601: Chapter 601 Seizing the Imperial Weapon Barehanded, A Mysterious Imperial Decree

Facing the million-foot Chaos giant that had voluntarily charged into the Karmic Fire.

A grin of extreme cruelty appeared on Blood Ancestor's shriveled face.

"He's gone mad."

This junior must have had his Dao Heart collapse under the pressure of his own Pseudo-Immortal Emperor might, driving him completely insane.

That was the Undying Karmic Fire that had been refined in the Blood-Transforming Divine Furnace for seventy-two eons.

It could ignite the Dao Fruit of even a Half-Step Immortal Emperor and corrode the Foundation of any Immortal King.

Unless a true Immortal Emperor took action, nothing could resolve it!

"Charging in voluntarily?"

This was just someone afraid they wouldn't die fast enough, or thoroughly enough!

"Hahahaha! Good! Very good! This Old Ancestor will grant your wish!"

Blood Ancestor's laughter shook the sea of stars, filled with the joy of catharsis.

He seemed to already see that Chaos giant turning into nothingness within the Karmic Fire.

The scene of its immortal soul being ignited, wailing for eternity.

Hundreds of millions of miles away, in a dark chamber on a dead star, Gu Qianchou abruptly stood up straight from his meditation cushion.

His hand pressed tightly against a Formation Plate flickering with eerie light, his knuckles tense, mana pulsing at his fingertips.

The perfect moment had arrived!

Blood Ancestor had brought out his trump card, the Blood-Transforming Divine Furnace, and that arrogant brat had actually chosen to throw his life away.

As soon as that brat's aura weakened to the extreme within the Karmic Fire, at the very moment Blood Ancestor's mind was most relaxed, he would activate the Ancient Nether Heaven-Severing Formation. A clean sweep!

Today, these two Pseudo-Immortal Emperor-level existences, along with all the secrets and Magic Treasures on them, would become the stepping stones for Gu Qianchou to reach the pinnacle.

The greed in his eyes was almost tangible as he stared unblinkingly at the image in the ancient bronze mirror.

The waterfall of scarlet, viscous Karmic Fire swallowed the figure of the million-foot Chaos giant.

The shrill screams he had expected did not come. There wasn't even the crackling sound of the Chaos giant being burned. Dead silence.

That ocean of Karmic Fire, capable of burning through the galaxy, fell into an eerie silence the moment it enveloped the Chaos giant.

The next moment, deep within Shen Yuanmo's Dantian Sea of Qi, the lotus-seated chaos dao embryo suddenly opened its eyes wide!

The Chaos Domain expanded in reverse!

The Domain that had originally protected the Chaos giant no longer repelled outward, but transformed into an invisible, giant chaotic airflow cyclone. It wrapped around all the endless scarlet Karmic Fire pouring down and pulled it inward.

Under the augmentation of the First Grade Immortal Dao Profundity, Chaos Returning to Origin, the "Chaos Myriad Dao Returning Origin Scripture" spun frantically.

Those terrifying Karmic Fires, capable of corroding the dao foundation of a Half-Step Immortal Emperor and causing an Immortal King to die upon the slightest contact, were forcibly swallowed by an unreasonable power the moment they touched the chaotic airflow cyclone.

The Origin of the Blood Dao and energy essence—the purest parts—were stripped away and converted into pure nutrients.

Shen Yuanmo's Chaos Immortal Body was greedily devouring this massive amount of pure energy.

The Chaos giant's massive body suffered not a single injury; instead, it emitted thunderous cracking sounds from its bones.

Every inch of flesh and every bone was undergoing a deeper level of transformation under the infusion of this energy.

His aura did not fall; it rose, beginning to climb once again in a way that Blood Ancestor could not comprehend.

"Hic..." Blood Ancestor's wild laughter stopped abruptly, stuck hard in his throat, emitting a strange syllable.

The look of madness on his face instantly froze, turning deathly pale.

He realized with horror that the connection between himself and his Lifebound Treasure, the Blood-Transforming Divine Furnace, was rapidly weakening.

Not only had the Blood-Transforming Divine Furnace failed to incinerate Shen Yuanmo, but the Origin of the Karmic Fire that had accumulated inside for countless eons was being frantically drawn out by an irresistible suction force.

"No! Come back!" Blood Ancestor's hands formed seals frantically, casting seventeen blood-colored Restrictions in succession, attempting to cut off the output of the Karmic Fire and forcibly recall the Blood-Transforming Divine Furnace.

However, he discovered with shock that the Void Realm around the Blood-Transforming Divine Furnace had been completely assimilated by that dark golden Chaos Domain. The connection of Karma between him and his Lifebound Treasure had become faint, on the verge of extinguishing at any moment.

In the center of the Karmic Fire, the Chaos giant that Shen Yuanmo had transformed into stood unscathed. He didn't even glance at Blood Ancestor, who was casting spells in vain in the distance.

Insight into Origin, activate!

His gaze pierced directly through the ancient outer wall of the Blood-Transforming Divine Furnace, ignoring the Blood Dao runes flowing upon it.

