This scene — this sight — how could anyone remain calm? A foot of pure white jade treading upon the Heavenly Blade, standing against the cosmic gale winds — peerless through all the ages.

This kind of spectacularly beautiful and simultaneously stunning scene remained in people’s hearts long after many years had passed — impossible to erase.

That was the Undying Heavenly Emperor’s weapon — and yet it had been suppressed beneath someone’s foot in such a manner, as if from a myth. A battle record like this made people’s hearts surge and their blood race, wanting to shout along with it.

Roar——

Suddenly, the Heavenly Blade actually produced the roar of a human being — like the raging tide of a deep ocean striking heaven — making people’s skin crawl. The blade’s aura surged overwhelmingly. With a tremendous boom this place was shattered and blown apart.

This destructive law cracked open the cosmos, turning this place into a piece of calamity-ravaged, devastated earth — all fragmented and broken — chaos overflowing.

The Heavenly Blade vanished. The Female Emperor’s body shifted. The void — as deep as an abyss — did not swallow her into it. She appeared in a different position, still with robes and sleeves billowing freely, transcendent above the mortal world.

A river of stars hung across the heavens — the Undying Heavenly Blade reappearing, manifesting in another stretch of starry sky, lying across it there. Its killing intent chilled the human world. It had gone beyond fury. It was — who? Among weapons it had nearly reached the supreme height. When had it ever endured such humiliation? Today it had been trodden underfoot by someone.

This was something that had never happened. This kind of stain — for its entire life and all its lifetimes — it could never wash away. To wash away this humiliation, it had only one path: cut down the woman before it. Only then could it escape all of this. Otherwise this shame would follow it for the rest of its existence.

The Heavenly Blade flashed. Around it a host of divine demons appeared. It flashed again — and a rain of light appeared as well, which was likewise the Force of the Soaring Immortal, and entwined with Northern Dipper immortal radiance.

Everyone was greatly shocked. Had this Heavenly Blade communed with immortality? Legendary — those were things from the path toward immortality. It had absorbed so much of it, and now released it all.

Rumble!

To the Heavenly Blade’s left and right, a hundred thousand divine demons roared — all geniuses it had slaughtered. Now they had become demon souls, used by it, bearing its laws and its Dao, dancing together with it, augmenting its killing intent.

People could not help but marvel. This kind of imperial weapon had long since become anomalous — nearly human-like, knowing all manner of secret arts and displaying them one by one in great opposition.

Boom!

Ten thousand cavalry charged. The Heavenly Blade, carrying supreme divine might, came to kill. Every kind of law and secret art erupted together — this was a strike to kill through the heavens and make the imperial blood run — an assault.

The Female Emperor brought both hands in a sweeping arc. All kinds of starlight danced and scattered. Before her she forged the forms of powerful fighters one by one — a swing of her jade sleeves sent one million soldiers charging to kill.

Every single one contained a thread of supreme law. At first glance it seemed she was scattering stars to make soldiers — but it was far beyond that, for this was a technique she had created specifically to oppose the Soldier Word Secret.

Indeed — as her hands swept again, the Heavenly Blade shuddered violently, pulled by a terrifying force — on the verge of being dragged over.

At the same time, those million silhouettes charged and killed — cutting down divine demons, slaughtering powerful fighters, scattering immortal radiance, breaking everything apart.

People saw another side of the Ferocious Man Great Emperor. Though peerlessly magnificent, her strikes were so ferociously sharp and matchless — her methods terrifying. With a single move she annihilated those divine demons, her killing intent extreme.

Creak!

The blade radiance fired out by the Undying Heavenly Blade bloomed and then shattered. It broke free from the Female Emperor’s control — at last failing to fly over. It hung in the distance, not attacking again for a long time, in reflection.

This weapon’s strength was abnormal beyond reason. It began to question whether this was truly the Heaven-Devouring Jar or a great emperor who had defied heaven and come back to life.

“I will progress and become an immortal weapon — why are you also this powerful? Can it be that the person behind you has not died even now, and for all these years has been continuously consecrating you, bringing you to the verge of transforming into an immortal weapon? But even so — you cannot surpass me,” the Heavenly Blade thought aloud.

