549: Devouring Emperor

Upon Zizhu Peak of the Azure Profound Sect.

Through the screen, heart-palpitatingly terrifying fluctuations faintly emanated.

Wang Xiaopang's face turned pale, and he subconsciously shrunk his neck.

Xiao Ruobai and Fang Hanyu also looked solemn; they had once watched Xing Tianao Undergoing Tribulation and knew well how formidable it was.

But the tribulation Ling Xi triggered now—its mere aftershocks made their Dao Hearts tremble; it was on a completely different level!

Gu Changge remained seated calmly, his gaze seemingly piercing through everything to land on the figure at the center of the lightning sea.

Within the Void Realm, Ling Xi had already merged with her Dharma Idol.

As if she were an eternal and indestructible Chaos deity, facing the Returning to Ruins Lightning Sea that could annihilate all, she did only one thing: Devour!

The Heaven Devouring Dao Art operated to an unprecedented extreme as she and her Dharma Idol transformed into a bottomless black hole, frantically devouring the surrounding black lightning!

The Power of Returning to Ruins Extinction raged within her body, attempting to dismantle her dao foundation from the inside, but she forcibly suppressed and refined it with the purer, more overbearing Power of the Great Void Origin!

Refining the body with tribulation! Tempering the Dao with hardship!

This was not Undergoing Tribulation; it was more like a hearty plunder and conquest launched against the supreme Laws!

The lightning sea churned for three whole days before its momentum finally dissipated.

However, the tribulation had not ended; it had not even paused.

Following closely were the invisible and formless Eternal Heart Demon Karmic Fire and the Flames of Dao Body Burning, which targeted the very Origin of the Dao Heart and the brand of life!

The Heart Demon conjured scenes of her death in her past life, the overturning of her homeland, and the tragedy of her sect's suffering, while the karmic fire scorched her Divine Soul memories and Karma ties.

The Dao fire was even more ruthless, directly igniting her dao principle runes and life Origin!

Scorched within and without, both spirit and form were being tempered!

Ling Xi's figure flickered within the Chaos, at times clear like a Banished Immortal descending to the world, at others ethereal like a candle in the wind.

She held firm amidst the pain and found rebirth within the destruction, treating every tribulation as nourishment to hone her Dao Heart and temper her Emperor Physique.

In this manner, another four days passed.

As the dawn of the seventh day seemed about to be swallowed by eternal darkness, the terrifying tribulation clouds that had spread across countless billions of miles and made the stars of the heavens tremble finally began to slowly dissipate.

The Void Realm returned to tranquility.

A figure slowly stood up from the center of the tribulation.

Her white clothes remained as pure as snow, yet they seemed to carry the starlight of eternity and the weight of Chaos.

Her face was still cold and peerlessly beautiful, but her brow now held a depth and majesty born from enduring immeasurable tribulations.

Not a shred of aura leaked from her body, yet she was like a walking black hole, naturally pulling the surrounding light, energy, and even the ripples of Laws slightly inward.

A brand new, vast and boundless, yet Perfect and self-sufficient Emperor Might spread silently like spilled mercury.

This Emperor Might was different from Ye Lingxiao's grand weightiness and distinct from Xing Tianao's overbearing ferocity.

It was more restrained, deeper, and more ancient.

It was as if she were not a newly ascended Emperor, but an ancient Dominator who had awakened after sleeping for countless eons and strolled back from the upper reaches of the river of time.

Empress Ling Xi—no, it was Ling Xi the Heaven Devouring Great Emperor, who had surpassed the shackles of her past life and stepped into a brand-new Domain.

At this moment, she truly returned to the Emperor Realm!

Moreover, the solidity of her Foundation and the terror of her depth far exceeded that of an ordinary new Emperor!

She slowly raised her hand, palm upward, and gave a light squeeze.

Silently, a distant patch of space-time turbulence instantly collapsed and was annihilated, turning into the purest Origin Qi, which was sucked dry by the invisible force in her palm.

Feeling the supreme power surging within her body, far exceeding her Peak in her previous life, Ling Xi's eyes remained as calm as an ancient well.

She turned and took a step forward.

The Void Realm beneath her feet automatically parted to form a path, as if welcoming her passage.

