401: The death of Ling Tian!

Emperor Qin and Ling Tian exchanged glances, their eyes filled with disbelief and shock.

They never expected Shen Wuya to be so resolute—to not hesitate to dismember his Physical Body and transform himself into a Martial Soul weapon, sacrificing complete annihilation for that slim chance of mutual destruction! This ruthlessness made even them, as emperors, feel ashamed.

But after the shock came complete realization: if the Heavenly Dao did not die, the three of them would be "formatted," never to reincarnate, not even leaving behind data fragments; but if the Heavenly Dao fell, the epoch reset, and the Heavenly Dao's Laws disintegrated, the Reincarnation passage might reopen—they might still have a next life! Death, at this moment, had become the only path to life!

Death is life!

"Kill!"

Emperor Qin roared to the sky, his voice shaking the Nine Heavens.

He held nothing back, frantically pouring all the Territory Suppression Divine Power in his body into the heaven opening axe! The axe blade hummed, an Ancestral Dragon phantom coiled, and behind him, a boundless civilization illusion appeared—the Great Wall snaked like a Dragon, millions of terracotta army roared in formation, the Xianyang Palace shone with golden light, and the Great Qin Laws transformed into golden runes wrapped around him! With his single body, he bore the Luck and will of the entire great qin civilization, risking his life to unleash the strongest strike of his life!

"Kill!"

Ling Tian was not to be outdone, his eyes burning with frenzied pride. He completely fused the Four Symbols Cultivation Technique and the God Slaying Sword Formation that he had cultivated throughout his life, activating the speed of the Azure Dragon, the sharpness of the White Tiger, the burning of the Vermilion Bird, and the solidity of the Black Tortoise, transforming them into a Four Symbols God Slaying Sword Formation that spanned heaven and earth! Ten thousand swords chimed in unison, each Sword Qi inscribed with a God Slaying oath, pointing directly at Lu Chen's glabella!

"Heavenly Dao!!!" Ling Tian roared hoarsely, his voice tearing through the Divine Void Realm, "I want to slay a God! I want to transcend the Heavens!!"

At the same time, thousands of Ghost Emperor had already erupted in rage, unleashing Divine Being-level Divine Ability—Soul Devouring Storm, Guixu Breath, and Destructive Torrent—seemingly about to easily devour the three.

Lu Chen raised his hand, his voice calm yet carrying an unquestionable majesty: "Get back, all of you. Don't kill them—they are mine!!"

Before his voice faded, Lu Chen's eyes burst forth with brilliant golden light, and a boundless Divine Power erupted from within his body!

It turned out that when he designed the Immortal Realm and Divine Realm, not only did all the abominations submit, but even the Divine Power Origin of the entire Upper Realm recognized him as its master!

Logically, a True Immortal cannot absorb Divine Power, right? But for Lu Chen, Divine Power was as natural as breathing!

In an instant, the Divine Power of the entire Universe surged into his body like a hundred rivers returning to the sea—

Within a single breath, Immortal Emperor Haotian's Dragon Core, as vast as a star, was completely refined!

Boom—!!!

His Realm directly broke through—the Domain Suppression Realm, achieved!

All of Lu Chen's grotto-heavens were activated—not a single star, but an entire brilliant galaxy! One hundred thousand stars lit up simultaneously, each inscribed with a Great Dao Law, their starlight interwoven into a net, illuminating the Divine Void Realm of the Upper Realm!

One must know that even for a Domain Suppressing Realm expert like Emperor Qin, his grotto-heaven only contained one star; yet Lu Chen's grotto-heaven encompassed one hundred thousand stars, vast as the birth of the Universe!

"Now, it's your turn." The dragon fiend spear in Lu Chen's hand hummed and trembled.

He circulated the Nine Heavens Dragon Vein Art, and nine Ancestral Dragon phantoms, condensed from pure Divine Power, coiled around the spear shaft, their Dragon roars shaking the heavens! With one thrust, it transformed into a triple spear shadow, so fast that it transcended the perception of time!

The first spear struck Emperor Qin's heaven opening axe!

The moment the axe blade and spear tip collided, the great qin civilization illusion shattered like glass—the Great Wall broke, the terracotta army crumbled, and the Ancestral Dragon wailed and dissipated! Emperor Qin's arms burst, blood gushing, and his entire body flew backward for ten thousand li like a broken kite!

