Chapter 398

Chapter 398: White Emperor’s Advancement, the Heavenly Son’s Fury

"Senior, stop!"

Elder Brother Gu’s eyes grew bloodshot. If he didn’t act now, Nuwa’s body would surely be shattered by the Ancient God of Origin. If that happened, the heavens would collapse, the earth would split, and all living beings would suffer calamity.

"Dear friends!"

Elder Brother Gu turned his gaze toward the masters of the Tianxuan Realm.

The crowd exchanged uneasy looks.

To oppose a top-tier Innate Divine Being who had attained the Three Yuan Proof was tantamount to suicide with no chance of survival.

Boom!

Elder Brother Gu channeled his Primordial Great Dao. Ten thousand phenomena coalesced into a Primordial Dao sword. With a single thrust of the blade, heaven and earth were instantly enveloped within a chaotic domain. Countless Dao paths, like dragons, surged to seal the heavens and lock the earth.

A chessboard materialized, pulling the entire world into its grid.

He had unleashed his full power.

"A lazy ant trying to shake a tree!" sneered the Ancient God of Origin. With a flick of his finger, a sword gleam sliced through the board. The mighty Dao paths spanning the sky snapped apart. The Primordial chessboard suffered a brutal blow; Elder Brother Gu’s primordial spirit nearly shattered beneath that casual strike.

Puh! Elder Brother Gu’s vitality flickered like a dying candle. His breath grew feeble, his face pale as golden paper.

A single strike left him utterly powerless to retaliate.

Witnessing this, the Tianxuan Realm’s experts dared not lift a finger.

Crack!

The Ancient God of Origin’s two fingers pressed against the eyes of Nuwa. Suddenly, divine patterns of the Tai Chi appeared, twisting like a yin-yang fish through the void, locking the Ancient God’s fingers in place.

"Nuwa, you are but a Dao Body. How could you hinder me?" The Ancient God of Origin chuckled scornfully. Power of the Path of Origin erupted, grinding the Great Dao of Tai Chi to dust.

He stretched two fingers into Nuwa’s eyes and forcibly gouged out both eyes.

"White Emperor, catch them!" The Ancient God of Origin channeled his divine power, sending the two eyes streaking toward the White Emperor.

Detached from their vessel, the stony surface of the eyes sloughed away. One emitted a chilling yin energy, the other a blazing yang force. These streams intertwined like twin beams of mysterious light, shimmering brilliantly.

The Ancient God glanced at Nuwa’s body. Bereft of its eyes, the form trembled faintly. Cracks radiated from the hollow sockets toward the temples.

"I thank you, Daoist brother." Overjoyed, the White Emperor immediately swallowed both eyes. Channeling innate light Great Dao, he began refining the divine light of the Mysterious Universe.

Boom!

The twin divine lights surged within him, amplifying the White Emperor’s aura. His eyes blazed with sacred radiance. From his Purple Palace, the Divine Tree of Light rose, towering toward heaven, blotting out the sun. Innumerable divine patterns writhed around his form, violently amplifying his cultivation.

"I will succeed!" The White Emperor exulted.

Trapped for millennia at the peak of the proof of the First Primordial Spirit, he could at last breakthrough to the proof of the Second Primordial Spirit. He would become an invincible cultivator of the past, ascending to stand among the mightiest.

The assembled masters of the Tianxuan Realm stared, aghast yet furious.

Merely for the sake of one Innate Divine Being, they had shattered the Haotian Altar and ravaged Nuwa’s body. A crime truly beyond pardon.

"Two eyes are insufficient to shake the Heavenly Dao’s foundations," the Ancient God of Origin declared coldly. "Since that is the case, I shall shatter Nuwa’s body completely. Let us see if the event of the Primordial Era shall repeat itself."

Rumble!

An aura of immense power erupted from the Ancient God. In his palm, an Origin Dao Seed manifested — dense and primordial like an egg. It pulsed with the profound force of origin.

He intended to destroy Nuwa’s body with a single strike.

"Origin, you’ve gone too far."

Just then, a voice filled with deep anger sounded above the crowd, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged forth. A face appeared, unmistakably that of Emperor Yang.

He stared coldly at the Ancient God of Origin, his killing intent stirring.

"Hahaha… Daoist friend Emperor Yang, you finally showed up," said the Ancient God of Origin, not fearing the emperor at all. He retracted the Origin Dao Seed and said with a laugh, "It seems Nuwa’s body truly matters."

He was merely testing.

If the emperor had not appeared, it would have proven Nuwa’s body was insignificant, at least unable to affect the foundation of the Heavenly Way. But the emperor’s descent confirmed his suspicion.

The emperor remained expressionless.

Nuwa had repaired the heavens and perfected her merit, then left her physical body to eternally guard the world—all to prevent history from repeating. Her body acted as insurance.

Once Nuwa’s body was destroyed, it would inevitably shake the foundation of the Heavenly Way.

By then, it would be easier for them to confront the Heavenly Way again.

