48: Chapter 48 You don't want your sister to fail to become an empress, do you?

"Teacher, what should I do now?"

In the Cosmic Borderlands, Xiao Shitou, who had just attained the Dao and become an Emperor and whose heavenly heart mark had not yet fully stabilized, was stunned when he sensed his sister's undisguised will to attain the Dao.

My dear sister, I just sat down in this position, my seat isn't even warm yet, and you're already impatient to snatch it?

Although he knew his sister didn't know he was still alive, let alone that this "New Emperor" was her brother, Xiao Shitou couldn't help but smile bitterly—this really was his own sister, even attaining the Dao had to be "the sister succeeding the brother."

In the Undying Mountain, Chu Tianjiao felt a wave of awkwardness as he watched the scene in the Water Mirror.

One was his wife, the other was his brother-in-Law and Disciple. How was he supposed to choose?

"Cough, cough... Since Nannan wants to attain the Dao, you should just give it up."

Chu Tianjiao cleared his throat and sent a voice transmission to Xiao Shitou, "Anyway, you've already attained the Dao and become an Emperor; you've experienced that feeling. To you, the heavenly heart mark is more of a buff than a necessity. Giving it up won't affect you much—at most, you'll lose some authority over heaven and earth, but your Saint Body's Dao foundation won't be damaged."

He paused, his tone softening: "You wouldn't want Nannan to fail to become an Emperor, would you? She has waited five hundred years for this day."

Xiao Shitou was silent for a moment.

Yes, his sister had waited five hundred years for this day.

Five hundred years ago, she had wept bitterly on the planet where he had "died," vowing to attain the Dao and become an Emperor to avenge her teacher and brother.

Five hundred years later, she had truly reached this step, slaying Emperor Yuhua and touching the threshold of the Emperor Realm.

As her brother, how could he bear to become an obstacle on his sister's path to attaining the Dao?

"Alright, then what should I do?" Xiao Shitou quickly came around, his tone becoming relaxed. "Anyway, she's my sister. As her older brother, it's only right that I yield to her."

Hearing this, a gratified smile appeared on Chu Tianjiao's face.

"Open your mind. When Nannan reaches the critical moment of attaining the Dao, directly eject the heavenly heart mark. But pay attention to the method—it shouldn't be too obvious. Make it look like she used her own strength to forcibly seize your throne. Otherwise, it will arouse the suspicion of the Forbidden Zone Supremes."

"Understood." Xiao Shitou nodded, a flash of mischief in his eyes. "Then I'll let my sister 'bully' her brother this once."

...

On the other side, in another deathly silent Star Domain in the Cosmic Borderlands.

Xiao Nannan stood in the Void Realm, her black hair flying and her white clothes stained with blood—traces left from her bloody battle with Emperor Yuhua.

But her gaze was incredibly firm. The Chaos Qi around her body boiled like a sea, and the Chaos Dao Seed in her Sea of Bitterness spun wildly, emitting a world-creating power.

"Today, I, Chu Nannan, shall become the Great Emperor!"

She roared towards the sky, her voice echoing through the Star Domain and triggering the resonance of the Great Dao!

"Rumble—!!!"

Almost the instant her words fell, the Great Dao Laws of the entire Universe rioted again! Endless thunderclouds emerged from the depths of the Void Realm, covering an area so vast it was even more terrifying than Xiao Shitou's Emperor Tribulation just now!

This was her Great Emperor Tribulation!

It was the ultimate heavenly punishment she had forcibly triggered after devouring Emperor Yuhua's Origin and her Chaos Body reaching full Perfection!

The sea of thunder rolled, and the first wave of the Lightning Tribulation fell—it was the Nine-Colored Chaos Lightning, each bolt as thick as a mountain, containing the terrifying power to destroy stars!

Xiao Nannan was completely unafraid. She activated the Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Art, and a devouring phenomenon appeared behind her, directly opening a black hole to swallow and refine all the Nine-Colored Chaos Lightning!

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The second, third, and fourth waves of the Lightning Tribulation fell one after another. There were weapon tribulations, fire tribulations, wind tribulations, and thunder tribulations... Each wave was enough to kill someone at the Ninth Heaven of Quasi-Emperor, but Xiao Nannan fought more bravely as the battle progressed. Under the tempering of the Lightning Tribulation, the Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Art became increasingly pure, and her Chaos Body underwent its final transformation within the lightning.

