His power in the later stages was such that he single-handedly subdued the imperial envoy.

The stream of light from afar arrived in an instant, and the powerful pressure, like a tangible tsunami, fiercely crashed onto the isolated island. However, it was silently disintegrated by the invisible Nirvana Field around Nightmare, failing to stir up even a ripple.

Seven figures hovered in the air, forming a semi-encirclement, locking onto Nightmare.

The leader was an old man dressed in a dark-gold dragon-patterned official robe, with a grim face and an aura as vast as an abyss. His cultivation had astonishingly reached the Late stage Lianxu! He was none other than Zhao Zheng, another Vice Hall Master of the Imperial Dynasty Consecrated Hall, whose status was even above Long Si's! (The same name as the enemy from the Ghost Soul Manor that was previously annihilated. Is he a royal relative, or is it a coincidence?)

To his left was Bodhisattva Miaoyin of the Joyful Zen Sect, who had been startled away by Nightmare previously and now wore an expression of resentment mixed with a hint of apprehension. Her injuries seemed to have recovered considerably, and her Hedao Stage aura was much more stable.

To his right was a burly man dressed in Imperial Dynasty general's armor, wielding a giant axe like a door panel, exuding monstrous Evil Qi. His cultivation was at the Peak of Mid-stage Void Refining.

Behind them followed four Late Stage Soul Transformation Imperial Dynasty Secret Guards, forming a profound battle formation. Their auras were linked, making them not to be underestimated.

Such a lineup was even stronger than the ambush in the Ancient Battlefield before! It showed the Imperial Dynasty's resolute determination to kill Nightmare!

"Nightmare!" Zhao Zheng's voice was cold, like metal scraping, carrying a condescending tone of judgment. "Slaughtering Imperial Dynasty high officials, destroying my Hall of Consecrated Elders branch hall—your sins are monstrous! Today, This Sovereign will capture you and bring you back to the Imperial Capital to extract your Soul and refine your Spirit, as a warning to others!"

Bodhisattva Miaoyin also shrieked, "Devil Head! Today, you shall pay the price for injuring me!" Her words were fierce, but her eyes remained wary, fixed on Nightmare, clearly remembering the lesson from last time.

Nightmare's gaze calmly swept over everyone, as if looking at a bunch of weaklings, finally resting on Zhao Zheng. He spoke indifferently, "People of the Zhao family? Good, new grudges and old grievances, let's settle them all at once."

His attitude completely enraged Zhao Zheng.

"Arrogant!" Zhao Zheng laughed in extreme anger. "A mere Late stage Lianxu (as he perceived it), dares to boast so shamelessly? Form up! Take him down!"

He did not personally make a move but ordered the four Soul Transformation Secret Guards behind him to form a formation and attack, clearly intending to test the waters first.

The four Secret Guards received the order and immediately activated their battle formation. Their four auras merged into one, transforming into a magnificent, golden-radiant phantom of an Imperial Dao War God, a hundred zhang tall, wielding a giant sword. With overwhelming Imperial Dao majesty, it slashed a sword strike towards Nightmare! The power of this blow was already close to Mid-stage Void Refining!

Facing this seemingly fierce blow, Nightmare didn't even bother to use rule fragment.

He simply raised his hand and gently flicked it at the descending phantom of the giant sword.

It was like flicking away dust.

That incredibly mighty phantom of the Imperial Dao War God, along with the giant sword, upon touching his seemingly light hand, instantly broke, melted, and annihilated silently, like ice and snow in the sun!

Pfft!

The four Soul Transformation Secret Guards in the formation simultaneously suffered a heavy blow, spitting out blood. The battle formation instantly collapsed, and the four flew backward like kites with broken strings, their auras instantly weak. They crashed heavily into the sea below, their lives unknown!

A casual flick of the hand, destroying a battle formation and severely injuring four Soul Transformation cultivators!

The entire scene instantly fell silent!

Zhao Zheng's sneer froze on his face, and for the first time, a look of uncertainty and shock appeared in his eyes. Bodhisattva Miaoyin and the giant axe general also had drastic changes in their expressions.

