2: Annihilation of the Gods with a Flick of the Finger

The corners of Di Yan's mouth curled slightly as he slowly withdrew his hand, casting his gaze toward the sky once more.

“Boy, listen clearly. She is my woman and has never belonged to you.”

Xiao Yan seemed to sense something, and his face suddenly turned deathly pale.

“Cailin, you... you're pregnant.”

Chu Cailin's tears fell like rain as she nodded with great difficulty.

Xiao Yan staggered back, and what little color remained in his already pale face vanished completely.

“Argh—! A mere ant dares to insult this God Lord!”

Xiao Yan's fury was completely ignited. He formed seals with his hands, and behind him, a phantom of the God Lord emerged, blotting out the sky.

“Die for me!”

A giant flaming palm, carrying heaven-shaking rage, crashed down with a roar.

Di Yan's expression remained indifferent. With one hand around Chu Cailin's slender waist and the other with fingers joined like a sword, he pointed toward the firmament.

A sliver of cold light burst from his fingertips, instantly transforming into a peerless edge that tore through heaven and earth.

Wherever the sword light passed, it split the giant flaming palm down the middle, its momentum undiminished as it pointed directly at the center of Xiao Yan's brow.

Xiao Yan didn't even have time to dodge. He watched helplessly as the sword light enlarged before his eyes, tearing through both him and the God Lord phantom behind him.

His expression froze, his eyes filled with utter disbelief.

At the final moment before his consciousness dissipated...

A voice of judgment echoed within his Sea of Consciousness.

“Remember, your rage cannot even shake a corner of my imperial robes.”

“I marry your beloved to follow my heart and to fulfill the Heavenly Mandate.”

“This sword strike is to tell you that for snatching my Beloved Consort, be you god or demon, you must fall.”

“Perish!”

The words finished, the wind stopped, the clouds froze, and the Laws submitted.

Behind those calm words lay an absolute will that stood above all living beings.

As for Xiao Yan's body and the God Lord phantom...

With the fall of Di Yan's final word, they turned into starlight and dissipated into nothingness.

The Lingxiao Heavenly Palace was deathly silent; the civil and military officials didn't even dare to breathe loudly.

They kept their heads bowed low, their awe of Di Yan once again etched into their very marrow.

Chu Cailin stared blankly at the points of light dissipating in the sky, her mind a complete void.

Dead?

Xiao Yan, the number one Genius of the Canglan Continent seen once in a thousand years, was just dead like that?

Tears welled up silently.

Her heart ached so much she could barely breathe.

Di Yan raised his hand and gently wiped away her tears, his tone carrying an unquestionable dominance: “Don't cry. From now on, your joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness can only arise because of me.”

Chu Cailin looked at the unfathomable man beside her with reddened eyes, a mixture of fragility and despair that would move anyone to pity.

Di Yan, however, felt little emotion. Instead, he thought of something else.

“System, Xiao Yan is dead. Can the interception of Luck continue?”

【Ding! The host does not need to worry.】

【Although Xiao Yan is dead, his massive Luck has not dissipated. It is currently in a drifting state and will continue to be absorbed by the host's offspring until the next Luck bearer appears.】

Di Yan felt slightly more at ease as he looked down: “The court is dismissed.”

As his voice fell, he left, holding the dazed Chu Cailin.

After Di Yan's figure disappeared, the right prime minister Zhang Qian stumbled and fell to the ground.

Li Yao, the Minister of Personnel, and several others hurried forward to help him up.

The group set up a soundproofing channel and began to deliberate in low voices.

Li Yao was the first to question: “Prime Minister Zhang, why didn't you mention the matter of petitioning to appoint an heir?”

Zhang Qian was still shaken, wiping away non-existent cold sweat from his forehead: “His Majesty's majesty is too overwhelming. A single glance is enough to make one's heart tremble.”

“Moreover, His Majesty already broke through to the Saint Emperor level ninety thousand years ago. What Realm he has reached now is still unknown.”

“So what if his cultivation is high?” Li Yao looked in the direction Di Yan had departed, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes.

“His Majesty's signs of the Five Decays of Heaven and Man are already apparent. Within a hundred days, he will surely reach the end of his lifespan.”

“At the next court assembly, we must make him appoint the Prince Zhan as the heir!”

Zhang Qian gave a bitter smile: “If His Majesty had the intention to appoint an heir, why would he need our petition?”

“If he won't appoint one,” Li Yao's voice suddenly turned cold, carrying a chilling killing intent, “then don't blame His Highness the Prince Zhan for acting to 'Clear the Emperor's Side' and marching his troops to the Imperial City!”

Hearing this, the fear on Zhang Qian's face deepened: “You saw it too; that Saint King from another world couldn't even last one move against His Majesty.”

