49: Chapter 49 The Ruthless Emperor's Conquest of the Primordial Ancient Mine

Chu Tianjiao, who was secretly controlling the imprint, felt more and more gratified as the fight progressed.

Xiao Nannan's talent was even more astonishing than he had imagined.

She not only perfectly absorbed the Origin of Emperor Yuhua, but also quickly digested and achieved Fusion during the battle, combining the "Dao of the Great Emperor" she had devoured with her own Chaos Body to forge a path that belonged solely to her!

"It is almost time..."

Sensing that Xiao Nannan's state was approaching Perfection, Chu Tianjiao knew the moment had arrived.

He deliberately revealed a flaw—an extremely subtle flaw that only a powerhouse of the same level could perceive.

But for Xiao Nannan, who had already fought hundreds of rounds with the imprint and knew the opponent's "Moves" like the back of her hand, this flaw was like a beacon in the darkness!

"Now is the time!"

A brilliant light flashed in Xiao Nannan's eyes. She unleashed her Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Art with full power, and the phantom of the woman within the swallowing phenomenon behind her merged with her. She transformed into a streak of Chaos light, instantly piercing through the imprint's defense and pressing a palm against its chest!

"Heaven-Swallowing—Refining the Dao!"

"Boom—!"

The imprint's chest exploded, and countless fragments of Law scattered in all directions! Chu Tianjiao withdrew his strand of Divine Thought, while the imprint of heaven and earth dissipated into a sky full of light rain after a soft sound.

Xiao Nannan stood in the Void Realm, panting slightly, but her eyes were incredibly bright.

She could feel that she had touched the limit of that barrier, needing only one final step—to usurp the heavenly heart mark and ascend to the Imperial throne!

"Xiao Shitou, now!"

In Undying Mountain, Chu Tianjiao's voice reached Xiao Shitou's ears.

Elsewhere in the Cosmic Borderlands, Xiao Shitou, who had just stabilized his Realm and was adapting to the power of a Great Emperor, heard this and immediately let go of his spirit without hesitation, causing the heavenly heart mark within his body to tremble violently!

He did not resist, but instead actively "repelled" it!

"Hum—!"

The heavenly heart mark flew out from between his brows, transforming into a brilliant streak of light that crossed the Void Realm and headed straight for the Star Domain where Xiao Nannan was located!

To the outside world, this scene was shocking to the extreme—the "Unnamed Great Emperor" who had just achieved Dao was forcibly pushed off the Imperial throne by the Ruthless Empress! The heavenly heart mark flew away on its own, casting itself toward a new master!

"Two new Emperors have alternated within a single day!"

"The Ruthless Empress is too domineering! She has forcibly usurped even a contemporary Great Emperor who just achieved Dao!"

"This is truly a spectacle unseen throughout the ages!"

The Forbidden Zone Supremes were dumbfounded. They had lived for countless millennia and had never seen such an outrageous scene—one Great Emperor being pushed down by another just after achieving Dao, with even the heavenly heart mark "defecting"!

But they did not know that this was all a "tacit performance" by Xiao Shitou and Chu Tianjiao.

Seeing the incoming heavenly heart mark, Xiao Nannan did not hesitate in the slightest; she reached out, grabbed it, and brought it into her body!

"Boom—!"

The moment the mark entered her body, her aura surged violently! The Chaos Qi completely transformed into "colorless Chaos," and the Chaos Dao seed in her bitter sea took root and sprouted, turning into a towering Chaos Divine Tree that supported heaven and earth!

The Great Emperor's pressure swept across the Universe!

Her aura was three parts more terrifying than when Xiao Shitou had just achieved Dao—because not only had she achieved the Great Emperor status with a Chaos Body, but she had also devoured the Origin of Emperor Yuhua and integrated the "honing" from her husband's imprint, making her foundation thick to the extreme!

"From this day on, I am—the Ruthless Empress!"

She spoke slowly, her voice calm, yet it reached every corner of the Universe.

Her silver hair was like snow, her white clothes whiter than frost, and the eyes beneath her mask were as cold as ten-thousand-year black ice, yet they contained the mighty power to create the world.

The Ruthless Empress had officially ascended to the Imperial throne!

