Sage Monarch

by Stayrr

Yang Qi was the son of the patriarch of a wealthy family from a small town. Believing himself to be in love, he stole a pill for his lover, only to have the girl betray him, by taking the pill and leaving him behind. Caught, his dantian was crippled and left to die under the lightning. This lightning helped him to recover his lost martial arts and also helped him gain a new, divi

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Chapter 1555: Essence of the God World

Yang Qi couldn't help but be a bit excited.

With the connection to the impure lands restored, he would finally be able to bring up his friends and family. The Sage Monarch Empire would have fresh blood, Ascendants who could flout the natural laws of the god world. They wouldn't be like the ordinary inhabitants of the god world, who had trouble with every step of cultivation they took.

Yang Qi could use the destiny of his empire to help his Ascendant brethren rise to the level of God-Lords. However, he had other experts whose psychic scales were over nine billion, but couldn't proceed any further. Yang Qi had a feeling that the natural laws of the god world were holding them back, making it difficult for them to achieve breakthroughs.

There wasn't anything he could do about it. The essence of the god world just wouldn't permit immensely powerful entities to rise up.

But if he could get a huge influx of Ascendants, boosting his population to greater heights, there was no question that he would have the most powerful empire, one capable of crushing the alliance of three dynasties.

Normally speaking, only a half-Annulled expert could reopen the Ancient Road to the Gods, which meant that Yang Qi shouldn't have been able to. But as an emperor, he could use destiny to bolster himself. Furthermore, the Halls of Heaven could help him surpass the god world, and allow him to see its natural laws from a different vantage point.

"So, god world, you closed the Ancient Road to the Gods, hoping to prevent more Ascendants from showing up. Unfortunately, you're a world. The more Ascendants that come, the more new civilizations there will be. My empire will use your essence to give rise to a new civilization. In all of the many heavens that exist, the civilization of the gods is the most advanced. For now. I'm going to surpass it. And then you'll also be able to ascend to a higher level. What do you think?"

Yang Qi was hoping that his words would stir the essence of the god world, and cause it to loosen some of its constraints.

Sadly, his efforts were futile.

The god world wouldn't simply agree to loosen its bonds and reopen the Ancient Road to the Gods.

"Fine. Be opened!" Yang Qi wrenched his hands through the air, severing the essence of the god world in the area, and allowing the power of the Halls of Heaven to rush forth like a river.

Whoosh!

The essence of the god world began to converge, causing glittering light to form into what appeared to be a young woman with long hair, wearing an elegant and simple garment. Unexpectedly, this woman appeared to be Yang Qi's mother, Greensura!

"Mother?" Yang Qi said, his gaze suddenly turning indescribably sharp. 'No wonder I couldn't sense her aura in the Central Dynasty, or on Proud Heaven. Proud Heaven devoured Proud Central because the essence of the god world was causing trouble. It supports Proud Heaven, and has even taken my mother in an attempt to strike at me. Does it really think I'll fall for something like that? My empire, my civilization, is going to be something indescribably mighty. I'm going to transcend anything and everything. And that means I'm going to rescue my mother too. Even if she's been completely wiped out of existence, I'll bring her back. Once my cultivation base surpasses everything in the god world, all of its natural laws will be nothing but an illusion to me.'

Although this woman resembled his mother, she wasn't the real Greensura. She was a product of the essence of the god world, sent to stop him from reopening the Ancient Road to the Gods. He had been marked by the essence, and it was using Proud Heaven in its attempt to kill him.

Of course, Proud Heaven was an extremely ambitious person. If he could use the essence of the god world to help him kill Yang Qi, then he would definitely turn on it. He would devour that essence, absorb the god world into his Universes, and then transcend.

"Heaven and Earth Unmatched; Sun and Moon Sink to Oblivion; Destruction of the Universe; Space and Time Collapse..." Yang Qi unhesitatingly launched a deadly attack on the essence of the god world.

In response, the god world had Greensura's visage wave a hand, causing a shield of light to rise up and block the attack.

Yang Qi's gaze grew sharper, causing sword light to converge, which then exploded into millions upon millions of streams of sword energy that slammed into the shield, peppering it with damage.

"Be destroyed!"

The combined image of a god and devil appeared behind Yang Qi, the fusion of the True Devil and the Sovereign Lord. The half-devil half-god thrust its hands out, creating a green claw that could obscure the sun and obfuscate the heavens. Devil energy surged toward the essence of the god world, as if to transform it into an endless hell of devils.

This was truly something from the True Devil.

The boundless True Devil had created as many hells as the eternal sands, and they existed outside of the god world. However, the horde of devils couldn't actually come to the god world, as the Ancient Road to the Gods was defended by the Executors of the Ancient Road. The Executors would kill any demons or devils they saw on sight.

Years ago in hell, there had been entities similar to the gods who had risen up. Unfortunately for them, the countless wars that were waged in hell ensured that such entities faded away into nothing. It was only in the impure lands that such beings could lurk indefinitely. And if Yang Qi used the psychic quintessence of the Mahātmā Jade to bring the armies of hell into the god world, the horde of devils would throw everything into chaos.

The enormous devil claw was the ultimate attack of the True Devil. And given Yang Qi's strength, it was entirely possible that it was on the same level as the True Devil's. In fact, because it was fused with destiny, it was something the True Devil never could have done, even in his prime.

The devil claw surged toward the essence of the god world, but the greyspace the essence had erected blocked its path. However, Yang Qi then followed it up with the Hand of the One God. Both were hands that could cover all things in existence.

The dao of devils was one of destruction and carnage.

The dao of gods was one of conquering and order.

The True Devil's claw was smashing at the shield created by the god world, thirsting to unleash hells and destroy everything. Meanwhile, the Sovereign Lord's hand was out to conquer everything and turn it into a personal plaything.

Pop!

The essence of the god world was pierced through, and Yang Qi's power reached the impure lands, causing the Ancient Road to the Gods to start forming anew. With his Lord's Eye, he could now see the vast conglomeration of immortal worlds below.

Things looked different now. Thanks to the Great Necropolis continuously spewing out so many immortal worlds, the place was filled with numerous three thousandth ranked worlds.

The population was staggering.

Yang Qi could already sense his friends and family.

The people he had left were now boundless patriarchs, constantly working on their cultivation in the hopes of reaching the god world. Shockingly, they had set up a huge empire, and were gathering destiny in the hopes of breaking the barrier to the god world.

With the Ancient Road to the Gods gone, the only way for them to get stronger was to use destiny. And that was their only hope of reaching the god world. Sadly, their efforts were all in vain.

"Such a huge population," Yang Qi breathed. The impure lands were packed. In the lowest of the planetary systems, people were constantly advancing their cultivation and rising to the immortal worlds. But unfortunately, no one could ever reach the god world.

If things kept going this way, the immortal worlds would eventually collapse. The resources here just weren't sufficient to support such a huge population. Eventually, they would run out, and everything would implode.

Thankfully, the Great Necropolis had ejected countless high-level immortal worlds, ensuring that a long time would pass before things reached that state.

Unfortunately, the dao of immortals was definitely reaching the point of being overcrowded. Resources were starting to grow scarce, and even the three thousandth ranked worlds were too small.

Yang Qi's friends and family occupied the best locations, and were domineering forces that no one could fight against. After all, he had given them all boosts of power from the God Legion Seal.

No individual from the dao of immortals could ever surpass them.

Nobody like Yang Qi could rise up again, and since the Ancient Road to the Gods had been cut off, there was no way for fresh blood to descend from the god world.

The immortal worlds were stagnant, and would eventually be overwhelmed with death. And that was what the essence of the god world wanted.

How could the god world ever have guessed that Yang Qi would advance so rapidly, or make an empire that he could use so effectively? He was already right on the verge of the half-Annulled level. With his destiny, and the combined power of the Sovereign Lord and the True Devil, he had broken free from the prison of the god world.

Yang Qi couldn't go to the immortal worlds as his true self.

He was so powerful that if he went there, his mere presence would destroy everything and kill everyone.

Therefore, he very carefully sent down a sliver of will.

Whooooooosh!

A massive vortex sprang up, sucking in countless immortal worlds. At the same time, Yang Qi's friends and family received a message from him.

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Chapter 1556: Everyone Ascends

Yang Qi's divine will permeated the immortal worlds, using King Heaven-Devourer's talismans to suck up all of the countless individuals that lived there, and bring them to his God Legion Paradise. That would ensure that the people didn't suffer any adverse side effects from the magical laws of the god world.

After all, only mid Terrifying experts could actually get into the god world without dying instantly.

Yang Qi had experienced some difficulties when he'd first arrived, but his friends and family had his protection, and suffered no such consequences.

As they arrived in the God Legion Paradise, they shivered as they were instantly brought up to the mid Terrifying level. In fact, some of them immediately reached the Lesser God level.

With the destiny Yang Qi had at his command, he could take a puny Quasi-God and ordain them as a God-Lord. Considering that, making his friends and family Lesser Gods took almost no effort at all.

In fact, it would take minimal effort to ensure that hundreds of millions of people reached either the Quasi-God or Lesser God level.

Yang Qi took many people and made them citizens of his empire. All citizens would benefit from the destiny of the empire, and it would allow their cultivation bases to rise rapidly to, at a very minimum, the Lesser God level.

That was one of the benefits of fusing the Sovereign Lord's ocean of faith with the destiny of his empire.

RUMBLE!

As Yang Qi pulled his friends and family from the impure lands into his God Legion Paradise, the Ancient Road to the Gods trembled as though it might collapse at any moment. Despite how strong Yang Qi was, he could only sustain this effort for a short while. In the end, he wasn't actually a half-Annulled expert.

However, even in the short bit of time that had passed, he had already pulled a quintillion people up. That was no small number; it was already many times the existing population of the Sage Monarch Empire.

Most were either Quasi-Gods or Lesser Gods, although some were in the mid Terrifying level, which meant that even just surviving would be difficult for them at the moment.

After ensuring that they were all ready, Yang Qi sent them into the depths of the Sage Monarch Empire.

Within the Everlasting Aegis, they were met by the sage monarch magistrates and other representatives, then shown to where special lands had been prepared for their use.

Primal-chaos paleo-energy had been used to create endless resources that they could use for their cultivation.

"Friends from the immortal worlds," a sage monarch magistrate said, "you're now in the god world. Our great leader, His Majesty Yang Qi, the very same one who unified the immortal worlds, has established a grand empire, of which you are now a part. For now, you only need to focus on rest and recovery..." It made things easy that most of these people were already familiar with Yang Qi, or had even been close to him. As a result, it wasn't hard for them to adjust to their new circumstances.

In fact, before long, the sage monarch magistrates were taking them to be integrated into the existing society of the Sage Monarch Empire.

They were welcomed with open arms. The people of the Sage Monarch Empire knew that Yang Qi had reopened the Ancient Road to the Gods and brought numerous Ascendants to bolster the population of the empire. And such a boost in population would only help the empire grow.

The empire's destiny and resources had already been in a perfect state. But as the Ascendants arrived, they began to pray and work on their cultivation; therefore, what little destiny they drew on was immediately made up for, or even surpassed.

Ascendant were essentially living resources. After all, in the past, it had been common for the various nations in the god world to capture Ascendants and use them for the nations' benefit.

RUMBLE!

A few hours later, the Ancient Road to the Gods closed. Yang Qi had moved virtually everyone from the lower worlds up to the god world, to the point where almost no one had been left behind. And now, he had an uncountable amount of Ascendants.

Of course, the massive influx of Ascendants meant that the resource stockpiles of the empire would start shrinking. However, there was still plenty to be taken from the Halls of Heaven. Besides, it wasn't as if Lesser Gods would consume that many resources. A single Paramount God would use as many resources as a hundred billion Lesser Gods.

Of course, that meant that as the Ascendants' cultivation bases rose, the resources would start disappearing more and more rapidly.

Thankfully, the destiny of Yang Qi's empire ensured that the Everlasting Aegis was continuously expanding. And as it took in more primal-chaos paleo-energy, it could produce more resources.

