549: Chapter 549 Immortal Blood Stains the Azure Sky, Dao Hearts Turn to Dust

"Three left."

These two words contained no magic power and bore not a hint of killing intent; they were as flat as a Mortal counting unsold melons and fruits by the roadside.

Yet, it was these two words that, like an invisible giant hammer of Chaos, slammed heavily against the hearts of the three True Immortals: Lei Huo, Ming Quan, and Ku Rong.

Dead silence.

A coldness originating from the deepest depths of their Divine Souls rapidly spread.

It wasn't that they had never seen a True Immortal fall.

In the endless disputes of the great Universe, the blood of Immortal Kings being spilled and the collapse of Immortal Emperors were not mere legends.

But those occurred on the magnificent Star Domain battlefields, in struggles against existences of the same Rank or even higher.

Not here.

Not in this remote corner of the Tian Yuan Star Domain, which they regarded as their own backyard, at the hands of a junior who wasn't even a True Immortal.

Using a method they could neither understand nor resist, he had wiped out a True Immortal's form and spirit as if brushing away a speck of dust.

True Immortal Xuan Yu was dead.

There was no world-shaking self-detonation, no tragic disintegration of Dao rules, and not even a sliver of a remnant soul managed to escape.

He simply vanished into thin air, as if the millions of years he had existed in this world were nothing more than an illusory bubble.

"Chaos... Annihilation..." True Immortal Lei Huo's throat was dry as he repeated True Immortal Xuan Yu's final words.

He cultivated the Lei Huo Grand Dao, wielding destruction and explosion, and considered his attack power the strongest among the four.

But his pride-inducing lightning and immortal fire, compared to that thin gray thread, were as docile as a child's toy.

"That main cannon of his..."

For the first time, True Immortal Ming Quan's voice was no longer cold, but carried an uncontrollable tremor.

"Its target, from beginning to end, was Xuan Yu."

A terrifying thought rose simultaneously in the hearts of the three True Immortals.

From the very beginning, using the Dao Palace to head-on clash with the Immortal Slaying Array and injuring Xuan Yu was the first step.

Then, borrowing their strength against them and instigating internal strife among the four to make them lose their composure was the second step.

And then, deploying the Chaos Domain to withstand the joint attacks of the four of them and attract everyone's attention was the third step.

Everything, absolutely everything, was for the purpose of creating an absolute, unavoidable opportunity for that one killing shot.

This was a trap.

A lethal game with four True Immortals as pawns and the entire Shattered Star Belt as the chessboard.

And they only realized it after the pawn had been taken.

"A monster... he's just a monster!"

True Immortal Lei Huo's crimson hair moved without wind, and the lightning dragons and fire phoenixes around him let out uneasy cries.

For the first time, cracks appeared in his Dao Heart, which had burned for billions of years.

He couldn't understand it, and he couldn't accept it.

"What's the use of saying all this now?"

True Immortal Ku Rong's sigh drifted over; the half of the giant tree beneath him that represented life had dimmed in luster.

They had lost.

The moment the opponent blasted True Immortal Xuan Yu to death with one shot, they had already lost.

Continuing to fight would only be a repetition of Xuan Yu's end, being sent to the altar one by one.

Escape?

As soon as this thought surfaced in True Immortal Ming Quan's mind, it was submerged by an even deeper despair.

Above the Chaos Dao Palace, that blurred ten-thousand-zhang dharma idol watched them with calm golden eyes, as if looking at three trapped beasts in a cage.

Since the opponent had gone to such lengths to set this trap, how could he possibly give them a chance to flee?

"The billions of years of Foundation of the Tian Yuan Divine Hall... is it to be severed here today?"

True Immortal Ming Quan's voice carried an unprecedented sorrow and dread.

"Hahaha..." True Immortal Lei Huo suddenly burst into wild laughter, a laugh filled with desolation and madness.

