177: The power of a half-emperor, the line between life and death

Above the Netherworld Blood Pool, space completely solidified, and time seemed to halt. Hun Tiandi's Projection's Nether Emperor Hand, obscuring the sky and sun, slowly pressed down with the power of a Half-Emperor, crushing all things and devouring all heavens!

Wherever the palm passed, the void collapsed inch by inch like fragile glass, and laws were forcibly annihilated, revealing the dark and deep spatial turbulence below!

An absolute stillness and will of destruction, capable of freezing one's soul, locked onto Xiao Chen, leaving him nowhere to escape!

"Chaos Cleaves Heaven, Source Sacrifices All Life! Ultimate... Heaven and Earth Splitting!"

Facing this world-destroying strike, Xiao Chen's eyes erupted with chaotic light, his battle intent burning to its peak!

He poured all of his Fourth Revolution Dou Sheng cultivation, the vast soul power of his Saint Realm soul, the world origin of the Chaos Sacred Realm, and a trace of supreme power contained within the origin qi seed, without reservation, into his fists!

"Boom—!!!"

Both fists shot out simultaneously! It was no longer a simple energy eruption, but the ultimate collision of will and Dao!

The left fist evolved chaos, as if re-enacting the primordial state of the universe's beginning, where clear and turbid were undivided; the right fist opened up the universe, like a giant axe splitting the primordial void, establishing earth, water, fire, and wind!

The two fists combined, transforming into a chaotic heaven-splitting torrent that spanned the heavens and earth, bravely meeting the Nether Emperor Hand!

"Dong—!!!!!!!!"

A terrifying, indescribable roar erupted! It was as if two worlds were colliding madly!

At the center of the collision, all light, sound, energy, and laws were completely swallowed, forming an absolute dark sphere that devoured everything!

The sphere rapidly expanded, and wherever it passed, the ten-thousand-foot blood waves of the Netherworld Blood Pool were instantly evaporated!

The surrounding walls of the Netherworld Hall, built from demonic bones, crumbled into dust like sandcastles!

Even the remnants of the Soul Hall, fleeing in the distance, were swept by the aftermath and instantly turned to ashes!

"Crack! Crack!"

Xiao Chen's chaotic heaven-splitting torrent and the Nether Emperor Hand furiously eroded and annihilated each other within the dark sphere!

The heaven-splitting torrent was incomparably domineering, tearing apart death qi, purifying resentment, and even temporarily forcing the Nether Emperor Hand back by several minutes!

The Origin Qi essence and heaven-splitting will it contained made Hun Tiandi's Projection let out a low growl of surprise and doubt!

"Origin Qi?! You can actually use Origin Qi?!" In Hun Tiandi's Projection's crimson eyes, greed surged!

"Good! Very good! After devouring you, this Emperor's certainty of returning to the Emperor Realm will greatly increase!"

"Nether... Emperor Devour!" Hun Tiandi's Projection roared, and the Nether Emperor Hand's light intensified!

Within its palm, a dark vortex that devoured light suddenly appeared!

From within the vortex, came the mournful wails of countless resentful souls and a terrifying suction force capable of tearing and devouring even a Dou Sheng's soul!

The chaotic heaven-splitting torrent that Xiao Chen had unleashed was actually forcibly pulled and devoured into this vortex!

"Puff—!"

With his move broken, Xiao Chen suffered a heavy blow, spitting out blood!

Numerous cracks appeared on the surface of his body, and his soul was in tearing pain!

The power of a Half-Emperor was terrifying!

Even if he used all his trump cards, he still found it difficult to resist!

"Chen'er! (Saint Xiao!)" Far away in the Pill Tower, Xuan Kongzi, Flame Heart, and others, who were watching the battle through a water mirror, turned pale with fright, their hearts in their throats!

"An ant is still an ant! Be extinguished... for this Emperor!" Hun Tiandi's Projection sneered, and the Nether Emperor Hand completely pressed down, the devouring vortex about to completely swallow Xiao Chen!

"I cannot die! I absolutely cannot die here!" A look of madness flashed in Xiao Chen's eyes!

He felt the approach of death, but even more so, an unyielding obsession!

For his teacher, for Flame Heart, for the Anti-Alliance, for the common people of the continent... he had to survive!

"origin qi seed... burn! With my soul, I sacrifice my blood, chaos returns to the void, defying fate!"

At this critical moment of life and death, Xiao Chen made an extremely bold decision!

He actively detonated the origin qi seed deep within his Qi Sea, which was linked to his life!

At the same time, he burned more than half of his Saint Soul Origin and vital blood essence!

"Boom—!"

A destructive energy, far exceeding anything before, erupted from his body!

But this energy did not attack outwards; instead, it collapsed inwards!

Centered on him, a miniature black hole, even more terrifying than the previous chaotic void point, suddenly formed!

This black hole devoured everything, including Hun Tiandi's Nether Emperor Hand and the devouring vortex!

Even light and space were pulled into it!

"What?! Self-destructing your Origin Seed?! Are you insane?!" Hun Tiandi's Projection showed a look of horror for the first time!

Self-destructing an origin qi seed was equivalent to severing one's path to the Emperor Realm, and it would trigger a terrifying energy backlash, a certain death!

"Even if I die... I'll drag you down with me!" Xiao Chen bled from his seven orifices, his face ferocious, as he controlled the destructive black hole and fiercely charged towards Hun Tiandi's Projection!

"Bastard! Nether Escape!" Hun Tiandi's Projection was both shocked and enraged, wanting to tear open space and flee!

But the black hole's devouring power was too strong, and the surrounding space was completely locked down!

"Rumble—!!!!!!!!"

The destructive black hole collided squarely with Hun Tiandi's Projection!

An indescribable massive explosion occurred!

The entire core area of the Netherworld Hall was completely obliterated!

A gigantic spatial abyss, over ten thousand feet in diameter, appeared beneath the Soul Burial Mountain Range!

A terrifying energy storm swept for a thousand miles, leveling the mountain range!

After the explosion, Hun Tiandi's Projection became extremely ethereal, its aura plummeting, clearly having suffered heavy damage!

He let out an extremely venomous roar, finally dissipating completely into the air.

Clearly, this crucial awakening will was forcibly shattered by Xiao Chen, who exchanged his life for it!

And at the center of the explosion, Xiao Chen's figure... had vanished.

Only some shattered fragments of clothing and faint, almost imperceptible soul fluctuations drifted at the edge of the spatial abyss.

"Brother Chen—!!!" Flame Heart, who witnessed this scene through the water mirror, let out a heart-wrenching cry of grief and fainted.

Xuan Kongzi and the others also turned pale, as if they had lost a parent.

Xiao Chen... had fallen?

However, in the deepest part of that spatial abyss, amidst the violent spatial turbulence, a tiny, almost imperceptible chaotic light stubbornly flickered.

Within the light, wrapped was an extremely weak remnant soul, yet it contained a trace of Source Qi Origin and an indomitable will... (Xiao Chen's fate is a mystery, Hun Tiandi is heavily injured, how will the continental situation develop? What trump cards does the Pavilion Master Tianji have? Please look forward to the next chapter!)