This was definitely not a method that an ordinary Late stage Lianxu could possess!

"Attack together! This fiend is bizarre!" Zhao Zheng no longer dared to be arrogant. He roared and was the first to strike!

He formed hand seals, and a massive phantom of a jade seal, entwined with nine black Dragons, appeared out of thin air. It carried the Imperial Dao Law of suppressing mountains and rivers and governing all directions, smashing towards Nightmare like a mountain! This was the Imperial Dynasty's secret Divine Ability—Nine Dragon Heaven-Suppressing Seal!

At the same time, Bodhisattva Miaoyin also violently shook a pink bell. The enchanting sounds transformed into countless twisted and lingering threads of lust, coiling around Nightmare's Divine Soul from all directions, attempting to stir his Heart Demon!

The giant axe general roared, his body expanding rapidly, muscles bulging. His giant axe split the Void Realm, transforming into a blood-colored axe light that cleaved the heavens and earth, striking at Nightmare's waist!

The three powerhouses attacked with all their might simultaneously! Laws intertwined, and their power shook the heavens and earth! The sea surface below was forcibly pressed into a huge depression by the terrifying pressure!

Facing this overwhelming attack, Nightmare finally got serious.

The gray-black Universe creation and destruction vortex in his eyes spun slightly.

"Annihilation Domain."

A calm voice sounded.

Centered on him, an absolute, gray-black "Domain" suddenly expanded, instantly enveloping a thousand zhang radius!

Within the Domain, light dimmed, sound disappeared, Spiritual Qi was still, and Laws withered!

The phantom of the Nine Dragon Jade Seal, which was suppressing them, let out wails as soon as it entered the Domain. The nine Dragons on it instantly became dim and lusterless, and the seal body itself creaked, covered in cracks, finally collapsing with a boom, turning into nihility!

The countless coiling threads of lust, as if encountering their nemesis, instantly withered, broke, and dissipated without a trace. Bodhisattva Miaoyin let out a muffled groan, and cracks appeared on the bell in her hand!

The blood-colored axe light that cleaved the heavens and earth, after entering the Domain, drastically slowed down, its radiance rapidly dimming. Finally, it was as if it had fallen into a quagmire, completely dissipating and disintegrating when it was still ten zhang away from Nightmare!

The three ultimate moves were once again effortlessly resolved!

"Law Domain?! You... you've touched the threshold of Dao Integration?!" Zhao Zheng's face finally changed drastically, and he cried out in alarm, his eyes filled with incredible fear!

Only Peak Void Refining powerhouses who had comprehended their own Laws to the extreme and begun to condense their own "Dao Domain" could unleash such terrifying Domain power! How old was this child? How long had it been since he advanced to Void Refining? How was this possible?!

Bodhisattva Miaoyin and the giant axe general were also scared to Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, no longer having any Battle Intent. They turned and tried to flee!

"Trying to leave now? Too late."

Nightmare's cold voice was like a declaration from the god of death.

He simply pointed with one finger, pointing towards the giant axe general.

"Annihilation Finger."

A subtle gray-black thread ignored spatial distance and instantly pierced into the general's glabella.

The general's frantically fleeing figure suddenly stiffened, the horrified expression on his face frozen. The vast Qi and vitality around him instantly dissipated like a receding tide, and his body, like a wind-dried sand sculpture, shattered inch by inch, turning into flying ash and scattering.

Mid-stage Void Refining, instantly killed!

Immediately after, Nightmare's gaze turned to Bodhisattva Miaoyin.

Eye of Annihilation!

Bodhisattva Miaoyin only felt the flow of time around her suddenly become chaotic, her Lifespan burning frantically. Her charming face instantly aged, and her aura plummeted rapidly! She shrieked in terror, desperately burning her essence blood and Origin, and one Magic Treasure after another exploded, but she couldn't stop the strange erosion!

"No! Spare me..." Before she could finish her words, Nightmare gently clenched his hand from a distance.

