Free Web NovelChapter 483: Chapter 103: The Celestial Emperor Is Born, Lu Xuan Perishes
’What is this...?’
Standing tall in his True Fighting Form amidst the Lingxiao Ruins, Lu Xuan’s expression tightened. ’That Daoist holding the gourd...’
He recalled Xiaoyan’s description of a certain scene: he himself was cut down by this very Daoist, his three masters intervened, and the Lady emerged from beneath the Stone Stele!
’Is this him?’
Instinctively, Lu Xuan tensed. The Six Paths Plate behind him spun at high speed, the sea of blood within his body surged, and his eighteen eyes stared intently at the slowly approaching Daoist!
The Daoist seemed not to notice. He simply stood quietly beside the Queen Mother of the Jade Pool, admiring the grand spectacle of immortals falling like rain, and sighed.
"No matter how many times I see it, it’s still so beautiful..."
At these words, both the Immortal Mother and Lu Xuan were stunned. Just then, Li Changgeng and Yang Erlang also charged in.
Both were stained red with Immortal Blood, and their expressions changed the moment they entered the area.
"Daoist Monarch Lu Ya?"
Geng Metal Sword Qi swirled around Li Changgeng. Blood was still dripping from his long beard, and his pupils contracted.
Lu Ya glanced over coolly and nodded. "Taibai, Yang Jian, you’ve arrived just in time. Today, you shall bear witness..."
His voice trailed off as he beckoned with his hand.
BZZZMM!!
A brilliant golden decree materialized, engraved with the pact he had made with the Four Extremes Emperor and the Queen Mother of the Jade Pool!
The Immortal Mother frowned but did not resist the esoteric pull, lending her authority as Immortal Mother to Lu Ya. The splendid divine glory of her heavenly authority temporarily settled upon him.
From the Southern and Eastern Celestial Courts, similar streams of splendid divine glory shot across the sky and descended upon Lu Ya’s head.
At the West Pole Celestial Vault, Emperor Gouchen resisted the combined assault of Tathagata Duobao and the Ancient Daoist. He shouldered the immense weight of the Human Dao Trend that Ying Zheng commanded and let out a deafening roar:
"Today, the West Pole Celestial Court shall be re-established!"
The entire West Pole Celestial Palace hummed and trembled. Yan Huang and the others, who were battling the Celestial Soldiers and Generals, all glanced over. They then saw a brilliant stream of divine glory, formed from heavenly authority, shoot away!
Only the North Pole Celestial Court remained silent.
In the Lingxiao Ruins, Lu Ya’s gaze sharpened, and he let out a cold snort.
"True Martial!"
The Little Gourd in his hand spun rapidly, spewing Immortal Light. It unleashed a Celestial Blade that plunged into the Human World, severely wounding Emperor True Martial, who was in the middle of suppressing a horde of Demons!
Immediately, the golden decree trembled and forcibly stripped the authority of the Northern Emperor from Emperor True Martial, which then fell upon Lu Ya!
The eighteen eyes on Lu Xuan’s six faces stared intently at the Celestial Blade, now dripping with the dark blood of Emperor True Martial as it returned. His expression grew grave.
’That’s the same blade that appeared when I was attaining the Upper Grade Immortal realm!’
At this moment, Lu Ya possessed the authority of the emperors of the Eastern, Southern, Western, and Northern Celestial Courts, as well as the fortune of the Queen Mother of the Jade Pool. Yet, he did not smile. Instead, he frowned.
"Something’s still missing..."
As he spoke, before the horrified eyes of Lu Xuan, Li Changgeng, and the others, the Daoist holding the Little Gourd reached out and forcibly seized a Daluo who looked utterly bewildered!
The still-injured Eastern King was baffled. "Lu Ya, what is the meaning of this?"
"I need to borrow your authority as the head of all male immortals."
