Chapter 41 The Immortal Emperor's Origin Reawakens! Luo Xue's "Paid Sweeping" Advances!
Nine Heavens Carefree Immortal Palace, backyard.
The Four Great Heaven-Suppressing Immortal Kings, who once governed a corner of the Immortal Court and ruled over billions of living beings, were now standing stiffly in the four corners of the courtyard.
Their cultivation was completely lost, their immortal bones shattered, yet Demon Venerable Wanhua had forcibly thrust into their hands Everlasting Lamps lit by [Nine Netherworld Karmic Fire]. That karmic fire not only illuminated the night sky but was also constantly searing their remnant immortal bodies, leaving them unable to live yet unable to die.
"Stand straight! Eastern Heaven, I'm talking to you! If the lamp is crooked by half an inch and even a shadow’s speck of ash falls into Master's porridge, I’ll cut off the remaining half of your tongue too!"
Demon Venerable Wanhua patrolled the courtyard with his hands behind his back like a foreman, fully playing the part of a sycophant in power.
"Ugh... ugh..."
The Eastern Heaven Immortal King’s mouth leaked air, and his eyes were unfocused; he could only desperately straighten his spine, which felt like it was about to fall apart.
Not far away, beneath the Primordial World Tree that had absorbed the nourishment of a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers.
Luo Xue was tightly gripping the bamboo broom that emitted a dark golden luster, her breathing becoming exceptionally heavy.
With the fall and submission of the four great Immortal Kings, the karmic chains of this immortal palace's backyard seemed to be completely straightened out. A surge of karmic feedback, belonging solely to the Lord of the Immortal Court, followed the branches and leaves of the World Tree, continuously transforming into the purest Emperor Realm Origin and flooding into Luo Xue's body.
"Crack!"
Deep within Luo Xue's Sea of Consciousness, the Immortal Emperor Seal that had troubled her for countless Reincarnations actually developed a crack at this moment, due to the 'close-range lamp-holding' of the four great Immortal Kings!
"Senior... is this your profound intention?"
Luo Xue turned to look at Lin Yuan, who was napping on the rocking chair, the admiration in the depths of her eyes having turned into extreme fanaticism. "You kept the four of them not for lighting, but to use their Karma to forcibly break through my chains of fate?!"
In Luo Xue's imagination, every movement of Lin Yuan's, even every yawn, contained the supreme power of calculating through the ages and plucking the red threads of destiny!
"Boom!"
A cold aura of an Immortal Emperor, sufficient to freeze the heavens and haughty enough to stand above all living beings, flashed across Luo Xue's thin servant shell.
Her originally depleted Dantian transformed into an endless Ice-Pure Immortal Sea in an instant.
Luo Xue's cultivation began to jump frantically without any Lightning Tribulation or any Bottleneck!
Soul Transformation... Void Returning... Mahayana...
In just three breaths, she returned to the Mahayana Peak, and even vaguely touched that forbidden threshold known as 'Emperor'!
Lin Yuan seemed to sense something; he half-opened one eye, glanced at the cold-air-emitting Luo Xue, and said casually:
"When you sweep, just sweep; don't daze off there. This tree just grew; there are many fallen leaves, so be more diligent."
"Yes! Luo Xue understands! Luo Xue will definitely sweep it clean!"
The Supreme Ice-Pure Immortal Emperor, who had returned to her Peak cultivation, didn't have a hint of arrogance at this moment; instead, her movements became even more agile. She even used a trace of the Emperor Realm movement technique she had just recovered, causing the broom to pull out ten thousand afterimages in the Void Realm.
In her view, being able to sweep for this 'Divine Elephant Bigshot' was simply the top-tier 'paid cultivation' in the myriad heavens and worlds!
...
Meanwhile.
Nine Heavens Immortal Realm, the Immortal Court's highest Forbidden Ground—[Eternal Longevity Pool].
"Splash!"
The originally mirror-calm pool water suddenly surged with waves ten thousand feet high.
A figure of exceptional majesty, as if condensing the wrath of the entire plane, slowly stood up from the depths of the pool.
With every step he took, the Laws of the Immortal Realm shattered; with every breath he took, the stars across the sky trembled.
