89: Chapter 89: A Big Fish Was Caught, the Immortal Emperor Appears

The Ancient Kirin Emperor stood within the shattered starry sky, the scarlet auspicious Qi surrounding him weak yet resilient. He was covered in blood, and his tattered imperial robes were soaked through with Emperor Blood. He had killed the Golden Ancient Emperor and devoured the other's Origin.

He felt it.

The shackles that had plagued him for endless ages were finally loosening.

"Not enough... still not enough!"

The Ancient Kirin Emperor suddenly raised his head, his gaze like lightning as it swept across other areas of the Starry Sky Battlefield. Without the slightest hesitation, his figure flickered as he charged toward the two nearest Nameless Supremes who were currently locked in combat.

"Reach Ultimate Sublimation! Otherwise, death is your only path!"

The Ancient Kirin Emperor roared as he charged at them, his scarlet auspicious Qi condensing into two blades of light that slashed down fiercely toward the two Supremes.

"Dammit!!!"

The two Supremes let out unwilling roars. Having fought to this point, they still didn't want to walk the path of no return. They knew clearly that if they chose Ultimate Sublimation, they would surely die unless they could live out a new life.

But what if they didn't choose Ultimate Sublimation?

Would this Ancient Kirin Emperor, who had already gone into a killing frenzy, leave them a way to survive?

"Motherfucker!"

Both Supremes cursed simultaneously, a flash of determination in their eyes. Since they couldn't escape, they would fight to the end!

Boom! Boom!

Two powerful Great Emperor auras erupted, sweeping through the starry sky. In the end, the two Nameless Supremes chose Ultimate Sublimation.

"Come at me!"

A frenzied Battle Intent flashed in the Ancient Kirin Emperor's eyes as he dragged his battered-to-the-extreme imperial body to meet the two Supremes who had reached Ultimate Sublimation. His Origin was nearly depleted and his Emperor Blood was almost drained, but the fire in his heart burned brighter and brighter.

He wanted to use these two whetstones to live out a new life!

This scene was like the final spark igniting a powder keg.

In other battlefields, those Supremes who were still fighting, observing, or hesitating completely lost their composure when they saw two more beings reach Ultimate Sublimation.

"Hell, let's do it!"

"Dying sooner or later is still death; I'm going to take a gamble too!"

"Kill!"

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom—

One powerful Great Emperor aura after another erupted across the Starry Sky Battlefield, blooming like fireworks in succession. Those Supremes who had been hesitating were finally pushed to a dead end after seeing their companions choose Ultimate Sublimation one after another.

Without Exaltation, they would die immediately.

With Exaltation, there was at least a sliver of a chance.

Ultimately, about half of the Supremes on the Starry Sky Battlefield chose Ultimate Sublimation!

Over twenty Great Emperor auras intertwined, crushing the entire starry sky. That pressure was terrifying to the extreme; even the battlefield barriers were trembling violently, as if they would collapse at any moment.

In the distance, Chu Tianjiao stopped his "struggle" with Xiao Nannan, his gaze sweeping across the field with gravity.

Xiao Nannan also stopped and stood by his side, her brow furrowed. Xiao Shitou silently approached from another direction, and the three of them gathered together.

"Teacher..." Xiao Nannan spoke in a low voice, her tone carrying an unprecedented gravity.

Chu Tianjiao didn't respond, merely watching those Supremes whose Battle Intent soared to the heavens after reaching Ultimate Sublimation.

Over twenty Great Emperor auras collided frantically in the starry sky. Although those Supremes had stopped killing each other, they didn't immediately unite. Complex light flickered in their eyes—there was a desire for life, a fear of death, and an obsession with that ethereal immortality.

"If they could unite..." Chu Tianjiao finally spoke, his voice very soft, "we wouldn't have had any chance to grow at all."

He paused, his tone carrying a hint of complex emotion: "Unfortunately, they desire Immortal Ascension too much. For the sake of becoming immortals, they abandoned their dignity as Emperors. To survive, they chose to slash themselves. Such existences, no matter how many there are, will never amount to anything."

Xiao Nannan looked at him and sent a secret transmission: "Teacher, are you confident in cleaning them up now?"

Xiao Shitou also leaned in, likewise asking via transmission: "Yeah, Teacher, should we take this chance to wipe them all out at once?"

