169: The Outer Realm Emperor, the Fall of the Emperor

The corpse’s movements were very faint, but everyone present except Lin Chen was Foundation Level; they merely watched with cold eyes.

“Seniors, is he still alive?”

“Heh heh, he is indeed alive, but he’s half-dead. Even if he fully recovers, he won’t be a match for any of us,” Lin Wufa answered Lin Chen’s question.

Everyone continued to stare at the corpse, waiting for it to fully revive, but they weren't doing nothing.

The Alliance Leader Old Man took out a set of arrays and deployed them around the corpse. Once the arrays formed, they vanished into the Void, as if the scene just now was an illusion.

Lin Wufa switched to combat mode, with a spatial crystal of countless facets suspended behind him, ready to strike at any moment.

A bright moon appeared behind Shen Yu; this was his true form.

Jiang Wuliang said nothing, simply donning his battle armor, with a Dao Level long spear standing beside him. Killing intent surged around him, and an illusory army of thousands of horses appeared behind him.

The four Foundation Level experts were fully prepared and suppressed their power fluctuations, ensuring that the reviving corpse would not perceive them and prepare in advance.

Lin Chen, on the other hand, was protected by a portion of the four’s power, allowing him to observe the battle from the side.

Foundation Level battles were not common.

After a short while, the soul fluctuations, true spirit fluctuations, and consciousness fluctuations on the corpse instantly became countless times stronger, like an explosive release after extreme suppression.

“Hahaha, I, Emperor Cangyun, am still alive! Void Spear Venerable, you still lost!”

Emperor Cangyun stood up, his decayed flesh and blood shedding as new flesh and blood regenerated. A surging imperial might naturally emanated, causing the surrounding Void to creak.

The next moment, he realized something was wrong.

“This isn’t right!”

“How can there be four Great Emperors?!”

Emperor Cangyun regained his senses, looking at the Alliance Leader Old Man and the others standing at his four cardinal points, somewhat dumbfounded.

Even in his prime, he was only at the early Great Emperor cultivation (Foundation Level early stage), and he couldn’t defeat any single one of the Alliance Leader Old Man and the others. After all, the four were at least at the Foundation Level middle stage cultivation, and the Alliance Leader Old Man was even at the Foundation Level late stage, nearing the peak.

Now, he was half-dead, his origin depleted, and his strength less than one-tenth of its peak, making him even less of a match for the Alliance Leader Old Man and the others.

“Uh, I surrender!”

Emperor Cangyun was very pragmatic; if he couldn’t win, he would surrender, otherwise, he would truly die this time.

Many years ago, after he broke through to become an Emperor, he left his birth world and traveled the Void, encountering many people and events, and his cultivation gradually stabilized at the early Great Emperor stage (Foundation Level early stage).

One day, he encountered the Void Spear Venerable.

At that time, the Void Spear Venerable had just broken through to the Foundation Level by relying on the Void Annihilation Spear, his cultivation was still unstable, and his aura was very fleeting.

Emperor Cangyun, seeing an opportunity for wealth, coveted the Void Annihilation Spear, a Dao Level supreme treasure. Thus, he brazenly attacked and ambushed the Void Spear Venerable.

The subsequent story was very clichéd.

The Void Spear Venerable fought desperately. Even with the Void Annihilation Spear, he was no match for Emperor Cangyun, but he was unwilling to die like this. Even if he died, he could not let Emperor Cangyun, this despicable person, obtain the Void Annihilation Spear.

Therefore, the Void Spear Venerable used his own origin to activate the Void Annihilation Spear, unleashing the power of this top-grade Dao Level supreme treasure, suppressing Emperor Cangyun with one spear.

However, Emperor Cangyun was very cunning. At the moment before being suppressed, he entered a semi-dissolution state, concealing more than half of his soul and true spirit, escaping the mortal crisis. Only his physical body was suppressed by the Void Annihilation Spear.

The Void Annihilation Spear had been suppressing Emperor Cangyun’s physical body. If Lin Chen hadn’t pulled out the Void Annihilation Spear, with the passage of time, Emperor Cangyun’s physical body would have been obliterated, leaving only a fragmented soul and true spirit to exist in the world.

But he wouldn’t have lost out. In the end, he could still obtain the Void Annihilation Spear, re-cultivate his Dao path, return to the Great Emperor realm, and his future prospects would be even broader.

However, he encountered Lin Chen, and a Lin Chen who liked to call for backup.

If Lin Fan or Oriental Red Sleeve had encountered such a situation, it would truly be an unsolvable dilemma. With good luck, they might only be able to feign compliance with Emperor Cangyun; with bad luck, they would be completely obliterated.

So, destiny had already determined the fate of some beings.

Emperor Cangyun’s fate was, naturally, complete demise.

As for his surrender, it held no value.