As long as there was primal-chaos paleo-energy to absorb, there would never be a shortage of resources.

As such, the Ascendants weren't worried about resources, and could instead focus on their cultivation, their prayers, and their social interactions.

A golden age of cultivation was flourishing in the Everlasting Aegis.

The Ascendants were as harmonious as an ant colony. They didn't fight or cause any problems. After all, a Paramount God could wipe them all out in an instant. However, as they grew stronger and stronger, and received all sorts of training, they began rising through the levels.

One after another, they became Greater Gods, Consummate Gods, and Perfect Gods. Some even developed Unbounded will convergence.

'The Ancient Road to the Gods collapsed in the end,' Yang Qi thought. 'But that doesn't matter. What remains behind in the immortal worlds isn't important to me. Without powerful cultivators down there, the people will probably have much better lives.' Nodding in satisfaction, he sent an incarnation of will into the Everlasting Aegis to meet with his friends and family, and explain matters to them.

Interestingly, after the Ancient Road to the Gods disappeared, no traces of it remained behind. The Immortal Dao Age was now destined to be nothing but dead water. Perhaps the population would grow again, eventually spreading out to inhabit the countless immortal worlds that had been spat out by the Great Necropolis. But in the end, resources would dwindle, and that time period would become dead, a forgotten nothing in the river of history.

Yang Qi's friends and family would have suffered that fate eventually. But thankfully, he had opened the way for them to come to the god world and be saved from that inevitable crisis.

Yang Qi immediately had his friends and family take leadership positions. A quintupling of population was incredible, and there just weren't enough sage monarch magistrates to handle everything.

Of course, there were other human government officials that had been trained to handle matters. It would be enough temporarily. Although the minor government officials couldn't handle things as well as the sage monarch magistrates, at least it would prevent total chaos. And it would also allow destiny to grow.

Time had been adjusted in the Everlasting Aegis. For every two hours that passed in the god world, a year went by in the Sage Monarch Empire.

Every day in the god world was over ten years inside the Everlasting Aegis. After about twenty years passed in the empire, things had reached a stable state.

The Ascendants had been sent to various parts of the empire, and although they had reduced the resource stockpiles by half, they were growing stronger and stronger.

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Chapter 1557: Faith of an Empire

The empire's destiny had temporarily been reduced by a third, but now it was completely restored, and in fact, had doubled in total! Every moment that passed, the destiny of the empire grew; at this point, it was far beyond the level of the three dynasties. Furthermore, the population level wasn't a problem anymore. Virtually overnight, it had been quintupled, which was a completely shocking development.

Now, the main task at hand was to rest and be rejuvenated. Once the Ascendants' fighting prowess was at a peak level, the Sage Monarch Empire would finally be in a position to go on the warpath. Of course, that was a process that had to be taken slowly but surely.

Yang Qi returned the Everlasting Aegis to the normal flow of time, and a tremor passed through it. Then, the empire entered a state of complete calm and balance. The Everlasting Aegis continued to absorb primal-chaos paleo-energy and convert it into resources, making up for the dramatic loss of resources due to cultivation. As of now, the empire was in a golden age of both population and resources.

It actually wasn't a good thing to have resources and wealth just lying around accumulating, but neither was it good to have a population that was too large for the resource pool at hand. That would lead to a drop in destiny.

Right now, there was neither a surplus of resources nor a deficit, which ensured that there was a positive destiny cycle. When the cultivation bases of the citizens improved, it added power to the empire. And as its power grew the empire could absorb primal-chaos paleo-energy more rapidly.

Yang Qi was very pleased, as all of this was his own creation. And as his empire expanded, he could sense his own cultivation base and psyche growing stronger. He truly felt like he had all of the Halls of Heaven under his control.

Right now, he wanted to take things easy and fully assimilate the Halls of Heaven. Once he did, it would be time to step into the half-Annulled level.

At that point, he would be in a position to kill Yang Voidprime. Unfortunately, Yang Voidprime was in the alliance, protected by the High Priestess. And even with his destiny, Yang Qi couldn't take her on.

He absolutely had to be in the half-Annulled level first.

That was why assimilating the Halls of Heaven and making them part of the Everlasting Aegis was top on his list of things to do.

Only then would he truly be in a position to challenge the god world.

The Ascendants in his empire were growing stronger, not just because of their cultivation, but because of prayer. In fact, prayer had become a part of their daily routine. They had already come to find that, the more pious they were in their prayers to the empire, the more pure the empire's destiny became. And that would help them advance their cultivation base more quickly.

That discovery led to them becoming even more faithful, and praying even more often.

In the impure lands, people would often give faith to a single person, who would then bless them as a result. It was similar here, except instead of a person, they were giving faith to an empire. Because an empire was a collection of its people, it broke the fetters that were normally put in place by karma.

That, in turn, avoided heart-devils and other impurities that normally came with cultivation.

Yang Qi had truly discovered the right path to follow.

Throughout history, there had been many empires that tried to do what he was doing, but hadn't succeeded. That was because the government officials always tapped too deeply into the destiny of the empire. The prayers of the common people were essentially being commandeered by the leaders.

Because of that, the commoners would never pray in full piety.

But here, the sage monarch magistrates ensured that everything was fair and just, and that the laws applied to everyone. As a result, people could pray in full faith and piety.

Thus, a grand empire was born.

The empire changed dramatically on a daily basis, with new and amazing treasures popping up in all corners for people to find.

Yang Qi could sense the prayers becoming more pious, and the destiny of the empire rising as a result. He was the emperor, so he benefited most from the destiny. However, the specific ratio was fixed and couldn't be changed. He couldn't draw too much on it, lest it harm the empire. He needed the empire strong so that the destiny would improve.

Only with a strong empire could he himself also grow stronger.

His boundless psyche had already permeated every corner of the Halls of Heaven, and it was now possible to see something like a gigantic primal-chaos elder-snake outside the halls, its mouth open wide to devour them the same way that a snake would devour a mammoth. Once the mammoth was inside that snake's belly, it would slowly be digested.

The Bastille of the One God was filled with endless treasures that were now flying up to aid in the process of assimilating the halls. At a certain point, the Bastille of the One God simply vanished. It didn't exist anymore. In fact, once the Halls of Heaven were also assimilated by Yang Qi, there wouldn't be any remaining trace of the Sovereign Lord.

That said, Yang Qi was still suspicious that the Sovereign Lord had really just vanished so simply. He must have left behind contingency plans. Perhaps he was hiding. Waiting for just the right opportunity. Perhaps he was still in slumber, or perhaps he had already been transmigrated, and was alive in the world. If he was alive, who was he?

There were too many variables for Yang Qi to make a determination. He just had to get stronger, strengthen his empire, and take over the god world. That said, Yang Qi still couldn't see exactly what the god world as a whole looked like; however, he could see that it contained a multiverse.

No matter what angle it was viewed from, one could only see the tip of the iceberg, not what lay beneath or within.

Yang Qi focused on his cultivation and assimilating the Halls of Heaven. Time passed.

"What's going on?"

The alliance of three dynasties was in tumult. In the face of the expansion of Yang Qi's empire, the three dynasties had thrown aside their previous differences, and were working together in full cooperation. Before, this could never have happened. But now they were truly becoming united, to the point where they were revealing to each other what resources they actually had.

Furthermore, their destinies were rising, although they were fused together.

Thanks to the way they were working together, everyone hoped that they would finally be able to deal with the Sage Monarch Empire. And they were finally starting to forget about their previous defeat.

The people from the three dynasties who manipulated the destiny had created a huge spell formation that constantly analyzed the destiny of the Sage Monarch Empire.

When they noticed Yang Qi's empire suddenly lost a third of its destiny, they went wild with joy. Thinking that there was chaotic infighting in the Sage Monarch Empire, they started to hatch new plans.

But even as they did, the destiny suddenly recovered completely, then rose higher than before. In fact, every moment that passed, the destiny improved, to the point where it could reach out to the highest and lowest aspects of the god world. It seemed like it was reaching the point where it could take control of the god world, which left everyone in the alliance exchanging awkward glances.

Alarm claxons suddenly blared to life, filling the three dynasties, shaking the leaders to the core, and alerting both the High Priestess and the countless old-timers she had contacted to help her.

A huge meeting was being called.

There were many new faces in this meeting, all of them God-Lords, and all of them clustered around the High Priestess. Proud Heaven and the forces of the Central Dynasty were in another part, while Yang Chiliocosm and the Dugu patriarchs had their factions. Everyone had an impressive destiny, making it obvious that everyone had been working hard to get stronger.

The various empires had entered into periods of immense glory.

Previously, they had begun to atrophy, with the top leaders ignoring day-to-day affairs while they spent time in seclusion, meditating.

But now they had taken control of their organizations. For the moment, everything was in high gear.

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Chapter 1558: Proud Heaven versus the High Priestess

Although the three dynasties had experienced an increase in destiny, it wasn't anything close to matching the Sage Monarch Empire.

Because the Sage Monarch Empire now had destiny that surpassed the alliance, and thus was stronger, it meant that if the three dynasties initiated another attack, they definitely wouldn't have the advantage like before.

After everyone was gathered, the High Priestess looked around with a pleased smile and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, as you can all see, the destiny of the Sage Monarch Empire is seething. It's seeped throughout the multiverse of the god world, and although it hasn't become all-pervasive, if things go on like this, it'll eventually swallow us all up. We simply can't tolerate this.

"Our three dynasties have already established trade routes, secret cultivation exchanges, and other training programs. We're no longer enemies of each other, and for now, you can all see that working together is the only way to succeed. Trying to keep the old dynasties going independently is only going to lead to death."

"We already know that, High Priestess," Yang Chiliocosm said, his eyes glittering. "What we don't know is how the Sage Monarch Empire is doing this. Did they acquire some new treasure? How have they improved so dramatically in such a short time? We really just don't get it. You're a half-Annulled expert, so you're privy to many more secrets than us. Can't you explain a bit? If you know yourself and know your enemy, you'll always be victorious."

"It relates to an immense secret," the High Priestess replied. "Although, I suppose it wouldn't hurt to explain." Although she spoke slowly, her tone was extremely grave, leading everyone to feel as though she was about to talk about something extremely dangerous. That was because the High Priestess was a master of manipulating hearts; in that regard she was vastly superior to even the Inspiring Ones.

As everyone listened with bated breath, she continued, "Yang Qi reopened the Ancient Road to the Gods, and brought almost everyone from the impure lands up to join his empire. Because of that, his population increased by four- or fivefold. Although that still doesn't equal the population of our alliance, every person he added is an Ascendant. All of those new citizens are praying on a daily basis, growing the destiny of his empire. I'm sure all of you are fully aware of how impressive Ascendants are. With the resources they have in the Sage Monarch Empire, they're definitely going to rapidly improve their cultivation. That's why we need to consolidate all of our own resources and strike like lightning to destroy the Sage Monarch Empire. Otherwise, the Ascendants are just going to get stronger and stronger. And even if only a tiny fraction of them become God-Lords, it's going to be a huge problem for us."

"Does the Sage Monarch Empire really have enough resources to sustain so many Ascendants?" someone asked.

"We have that problem," the High Priestess answered. "A huge population requires a huge amount of resources. But it's not a problem for the Sage Monarch Empire. They've never lacked resources, only population. And with their population problem solved, we're facing a major crisis."

As her voice grew louder and louder, she seemed like an immense mountain weighing down on everyone. "As all of you know, the main foundation of the Sage Monarch Empire is their Everlasting Aegis, which is a combination of the Myriad Dragons Lair and countless treasures from the Halls of Heaven. As it grows, it does the same thing the god world does: it takes primal-chaos paleo-energy and produces preheaven treasures with it. And those treasures can be used by the people of the empire to improve their cultivation. They have a perfect cycle. As long as they have the Everlasting Aegis, we'll never be able to break their supply of resources. And they're only going to continue growing.

