The green copper — mottled with rust, no bigger than a fist — yet it gripped the nerves of every single person present, each one tense beyond measure.

A blue lotus took root upon it, sprouting only three jade-colored leaves, carrying a wondrous significance. The Dao gives birth to one; one gives birth to two; two gives birth to three; three gives birth to the ten thousand things — expounding the great Dao.

Why would this happen? — that was the question in everyone’s mind. The Green Emperor had passed away; why would a similar scene appear? It was far too similar, making people’s hearts shudder with unease.

A white-haired elder stood in the void, an ancient scroll covering the heavens, smelting three thousand great worlds, suspended above his head — as though it could pierce through ancient times, present times, and all future times.

This was an ancient scroll capable of sealing away Heaven Itself, possessing boundless divine capabilities — all the ten thousand heavens of all ages had trembled because of it, overawing cultivators’ souls. Many people were performing prostrations of reverence, unable to withstand it — fear that originated from the innermost depths of the heart.

Some Grand Ability cultivators who had chased to this place were coughing blood — suppressed by the reviving imperial weapon’s fluctuations. Even powerful figures like them had some kneeling involuntarily, unable to control themselves, impossible to resist.

Such was an extreme Dao imperial weapon — any revival of it, even releasing but a single thread of power, was something that no powerful fighter in the mortal world could withstand; there was only submission.

Yet at this moment, Ye Fan and his group were an exception. The Nine Li Scroll spread across the sky, covering this great world, yet it had not drawn them inside.

There among them, the green copper block was suspended above Ye Fan’s head. Though mottled with rust and appearing extremely ancient — even battered and worn — yet it suddenly overflowed with points of jade light, flowing across Ye Fan’s body.

At this moment, he was not experiencing too great a suppression, and could still advance step by step — this was simply nothing short of a divine miracle!

Beneath the suppressive might of an extreme Dao imperial weapon, there was no one who could withstand it. To be its enemy meant certain death and the extinguishing of one’s Dao. Unless an ancient Great Emperor were resurrected, there was no power in the mortal realm that could resist it.

Ye Fan’s form had not been destroyed; he could still move, advancing step by step — this was something rarely seen across ancient and modern times. What kind of extraordinarily powerful constitution would this require?

“It’s the green copper block!”

“The supreme treasure of the Central Province — it’s operating its immortal power of its own accord, protecting the Holy Body!”

The crowd was shaken, every single one of them horrified, staring wide-eyed at all of this — it was simply beyond comprehension, utterly astounding.

Since ancient times, rumors about the green copper had been numerous beyond count, yet there were few who could explain it clearly. Some said it was a fragment of an imperial weapon; some said it was a divine being’s weapon!

The Moon Spirit Princess opened her small mouth in astonishment, standing in the void — her hair dark as clouds, adorned with a Nine Phoenixes hairpin at the crown, divine pearl chains hanging down, flickering with crystalline immortal radiance.

She was deserving of the title of Central Province’s second most beautiful woman — her skin like snow, her hair silky and jet-black, her gaze like still water, bright eyes and white teeth, her neck slender and graceful, her figure lithe and tall — she possessed the beauty of fish retreating in shame and geese descending in awe, of the moon hiding and flowers blushing in embarrassment — a cityand a kingdom all in her face, her bearing absolutely unique in this world.

“Why would this happen?!” The patriarch of the Nine Li Divine Dynasty furrowed his brow, standing in the high heavens, channeling the imperial weapon — the divine scroll pressing down, making the great earth continuously sink and subside.

“Pfft!”

Ye Fan finally could no longer withstand it, coughing great mouthfuls of blood, his body swaying and trembling. This green copper block had merely been suppressed enough to let some jade light flow out — it had not truly revived, and the power protecting him was limited!

At the same time, Ji Ziyue’s mouth was also overflowing with blood, her complexion pallid. Even the divine spring she had drunk was being dyed red and seeping back out — subjected to terrifying suppression.

The Nine Li Scroll, said to be capable of refining all things — containing three thousand great worlds within — was the supreme imperial weapon of the mortal world, with nothing it could not slay!

At this moment, the sweeping might pressing down was enough to shake to death countless powerful fighters. It was only because of the green copper’s existence that Ye Fan had escaped a certain death, not becoming flying ash.

“How can this be — has the green copper revived?!” In the highest sky, many people were horrified.

“Pfft!”

On the other side, some powerful cultivators who had approached too closely made not even a groan before their form and spirit were extinguished under the imperial weapon’s terrifying fluctuations, becoming human-shaped ash.

