Chapter 537 Part 2

Chapter 537 Part 2: The First Ending (2)

His appearance was the same as before, but his body seemed to have transformed completely. His long, snow-white hair shimmered with a bright shine. At this moment, even though he had an ordinary human shape, he seemed as towering as a mountain.

When he appeared, it felt like even the mountains and earth momentarily stopped crumbling. The giant waves rolling up to the sky seemed to collapse, as if frozen in the air.

This was not a magical power; it was simply a tangible thought that spread out, pressing down the fierce tsunami, flattening the giant waves against the ocean surface.

Days ago, when he defeated the Undead Immortal Lord, Qiao Mu was already a mighty being that even Immortal Diyuan looked up to.

But today, upon seeing him again, he felt unfathomable like an endless ocean, making it hard to measure his strength and mastery.

"Big brother? Is it really him?" Earth Sword Immortal and the others hesitated for a moment. Their surprise at seeing Qiao Mu had been replaced by confusion.

Even with the same face and familiar figures like Qiao Canxue Qiao Feixian behind him, Qiao Mu still felt a bit strange to them, different from the last time they saw him in ways they could not explain.

A face can be faked; the Undead Immortal Lord had the same face as well, so they wouldn’t let their guard down immediately.

Lu Yanbei focused on Immortal Diyuan. Although Immortal Diyuan no longer possessed the power of an immortal, his vision and insight remained, and he was still not an ordinary cultivator.

Immortal Diyuan stared closely, trying to see the Wheel of Fate from a distance, but with this one look, he was completely stunned, unable to say anything for a moment.

"He seems to have lived for more than twenty million years; which ancient ancestor has lived to this day…" A thought flashed in Immortal Diyuan’s mind, but then he quickly realized:

"He… he has spent at least twenty million years in the Return Ruins?"

"What happened in the Return Ruins?"

Immortal Diyuan was first confused, then filled with joy.

Although she did not understand what had happened to Qiao Mu, there was no doubt that Qiao Mu’s body at this moment far surpassed the combined strength of several days ago, and his cultivation had reached a level even she, a former True Immortal, could hardly comprehend.

Even the revived and more powerful Undead Immortal Lord had been completely destroyed in an instant.

"There is hope." Immortal Diyuan couldn’t help but say happily:

"Even if the Undead Immortal Lord dies a few more times, he doesn’t seem to be a match for you, my friend Qiao."

"In this way, we can quickly repel the Undead Immortal Lord once again, then we will find a way to fix the Sky Boat and leave this crumbling Jiu Province."

"You are thinking too much; there is no way to retreat," Qiao Mu suddenly replied.

"In all the worlds, there is no longer any being called the ‘Undead Immortal Lord.’"

"The Undead Immortal Lord that appeared earlier is merely the earthly vessel of the Endless Serpent of Entropy."

Qiao Mu’s gaze was calm; he had already anticipated this outcome.

The Undead Immortal Lord was once like him, both hosts of the Long Life Lock, living forms of Entropy’s self-completion.

But now, this "other" had already become Entropy’s "own," and was part of Entropy itself.

"How did you guess?" A voice echoed in the void.

Qiao Mu’s gaze landed in the empty space before him, and in the next moment, the Undead Immortal Lord stepped out once more.

At this moment, the Undead Immortal Lord looked exactly the same as before, but his power had mysteriously grown stronger, and a huge serpent shadow coiled behind him.

No, there was not just one person.

Following closely was the Undead Immortal Lord, with as many as five in total!

"Because power itself comes at a cost," Qiao Mu said calmly.

"The more powerful one becomes, the closer they are to the way of heaven. Naturally, they will see themselves as extraordinary and no longer think of themselves as ordinary people. Whether it is a plan lasting for ages or the pursuit of immortality, it is always like this."

Qiao Mu tightened his grip on the Human Emperor Sword and continued.

"Only by holding on to humanity can one maintain their sense of self as a person."

"And cultivators like the Undead Immortal Lord, who claim to have a pure heart… when the Great Collapse arrives and entropy truly shows up, they will not resist, nor can they resist; they will merge with you and become a part of you."

"You are not entirely wrong, but one thing you have wrong," the Undead Immortal Lord said calmly.

"The spirit of the path is not a flaw."

"Human nature is."

"It’s like you have become a pawn of the path’s ancestor, yet you willingly accept it."

The Undead Immortal Lord moved his hands as if plucking strings, and in an instant, space and time twisted like a sharp blade, slicing the sea in two and silently tearing the sky apart as he passed by Qiao Mu….

Nothing happened.

The Undead Immortal Lord, who could easily create a small world, found that his magic had no effect at all at this moment.

"All laws are unbreakable… No wonder the immortal body turns to ashes so quickly. Is the Heavenly Emperor still struggling even after death?" the Undead Immortal Lord murmured.

In the next moment, his body was struck by a mysterious yellow sword light, and the immortal body was once again completely obliterated.

"It seems you still don’t realize your situation…"

Just then, another Undead Immortal Lord stepped out from the void. His face showed no joy or sorrow and he seemed completely unconcerned about having died twice in a row.

One by one, more Undead Immortal Lords appeared from the void, each one stronger than the last, with their numbers reaching dozens or even hundreds.

This was how Qiao Mu had defeated the Undead Immortal Lords in their last battle, but now he was being treated with the same method he once used.

"What can we use to fight against such enemies…" Xue Changhe frowned deeply.

One Undead Immortal Lord was enough to leave them completely defenseless, and now there were more and more of them, growing stronger with each death. They were simply opponents that could not be fought, with no chance of victory.