Lu Ya spoke calmly and tapped a finger on the Eastern King’s forehead. The latter’s face paled. He tried to resist, mustering a murderous intent as brilliant as a river of stars, but he couldn’t even get within an inch of Lu Ya!
The Immortal Mother cried out:
"Daoist Monarch, have mercy!!"
Lu Ya said nothing, only giving a slight nod as his touch shattered the Eastern King’s body, forcibly extracting his heavenly authority!
Witnessing this, Li Changgeng stumbled back three steps in absolute horror.
"Heavenly authority is supposed to be unshakeable! How... how can he strip it away by force??"
As he spoke, the sixth strand of heavenly authority settled upon Lu Ya.
He suddenly smiled and spread his arms. Under countless shocked and uncertain gazes, he announced in a booming voice:
"All the momentums have converged!"
"My name is Lu Ya!"
"I am the Celestial Emperor!"
The three thunderous declarations blasted through the Thirty-Three Celestial Realms, surged into the Human World, and finally echoed throughout the Nine Nether!!
Within the Great Heaven and Earth, Houtu looked up from the Nine Nether with a frown. On Spirit Mountain, Sakyamuni Buddha glanced over in astonishment.
The Emperor Corpse, who was conducting a host of immortals in music and dance, suddenly snapped his eyes open. The Immortal Mother, Emperor Gouchen, the Emperor of Longevity, and others were filled with shock, anger, and fear!!
"Lu Ya! You faithless traitor!" the Immortal Mother shrieked.
The Thirty-Three Celestial Realms trembled.
A great tide erupted from the Lingxiao Ruins and swept outwards!
The Earth Deities and the Celestial River Navy fighting in the Central Celestial Court were all swept away and annihilated, their remains showering down into the Human World like rain.
Even Zhu Wuneng and Li Nezha were caught in the tide. Their bodies collapsed, and only a wisp of their True Spirits managed to escape!
The tide continued to spread, striking down Emperor Fengdu in the Eastern Celestial Court, sweeping away the Ancestral Dragon and Kunpeng in the Southern Celestial Court, and severely wounding Luo Hou and Duobao in the Western Celestial Court!
Ying Zheng’s face changed. He let out a roar, his eyes seeming to split with rage, as he stood alone before the tide. Of the ten thousand shares of the Human Dao Trend in the world, seven thousand converged upon him.
But even so, he was still sent flying, coughing up mouthfuls of blood with a crack forming on his forehead!
Though he blocked ninety-nine percent of the tide, the aftershock continued onward, knocking the three hundred armies of the Human Race in the West Pole Celestial Court out of the sky. Xiang Yu, Liu Bang, Yan Huang, and all the rest were injured!
The Celestial Vault fell silent.
In the Lingxiao Ruins, Lu Ya’s aura continued to climb. An Emperor’s Robe materialized, a Celestial Crown descended upon his head, and an Illusory Dao Fruit condensed and drifted down!!
Lu Xuan let out a low growl. He tried to move, but he was completely suppressed by the terrifying might, unable to budge an inch!
He desperately channeled Biyou Palace. Although the myriad immortals within the Daoist Palace couldn’t emerge, they wielded their Great Magical Power from inside.
The Primordial Golden Dipper, the Twenty-four Pearl Beads, and other treasures unleashed their power. Even Biyou Palace itself began to glow, casting down streams of Jade Universe radiance!
"’The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind, is it?’"
A savage expression appeared on Lu Xuan’s six faces. His eighteen eyes spun wildly as he was enveloped by the Jade Universe radiance from Biyou Palace and forced his way forward!
He charged toward the Illusory Dao Fruit, brandishing Biyou Palace, the Fishing Drum, and the Gloomy Lamp, while his other great arms grasped at Chaos, panic, and calamity itself.
Behind him, the Six Paths Plate spun madly, and the Innate Infinite Blood Sea erupted from his body!
At this moment, Lu Xuan could have even slain a full-fledged titan of the Celestial Realms.
But the difference in power was still far too great.
