596: Chapter 596 Sword Breaks the Emperor's Formation, Devours the Immortal Vein

A single dark sword abyss extended from the hands of the chaos dao fetus dharma idol, slashing into the palace.

Wherever the sword abyss passed, space was severed directly.

The eight Immortal Generals, their cultivation ranging from the Middle Stage to the Late Stage of the Immortal King realm, stood there.

The defensive shields they hastily formed, the Immortal Artifacts they sacrificed for protection, and even the Divine Ability they had just begun to channel...

...all shattered like bubbles before that sword abyss.

The sword abyss swept across their bodies.

Their dao foundation, immortal bodies, and immortal souls were all severed in two.

A rain of blood fell.

The Border-Suppressing King was struck by the aftershock of the sword abyss, and his protective Immortal King laws exploded.

His entire Human Immortal body cracked, and he was sent flying backward, crashing through several palace walls.

Finally, he slammed into a piece of planetary debris, creating a deep crater.

He struggled to stand up; his Immortal King dao foundation had already developed cracks, and his cultivation aura was withering at a visible speed.

He looked up at the hundred-thousand-zhang chaos dao fetus dharma idol still suspended above the breach in the dome. His eyes were first filled with shock, then transformed into madness.

"It's you! You killed Immortal King Xuanming! You scoundrel, how dare you invade my Tianyou Star!"

He roared, formed seals with both hands, and sacrificed the majority of his own Immortal King Origin.

"Nine Nether Heaven-Locking Emperor Formation, Activate!"

Rumble—

The entire Tianyou Star began to tremble.

Deep within the planetary core, the slumbering Primordial Immortal Vein was forcibly awakened.

The majestic power of the Immortal Vein's Origin surged out like molten lava, pouring into every meridian of the Nine Nether Heaven-Locking Emperor Formation.

The Formation's light flared violently, and ninety-nine thousand warships charged simultaneously, their main cannons emitting blinding light.

On the outskirts of the Star Domain, the Void Realm was frozen by the laws of the Emperor Formation, and even light began to distort.

Even more terrifying was the massive figure condensing out of the void above the planet.

The figure was composed of pure nether Death Qi and Formation energy, standing a million zhang tall, draped in ancient imperial robes, with a blurred face.

The moment it opened its eyes, the flow of time across the entire Star Domain slowed down.

Ancient Emperor Spirit dharma idol.

The pressure of a Half-Step Immortal Emperor descended, covering the sky and earth.

The immortal soldiers within the ninety-nine thousand warships all knelt simultaneously, while the immortal generals barely managed to remain standing.

Yet they were pale-faced, and those with weaker cultivation even fainted outright.

The Border-Suppressing King hovered in the distance, laughing maniacally: "Die! Everyone must die! Be buried with Immortal King Xuanming along with this planet!"

The Ancient Emperor Spirit dharma idol raised its hand.

A giant axe condensed from Formation energy took shape in its palm; at the edge of the axe blade, space flaked away like broken glass.

It locked onto Shen Yuanmo's chaos dao fetus dharma idol and swung the axe down.

Where the axe fell, the sea of stars fell silent.

Shen Yuanmo raised his eyes.

Facing this axe strike capable of splitting the galaxy, dark golden divine light swirled frantically in his eyes.

Insight into Origin, Activate!

Perfect Deduction, Activate!

Billions of data streams exploded in his Sea of Consciousness.

The composition of the Ancient Emperor Spirit dharma idol, the operation of its laws, the connection points with the planetary core's Immortal Vein, the locations of the core nodes of the grand Formation...

...all information was instantly deduced, analyzed, and penetrated.

The next moment, Shen Yuanmo moved.

Not retreating, but charging head-on into the axe mark that severed everything.

The chaos dao fetus dharma idol suddenly disintegrated at the edge of the axe mark, turning into pure Chaos Qi.

The Chaos Qi enveloped Shen Yuanmo's true body, following the energy gaps at the edge of the axe mark, surging upward against the flow.