"Eventually, the Everlasting Aegis will be able to separate from the god world and go out on its own. It will be like another god world. As all of you know, the god world can take in the energies of primal chaos to expand and create resources. The Sage Monarch Empire is continually growing stronger, and Yang Qi is trying to fully assimilate the Halls of Heaven. If he succeeds, his cultivation base will definitely reach the half-Annulled level. Most people have a hard time with that breakthrough, but he won't. Because he has his empire and that incredible destiny, it's only a matter of time before his cultivation base reaches the same level as the Sovereign Lord."

"What's that supposed to mean? Is Yang Qi really invincible?"

Many people exchanged awkward glances of fear.

"If he does reach the half-Annulled level, then yes, he'll be invincible," the High Priestess replied. "And we'll be his slaves. But right now, before he makes that breakthrough, and before his Ascendants reach their full potential, he's weak enough that we might stand a chance of taking him out."

"Ladies and gentlemen," Hailan said, "you can all see what's going on here. The three dynasties absolutely have to unite. We can't delay any further. I know that all of you have your own interests and goals. You even have your own emperors, who normally wouldn't spare a thought about becoming government officials. However, even as government officials, they'll still be incredibly important. And wouldn't that be better than being enslaved or assimilated?"

In response, Yang Chiliocosm and the Dugu patriarchs maintained silence. In the end, none of them would ever agree to unite the three dynasties, resulting in them becoming government officials.

"I agree to unification," Proud Heaven suddenly said.

Everyone looked over at him in shock. It seemed like a bolt out of the blue that he would endorse unifying the three dynasties. He was considered the ruler of the Central Dynasty, which meant that if there was a unification, he would suddenly rank even lower than Hailan. After all, the High Priestess would obviously be the empress of the new empire, and would give Hailan vast power and authority.

How could someone like Proud Heaven possibly accept humiliation like that?

A tremor seemed to pass through the High Priestess as she shifted her piercing gaze onto Proud Heaven. "You're really endorsing the unification, Proud Heaven?"

"Of course I am," he replied, chuckling. "It's a great idea. Why wouldn't I endorse it? Truly uniting the three dynasties would result in destiny ten times the current amount. There's no way the Sage Monarch Empire could match that. And with a ruler to manage things effectively, perhaps taking cues from Yang Qi, it'd be a surefire success."

"What else are you not saying, Proud Heaven?" Hailan asked. "Just spit it out for us to hear. An honest man doesn't prevaricate. The entire purpose of this meeting is to decide whether or not we truly unite."

"Oh." Proud Heaven looked deeply at Hailan, a profoundly merciless and treacherous smile on his face. "Well, it's simple. First of all, uniting the three dynasties will be the best thing for everyone. Second, you need to select the right ruler. Someone who can rule our empire as well as Yang Qi can rule his. If we pick the wrong ruler, it's going to lead to disaster."

"If the three dynasties unite, it's obvious who the leader will be," Hailan said. She obviously realized where Proud Heaven was going with his line of reasoning, and she seemed to view it as a big joke. "The High Priestess will be the empress. Wait, did you think you were going to be in charge? If so, you're dreaming. Whether in terms of position, might, or cultivation base, you can't even compare to my Master, the High Priestess."

She didn't even attempt to be polite. Obviously, she felt that Proud Heaven was being completely unreasonable, and in fact, insulting to the High Priestess. In the past, the High Priestess would have struck dead anyone who acted like this.

"Do you want to be the emperor of the three united dynasties, Proud Heaven?" the High Priestess asked, obviously not wanting to beat around the bush. All of a sudden, everyone felt as if they were under immense pressure. The Dugu elders and Yang Chiliocosm didn't say anything as they watched Proud Heaven and the High Priestess face off, the hostility ramping up and tensions mounting. Of course, they knew that if the two clashed and hurt each other, they might be able to benefit.

After all, while the High Priestess spoke in a very calm and even tone, everyone could sense that she was furious, and might strike at any moment.

Proud Heaven was obviously provoking her.

"That's right, High Priestess. I want to be emperor." Proud Heaven didn't seem angry, and in fact, the same sinister smile was on his face as before.

"If you're the emperor, what am I? A government official. By what virtue or ability do you deserve the throne? Are you suddenly a half-Annulled expert now?"

"Do you want to see what cultivation level I've reached?" Proud Heaven asked. "You can test me, if you'd like. High Priestess, we have a common enemy here, and that's Yang Qi. So don't be so hostile. You might be strong, but you have no ability to govern an empire. In contrast, I've put a lot of work into studying the subject. In that regard, I could beat you in any scenario."

The High Priestess burst out laughing, as though she had just heard the funniest joke in the world. "You're really trying to vie for the throne with me, Proud Heaven? Since when did you become so gutsy?"

Proud Heaven rose to his feet. "If you want the throne, High Priestess, it's not going to be a walk in the park. You might be a half-Annulled expert, but I honestly don't care about that. I want the three dynasties united under my rulership. And it seems to me the only way to make that happen is to fight. So I hereby challenge you, High Priestess! Since we have plenty of witnesses, let's fight right here and now. I promise ahead of time not to use the destiny of the Central Dynasty. That way it's a fair fight. If I win, then you'll be the imperial preceptor, and can also be the High Priestess, with only one superior and many subordinates. If I lose, you can make whatever arrangements you want, and I'll pass control of the Central Dynasty to you. What do you say?"

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Chapter 1559: Rising to the Challenge

Proud Heaven was directly challenging the High Priestess. And even if she had been more furious that she was, she would have accepted it.

Obviously, it related to her prestige and personal interests. Everyone was watching with wide-eyed interest. If the High Priestess wanted the destiny, she would have to fight Proud Heaven and remove him as an obstacle.

That said, the High Priestess was shocked to see Proud Heaven facing her with such calm.

Normally speaking, even if Proud Heaven were stronger than everyone knew him to be, he still wouldn't be able to win in a fight against the High Priestess. The High Priestess was a half-Annulled expert, so without tapping into the destiny of the Central Dynasty, Proud Heaven was no match for her.

Yet Proud Heaven had specifically said that he wouldn't use destiny in the fight.

The fact that he was still confident in winning indicated that he had something up his sleeve.

The High Priestess wasn't the type to underestimate an enemy. She knew that Proud Heaven wasn't a fool, and that he wouldn't throw his life away. He obviously had a secret weapon, and a powerful one at that.

Unfortunately, she had absolutely no clue what it might be. While she was profoundly nervous, she couldn't let it show. Proud Heaven had challenged her, and if she wanted to be empress, there was no way she could shrink from tests like this.

Laughing heartily, she said, "The younger generation always finds ways to be impressive. Well done, Proud Heaven. Well done. It's been years since anyone's dared to challenge me. I've been invincible for numerous generations. In fact, ever since the Sovereign Lord died, I haven't found a single person worthy to be my rival. However, you do know what's going to result from you challenging me, right Proud Heaven? Your death. By the way, what does Proud Central think of this? Why isn't he here?"

"My father is in hiding while he crafts a powerful magical treasure. He gave me full authority, so for all intents and purposes, I'm the emperor of the Central Dynasty." He smiled viciously. "The victor of this fight will win the empire, High Priestess. But who will it be? Are you really sure you can kill me?"

The High Priestess rose to her feet. "Does anyone have an objection?" she asked, looking around.

"None here," said the Dugu patriarchs and Yang Chiliocosm. They knew that the matter had already slipped out of their control. How could any of them have predicted that Proud Heaven would make a move like this? Of course, they approved with all sincerity.

They would love for Proud Heaven and the High Priestess to both end up weak and injured.

Even Yang Voidprime, who had been a supporter of the High Priestess from the beginning, would rather sit on the mountaintop and watch the tigers fight, then reap the spoils when they tire out. As for Hailan, she had an odd expression on her face as she realized that she couldn't do anything about the situation. Not even she had considered that Proud Heaven would do this.

She knew how terrifying her Master was, yet Proud Heaven had unexpectedly challenged her to battle. It was obvious that Proud Heaven had a trump card, and it made Hailan nervous about what it was.

"I agree completely," said an old man sitting near the High Priestess. "I'm the Patriarch of the Universe, and I support the High Priestess' bid to be empress. As such, I agree that she needs to accept the challenge."

The old-timer's psychic scale put him just on the verge of reaching the half-Annulled level. Obviously, his words carried great weight. And his sudden appearance and endorsement had plenty of people shivering in fright.

Years ago, when the Sovereign Lord unified the god world, there were certain old-timers who refused to accept his authority and went into hiding. They were all people who had come into existence before the god world, and were close to the half-Annulled level. Of course, that made them major threats to the Sovereign Lord.

Eventually, he had issued orders for them to be hunted down and killed. Although most of them were killed, a few had survived and remained hidden out in primal-chaos all this time.

Obviously, people the Sovereign Lord had failed to kill would be extremely formidable. And one of them was the Patriarch of the Universe.

The fact that the Patriarch of the Universe was here was terrifying to most of the people present. Although he wasn't a half-Annulled expert, he had been working on his cultivation for billions of years, and as such was obviously strong enough to defeat half-Annulled experts.

"I also vote yes," another expert said, rising to his feet. "I'm the King of Dark Mist, and I also agree that the fight should happen right here and now. The High Priestess was invincible even in ancient times, and no one present is a match for her. Anyone who defeats her will win our support in their bid for leadership."

"The King of Dark Mist?" People began shouting in shock. He was yet another person that the Sovereign Lord had sentenced to death.

More such old-timers started speaking up, and they were joined by people who no one had ever heard of, but whose support the High Priestess had won.

Truth be told, there was no way to avoid fighting.

The High Priestess had to make a move, lest she lose all credibility.

"Set up the fighting arena!"

The countless experts present drew on the destinies of the three dynasties to create a huge fighting platform. It was so solid that not even a half-Annulled expert could easily damage its surface. And it was completely sealed off, so that no one could interfere in the fighting. It also cut Proud Heaven off from the destiny of the Central Dynasty.

Furthermore, a rule was instituted that whoever wanted to be considered the victor had to stay on the platform until there were no more challengers. That person would then be the emperor.

"Hmm?" Yang Qi had noticed that something was happening.

From his position with the boundless view of the multiverse of the god world, he sat there devouring the Halls of Heaven and furthering his cultivation. No one could possibly launch a sneak attack on him, as the destiny at his command was too majestic. In fact, it was so powerful that even the High Priestess would be smashed to bits if she challenged it.

Back during the war, she had used her Deathless Monument to stop Yang Qi's army, but that wouldn't be possible now that the Sage Monarch Empire had benefited from the Sovereign Lord's ocean of faith. And that wasn't to mention the addition of all the Ascendants. With all the recent gains, the sage monarch magistrates now numbered four hundred million, and they were still proliferating.

It seemed likely that, sooner or later, they would reach the level of a billion. And a billion sage monarch magistrates would definitely be an invincible force.

Despite that, Yang Qi remained fully on guard. Right now, the only possible threat to him would come from the three dynasties with their immense population. And if someone could actually unite them and focus their power, it would be possible to launch a deadly blow on him.

Other than them, Yang Qi didn't have anything to fear, even if the King of Godmammoths or the Sovereign Lord himself returned.

Yang Qi watched as various old-timers secretly slipped into the three dynasties, causing their destiny to rise continuously. The main reason he didn't do anything to the dynasties now was that he was worried what would happen if their power was focused.

For now, he would rather wait until he reached the half-Annulled level.

Furthermore, his Ascendants were still weak, in the grand scheme of things, so if they got involved in a big fight, it would be a bloodbath.

He needed to give them time to get stronger. Meanwhile, his empire would also be growing stronger.

As he looked into the three dynasties, he eventually reached a place where his vision couldn't penetrate. That was when he opened his Lord's Eye. Not even the destiny of the three dynasties could stop him from doing that.

He could now see that the destiny of the three kingdoms was chaotic, and as such, nowhere close to the level of the Everlasting Aegis.

'Proud Heaven is going to fight the High Priestess.' Yang Qi was tempted to try interfering, but in the end, he decided against it. If he were discovered, it could lead to disastrous consequences.

Plots and schemes wouldn't do any good right now. He needed to act openly, and for everyone to see. Once he crushed his opponents for good, the might of his empire would be established forever.

