289: Defeat

Ancestor Fu was not alarmed but became more solemn upon seeing this. Runes surged from his fingertips again, clearly intending to form an even stronger runic formation.

At that moment, the Nine Yang Immortal Emperor struck. Golden-red rays of light erupted around him as the Nine Yang True Fire, refined over hundreds of thousands of years, burned fiercely.

It transformed into a blazing sun suspended above his head. The scorching temperature instantly swept through the entire abyss, baking the underground rocks until they were glowing red and incinerating even the cold, turbid Qi.

He raised his hand and condensed a palm. True Fire gathered in his palm, emitting a dazzling golden-red light. Nine Yang Dao markings were engraved upon the palm print, each line exuding the power to incinerate the heavens and boil the seas.

“Nine Yang Heavenly Palm.”

A low shout resounded through heaven and earth as the Nine Yang Immortal Emperor struck with his palm. The massive golden-red palm print, carrying endless True Fire, descended toward the Bone Dragon like a falling sun. Wherever it passed, the Void Realm scorched and twisted, and all things were reduced to ashes.

Seeing this, the Bone Dragon opened its massive maw and spat out a mouthful of Nether Ghost Fire as black as ink. That flame was bone-chillingly cold, the complete opposite of the Nine Yang True Fire's heat. As the waves of fire surged, they carried an eerie power that could decay everything, actually managing to contend head-on with the Nine Yang True Fire.

The two extreme flames, one gold and one black, collided violently. The world instantly fell into a dead silence, followed by an even more terrifying roar. The blinding light made it impossible to open one's eyes as endless energy aftershocks raged wildly.

A ten-thousand-zhang crater was blasted into the bottom of the abyss. Magma churned at the bottom, only to be instantly frozen by the aftershocks of the two forces. The intertwining of ice and fire was a horrifying sight to behold.

Taking advantage of the moment when the Bone Dragon was pinned down by the Nine Yang True Fire and its aura faltered slightly, the Immortal Immortal Emperor finally moved.

The Immortal dao rhyme flowed around him to the limit, his gaze as calm as an eternal rock. His Dao foundation of millions of years erupted completely at this moment, and a phantom world slowly emerged from his brow.

Within that world, immortal mountains and jade pavilions stood in abundance, surrounded by dao rhyme and teeming with life. It exuded an immortal, indestructible vitality and weight. This was his natal Divine Ability—the Immortal Immortal Kingdom.

“Immortal Immortal Kingdom, Suppress.”

His aged voice carried an unquestionable majesty. That phantom Immortal Immortal Kingdom suddenly expanded, transforming into a real world. Carrying billions of Immortal Dao Laws and the power to suppress the universe, it crashed down upon the Bone Dragon.

Within the Immortal Kingdom, Immortal Dao Laws flowed, making all things immortal. Anything enveloped by it, even a Supreme expert, would be bound by the endless Immortal Dao Laws and find it difficult to move.

In an instant, the Bone Dragon was completely enveloped within the Immortal Immortal Kingdom. The kingdom's barriers slowly contracted, seemingly intending to thoroughly suppress and refine it.

The three Supreme Immortal Emperors joined forces, delivering one ultimate technique after another.

But just as the barriers of the Immortal Immortal Kingdom were about to tighten and completely imprison the Bone Dragon, the ghost fire in its hollow eye sockets suddenly flared to the limit, and its massive dragon body exerted sudden force.

Countless ancient dark-gold dragon markings suddenly appeared on its forest-white skeleton. Those dragon markings were deep and primitive, exuding the Supreme pressure of a Dragon Clan Supreme.

These were clearly the Origin Dao markings from when the Bone Dragon was alive. Even though it had died and its Dao had dissipated, a terrifying power still remained.

“Boom—!”

The Bone Dragon let out a roar that shook the Divine Soul. Its dragon body struggled violently, its white horns and claws exerting force simultaneously as it slammed hard against the barriers of the Immortal Immortal Kingdom.

With an earth-shattering explosion, the Immortal Immortal Kingdom, which had condensed the Immortal Immortal Emperor's million-year Dao foundation, was actually shattered by the Bone Dragon's strike, the phantom world collapsing and disintegrating.

The thunderous sound of the Immortal Immortal Kingdom's shattering echoed through the abyss. Immortal light and bone fragments flew everywhere, and the aftershock of destruction swept in all directions, causing dense cracks to appear on the abyss walls. Rubble tumbled down, and even the cold, turbid Qi pervading the ground was swept away.

The Immortal Immortal Emperor's face darkened slightly. With a flick of his sleeves, he suppressed the churning immortal essence within his body, his eyes filled with shock.

His natal Divine Ability, the Immortal Immortal Kingdom, was refined from his own million-year Immortal Dao foundation and contained billions of Immortal Dao Laws.

Even an ordinary Immortal Emperor would find it impossible to escape once suppressed, yet it was shattered by a single strike from this lifeless Bone Dragon. This brute strength and the power of its Origin far exceeded the trio's expectations.

“What a powerful skeleton. This is definitely no ordinary True Dragon's remains. It is likely a Dragon Clan Supreme from the ancient era. After its death, its remains were nourished by the abyss's turbid Qi, turning it into such a ferocious creature.”

