't be wrong."

The Grand Elder said in a deep voice.

"Why would he appear at the Sacred Heaven Sect? And it seems that Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor relies on him quite heavily."

Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor remained silent for a moment, the gloom in his eyes deepening.

"Whatever relationship he has with Sacred Heaven, it no longer matters."

"Once we seize Sacred Heaven's Dao Fruit, we'll capture him!"

"As long as we find Su Qingyuan's whereabouts, your side effects can be easily resolved."

...Meanwhile, at the Sacred Heaven Sect's Forbidden Ground in the back mountains.

The surroundings were sealed by layers of ancient Formations, and Divine Sense from the outside could not penetrate at all.

Su Ming waved his hand, and the Void Realm rippled slightly as he sent Su Qingyuan into the Void World.

"Be careful."

Su Qingyuan cautioned before disappearing into the back mountains of the Sacred Heaven Sect.

She knew that the upcoming scene was not something she could participate in right now.

Furthermore, she was the target of the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect, so it was too dangerous for her to be outside.

At this moment, only Su Ming and Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor remained in the quiet valley.

"Senior, the bait has been cast. Now it's time for your performance."

Su Ming sat down on a blue stone as if no one was watching, casually picking a withered blade of grass to play with.

Where was there any sign of weakness in Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor now?

He stood with his hands behind his back, his Emperors Might restrained, looking like a peerless, malevolent sword about to be unsheathed.

"Little friend, your strategy is quite sinister."

Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor laughed and scolded.

"To have a dignified Immortal Emperor like me pretend to fail a Breakthrough... if word got out, where would I put this old face of mine?"

"How much is a face worth?"

Su Ming looked up at him.

"Those people from the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect are highly suspicious. If you enter seclusion smoothly, they won't dare to act easily."

"But if you fall short at the critical moment and reveal a flaw, they will definitely pounce like mad dogs smelling blood."

He paused, his tone turning cold.

"One month."

"You only need to pretend to Cultivate for a month, and then at the final moment, intentionally dissipate a wisp of Emperor Qi to create the illusion of a failed Breakthrough and regressing cultivation."

"When that time comes, they will come even without an invitation."

Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor nodded, killing intent surging deep within his eyes.

"When that time comes, I will personally send them on their way."

He looked at Su Ming, sighing inwardly.

Not only was the young man's strength strange, but his calculating methods were also ruthlessly chilling.

"Senior, just focus on the acting. As for the movements outside, leave them to me."

Su Ming patted the dust off his long robe, stood up, and looked into the distance.

Time passed quickly.

A month's time slipped away quietly.

In the Sacred Heaven Sect's Forbidden Ground, a surge of Emperors Might violently trembled without warning at this moment.

Immediately after, a deathly, decadent aura broke through the Formation, spreading through the entire sect like a silent wail.

Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor, who had been entrenched outside the Sacred Heaven Sect, suddenly snapped his eyes open, his pupils shrinking to the size of pinpricks.

"It's gone! The Emperor Foundation has collapsed!"

He stood up abruptly, looking somewhat distorted due to extreme excitement.

"That old fellow Sacred Heaven didn't make it through after all!"

"He tried to force a Realm Breakthrough, but he was backlashed by his Dao injuries!"

The Nine Heavens Grand Elder beside him was equally ecstatic.

The two exchanged a glance and, no longer caring for etiquette, transformed into two bolts of lightning that tore through the sky, brutally smashing through the layers of Restrictions in the Forbidden Ground.

In the center of the Forbidden Ground, rocks flew through the air.

Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor sat despondently beside a broken stone pillar.

His originally ruddy complexion was now as pale as paper, and the immortal light surrounding him flickered, threatening to extinguish at any moment.

A startling crimson hung from the corner of his mouth; it was the essence blood he had intentionally forced out by reversing his Meridians to make the act look realistic.

"Brother Sacred Heaven? Did you fail your Breakthrough?"

Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor landed ten paces away, his tone carrying a hint of hypocritical concern.

However, his footwork faintly sealed off all paths of retreat.

Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor looked up, his eyes unfocused, his tone revealing the despair of a hero in his twilight years.

"Old injuries backlashed..."

"I fell short by that final sliver after all. It seems I can no longer protect the future of this Vast Immortal Domain."

As he spoke, he coughed violently, as if every word exhausted all his strength.

Hearing this, Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor...

...was first stunned, then it was as if he had heard the funniest joke of his life.

Then, a series of muffled laughs came from Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor's throat, eventually turning into a piercing, wild laughter.

"No, no, no!"

"Since you want to protect the Vast Immortal Domain so much, brother, I'll fulfill your wish."

He approached slowly, his mask of hypocrisy completely stripped away, revealing a sickly greed.

"The best way is to hand over your Quasi-Emperor Dao Fruit to me."

"Our Nine Heavens Immortal Sect will take your place and achieve that supreme True Emperor position!"

"That is the greatest contribution to the Immortal Domain!"

Before he finished speaking, Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor's right palm had already transformed into a pitch-black Dharma Seal, with destructive lightning gathering in his palm as he struck hard against Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor's chest.

This strike was long-premeditated, and he didn't hold back at all.

Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor seemed truly stunned by this sudden turn of events.

He didn't even have time to defend himself, and like a kite with a broken string, he was blown hundreds of meters away by the massive impact.

With a loud boom!

Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor's body smashed through a distant stone wall and finally became deeply embedded in a rock crevice, his life or death unknown.

"Hahaha! It's done!"

Nine Heavens Immortal Emperor looked at his palm, which still had traces of electricity, his eyes fanatical.

He could feel that the aura within Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor's body had weakened to the extreme.

Meanwhile, the Grand Elder of the Nine Heavens Immortal Sect was also watching this scene with excitement.

At this time, in a place where no one noticed, Su Ming was watching the scene with boredom.

"Senior's acting skills... it's really a pity he doesn't go on stage to perform."

"Nine Heavens! This was your first move!"

Just then, Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor's voice, filled with Emperors Might, resonated throughout the back mountain Forbidden Ground.

In the next second!

Saint Heaven Immortal Emperor walked out with a cold face, with no trace of weakness left in his aura.

"You! You! You!"

"This is impossible!"

"This aura is... Immortal Emperor?"

"How is it possible! How could you possibly break through to the Immortal Emperor Realm?"

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