'I'm curious to see how this fight plays out. Proud Heaven must be planning to use the essence of the god world. I wonder if he actually devoured the Great Necropolis and assimilated King Immortal-Slayer. I doubt it. If he killed and assimilated King Immortal-Slayer, he would already have reached the half-Annulled level.'

As he watched, he paid close attention to the fluctuations of the essence of the god world.

That essence was a terrifying thing, but it wasn't capable of directly fighting people. It had to groom representatives to do that. And Yang Qi was hoping that Proud Heaven would reveal some of its secrets.

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Chapter 1560: The Might of Proud Heaven

Proud Heaven stood atop the platform and watched the High Priestess float toward him. Her billowy garment seemed to connect to the void itself, and caused all heaven and earth to tremble around her as she moved.

Everyone could tell that the High Priestess was furious, and had sworn to herself that she was going to kill Proud Heaven on the spot.

For him to vie for the throne against her was disgraceful, even rebellious behavior. After all, she was a mighty figure who even people in the Sovereign Lord's Age hadn't dared to defy. Worst of all, Proud Heaven had been the one to bring the fight to her. In essence, he had to die. There was no room for mercy.

"You really want to kill me, don't you High Priestess?" Proud Heaven said, standing there still and unmoving, but with a vicious grin on his face that made him seem like a tiger staring at a fat sheep. He seemed so ready to attack that looked as though he wasn't feeling any pressure at all.

"That's right, Proud Heaven. But it's not too late for you to concede the fight. I'm not sure what makes you think you can beat me, but you're not a half-Annulled expert, nor do you have destiny to draw on. The only way this fight is going to end is with your death. However, if you get on your knees, kowtow, and hand over control of the Central Dynasty, I'll spare your life. But if you obstinately persist in going about things the wrong way, it'll be too late."

"High Priestess, aren't you aware that talking to me like that is going to piss off the essence of the god world?" Now that they were locked together in the fighting arena, Proud Heaven didn't feel the need to hide anything. "Did you really think I'd throw myself into a fight I knew I couldn't win?"

"What did you just say?" the High Priestess blurted, her face falling. "Essence of the god world? What do you mean?"

"I'm the representative of the essence of the god world. Yang Qi has become a big threat to the god world, which I'm sure you understand in full measure. The god world needs primal-chaos paleo-energy to grow, and once it's had its full, it will achieve a breakthrough. But then Yang Qi showed up and built his Everlasting Aegis. Now he's started taking primal-chaos paleo-energy, in direct competition with the god world. Not only that, he just acquired a host of Ascendants that the god world can't sustain. The essence of the god world has no further patience, and has called on me to kill him! All it'll take is a mere inhalation on my part, and I'll become one with the god world."

He threw his head back and laughed heartily as unsightly expressions appeared on the faces of everyone present.

The mere words 'essence of the god world' were enough to cause numerous top experts to be completely dumbfounded with terror. After all, many old-timers knew that the essence of the god world had once inflicted a serious injury on the Sovereign Lord.

"The essence of the god world?!" the High Priestess murmured, and her expression quickly returned to normal. "Now I understand. So that's why you felt you could challenge me. Sadly, you've made a big mistake. Maybe the essence of the god world supports you as its representative, but this fight is really going to come down to cultivation base. If I kill you, then I'll be the representative. Strength is the only thing that matters, when it comes to helping the god world get rid of Yang Qi. Yang Qi has the God Legion Seal and the Mahātmā Jade, and he's combined them into one. He's devouring the Halls of Heaven, and once he succeeds, he'll be able to strike a deadly blow to the god world. And I'm the only one that can save the god world from him. You've grown a bit too cocky for your own good."

RUMBLE!

Even as the words left the High Priestess' mouth, Proud Heaven suddenly shivered, and the essence of the god world started rolling out from him with tremendous force.

Snorting coldly, Proud Heaven said, "Clever idea, High Priestess, Not bad. Not bad at all. You're trying to weaken the god world's decision to bless me. Unfortunately for you, you won't get the chance to pull that off. Prepare to face my consummate art: Ten Universes!"

RUMBLE!

Ten universes appeared behind Proud Heaven. In the past, they were dead and lifeless, but now that they were powered by the essence of the god world they had become ten powerful incarnations, each with different universal characteristics. And they all bore down on the High Priestess with crushing power.

"Ten Universes?"

The High Priestess flicked her sleeve. "Deathless Heaven Art!"

She thrust her hand out from the depths of her sleeve, sucking all the vital energy in the area into her palm and leaving behind a vacuum. As a result, the aura of the Ten Universes was locked in place.

"You have a powerful cultivation base, Proud Heaven, and those clones created by your Ten Universes are very impressive. They're essentially ten versions of you. However, you still don't understand the vast difference between you and me. I'm half-Annulled! There's no way you can fight someone like me." Chuckling, she stepped forward, looking like a terrifying devil-god as she continued, "God Steps of Prayer!"

Swish!

It was like the prayers of countless individuals had been gathered by the High Priestess and turned into a massive attack, then launched right at Proud Heaven.

All of a sudden, the spectators saw a vision of the High Priestess leading the legion of gods in offering sacrifices and praying. And that sky-obfuscating, land-enshrouding power was something that no one could possibly defend against.

The speed, might, and grandeur of this attack were beyond description. And its power covered the entire battlefield, ensuring that Proud Heaven couldn't possibly escape from it.

This attack by the High Priestess was clearly intended to kill Proud Heaven instantly.

In her fury, she was using attacks that drew on the prayer power of the ancient legion of gods, which was something she could have used to defy even the Sovereign Lord.

"Proud Heaven, this fist technique is something I prepared over billions of years to use against the Sovereign Lord, if I had to. It would kill the Sovereign Lord himself, if he were struck by it, so you're definitely going to die." It seemed like something that no one in existence could dodge or block.

"This isn't going to go well," Yang Qi said.

However, what he meant was that things weren't going to go well for the High Priestess! It was obvious to him that Proud Heaven was using the High Priestess' power as a half-Annulled expert to benefit himself.

"You have to hold on just a bit longer, King Immortal-Slayer," Yang Qi murmured. After all, he couldn't step in to help.

RUMBLE!

The High Priestess' fist slammed into Proud Heaven's chest, much to the shock of the onlookers. It seemed obvious that anyone who was struck by it would be completely wiped out of existence, yet it seemed to be doing nothing to Proud Heaven.

Then the Great Necropolis suddenly appeared behind Proud Heaven, and cracking sounds could be heard as the power of the attack hit it, piercing inside to strike King Immortal-Slayer.

A howl of rage rang out from King Immortal-Slayer.

"High Priestess, you moron! You're attacking me! Agggggh!" The destructive power of the attack engulfed King Immortal-Slayer, and the Great Necropolis started shrinking down. Proud Heaven's will wrapped around it, and the aura of the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart started seeping out.

Proud Heaven cackled madly as King Immortal-Slayer went silent, seemingly having disappeared. However, it was still possible to detect his vital energy on Proud Heaven.

Proud Heaven had assimilated him, thanks to the power of the High Priestess' attack. And having been hit hard enough, King Immortal-Slayer's defenses had all been worn down, to the point where Proud Heaven was able to assimilate his soul and use it to bolster himself.

"Half-Annulled! I finally assimilated King Immortal-Slayer. Wahahahahahaha!" The insufferably arrogant Proud Heaven was now bursting with power. At the same time, the essence of the god world became like hosts of dragons wrapping around him. The vital energy in the area shattered as he broke through his previous limitations. Then, his power fluctuations vanished. His godhood vanished. His body vanished. Everything about him was becoming annulled.

This was the half-Annulled level.

Proud Heaven's plan had succeeded.

He had even used the last bit of power to devour the Lord of Righteous Justice.

Yang Qi exhaled slowly as he saw Proud Heaven reaching the half-Annulled level. He knew the truth: King Immortal-Slayer wasn't dead. In the very last moment, he had entered an incomprehensible state of existence that not even Proud Heaven could be aware of. But Yang Qi was aware of it. King Immortal-Slayer wouldn't be King Immortal-Slayer if he were that easy to slay.

Proud Heaven was now half-Annulled, but King Immortal-Slayer was hiding inside of him, waiting for the right moment to strike a mortal blow.

Because Yang Qi had ordained King Immortal-Slayer as his imperial preceptor, he was connected to the destiny of the Sage Monarch Empire. And because of that, Yang Qi was able to sense that he wasn't gone. He was in a state that surpassed even Nevasaññānāsaññāyatana, yet wasn't the Annulled level.

Having reached the half-Annulled level, Proud Heaven stepped forward and grabbed the High Priestess' fist.

"Many thanks to you, High Priestess. That blow of yours was just what I needed to deal with King Immortal-Slayer. I never would've reached the half-Annulled level without you. Now I can show you what I'm really capable of. I'm going to make sure you're buried by the essence of the god world!"

Proud Heaven truly was pleased, as he really wouldn't have succeeded without this moment playing out just as it had.

Now he was convinced that he could defeat the High Priestess and take control of the three dynasties. Soon, he would be the most domineering figure in the god world!

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Chapter 1561: Half-Annulled

Proud Heaven had reached the half-Annulled level, which put him on equal footing with the High Priestess. It was now impossible for her to crush him simply because her cultivation base was superior. Furthermore, he could now wield immense power from the Great Necropolis. Because of that, he was completely fearless.

Everyone was so shocked they didn't know how to react. That was especially true of Hailan. 'What do I do? What do I do?! How could Proud Heaven have reached this level? If he's in the half-Annulled level, it means the High Priestess won't be able to deal with him. How could things have turned around like this?'

She knew full well that, given the gains Proud Heaven had made, the High Priestess didn't have any hope of beating him in a fight.

"Ten Universes!" Once again, Proud Heaven's ten universes appeared, except they were vastly different than they had been before, and created a swirling vortex that shot toward the High Priestess with deadly force.

"God Art of Prayer!"

The High Priestess still wasn't a weakling, so she launched a fist strike that caused the images of countless noble spirits of antiquity to rush forth and meet the attack of the Ten Universes.

In the blink of an eye, a major fight had broken out.

The High Priestess fought with enigmatic speed and ruthless violence. Her attacks crushed Proud Heaven's Ten Universes over and over again.

And Proud Heaven couldn't stop her special movement techniques, which allowed her to close in on him and unleash marvelous attacks.

"High Priestess, why don't you take a look at what a real fist technique of the gods looks like?" Proud Heaven was clearly not at a disadvantage. He met the High Priestess blow for blow, causing heaven-rending, earth-crushing force to ripple out.

BAM!

The battlefield was battered and cracked, but the destiny from the three dynasties continued to pour in and bolster it, filling in the cracks and repairing it. This fight was on par with the fight that had played out long ago between King Immortal-Slayer and the True Devil.

The two danced nimbly back and forth as they fought, exchanging thousands upon thousands of blows. As for Proud Heaven, the longer he fought, the stronger he became. At a certain point, he thrust his hand out, causing a tombstone to appear that rumbled unstoppably toward the High Priestess.

"High Priestess, you use the Deathless Monument, which is filled with countless noble spirits. But I use the God Tombstone Palms, a consummate art from the Great Necropolis. Let's see which will come out on top. The God Tombstone Palms, or the Deathless Monument." Proud Heaven was using the God Tombstone Palms, which was something Yang Qi often did.

However, this version was vastly superior to anything that had ever been seen before, as they were corporeal. In fact, the mere sight of it caused Yang Qi to nod inwardly as he gained new insight into the secrets of the technique.

Because Proud Heaven was a half-Annulled expert now, he could command the powers of the Great Necropolis in a way nobody else had in the past.

Aaaaoooooo!

"Deathless Monument!" the High Priestess said, then she exhaled, causing countless monuments to spring up and meet the God Tombstone Palms. Instantly, the palms crumbled under the force of her attack.

"Your fist technique is amazing, Proud Heaven. Sadly, you reached the half-Annulled too late. You lack experience. Let me show you what a true half-Annulled master is capable of. Deathless Monument, Void Fusion!" The High Priestess suddenly vanished into thin air, along with her Deathless Monument.