The second spear pointed directly at Ling Tian's Four Symbols God Slaying Sword Formation!

Ling Tian's proud God Slaying Sword Formation turned into dust the moment the spear shadow touched it!

Ling Tian didn't even have time to react before the dragon fiend spear pierced through his chest! Divine Blood gushed, his Divine Soul trembled, and all his pride, accumulation, and ambition were annihilated by this single spear!

"This... what kind of power is this?!" Ling Tian knelt on one knee, incredulous, "One spear... just one spear, and it destroyed all my accumulated power?!"

He wanted to escape, but found that the space around him had been locked, even his thoughts suppressed.

Lu Chen smiled coldly: "You like playing with sword formations? Then let you die under a sword formation!"

Lu Chen circulated the Five Elements Inverse Deduction Art—this was a method personally created by mechanical girl zero, allowing one person to perform the Five Elements alone!

The sharpness of Metal, the vitality of Wood, the gentleness of Water, the intensity of Fire, and the thickness of Earth, five Laws instantly intertwined, forming a Five Elements Sword Formation that spanned heaven and earth! Ten thousand sword shadows rained down, surrounding Ling Tian, each containing Territory Suppression Divine Might!

Ling Tian's eyes turned blood red, and he let out an unwilling roar: "No! I refuse! I am not reconciled! Why must I be a slave to the Heavenly Dao from birth? Why can't I become the Heavenly Dao?! Heavenly Dao!! You can't kill me! Even if you format me, my will, my spirit, will be inherited—until one day, a protagonist appears who can kill you!!"

"So much nonsense." Lu Chen said expressionlessly, "Die."

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Tens of thousands of Five Elements Divine Swords pierced through Ling Tian's body! He used his last trump cards—God Slaying Pavilion's nine great flames, the Fusion of the Four Symbols, the activation of his Domain... but everything was instantly annihilated within the sword formation, not even ashes remaining!

Boom—!!!

Ling Tian's body exploded with a bang, and before his Divine Soul fragments could scatter, they were completely Purified by the Five Elements Sword Qi.

A generation's Son of the Plane, thus fell.

The fragments of Destiny belonging exclusively to Ling Tian slowly rose.

Not only that, the fragments of West Moon and Liu Lanyan, whom he had killed earlier, flew out together.

After all characters from previous civilizations died, they would leave behind fragments of Destiny.

Lu Chen grabbed with his five fingers in the air, and three fragments of Destiny flew into his palm.

Just as he was about to examine them closely,

The next second!!

A green light tore through the Void Realm, so fast that even time couldn't react!

The Martial Soul bamboo flute, transformed from Shen Wuya, actually shattered Lu Chen's newly condensed dragon fiend spear shadow with a BUG-level recursive amplification force that seemed like "stepping on one's own left foot with the right"! One must know that at this moment, Lu Chen had already swallowed more than a dozen Divine Being-level Ghost Emperor demon cores, and his Divine Power was so abundant that it was comparable to a nascent Divine Being; with one spear shadow, he could suppress all Laws.

But this bamboo flute moved unhindered, irresistible!

Pfft—!!

The bamboo flute plunged into Lu Chen's chest without any obstruction, directly piercing his grotto-heaven core!

Emperor Qin's eyes widened, his voice trembling with excitement: "Succeeded!?"

In an instant, Shen Wuya's voice, like a great bell, resounded throughout the entire Upper Realm space, carrying determination and ecstasy: "Heavenly Dao! I won!"

Without hesitation, Shen Wuya directly detonated himself!

Boom—!!!

A BUG-level Martial Soul, strengthened by tens of thousands of fission cycles! Its energy erupted like a supernova, intending to completely detonate Lu Chen's grotto-heaven and Divine Soul from within!

However—

The next second, Shen Wuya's consciousness froze.

He discovered in horror: Lu Chen's grotto-heaven was not just one star, but a vast and boundless grotto-heaven of one hundred thousand stars! Every star was burning with Divine Power, and every galaxy was operating according to Law.

The moment he detonated, a giant hand, condensed from the power of one hundred thousand stars, appeared out of thin air, its five fingers like heavenly pillars, its palm lines like star maps, firmly clutching the Martial Soul bamboo flute!