From the Heavenly Blade’s words, one could perceive its arrogance. It could not believe that in all the world there still existed an imperial weapon stronger than itself — for it had an extraordinarily powerful origin.

“I have fused with more than one sovereign-path weapon — that is how I have achieved this. What do you have to stand on?” It fixed its gaze upon the Female Emperor.

Boom!

The reply given to it was a strike of the Soaring Immortal Art — light rain cascading down, the cosmos resplendent, like the most brilliant fireworks blooming at the end of the world, becoming eternal.

With a great crash, the Undying Heavenly Blade went flying sideways — nearly shattered. It retreated across the void again and again, constantly falling back, barely and with great difficulty dissolving this strike.

This time the impact struck even deeper. Its full radiance blazed with great intensity as it deduced and reasoned: “You… can it truly be that you are not a weapon at all, but a great emperor?”

The Female Emperor did not speak. Bare jade feet walked forward — ethereal and otherworldly, yet possessing such devastating force. Search the past and present through all ages — who could resist?

She brought both hands together in a crossing motion, as if holding a precious vase — like an immortal descending to the mortal world, stirring all ten wildernesses. She had barely raised the vase when a wave surged out that seemed capable of collapsing the entire cosmos.

The Great Dao precious vase appeared once more, hovering above her head — its mouth pointed at the Heavenly Blade. A terrifying beam of light shot forth — fierce and domineering, without equal.

Clang!

The Heavenly Blade went flying sideways — struck head-on. Its radiance dropped to its lowest point in an instant. And in this very moment a crisp, clear sound rang out — a crack appeared upon it.

Everyone was shaken to the core. The Female Emperor was truly unmatched — she had nearly shattered the once-unstoppable Undying Heavenly Blade. What kind of attack power was this — to be on the verge of destroying the Undying Heavenly Blade.

Hum!

The Heavenly Blade shuddered, then in a single dodge crossed half the starry sky, standing in the dimming heavens. It raged with fury. This was a humiliation that could never be washed away in its entire existence. It truly was no match.

Five-colored immortal radiance passed over. That crack shrank slightly — yet did not disappear.

“Unrivaled divine consciousness — the strength of all living beings combined — in the name of the Heavenly Emperor, command those wills that once existed, those undissipated souls, to return as one!”

The Heavenly Blade howled. It blazed with light once more — yet this time it did not approach the Female Emperor. Instead it activated an ancient secret method and from afar brought forth a forbidden power.

This was related to the power of faith — condensing the sea of consciousness from ages past, drawing upon the divine consciousness power of those in the present world who still worshipped and had faith in the Heavenly Emperor, reassembling their combined belief.

The Undying Heavenly Emperor had once been the supreme god, worshipped by ten thousand races. Naturally there were many who believed in him — and even now, those who still called upon his name. In this moment, his forbidden secret art took effect.

Rumble rumble rumble!

Boundless thought-power converged — vast and staggering. This was the strength of all living beings. And the Heavenly Blade was not merely drawing it together in a simple way — the Undying Heavenly Emperor had once created methods in this domain. There were specific divine abilities — dreadful and unmatched throughout the ages.

The thought-power reconstituted itself, arranged according to a special pattern into a form of supreme world-law, then condensed upon the blade edge — turning into a heavenly river that slashed forward.

This sound — like thunder collapsing heaven, like blazing lightning cracking open the earth — destroying this expanse of space.

This was the application of thought-power — pushed to its absolute extreme.

People could barely imagine it — a heavenly blade, merely a sovereign weapon — yet like a great emperor, employing law after law and secret art after secret art endlessly, shaking everyone who witnessed it.

The Female Emperor’s forehead bones radiated light — shining through the bronze mask — brilliant auspicious light scattering outward.

Ye Fan’s heart jumped. This was a divine art similar to the Foreknowledge Word Secret law, specifically cultivating the primordial spirit. For it to be employed by a weapon — this was truly too strange. Even if she was a great emperor’s body, it should not be this way. Was she truly only an imperial weapon?

This light was very special. Scattering toward the cosmos, it ignited all faith power — even though that power had transformed into a form of Heavenly Dao laws surpassing the original strength. Still it could not resist.

With a tremendous boom, the combined strength of many powerful races and countless living beings was entirely routed, dissolved, and burned by the light radiating from the Female Emperor’s forehead!