"Return to Emptiness."

The space around Bodhisattva Miaoyin completely turned into absolute "nothingness." Her aged body was erased as if by an eraser, silently disappearing without leaving a trace.

Bodhisattva Miaoyin of the Joyful Zen Sect, completely fallen!

Finally, Nightmare's gaze fell upon Zhao Zheng, who was pale-faced and utterly terrified.

Zhao Zheng was already scared out of his wits. Seeing Nightmare look at him now, he no longer cared about Imperial Dynasty dignity. He plopped down on his knees in the Void Realm, kowtowing like pounding garlic: "Senior, spare my life! Senior, spare my life! It was I, Zhao, who was blind and offended Senior's might! I am willing to surrender! I am willing to offer Imperial Dynasty secrets! I only ask Senior to spare my life!"

Nightmare's eyes were cold, without the slightest fluctuation.

"People of the Zhao family, all deserve to die."

He didn't directly kill him but moved a rule fragment. A powerful Divine Thought suddenly rushed into Zhao Zheng's undefended Sea of Consciousness, forcibly performing Soul searching!

"Ah—!" Zhao Zheng let out an incomparably shrill scream, his body convulsing violently, his eyes rolling back, and drool flowing.

Countless memory fragments were violently extracted and read by the rule fragment.

Information about the Imperial Dynasty's power distribution, the secrets of the Hall of Consecrated Elders, some plans of the imperial family, and even fragmented information about the "nihility calamity" and "old ones"... all surged into the rule fragment.

A moment later, the Soul searching ended. Zhao Zheng had already become an idiot with dull eyes, drooling, and a shattered Divine Soul, falling from the sky.

Nightmare casually sent out an Annihilation Finger Wind, turning him into flying ash.

The rule fragment quickly organized the information obtained from the Soul searching. Although fragmented, it had largely clarified the Imperial Dynasty's true strength and confirmed many previous conjectures.

Behind the Imperial Dynasty, there was indeed the shadow of the "nihility calamity"! The imperial family even secretly enshrined some terrifying existence related to it! Their plan seemed to be to welcome the return of a certain "Dominator"!

And Star Pivot was the unwavering opponent.

"Hmph, they are indeed a bunch of idiots whose minds have been blinded by power." Nightmare snorted coldly. Playing with fire, they would eventually be devoured by the tiger.

His rule fragment scanned the sea below. The four heavily injured Soul Transformation Secret Guards struggled to escape.

Nightmare pointed his fingers like a sword and casually waved out four streams of Annihilation Sword Qi.

Puff puff puff puff!

Four heads flew into the sky, then were annihilated along with their bodies by the Sword Qi.

At this point, the second batch of pursuers sent by the Imperial Dynasty was completely wiped out!

Nightmare's rule fragment scanned the surroundings again, confirming that there were no fish that slipped through the net or hidden tricks, before slowly retracting his aura.

After this battle, he had a clear understanding of his own Peak Late stage Lianxu strength. With the Law Domain unleashed, within the Void Refining realm, he would be hard-pressed to find an opponent. Even against an Early Stage Dao Integration, he would have the power to fight.

It was time to thoroughly resolve some old matters.

His gaze once again turned to the north.

Ice Soul Immortal Palace... Fairy Leng Yue... the agreement from back then should also be fulfilled.

Moreover, the rule fragment had captured an interesting piece of information from Zhao Zheng's memory: the Imperial Dynasty seemed quite interested in the Ice Soul Immortal Palace's ancient Legacy treasure, the "Ice Soul Pearl," which seemed to be related to a certain part of their plan.

With a flicker of his figure, Nightmare returned to the island, glanced at Su Wanqing, who was still sleeping, and left a stronger Divine Thought imprint and protective measures.

"Wait for This Sovereign's return."

After speaking, he took a step, and the Void Realm cracked open, his target directly pointing to—the Eternal Ice Field in the Northern Region!

A new storm was about to sweep across that icy land.

New storm, about to sweep across that icy land.