The more benefits that could be extracted from a living Foundation Level existence, the more profitable it was. After extracting the benefits, killing him would allow for another round of benefits from his corpse, truly a multi-course meal.

The Alliance Leader Old Man said nothing, only activating the array to suppress Emperor Cangyun again. Then Shen Yu acted, using the power of the bright moon to extract Emperor Cangyun’s soul and true spirit.

Lin Wufa threw Emperor Cangyun’s soul and true spirit into the countless-faceted crystal suspended behind him, beginning to strip away the contained memories and various inheritances, finally completely obliterating them and transforming them into pure Foundation Level origin and rule fragments.

Jiang Wuliang was not idle either. He began to process Emperor Cangyun’s physical body, turning it into various materials that could be used.

As for the other unusable parts, he looked at the surrounding gray nebula and directly ground them into dust, integrating them into the gray nebula.

Jiang Wuliang was naturally aware that Lin Chen possessed Dao Fall Power, and he could also sense that Lin Chen held a Dao Oblivion Seed that was absorbing the surrounding gray power.

So, he conveniently transformed the unusable parts of Emperor Cangyun’s corpse into gray power and compressed them into a gray crystal, which he gave to Lin Chen to cultivate the Dao Oblivion Seed.

In this way, Emperor Cangyun completely perished, thoroughly consumed from head to toe. Besides his record in past history, the figure of Emperor Cangyun would never appear again in the future.

One could only say that the Alliance Leader Old Man and the others handled such matters with excessive proficiency. It seemed they frequently targeted Foundation Level enemies in this manner, otherwise, they wouldn’t have come as a group of four, each with clearly defined roles and highly efficient work.

Thus, the matter of the fortuitous encounter came to an end.

Lin Chen obtained the Dao Level supreme treasure, the Void Annihilation Spear, and acquired a portion of Emperor Cangyun’s power to cultivate the Dao Oblivion Seed.

The four Foundation Level powerhouses obtained all of Emperor Cangyun’s inheritances, as well as his true spirit, soul, and useful physical body.

Everyone had gains, and the outcome was naturally a joyous one. All things considered, Lin Chen’s harvest was the greatest: a top-grade Dao Level supreme treasure, whose value was immeasurable, and the Federation itself had only a few such items.

“This Emperor Cangyun is quite poor. He doesn’t even have a personal treasure vault. After living for so many years, his gains are truly meager, not at all consistent with his experience of wandering the Void for so long.”

Lin Wufa’s consciousness returned at this point; he had already investigated Emperor Cangyun’s experiences.

This Emperor Cangyun was rather poor, without even a single Dao Level treasure. Even his own treasure vault was lost in the Void, and his gains were visibly shrunken.

“An Emperor who emerged from a weak Dao Level world, you can’t expect him to be very knowledgeable. He’s also someone who doesn’t like to hoard resources, so it’s already good to have the current gains.”

Shen Yu was more open-minded; having some gains was better than none.

“However, that weak Dao Level world can be explored. Its main race is also close to the human race, so it can be transformed. A weak Dao Level world is also a gain.”

“Then leave this matter to me. My hands are itching, and I’ll just treat it as a trip.”

The Alliance Leader Old Man had a long-term vision and already had ideas for the world where Emperor Cangyun originated. Jiang Wuliang seized the opportunity to speak, indicating that he could make the trip.

A weak Dao Level world that had already produced a Foundation Level being was unlikely to develop to the point of nurturing a second Foundation Level being in a short time.

However, this world still had value. After all, its grade had already reached the weak Dao Level. As long as it was cultivated by the human race afterward, it could also secure the birth of a Foundation Level powerhouse for humanity’s future.

Furthermore, by possessing everything about Emperor Cangyun, it was entirely possible to use all of Emperor Cangyun, relying on the original weak Dao Level world, to nurture a Foundation Level existence belonging to the human race.

There are always more solutions than problems.

Regarding such matters, Lin Chen just listened quietly from the side. He just needed to listen and didn’t need to express an opinion.

After securing everything from Emperor Cangyun, the Alliance Leader Old Man and the others did not linger in the Void. The Void was not very friendly to Foundation Level powerhouses; the longer they stayed, the more likely they were to provoke a backlash from the Void.

Therefore, the Alliance Leader Old Man, Lin Wufa, and Shen Yu returned to the Federation to continue dealing with matters concerning the Five Regions Great World and the Land of Fallen Dao, while Jiang Wuliang traveled far into the Void to explore that weak Dao Level world.

Lin Chen, on his part, remained in place to seclude himself and refine the Void Annihilation Spear, not returning to the Federation with them.

A short Foundation Level battle had erupted in the quasi-Void world, leaving behind the auras of multiple Foundation Level beings. It could be considered a very safe place, perfectly suitable for Lin Chen to seclude himself.