172: The might of the contemporary emperor

Just as the Thunder Dragon and the black spear were about to devour Lin Qingyi and Jiang Li—

*Buzz!*

The Chaos runes lighting up on the ancient jade pendant at Lin Qingyi's waist suddenly erupted with indescribable light!

This light did not illuminate the Star Domain, but rather seemed to momentarily "strip" this region away from the original Universal rules.

Time, at this moment, froze.

The roaring Thunder Dragon was fixed in the Void Realm.

The Soul-Devouring Black Spear hovered three inches away from Jiang Li's back.

The sneers on the faces and the Killing Intent in the eyes of all the Cultivators from the Nine Heavens Divine Palace and the Netherworld Sect, including the two quasi-emperors, all solidified.

Their thoughts, magical power, and even life activities were forcibly frozen by an incomprehensible and irresistible mighty power.

Only Lin Qingyi and Jiang Li's minds could still function.

They watched this unimaginable scene in astonishment.

The next moment, a blurred phantom, condensed from pure Chaos Qi, rose from the jade pendant.

The phantom's face was indistinct, but its posture and aura were extremely familiar to Lin Qingyi—it was none other than Old Ancestor Lin Dao!

This was not Lin Dao's true body, nor even a Clone, but merely the manifestation of a strand of Emperor Thought he had left behind!

The Chaos phantom didn't even look at the fixed figures; it simply and casually "flicked" its sleeve towards the four directions.

But with this single flick of the sleeve—

It was as if they were erased by an invisible eraser.

The thousand-zhang Thunder Dragon was annihilated inch by inch, from head to tail, turning into the most primitive lightning particles and dissipating.

The Soul-Devouring Black Spear, along with the billions of vengeful Souls wrapped around it, silently disintegrated and returned to nothingness.

The Quasi-Emperor Third Heaven Elder from the Nine Heavens Divine Palace still had a ferocious expression and the excitement of imminent success frozen on his face.

But his body, starting from his fingertips, rapidly spread throughout his entire frame like a weathered sand sculpture, then completely turned into ashes, leaving not a single speck of dust behind.

The Thunder God Mace in his hand, that powerful quasi-emperor weapon, also shattered simultaneously, losing all spirituality.

The black-robed person from the Netherworld Sect, who was a Quasi-Emperor Second Heaven, met the same fate.

He, his Soul Summoning Banner, and the Netherworld Ghost Qi swirling around him were all completely wiped out in the same instant.

The ripple of destruction spread silently.

The dozens of Cultivators in the Saint King and Great Saint Realm turned into nothingness right where they stood, without even realizing what had happened.

In just a single breath.

The elites of the two great powers, who were just moments ago filled with Killing Intent and had set up a heaven-and-earth net, including two quasi-emperors and dozens of high-level Cultivators, were all... destroyed in body and Soul!

All that remained were some shattered remnants of stars, along with the shocked and dumbfounded Lin Qingyi and Jiang Li.

After the Chaos phantom finished all this, it seemed to turn slightly toward Lin Qingyi.

A peaceful thought, yet one containing supreme majesty, entered her mind:

"Return when safe."

Afterward, the phantom slowly dissipated, turning back into a faint light and submerging into the ancient jade pendant.

The Chaos runes on the jade pendant also dimmed, returning to normal, as if the scene that overturned heaven and earth had never happened.

The Star Domain resumed its flow.

But that area was now empty, with only lingering Chaos Qi, terrifying to the Soul, proving that a supreme existence had once projected its will here.

Lin Qingyi gasped heavily, her back soaked with cold sweat.

She looked at the empty surroundings and touched the jade pendant at her waist, filled with lingering fear and unspeakable shock.

Jiang Li also slowly opened her eyes, her beautiful face filled with astonishment and disbelief.

She looked at Lin Qingyi, her voice trembling slightly:

"Qingyi... what was that just now..."

Lin Qingyi took a deep breath, suppressing the turmoil in her heart:

"It was my Lin Family Old Ancestor."

Jiang Li fell silent.

She came from the distant past and had witnessed more than one Great Emperor, but she had never seen such a method!