"Billions of years of Foundation? The four of us are the supreme will of the Tian Yuan Divine Hall; it is we who trampled the rules of this Star Domain underfoot!"

"And now, we are to be cornered here by a junior and slaughtered one by one like pigs and dogs!"

His eyes were as red as blood as he stared fixedly at the Chaos Dao Palace. "I have traversed the sea of stars and looked down upon all living beings; when have I ever suffered such a humiliating disgrace!"

"Even if I die, I will drag you, Devil Head, to the grave with me!!"

Boom!

True Immortal Lei Huo's aura erupted without reservation, and the Lightning-Fire Immortal Sun behind him expanded and contracted at an unprecedented speed.

A destructive power far exceeding any of his previous attacks was brewing within it.

He actually intended to self-detonate and perish together with Shen Yuanmo!

"Lei Huo, you're crazy!" True Immortal Ming Quan screamed.

The power of a True Immortal's self-detonation was enough to completely erase this Shattered Star Belt from the star charts.

They were so close that there was no way they could survive.

"Crazy? Hahaha! I am crazy!" True Immortal Lei Huo was like a madman.

"Instead of being picked off one by one and dying in humiliation, I'd rather finish my final journey in a blaze of glory!"

"Ku Rong, Ming Quan! The three of us shall join forces to sacrifice our immortal souls and immortal dao, drawing upon the Origin power of the Tian Yuan Star Domain to perform the Divine Hall Forbidden Technique: Tian Yuan Burial Song!"

"Once this technique is unleashed, all things shall fall silent! I don't believe this damn thing can block it!"

True Immortal Lei Huo's words were like a bolt of lightning striking the hearts of Ming Quan and Ku Rong.

Tian Yuan Burial Song!

That was a forbidden technique left by the first ancestor of the Tian Yuan Divine Hall for mutual destruction, which could only be activated if two or more True Immortals sacrificed themselves together.

Its principle was to forcibly extract a portion of the Tian Yuan Star Domain's Origin power and turn it into a one-time ultimate strike.

Its power was theoretically enough to heavily injure an existence that had just entered the Immortal King realm.

But the price was equally immense.

The casters would undoubtedly die.

And the Tian Yuan Star Domain, having a portion of its Origin extracted, would suffer a great loss of Origin Qi, and its Laws would become further fragmented.

For the next million or even ten million years, it would be reduced to a cultivation desert.

This was a true final gamble, betting everything.

True Immortal Ming Quan fell silent, her Dao Heart struggling violently.

On one side was waiting for death in humiliation; on the other was marching toward destruction in a blaze of glory.

"Interesting."

Just then, Shen Yuanmo's voice rang out again.

"Are the three of you discussing how to die so that it feels a bit more ceremonial?"

Above the Dao Palace, that Chaos dharma idol slowly raised a hand and beckoned to them with a finger.

"Stop discussing and come at me together."

"I'm in a hurry."

These casual words and this utterly contemptuous gesture were the final straw that broke the camel's back.

"Aaaaaah! You brat! You go too far!!"

True Immortal Lei Huo was completely ignited; he roared to the heavens as his immortal soul began to burn.

It turned into pure Origin, merging into the Lightning-Fire Immortal Sun behind him.

"Fine! 'In a hurry', indeed!"

A look of resolve also appeared on True Immortal Ku Rong's habitually calm face.

He rose to his full height, and the giant tree of life and death beneath his feet crumbled inch by inch, turning into two Origin currents—one of life and one of death—that swirled around him.

"I have cultivated all my life just to witness the ultimate Dao. Today, I shall use my Dao to play the final burial song for this starry sky!"

True Immortal Ming Quan looked at the maddened Lei Huo and the resolute Ku Rong.

She took one last look at the high and mighty Chaos Dao Palace and let out a shrill, miserable laugh.

"So be it! So be it!"

"Instead of being devoured as a trophy by you, a monster, I'd rather decay together with this Tian Yuan Star Domain!"