“Impossible — you… you are not a weapon — you are still alive!” the Heavenly Blade roared. It represented the pinnacle of sovereign-path weapons — how could it be defeated in such a manner? When it saw the opponent’s forehead bones radiate light, it understood: it had truly been wrong before. This was a living person!

Ye Fan stared at the Female Emperor as well, observing carefully, his heart full of questions.

“Calculating heaven, calculating earth, deducing the fruit of the Dao — let me see what you truly are,” the Heavenly Blade muttered to itself. It was unwilling to accept this kind of defeat.

For the Heaven-Devouring Jar’s current performance seemed to rival even the Immortal Cauldron and the Immortal Bell — without equal.

The assembled forces were stunned — extremely shocked. And the Undying Heavenly Blade itself was too extraordinary — like a living supreme being, knowing all manner of secret arts and methods, shaking all who witnessed it.

Clang! The Heavenly Blade shuddered violently. Two more cracks appeared on it one after another — yet the blade body reflected a hazy image that flashed and vanished. It cried out in shock: “There truly is something strange — your true body is still alive, and though you are the old body, you still possess partial vitality — you are a kind of living-dead thing!”

These words, once spoken — not only was the Undying Heavenly Blade itself shocked, the entire cosmos trembled three times, quaked three times. Every person’s body and soul were shaken.

What kind of news was this?

The Ferocious Man Great Emperor was still alive? Over twenty tens of thousands of years had passed — and she was still in the mortal world. Where was she now?

Everyone was in tremendous shock. This news was too staggering. People recalled her life — and could not help but tremble. The Female Emperor had truly done as she had said!

“Not for the sake of immortality — only to wait for you to return in this mortal world.”

Her devotion, her conviction, her oath — still not dissipated even now. Standing at one end of the starry sky, body within this mortal world — what kind of obsessive conviction was this?

Too stunning. Everyone felt their blood boiling, their primordial spirits trembling.

Only Ye Fan remained comparatively calm. Through all these years, regarding the Ferocious Man Great Emperor, he had already come to understand certain things. This outcome had not exceeded his expectations.

Yet for the people of the world, this was undoubtedly an earth-shattering revelation. Had the Ferocious Man Great Emperor truly achieved immortality?

After the Undying Heavenly Blade perceived the truth, it fell into silence first — then a moment of release. It was not defeated by a purely imperial weapon. That was its greatest consolation.

But it was also deeply unnerved. The Undying Heavenly Emperor had a rival — and now it was not only Wushi the Great Emperor. There was also the Ferocious Man. Absolutely a power of the same magnitude.

“Leave!”

This was the very first decision it made upon perceiving the secret. The Heaven-Devouring Jar had revived for special reasons — allowing the Female Emperor to half-live, to reign supreme over the mortal world. It was no match for her.

Yet the Ferocious Man Great Emperor cut off its path of retreat — not letting it flee.

“Supreme Annihilation Array!” the Heavenly Blade roared. A vast formation pattern appeared. This was a great sovereign-path array — composed of the Dao lines left by the Undying Heavenly Emperor.

The world trembled in awe — for this was a flawless array. Who, apart from a great emperor, could break it?

The Female Emperor did not disappoint. She did not pause to think — did not deduce — she simply struck out with overwhelming force. In the course of her steps, immortal light flickered. A row of Female Emperors appeared — nine of them in total!

Everyone was struck dumb. What was happening?

Ye Fan was stunned. Could this be the supreme secret art created specifically to counter the All Word Secret?

Boom!

Those nine silhouettes were not stable — they each struck only once, then all vanished. The flawless Heavenly Emperor great array was shattered in the very first instant.

It was not a complete secret art — not truly the equivalent of ten people striking simultaneously. But it was still supremely terrifying, leaving everyone dumbfounded.

If this secret art were perfected — one person transforming into ten great emperors… just thinking about it made one tremble from head to toe, body running cold. This was truly an immortal art — completely defying heaven!

Creak!

Though the Undying Heavenly Blade had evaded the great storm and shockwave from just now, it was struck by the Female Emperor’s true body — the blade body cracked apart, transforming into a dazzling cold radiance.

Everyone was left completely stupefied!