The moment the achievement of Dao was complete, Xiao Nannan did not pause for even a second.

She turned around and looked toward the Big Dipper Astral Region, her gaze locking onto that area shrouded in black mist and deathly silence—the Ancient Mine of Primordial Beginning!

"Ancient Mine of Primordial Beginning! You joined forces to kill my husband that day; today, I will take revenge for him!"

Her voice was piercingly cold, filled with deep-seated hatred and killing intent, instantly spreading across the Emperor Burial Star!

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole world was shocked!

"The Ruthless Empress has just achieved Dao, and she already wants to campaign against the Ancient Mine of Primordial Beginning?!"

"Is she crazy?! That is the oldest and most mysterious existence among the seven Forbidden Zones of Life!"

"Even Emperor Jiaoheng only attacked it back then and failed to completely wipe it out... She dares to do this just after becoming a Great Emperor?"

In the Forbidden Zones, those Supremes were also shocked by Xiao Nannan's declaration.

Within the Ancient Mine of Primordial Beginning, terrifying auras awakened one after another, Divine Thoughts intertwining with anger and sarcasm:

"Ruthless Empress! Do not think that just because you have ascended to Great Emperor you can be so arrogant! If you have the ability, come to the Ancient Mine of Primordial Beginning! Do you think you are Emperor Jiaoheng?!"

An unnamed Supreme spoke out in retaliation, his voice old and cold. At the same time, he officially set the Imperial title for Xiao Nannan—the Ruthless Empress.

This title was both a summary of her style of action and an acknowledgment of her strength.

"Do you think I dare not!"

Xiao Nannan coldly snorted, saying no more. She stepped out, tearing through the Void Realm, and headed straight for the Big Dipper Astral Region!

She was going to fulfill the vow she made five hundred years ago—to kill all the Supremes who participated in the siege against her teacher, level the Forbidden Zones, and avenge her husband!

"Teacher, what do we do now?"

In the Cosmic Borderlands, Xiao Shitou watched his younger sister's receding figure and asked anxiously via voice transmission.

Although he had already become a Great Emperor, the Ancient Mine of Primordial Beginning was unfathomably deep, and the number of Supremes slumbering within far exceeded his imagination. For his sister to rush over just after achieving Dao was simply too risky.

In Undying Mountain, Chu Tianjiao rolled his eyes.

"What else can we do? Follow her, of course," he said irritably. "That is your sister; are you going to watch her get bullied by that group of old monsters in the Ancient Mine of Primordial Beginning?"

After speaking, Chu Tianjiao stepped out, and his figure vanished from where he stood. He did not appear directly, but instead concealed his aura and followed silently behind Xiao Nannan.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Shitou's expression brightened.

Since his teacher said this, it meant he was going to take action again! Five hundred years ago, his teacher had attacked the Ancient Mine of Primordial Beginning and killed ten Supremes. Now that his teacher's strength had improved even further, added to himself as a newly ascended Great Emperor, and his sister, the Ruthless Empress who had achieved Dao with a Chaos Body...

The Ancient Mine of Primordial Beginning, I fear, is truly going to suffer this time!

"Sister, wait for big brother!"

Xiao Shitou grinned, his figure turning into a golden streak of light as he followed closely behind Chu Tianjiao.

Under Chu Tianjiao's cover, both of their auras were completely concealed. Xiao Nannan, speeding ahead, did not notice at all that she was being followed by two "bodyguards"—one was the brother she thought had long since died, and the other was the husband she had missed for five hundred years.

On the Emperor Burial Star, the situation had completely boiled over.

"The Ruthless Empress is going to campaign against the Ancient Mine of Primordial Beginning!"

"Quick! Open the domain gates and evacuate the Eastern Wasteland!"

"We cannot stay on the Emperor Burial Star! When a Great Emperor campaigns against a Forbidden Zone, the aftermath alone can destroy the world!"

Various Holy Lands, Imperial Dynasties, and major sects were in Chaos, one after another opening domain gates to relocate their Core Disciples and foundations to other Star Domains.

Some older generation Cultivators knelt on the ground, praying toward the direction of the Ancient Mine of Primordial Beginning—praying both that the Ruthless Empress would win, and that the aftermath of the battle would not spread too far.