“Bang!”

Until the moment one Grand Ability cultivator’s body developed a thousand cracks, then with a great roar shattered under the extreme Dao suppressive might — people grew even more cold with dread. This was not something human power could withstand!

Finally, Ye Fan was about to be lifted off the ground, to be forcibly drawn inside the Nine Li Scroll. The jade light flowing from the green copper could protect him from being extinguished, but had not truly been put to his use.

At this moment, anyone would have despaired. Suppressed by an extreme Dao imperial weapon, escape for all eternity would have been difficult — there was simply not a single thread of hope, unless one proved the Dao and became an Emperor!

“Use your heart to pull upon the green copper block. This is the Central Province’s supreme treasure — it has existed alongside the world since its beginning, indestructible across ten thousand tribulations, capable of suppressing immortals to death. Do not give up.” Ji Ziyue coughed blood, channeling her divine power, borrowing the immortal light that co-existed with heaven and earth, pouring it into Ye Fan’s body.

“Ziyue, stop channeling your divine power!” Ye Fan was alarmed. The Ji Family’s little moon’s condition was very bad — she had long since lost all color in her face, yet was still persisting.

“It’s fine — we can definitely escape. Even the extreme Dao imperial weapon cannot kill us…” Her voice was feeble, words coming in broken fragments; between her long lashes, her pair of eyes had lost all trace of luster, gone was the spiritual energy of former days.

“I can handle this myself!” Ye Fan roared, forcibly pulling the Ji Family’s little moon behind him, not allowing her to continue draining her life force.

“Hum!”

The Nine Li Scroll lightly trembled, as vast as the ocean — fluctuations shaking out like waves. The earth spanning a thousand li in every direction crumbled into powder all at once. Had those cultivators not already retreated in fear and trepidation earlier, not a single person could have survived.

Even so, not a few people perished without even managing to cry out — their form and spirit both extinguished, among them over a dozen half-step Grand Ability cultivators, and three Grand Ability cultivators — unable to withstand even a single tremor of the imperial weapon!

Ye Fan cried out, golden blood seeping from his mouth in threads, while Pang Bo and the others within his phenomena also let out groans of pain, all of them near shattering.

Although the jade light from the green copper block also flowed across the other several people, they were not Holy Bodies after all — the damage they suffered was even more severe.

“Bang!”

Wu Zhongtian’s right arm exploded, flesh and white jagged bone laid bare as it snapped off from the shoulder — and other parts of his body were also cracking apart.

“Ah…”

Li Heishui let out a wretched cry, half his body torn apart, nearly dissolved — only a single thread of imperial might had penetrated through, yet it was something no human power could withstand.

“Pfft!”

Blood-light burst forth; Liu Kou was drenched in cold sweat all over his head. He had nearly been cut diagonally in two by a slanted thread of imperial might — had Ye Fan not blocked that thread of fluctuation for him, he would likely have died.

Even so, his shoulder was completely shattered, crumbling into fragments of bone that fell to the ground — the sight was quite horrifying.

Jiang Huairen cried out in misery — his five organs and six bowels were all pierced through. Apart from his head, his torso was destroyed beyond recognition, barely avoiding being killed outright.

Pang Bo’s constitution was second only to Ye Fan’s, yet even he was now roaring in fury. He had nearly been split in two at the waist — a sacred-master-level divine lotus weapon left behind by the old demon king who had once tried to seize his body had crumbled to powder in his stead, dying for him. Even so, he had nearly been cloven in two at the waist, his entire body drenched in blood, the nine divine weapons growing dim, on the verge of shattering at any moment.

Ye Fan was filled with a mixture of shock and fury — his friends at his side were on the verge of death. With just this single tremor, they had broken free from his phenomena, one foot already inside the gate of death.

Ji Ziyue’s condition was the most dangerous of all. Earlier seriously wounded, she had already been unable to hold on; now under the imperial might she immediately hovered at the boundary between life and death — just a hair’s breadth from being shattered.

Ye Fan let out a muffled groan, blocking that thread of fluctuation for her. He coughed several mouthfuls of golden blood in succession, barely letting her avoid this deadly calamity.

Of course, it was not that he was powerful enough to withstand the Nine Li Scroll — rather it was because the jade light flowing from the green copper had blocked away the portion of the imperial weapon’s might that was beyond human ability to resist. What had broken through was only a single thread.

“Hum!”

