279: Chapter 279 Where did such a chaotic treasure come from in the lower realm?!

"Puchi!" Without a moment's pause, the divine sword slashed diagonally, cutting through with unstoppable force!

The thousands-of-zhang-tall Demon Venerable manifestation was split in two by that single sword strike, from left shoulder to right waist!

"Ahhhh!!!" A shrill scream resounded through heaven and earth.

The Demon Venerable manifestation collapsed and disintegrated, dissolving into Death Qi that filled the sky.

In the center of the shattered demon body, a hundred-zhang-sized primordial demon heart, its surface covered in black blood vessels, was revealed.

At this moment, the weak, remaining Primordial Spirit of God Emperor Lingxiao was cowering in extreme fear deep within the primordial demon heart.

He never imagined that he, a dignified expert at the Peak of the Mahayana Stage, would be instantly killed by a junior from the Lower Realm with a single sword strike!

The God Emperor's Primordial Spirit channeled his remaining spiritual power, attempting to tear open the Void Realm and abandon the primordial demon heart to escape alone.

"Come and go as you please?"

"How can there be such a good deal in this world? Drop some loot before you go, you old fart!"

The ten-thousand-zhang Thunder Emperor manifestation reached out a giant hand, plunged it into the collapsing black mist, and snatched God Emperor Lingxiao's Primordial Spirit into its palm.

"Zzzzzz!" Violent thunder power surged through the gaps between the fingers into the Primordial Spirit, electrocuting the God Emperor until he crackled and spewed black smoke.

"Ah! Junior, stop!"

"Don't kill me! This Emperor admits defeat!"

"As long as you spare my life, this Emperor is willing to reveal the top-secret location of a fragment of the chaos divine sword!"

"Only this Emperor knows that place! Without this Emperor's guidance, you will never find it!"

Cao Kun looked expressionlessly at the struggling Primordial Spirit in his palm.

"Old fart, was your brain fried by lightning?"

"If I kill you, the item will be mine."

"As for the secret, I can just search your soul myself!"

He closed his hand, and the thunderous light surged.

"Bang!" With a muffled sound, God Emperor Lingxiao's Primordial Spirit was crushed by the Thunder Emperor manifestation!

It turned into countless glowing fragments that drifted away in his palm. A generation of Lower Realm overlords, God Emperor Lingxiao, who had schemed for ten thousand years, was thus annihilated, body and soul!

Cao Kun was quick and agile; he snatched up the Storage Ring left behind by the God Emperor. At the same time, he tossed all the scattered Primordial Spirit fragments into the System space, intending to piece them together and search them for memories when he had time later.

With the God Emperor's death, the blood rain filling the sky finally ceased. The haze of death that had been pressing down on everyone finally dissipated.

The thirty thousand Prodigies below stared blankly at the figure in the sky, who appeared like a True Immortal. It took a full dozen breaths before anyone reacted.

"We won…"

"Great Philanthropist won! The Mahayana Stage Demon Venerable was sliced to death by Great Philanthropist with a single sword strike!"

"Great Philanthropist Cao is invincible in this world!"

Thirty thousand people knelt on the ground in unison, their cheers, like a roaring mountain and sea, surging toward the heavens.

The golden Sentient Being Lines thickened once more, and the Power Of Faith surged into Cao Kun's body as if it were endless.

Feeling the surging power within him, Cao Kun satisfiedly withdrew the Thunder Emperor manifestation. His gaze fell upon the primordial demon heart floating in mid-air.

Although this thing was wicked, the energy it contained was undoubtedly a priceless treasure.

"That old fart gave me both experience and equipment; he really is a good person. I'll gladly accept this loot!"

However, just as Cao Kun reached out to claim the primordial demon heart, the Void Realm above it suddenly twisted.

Immediately following, a giant, aged hand, covered in dense golden Immortal Dao runes, pierced through the incomplete Heavenly Dao Laws of the Divine Ruins and reached out from the twisted Void Realm!

With the appearance of this hand, time throughout the entire Ancient God Ruins was frozen.

At the same time, an aged voice, devoid of any emotional fluctuation, echoed throughout the world.

"Such a demonic object that wreaks havoc in the Lower Realm carries too much Karma; you mortals of the Lower Realm cannot handle it."

"It shall be temporarily reclaimed by my Immortal Realm to restore peace to the heavens and earth."

The words sounded noble, but the actions were those of a bandit!

Under the Immortal might that solidified the space, Cao Kun's extended hand froze in mid-air, unable to move an inch.

From that giant hand, he felt a sense of oppression a hundred times more terrifying than that of God Emperor Lingxiao just moments ago! This was simply not a power that could exist in the Lower Realm!

The aged giant hand ignored Cao Kun and reached straight for the primordial demon heart below.

