347: Lord of Nirvana

Boom!

With a massive explosion, Taotie's enormous body suddenly expanded like a balloon being continuously filled with water, as threads of immortal light burst forth from within.

"Argh..."

Taotie cried out, its entire body twitching and convulsing uncontrollably.

Bang!

Finally, its body expanded to its limit and exploded into fragments with a thunderous roar.

An ancient light image of an Immortal King manifested from within, standing tall upon the earth.

At the crown of that light image, a young man stepped out slowly, his gaze like lightning, looking down upon all directions with disdain.

It was Lin Yang, who had finally broken free.

Buzz, buzz, buzz...

The chunks of Taotie's flesh scattered in all directions began to wriggle, gradually converging toward a single point.

Vicious Beasts naturally possessed tenacious vitality, and at Taotie's Realm, it was even harder to completely obliterate.

Even though its body had been shattered into countless pieces and its heart and head were destroyed, Taotie remained alive and was seeking a way to reconstruct its body.

"Purify!"

Lin Yang shouted. The light image of goddess nüwa reappeared, sending down divine light of purification that enveloped the Taotie flesh scattered across the ground.

Sizzle, sizzle...

One could see thick, crimson Evil Qi evaporating from the chunks of flesh illuminated by the purifying radiance.

Moo!

Immediately after, Lin Yang formed a seal with one hand and summoned the Star-Swallowing Whale, which began to frantically devour the purified Taotie flesh.

"Bastard! How dare you!?"

Taotie roared in a frenzy, for it discovered that once its scattered flesh was purified and devoured, it completely lost connection with it.

If this continued, it would be eaten alive by that glowing giant whale.

This was simply the height of absurdity!

As the dignified King of Vicious Beasts and the Ancestor of Devouring known throughout the heavens for its power of devouring, it was actually being swallowed whole by someone else in this manner?

A warrior can be killed, but not insulted!

"Sheng Mo, Sheng Xie, Sheng You, Sheng Gui, what are you useless things doing? Come quickly and protect me! Protect me!"

Taotie was both shocked and enraged, calling out to the four Immortal Kings of the Nirvana Saint Clan for support.

Boom—!

Not long after its call for help, earth-shaking disturbances indeed erupted from other directions.

Several Immortal Kings were exerting their might, intending to head to the Eastern Desolation to support Taotie.

However, in the instant after they erupted, several powerful auras followed, soaring into the sky.

It was Li Sanxuan, Deputy Alliance Leader and the other Immortal Kings of the Immortal Alliance taking action; they too had noticed the changes in the Eastern Desolation.

Now that the advantage was theirs, they naturally would not allow the Immortal Kings to go and interfere.

Moo, moo, moo!

Amidst the cheerful sounds of the Star-Swallowing Whale, less and less of Taotie's flesh remained; it was all swallowed and converted into the whale's power.

At this moment, it was clearly perceptible that Taotie's power had significantly weakened. Even if it could reconstruct its body and soul again, it would no longer possess its former might.

At this moment, Taotie felt humiliated to the extreme.

It had spent its entire life devouring others, never imagining that one day it would die by being devoured.

It was truly going to be nailed to the pillar of shame for the Taotie Clan!

"Venerable Lord, save me!" Taotie suddenly shouted toward the World Fissure with all its might.

Just as Taotie's final heart fragment was about to be sucked into the mouth of the Star-Swallowing Whale... Boom!

Suddenly, the universe shook violently. Black mist surged turbulently at the World Fissure, pouring out like a collapsing ocean.

The entire world seemed to fall into eternal extinction at this moment.

Everything was frozen, all spirits went silent; there was no light, nor was there darkness. There was only a deathly silence.

That power was too terrifying, making it difficult for even Immortal Kings and Immortal Kings to move.

Lin Yang was horrified. He felt as if the time and space of the entire Lower Realm had been frozen. He turned around with great difficulty, only to see in shock a giant hand slowly emerging from that pitch-black fissure, reaching toward him.

The moment that giant hand crossed the World Fissure, the peerless aura it revealed caused the sun, moon, and mountains to shake violently, and the stars beyond the heavens to fall one after another, as if it were about to shatter the entire world.

"Is that... an Immortal Emperor taking action!?"

All living beings were terrified, unable to muster even a hint of resistance.

Because they were truly not on the same level; even an Immortal King seemed insignificant before such power.

One could see that giant hand crossing the sky, blotting out the sun and covering the heavens as it reached toward Lin Yang, encompassing Lin Yang, the Star-Swallowing Whale, the Taotie heart fragments, and the surrounding million miles of space.

Lin Yang wanted to flee, but he was unable to move.

As that giant hand descended, countless great stars from beyond the heavens fell with it, the Void Realm shattered, and all things went silent.

What kind of terrifying power was this?

It was simply immeasurable!

A single hand could trigger a shower of stars, and with a flip of the palm, it could crush the sun, moon, and rivers of stars.

"Is this the strength of an Immortal Emperor?"

Everyone was aghast. Even Immortal Kings felt despair. The Eerie Clan had a total of thirteen such terrifyingly boundless figures; who could possibly rival them?

It was no wonder they were the Dominators of the starry sky, the strongest race in the heavens!

"I'm saved!"

Taotie was overjoyed, because as that giant hand descended, Lin Yang was certain to die, while it would be reborn.

Boom!

Suddenly, a terrifying vibration came from above the firmament, and an incredibly fearsome aura rapidly spread down from the high heavens.

That aura was supremely masculine and powerful, vast and boundless, no weaker than the Nirvana Venerable Lord!

"Immortal Emperor!"

Taotie turned pale with fright.

It had long heard that the Alliance Leader of the Lingxiao Heaven's Immortal Alliance—Dao Venerable Taia—was a peerless Immortal Emperor.

His cultivation was legendary, not at all inferior to the Reincarnation Heavenly Venerable of the Immortal Alliance's past.

Within Lingxiao Heaven, Dao Venerable Taia was a nearly invincible existence. Even the Nirvana Venerable Lord did not dare to risk entering personally to duel him.

Therefore, they needed to work together to lay down the Four Fiends Extinction Array to force Dao Venerable Taia to act, so he could wait for an opportunity to conquer Lingxiao Heaven in one fell swoop.

But now, they had failed!

To save Taotie, the Nirvana Venerable Lord had been forced to act prematurely.

"Hehe, Nirvana, you've lost!"

Above the firmament, an old man in Daoist robes appeared. He had white hair, skin as smooth as a baby's, a kind face, and deep eyes. He looked toward the World Fissure and spoke with a smile.

As his voice fell, an invisible ripple quickly spread throughout the entire world. All living beings seemed to be reborn in an instant, and the fear of the Nirvana Venerable Lord in their hearts vanished into thin air.

At this time, the Nirvana Venerable Lord's giant hand was still frozen in mid-air.

However, under the calm gaze of Dao Venerable Taia, it did not descend any further.

The surroundings were terrifyingly quiet.

The scene of the entire world seemed to be frozen in this single instant...