427: Chapter 427 The Myriad Realms Tremble! Before the Xu Family, What is the Heavenly Dao?

Xu Chen's words, tinged with a hint of malice and frivolity, echoed through the silent starry sky.

Shen Xi, who was imprisoned by his side like a little chick being held up, bit her bloodless lower lip tightly.

This self-proclaimed emotionless and desireless Heavenly Goddess not only had to endure being physically restrained by another, but also had to bear the intense shock coming from the depths of her Soul.

Her dark golden eyes stared fixedly at the silver armor fragments floating ahead.

These divine generals, representing the supreme judgmental power of the Heavenly Dao, were slaughtered in a one-sided massacre without even managing to touch the hemlines of the Xu Family's female cultivators.

Just what kind of monstrous Family had this Universe birthed?

Xu Chen paid no heed to Shen Xi's nearly frozen gaze. He wrapped one arm around the goddess's waist and slowly turned around. His eyes, flashing with purple-gold divine light like two sharp swords capable of piercing through the Major Thousand Worlds, swept across the vast and deep void of the Universe.

On the surface, this starry sky only contained the Xu Family Imperial Guards and those Holy Lords of Ten Thousand Realms who had come to offer their congratulations.

But under the perception of Xu Chen's supreme Divine Thought at the Peak of the Great Emperor realm, every dark corner of these All Heavens and Myriad Realms had nowhere to hide.

Deep within the Star Domains of the heavens.

Inside a silent planetary ruin named "Heaven-Burial Abyss," a mottled Primordial Bronze Coffin lay hidden.

The coffin lid was half-open, and a gaunt old man, exuding an aura of decay, was staring fixedly at the Heaven-Peering Water Mirror before him.

This person was Old Ancestor Withered Bone, who had lived for three full epochs. His cultivation had long reached the Peak of the Quasi-Emperor realm. To avoid the "Dao Fruit Harvest" of the heavens, he had forcibly buried himself in this sunless place to linger on.

Today was the Xu Family's grand wedding, and the Heavenly Temple had descended; Old Ancestor Withered Bone had originally been filled with wild joy.

He thought that the unparalleled Xu Family would finally provoke the Heavenly Dao and be wiped out into the dust of history.

He had even secretly contacted over a dozen other primordial old monsters hidden in the shadows, preparing to rush out and divide the Xu Family's massive, world-rivaling resources once the Heavenly Dao's punishment ended.

To his surprise, the scene presented in the water mirror was a one-sided slaughter.

The Xu Family's young Emperor didn't even draw his sword; he withstood the World-Destroying Divine Punishment and grabbed the Heavenly Goddess by the neck.

And those delicate-looking mistresses of the Xu Family had transformed into peerless gods of slaughter, hacking the arrogant divine soldiers of the Heavenly Dao into a sky full of scrap metal!

Clang.

The transmission Jade Slip in Old Ancestor Withered Bone's hand, used for communication, fell feebly to the ground and shattered into pieces.

His cloudy eyes, sunken deep into their sockets, were filled with indescribable fear and despair. His withered hands gripped the edge of the bronze coffin so tightly that he didn't even notice when his fingernails snapped.

"Defeated... The Heavenly Temple was actually defeated..."

Old Ancestor Withered Bone's voice trembled uncontrollably.

To avoid the Heavenly Dao, he had hidden in this sunless tomb like a rat for three epochs. The Heavenly Dao was the invincible, absolute nightmare in his heart.

Now, this nightmare was being ground underfoot by Xu Chen in front of all living beings in the myriad realms.

Even the Heavenly Dao had become a plaything in the hands of the Xu Family's Young Lord; what did remnants of the old era like them, lingering on the brink of death, even count for?

The same scene was playing out simultaneously in dozens of secret corners across the myriad realms.

The old monsters hiding in the crevices of the void, and the leaders of the remnant forces who had been secretly watching and hoping for a stroke of luck, all felt their limbs go cold, as if even their Divine Souls were frozen.

In the starry sky.

Xu Chen's deep and mellow voice, yet permeated with endless pressure, pierced through the infinite distance of the void and exploded in the ears of every old monster.

"Rats hiding in the gutters, have you seen enough of the show?"

Xu Chen stood with his hands behind his back, stepping on the shattered golden decree, looking down coldly at the Major Thousand Worlds.

"Did you think that a mere Heavenly Temple could balance out my Xu Family's power for you? Were you still calculating to come out and take a share once this Emperor was struck dead by heavenly lightning?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the old monsters hiding in the shadows were scared out of their wits.

The concealment Formations they were so proud of were, in Xu Chen's eyes, no different from standing naked under the scorching sun—there were no secrets to speak of.