During the seventh wave of the Lightning Tribulation, a sudden change occurred.

In the center of the thunder sea, a blurry figure slowly condensed.

It was a young man with black hair and black eyes, with a handsome face but an unparalleled overbearing aura. Chaos Qi permeated his body, and the myriad Daos wailed—it was the worldly imprint of Chu Tianjiao's first life!

"Husband..."

The moment Xiao Nannan saw that figure, her mind shook violently, and the eyes beneath her mask instantly became moist.

That was her teacher and also her husband. The one who had taught her for six years in Qingshi Town, treated her gently on their wedding night, and finally "died" in her arms.

Now, he appeared in her Emperor Tribulation in the form of a worldly imprint.

Was this a test from the heavens, or... protection from the unseen?

In the Undying Mountain, Chu Tianjiao saw his own imprint in the Water Mirror, and a spark of inspiration flashed in his eyes.

"Since it's my imprint... then I shall personally temper you."

With a thought, he separated a wisp of his soul, crossed the endless Void Realm, and silently merged into that worldly imprint.

In the next moment, the originally hollow eyes of the imprint flashed with a hint of spirit.

Chu Tianjiao—or rather, the imprint controlled by Chu Tianjiao—looked down at Xiao Nannan below, a nearly imperceptible curve forming at the corners of his mouth.

Then, he made his move.

Without mercy or reservation, he unleashed a killing technique from the Tyrant Blade Heart Scripture as soon as he acted! The blade light poured out like the Milky Way, tearing through the Void Realm and slashing toward Xiao Nannan!

To the outside observers, this was the worldly imprint ruthlessly suppressing the one undergoing the tribulation, the most brutal part of an Emperor Tribulation—a duel against the imprint of an ancient Emperor!

"Emperor Jiaoheng's imprint is attacking his wife!"

"This is the manifestation of the heavens' ruthlessness! Even if they were once husband and wife, they are enemies in the Emperor Tribulation!"

"The Ruthless One is in danger! Emperor Jiaoheng was a Chaos Body who became an Emperor in his first life, and his combat power was Heaven-Defying. How could his imprint be so easy to deal with?"

The Forbidden Zone Supremes discussed fervently; some were gloating, while others watched coldly.

But what they didn't know was that the one controlling the imprint at this moment was Chu Tianjiao himself!

And Chu Tianjiao's purpose was not to stop Xiao Nannan from attaining the Dao at all, but rather... to use the power of the heavenly Lightning Tribulation and his own imprint to temper her Chaos Body and perfect her Great Dao!

"Chii!"

The blade light grazed Xiao Nannan's shoulder, leaving a deep wound where the bone was visible. But no blood flowed from the wound; instead, Chaos Qi gushed out, and some Law fragments contained within the blade light were forcibly swallowed and analyzed by the Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Art!

Xiao Nannan's whole body shook.

She could feel that every attack from her husband's imprint, though sharp and overbearing, contained a special "Dao charm"—it was guiding her, tempering her, making her control over the Chaos Body more precise and her understanding of the Great Dao deeper!

"Teacher... is it you?"

The eyes beneath Xiao Nannan's mask became moist again, but this time, it was from emotion and realization.

She understood.

Even if her teacher had "died," even if this was just an imprint he left in the world, he was still protecting her, still helping her attain the Dao in his own way!

"Teacher, I will attain the Dao! I will definitely not let you down!"

Xiao Nannan regained her morale, her eyes burning with an unprecedented Battle Intent!

She no longer defended passively but took the initiative to attack, pushing the Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Art to its limit and engaging in a fierce battle with her husband's imprint!

Blade light collided with Chaos Qi, and the devouring black hole intertwined with the Tyrant Blade's sharpness, shattering the entire Star Domain!

And in this process, Xiao Nannan's Chaos Body was being perfected at a visible rate—a new heaven and earth evolved within her Sea of Bitterness, and the Chaos Qi around her body gradually transformed from its original gray to "colorless Chaos," the sign of a Chaos Body reaching Perfection!