The Nine Yang True Fire around the Nine Yang Immortal Emperor flared up several zhang, the golden-red flames like a sun burning the heavens, dispelling all the surrounding cold. The palm that had just clashed with the Bone Dragon's flames was slightly numb, and the immortal markings on his palm still held a trace of bone-chilling cold that clashed with his Nine Yang True Fire, causing bouts of stinging pain.

After breaking through the Immortal Immortal Kingdom, the Bone Dragon lowered its massive skeletal head slightly. Two clusters of deep blue soul fire suddenly ignited in its hollow eye sockets, deep as an eternal cold pool and radiating undisguised violence and ferocity.

Its massive skeletal body shook violently, and ancient dark-gold dragon markings appeared on its claws. These were the Supreme Origin Dao Laws of the Dragon Clan. Although they had dimmed through the erosion of time, they still carried a pressure that looked down upon the world.

Before the three could readjust, the Bone Dragon raised its head and let out a silent roar—without a throat, it was difficult to produce a dragon's cry.

Then it spread its wings. The flapping of its skeletal wings whipped up a black astral wind. Wherever the astral wind passed, even space was sliced into fine cracks, and it lunged toward the three with an aura of destruction.

“Everyone be careful! This dragon's skeleton contains the Dragon Clan's Origin Great Dao, and its Divine Soul has not dissipated. It is using its remains to manifest its ferocity through the power of the abyss,” Ancestor Fu shouted a warning. With his fingers flying, thousands of runes manifested once more.

This time, the runes were no longer scattered. Instead, using his own Dao foundation as a guide and the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth as the framework, he instantly formed a Supreme Runic Formation that covered a range of ten million li.

As the runes flowed, golden, purple, and green Dao light illuminated the abyss. Three ancient characters—“Suppress,” “Seal,” and “Kill”—appeared on the formation patterns. Each character was like a crouching dragon or tiger, emitting a great power that could suppress all spirits.

“Incinerating the Heavens and Boiling the Seas.” The Nine Yang Immortal Emperor seized the gap while the runic formation held back the astral wind. All the True Fire around him poured into his palm. The palm print solidified like a blazing sun, and the palm wind was wrapped in flames that could incinerate the Great Dao. Before the palm even arrived, the rocks on the ground had already turned to glass and then evaporated into nothingness.

Seeing this, the ghost fire in the Bone Dragon's hollow eye sockets flared. It opened its massive maw and spat out Nether Dragon Flame wrapped in bone fragments and Dragon Qi. The flame was an eerie dark purple; it would not be extinguished by other fires and would corrode anything it touched.

The moment the two extreme flames collided, the world seemed to fall into a dead silence, followed by an even more terrifying roar. A billion-zhang crater was blasted into the bottom of the abyss. Magma churned at the bottom, only to be instantly frozen by the aftershocks of the two forces.

The Immortal Immortal Emperor had now steadied his mind. His million-year Dao Heart was as steady as a rock. He knew that ordinary Divine Abilities would be hard-pressed to suppress this Bone Dragon.

Immediately, his brow glowed, and a primitive immortal seal slowly emerged. It was the Origin Mark of the Immortal Dao. The seal's body was covered in the marks of time, each line representing an immortal period of history.

“Immortal Dao Seal, Suppressing the World in Peace.”

As the low shout fell, the Immortal Dao Seal, carrying billions of Immortal Dao Laws, pressed down like a world. This time it was no longer a wide-range suppression like the Immortal Kingdom, but an extreme concentration of power, specifically targeting the Origin dragon markings around the Bone Dragon.

He saw clearly that the core of the Bone Dragon's power lay in those ancient dragon markings covering its skeleton. As long as the dragon markings were broken, most of its ferocity could be neutralized.

Sensing a fatal threat, the Bone Dragon's massive body suddenly curled up and then abruptly unfurled. Its tail, carrying immense weight, whipped toward the Immortal Dao Seal. The dragon markings on its tail lit up with extreme brilliance, actually showing signs of rivaling the Dao Seal.

But at that moment, Ancestor Fu's Supreme Runic Formation suddenly tightened. The three ancient characters materialized and firmly locked the Bone Dragon's limbs and head.

The Nine Yang Immortal Emperor also took the opportunity to close in. The Nine Yang True Fire transformed into nine fire dragons that coiled around the Bone Dragon's skeletal wings, fiercely burning the dragon markings upon them.

“Crack—”

A crisp sound of shattering rang out. A dragon marking on the Bone Dragon's wing was incinerated by a fire dragon. Then, like a chain reaction, the dragon markings across its body began to dim one after another.

The Immortal Immortal Emperor seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The Immortal Dao Seal crashed down, striking the Bone Dragon's skull dead center.

The Bone Dragon let out a shrill mental shriek. The deep blue soul fire in its hollow eye sockets flickered violently before beginning to slowly dissipate.

Its massive skeletal body swayed and crashed heavily to the ground, kicking up clouds of dust. Yet even so, its dragon claws still twitched slightly, clearly retaining a final trace of its original ferocity.