Watching the primordial demon heart about to be snatched away, Cao Kun's eyes burned with fury.

"Screw you!"

"I worked so hard to kill this monster, and you, some old fossil that crawled out of nowhere, dare to steal my kill?!"

Cao Kun gripped the chaos divine sword, a fierce light flashing in his eyes. I don't care if you're an immortal or a god. If you dare to steal from me, Cao Kun, I'll chop your claws off!

Cao Kun swung his sword, unleashing a beam of Sword Qi. The aged giant hand sensed Cao Kun's killing intent, and the golden Immortal Dao runes on the back of the hand lit up.

Cao Kun felt a tightness in his chest as an irresistible force of spatial repulsion struck him, sending him flying hundreds of zhang away.

"Ant, how dare you gaze upon an Immortal's countenance." The high and mighty, mocking voice gradually faded, seemingly too disdainful to bother with Cao Kun any further.

The next moment, the aged giant hand had already clutched the primordial demon heart and retracted into the Void Realm.

"You old fossil! Sooner or later, I'll slaughter my way into the Spirit Realm and scatter your ashes!" Cao Kun gave a massive middle finger to the sky, secretly swearing a vicious oath in his heart.

… Meanwhile, in the Spirit Realm, within a floating Immortal palace shrouded in ethereal Immortal Qi, two white-haired, youthful-faced elders in Immortal robes were sitting before a white jade chessboard in the clouds, playing a game.

One of the elders had just withdrawn his right hand from the vortex in the Void Realm. He was none other than the Spirit Realm's Immortal Venerable, Supreme Elder Zhan Hong, who had just reached across realms to snatch the primordial demon heart.

The gray-robed elder sitting opposite him placed a white piece and asked casually, "Brother Zhan, did you manage to get that primordial demon heart bred in the Lower Realm?"

Supreme Elder Zhan Hong snorted coldly and tossed the still-pulsing primordial demon heart casually beside the white jade chessboard.

"A mere Lower Realm. With just a slight effort from this Venerable, it was naturally easy to obtain."

"That group of uncivilized ants is only fit to kneel on the ground and gaze up at this Venerable's Immortal might."

Supreme Elder Zhan Hong picked up his cup of Immortal tea, preparing to boast about his heroic feat of manipulating the beings of the Lower Realm from across the boundary.

However, the gray-robed elder's gaze sharpened as he noticed the right hand Supreme Elder Zhan Hong was using to hold the teacup.

"Brother Zhan, your hand…" the gray-robed elder exclaimed in shock.

Supreme Elder Zhan Hong's expression stiffened, and he instinctively tried to retract his hand into his wide sleeve. But it was too late.

On the back of that golden hand, which should have been impervious to all Laws and covered in Immortal Dao runes, there was a charred sword mark so deep the bone was visible!

The flesh around the sword mark was curled back, and a wisp of strange, gray-black aura clung to it. This aura was like a maggot on the bone; no matter how Supreme Elder Zhan Hong secretly channeled his Immortal power to cleanse it, he could not make the wound heal in the slightest. It was even faintly devouring his Origin.

Supreme Elder Zhan Hong's mouth twitched. Pretending to be calm, he set down his teacup and hid his hand in his sleeve to mask his embarrassment.

"It's just a minor injury! A mere ant from the Lower Realm at the Void Refining stage was holding a broken sword capable of ignoring Immortal Dao Laws. It caught me off guard and landed a nasty hit!" he said, gritting his teeth.

The gray-robed elder stood up, his eyes filled with disbelief. "A Lower Realm creature can break through the defenses of a Tribulation Transcendence Stage expert?! Brother Zhan, you're not joking, are you?"

"The Laws of the Lower Realm are incomplete. Not to mention a Void Refining stage expert, even their Mahayana Stage experts shouldn't be able to touch your protective Immortal light!"

Supreme Elder Zhan Hong's expression darkened as he placed another piece.

"That Sword Qi contained an extreme Law that annihilates all things. It's incredibly wicked and shouldn't belong to the Lower Realm!"

"If not for the fact that I am limited by the boundary between heaven and earth and my true body cannot descend, I would have slapped him to death today, made him pay the price, and seized that broken sword!"

The gray-robed elder took a deep breath, his tone turning grave. "A broken sword capable of injuring a Tribulation Transcendence Stage expert like you, Brother Zhan, is definitely no ordinary object."

"It might even be a Chaos Supreme Treasure left over from ancient times."

Greed flared in Supreme Elder Zhan Hong's eyes. "Indeed! That is exactly what I think."

"Such a precious treasure falling into the hands of a Lower Realm ant is a complete waste."

"Sooner or later, I will send someone down to seize that sword and take that brat's life."

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