The River of the Underworld beneath her feet surged upward, merging into her body.

Her body began to become illusory, as if she were turning into the Origin of the entire River of the Underworld.

At this moment, the three True Immortals reached a final consensus.

The auras on their bodies began to resonate and connect in an eerie manner.

Under the guidance of the Divine Hall Forbidden Technique: Tian Yuan Burial Song, three completely different sets of immortal dao rules began to forcibly fuse.

True Immortal Lei Huo became an extreme core of destruction.

True Immortal Ku Rong became the balanced framework of the cycle of life and death.

True Immortal Ming Quan became the power of decay that devoured all things.

A terrifying aura, far exceeding any single True Immortal and even surpassing the combined power of the four of them, began to brew in this Star Domain.

The entire Shattered Star Belt was wailing; the Laws of the Universe were being forcibly twisted and extracted.

They turned into visible runic chains, wrapping around the three True Immortals who were in the process of fusing.

"A forbidden technique..."

In the central hub of the Chaos Dao Palace, golden light flowed in Shen Yuanmo's eyes.

Under his Insight into Origin, every change within the bodies of the three True Immortals had nowhere to hide.

He could clearly see that the three sets of Dao Origins, which were completely different in nature, were being forced together in an extremely crude manner.

It was like trying to compress water, fire, and sand into a single stone.

While it might form a seemingly powerful whole, its interior was filled with irreconcilable conflicts and cracks.

"Burning everything they have to draw upon the Origin power of the Tian Yuan Star Domain and forcibly raise their power level."

Shen Yuanmo saw through the essence of this forbidden technique in a single sentence.

"Unfortunately, the Foundation is insufficient; no matter how much you raise it, it's just a castle in the air."

Instead of stopping them, he observed with great interest.

For Shen Yuanmo, this was an excellent opportunity for observation.

A one-time chance to watch three True Immortals burn everything they were.

To have their Dao Origins displayed before him without reservation—such an opportunity was rare and precious.

Shen Yuanmo's chaos dao embryo was humming, and the Yuan Character General Outline in his Sea of Consciousness was emitting an unprecedented light.

Insight into Origin and Perfect Deduction had been pushed to their limits.

He was analyzing, learning, and absorbing.

He treated these three distinct immortal daos as nourishment for his own Chaos Great Dao.

Outside, the fused aura had reached its peak.

The figures of the three True Immortals had completely vanished, replaced by a twisted and malformed creature billions of zhang tall, woven from the three powers of lightning-fire, life-death, and the Ming Quan.

This malformed creature had no specific features, only a single giant eye composed of nebulae and Laws.

Reflected within that single eye was the phantom of the entire Tian Yuan Star Domain.

At this moment, it seemed to have become the Incarnation of the will of this Star Domain.

"Devil Head..."

A grand, cold, and emotionless voice issued from the mouth of the pseudo-god, shaking the entire Tian Yuan Star Domain.

"...Shall be executed!"

The moment the words fell, that giant single eye locked onto the Chaos Dao Palace.

A gray-white beam of light, indescribable in words, shot out from the eye.

This beam of light seemed not to be fast, yet it appeared to lock onto Karma and ignore time and space.

Wherever the beam passed, stars, meteors, space, light, and even Laws—everything—turned into primordial nothingness.

The Tian Yuan Burial Song was played!

This was the ultimate strike of the three True Immortals, sacrificing everything and gambling the entire future of the Tian Yuan Star Domain!

Facing this attack, which was enough to make even an Immortal King momentarily retreat, a strange smile appeared on Shen Yuanmo's face.

"Thank you for the treat."

He murmured softly.

"As a return gift, I'll let you see what the true Great Dao is."

Shen Yuanmo slowly raised his right hand, pressing his fingers together like a sword.

At his fingertips, a tiny, almost imperceptible wisp of Chaos Sword Qi quietly condensed.