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Chapter 363: The Nine Nether Seal
"Li Xun, what other methods do you have? Use them all!" Chu Tiancheng spoke coldly.
Behind him, the blood-colored blazing sun grew ever more radiant, burning fiercely. Within it was contained the essence blood of countless living beings. If someone were to consume it, they could obtain a heaven-defying transformation.
No.
Perhaps it was even more terrifying than a mere rebirth.
That was the core of the Nine Nether Blood Fiend Formation. Back then, the Nine Nether Emperor had relied on this very thing to defy fate itself and ascend to the position of Emperor in his later years.
Within the river of time, he had left behind an era of incomparable glory.
"You think too highly of yourself. If it were the Nine Nether Emperor himself from back then, perhaps I would be helpless. But the formation you possess now is only an empty shell," Li Xun responded calmly.
A black jade slip appeared in his hand. It emitted a heart-palpitating aura, as though it were connected to an Emperor. Any being who looked upon the jade slip would involuntarily feel terror rising in their heart.
It was as if they were facing a supreme existence, making them unable to resist the urge to kneel in submission.
"Hm?"
Chu Tiancheng frowned slightly. His instincts told him that the object in Li Xun's hand might truly threaten the Nine Nether Blood Fiend Formation he had set up.
Immediately, a nine-story ancient tower flew from his hand, strands of black-yellow energy cascading down from it. With a thunderous boom, the tower enveloped an area of thousands of miles, casting vast shadows over the land.
Just as the ancient tower was about to suppress everything beneath it. a man and a woman suddenly rushed out from the imperial prison of the Great Chu Dynasty in the distance.
"Big Brother Li Xun!"
The moment Chu Lingyue escaped from the prison, she quickly threw out a jade pendant from her hand.
The pendant was not large, only about two inches square.
Its appearance was plain and ordinary, no different from a common jade ornament.
But the instant it left her hand, it was as though some kind of seal had been undone.
With a sharp whoosh, a dazzling ray of light burst forth from it, becoming the sole eternal existence in the world. Everything else lost its brilliance in comparison.
It was incomparably resplendent and magnificently radiant.
Too fast.
It surpassed the limits of human comprehension, like an immortal beam of light. In a single flash, it pierced through everything in its path—even the Nine Nether Blood Fiend Formation was torn open with a massive hole.
One had to know that not long ago, more than a dozen Saints had joined forces, including Li Xun himself, yet they had been unable to shake this formation in the slightest.
And yet before this immortal radiance, the formation was as fragile as paper, pierced through in an instant.
"An Imperial Weapon!" Someone cried out in shock.
It was simply unbelievable.
For countless years, ever since no Emperor had appeared in the world, even Imperial Weapons had rarely revealed themselves. The imperial clans all kept their Imperial Weapons enshrined and hidden away.
Unless they faced the disaster of total extermination, they would never use them lightly.
Yet today, an Imperial Weapon had actually appeared here.
And judging from the situation, it had been thrown out by a young girl only at the Qi Condensation Realm.
How could this not shock everyone?
If anyone had known that such a girl carried an Imperial Weapon on her person, she probably would not have lived to see the next sunrise.
"The Imperial Weapon left behind by the Nine Nether Emperor was actually in your possession all along?"
Chu Tiancheng turned his head, his eyes icy cold.
Back then, after obtaining the formation left by the Nine Nether Emperor, he had also coveted the Emperor Scripture and Imperial Weapon.
Yet, no matter what methods he used, he could never find any trace of them.
And now, the Imperial Weapon had appeared on the daughter he had always neglected.
It made him feel as though he had missed out on an unimaginable fortune, filling him with deep regret.
But fortunately, the timing of the Imperial Weapon's appearance was not bad.
As long as he could seize control of it, his chances of survival in the future could increase severalfold.
At that point, the world would be his to roam freely.
Boom!
