132: We are both emperors, but you are just a remnant soul, and your goal is to crush us.

"How come someone's already out? It's earlier than the previous times."

"This Qi... do you all feel like something's off inside?"

The Great Emperors outside looked at the people emerging from the Secret Realm, feeling somewhat confused. Although what had descended here was merely one of their Dharma bodies, possessing only one ten-thousandth of their true power, and their perception was noticeably diminished, they could still sense that something was happening within the Secret Realm.

It wasn't strange for Great Emperors to appear in a battlefield ruin like this; it was a Legacy, after all. Suitable inheritors would always cause them to manifest.

Therefore, this Great Emperor's Qi, by all accounts, was relatively normal. What was concerning was another, utterly unfamiliar Qi.

It was like that of a... newly born Great Emperor.

But how could that be?

"There won't be any danger, will there? You all gave your juniors life-saving Magic Treasures, right?"

"Of course! But they haven't been triggered yet, so there shouldn't be any danger."

"The most precious one in there must be Old Jun's kid, right? But I don't see you looking nervous at all."

Jun Wenhao sat there calmly sipping tea. To others, it was a scene as placid as still water, but in reality, his heart was already subtly trembling.

He truly didn't know how to tell everyone that this unfamiliar Qi was very likely his grandson.

But on the one hand, he also felt it was somewhat impossible. After all, this Qi was so vast it even truly rivaled a Great Emperor. While Jun Lingxiao was a Prodigy, even if he obtained all the Opportunities inside, he shouldn't be able to reach such a state.

"Nervous? Of course I'm nervous! Given my grandson's nature, I'm even afraid he'll blow up this Secret Realm. You don't know, back in the Jun Family, he almost smashed..."

Amidst his nervousness, Jun Wenhao began to ramble, earning looks of disdain from everyone.

"Oh, please. The more you boast, the more ridiculous it gets. Blow up the Secret Realm? Is that even possible?"

"Exactly, Old Jun. We know your grandson is precious, but don't exaggerate too much."

"Haven't you heard him before? I've heard the same words so many times my ears are calloused. Every day it's 'my grandson almost broke the Grand Array' or something like that."

As they spoke, everyone resumed their leisurely tea-drinking, discussing why no one else had emerged and how Jun Lingxiao was indeed the dark horse of this wager.

But then, suddenly, a crack!

It was like a clap of thunder! Even through the Secret Realm's barrier, the sound, as clear as if it had torn through space, reached everyone's ears.

Everyone looked up. Before they could even investigate, after a full count of ten, the Secret Realm exploded!!!

It exploded from the inside out!

A colossal Main Hall appeared out of thin air, towering into the clouds, its open doors exuding an air of profound mystery.

Looking from afar, Jun Wenhao even saw him walking out of that cloud-piercing Hall entrance.

Looking closely... "Old Jun, how come this... looks a bit like your Jun Family Main Hall?"

"No! It seems to be his Jun Family Main Hall!"

"Look at the sky! It's Jun Lingxiao, has he become an Emperor?"

"No! Not just becoming an Emperor, he has ascended to Great Emperor!!!"

The Secret Realm barrier was directly ripped apart, allowing everyone to see the scene within.

Jun Lingxiao stood in mid-air, behind him the vast Jun Family Main Hall. But at this moment, the Main Hall was like a Divine Temple, with countless powerful cultivators emerging from it.

Finally, that furious roar and that soft whisper pulled everyone back to reality.

"Divine Sword!"

Jun Wenhao knew this was the Old Ancestor's voice, like thunder, full of majesty.

"Supreme Dao Law • Divine Sword."

This was his grandson's voice, detached and indifferent to the world, high above.

Then, he saw the enormous Divine Sword descending from the sky!

It was an aura more overbearing, more unfathomable, and more suffocating than the Heaven Sword... If the Heaven Sword was a sword from the heavens that could still be resisted, then this Divine Sword truly seemed to be a sword striking down ants. It was a sword... taller than the heavens, wider than the seas, descending from the highest heaven, capable of destroying the world!

"Great Emperor? How is that possible! Young man, there's a limit to riding on another's prestige!"

From afar, everyone heard a person roar. As the clouds dispersed, the figure of the Qin Family Old Ancestor appeared in view. With a wave of his hand, a flaming hammer materialized, and with a gentle sweep, it dyed the entire sky red. Countless sparks fell, flying towards the Divine Sword.

The clouds in the sky turned into attacking sparks, and the ground beneath was pressed down by the Divine Sword, causing forests, giant trees, mountains, and oceans to all be annihilated.

This was a battle of Great Emperors; even before it began, the mere descent of their Moves was enough to change the world!

"This is bad! Save them!"

When Great Emperors fought, those watching nearby would be annihilated in an instant. And their juniors were still in there!

Thinking this, some wanted to rush in to save them, with the Great Emperor of the Qiu Family being the first to Move. Qiu Jinyao absolutely couldn't die; the Old Ancestor had specifically instructed this.

But after seeing clearly what happened next, he stopped moving. This was because he saw that Jun Lingxiao, who was standing in mid-air, actually had enough power to protect the people behind him even while attacking a Great Emperor?

"Old Jun, your Jun Lingxiao??"

"What's going on? A secret technique?"

"Impossible, could it be a Great Emperor's Reincarnation?"

"What exactly is happening? Speak!"

The Jun Family was one of the Three Heavens, but why could the Jun Family be so arrogant, destroying the Fang Family today and provoking the Qin Family tomorrow? Wasn't it because of the symbol that was Jun Lingxiao? Jun Lingxiao was not just a junior; he was a symbol, a symbol of the Jun Family's inevitable rise.

But today?

What did they see? Jun Lingxiao was a Great Emperor?

The complex Laws of a Great Emperor could not be faked in any way.

Looking at Jun Lingxiao now, his Domain covered the sky, countless black lightning bolts struck around him, and even space itself was annihilated by the strikes, clearly a certain Law.

A true Great Emperor, truly as real as could be.

"Quiet!"

Jun Wenhao's mind was blank at this moment; he just stared blankly as the Divine Sword descended from the sky.

With a boom!

The giant sword and the flaming hammer collided. The sparks from the flaming hammer were like a prairie fire, instantly causing the giant sword to explode. For a moment, flames splattered everywhere, and the heavens and earth were dyed red! The falling fragments created countless massive craters on the ground!

However, the next second, another Divine Sword, flashing with purple lightning and carrying starlight and fire Qi, followed closely behind.

There were two voices calling out "Divine Sword."

The crimson flaming hammer continued to meet it, but this time it was like a stone sinking into the sea, being engulfed by the giant sword without raising a single ripple.

Two massive sounds made Jun Wenhao's heart skip a beat. At this moment, he instinctively stepped into the air, moving closer.

This time, he only saw the enormous Divine Sword plunged into the ground, and... Jun Lingxiao, who was looking at him from afar.

Jun Wenhao stood there in a daze. At this moment, his heart was not filled with joy, but rather... heartache.

To become an Emperor, and a Great Emperor at that, Jun Lingxiao must have used some method. There was no doubt about this. Jun Wenhao didn't care who he cut down; he only cared about what kind of backlash Jun Lingxiao would face after becoming a Great Emperor through mysterious means.

His son was already gone; his grandson truly couldn't suffer any more misfortune.

"Lingxiao, why didn't you call me if something happened..."

"Call me! As long as you call Grandpa, Grandpa will definitely help you sort everything out..."

"If something happens to you again, then what use is all my cultivation?"