Xu Chen slightly raised his chin. The Imperial Dragon Qi of the Peak Great Emperor realm and the Hongmeng Origin intertwined, transforming into a Purple-Gold Dharma Idol billions of feet tall, standing tall in the center of the Universe.

The dharma idol opened its eyes, and wherever its gaze landed, space collapsed inch by inch.

"Today, this Emperor will put it plainly."

"From this day forward, in these All Heavens and Myriad Realms, there is no Heavenly Temple, and certainly no Laws of the Heavenly Dao."

"The rules of my Xu Family are the only heavenly Laws of these myriad realms!"

"Only if this Emperor allows you to live can you linger on; if this Emperor wants you dead, whether you ascend to the azure heavens or descend to the Yellow Springs, no one can protect you!"

The domineering and peerless declaration, accompanied by physical pressure, was like a storm sweeping through the Universe.

Crack—

Finally, an old monster could not withstand this terrifying pressure that completely shattered their perception.

In a very distant, broken world, an ancient Sword Venerable who had once commanded the winds and clouds suddenly laughed miserably as he looked at Xu Chen's arrogant figure in the water mirror.

"Even the heavens have been defeated... The Great Dao we have sought all our lives is nothing but a joke! A joke!"

Along with a frantic roar, this ancient Sword Venerable's Dao Heart collapsed with a bang.

He did not choose to flee; instead, he directly detonated the Quasi-Emperor Origin within his body, turning into a brilliant mass of bloody fireworks and completely vanishing into ash in the void.

The collapse of faith was more fatal than the death of the body.

Where there was a first person to commit suicide, there was a second to collapse.

Several muffled explosions sounded one after another across the myriad realms as those old fogies, who would rather die than accept this insane reality, chose to end their own lives, their paths ending in death.

Most of the remaining old monsters completely abandoned their dignity and bottom lines.

Tear—

The void millions of miles away from the Xu Family was torn open violently in succession.

One after another, experts exuding an aura of decay and antiquity scrambled out of the void cracks.

They didn't dare to hesitate for a moment, not even taking the time to brush the dust off their bodies before kneeling heavily in the void.

Old Ancestor Withered Bone rushed to the front. Without hesitation, he forced out his lifeblood and condensed it into a master-servant Soul contract flashing with red light, holding it high above his head.

"The sinner Withered Bone was blind and offended the Emperor's Divine Might!"

"This old servant is willing to offer up his life-source Divine Soul to be a servant of the Xu Family for generations, guarding the mountain gate and never shrinking from death! I beg the Emperor for mercy!"

Immediately following him.

Those Quasi-Emperors and Great Saints who had once commanded the winds and clouds in various epochs offered up their Life-Source Soul Contracts one after another, like dumplings being dropped into a pot, and knelt in the starry sky.

"This old servant is willing to be a slave for generations, I beg the Emperor for mercy!"

A dense mass of ancient experts cast aside all their dignity just to trade it for a slim chance of survival before this new "Heavenly Dao."

The Holy Lords of Ten Thousand Realms below watched this scene, their already numbed nerves suffering another heavy blow.

Any one of those kneeling on the ground was an existence at the level of their respective Sects' founding ancestors. Now, however, they were like a pack of old dogs vying for favor, wailing and begging the Xu Family to take them in as slaves.

"Grand Elder."

Xu Chen retracted the billions-of-feet-tall Purple-Gold Dharma Idol and called out calmly.

"This old one is here!" The Grand Elder trembled with excitement and took a step forward, instantly arriving in mid-air.

"Accept all those who have handed over their Soul contracts. Scramble their organization and incorporate them into the Imperial Guard's Vanguard Battalion. If there is any unusual movement, crush their Soul contracts immediately and execute nine generations of their kin."

Xu Chen's arrangements were crisp and decisive, leaving these old monsters absolutely no room for bargaining.

"This old one obeys! I will certainly train them to be perfectly submissive!" With a wave of the Grand Elder's hand, several Xu Family Elders immediately pounced like wolves and tigers, collecting all the Soul contracts of those Quasi-Emperor and Great Saint levels.

Having finished these arrangements, Xu Chen turned his head to look at the group of stunningly beautiful wives standing proudly in the starry sky below.

Su Qingge, Wu Mingkong, and the others all retracted the fluctuations of Laws around them, quietly waiting like obedient wives for the next command from the head of the household.

A lazy and wicked smile once again curled at the corners of Xu Chen's mouth.

He tightened his arm, firmly pulling the Heavenly Goddess Shen Xi—who was still in deep shock and experiencing a collapse of her worldview due to the surrender of the myriad realms—into his embrace.

"Alright, the trash outside has been cleaned up."

Xu Chen lowered his head, pressing close to Shen Xi's crystal-clear ear. His warm breath hit her cold skin, causing the goddess to shudder instinctively.

"Let's go, my captive."