Then, Proud Heaven was suddenly swept along as though by a riptide, causing him to tumble about letting out roars of rage. Apparently, he was being battered by invisible fluctuations of true energy.

The High Priestess had entered an annulled state, and was using it to launch attacks that Proud Heaven couldn't see or even touch.

As Proud Heaven staggered, his Ten Universes collapsed. His God Tombstone Palms collapsed into rubble that swirled around him. Apparently, he just couldn't deal with this attack from the High Priestess.

Unseeable chains were wrapping around him as the High Priestess upped her efforts.

Proud Heaven was like a fly caught in a spiderweb, incapable of moving or escaping.

WHOOSH!

After this continued for a while, the High Priestess suddenly appeared again above him, where she thrust her hand out, causing a huge stone monument to drop toward him.

"Great Necropolis!" Proud Heaven shouted, and blood sprayed out of his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth as a projection of the necropolis appeared around him. The necropolis rumbled upward, smashing the descending monument, and causing blood to spray out of the mouth of the High Priestess.

Proud Heaven retracted the Great Necropolis into his body, his face ashen as he stood there unsteadily. Meanwhile, the High Priestess had staggered backward and was staring hard at Proud Heaven, but wasn't attacking.

"Just what exactly is going on here?" That's what everyone was thinking. "Are they both injured?"

Suddenly, the High Priestess threw her head back and laughed loudly. "Quite the young hero, aren't you, Proud Heaven? Not bad. Not bad at all. I can see now how amazing you are, and how inferior I am. I relinquish leadership of the three dynasties to you. I'll be the imperial preceptor, instead of the empress. What do you say? Let's let bygones be bygones, and start working together. We can revisit the topic after crushing the Sage Monarch Empire, if necessary."

The truth was that not even Proud Heaven was sure what was happening. However, after the color returned to his face, a strange smile appeared on his face and he casually said, "Thank you for yielding. You truly live up to your reputation as someone from the senior generation. And since you're so flexible, Senior, I can't possibly be impolite. You'll be the imperial preceptor, that's already a given."

It was almost as if their last clash had involved them reaching an agreement.

The fight was over.

Before, they had faced each other with swords drawn and arrows nocked, each seemingly unwilling to let the other live. But now they were being courteous and respectful in a way that defied imagination. However, to many of the old-timers, it seemed as though both parties had been hurt, and knew they couldn't fully defeat the other, and had thus reached a compromise.

'The essence of the god world interfered with the High Priestess,' Yang Qi thought. He had sensed a stir in the essence of the god world, and was certain that was what had happened.

Otherwise, the High Priestess never would have given up so easily. However, Proud Heaven also had to compromise. For instance, he was referring to the High Priestess as "senior", and had given her a high position, that of imperial preceptor. That position came with power that was inferior to the emperor, but was still incredibly influential.

"The younger generation should have their chance, Proud Heaven," the High Priestess said. "And since the essence of the god world wants it, I'll defer to you. When the three dynasties are combined into one empire, it won't just be you and I that have a say in how it works. The essence of the god world will be part of it. Presumably, the rest of you are fine with that?"

When the people present heard her words, they were shaken.

Contrary to expectation, she had brought the essence of the god world into the mix.

As of now, they realized that Proud Heaven and the High Priestess should actually have been evenly matched, but given that he had the support of the essence, she had backed down.

It was no blow to the High Priestess' dignity.

"What do we do?"

With the High Priestess and Proud Heaven working in unison, it was obvious to Yang Chiliocosm and the Dugu patriarchs that the ball had begun rolling. If they all stood united against the High Priestess, they might have been able to stop the unification of the dynasties from happening. But now, that wouldn't be possible.

That wasn't even to mention the fact that the essence of the god world had been thrown into the mix.

Crack!

The battle arena collapsed.

"Ladies and gentlemen," Proud Heaven said, "the time has come to combine our three dynasties into one enormous empire. The new dynasty will have the support of the essence of the god world. We will eradicate the Sage Monarch Empire, after which we'll receive immense blessings from the god world itself. What do you all think? I have the god world's support to be emperor. The High Priestess is the imperial preceptor. The rest of you will be given important positions, and of course, the protection of the throne. What do you say?"

"This..." The Dugu elders knew they couldn't fight what was happening. "We agree! However, we don't have the right to enter any sort of agreement. We're outranked by Patriarch Invincible, which means we need to supplicate his noble spirit to awaken and approve the decision."

"The Invincible Dugu?" the High Priestess said, and her eyes flickered as she started forming plans. Then she nodded. "There isn't a huge rush to combine the three dynasties, and we still need to have a separate meeting to discuss all the details. In ten days, we'll meet in the Central God-Temple to discuss the particulars, hand out the titles, and do whatever else needs to be done.

"We need to appoint regent princes, grand princes, vice princes, grand ministers, generalissimos, and others."

"That'll be fine," Proud Heaven said. "Ten days. That's the time limit set by the essence of the god world. Everyone, make the necessary preparations!" From the wan expression on Proud Heaven's face, it seemed he would actually need those ten days to recover.

1. Both the God Tombstone Palms and the Deathless Monument use a Chinese character that can be translated a variety of ways, including both tombstone and monument (depending on what other characters it's paired with). So "comparing" them makes a lot of sense visually in Chinese.

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Chapter 1562: Devouring the Halls of Heaven

It seemed the three dynasties really were being combined.

There was simply no one who could defy a coalition of Proud Heaven, the High Priestess, the essence of the god world, plus the old-timers like the Patriarch of the Universe, King of Dark Mist, and others who had been sentenced to death by the Sovereign Lord.

The High Priestess and Proud Heaven had allowed ten days for everyone to get ready. Of course, they needed that time to lick their wounds and recover. After all, everyone knew that long delays usually lead to trouble, and normally speaking, they would rather have taken care of things immediately.

RUMBLE!

The destiny of the Central Dynasty surged, causing white pillars of energy to shoot up like heaven-propping pillars. It actually looked similar to the Sage Monarch Empire. In fact, it was clear that the Central Dynasty was in a position to directly compete with the Sage Monarch Empire in terms of destiny.

That was what happened when their leader, Proud Heaven, reached the half-Annulled level and defeated the High Priestess in combat. The destiny was like a fire that had just had oil splashed onto it.

Any empire that acquired a half-Annulled expert would experience a major improvement. God-Lords would flock to a place like that, and no other force could possibly invade it successfully.

Not too long ago, the Central Dynasty had been in a very chaotic state, thanks to the defection of their grand generalissimo, prime minister, and imperial preceptor. But now things were very different.

The hearts of the people had been stabilized, all thanks to Proud Heaven's transformation.

Half-Annulled experts were like powerful weapons that no empire would trifle with casually. They could protect their own empires, no matter how many experts an enemy had. In fact, a nation with one was as safe and secure as flowers in a mirror or the moon in the water.

A half-Annulled expert was the only thing that could provide a truly domineering foundation. And how could the destiny of such a place not be stable?

Furthermore, the fact that Proud Heaven had defeated the High Priestess was a huge boost in reputation, such that experts of the other two dynasties were even thinking of immediately going to join him. Virtually infinite glory was now converged on one person.

That would also have a huge effect on the destiny.

Yang Qi was watching as all this happened. That said, he wasn't anxious about it. The truth was that everything was going exactly as he wanted it to. Once the three dynasties merged, the half-Annulled Proud Heaven wouldn't hesitate at all to bring destruction to the Sage Monarch Empire.

After all, the Sage Monarch Empire didn't have a half-Annulled expert.

The empire formed by the merger of three dynasties would be very attractive to the denizens of the god world, and would be very dangerous for the Sage Monarch Empire. In the end, Yang Qi wasn't going to allow the three dynasties to actually combine.

"Heaven and Earth in all their Brilliance; Growth of the Sun and Moon; Bewilder Ghosts and Gods; A Myriad of Spirits Die in War..." All of a sudden, Yang Qi was powering up to his highest level.

'I have to stand strong against the High Priestess and Proud Heaven. If I want to avoid being killed, I have to finish devouring the Halls of Heaven. Only then can I brave what's to come. It's time to call on my most consummate technique!'

Even if he couldn't fully assimilate the halls, as long as he could devour them, he would be able to stand up to attacks from a half-Annulled expert. At the moment, he wouldn't be able to fight Proud Heaven or the High Priestess without using destiny.

And if they teamed up, he would be dead for sure.

Unfortunately, the Halls of Heaven were something that no one could possibly devour. Not even a half-Annulled expert. But Yang Qi had a plan, and he was very confident it would succeed.

His divine will had spread to all corners of the Halls of Heaven, and he could sense it clashing with the will of the Sovereign Lord.

He might be the bearer of the God Legion Seal, but the Sovereign Lord would even fight against himself if he tried to devour the Halls of Heaven. The halls were suspended above the god world, and were all that remained of the Sovereign Lord. Once they vanished, all of his glory would also vanish.

How could the will of the Sovereign Lord simply allow that to happen?

Yang Qi was going all out. However, his facial expression didn't show it. Thrumming with a powerful will, he said, "King Heaven-Devourer, I know that your will still exists out in primal-chaos. The rest of your body is out there too. The time has come to fulfill your deepest desire: to devour the Halls of Heaven. But if you want to do it, you have to do it together with me. Become part of me, and you can accomplish your life's dream!"

RUMBLE!

Yang Qi's divine will and thoughts swept out of the god world and into primal-chaos, to a distant location where he had long since sensed a powerful entity lurking.

It was an enormous dragon, millions upon millions of kilometers in length. However, it had no head, and was completely skeletal. Even its bones were in tattered condition, having been battered by the primal-chaos paleo-energy that surrounded it. Obviously, it had long since been scraped clean of any flesh.

It was King Heaven-Devourer's corpse.

Yang Qi had acquired the head, but not the body. But by using certain methods, he had tracked it down. Apparently, the rest of the corpse was naturally absorbing primal-chaos paleo-energy in the hopes of restoring itself. It was a given that a primal-chaos elder-snake would absorb primal-chaos paleo-energy.

However, it was all instinctual, and there was no way it would result in King Heaven-Devourer being resurrected.

When Yang Qi's psyche reached the headless corpse, it unleashed a roar with its mighty will, instinctively fighting back. Mighty entities such as King Heaven-Devourer would never agree to be subjugated, even after they died.

King Heaven-Devourer devoured people, not the other way around.

Aaaaoooooo!

As Yang Qi met resistance, he repeated his offer. "King Heaven-Devourer, give your remains to me, and allow me to wield your power! Understand? I've accepted your legacy, and I'm about to devour the Halls of Heaven. Don't you want to be a part of that? Come, join me! When I devour the Halls of Heaven, I'll accomplish the final thing you never managed to accomplish!"

Roar!

The headless primal-chaos elder-snake corpse thrashed and howled, seemingly having been stirred into action by Yang Qi. Apparently, there was still deathless anger and resentment in it that Yang Qi had prodded, and they were focused on the Halls of Heaven. Although it took some time, King Heaven-Devourer finally agreed.

King Heaven-Devourer would pay any cost to see the Halls of Heaven devoured!

It didn't matter that he had perished, he still wanted to achieve his goal. The longing to devour the Halls of Heaven and the King Heaven-Devourer still burned within him.

The headless snake shivered, then shot through the world of primal-chaos toward Yang Qi.

Crick! Crack!

It surged into him, whereupon Yang Qi himself suddenly transformed into the image of King Heaven-Devourer.

Wham!

Opening his mouth, he drew on the God Legion Seal and the Mahātmā Jade to the ultimate limit, causing his divine will to fill the Halls of Heaven. Then, the halls began shrinking rapidly, as if Yang Qi were the Sovereign Lord himself. Soon, they had solidified into a starry sphere that he inserted into the God Legion Paradise.

The Halls of Heaven were a fantastic magical treasure, but now they were part of him, and he could draw upon them at any time. However, if he wanted them to truly become one with him, it would take a lot of time and effort.

That said, at least he was now in the position to hold his own against a half-Annulled expert, even without using destiny.

Next, he needed to work on the next phase of his plan.

And he only had ten days to do it.

