Boom!
Heaven and earth trembled violently, and a terrifying aura like a Heavenly Abyss descended from the sky, shaking the boundless starry sky and causing countless realms to tremble.
Divine Thoughts emerged one after another, gathering in the firmament, looking towards that battlefield.
Only to see.
A blood-red stone tablet quietly manifested high in the sky, appearing outside the Nine Heavens, like a judgment object left behind by the heavens, spanning the Void Realm.
This blood tablet was entirely crimson, as if formed from fresh blood, with billions of 'kill' characters inscribed upon it, some ancient, some chilling, some eerie, some grand.
Every character was like a living thing, exuding a blazing Killing Intent.
The tablet body was a million zhang tall, standing above the Nine Heavens, its might like the sky, like the earth, like the wrath of world destruction!
The moment it manifested, the entire Ancient Immortal Domain seemed to fall into a deathly silence.
Killing Intent, like flames, ignited from the tablet, illuminating heaven and earth, reflecting the blood-stained figure of the Heavenly Machine Great Emperor.
He knelt on the ground, covered in blood, his white hair dyed red by the blood, his Emperor's robe tattered, his eyes filled with deathly silence and despair.
Beneath that blood tablet, it was as if the Heavenly Dao was coldly watching him, preparing to completely erase him.
“This...”
“A complete Innate Dao Artifact!?”
A Great Emperor exclaimed in shock, his voice revealing unprecedented terror.
Above the blood tablet, scarlet Emperor patterns flowed, as if the crystallization of billions of killing wills between heaven and earth, like a Heavenly Mandate judgment.
The tablet body remained still, but the Killing Intent surged like a tide, wave after wave, like a collapsing dead sea, threatening to submerge all living beings in the myriad realms.
The phantom images of All Emperors on the Dao platform were silent, their expressions all solemn.
“Such power...”
“I'm afraid it's no longer something we can interfere with.”
A phantom image of an old man murmured softly.
His voice was full of helplessness and chill, as if he had seen an ancient Emperor awaken, sweeping across all heavens with no rival.
On the other side of the platform, the old Daoist who had been so aggressive and sharp-tongued earlier now had a gloomy face, tightly gripping his horsetail whisk, veins bulging, his expression unwilling yet silent.
That blood tablet, even though not yet fully revived, its mere manifested aura was enough to make everyone's hearts tremble incessantly.
“How did such a divine object... come to be?”
All Emperors stared intently at the blood-red stone tablet, their old hearts trembling, their brows filled with apprehension.
This was definitely no ordinary object, nor an ordinary Immortal Artifact.
It was a complete, undamaged Innate Dao Artifact!
A creation nurtured at the very beginning of heaven and earth, born with Chaos, possessing the most primordial power of rules!
This was a divine object far rarer than an Immortal Artifact.
In the entire heavens, even after ten more epochs, one might not necessarily see a single one.
The difference between an Innate Dao Artifact and an Immortal Artifact was not just in material and power, but also in resonance.
Immortal Artifacts needed to be refined and tempered.
Innate Dao Artifacts, however, could actively align with the Great Dao and resonate with the Dao Heart of their wielder, almost as if they were born to be the owner's killing Magical Artifact!
“Su Hongye...”
“She can actually wield such a divine object...”
An old Emperor murmured, his throat trembling slightly, his voice almost inaudible, yet revealing intense jealousy and apprehension.
One must know that even the Heavenly Machine Great Emperor's Qiankun Sky Plate, although acquired by chance in the past, was essentially incomplete, and due to the extremely complex Karma power it contained, it was fundamentally difficult to re-refine for his own use.
But now.
Su Hongye held a complete Innate killing divine object, and it was clear she had already refined it for her own use. What did this mean?
It meant she could imprint her own Origin Dao patterns, which would deepen the wielder's understanding of the Dao.
It meant that she would continuously Breakthrough on the path of killing, and if she did not perish, she would one day step into the realm of Heavenly Emperor!
“Strange, strange!”
