673: I do not follow the methods of my predecessors, so why should I use my name to record the will of heaven?

Following the normal procedure, he, as the first Prodigy to arrive at the end of the Emperor Road, could not directly open and enter this Bronze Gate.

He needed to wait for others to arrive for the final Peak competition.

Only after the Prodigies who emerged from other Emperor Roads were all defeated by Kong Wudao would he be able to push open this Bronze Gate and gain the recognition of the Mandate of Heaven within it.

However, he had no intention of relying on this so-called Mandate of Heaven to achieve the Great Emperor Realm.

Naturally, he would not waste time here, waiting for other Prodigies to arrive before attempting to open this gate.

He didn't have that much spare time.

"The concepts of contemporary Cultivators are too outdated; to achieve the top Dao, one still needs to gain the recognition of a so-called Mandate of Heaven?"

Kong Wudao shook his head and chuckled, his face full of disdain.

At the same time, he extended his right hand and slightly clenched it towards the Void Realm.

Brilliant and vast runes instantly solidified in his hand, quickly forming a battle halberd flowing with sharp, cold light.

His goal was simple and direct.

He wouldn't wait for anyone; he would directly use brute force to break open this Bronze Gate!

As for what consequences it would lead to, what did that have to do with him?

He was already prepared to sacrifice the entire Emperor Road along with this generation's Mandate of Heaven, so why consider the consequences?

Boom!!

Without any hesitation, Kong Wudao's aura rapidly surged.

Even though he had not yet become a Great Emperor, the terrifying power he released at this moment was far more formidable than that of many ordinary Great Emperors.

"Slash!"

Kong Wudao roared, gathering all his power onto the iridescent battle halberd and swinging it with all his might.

Rumble!!

The massive Bronze Gate, like a reef in the ocean, was immediately struck by a violent tsunami.

The power of Kong Wudao's strike could be described as terrifying; even an ordinary Great Emperor would probably be unable to withstand it head-on.

However, apart from leaving some noticeable marks on the surface of the huge Bronze Gate, the entire massive Bronze Gate only emitted a faint muffled sound and remained motionless.

Moreover, his actions seemed to have violated some rule of this place.

The boundless Chaos lightning gathered around the massive Bronze Gate immediately erupted with earth-shattering roars.

Countless orderly Divine Lightning crisscrossed, like constantly coiling and enraged lightning snakes, surging towards Kong Wudao.

Every trace and wisp of lightning that exploded within carried the destructive power to shatter anything.

Yet, this terrifying lightning ocean, enough to pulverize any Prodigy, was directly shattered and dispelled by Kong Wudao with a single halberd strike.

However, after destroying the first wave of the lightning ocean, even more terrifying lightning storms quickly followed, one after another.

Among them, terrifying figures even materialized, not only surrounded by destructive Divine Lightning but also flowing with Emperor Dao radiance on their bodies.

That was an incredibly tall and majestic figure, treading on lightning, holding a battle saber in his hand.

As he approached, an even more terrifying Emperor Dao pressure descended with a roar.

Kong Wudao's eyes narrowed slightly, clearly having guessed this special phenomenon.

This Bronze Gate, through some strange and special method, directly materialized the projections of ancient Prodigies who had reached the end of the Ultimate Emperor Road and successfully achieved the Great Emperor Realm in previous eras, through a special means!

The ancient Great Emperor with a blurred face, holding a heaven-slaying battle saber, cleaved down with a single strike, and the magnificent saber light was unstoppable, devouring everything, as if possessing the power to destroy the heavens and earth.

Kong Wudao was not afraid in the slightest; even with the cultivation of the Great Emperor Realm, a projection was still a projection.

He did not dodge or evade, directly raising the battle halberd in his hand and charging forward.

Boom!!

This time, he utilized his Void Chaos Body, and a grand phenomenon unfolded behind him, as if a long river entirely composed of the power of Chaos and Void Realm had gathered.

As he unleashed this full-powered halberd strike horizontally, that terrifying saber strike, which should have been enough to completely obliterate any Prodigy in the world, was actually directly shattered by Kong Wudao's halberd!

But before Kong Wudao had a chance to strike again, an incredibly terrifying aura emerged from the other side.

It was a blurred figure surrounded by starlight and purple Qi; he held a Divine Cauldron flowing with ancient Dao rhyme in his left hand and a Divine Sword flowing with sharp, cold light in his right hand.

At this moment, he had already formed an ancient hand seal, causing the ancient Divine Cauldron in his hand to immediately release an incredibly terrifying pressure.

Kong Wudao, firmly locked by this terrifying aura, was instantly bound, and even his movements became slow as a result.

Accompanied by bursts of thunder, another pure white figure, entirely composed of a lightning storm, appeared.

Without any hesitation, the moment this figure appeared, he directly threw a Divine Spear flowing with sharp, cold light from his hand!

He intended for it to pierce through Kong Wudao's glabella, directly pinning him to the end of the Emperor Road!

Although this terrifying assault came very suddenly, Kong Wudao, as someone with rich combat experience, still appeared to be at ease.

Brilliant divine patterns emerged deep within his pupils, and a massive Space-Time Divine Gate immediately rose from the ground behind him, as if standing at the end of space-time.

The flow rate of the surrounding space-time immediately became infinitely slow, eventually falling into a state of absolute solidification.

Seizing this opportunity, Kong Wudao did not hesitate, his figure vanishing from his original position.

His entire being transformed into a white lightning bolt, difficult for the naked eye to capture, moving and shifting at an extremely fast speed within the Void Realm.

Above the Void Realm, only blurred outlines and afterimages remained.

And when countless blurred outlines all merged into one, forming Kong Wudao's solid figure, the effect of the space-time stagnation also disappeared simultaneously.

Also beginning to disappear were several imprinted projections materialized by the Mandate of Heaven, which Kong Wudao had completely shattered during this period!

However, the power of the Mandate of Heaven hidden behind the Bronze Gate was clearly far more than this.

Kong Wudao, relying on his absolute strength, shattered these special projections.

But even more deafening thunderous roars sounded, and more and more illusory figures condensed from orderly Divine Lightning appeared one after another.

Each of them had Emperor Dao radiance flowing on their surfaces, and terrifying Great Emperor pressure poured out like a breached flood.

The center of the endless terrifying pressure was Kong Wudao's slightly thin figure.

These were Great Emperor projections condensed from the depths of history by the power of the Mandate of Heaven, each a legend of a past era.

Even though they appeared here without their own will, they were entirely controlled by the power of the Mandate of Heaven.

At this moment, they were looking down from above at Kong Wudao below.

Their only goal was to eliminate Kong Wudao, who dared to subvert the rules!

"This is truly endless."

Kong Wudao did not show the slightest fear or apprehension towards the sudden appearance of such terrifying projections; instead, he seemed a bit impatient.

After all, he was only one step away from completing his true plan to become a Great Emperor.

No matter how the Emperor Road rules tried to stop him, he had to open this Bronze Gate in advance!

"I do not cultivate the methods of my predecessors; why should I be recorded by the Mandate of Heaven?"

Kong Wudao's aura surged again; something was broken by him without reservation at this moment.

Several Source Divine Bodies, including the power of the Three Thousand Great Daos he had hunted earlier, were released by him without reservation at this moment!