The Ancient Emperor Spirit dharma idol seemed to sense something; the trajectory of the giant axe adjusted slightly, attempting to crush this ant.

But it was too late.

Shen Yuanmo had already appeared in front of the Ancient Emperor Spirit dharma idol's chest.

In his hand, the void crack of the great evolution immortal slaying sword expanded to the extreme, resembling a giant mouth devouring the ages.

The sword tip turned downward.

"Dao Slash."

A dark sword light ignored the Formation's barriers, ignored the ten thousand layers of rock deep within the planet's core, and ignored the law barriers.

It precisely cut into the energy hub connecting the Primordial Immortal Vein in the planetary core with the Nine Nether Heaven-Locking Emperor Formation.

It was a strange point of light, no more than three inches in diameter, woven from Formation runes and the Origin of the Immortal Vein.

The point of light shattered.

The movements of the Ancient Emperor Spirit dharma idol froze.

At its chest, the energy circuit that maintained its existence was severed.

Its massive, million-zhang body, as if having its spine pulled out, disintegrated inch by inch from bottom to top.

The Emperor Spirit dharma idol let out a silent roar, a roar mixed with unwillingness, anger, and a trace of relief.

It collapsed.

Turning into a sky full of nether Death Qi and fragments of laws, it fell like an inverted black snow.

The Nine Nether Heaven-Locking Emperor Formation was completely extinguished.

The main cannons of the ninety-nine thousand warships dimmed, their hulls trembling and swaying in the sea of stars.

Alarms blared within the ships, and the immortal soldiers and generals fell into Chaos.

The Border-Suppressing King opened his mouth wide, stunned in place.

The Immortal King Origin within him, connected to the Emperor Formation, was now leaking out like a breached flood.

The cracks on his dao foundation spread rapidly, and with a snap, it broke into several pieces.

Shen Yuanmo's true body had landed in front of him; beneath his feet was the shattered surface of Tianyou Star.

"You..."

The Border-Suppressing King looked up, the madness in his eyes fading, leaving only the most primitive fear.

"Who exactly are you?"

Shen Yuanmo looked down at him without answering, simply raising his foot and stepping down.

Crack.

The Border-Suppressing King's chest collapsed, his internal organs shattered, and he coughed up a mouthful of Immortal King blood mixed with visceral fragments.

"Soul Search."

Shen Yuanmo crouched down, his fingertip tapping the center of the Border-Suppressing King's brow.

His Divine Sense pierced in like billions of ice picks.

The Border-Suppressing King's body trembled violently, his eyes rolled back, and more black blood spilled from his mouth and nose.

The memories in his Sea of Consciousness—the defensive layout of the Jiuyou Immortal Dynasty, the secrets of the imperial clan, the coordinates of resource planets...

...the secret dealings with the Ancient Nether God Sect, the recent rage and arrangements of the Nine Nether Immortal Emperor—unfolded like a scroll in Shen Yuanmo's Sea of Consciousness.

Especially the fact that the Nine Nether Immortal Emperor had invited out the Blood Ancestor, a Half-Step Immortal Emperor realm powerhouse who had been sleeping for who knows how many billions of years.

At this moment, that Blood Ancestor was rushing toward Tianyou Star.

At the same time, the energy anomaly on Tianyou Star had already alerted the Ancient Nether God Sect deep within the Universe.

Several ancient beings within the Ancient Nether God Sect had already cast their gazes here.

Shen Yuanmo withdrew his fingertip.

The Border-Suppressing King collapsed to the ground, his breath completely gone.

He stood up, his figure flickering as he sank into the planetary crust.

Below was the core of Tianyou Star.

There, the lifeblood of this planet, the Primordial Immortal Vein, was buried.

...

Planetary core space.

Darkness, immense pressure, a mire of laws capable of grinding an Immortal King into powder.

Shen Yuanmo passed through layers of rock and law barriers, landing in the center of a massive chamber.

The chamber was millions of miles in diameter, its four walls embedded with countless shimmering Immortal Crystal mineral veins.