At that point, the High Priestess and Proud Heaven would have recovered, and Yang Qi would be finished if he didn't prepare. The Sage Monarch Empire couldn't stand up against those two. Nor could his Ascendants couldn't rise to incredible heights in such a short time.

Right now, he needed to buy some time.

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Chapter 1563: Meeting Master

Yang Qi had finally fused with King Heaven-Devourer's deathless will, thus accepting his full legacy. He had devoured the Halls of Heaven so thoroughly that it was as if they had never even existed.

The will of the Sovereign Lord had been devoured along with them.

Although Yang Qi hadn't reached the half-Annulled level in the process, his battle prowess was now roughly equivalent to that level. He was now about three times as strong as he had been before.

When he devoured the Halls of Heaven, the destiny of his empire surged upward and the Everlasting Aegis expanded, allowing it to take in even more primal-chaos paleo-energy. New resources popped into being every day, and the defensive greyspace was sturdier than ever, glowing with countless motes of sagelight. Not even a God-Lord could break through the defenses, and any who tried would suffer a vicious counterattack from the Hand of the One God.

By this point, Yang Qi was the Everlasting Aegis, and the Everlasting Aegis was him.

Now that the Halls of Heaven were inside of him, Yang Qi was taking all of the medicinal pills, spell formations, magical treasures, and other resources stockpiled there.

For instance, there was a Thousand Year Dream formation, which was perfect for training purposes. Supposedly, when disciples entered that formation, they would enter a dream realm in which they faced endless battle. None of it was real, but the experience they gained as a result was immense.

In fact, within the dream of the formation, they could live entire lives and even be reincarnated to experience life again. It was a great way to boost the skills and abilities of disciples in a very short time. It was hard to comprehend how much wisdom someone could get by living numerous lifetimes.

They would eventually become like those old-timers who had been born again and practiced cultivation in ways that surpassed imagination.

As soon as Yang Qi took the Thousand Year Dream formation, he activated it and sent numerous Ascendants inside to work on enlightenment and breakthroughs.

As they succeeded, it caused the destiny of the empire to climb.

By now, it wasn't even possible to use a destiny valuation to describe the Sage Monarch Empire.

The Ascendants soon became Lesser Gods, then Common Gods, Greater Gods, and Consummate Gods. In less than a day, Paramount Gods could be seen popping up like bamboo after a spring rain. The Everlasting Aegis was like fertile soil, and the Ascendants were like seeds that quickly grew into towering trees.

Friends and family of Yang Qi, such as Jadefall, Yang Doom, the Shepherd, Yang Memory, Yang Manifestation, Yang Proudworld, and even his father Yang Zhan, were all reaching psychic scales of over a hundred billion. And all of it was thanks to the energy of the Halls of Heaven being added to the Everlasting Aegis.

The entire world was reaching a higher level.

The Sage Monarch Empire had over a dozen people with psychic scales of a hundred billion, meaning that it now had incredible fighting prowess. It was almost impossible to compare it to the small and pitifully weak force it had been before.

The only thing they lacked now was a half-Annulled expert. Once Yang Qi reached that level, the empire's destiny would skyrocket.

Of course, the flourishing destiny of the empire caused Yang Qi's cultivation base to rise as well, allowing him to further get the Halls of Heaven under control.

Once he fully assimilated them, and integrated the resulting liquid into his blood, his life force and genes would transform, and his Fist of the Halls of Heaven would become remarkably divine.

Almost no one would be able to sustain a blow from it. But unfortunately, he needed time to do that. At the moment, he didn't have any idea how to do it quickly.

Blurring into motion, he headed toward the House of the Invincible.

The Dugu patriarchs were opposed to being pulled into an empire, but they had little choice in the matter. There were only ten days to go. Yang Qi hoped to win them over and make the Invincible Dynasty part of the Sage Monarch Empire instead. For quite some time, he had been diametrically opposed to the Invincible Dynasty. However, at the same time, he was the apprentice of the Invincible Dugu, so he also needed to champion them.

He hoped that his visit to the House of the Invincible would result in him finding the Invincible Dugu's true self. Perhaps he could awaken his Master, even just a little bit, in which case he could easily take over the place.

If he could bring the House of the Invincible into the Sage Monarch Empire, the resulting boost in destiny would push him far past the Central Dynasty or the Chiliocosm Dynasty. Then, not even the fact that Proud Heaven represented the essence of the god world would do him any good.

Yang Qi basically had two options at the moment. One was to kill Yang Voidprime, take his fateless energy, and use it to reach the half-Annulled level. Unfortunately, Yang Voidprime was with the High Priestess, which meant killing him would be almost impossible. Therefore, he was going with the second option and going to the House of the Invincible to search for his Master.

In the depths of the House of the Invincible, there was an enormous world in which the Dugu patriarchs and other high-ranking members of the clan were gathered around an immense corpse, fervently praying.

It was a giant clad in a long robe, and while he lay there still, he was clearly breathing. With every breath he took, primal-chaos paleo-energy rushed into his body, resulting in cracking and creaking sounds. And in the depths of his belly, it was possible to hear rumbling, as if of thunder.

This giant was none other than the Invincible Dugu.

Obviously, he wasn't dead, and was being supported by the faith of the House of the Invincible. He was one reason why, over the course of the past billions of years, no one had dared to openly attack the House of the Invincible.

Even the High Priestess was fearful of his corpse.

The patriarchs were all praying similarly. "Oh mighty Patriarch, the Dugu Clan and the Invincible Dynasty has reached a point of deadly crisis. We'll soon be absorbed, devoured, by Proud Heaven of the Central Dynasty. He's gained the support of the essence of the god world, and is being profoundly aggressive. The High Priestess also harbors evil intentions. Thus, oh mighty Patriarch, we implore your noble spirit to awaken!"

"Oh mighty Patriarch, in ten days, the House of the Invincible will face extinction. The Sage Monarch Empire threatens us from without, and Proud Heaven eyes us like a tiger eying its prey from within. Patriarch Invincible, you have to wake up to help us survive!"

"Patriarch! Hurry and awaken!"

"Patriarch, we are your offspring, and we implore you to step in and defend the fruits of our labor. We're currently powerless to deal with the High Priestess and Proud Heaven. We need your protection."

All of them were trembling in fear and anticipation. After all, the slumbering Invincible Dugu was their only hope.

Unfortunately, he just lay there sleeping, not moving a muscle.

Even as they begged and prayed, another voice rang out. "Greetings, Master. Your apprentice has come to kowtow in salute!"

Shocked, the patriarchs looked over to see a newcomer, who was none other than Yang Qi. Dropping to his knees in midair, he kowtowed to the corpse of the Invincible Dugu.

"Yang Qi...?"

The patriarchs, and other high-ranking members of the clan, shot to their feet in astonishment. Yang Qi's fame and might were known in every corner of the god world, and it was said he was like the Sovereign Lord born again. Many people even suspected that he was actually a reincarnation of the Sovereign Lord. Although, others said that he was actually a Fateless One.

Regardless of what people thought he was, they knew he was an extremely domineering figure. Although he wasn't technically a half-Annulled expert, he was strong enough that Proud Heaven and the High Priestess were working together to fight him. And his empire was the top empire in existence.

Compared to the Sage Monarch Empire, the Invincible Dynasty was as disunited as a dish of loose sand.

"How dare you come alone into this sacred area of the House of the Invincible?" Heaven-Defeating Dugu shouted. "Are you looking to die?" However, from the way his voice trembled, he seemed to be at a loss for words.

"Calm down," Yang Qi said. "The Invincible Dugu is my Master. So why shouldn't I come here? I want to offer formal greetings, and see if there's a way to save him. Do you seriously want to stop me from doing that?"

"Don't run your mouth like that, Yang Qi. Do you really think you can impress us by claiming that Patriarch Invincible is your Master?" Although Heaven-Reaching Dugu was confused about what to do, he knew he couldn't attack. For one thing, he had to worry about what tricks Yang Qi might have up his sleeve. Also, Yang Qi was claiming that the Invincible Dugu was his Master.

Yang Qi laughed heartily. "You think I'm trying to impress you? I'm so powerful right now that not even the Sovereign Lord deserves to be my Master. You see, I knew the Invincible Dugu in the impure lands. That's where he became my Master. Do you really think I would make something like that up? You weaklings can't save him, and I'm definitely not going to allow Proud Heaven to assimilate him and turn him into an out-of-body incarnation."

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Chapter 1564: Rescuing Master

If Proud Heaven took over the Invincible Dynasty, the Invincible Dugu would fall into his vicious hands.

Perhaps in the beginning, he would have placated the Dugu Clan by claiming that he wouldn't. But as his strength and influence grew, his true ferocity and ambition would have shown through.

The Invincible Dugu wasn't actually dead, and his body contained immense power. He was also a half-Annulled expert, and that made him very valuable. It only made sense that Proud Heaven would drool over the prospect of acquiring him. Assimilating someone like that would ensure that Proud Heaven could deal with the High Priestess much more easily. And if he made it into an out-of-body incarnation, he would become completely invincible.

Obviously, there was no way Yang Qi could let any of that happen.

Looking around at the leaders of the Dugu Clan, Yang Qi said, "Proud Heaven is an immensely ambitious individual, and he doesn't just want to unify the three dynasties. He wants to profane Master's corpse. I'm sure all of you realize that."

"You're completely exaggerating things, Yang Qi! Proud Heaven might have a lot of nerve, but he wouldn't dare desecrate our patriarch's corpse. Don't you think he'd be worried about us fighting back?"

All of a sudden, Dugu Yunkong let out a howl of rage. He had hoped to marry Yang Susu, but those plans had been foiled by Yang Qi, giving birth to an immense animosity. Although few people present had anything but hatred for Yang Qi, Dugu Yunkong hated him down to his very bones.

"You think Proud Heaven wouldn't dare? He devoured his own father! So why wouldn't he dare to do the same to Master? As for you, Dugu Yunkong, what trouble do you think you're going to start here? Do you want to drag your Dugu Clan into the damnation of myriad tribulations?" Yang Qi's gaze caused Dugu Yunkong to stagger backward, blood spraying out of his mouth.

Reaching out and steadying Dugu Yunkong, Heaven-Reaching Dugu said, "What? Proud Heaven devoured Proud Central? Yang Qi, this is Dugu Clan territory, so you'd better not act out of line. Do you have any proof that Proud Heaven actually devoured Proud Central?"

"Proof?" Yang Qi said with a cold chuckle. "What more proof do you need than what already exists? When Proud Heaven declared his intention to be the emperor of the combined three dynasties, Proud Central didn't have a thing to say. Do you think he's a complete moron? No, Proud Central's aura is no more. And how could that be, if he wasn't devoured by Proud Heaven. Did he commit suicide?"

The Dugu patriarchs had already considered this possibility, but Yang Qi was the first to say it out loud. Proud Central had to be dead, and that meant Proud Heaven had devoured him. In turn, that also meant the Central Dynasty was thoroughly under Proud Heaven's control. And when the three dynasties were combined, he would be the emperor.

"Why did you come here today, Yang Qi?" Heaven-Extinguishing Dugu asked. "To get us to join you? If that's your plan, you've completely miscalculated. Our House of the Invincible is completely at odds with you and your deceitful behavior. We have no desire to join Proud Heaven, but we most certainly don't want to be on your side. Nobody has any idea what you plan to do next. You used the God Legion Seal to subjugate Dugu Sheji, and plenty of other God-Lords. You also killed a lot of people in our army. If we joined you, we'd turn into cannon fodder. You think we don't know that?"

"That's right, Yang Qi!" Dugu Yunkong said. "No matter how bad you make Proud Heaven sound, you're a thousand times worse. Maybe even ten thousand times worse! At least he wouldn't use the God Legion Seal on us and turn us into the walking dead, with our thoughts under your control. And the High Priestess is around to keep him in check. After the three dynasties are united, as long as we work with the High Priestess, he won't dare do anything to us. And we'll get plenty of benefits. So why would we possibly want to join up with you? Come on, everyone. Don't let this guy fool you. Draw on our destiny and crush him! And notify the High Priestess and Proud Heaven right away!"