In the sky, that elder’s expression was cold, a sharp light flickering in his eyes. He channeled the Nine Li Scroll, causing the great heaven and earth to jolt once more, seeking to draw Ye Fan inside.

“Break open for me!” Ye Fan roared.

The green lotus in his bitter sea had taken root on the green copper — at this moment it finally had a thread of connection with him. Gripping the green copper, it stood in the void, swaying continuously.

At the same time, he steeled himself and used the bitter sea to face the extreme Dao imperial weapon, blocking in front of everyone — even charging out beyond the range where jade light flowed.

In others’ eyes, this was no different from suicide. In this world there was no one who could use a physical body to withstand even a single blow from an imperial weapon — it was simply asking for destruction.

“Little Ye…” The Ji Family’s little moon was about to lose consciousness, yet at this moment she suddenly jolted awake, crying out in shock.

“Ye Fan!” Pang Bo also cried out loudly.

“No — Little Ye!” Li Heishui and the others all changed color.

“Pfft!”

Ye Fan’s Wheel Sea immediately burst open, golden blood spraying out — yet what left everyone shocked was that it had not been vaporized dry.

A single thread of imperial weapon might should have been enough to reduce his entire person to dust, leaving not even dregs behind — yet he had merely suffered damage and had not died from it.

“Dong!”

A light jolt — and a second piece of green copper flew out, leaping forth from his Wheel Sea. It was that piece which had broken open this certain-death situation.

Ye Fan was betting with his life, and had finally forced out the green copper piece that had been lying dormant in his Wheel Sea. This piece had great spiritual awareness — it had had all manner of connections with him before, having saved his life both in the Ancient Forbidden Land and in the bronze immortal palace.

“Clang!”

A violent jolt — this green copper piece flew out, not dissolving the matchless might of the extreme Dao imperial weapon, but only protecting Ye Fan. Then it collided with the other green copper piece, the sound shaking the nine heavens and ten earths!

In the boundless void beyond, every single person who witnessed this scene nearly went blank — their jaws practically dropping, unable to believe any of this was real.

“How did a second piece of green copper appear?!”

“How does he have a second piece?!”

“It didn’t dissolve the imperial might — yet helped him avert this catastrophe!”

“Heavens — yet another green copper piece. Could it be that the Central Province’s supreme treasure is about to reunite and reappear in this world?”

Ye Fan had nearly been rendered completely broken — his bitter sea had been cloven open, golden blood flowing all over his body, the sky above brilliant and dazzling.

The imperial might from just now had been too terrifying — only a single thread of fluctuation had emanated, yet the earth spanning a thousand li in every direction had been pulverized, becoming a desert, and had sunk by over a thousand zhang!

“Little Ye… quickly leave — the extreme Dao imperial weapon cannot be withstood. While the green copper still protects us… hurry and get out of here.” The Ji Family’s little moon’s voice was feeble, coming in broken fragments. Yet she was straining with all her might to pull upon the immortal light of heaven and earth, channeling it into Ye Fan’s body, giving him the strength to flee.

“Running — is not the solution. He will keep hunting us down to kill us. We must use the two green copper pieces while they still protect us to completely resolve this crisis!” The look in Ye Fan’s eyes was near madness.

With the divine power Ji Ziyue was channeling into him, his power was comparable to that of a sacred master. The golden blood energy across his whole body blazed into flame; he pushed his battle power to its absolute limit, going against the heavens themselves.

“He’s gone mad!”

In the boundless void beyond, Grand Ability cultivators who witnessed this were all shaken. Since ancient times, who had dared to charge an extreme Dao imperial weapon? This was a moth flying into flame — something with death and no survival.

Even a sacred master wielding an imperial weapon would not dare do such a thing — for two imperial weapons to collide would most likely cause the great earth to sink, and the person channeling them would be shaken into complete annihilation of form and spirit.

Yet today there was someone who dared face an imperial weapon empty-handed — doing something that had almost never been done across all of ancient and modern history: attempting to directly withstand an imperial weapon head-on!

“This… in those days, the Limitless Great Emperor also, when on the verge of becoming an Emperor, received an imperial weapon with bare hands. He also dared do such a thing?”

“The Central Province’s supreme treasure is deficient — it will not actively attack, and will not be fully controlled by him. Yet he actually dares do this!”

Everyone was utterly stunned. Above, Ye Fan’s body was wreathed in blazing golden blood energy, illuminating nearly half the sky — like a war god awakening, going against the heavens.