In the next moment, her figure appeared at the Azure Profound Sect; with another step, she quietly returned to the Hidden Peak, before Gu Changge.

Facing Gu Changge, she bowed deeply.

"Disciple Ling Xi has fortunately fulfilled the mission." Her voice was calm, yet it carried the weight of a galaxy.

Gu Changge looked at her, his gaze lingering for a moment before he gave a slight nod.

"Good."

Gu Changge looked at Ling Xi, whose aura was smooth and restrained, her Emperor Might hidden.

His gaze seemed capable of piercing through every dao principle flowing within her Emperor Physique.

"Your Heaven Devouring Dao Art,"

Gu Changge spoke. His voice wasn't loud, but it caused Xiao Ruobai, Fang Hanyu, and Wang Xiaopang standing by—as well as Ling Xi, who had just stabilized her aura—to subconsciously focus and listen.

"Though it can be considered peerlessly overbearing and directly targets the Devouring Origin, it is too fierce and harsh!"

Ling Xi's heart tightened slightly, and she bowed. "This Disciple is dull; please grant your guidance, Revered Master."

Gu Changge said no more, simply raising his right index finger. A point of hazy Chaos light, seemingly containing endless creation and destruction, slowly lit up at his fingertip.

The light was not blinding, yet everyone present felt an inexplicable trembling and longing from their own Cultivation Techniques and the Great Dao they had comprehended.

Gu Changge pointed his finger vaguely toward Ling Xi.

That point of Chaos light left his fingertip, turned into a streak of light, and entered Ling Xi's forehead.

Ling Xi's delicate body shook violently, and her eyes snapped shut as her Sea of Consciousness was turned upside down!

A vast torrent of information, like a sea of stars, surged in—not simple text or images, but the most fundamental Law brands and Dao Rhyme Legacies!

She saw the runes of the Heaven Devouring Dao Art being dismantled and reconstructed one by one, merging into a more ancient, more overbearing, and more inclusive meaning.

She saw the Origin mark of the World-Devouring Beast, which her Revered Master had suppressed and killed, being refined and purified.

Its Innate Divine Ability to devour all things and transform them into Chaos was skillfully grafted and fused into the framework of the new Cultivation Technique.

She even saw her cultivation trajectory from both past and present lives, her Dao body characteristics, and even her cultivation insights being perfectly woven into this brand-new technique!

After an unknown amount of time—perhaps only an instant—Ling Xi snapped her eyes open. Chaos swirled within her pupils, and terrifying phenomena of suns, moons, and stars being born and dying, and the myriad worlds rising and falling, flashed by.

A sliver of her originally restrained Emperor Might leaked out uncontrollably.

Instantly, the space of the entire Hidden Peak distorted slightly, and the flow of time seemed to become disordered, but it was smoothed over by an invisible force in an instant.

She took a deep breath, suppressing the massive waves and endless insights in her heart, and bowed deeply to Gu Changge, her voice carrying a hint of uncontrollable trembling. "Thank you, Revered Master!"

What she had received was far more than just a Cultivation Technique.

This was clearly a path to heaven that her Revered Master had repaved for her, one infinitely broader than in her past life!

The Dao and principles contained within were enough for her to spend her entire life exploring!

Gu Changge accepted her salute calmly and said indifferently:

"This method is derived from the Heaven Devouring Dao Art, incorporating the wonders of the World-Devouring Beast's Origin and aligning with the opportunities of your own path. Let it be called the Heaven Devouring Immortal Art. Comprehend it well."

Heaven Devouring Immortal Art!

As those four words were spoken, Ling Xi felt her Divine Soul resonate with this newborn supreme Cultivation Technique!

Gu Changge's gaze then turned to Xiao Ruobai, Fang Hanyu, and Wang Xiaopang, who had long been watching with surging emotions and dazed fascination.

"By the way." With a flick of his finger, four streaks of light shot toward the four of them.

"The previous Cultivation Techniques—Cannot See Through Me, Cant Catch Me, and Cant Beat Me—I've upgraded them slightly."

Gu Changge's tone remained flat. "Once you reach the Great Emperor level, Cultivate them again."

Gu Changge wasn't finished yet. He took out several black Jade Slips that looked ordinary, even somewhat dusty, and flicked them toward the group.

"And this, 'Cannot Kill Me'!"