Before Lu Ya, even a Daluo could be suppressed with a single hand.
Lu Ya smiled and tapped a finger on Lu Xuan’s forehead, allowing the Dao Fruit to merge with him. Time trembled, Chaos roiled, The Three Pristine Ones lowered their gaze, and the Great Buddha watched intently!
A new Dao Fruit was born.
The Great Realm shook, all living beings stirred, and a celestial voice summoned all from the eight directions!
The new Emperor has arrived!
With his finger still on Lu Xuan’s forehead, Lu Ya sent out a single thought. The entire Central Celestial Court trembled, and its collapsed palaces and halls were restored to their former glory. One by one, Immortal Gods materialized out of thin air!
A Dao Fruit Cultivator was a being of unimaginable power; creating Immortal Gods with a single thought was as easy as lifting a finger.
The Immortal Mother helped the Eastern King to his feet. She stared death at Celestial Emperor Lu Ya, now clad in the Emperor’s Robe and Emperor’s Crown, first grinding her teeth in rage, then letting out a long sigh.
"So all our efforts were just to set the stage for you."
She slowly bowed her head and prostrated herself.
It was not just her. The Eastern King also prostrated himself. From the West, Emperor Gouchen arrived. From the East, Emperor Qing Hua walked over. From the South, the Emperor of Longevity bowed his head. Only the Northern Emperor, True Martial, did not appear.
Lu Ya calmly accepted the audience of the Daluo-level emperors. His finger remained pressed on Lu Xuan’s forehead. Ignoring Lu Xuan’s furious glare, he said with a smile:
"With the Dao Fruit upon me and the Emperor’s throne secured, I shall..."
He didn’t get to finish his sentence.
SCHLICK.
A crisp sound echoed.
He frowned and looked down, only to see the Qing Ping Sword had run him clean through!!
Lu Xuan, holding the Qing Ping Sword, pushed it with all his might. A wave of killing intent erupted, tearing Lu Ya apart, shattering his Soul, collapsing his Dao Foundation, and driving his True Spirit to Nirvana!!
The new Emperor’s body cracked, festered, fell into final stillness, and died!
Until not a breath of life remained.
Amidst a sea of stunned faces, the dead Celestial Emperor Lu Ya spoke with a smile:
"Child, for a Dao Fruit Cultivator, death is merely a state of being."
Lu Xuan’s brow twitched. He poured all his strength into the Qing Ping Sword, making the dead Emperor die again and again, reaching final stillness several times over. But Lu Ya merely kept smiling. Coughing up blood, he said:
"Child, a Dao Fruit Cultivator is undying..."
"But you haven’t secured your Dao Fruit yet," Lu Xuan said, suddenly looking up. He pulled out the Qing Ping Sword, raised it high, and swung it horizontally toward the Celestial Court!!
The authority of the Celestial Emperor, which had transformed into the Dao Fruit, was still dependent on the Celestial Court. If he were to fall from his throne or if the Celestial Court were to collapse before he had fully integrated it, he would lose the Dao Fruit.
Just like Haotian.
Lu Ya’s expression remained unchanged. With a single thought, time reversed. The Qing Ping Sword that Lu Xuan had swung out returned to Lu Ya’s abdomen, where it continuously destroyed the life force and new spirit constantly emerging within his corpse!
He suddenly leaned close to the ear of the three-headed, six-faced Profound Yellow Emperor and whispered in a voice only they could hear:
"Xiaoxuan, you carry the origin of the Six Paths and harbor the Innate Blood Sea... Are you plotting against Houtu? I’ll help you one more time."
"I’ve been very good to you, you know."
A look of horror appeared on Lu Xuan’s faces as all three of his heads snapped up.
Then, he saw Lu Ya beckon, and the three Bronze Fragments inside his body trembled before bursting out of him!
Blood splattered.
"Emperor!"
"Martial Uncle!!"