In his vision, the material structure of this Half-Step Immortal Emperor weapon, the pathways of its Formations, every node of energy flow, and the core Divine Sense imprint left by Blood Ancestor deep inside, all became a three-dimensional decomposition diagram with no secrets whatsoever.

The next instant, Shen Yuanmo's gaze locked onto an inconspicuous three-inch groove at the bottom of the Blood-Transforming Divine Furnace. That was the intersection point where tens of thousands of Formations circulated, and also a weakness of the entire Blood-Transforming Divine Furnace.

Upon discovering this weakness, the Chaos giant moved. With one step, he crossed a million miles of the Void Realm, ignoring the residual Karmic Fire that was still burning. His giant left hand transformed into an iron clamp, grabbing the pair of ancient handles on the Blood-Transforming Divine Furnace.

"You brat! How dare you!" Seeing this, Blood Ancestor was terrified to the extreme, the Immortal Emperor fragment between his brows flashing with intense red light. He burned his Origin without regard for the cost, attempting to urge the Blood-Transforming Divine Furnace to break free.

But Shen Yuanmo's movements were faster. The Chaos giant's right hand formed a fist. Extremely concentrated dark golden chaotic airflow gathered at the fist's edge; there was no earth-shattering might, only pure restraint and destruction.

One punch. It struck precisely on that three-inch groove at the bottom of the divine furnace. Bang! A muffled sound.

The hidden force passed through the outer shell, not damaging the Magic Treasure in the slightest, but rushing straight toward the internal core. That overbearing power, containing the Chaos Returning to Origin Profundity, acted directly upon the Divine Sense imprint left by Blood Ancestor in a completely unreasonable manner.

With absolute power, it shattered and annihilated his Divine Sense imprint on the spot.

"Pfft!" At the other end of the distant starry sky, Blood Ancestor was struck as if by lightning. His Lifebound Treasure's imprint had been forcibly erased, and that lethal backlash force instantly destroyed the defenses within his body.

He violently spat out a large mouthful of black blood mixed with pieces of internal organs, staggering back several steps. With every step he took, the Void Realm beneath his feet collapsed into a black hole.

The Immortal Emperor fragment between his brows, which had been flashing with bloody light, also dimmed rapidly.

As for Shen Yuanmo, he simply waved his hand, dispelling the residual blood energy on the surface of the Blood-Transforming Divine Furnace. Then, under the gaze of Blood Ancestor, who looked as if he wanted to spit fire, he tossed this Half-Step Immortal Emperor weapon, which had been stained with the blood of countless living beings, into his Storage Ring.

Meanwhile, in the Jiuyou Imperial Capital, in the Hall of Eternal Darkness, the starry water mirror that had just been re-condensed by Nine Nether Immortal Emperor with his mana finally stabilized after a burst of flickering.

Then, all the Immortal Kings and immortal officials in the hall saw a scene they would never forget for the rest of their lives. They saw the waterfall of Karmic Fire capable of burning the sky and boiling the sea. They saw the Chaos giant that the young man had transformed into, advancing instead of retreating, charging straight into the Karmic Fire.

Then, they saw the giant seize the divine furnace unscathed. One punch. Then, they saw Blood Ancestor violently spitting blood, his aura withered. Finally, they watched helplessly as that young man put away Blood Ancestor's Lifebound Emperor Weapon like he was discarding trash.

The hall was deathly silent. The expressions on the faces of all the civil and military immortal officials were completely frozen, like wooden carvings that had been hit by a immobilization spell.

On the imperial throne, the face of Nine Nether Immortal Emperor, which had just regained its color, instantly turned livid.

He exerted sudden force with his hands resting on the armrests. Crack! The armrests of the imperial throne, crafted from Immortal King-grade divine gold and star secret silver, did not even emit a wail under his immense strength before being crushed into a pile of falling silver powder.

In the Star Domain Graveyard, his Lifebound Treasure had been snatched away, and his dao foundation had suffered heavy damage. With disheveled hair and blood-red eyes, Blood Ancestor had completely fallen into madness.

He stared unblinkingly at Shen Yuanmo; on that shriveled face, there was no longer any demeanor of an Immortal Dao expert, only endless resentment and madness.

He suddenly pulled a Talisman paper from his bosom. It was a pitch-black Dharma Decree, with an eerie Talisman attached to it that was constantly dripping with viscous black blood.

The moment the Dharma Decree appeared, an aura even more ominous and taboo than the Immortal Emperor fragment shrouded the entire Star Domain.

"Little Beast..." Blood Ancestor's voice was hoarse and shrill, as if an evil ghost crawling out from the deepest part of Hell were cursing.

"Forcing me to use this item! Forcing me to use this taboo!"

He clutched the dripping Dharma Decree tightly, his resentful gaze piercing the Void Realm and locking onto Shen Yuanmo.

"I want to light a lamp with your immortal soul! I want your true spirit to suffer in the endless Karmic Fire for tens of millions of eons! Never to be reincarnated for eternity!"