Just a strand of reserved Divine Thought, manifesting across endless star rivers, instantly wiped out two quasi-emperors and dozens of powerful experts with a flick of a sleeve, effortlessly, as if dusting away motes of dust!

What kind of Realm was this?

Was this the might of a Contemporary Great Emperor, and an Emperor who walked the Great Dao of Chaos?

...Meanwhile.

The Nine Heavens Divine Palace's headquarters was located in a magnificent Divine City suspended high above the Nine Heavens.

At this moment, inside the main hall at the center of the Divine City, where the Soul Plaques of successive Ancestral Masters were enshrined.

*Crack! Crack! Crack!*... A rapid series of shattering sounds suddenly rang out, breaking the silence of the Divine Hall.

The Elder guarding the Soul Hall watched in horror as the Life Soul Plaque at the very top, representing the Contemporary Palace Master, that Quasi-Emperor Third Heaven powerhouse, instantly exploded and turned into dust!

Immediately after, dozens of Soul Plaques belonging to Core Elders and True Disciples below also simultaneously burst apart, as if crushed by an invisible force!

"No—!"

The Elder of the Soul Hall let out a desperate scream and scrambled out of the hall, "The Palace Master has fallen! A large number of core Soul Plaques have shattered! Disaster! Disaster is upon us!"

The entire Nine Heavens Divine Palace instantly fell into panic and Chaos.

However, before they could figure out what had happened.

A boundless, massive hand condensed from Chaos Qi, seemingly reaching out from beyond the Universe, ignored all the Nine Heavens Divine City's Defensive Great Arrays and spatial Restrictions, and directly covered the entire Divine City above.

All the Cultivators within the Divine City, whether Saints, Saint Kings, or the few remaining quasi-emperor Old Ancestors, felt the terror of apocalypse descending at this moment.

The magical power within their bodies was completely suppressed; they couldn't move a single finger, only watching in despair as the massive Chaos hand slowly pressed down.

When the massive Chaos hand lifted, the Nine Heavens Divine City, which had been suspended above the Nine Heavens and glorious for countless ages, had vanished.

In its place, only an enormous, mirror-smooth abyss shaped like a palm print remained, bottomless and radiating Soul-stirring Chaos Qi.

The Nine Heavens Divine Palace was annihilated.

Almost simultaneously.

The Netherworld Sect's headquarters was hidden within the Netherworld Great World, located at the core of a dead Star Domain.

This world was permeated with dense Yin Qi, filled with the wails of ghosts and wolves, and served as a gathering place for departed Souls.

The same scene unfolded.

A massive Chaos hand crossed the boundaries and covered the entire Netherworld Great World.

The palm fell.

The world was extinguished.

All members of the Netherworld Sect, including the ancient Ghost Emperors sleeping within the Cult, along with this world of death cultivated for countless years, were completely erased from the Universe, leaving no trace.

The Netherworld Sect was annihilated.

The two great Immortal Powers followed in the footsteps of the Myriad Bone Forbidden Zone in less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, directly eradicated by Lin Dao, who struck across endless space!

This time, Lin Dao didn't even arrive in person; he merely traced the Origin through the Karma connection of that strand of Divine Thought and struck from afar!

When the news that these two great powers had been wiped clean spread rapidly like a plague through various channels across the Myriad Heavens and Myriad Realms, the shock it caused was a hundred times stronger than the previous annihilation of the Myriad Bone Forbidden Zone!

Erasing entire sects from afar!

Tracing Karma!

What kind of Divine Ability was this?

This already exceeded the scope of an ordinary Great Emperor!

Countless powers were struck dumb with fear.

Those individuals or powers who originally harbored any thoughts regarding the Lin Family or the Primal Origin Body completely extinguished those ideas, leaving only boundless terror.

A Contemporary Great Emperor is invincible!

Chaos Great Emperor Lin Dao is even more untouchable!

The Lin Family has now become an absolute taboo in the Myriad Heavens and Myriad Realms that no one dares to violate!

As for the source of this entire storm, deep within the Forbidden Ground of the Lin Familys Small World, Lin Dao was still sitting with his eyes closed, performing deductions.

To him, crushing a few noisy flies and clearing potential threats were merely necessary means to maintain the Family's peace.

There was no essential difference from swatting a few mosquitoes.