Chapter 429 Outside the Heavenly Emperor's Palace, the Ultimate Standoff

The square was deathly silent.

Three hundred Reverse Path elites stood as still as iron, their gazes all locked onto the towering palace ahead. The air was thick with an aura suppressed to the extreme; it was the calm before the storm, the silence before a volcanic eruption.

Nightmare took a step forward.

His voice was not loud, yet it was like a cold blade of ice, piercing through the palace doors and directly into the hall:

"Heavenly Emperor, are you cowering inside the hall, afraid to come out?"

His voice echoed above the square, every word carrying a chilling killing intent:

"Today is the day your Hongmeng Divine Court shall be annihilated!"

His voice fell, but the palace doors did not open.

However, across the surface of the entire Heavenly Emperor Hall, the dark-gold Primordial Chaos Imperial Gold began to flow and boil! An indescribable, terrifying pressure diffused from within the hall, like an invisible giant hand clutching everyone's throats.

The ground of the square began to crack, the clouds in the sky swirled frantically, and the Laws of the entire world trembled and wailed!

This was an aura far exceeding the Late Stage of the Supreme realm!

It was an existence that had taken a half-step beyond the shackles of the Universe!

Among the three hundred elites, those with weaker cultivation already had traces of blood seeping from the corners of their mouths, yet none retreated a single step, their eyes filled only with determination.

"BOOM—!!"

The gates of the Heavenly Emperor Hall finally swung open slowly.

There was no radiant light or auspicious clouds. Only a figure dressed in golden imperial robes stepped out from the depths of the hall, walking through the air step by step.

With every step he took, ripples spread through the Void Realm, and the Laws of the entire world resonated and bowed in worship!

The Heavenly Emperor of the Divine Court had arrived in person!

He floated above the palace gates, his face blurred within the golden divine light, with only a pair of eyes clearly visible—cold, indifferent, viewing all living beings as mere ants.

That gaze fell upon Nightmare, heavy as the descending heavens:

"Reverse Path..."

The Heavenly Emperor spoke, his voice seeming to come from ancient times, every syllable containing the majesty of the Heavenly Dao:

"You were originally heretics of the Hongmeng Universe."

He slowly raised his hand, palm upward, as if supporting the entire Universe:

"This Deity has presided over the Divine Court for ten thousand years precisely to purge the Reverse Dao Power and restore the Hongmeng to its orthodoxy."

His gaze turned cold:

"You have repeatedly ruined This Deity's plans, seized Supreme Cores, and slaughtered those under This Deity's command..."

"Today, you must pay the price."

As his voice fell, the entire world seemed to freeze. The three hundred elites felt the blood in their bodies about to solidify; it was an absolute suppression on the level of life itself!

Nightmare, however, laughed.

He looked up, meeting the Heavenly Emperor's indifferent eyes, the Demonic Flame in his own eyes flickering wildly:

"Heretics?"

His voice was calm, yet every word was like a knife:

"Reverse Path is not heresy; it is simply that our Origin is different from your Divine Court's."

He took a step forward, and the Demonic Flame around him erupted violently, actually forcing the Heavenly Emperor's pressure back by three yards:

"To consolidate your rule, how many Reverse Path Cultivators have you murdered over these ten thousand years? How much Dao Reversal Origin have you plundered? You suppressed the Dao Reversal Ancestral Land and slaughtered three thousand of my Supreme ancestors—"

His voice suddenly turned sharp:

"You are the true evil!"

The divine light around the Heavenly Emperor fluctuated violently!

Nightmare did not give him a chance to speak. He flipped his hand, and a blood-colored Jade Slip appeared in his palm—it was the secret Jade Slip seized from the Heavenly Army Commander, now emitting a piercing blood-red light!

"Within this Jade Slip are recorded all your crimes over the past ten thousand years!"

Nightmare's voice spread in all directions:

"Refining 'Origin Pills' from Reverse Path Cultivators to seize their cultivation and patch your own flaws! Using Reverse Path Bloodlines to set up the 'Ten Thousand Soul Array' to stabilize your Divine Court's Luck! Using the roots of the Dao Reversal Ancestral Land to nourish your Hongmeng Divine Tree!"

With every sentence he spoke, the Jade Slip brightened, and within it, countless wronged souls seemed to wail and roar!

"Silence!" A flicker of fluctuation finally appeared in the Heavenly Emperor's voice; it was the fury of having the truth exposed!

"Silence?" Nightmare sneered. "Are you afraid?"

He crushed the Jade Slip!

"BOOM—!"

Blood-red light exploded across the sky, transforming into bloody images that floated in mid-air—they were the scenes of Reverse Path Cultivators being suppressed and slaughtered by the Divine Court over the millennia! Their wails, despair, and resentment... soared into the sky!

The eyes of the three hundred elites nearly split from rage, their killing intent boiling over!

The divine light around the Heavenly Emperor shook violently, and a look of rage seemed to surface beneath his blurred face:

"Heretic... enough of your sophistry!"

His voice exploded like thunder:

"Today, This Deity shall use the power of the Heavenly Emperor to utterly erase you—"

"And the Reverse Path Legacy!"

As his voice fell, the golden divine light around him erupted! The entire world was instantly dyed golden, and countless Law chains emerged from the Void Realm, coiling toward Nightmare!

This was the suppression of the world! The judgment of the orthodox!

Nightmare threw his head back and roared, the Demonic Flame around him soaring into the sky!

Black flames and golden divine light collided in mid-air, triggering a destructive shockwave! The ground of the square shattered inch by inch, and the surrounding palaces collapsed with a roar!

"Hongmeng, Chaos, Void, Annihilation, Reincarnation, Return to One—"

"Dao Reversal Demonic Star Flame!"

The pitch-black Demonic Flame transformed into a pillar of fire that reached the heavens, violently clashing with the Heavenly Emperor's golden divine light!

"RUMBLE—!!!"

The entire Divine Court headquarters shook violently! Space shattered like glass inch by inch, revealing the pitch-black nothingness behind it!

The two forces tore at each other and annihilated one another in mid-air! Gold and black intertwined like two world-destroying dragons locked in combat!

The Heavenly Emperor's eyes turned completely cold:

"A mere Reverse Path fire dares to contend with the Heavens?"

He raised his hand, and a golden imperial seal appeared in his palm—the Heavenly Emperor Seal!

Once the seal appeared, the world fell into silence!

Nightmare's eyes sharpened, and the three dao reversal keys inside him resonated frantically, causing the Demonic Flame to surge again!

As the two sides' auras collided, the entire Hongmeng Universe trembled!

The ultimate confrontation was set.

The final battle was on the verge of breaking out!