Li Changgeng and Yang Erlang cried out in alarm. Biyou Palace shook, and the myriad immortals within shrieked!!
On Taishan, the Old Nong rose to his feet, his expression cold, but he was suddenly blocked by a corpse. ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom
The Emperor Corpse bowed and said softly:
"Old Lord, please be patient."
The Old Nong narrowed his eyes slightly. "Haotian, give me an explanation."
The Emperor Corpse bowed his head and offered another bow. "Old Lord, it’s all part of the plan, all part of the plan..."
「Meanwhile, in the Central Celestial Court.」
Lu Ya grasped the three Bronze Fragments and frowned slightly.
"One is missing?"
"Oh well, it doesn’t matter."
With that, his finger on Lu Xuan’s forehead began to glow. A wisp of killing intent shot out, accompanied by a soft utterance:
"Fall."
CRACK!!
Before the utterly horrified eyes of Li Changgeng and Yang Erlang, all three of Lu Xuan’s heads cracked simultaneously. The fissures spread down to his feet, covering his entire body.
At the same time, the color drained from his eighteen eyes.
His massive True Form plummeted from the sky. The dead Profound Yellow Emperor, cradling Biyou Palace and holding the Gloomy Lamp and the Heaven-Reaching Fishing Drum, crashed through the Human World accompanied by a torrent of his true blood, smashing into the Nine Nether!!
His soul was scattered, and his True Spirit was utterly annihilated!
Meanwhile, the Qing Ping Sword lingering in Lu Ya’s abdomen trembled, shot up, leaped out of the River of Time, and jumped into the Great Chaos!
THOOM!!
At the same time.
Above the River of Time, within the Great Chaos, the gates of Douluo Palace opened. An old man carrying the Eight Trigrams Furnace was about to enter the flow of time but was blocked by a Jade Ruyi.
The Supreme cast a cold sidelong glance, but the Blind Daoist simply shook his head.
"Our Martial Nephew is fine... The original plan was for Xiaoxuan to die and fall into the Nine Nether."
The Supreme caressed the Eight Trigrams Furnace, his fingers trembling slightly. The sight made the Blind Daoist’s heart pound with fear.
"Supreme, you must calm down! Do not open that furnace!"
After a long moment, the Supreme withdrew his hand and tossed the Eight Trigrams Furnace back to its place. He said coolly:
"This Lu Ya is Taiyi, isn’t he? All this scheming, and you couldn’t even foresee Taiyi usurping the Celestial Emperor’s Dao Fruit. How embarrassing."
The Blind Daoist suddenly began to laugh. "Supreme, how do you know this wasn’t part of the plan? How do you know we didn’t foresee this?"
"Hmph?" The Supreme frowned and glanced over, only to see the Lame Daoist approaching with the Four Immortal Slaying Swords in hand, speaking in a raspy voice:
"If you’re going to put on a show, you have to see it through. Supreme, you are the Master of Profound Clarity, not the Master of Profound Yellow. There’s no reason for you to act, but I can."
He paused, reached out to take the returning Qing Ping Sword, and ambled toward the River of Time.
"I’ll go collect the interest for you first."
The Supreme watched the Lame Daoist walk into the River of Time, then suddenly turned his gaze to the Blind Daoist. fгeewёbnoѵel.cσm
"You’d better have an explanation for me."
"I can give you one." The Blind Daoist nodded firmly and said softly, "The Goddess can see everything. She once personally met Chu Tai, who is an incarnation of Taiyi, so she knows all."
The Supreme narrowed his eyes slightly.
"No. You’re lying to me."
The Blind Daoist’s heart tightened, and he feigned outrage. "Supreme, what is the meaning of this?!"
He paused, then quickly added, "Everything is going according to plan..."
"’According to plan’ again?" An entire furnace smashed down on the Blind Daoist’s head. "My vision is hazy, and nothing is clear. Is this your doing?"
The Blind Daoist was smashed until his head was broken and bleeding!