This person was the Lord of the Immortal Court, who had ruled the Nine Heavens for a million years—the [Supreme Immortal Emperor]!
"My hundred thousand elite... completely wiped out."
"The Four Great Heaven-Suppressing Immortal Kings... their life-soul lamps are extinguished, yet their Karma is not severed. They have actually been forcibly trapped in the Lower Realm to act as lamp stands?!"
The Supreme Immortal Emperor's voice carried no emotion, yet it made the entire hall of the Immortal Court tremble.
Within his double pupils, the scene of the Taixuan Dao Sect in the Eastern Desolate was reflected, and he also saw that youth lying on the rocking chair, who looked ordinary but made his heart palpitate inexplicably.
"A variable from the Lower Realm could actually grow the Primordial World Tree and even cripple my Immortal Kings with a fruit pit."
"That slut Luo Xue has actually found her Origin again..."
The Supreme Immortal Emperor snorted coldly, and the firmament of the entire Immortal Realm instantly cracked with countless terrifying fissures.
"It seems this cage can no longer hold you."
"In that case, I shall personally flip this chessboard!"
"Pass down my imperial decree! Activate the [Severing Heaven and Earth · Nirvana Decree]!"
"I will completely drain the Spiritual Qi of the Shenhuang Continent, demoting it to an 'outlaw land,' and let that variable and Luo Xue turn into dust amidst desolation and aging!"
Following the Immortal Emperor's command.
Above the Nine Heavens, a decree emitting a hazy gray mist and a prehistoric, desolate aura slowly unfurled.
This was the Immortal Court's final trump card.
It was not an offensive Formation, but rather, it directly severed all supplies from the Immortal Realm to the Lower Realm from the plane's root, and forcibly extracted the Luck and Spiritual Qi accumulated by the Lower Realm for a million years!
It wanted the Shenhuang Continent to return to barrenness! It wanted all Cultivators to become Mortals!
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Taixuan Dao Sect, back mountain.
Lin Yuan was resting with his eyes closed when his brow suddenly furrowed.
He felt that the originally thick Immortal Qi around him had suddenly become extremely... incredibly thin.
Not only that, even the vitality of the earth beneath his feet was being forcibly extracted by an invisible force, surging toward that gray crack above the firmament.
"Old Ancestor! This is bad!"
Immortal Master Qingxu rushed into the backyard, crawling and stumbling, his face as pale as paper. "The Spiritual Veins of the entire Central Continent are drying up! The Disciples' cultivation... the Disciples' cultivation is falling!"
Demon Venerable Wanhua also walked forward with a grim face: "Master, that old dog from the Immortal Court is playing for keeps. This is 'Severing Heaven and Earth'; he wants to starve us to death in this Lower Realm and turn us into useless people!"
At this moment, the gray vortex of the decree in the sky was emitting an irreversible sense of stripping.
The leaves of the Primordial World Tree began to turn yellow, and its originally upright branches also appeared somewhat withered.
Seeing this, a hint of delight actually appeared in the eyes of the four lamp-holding Immortal Kings.
"Haha... the Immortal Emperor has acted! You madmen, once the Spiritual Qi is gone, you'll be nothing more than a few rotting Physical Bodies!" the Eastern Heaven Immortal King shouted ferociously.
Lin Yuan slowly sat up from the rocking chair.
He first looked at the somewhat wilting World Tree, then at the pot of tea by his side that was about to go cold.
"I just got this tree to live, and you want to cut off its water and power?"
Lin Yuan's gaze finally turned cold.
It was an extreme killing intent that was calm to the point of making the entire plane feel suffocated.
"Old Wan, go get my apple-peeling sword."
Lin Yuan straightened the collar of his Purple-Gold Trench Coat and, with bare feet, stepped into the Void Realm.
"Since he wants to play 'Severing Heaven and Earth,' then I might as well go and sweep that so-called Immortal Realm..."
"...along with it."
The hundred thousand Divine Elephant Particles within Lin Yuan's body let out the most impassioned roar since Pangu created the heavens at this moment!
He didn't need any Spiritual Qi, nor did he need any magic power.
His Physical Body was the strongest Law in these myriad heavens and worlds!