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Chapter 493: The Wound

"Pu~~~~~~~~~~~"

Finally, Ancient Shentong couldn't hold it back anymore and spat out a mouthful of blood. After doing so, he seemed to feel a lot better, but the task was not yet complete—he still had to continue.

"The Emperor has vomited blood!" Gu Qianyou exclaimed with deep concern.

"Ancient Shentong is gravely injured, but it's almost over. Once he succeeds in splitting the heavens, the fortune of the Great Thousand World will flood into him. If he can endure this final trial, his injuries will heal instantly, and his cultivation will further increase," Di Xuansha explained.

"Boom~~~~~~~~~~~"

Another thunderous sound echoed as the Heaven-Splitting Axe struck the chaotic energy again. Ancient Shentong suffered another heavy injury, but it was finally done. The last bit of chaotic energy was severed by his axe.

The chaotic energy was split!

Witnessing this, the onlookers erupted in cheers. The barrier of chaos was broken!

Countless people showed expressions of joy. The chaotic barrier was finally broken, cleaved apart.

As the chaotic barrier was severed, a large amount of purple light shot out from beyond it, spreading in all directions. In an instant, it seemed as if the entire world was bathed in purple light. The spiritual energy on the land of Shenzhou suddenly multiplied, filled with endless vitality and creation.

"The Primordial Purple Barrier, this is it!" Di Xuansha said, slightly excited.

Not only Di Xuansha, but all the peerless experts around were fixated on the Primordial Purple Barrier.

The endless purple light radiated from the barrier, illuminating the land of Shenzhou. The barrier itself was entirely purple, with strange runes swirling on its surface, flickering as if embodying the laws of the universe.

The Primordial Purple Barrier—so this was it?

Behind Ancient Shentong, the 'Divine Register' emitted billions of rays of light, illuminating the chaotic energy on both sides, preventing it from closing in. However, the chaotic energy was still incredibly resilient, slowly but surely creeping closer. If it closed up completely, all of Ancient Shentong's efforts would be in vain.

He needed to break the Primordial Purple Barrier quickly, but with his severe injuries, another attempt would only worsen his condition.

As long as he entered the Great Thousand World, the fortune would heal him completely.

Ancient Shentong didn't hesitate. With eyes wide open and gathering all his strength, he raised the Heaven-Splitting Axe once more, pouring everything he had into a single strike aimed at the Primordial Purple Barrier. Success or failure hinged on this moment.

"Boom~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"

An immensely powerful strike collided with the barrier, sending Ancient Shentong flying backward from the massive recoil.

"Boom~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"

Ancient Shentong crashed into the ground, creating a colossal crater upon impact.

In the sky, the Primordial Purple Barrier remained unscathed.

Gasps of astonishment filled the air around the crater, even Di Xuansha drew in a sharp breath.

The Primordial Purple Barrier hadn't budged? How could it be so indestructible? Why was it so incredibly sturdy?

The power of Ancient Shentong's strike was unimaginable. From the moment he was forced back, the space around him shattered entirely. Such a vast and powerful blow had no effect at all.

"Pu~~~~~~~~~~~~"

Ancient Shentong spat out another mouthful of blood and soared into the sky again. Without his control, the chaotic energy began closing in even faster. He quickly controlled the Divine Register to slow the closing of the chaotic energy and once again grasped the Heaven-Splitting Axe, facing the Primordial Purple Barrier. Could he not do it? Could he not break it?

Ancient Shentong didn't believe it. He must break it. He must break through the Primordial Chaos.

The chaotic energy on both sides was about to merge, leaving less and less of the Primordial Purple Barrier exposed.

"What is the Emperor doing? Why isn't he striking?" Gu Qianyou asked anxiously.

"It's useless. If one strike didn't work, another won't either. Ancient Shentong wouldn't waste his remaining strength on futile attempts," Di Xuansha said, shaking his head.

Could it really be impossible to split the heavens?

Many onlookers felt a wave of despair. Could it really be that they couldn't split the heavens?

Just then, flames began to flicker around Ancient Shentong's body—golden flames that burned outside his body. His eyes turned blood-red, and the Heaven-Splitting Axe in his hand also started to blaze with fire. A tremendous aura of killing intent radiated from the axe in all directions.

Power, an inexhaustible amount of power, seemed to fill Ancient Shentong once more.

"Is Ancient Shentong really risking everything?" Di Xuansha frowned.

"What's happening to the Emperor? What's going on?" Gu Qianyou asked, deeply worried, looking at Di Xuansha.

"He's burning his life force, unleashing all his potential, preparing to pour everything into one final strike," Di Xuansha explained, frowning.

"Burning his life force? The Emperor plans to perish together with the Primordial Purple Barrier?" Gu Qianyou exclaimed in shock.