Chu Tiancheng reached out with his hand, trying to suppress the Imperial Weapon.
But the instant his hand was about to touch it, a vast and mighty aura erupted from the weapon.
"Pfft!"
Along with a muffled groan, Chu Tiancheng staggered backward through the air several steps. Blood splattered across the sky, and his entire arm exploded into pieces.
Sacred Weapons possessed spirits.
How much more so an Imperial Weapon?
The artifact spirit within it likely possessed intelligence no less than that of an adult human. Without gaining its acknowledgment, even a Quasi-Emperor would find it difficult to use the Imperial Weapon.
And for a mere Saint to recklessly provoke an Imperial Weapon—
There was only one possible outcome:
Death.
"The Nine Nether Seal?"
Li Xun's expression shifted slightly as he looked at the jade pendant flying toward him. He extended his hand, but did not immediately touch it.
The lesson from Chu Tiancheng moments ago was still vivid in everyone's mind.
Although Chu Lingyue had thrown the Nine Nether Seal to him, if he attempted to control this Imperial Weapon recklessly, he might also suffer a backlash.
It could be said that that even if everyone present joined forces, they likely still would not be able to suppress the Imperial Weapon left behind by the Nine Nether Emperor.
Buzz!
The Imperial Weapon landed in his hand.
Contrary to expectations, no rejection appeared. Instead, the Nine Nether Seal erupted with a heaven-shaking rainbow light that pierced through heaven and earth, as though a sun had exploded in the sky, dazzling to the absolute extreme.
For a moment, its power shook the Nine Heavens above and the Nine Nethers below. Beneath that brilliant radiance, everyone involuntarily shut their eyes, tears of blood streaming down their faces as though they were being sliced by blades.
It was too terrifying.
How many years had it been since an Imperial Weapon last appeared in the world?
Yet today, they had the fortune to witness one here.
Not long afterward, the surroundings fell silent.
People sensed a supreme aura filling the surrounding void, surging soundlessly, as if an unmatched Emperor had returned to life and now stood upon the heavens, overlooking all living beings.
It was merely an Imperial Weapon, yet it allowed everyone present to feel the terrifying presence that the Nine Nether Emperor once used to make the myriad worlds tremble in fear.
The immense fluctuations and blinding immortal light made it feel as though every bone in their bodies was about to shatter completely.
Thud!
Thud!
Thud!
As though triggering a chain reaction, countless living beings knelt to the ground one after another.
Even the Nine Nether Blood Fiend Formation stopped operating at this moment.
"The Imperial Weapon left behind by the Nine Nether Emperor… I originally believed it had long been lost. I never expected it to still exist in this world, only revealing its true form today!" An old Saint sighed with endless emotion.
Back in those years, the slaughter caused by the Nine Nether Emperor had been far too horrifying. Thus, after the Nine Nether Emperor passed away, his descendants suffered an unprecedented purge.
Unlike other imperial clans, whose descendants continued to be revered even after their Emperor had fallen, the descendants of the Nine Nether Emperor had an incomparably tragic fate.
Enemies had directly attacked their clan with Imperial Weapons.
Even though they too possessed an Imperial Weapon, they were utterly unable to withstand the assault.
In the end, the descendants of the Nine Nether Emperor vanished completely from the world.
Many believed they had long since been exterminated.
But now, it seemed that they might have survived all along, and that their lineage had continued into the present era.
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Note:
Cultivation Realm so far:
1, Body Refinement
2, Qi Condensation
3, Spirit Meridian
4, Profound Elixir
5, Divine Power
6, Life and Death
7, Divine Palace
8, Half-Saint
9, Saint
10, Saint King
11, Great Saint
12, Quasi-Emperor
13, Emperor
Treasure Level so far:
1, Mortal Weapon
2, Magical Treasure
3, Spiritual Treasure
4, Dao Weapon
5, Sacred Weapon
6, Sacred King Weapon
7, Imperial Weapon