Another Emperor Realm has fallen.

The Era of Emperor's Fall has just begun, and already eleven Emperor Realm cultivators have fallen, while those beneath the Emperor Realm are not even worthy of having their names remembered.

Moon.

Great Emperor Jiu Feng stood with hands behind his back, retracting his gaze from Heaven Beyond Heaven.

Heavenly Court.

Great Emperor Jin Shi was frantically absorbing the fragrance inside the incense hall, yet something seemed to streak from the corner of his eye down his cheek.

Heaven Beyond Heaven.

By the corpse of the Blue Giant Jellyfish.

On a bamboo boat there was a silent elder and a man who appeared in a flash.

Recalling the earlier conversation, Huang Zhongtian sat at the bow, his gaze vaguely reflective: "Li Bahuang..."

Suddenly his gaze sharpened, looking toward the Immortal Path.

A scholarly-looking man carried a Bamboo Sword appeared, it was Tian Gui Yuan Yin, fixated on Ruan Tang.

"Friend, are you... alright?"

A fair-skinned female cultivator hesitantly asked.

She saw that the scholar was missing a left arm, with fresh blood oozing outward, looking quite seriously injured.

"Drip"

A drop of blood fell from the wound.

The female cultivator's pupils contracted, observing that droplet suddenly expand countless times, enveloping all cultivators near the Immortal Path.

No scream even echoed, instead transforming into a blood-colored bead.

"Shush!"

The female cultivator's face turned pale, trembling.

In an instant, all cultivators around the Immortal Path within a million miles were killed, such power besides an Emperor Realm, none could possess.

Escape?

Impossible to escape.

Even a Quasi-Emperor died without a sound, let alone her mere Celestial Venerable Realm.

"You, go up."

Tian Gui pointed to the Immortal Path, his voice cold.

"Ugh!"

The female cultivator's body uncontrollably opened her mouth, the blood-colored bead formed from countless lives near the Immortal Path fell into her mouth.

She wanted to vomit.

But couldn't.

The female cultivator sadly found herself turned into a puppet, her body automatically flew toward the Immortal Path, just stepping on the White Jade Stairway, her legs shattered.

The next moment, the legs quickly recovered, due to the blood-colored bead filled with the life force and blood of countless beings.

"Ah!"

The pain of regrowing limbs made the female cultivator scream.

Tian Gui Yuan Yin's divine sense guided her, she began ascending the Immortal Path, her body nearly shattering step by step, yet continuously recovering, endless cycle.

The pain gradually blurred her rationality, turning completely into a puppet with no consciousness.

"Boom!"

On the seventh step.

Yuan Yin deeply frowned, the female cultivator's body finally exploded, unable to recover at all, despite the blood bead not entirely consumed.

"Relying on others' life force barely gets you far, yet how did you reach there."

Tian Gui eerily looked toward Ruan Tang near the end of the Immortal Path.

Suddenly, Yuan Yin's face swelled with a blister ready to burst, pop, it burst, transforming into a rotating eye.

The eye turned and turned.

A child's pure and ethereal laughter echoed: "Hehe, the Immortal Fruit was snatched, you're finally going to die."

Tian Gui Yuan Yin remained expressionless, forming a hand seal to suppress.

The frequency of the eye's rotation increased, the child's voice accompanied by pain, yet joy:

"Stop struggling, give up, no life in this world can achieve immortality…"

"Go back."

After Tian Gui spoke, the eye on his cheek was forcibly suppressed back inside.

"Great Emperor."

The Ying Zhu Sword's artifact spirit cautiously asked: "What do we do now, follow the original plan or... ascend the Immortal Path?"

Tian Gui's expression was indecisive.

In the earlier battle with Li Bahuang, he had sustained considerable injury, making ascending the Immortal Path rather tenuous in this state.

But if not ascending.

The Immortal Fruit would be endangered.

Tian Gui turned his head toward a certain direction, where the Heavenly Court resided.

In his eyes, divine light surged: "A mere incense pseudo-emperor dares to spy on my true self, seeking death!"

"Then let's have a battle."

Jin Shi was not a good-tempered master, directly stepping out from the Heavenly Court.

Though the Emperor Realm pressure released wasn't as strong as Great Emperor Tiangui's, a dazzling incense pillar rose behind her.

With the Heavenly Court's continuous incense backing, how could Jin Shi not dare to battle Tian Gui!

"Do you think I won't dare?"

Tian Gui squinted his eyes, frustrated that his planned cycle had been disrupted by Corpse Emperor Dongfang Youming.

Facing the incense pseudo-emperor daring to provoke him, killing intent rose.

Unlike Li Bahuang.

That one chose to burn everything for the peak, leaving nothing behind even if devoured no value remains.

Yet the current Jin Shi is different, if fully devoured.

The injury caused by the earlier battle could quickly heal, allowing enough blood energy and life force to consume on the Immortal Path.

"Come."

Great Emperor Jin Shi leaned on the reincarnation umbrella against the South Heavenly Gate.

Ying Zhu Sword's divine sense transmitted: "Great Emperor, the Heavenly Court certainly has Xu Qingfeng's setup left, likely Corpse Emperor is ambushed here, definitely not to be fooled."

Tian Gui Yuan Yin didn't speak, staring at the smiling Great Emperor Jin Shi then moments later looked away, the latter somewhat disappointed, folding her umbrella.

At this moment.

A beam of emerald light bridged the spatial distance, aiming straight at Great Emperor Jin Shi's forehead, too fast for Jin Shi to react, she could only watch the green light approaching.

"Boom!"

A loud explosion echoed.

Tian Gui Yuan Yin's sudden attack failed to harm Great Emperor Jin Shi, as the Ying Zhu Sword carrying his full-force strike was blocked by an invisible barrier.

That was the Defensive Array.

Not just one, a full hundred arrays, shrouding the whole Heavenly Court.

The hundred Defensive Arrays were covered with countless cracks by the No Righteous Sword, teetering as starlight poured down, rapidly recovering the cracks.

"Starlight Array."

Tian Gui's eyebrows furiously twitched.

The Immortal Domain's foremost array path sect, Star Origin Sect's legacy reappearing in the Immortal Domain didn't surprise Tian Gui, his disciple Yuan Mei even captured the Star Origin Sect's successor, rumored to be Xu Qingfeng's Dao companion's sister.

But Xu Qingfeng actually set up a primary defense Starlight Array for the Heavenly Court...

This he indeed didn't foresee, moreover, these Starlight Arrays were all improved, with significantly enhanced defensive power.

Otherwise, no matter how many Defensive Arrays, it couldn't withstand his peak strike!

Tian Gui Yuan Yin knew if he slashed out a second sword, this array would break, yet he didn't slash.

Because Tian Gui knew that near the Heavenly Court certainly concealed the Star Origin Sect's other renowned array —

The primary killing Starlight Array.

Before Xu Qingfeng's Zhoutian Star Fighting Formation emerged, it had been regarded as the Immortal Domain's top killing formation.

With Xu Qingfeng's disposition, perhaps at this moment a hundred Zhoutian Star Fighting Formation and primary killing Starlight Array were poised to strike, just awaiting the instant he unleashes a second strike to activate.

Through the earlier Defensive Array.

Tian Gui firmly believed Xu Qingfeng absolutely capable of such a thing.

...

Seeing Tian Gui Yuan Yin did not take the bait.

Great Emperor Jin Shi felt a sense of regret.

She had deliberately created an opening earlier, trying to coordinate with the Heavenly Court's attack and defense formations to slay the injured Tian Gui Yuan Yin.

Yet Tian Gui remained cautious, giving no opportunity.