"Leave now, and I will overlook past offenses," said the emperor impassively.

"Emperor Yang, you’ve exposed your flaw," replied the Ancient God of Origin.

He paid it no mind and added, "Today, I grant you face; I’ll no longer target Nuwa’s body."

"But that day is not far off," he continued.

The Ancient God of Origin laughed wildly and freely.

The emperor’s face grew even cloudier.

"Daoist brother, I’ve succeeded!"

At that moment, the White Emperor said excitedly. He had successfully cultivated to the realm of the proof of the Second Primordial Spirit, becoming invincible like never before.

"Then let’s go," he suggested.

The Ancient God of Origin did not linger. He glanced at the emperor, waved his sleeve, and fled the Tianxuan Realm with the White Emperor, vanishing from all perception.

"We salute Your Majesty."

As soon as the Ancient God of Origin left, the various powerhouses of the Tianxuan Realm bowed in reverence.

The emperor said nothing. His face gradually dissipated, and the oppressive heavenly aura enveloping the Tianxuan Realm vanished completely.

"Great events are poised to unfold across all realms."

The crowd exchanged worried glances, filled with anxiety.

The Ancient God of Origin’s words were clearly a threat.

Given his attack on Nuwa’s body and the emperor’s descent, everyone had already deduced a little, but with the Heavenly Way above, nobody dared to speak recklessly.

"Hurry, repair the array!"

They mobilized their magical powers, reassembled the Grand Dao, and restored the Haotian Altar.

…

Purple Star Heavenly Court.

"Qin Yu." The Heavenly Emperor, upon his return, immediately summoned Qin Yu.

"Your servant is here."

Qin Yu appeared in a deep palace chamber. He gazed at the Heavenly Emperor, noticing his gloomy expression, clearly suppressing anger. Qin Yu’s face showed confusion. "Your Majesty, has something happened?"

The Heavenly Emperor, bearing the Heavenly Dao, had his humanity gradually replaced by divinity; joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness were rarely seen on him.

However, the Heavenly Emperor now revealed fury, indicating something had occurred.

"Just now, the Ancient God of Origin went to Tianxuan Realm," the Heavenly Emperor uttered gloomily.

Whoosh!

At those words, Qin Yu’s pupils abruptly contracted.

Tianxuan Realm was not only the resting place of Nuwa’s body but also the ancient source of Repairing the heavens, holding extraordinary significance for the Heavenly Emperor and the Heavenly Dao.

"He dug out a pair of eyes from Nuwa’s body," the Heavenly Emperor declared with killing intent.

"They…"

Qin Yu thought of a possibility, anger and fear surfacing on his face. "Have they finally lost patience and decided to act against Your Majesty?"

"It appears so."

The Heavenly Emperor exhaled a mouthful of Turbid Energy. "The Heavenly Dao has spanned across the world for six epochs. Whether Innate Divine Beings or postnatal beings, all live under the Heavenly Dao’s rules."

"Now, because of Heaven’s Secret Pavilion and the emergence of that life-taking talisman, they are finally sharpening their knives to target the Heavenly Dao."

"Who exactly is this master of Heaven’s Secret Pavilion?"

The Heavenly Emperor pondered darkly.

He truly couldn’t fathom how such an otherworldly person could exist in this world.

The moment Heaven’s Secret Pavilion was established, the Heavenly Emperor knew things would slip from his control step by step and the situation would spiral. Yet he never imagined it could become this dire.

"Your Majesty, the master of Heaven’s Secret Pavilion treats wealth as his life yet values credibility," Qin Yu solemnly said. "The Heavenly Court has unified all realms for tens of millions of years; its heritage is formidable."

"Perhaps we can compete with them in financial power."

The Heavenly Emperor slowly shook his head.

"The Golden List of the Unparalleled Rankings lists fifteen masters of the Three Yuan Proof level."

"The human ancestor and the Heavenly Emperor both wish for my demise without delay."

"The Innate Divine Beings also yearn to shatter the Heavenly Dao and return chaos."

"Though I bear the Heavenly Dao and stand unmatched in the world, I am ultimately without allies, alone against overwhelming odds."

At that moment, the Heavenly Emperor felt utterly exhausted.

"Your servant will forever stand by Your Majesty’s side," Qin Yu vowed fervently. "I will face any hardship without hesitation."

The Heavenly Emperor revealed a faint, relieved smile.

"Perhaps I too shall visit Heaven’s Secret Pavilion."

For him, Heaven’s Secret Pavilion was a dragon’s pool and tiger’s den, severed from the Heavenly Dao. Upon entering it, the Heavenly Emperor would possess no difference from an ordinary Immortal Emperor; the slightest carelessness could mean "Body perishes, Dao vanishes."

But with matters escalated this far, he had no choice but to go.

Moreover, he personally wished to witness exactly what capabilities the legendary master of Heaven’s Secret Pavilion possessed — managing, through his own power, to turn the Pangu universe upside down.