Chu Tianjiao fell silent for a moment before slowly shaking his head.

"No."

His tone was firm, without a hint of hesitation.

"I cannot appear. If I reveal my true self, it might completely enrage them." His gaze swept over those Supremes, his eyes flickering with cold calculation. "These guys may have reached Ultimate Sublimation now, but they all know in their hearts that their hopes of survival are slim. If I jump out now and tell them that all of this was my setup..."

"They will be backed into a corner," Xiao Shitou interjected, his face also growing solemn.

"Exactly." Chu Tianjiao nodded. "When people are backed into a corner, they're capable of anything. Especially these Emperors who once suppressed an era. If they realize there's no way out, they're very likely to rush back to the mortal world and frantically devour living beings."

He didn't finish his sentence, but Xiao Nannan and Xiao Shitou understood his meaning.

Over forty Supremes—though only half had reached Ultimate Sublimation while the other half were still watching—if they were truly driven mad and rushed back to the mortal world to devour life, it would be an apocalypse-level disaster.

At that time, no matter how strong Chu Tianjiao was, it would be impossible to stop so many crazed Supremes simultaneously.

The mortal world would become a purgatory.

"Furthermore..." Chu Tianjiao's gaze landed on those Supremes whose auras began to wax and wane after Ultimate Sublimation, "with so many Supremes devouring each other, there will surely be lucky ones who live out a new life. The ratio is roughly ten to one. Out of ten Supremes, one will succeed."

Xiao Nannan and Xiao Shitou exchanged a glance, both seeing the shock in each other's eyes.

Over twenty Supremes in Ultimate Sublimation meant there would be two or three Supremes who would live out a new life.

"Let them kill each other; let them fight for that sliver of survival." A cold sneer curled at the corner of Chu Tianjiao's mouth. "The few who survive in the end are the ones truly qualified to speak with me."

Looking at the light in her teacher's eyes that was calm to the point of being cold-blooded, Xiao Nannan felt a surge of complex emotions.

Just as the three were communicating secretly—

A figure silently appeared at the edge of the battlefield.

He wore an imperial feather robe embroidered with patterns of a Phoenix rising from the ashes. His face was as handsome as a Heavenly God, and his entire body radiated an ancient and mysterious aura.

The Immortal Emperor.

He ultimately couldn't hold back.

With so many Supremes in Ultimate Sublimation, so many dissipating Origins, and so many opportunities to fish in troubled waters—how could he possibly resist?

The Immortal Emperor's gaze swept across the battlefield, his eyes flashing with greedy light. He didn't strike immediately but was waiting—waiting for the most suitable moment, waiting for those Supremes to reach their most frenzied state when they had no time to worry about anything else, before striking to harvest them.

However—

At the very moment the Immortal Emperor appeared.

Chu Tianjiao's eyes suddenly lit up.

"human emperor banner, come!"

He cried out in his heart, his Divine Thought instantly crossing the endless void and transmitting directly into the depths of the Undying Mountain.

Almost at the same time, the Undying Mountain shook violently. A golden light soared into the sky, tearing through the void and flying toward the Starry Sky Battlefield at an incredible speed.

It was a flag.

The flag was rectangular, its pole cast from Dao Tribulation Gold, while the flag itself was based on Feathered Cyan Gold, interwoven with threads of Immortal Gold like Eternal Blue Gold and Immortal Tear Green Gold, embroidered with a chaos heaven-opening diagram.

The human emperor banner!

It turned into a golden stream of light, instantly charging into the Starry Sky Battlefield and hovering above it. The flag snapped in the wind, showering down a rain of golden light.

The appearance of the human emperor banner instantly drew the attention of countless Supremes.

"That is... Emperor Jiaoheng's human emperor banner!"

"Why is Emperor Jiaoheng's Imperial Weapon here?"

"It's the Empress! the Empress is Emperor Jiaoheng's wife; she can command this flag!"

Countless Supremes' Divine Thoughts collided frantically, but no one thought in that direction—in their eyes, Emperor Jiaoheng had already fallen fifty thousand years ago. How could he still be alive?

The Immortal Emperor, however, saw his expression change drastically the moment the human emperor banner appeared.

No one understood the significance of this flag's appearance better than he did.