The atmosphere was very tense.

Everyone wanted to crush Yang Qi, but none of them dared to make a move. They knew that if he unleashed his might, many of them would die. And obviously none of them were keen to end up dead.

"Your arguments do make sense," Yang Qi said. "If you join Proud Heaven, you can work with the High Priestess against him. But if you join the Sage Monarch Empire, you'll answer to me. However, I didn't come here to get you to join me. In fact, I didn't come here for you at all. I'm here as an apprentice, hoping to save his master. To bring him back to life." He snorted coldly. "But since you brought up the subject, I'll point out that you joining me won't exactly help me a lot. I don't have a population problem anymore. Furthermore, I have a whole host of Ascendants that are part of my empire now. My Everlasting Aegis is constantly expanding, and using primal-chaos paleo-energy to create preheaven treasures. So wouldn't you people just be a drain on my resources? Furthermore, I know how ambitious you are. You'd only cause problems for my empire's destiny. It would probably be better just to let you be combined with the other dynasties, then sit and watch as you fight it out with Proud Heaven."

Yang Qi's grave and stern demeanor made everyone even more hesitant to do anything to him. At this point, many of the leaders of the Dugu Clan were starting to come around, and they were shocked.

"You really want to save our patriarch?"

"Don't tell me that he can really be brought back to life."

"Don't be fooled!" Dugu Yunkong said loudly. "This guy is just like Proud Heaven. He just wants to turn our patriarch into an out-of-body incarnation. We can't let him do it!" Dugu Yunkong hated Yang Qi so much that he would stop at nothing to interfere with him.

"Hmph! Dugu Yunkong, you unfilial bastard!" Yang Qi swept his hand out, and the others present felt like they were in a dream as he simply grabbed Dugu Yunkong and hoisted him into the air by the neck like a duck.

"What do you think you're doing, Yang Qi?" people shouted.

"Oh, nothing," he replied. "I'm just showing you what I'm capable of. You see, you can't fight me. That said, I'm not interested in hurting my Master's progeny. So don't force me to. I've already assimilated the Halls of Heaven." His words caused the members of the Dugu Clan to shiver in terror, and none of them dared to take any action whatsoever. "I'll make this simple. As I said, I'm not here for you. If I was, I would've just subjugated you immediately, then used you to strike a blow against Proud Heaven. Think about it. If I was really a threat to you, wouldn't Patriarch Invincible have done something to interfere?"

They exchanged awkward glances as they considered the truth of his words. He was far stronger than the last time they had seen him in action, and if he really had assimilated the Halls of Heaven, they knew that he was definitely strong enough to fight half-Annulled experts, assuming he used destiny.

"Do you really want to help our patriarch, Yang Qi?" Heaven-Sacrificing Dugu asked. "If so, then give us a show of good faith by releasing Dugu Yunkong."

"Of course, no problem!" Yang Qi said, tossing Dugu Yunkong to the ground as if he were an insect. "However, this unfilial bastard has to pay for his actions. He was actually opposing my effort to help my Master. I just used my Devil-God Seal on him. For the next twenty-four hours, he won't be able to move, or even think."

"I'm not interested in wasting words with you people. If you try to stop me from saving Master, you'll have to take responsibility for your crimes. And when he wakes up, he'll surely show you what true punishment is." Yang Qi flicked his sleeve, and a stream of sagelight shot out and landed on the Invincible Dugu.

The Invincible Dugu was huge, as if his body contained numerous universes. With each exhalation, they would collapse, while each inhalation would cause them to swell.

Right now, Yang Qi was calling out to his thoughts, hoping to see how powerful he was.

"Nobody move," Yang Qi said. "I'm sending sagelight into Master to assess his injuries, not hurt him." Seeing the other members of the Dugu clan fidgeting anxiously, Heaven-Sacrificing Dugu said, "In years past, the Sovereign Lord used sagelight in that way to help certain God-Lords."

They settled down and focused on watching Yang Qi work, hope starting to tug at their hearts.

Next, Yang Qi sent his divine will into the Invincible Dugu, where he sensed a boundless power pulsing, resisting him.

'Master, in order to save you, I'm going to have to do something a bit blasphemous. I'm going to summon your will from the impure lands." He threw his head back and howled, whereupon a tiny version of the Invincible Dugu appeared behind him, perfectly similar to how he had appeared in the impure lands. There, he had been the society chief of the Invincible Society, the very same one who had taught Yang Qi the Prodigious Proto-Epoch, Invincible War-Steppe.

Yang Qi hadn't seen him since then.

He had hoped to find him in the immortal worlds, and even in his travels in the god world. Of course, Yang Qi knew that he was a pawn his Master had put in play as a desperate move. But Yang Qi didn't mind. After reforming the image of his Master from the impure lands, Yang Qi sent him into the body of the gigantic Invincible Dugu.

As a result, the Invincible Dugu didn't instinctively resist, allowing Yang Qi to get a glimpse of the chaotic universes inside him.

It was as if there was a labyrinth of universes within him, all of them constantly changing in a very confusing way. Apparently, the Invincible Dugu had made his body similar to the god world itself, and his insides were as complex as the Halls of Heaven.

Yang Qi began searching for his sea of consciousness in the hopes of restoring his lost will.

1. Well, isn't the Prodigious Proto-Epoch, Invincible War-Steppe a blast from the past? It was originally mentioned in , and was last mentioned in .

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Chapter 1565: Rescuing Master Part 2

The Invincible Dugu's body contained a host of universes, so many that they were something like a maze. However, that didn't stop Yang Qi from searching for his Master's sea of consciousness in the hopes of identifying what his current condition was.

The body was secondary in importance. The most important aspect was the soul, which was in the sea of consciousness.

However, it was no easy task. It was like fishing a needle from the sea, considering how many universes there were within him.

The Invincible Dugu's sea of consciousness wasn't in his head. After all, the sea of consciousness wasn't always located in the head. And sending one's mind into the Invincible Dugu's body was dangerous, as it could get lost in the universes and ultimately devoured. In some ways, the Invincible Dugu's body was a treasure trove, but in other ways, it was a danger zone.

However, Yang Qi was willing to face the danger, if it meant saving his Master. True confidence stems from superb skill, plus he had the power of the Halls of Heaven to back him, and a psychic scale that was almost half-Annulled.

Whizz!

Eventually, Yang Qi located the central region of the numerous universes, where he found a huge world that was formed by a mountain of black rock. And at the bottom of the mountain was a gateway.

Rumbling sounds could be heard from inside the gateway, and it was covered with sealing talismans, all of them a mass of sprawling writing.

These ancient sealing marks couldn't be the work of human hands, and in fact, not even the Sovereign Lord could have done something like this. They were clearly the work of the essence of the god world.

'The essence of the god world!' Instantly, Yang Qi understood.

The Invincible Dugu definitely wasn't dead. His mind had been sealed, not by some human enemy, but by the god world itself.

If Yang Qi had to speculate, his guess would be that, while the Invincible Dugu was working on his cultivation, he had clashed with the essence of the god world, perhaps in an attempt to devour it. And that was how he ended up like this.

The essence of the god world wasn't something that could easily be defeated.

At least not at the moment.

Even the Sovereign Lord had perished because of reasons pertaining to the god world.

'So that's how it is. Master's will is sealed, thus his body is immobile. The only way to save him is to break open that seal. Then he'll be restored, and will once again be a half-Annulled expert.' Yang Qi studied the sealed gateway, but didn't dare to do anything to it.

This was his Master's sea of consciousness, and if he took action casually, he might damage the sea of consciousness and do nothing to the sealing marks.

Yang Qi could tell that if the sealing marks were suddenly broken, the essence of the god world would erupt with full power, and they would likely reduce the body to powder, simultaneously destroying the will inside.

For all intents and purposes, the Invincible Dugu was stuck.

WHOOSH!

Yang Qi extracted his psyche, his expression grave.

"Well?" asked Heaven-Extinguishing Dugu. "What's the situation with the patriarch?"

"I understand what happened," Yang Qi said. "Master isn't dead. His will and soul have been sealed by the essence of the god world. Break the seals, and he'll recover. Unfortunately, they can't be easily broken. Use force, and the essence of the god world will erupt, completely destroying Master."

"Then what can we do?"

"Is that really all there is to it?"

"Are you lying to us?"

The members of the Dugu Clan were elated to hear that the Invincible Dugu wasn't dead, but they were obviously worried about the sealing mark. Although it confirmed that there was hope he could be resurrected, the fact that the essence of the god world was involved made the situation grave. And worse, the threat of Proud Heaven still loomed over them. Proud Heaven had the essence of the god world on his side, which meant the Invincible Dynasty was already a big target.

"I'm not lying," Yang Qi said coolly. "And if you don't believe me, take a look for yourself. I left a path open that you can follow to reach Master's sea of consciousness."

"We wouldn't dare profane the patriarch's body in that way."

Some of the experts of the House of the Invincible were shaking their heads, and many were openly suspicious.

"Yang Qi," said Heaven-Sacrificing Dugu, "you're telling us our patriarch has been sealed by the essence of the god world, and that if you break the seal, he'll awaken. But how exactly are we supposed to do that?"

"I honestly can't believe that Master has progeny as useless as you people," Yang Qi said. "If he hadn't been sealed by the essence of the god world, he probably would've committed suicide because of your stupidity. If I had an easy way to free him, I would've used it already. Look, there's no time to lose. We need to take Master's body into the Everlasting Aegis. I can use my empire's destiny to save him. That's the best bet."

"Never!"

"Are you looking to die!?"

"So, Yang Qi, you finally show your true colors, you evil villain!"

"Bah! Yang Qi, you claim that Proud Heaven will turn our patriarch into an out-of-body incarnation, but it seems you want that even more than him. You're not in the half-Annulled level yet, and that's why you want to assimilate him. Well, we'll fight you to the death before we let that happen!"

The Dugu Clan experts weren't going to agree to Yang Qi's suggestion, and were cursing him for it. In fact, they even seemed like they might be getting ready to attack him.

"You might be Master's descendants, but I have no room to show mercy. It'd probably be better to just slaughter all of you, saving me a bit of effort when it comes time to deal with the three dynasties." Yang Qi's killing intent was burning. He had never had any good impression of the Dugu Clan, to the point where he hadn't even considered subjugating them.

Now, his mind had been made up.

Truth be told, Yang Qi had long since begun freeing people from the fetters of the God Legion Seal. Originally, he had subjugated many people. But after order was established and those people realized the point of his empire, becoming willing to fight for it as citizens, there wasn't any need for him to force their loyalty.

Oftentimes, empires were built on blood and carnage. However, after they were established, such things became unnecessary.

It was the natural evolution of things.

It was like how savages would devour raw meat at first. But after they discovered how to use fire, they would leave such things behind. Yang Qi's empire was a place of order, where it wasn't necessary to subjugate people. In fact, even people like the Central Dynasty's old imperial preceptor, prime minister, and generalissimo of the armed forces had had their free will returned. Even people with psychic scales of three hundred billion had to admit that Yang Qi's way of running things was superior, to the point where they would risk life and limb to defend it.

By now, the destiny of Yang Qi's empire contained karmic recompense.

In other words, those who performed services for the empire would immediately get compensated with destiny. Government officials didn't need to embezzle things to benefit, and as a result, the thinking of everyone in the empire had shifted, and they all wanted to serve the greater good.

What was good for the empire was good for everyone.

Bringing the people of the Dugu Clan into the Sage Monarch Empire would only lead to chaos, so Yang Qi was more inclined to either kill them or puppetize them, bringing an end to the House of the Invincible.

Yang Qi had long since considered doing this, and the only reason he'd been holding back was for the sake of the Invincible Dugu.

"Activate our destiny and crush Yang Qi!"

"Kill him! Considering we're in the middle of the Invincible Dynasty, he can't deal with us. Draw on all the power of destiny we can muster. Send word to Proud Heaven and the High Priestess. Two fists are no match for four hands, so he has no choice here but to die!"

"What? He wants to take the patriarch's body away? That's treason! We'll die fighting before we let that happen!"

