327: Chapter 327 The Fall of the Peak Source Emperor

"Go back, go back and take good care of the Family."

Jin Bubai spoke with a solemn expression to the two Source Emperors, Jin Guang and Jin Qiang.

His weathered face revealed a hint of concern and expectation.

Jin Guang and Jin Qiang looked at each other, both seeing the sorrow in the other's eyes.

They respectfully bowed to Jin Bubai and responded in unison:

"Yes, Old Ancestor!"

Then, their figures flickered and transformed into two dazzling beams of Source Emperor light, vanishing into the horizon like meteors.

After confirming that the two had completely left the range of his Divine Sense, Jin Bubai slowly turned his head and fixed his gaze on Cao Yang.

He asked softly, "May I know your esteemed name, Fellow Daoist? If I could learn your name, even if I were to die and my Dao vanish right now, I would have no regrets in this life."

However, faced with Jin Bubai's sincere inquiry, Cao Yang merely curled his lips into a disdainful smile.

He sneered, "Hmph, you are but a dying man. What use is knowing my name? It would be better for you to die sooner and be released from this life."

His words were filled with contempt for Jin Bubai.

Hearing Cao Yang's words, Jin Bubai couldn't help but give a bitter laugh, shaking his head with a sigh.

"If that's the case, then forget it... Fine, let me disperse this Origin power myself."

After saying that, he sat cross-legged in the Void Realm, eyes tightly shut, hands forming seals.

As the technique was cast, wisps of crystal-colored mist began to slowly emanate from his body.

These mists rose like light smoke, but as soon as they left Jin Bubai's Physical Body, they vanished without a trace, like morning dew meeting a scorching sun.

Three days later, time had quietly slipped away.

Looking at Jin Bubai now, not a single wisp of crystal-colored mist drifted from his body anymore.

His once rock-solid Physical Body now began to emit bursts of decaying aura; this scent spread out as if signaling the end of a high-level life form.

As time passed bit by bit, that once majestic and peerless Physical Body gradually became illusory.

First it became ethereal like smoke, then it slowly dissipated into nothingness, until finally, not even a speck of dust remained.

Staring at the Void Realm where Jin Bubai had previously sat, it was now completely empty, with no trace left behind.

This scene was truly enough to make one sigh with emotion.

If any other person of the same Realm had witnessed this, they would surely have felt a sense of sorrow and loneliness.

One must know that even those insignificant Golden Immortal types often have Physical Bodies that can remain immortal and indestructible for a long time.

Yet, a powerful Source Emperor existence like Jin Bubai had his Physical Body worn away into nothingness in just a few days, vanishing like smoke.

How could such a massive contrast not make one lament the impermanence of fate and the vicissitudes of the world?

The Dao of Cultivation is long and endless; the path of Cultivation is rugged and bumpy.

Countless Cultivators spend their entire lives bitterly pursuing the illusory essence of eternal life and invincibility.

They go through thousands of hardships and endure tribulations and torments unimaginable to ordinary people, all for the sake of one day transcending the mundane and achieving the supreme fruit of their labors.

But in the end?

It often turns out to be like a fleeting dream.

When the dream ends, everything becomes a bubble.

Leaving behind only a heart full of disappointment and loss.

However, Cao Yang found it difficult to feel the same resonance.

After all, for him who possessed the System, how could Cultivation be difficult?

After a moment's thought, Cao Yang decided to sit cross-legged first.

With his eyes slightly closed and his hands forming seals, he muttered under his breath and began to cast an amazing top-tier curse technique.

Along with his movements, the surrounding Qi of the Void Realm seemed to be drawn by some mysterious force, converging toward him.

Cao Yang then condensed this powerful energy at his fingertips, transforming it into dazzling golden curse runes.

These runes intertwined in the air, eventually forming an exquisite heart-shaped Heart Curse Seal.

"Go!"

Cao Yang gave a low shout, and the heart-shaped Heart Curse Seal shot out like an arrow from a bow, quickly sinking into the Void Realm and vanishing.

Immediately after, Cao Yang silently communicated with the System in his mind: "System, quickly report the specific situation of this curse-kill."

A moment later, the System's Little Lolita voice rang out in Cao Yang's mind: "Ding, alright Master. This curse activation consumed a total of 50,000 sign-in attempts. Congratulations Master, you have successfully killed a wisp of Peak Source Emperor Origin Spirit."

Hearing this news, a look of joy couldn't help but appear on Cao Yang's face.

He thought to himself, "Just as I suspected, that old fox was definitely not as simple as he appeared on the surface."

Just then, the System's notification sounded again: "Ding, congratulations Master for successfully killing the Child of Destiny Jin Bubai. You have received a reward of 10 million sign-in attempts."

At this point, Cao Yang was finally certain that Jin Bubai had thoroughly met his end in the Yellow Springs, with no possibility of survival.

Despite all of Jin Bubai's calculations—whether playing the Family emotion card, projecting the image of a strong expert who looked lightly upon life and death, or attempting a 'cicada shedding its skin' through self-dissolution—he ultimately could not escape death.

In a corner so far away it seemed separated from Cao Yang's location by countless dimensions, a strange sight existed.

There was a massive planet there, looking so dilapidated as if it had undergone the vicissitudes of ages and the baptism of countless tragic disasters.

The entire surface of the planet was covered in scorching red magma, covering as much as ninety percent of its area!

From a distance, it looked like a ball of raging fire, suspended alone in a lonely Void Realm within a certain desolate part of the vast and empty Great Universe.

However, incredibly, at the very core of this giant planet that seemed to have no signs of life, a green seedling was quietly growing.

This seedling was tiny, only about the size of an adult's thumb, yet it emitted a weak but stubborn aura of life.

If an expert at the Source Emperor level or above were here to observe carefully, they would be astonished to find something.

This tiny seedling was actually condensed from the Innate Qi contained within trillions of Innate Beings on this massive planet.

Even more surprisingly, at the slender root of the seedling, a tiny wisp of crystal-colored Origin was being nourished.

This wisp of crystal-colored Origin was so small it wasn't even one-billionth the size of a strand of hair, yet the energy it contained was extremely powerful and mysterious.

Moreover, it was greedily absorbing the Innate Qi from the seedling at every moment, as if it would never be satisfied.

At a certain moment, suddenly!

"Ah!"

A tragic, blood-curdling scream echoed across the entire planet, as if it were going to tear the endless sky apart.

That wisp of Origin that had been greedily absorbing Innate Qi didn't even have time to enjoy the nourishment of that powerful energy before it was completely obliterated into nothingness by a sudden golden heart-shaped mysterious object.

With the disappearance of the Origin wisp, the seedling that had been emitting green light seemed to regain its freedom.

It transformed back into wisps of Innate Qi, joyfully and slowly merging into every corner of the planet.

These wisps of Innate Qi were like agile spirits, moving freely within the planet, bringing vibrant life wherever they went.

Not long after, dark clouds gathered in the sky, lightning flashed and thunder rolled, and a torrential rain poured down like the collapse of a heavenly river.

Raindrops the size of beans slammed into the ground, splashing everywhere.

And the raging magma, under the wash of this heavy rain, gradually weakened and slowly went out.

By this time, a large amount of rainwater had accumulated on the planet's surface, gathering together to form rushing rivers.

In some places the water was turbulent with splashing waves; in others, it was as calm as a mirror, reflecting the silhouettes of the surrounding mountains.

At the same time, in some higher and colder regions, the rainwater gradually condensed into ice, forming magnificent glacial landscapes.

Not only that, even the deep seabed seemed to feel this change, as the soil there began to tremble slightly, as if some unknown power was brewing and surging underground...