“Damn him!” The white-haired elder of the Nine Li Divine Dynasty changed expression — for the two green copper pieces had truly protected Ye Fan. It was extremely strange: the imperial weapon had not erased them.

At this moment, controlling the Nine Li Scroll, he had channeled nearly all of his divine power — he was almost completely drained. Facing this person who was hardly affected at all and came crashing toward him like a comet, he felt a chill.

This had never happened before. The two green copper pieces had not released offensive power, yet had simply protected Ye Fan this way, not allowing him to be harmed — and he had charged right up to close range!

“Extreme Dao Revival!” the ancient relic roared.

“Hum!”

The divine entity slumbering within the Nine Li Scroll seemed to sense something and awakened all at once; all the ten thousand heavens shook simultaneously, terrifying might sweeping to the nine heavens, reaching everywhere!

Ye Fan let out a long breath of desolation. An extreme Dao imperial weapon truly could not be withstood — he could not advance further, and a world-destroying power was awakening, about to press down upon him.

“Damn this green copper — it’s going dormant again, unable to be used by me!” He said angrily, a wave of powerlessness surging up. The two supreme treasures’ light was about to dim.

“Boom!”

Heaven and earth jolted violently — the Nine Li Scroll truly began to revive, madly drawing upon the essence of heaven and earth. Ye Fan and his group once again felt the suppressive might of impending destruction.

“We’re done for!” Pang Bo and the others cried out.

“How can this be?!” Yet the first person to cry out in panic was actually the Nine Li Divine Dynasty’s Dynastic-Master-level figure — that elder, filled with boundless fear.

“Come quickly and assist me!” His mouth released sound — yet in the distant sky, a pinnacle powerful fighter who had just appeared dissolved into a blood mist, vaporized dry on the spot by the imperial weapon. There was no approaching it.

“What is happening — why is the imperial weapon reviving on its own? The energy required is too vast — I cannot sustain this!” The elder was terrified; in barely an instant, his vital essence was nearly drained dry.

“Ah, no!” He cried out in horror, then strained to sever his connection with the imperial weapon, seeking to put it back into dormancy.

“Everything on the line!” Ye Fan saw his opponent had problems of their own — separated from the imperial weapon — and in that moment his eyes flashed with cold light, incomparably crazed. He seized one green copper piece, channeled every last thread of divine power in his whole body, and struck it out.

“Pfft!”

The distance was not very great, and that elder had nearly been drained dry of vital essence by the imperial weapon, with no way to defend himself. His head was beaten into a complete pulp on the spot.

“Why would this happen?!” Everyone was dumbfounded. This was something that had never happened across all of ancient and modern history — it simply could not have happened. Why did the imperial weapon revive on its own?

The person controlling the imperial weapon had been killed — this was like something out of a fairy tale!

“The Weapon Secret Art — unless a Sage had suddenly interfered and deployed the legendary Weapon Secret Art, disrupting the imperial weapon!” The Nine Li Divine Dynasty’s dynastic master broke out in chills from head to toe, appearing in the distant sky.

But in all the present age there were only two Sages — one in the Eastern Wasteland, one in the Western Desert!

If the Mad Elder had appeared, there was absolutely no way he would have intervened like this — it didn’t fit his temperament, and moreover he had not mastered the Weapon Secret Art.

Could it be that the Battle-Victory God Buddha of the Western Desert had truly come? Thinking on this question, many people went cold all over — if a Sage were concealed in the shadows, that was simply too terrifying!

The Nine Li Scroll grew calm. The divine entity it contained fell back into slumber, floating lightly downward toward the ground.

In the boundless void beyond, who could say how many powerful fighters were watching with tense focus — they knew that today a great and heavenly event was most likely to occur; an imperial weapon might be about to change hands!

Yet after waiting a very long time, the Battle-Victory God Buddha still did not appear. The Nine Li Scroll fell to the ground — no one went to retrieve it.

In this moment, everyone finally could no longer hold back and surged toward that imperial weapon. The Nine Li Dynastic Master even arrived in person!

“Flash!”

A figure faster than lightning — Ye Fan was right there on the battlefield, with mastery of the Movement Secret Art. Naturally he was the first to arrive, seizing the ancient scroll in his hand in one grab. Every single person who witnessed this moment was stunned into stupefaction.

“All of you — go die!”

He gripped the ancient scroll and shook it with force — a wave of agonized screams rang out. In a single breath, everyone within range was transformed into ash from the tribulation fire. There was no blocking the imperial weapon’s single strike!