The Undead Immortal Lords that appeared then had become the present embodiment of entropy. Though they still looked the same, their essence had changed completely.

However, the Earth Sword Immortal beside Xue Changhe was full of confidence, seemingly trying to inspire morale in his own way:

"What he has, my brother Qiao Mu has too! My brother is invincible in the world!"

It was better when the Earth Sword Immortal didn’t speak.

As soon as he said this, the Undead Immortal Lord’s lips curled up slightly.

"So, is this your support?"

The Undead Immortal Lord replied calmly:

"The Heavenly Emperor’s power of ‘All Laws are Inviolable’? But the Heavenly Emperor can still die."

"And is your true support, which has allowed you to act recklessly until now, really the Long Life Lock… Is it a strength you were born with?"

The huge shadow of the Ouroboros became clearer at this moment, and the Undead Immortal Lord said softly:

"The so-called challengers who are said to be immortal by the True Immortals are merely the hosts of the Long Life Lock."

"And I am the calamity of all worlds."

The Undead Immortal Lord gently snapped his fingers.

In that moment, it seemed like invisible ripples echoed in Qiao Mu’s heart, making him feel strangely empty inside.

As he sank once more into the sea of his heart, he saw the Long Life Lock that had been with him for tens of millions of years, now covered in cracks.

In the next moment, he seemed to hear the sound of shattering as the cracked Long Life Lock completely broke apart, no longer existing.

"The Long Life Lock, is it gone?"

Qiao Mu opened his eyes, feeling a moment of confusion.

This was the strange object that had been with him for tens of millions of years, helping him through countless deaths and rebirths.

When a person is killed, they will die. This is a statement that seems obvious.

But Qiao Mu chooses not to follow this logic.

Over millions of years, he had sometimes felt dark inside, growing resentful of his situation.

During the fierce battle with the many masters of the Immortal Gate at the ruins of the Heavenly Court, he had thought about dying there.

But he was still alive, forever alive.

Sometimes Qiao Mu felt that even the Great Collapse, which swept across all worlds, might not take his life.

Gods and demons can die, True Immortals can die, the Heavenly Emperor can die, yet he lives on forever.

However, this illusion ultimately came to an end today.

"I really will die," Qiao Mu finally realized at that moment.

"It truly is… such a long road," Qiao Mu softly closed his eyes.

At that moment, a hundred Undead Immortal Lords surged forward, each using their magical powers.

All Laws are Inviolable is just the strongest divine power cultivated by the Heavenly Emperor, which does not mean he is invincible; otherwise, how could the mighty Heavenly Emperor die?

At this moment, hundreds of Undead Immortal Lords acted at once. Time and space became chaotic and twisted. It felt as if time had stopped in the entire world of Jiu Province. The collapsing mountains and shattered stones hung in the air, and the ocean waves froze, no longer moving.

Suddenly, space twisted and transformed into invisible blades, surrounding him from all directions.

And in the frozen time, Qiao Mu opened his eyes.

"Buddha’s Palm: Ten Thousand Buddha Rush!"

Golden flames formed giant arms behind him, and with a wave of Qiao Mu’s hand, they struck out in all directions.

At that moment, the frozen time shattered loudly, and the suspended stones fell into the sea as the giant waves continued to roar.

And like an endless golden giant hand, it pierced through the void, engulfing many Undead Immortal Lords in an instant.

With his spirit, energy, and mind united, Qiao Mu’s palm strength transformed into a tangible power. As his thousands of fist shadows broke through, large stars in the night sky left their original paths and began to revolve around Qiao Mu at an invisible speed.

At this moment, he exerted all his strength, resembling a black hole at the center of an infinite galaxy, causing the entire starry sky to revolve around him.

In the Imperial Capital of Zhong Province, in the Sky River Immortal Boat that is cracked open outside the Imperial Capital, Xue Changhe and the Earth Sword Immortal looked together at a towering and grand figure.

Many years ago, when Qiao Mu broke through many Immortal Gates in the mortal realm and the Immortal Gate master who emerged was killed by his sword, they thought they had seen the limit of martial arts in the mortal world.

A few days ago, when the True Immortals created chaos in the mortal world, they once again saw Qiao Mu, who had returned from the Return Ruins, take action. The once unrivaled immortals vanished like smoke, and they believed that this perfect martial arts true body was the ultimate limit of martial arts.

But at this moment, when the Great Collapse swept across the Jiu Province realm, the Qiao Mu appearing before them was so much stronger than they remembered, far beyond anything they could imagine or comprehend.

Even when the True Immortals wreaked havoc in the world, and even with the Great Collapse that Immortal Diyuan spoke of sweeping through all realms, whenever Qiao Mu’s figure appeared again, they felt a strange sense of reassurance.

This was not just in the great world of Jiu Province.

At this moment, Qiao Mu’s figure reflected in the many overlapping realms of the present world, and in the overlapping Wilderness Realm and other great realms of Jiu Province, living beings who had not yet perished looked up and saw this towering and grand figure.

These great realms were also experiencing the chaos of the True Immortals and undergoing the Great Collapse, about to be completely destroyed and fall into the Return Ruins.

But at this moment, just before their complete destruction, they saw the figure of a martial artist, bravely heading towards the descending True Immortals.

"Is there really still someone resisting and fighting?"

"The immortal realm is shattered, the Heavenly Emperor is dead, and the True Immortals have become desperate fugitives, bringing bloodshed to all realms. How can there be such powerful beings in this world to fight against the True Immortals?"