“In the Dark Era, with the Great World sealed, such wondrous objects should no longer be nurtured between heaven and earth. If one were to be born, it would surely cause anomalies, which even the Divine Ruins Abyss could not hide from us...”
“But now, that blood tablet divine object has appeared silently? We actually had no idea?”
“Where did she get it from?”
At this point, All Emperors fell silent, their expressions as grim as iron, thoughts churning in their minds, yet none could find an answer.
And at this moment, as the battle in the direction of the Ancient Immortal Domain neared its end, that blood tablet firmly suppressed the Heavenly Machine Great Emperor from above, its Killing Intent like a sea.
On the Dao platform, a white-browed Great Emperor suddenly stood up, a bitter smile on his face, and bowed, saying:
“Everyone, I am unworthy. Recently, I have been afflicted with evil demonic Qi, and need to return to my Dao field for purification. Please excuse my absence.”
After speaking, his Emperor's phantom image directly dissipated from the Dao platform, leaving not even a trace of aura.
The next moment, another long-haired old man snorted coldly: “Hmph! This old fellow chickened out!”
“Oh dear, I also just remembered that my Origin Dao marks seem to have fluctuated recently, and I need to go back and stabilize them.”
“Alas, coincidentally, there's a Great Dao anomaly in my Immortal Domain that I must go suppress.”
“I am about to enter secluded cultivation, so I'm afraid I cannot discuss future matters with everyone...”
In an instant, the Dao platform, which had been bustling with activity, saw Emperor phantom images retreat like a tide, as if fearing that another moment's delay would entangle them in Karma and a blood debt.
In a flash, the Dao platform, which had been full of lively discussions, was left with only a sparse two or three people.
The vast Void Realm became quietly silent.
The few remaining old Emperors exchanged glances, their eyes filled with complex emotions.
One person softly said: “They were scared.”
Another sneered: “Aren't you scared?”
No one spoke again.
Beneath the blood tablet, Su Hongye stood in the Void Realm, her red robes like blood, her long hair like ink, her Killing Intent piercing the sky. She was silent and unmoving, yet she gave a sense of mountains collapsing and the sky falling.
She simply stood there, yet she was like a supreme arbiter, looking down on all beings, Dominator of fate.
The Heavenly Machine Great Emperor, covered in blood, looked up at the blood tablet, his face ashen.
And the two or three Great Emperors remaining on the Dao platform felt heavy-hearted, gazing at the blood tablet for a long time without speaking, their eyes filled with churning emotions.
Shock, unwillingness, resentment, fear, all eventually settled into a deathly silence... Half a month later.
In the Dragon Vein Secret Realm.
A team of Cultivators from the Divine Firmament Immortal Dynasty were busily plundering Spirit Medicine and Magical Artifacts from a spiritual mountain.
The ground was dug up, full of pits and a scene of desolation.
At the mountain peak, the First Prince, Shen Gaomin, in a dark gold Dao robe, stood with his hands behind his back, his expression gloomy, his eyes hiding suppressed anger.
“There is still no trace of the innate immortal liquid?”
His voice was low and carried a chill.
A close attendant reported tremblingly with his head bowed: “Reporting to Your Highness, the teams from Various Great Dao Lineages have almost all been secretly questioned. Although the entire Dragon Vein Secret Realm is exceptionally vast, in the past half month, almost every spiritual mountain and Immortal Cave has been searched, yet no trace of the innate immortal liquid has been found.”
“Useless!”
Shen Gaomin roared in a deep voice, making the attendant's face turn pale, not daring to utter a sound.
His eyes narrowed, then immediately turned to the group of elegantly dressed, aloof women not far away.
It was his biological sister, the Second Princess, Shen Luowan.
This younger sister had been deep-minded since childhood, with a cold and arrogant personality. She had always been at odds with him, her Crown Prince brother, and their open and secret struggles never ceased.
But what surprised Shen Gaomin was that this time, upon entering the Dragon Vein Secret Realm, Shen Luowan did not contend with him; instead, she seemed distracted.
This was not normal.
He reined in his emotions, revealing a gentle smile, and spoke: “Second Sister, have you had any gains on your side?”