The so-called "desperate strike" meant pouring all his energy, including his life force, into one final attack. Its power was even more terrifying than Zhong Shan's Heaven Demon Tempering Body technique.

"Perish together? Not necessarily. He's just cutting off all his own retreats. If he fails, Ancient Shentong will be annihilated, body and soul. If he succeeds in breaking through the Primordial Purple Barrier, the fortune of the Great Thousand World will instantly restore him," Di Xuansha said.

"Victory is the only option; failure means death," Zhong Shan remarked.

"Victory leads to the heavens, failure to complete destruction," Di Xuansha affirmed.

"He will succeed. He must!" Gu Qianyou prayed fervently.

Realizing what Ancient Shentong was about to do, Di Xuansha led Zhong Shan and all his subordinates to retreat quickly. The other powerful figures also understood and retreated rapidly.

The four crown princes of the Grand Luo Heavenly Dynasty swiftly ordered everyone to retreat, further and further away.

At this moment, Ancient Shentong's strength was enough to slay immortals. When he poured his life force into the final strike, it would undoubtedly reach an unprecedented level of power.

The chaotic barriers slowly drew closer, about to merge.

At the very instant the chaotic barriers were about to close,

Ancient Shentong made his move. His eyes were bloodshot, and veins bulged on his arms. With all his might, he swung the Heaven-Splitting Axe.

"Open~~~~~~~~~~~"

With a thunderous roar that shook the heavens and earth, the Heaven-Splitting Axe, burning with golden flames, struck the final bit of the Primordial Purple Barrier.

"Boom~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"

An infinitely powerful strike, with Ancient Shentong at its center, shattered the space all the way down to the earth below. The land of Shenzhou trembled, mountains and rivers quaked, and a terrifying force rippled through the entire realm. Tsunamis rose from the four seas, and islands trembled.

The strike, an unimaginably powerful one, hit the Primordial Purple Barrier with immense force. The violent energy caused the chaotic barriers on either side to spread apart much further.

"It's broken! It's broken!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"

A cry of astonishment rang out, followed by countless others shouting in unison. It was truly broken.

Cracks, like a spider web, spread from the point of impact on the Heaven-Splitting Axe, reaching in all directions. These terrifying cracks disregarded everything in their path, with endless white light shooting out from them, reminiscent of the light Zhong Shan had seen during the Great Nirvana Ceremony when the Buddha opened a passage.

Far away, Ancient Shentong's axe was lodged in the Primordial Purple Barrier. Numerous cracks extended from the barrier in all directions, most prominently affecting the space around the ancient holy capital. These cracks were so intense that they seemed like portals in time and space, swallowing everything.

"It's over, Ancient Shentong has failed!" Di Xuansha sighed deeply.

"Boom~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"

Suddenly, endless purple energy shot out from the Heaven-Splitting Axe, surging towards Ancient Shentong.

Now extremely weak, Ancient Shentong, after using the force of his shattered body, could be crushed by even an ordinary Heavenly Extreme Realm practitioner. How could he resist the overwhelming purple energy?

"Boom~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"

Dozens of streams of Primordial Purple Energy burst forth, engulfing Ancient Shentong. The cracks in the sky also began to emit a powerful suction force, as if attempting to swallow the world. The suction from the web-like cracks drew in everything, and some strong practitioners who couldn't avoid it were sucked into the cracks.

Di Xuansha, along with Zhong Shan's people, had flown far enough to avoid the suction.

"The Primordial Purple Energy will dissipate upon touching the ground. Whether you can collect it depends on your fate. I'm going!" Di Xuansha said.

With that, Di Xuansha vanished from Zhong Shan's side.

In the sky, after engulfing Ancient Shentong, the Primordial Purple Energy exploded, flying in all directions. Immediately, countless strong practitioners set out to capture the strands of Primordial Purple Energy.

As for Ancient Shentong, he was gone, utterly gone. Not even a corpse remained; even the Heaven-Splitting Axe seemed to have dissolved in the Primordial Purple Energy.

Ancient Shentong was dead, truly dead.

"Boom~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~"

Following the blood rain that fell when the Eye of the Heavens was shattered, another blood rain began. Ancient Shentong was dead. Every Heavenly Extreme Realm practitioner had their own 'heaven.' When a Heavenly Extreme Realm practitioner died, their 'heaven' collapsed. Naturally, there was a response from the heavens, signaled by the falling blood rain. It was a proclamation to the world that a Heavenly Extreme Realm practitioner had died.

Zhong Shan also felt a sudden severance in the fortune tied to the Grand Luo Heavenly Dynasty—it had snapped and disappeared. Ancient Shentong was dead.

"Your Majesty~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!"

Gu Qianyou cried out, kneeling.

"Your Majesty~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!"

Countless subjects of the Grand Luo Heavenly Dynasty cried out, kneeling.

The emperor had passed away.