“The Prince Zhan... is he really certain?”

The corners of Li Yao's mouth curled into a meaningful sneer, his eyes flashing with brilliance: “It's nothing more than a Final Radiance before the end. No matter how strong His Majesty is, could he possibly be a Supreme?”

“To tell you the truth, the Prince Zhan holds a trump card in his hand capable of slaying a Supreme!”

Zhang Qian's whole body shook, his eyes flashing with shock and determination.

He finally let out a long sigh, looking toward where Di Yan had left, and murmured: “Your Majesty, oh Your Majesty, if only you had an heir, we wouldn't have been driven to this.”

...Inside Ningxiang Palace.

Di Yan had just finished favoring Chu Cailin and was sitting cross-legged on the jade bed.

With a thought, a ball of light floated out from his body, hovering before him.

“Heavenly Mandate Divine Pupils... can they truly carry the Heavenly Mandate as the name suggests?”

Di Yan observed them for a moment and began to circulate the Myriad Evolution Emperor Scripture.

Immediately after, his eyes suddenly turned a brilliant gold, resonating with the Divine Pupils.

“Swish!”

The Divine Pupils trembled and turned into two golden rays, instantly sinking into his eye sockets.

In an instant, the scene before Di Yan changed, transforming into the Chaos Void Realm.

Countless runes flickered, intertwining into various lines of Karma, eventually weaving into a giant web of Karma that enveloped Chaos.

He witnessed the birth and death of the Universe and the cycle of Reincarnation.

Furthermore, many intermittent images of the past and future flickered before his eyes.

When he opened his eyes again, they had turned into a pure, brilliant gold.

His gaze fell upon the sleeping Chu Cailin behind him; all her information, the Karma lines entwining her, and even some of her future life trajectories were laid bare before his eyes.

“The power of fate is truly wondrous.”

Di Yan blinked, the brilliant gold in his eyes vanished, and his pupils became even deeper.

“Although the Heavenly Mandate Divine Pupils are Heaven-Defying, they are ultimately just supplementary. Only one's own strength is the eternal truth.”

He no longer hesitated and took out the mass of Absolute Beginning Emperor Physique Origin.

As soon as it appeared, the space in the entire Ningxiang Palace instantly froze. The Laws wailed, bowing down in worship toward it.

Di Yan began to circulate the Myriad Evolution Emperor Scripture, drawing the Absolute Beginning Emperor Physique Origin to merge into his body.

“Boom—!”

The moment the Origin entered his body, the vast and matchless power of the Absolute Beginning erupted, instantly shattering the Supreme barrier that countless Saint Emperors could never shake in their entire lives.

However, this was only the beginning.

An even more terrifying torrent of energy pushed his Realm upward.

Supreme Realm, Second Heaven!

Supreme Realm, Third Heaven!

...It wasn't until he reached the Peak of the Supreme Realm, Ninth Heaven, that the speed of the climb slowly decreased.

During this period, his Bloodline was being reconstructed, his bones and muscles were chiming in unison, and his body was undergoing a Supreme transformation amidst destruction and rebirth.

An unknown amount of time passed.

“Buzz—!”

A terrifying Emperors Might that stood above the ten thousand Daos silently spread out with him as the center, enveloping the entire Imperial Palace.

Just as the Emperors Might was about to break through the Imperial Palace, the Eternal Imperial Palace trembled slightly, firmly sealing this aura inside.

He slowly opened his eyes, and within his pupils, the creation of Chaos and the birth and death of the Universe flashed by.

His entire body radiated golden light, and an illusory imperial shadow condensed behind him.

Though not clear, it emitted a majesty that made all things in heaven and earth submit.

In just a short moment, he had reached a Realm that countless people could only dream of.

“Quasi-Emperor! So this is the view from above all living beings.”

Feeling the surging Supreme power within his body, Di Yan slowly clenched his fist, and the space in his palm shattered and reformed.

The cultivation levels of this world, from low to high, were: Yellow Pole Realm, Profound Extreme Realm, Earth Pole Realm, Heaven Pole Realm, King Pole Realm, Emperor Pole Realm, Saint Realm, Saint King Realm, Saint Emperor Realm, Supreme Realm, Quasi-Emperor Realm, and Great Emperor Realm.

He was now at the First Heaven of the Quasi-Emperor Realm. Coupled with the boost from the Absolute Beginning Emperor Physique, he already stood at the Peak of the Five Evolutions True Realm.

As for the Great Emperor, they only existed in records and were not seen by ordinary people.

“In this Five Evolutions True Realm, there shall ultimately be only one voice.”

Di Yan's gaze pierced through Ningxiang Palace toward the distance, his voice carrying an unquestionable dominance.