In the center of the chamber, a dragon-shaped existence so vast it was indescribable was slowly coiling.

Its entire body was composed of solidified Immortal Qi, with clear scales, drifting dragon whiskers, and eyes tightly closed.

Every breath it took triggered an energy tide throughout the entire chamber.

A living Primordial Immortal Vein.

It sensed the intruder, and its dragon eyes snapped open.

There was no emotion in those vertical pupils, only a pure, ancient will of destruction.

The dragon head rose, and a pressure and torrent of Immortal Qi capable of crushing stars slammed toward Shen Yuanmo.

Space distorted, and gravity skyrocketed ten thousand times.

Yet Shen Yuanmo smiled.

He took a step, walking toward the dragon head.

With every step, ripples of Chaos spread beneath his feet, crushing the pressure that was capable of grinding an Immortal King to pieces.

"The thing I want,"

He leaped onto the dragon head, sat cross-legged, and pressed his hands onto the cold scales of Immortal Qi.

"Is not something an Immortal Vein can refuse."

"Chaos Myriad Dao Returning Origin Scripture," full power operation!

Inside his Dantian, the chaos dao embryo opened its eyes wide and inhaled.

At the dragon head, the Primordial Immortal Qi that had been solidified for billions of years began to loosen and flow.

Turning into a river of energy so pure it reached the extreme, it poured into Shen Yuanmo's body through his palms!

The Bottleneck of the peak Early Stage of the Immortal King realm was torn open like thin paper the moment it touched this energy.

Immortal King Middle Stage!

His aura surged violently.

Chaos Qi around Shen Yuanmo boiled, and his immortal body emitted a hum of being overwhelmed.

It was then rapidly nourished and strengthened by the even more majestic Immortal Qi, constantly undergoing transformation.

The dragon body of the Immortal Vein struggled violently, its ancient will turning into billions of Divine Soul shrieks, attempting to pierce through Shen Yuanmo's Sea of Consciousness.

Shen Yuanmo snorted coldly.

Deep in his Sea of Consciousness, a million-zhang Divine Sense millstone roared into motion.

Wherever the millstone passed, those shrieks melted and were crushed like ice meeting the scorching sun.

Turning into pure Divine Soul nourishment, they were swallowed in one gulp by the chaos divine man within the Universe of his Sea of Consciousness.

The barrier of the peak Middle Stage of the Immortal King realm began to loosen.

Then, it shattered.

Immortal King Late Stage!

Within the chamber, the million-mile-long dragon body of the Immortal Vein dimmed, dried up, and disintegrated at a visible speed.

Finally, it turned into a range of withered stone mountains spanning the chamber, with not a trace of Immortal Qi escaping anymore.

Shen Yuanmo slowly opened his eyes.

Deep within his eyes, the color of Chaos was as profound as an abyss.

His aura was restrained to the extreme, with not the slightest bit leaking out.

But the surrounding Void Realm, the instant he opened his eyes, spontaneously distorted, collapsed, and then restored itself.

He stood up, and the withered stone mountains beneath his feet crumbled.

The crust of Tianyou Star began to shake violently; tectonic plates fractured, magma erupted, and an apocalyptic scene descended.

He stepped upward, passing through the collapsing crust, and returned to the sea of stars.

Behind him, Tianyou Star disintegrated in silence, collapsed, and finally turned into a brilliant cloud of stardust.

The ninety-nine thousand warships scattered like a frightened school of fish, fleeing, but they could not escape the collapsing gravitational field and were all swept into destruction together.

Shen Yuanmo stood in the stardust with his hands behind his back, his gaze cast toward the distant, deep sea of stars.

He recalled the information obtained from the soul search.

The Blood Ancestor, a Half-Step Immortal Emperor, was already on the way.

The Ancient Nether God Sect, a giant of the Universe, had also cast its gaze here.

"Big fish,"

He whispered, a hint of faint interest flashing in the depths of his eyes.

"Finally, everyone is about to enter the stage."