All of the experts were shouting angrily, and the destiny of the dynasty was gathering.

The space around them was being locked down.

"What do you think you're doing!?" All of a sudden, just when the fighting was about to break out, a thunderous voice erupted from within the Invincible Dugu, creating a resonance with the blood of the clan members, who were struck with the impulse to kowtow.

"The patriarch! That's the patriarch's voice! He's alive!"

Heaven-Extinguishing Dugu, Heaven-Reaching Dugu, Heaven-Sacrificing Dugu, and all of the others present were very familiar with the voice, and they knew what it implied.

"Patriarch, hurry and crush Yang Qi!"

"He's too big of a threat to the Invincible Dynasty. You have to kill him!"

"This guy is a freakish hellion!"

"Oh mighty Patriarch, now that you're alive, please save our Invincible Dynasty. Awaken and defeat Proud Heaven and the High Priestess. Seize the throne!"

All of the Dugu Clan members were calling out similar things.

"Fools!" the Invincible Dugu shouted. "Yang Qi is my apprentice from the impure lands. I sent a stream of will out of the god world to summon him to rescue me. And now I'm appointing him as emperor of the Invincible Dynasty!"

1. The "karmic recompense" here is what I previously called "karmic retribution" on occasion. Although "retribution" is the more common way to translate this term, it's obviously not being used in a negative sense. Later on, I'll go back and change all the other "karmic retribution" to "karmic recompense".

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Chapter 1566: You Be the Emperor

"Yang Qi."

"Here, sir."

"The divine will I sent to the impure lands has long since faded away, scattered by the essence of the god world. I'm speaking to you now through another sliver of will that I managed to squeeze through the sealing marks. But it won't last for long. Yang Qi, the essence of the god world is incredibly powerful. It has imprisoned your mother, and is trying to assimilate her in its effort to become the mother of all things. If it succeeds, your mother will become the god world, and the god world will become your mother. However, she could also be destroyed in the process. Worst of all, you can't do anything to save her right now. The most pressing matter at hand is to destroy Proud Heaven. Then you can unify all the people in the god world and lead the fight against its essence. In the end, devour it!"

Thanks to the Invincible Dugu's booming voice, none of the members of the House of the Invincible could even move. All of them were completely shocked by what their Patriarch Invincible was saying to Yang Qi, and by their relationship.

"Therefore, Yang Qi, I want you to run the Invincible Dynasty as its emperor," the Invincible Dugu continued. "You have to promise me that you'll do as I ask. I'm at war with the essence of the god world. It views all powerful entities as threats, thus it's the greatest enemy to us cultivators. The Sovereign Lord. The True Devil. They're all gone because of the essence of the god world. Be wary of Proud Heaven. He isn't an ordinary person. He has the Great Necropolis, and it doesn't originate with the god world. In fact, it's the bane of the god world. The main reason the god world picked Proud Heaven to represent it is to control him, and eventually destroy the Great Necropolis. Of course, Proud Heaven wants to use the necropolis to recreate the essence of the god world in the way he wishes. Remember: destroy the Great Necropolis. Destroy the essence of the god world. Use your empire to transcend the civilization of the gods. Create a new civilization, a new age, a new world. You have to change everything! And remember... to save me, Yang Qi."

Toward the end of his speech, the Invincible Dugu's voice weakened until it eventually faded away.

Yang Qi nodded. "Don't worry, Master. I'll find a way to save you."

Turning to the members of the Dugu Clan, he said, "Well, what do you think? You heard my Master's words. He entrusted the Invincible Dynasty to me. What's your stance?"

The leaders of the clan were absolutely flabbergasted.

As of now, they realized that everything Yang Qi had told them was true. The Invincible Dugu himself had confirmed it all, and had even said to make him emperor. In fact, they could do nothing but watch as the destiny formed something resembling a crown that settled onto his head. It was something that couldn't be imitated or forged. It was formed from pure destiny.

The only way for that crown to have been created was if the Invincible Dugu really had decreed for Yang Qi to be the emperor.

After all, the Invincible Dynasty belonged to the Invincible Dugu, and his words were law there. The Dugu patriarchs couldn't do anything in opposition.

"What do we do?" they said amongst themselves as they exchanged awkward glances.

Generally speaking, they couldn't go against the will of their Patriarch Invincible. However, none of them really wanted to go along with his instructions.

"Are you really thinking of going against Patriarch Invincible's wishes?" Yang Qi said. "If you refuse to accept me as your emperor, so be it. The days of the Invincible Dynasty are over anyway, and it doesn't really matter who the emperor is. My Sage Monarch Empire could crush this dynasty to powder in an instant. I'm going to take Master's body with me, all in accord with his wishes to save him. I won't let him fall into the hands of Proud Heaven or the essence of the god world. If you try to stop me from helping Master, I'll slaughter every last one of you, down to the chickens and dogs."

Yang Qi's words were spoken with a decisiveness that could sever nails and chop iron, and they left the Dugu Clan leaders shaken.

Using destiny to crush him wouldn't do any good, because he now controlled that destiny. Attacking him would be counterproductive. Furthermore, all of them were deeply afraid of the Invincible Dugu, and didn't dare to defy him.

"Ah, whatever," said one of the patriarchs. "If that's what the patriarch wants, we'll acknowledge allegiance. I hereby swear an oath that I'll go along with you, Yang Qi. However, you have to agree to use the Invincible Dynasty to save our patriarch."

"The truth is that I have no desire to be your emperor," Yang Qi said. "But I'll respect Master's wishes. Unfortunately, you have too much hidden misfortune in your empire for me to bring it into my Everlasting Aegis. The Everlasting Aegis is a place of perfect balance, and having you there would throw things into chaos. It'd take years to recover from that. Therefore, you won't be part of the Sage Monarch Empire. Furthermore, any large-scale activity here would alert the Central Dynasty that something is going on."

"So what do we do?"

The Dugu Clan had acknowledged Yang Qi as their emperor, and they had no choice but to bow their head to him, lest they openly acknowledge that they had no Dugu blood in them.

The matter had been settled, and as they thought about it, being in the Sage Monarch Empire actually wouldn't be that bad, especially considering there were endless resources there.

Unfortunately, Yang Qi had nixed that idea.

He left them on their own, which was a really big blow. They had originally thought he was trying to take their empire, but in the end, he actually didn't care about them. It was far beyond anything they could have predicted.

"Master did entrust me with his empire," Yang Qi said. "Therefore, I'll send some sage monarch magistrates here to help you run things. It'll be a major reform, considering your empire has become rotten to the core. Maybe after you've been cleansed, I'll let you into the Sage Monarch Empire. In addition to that, I'll send some resources to help. However, make sure that no one outside has any idea what's happening. Keep your borders locked down during the next ten days.

When the High Priestess and Proud Heaven come out of seclusion, don't attend the meeting they call. Tell them the Invincible Dynasty doesn't want anything to do with their shady dealings, and you're withdrawing from the alliance. I'm curious to see what the High Priestess and Proud Heaven will do in response to that. If they attack you, the Sage Monarch Empire won't sit idly by. We'll make sure they don't hurt you."

"I guess that's all we can do," the Dugu leaders said, nodding.

"Master, I have to go now. Come into my God Legion Paradise so that I can take you to the Everlasting Aegis..." Yang Qi opened the God Legion Paradise, which was more than large enough to contain the Invincible Dugu.

As soon as the God Legion Paradise was open, it was possible to see the Halls of Heaven inside it, pulsing with destructive power. Shocked, everyone backed up.

A teleportation portal appeared and Yang Qi stepped inside, using the destiny of the Invincible Dynasty to power it. Through it, the Everlasting Aegis could be seen.

Compared to the Invincible Dynasty, the Everlasting Aegis was like the Halls of Heaven.

RUMBLE!

Sage monarch magistrates poured out of the teleportation portal into the Invincible Dynasty, as well as some of Yang Qi's brethren with psychic scales of a hundred billion.

By now, the Sage Monarch Empire had over twenty such individuals, God-Lords of immense power. In addition, there were Ascendants, Yang Qi's fellow apprentices from the Invincible Society in the impure lands, and his old sword siblings.

They had all experienced the blessing of the Thousand Years Dream formation, as well as god pills from the Halls of Heaven. That was how they had become powerful so quickly.

Throughout history, only the Sage Monarch Empire had ever been able to do anything like this. Because of Proud Heaven's recent gains, the Central Dynasty could rival the Sage Monarch Empire in terms of destiny. However, that had resulted from a sudden eruption that was already starting to die down.

Furthermore, the quality was different.

The destiny of the Sage Monarch Empire was like gold, while that of the Central Dynasty was like black iron.

"Now," Yang Susu said, "close your borders and go into seclusion. Don't let anyone in or out."

Yang Susu's cultivation base was already superior to the Dugu patriarchs, and she was in command of the army.

In the past, the destiny of the Invincible Dynasty had been formidable, but now they had to follow Yang Qi's orders. And by extension, they had to listen to Yang Susu.

She represented the crown.

In response to her orders, the Invincible Dynasty went on immediate lockdown.

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Chapter 1567: Locking Down

There were only ten days left.

More realistically, there were only nine.

During that time, the Sage Monarch Empire had to make the Invincible Dynasty an impregnable fortress. Thus, the entire place was being locked down.

Countless troops were mobilized and sent to the border regions to defend them.

Entire cities were moved to create a line of defense. The end goal was to make sure the place was impossible to invade. The area covered by the Invincible Dynasty was just too immense.

As it stood, the place's destiny was scattered and weak, which meant people with psychic scales anywhere from ten to a hundred billion could sneak inside unnoticed. And if they did, they could wreak immense destruction.

Thankfully, Yang Qi had all of the top experts of the Dugu Clan on the move, creating a stable base and borders. And part of that involved shrinking the area covered by the dynasty by about fifty percent.

Everyone was abuzz as the dynasty was locked down and the borders were thoroughly. inspected

By reducing the total area of the dynasty by fifty percent, it concentrated the destiny by five times. From afar, the destiny almost looked like a turtle shell covering all of the lands of the dynasty. Even experts with a psychic scale of a hundred billion would think twice before trying to sneak in now. Of course, it was nowhere near as impressive as the Sage Monarch Empire.

The Sage Monarch Empire and its Everlasting Aegis had destiny so intimidating that not even half-Annulled experts would try breaking into it.

Unfortunately, shrinking the Invincible Dynasty came with some downsides. The population was immense, and resources were insufficient. Thankfully, since the Everlasting Aegis was constantly producing masses of new resources, the deficits in the Invincible Dynasty could be made up for.

Of course, the sage monarch magistrates were taking the lead throughout the Invincible Dynasty, leading the people in prayer on a daily basis and helping set up spell formations.

Each spell formation would be powered by trillions of people, and were essentially independent aspects of space-time. Together, they made a greyspace that would help the Invincible Dynasty live up to its name.

Because the populace constantly had things to do, the dynasty was growing stronger and more consolidated.

Normally speaking, something like this never could have happened. First of all, the Invincible Dynasty was too big, and with the Dugu patriarchs in charge, it would have been impossible to galvanize the hearts of the people. Thankfully, Yang Qi had dispatched the top experts of his empire to work with the Dugu patriarchs, ensuring that everything operated smoothly.

Second, even if the Dugu patriarchs could have stirred the hearts of the people in this way, they simply couldn't have handled the militarization aspects, especially when it came to the production requirements. Normally speaking, they would have run out of resources within days, and everything would have fallen apart. But now, the citizens were praying on a daily basis and creating spell formations, and they had the Sage Monarch Empire to keep them going.

Furthermore, as the new emperor of the Invincible Dynasty, Yang Qi could feed some of its destiny into the Everlasting Aegis, which would increase its production capacity.

This was only the beginning. Yang Qi planned to grow the Invincible Dynasty to roughly the same level as the Sage Monarch Empire before integrating the two. And he needed to cleanse the place as well. After all, he didn't want to bring the impurities of the Invincible Dynasty into the Sage Monarch Empire.

Sadly, that couldn't happen in ten days. It was a process that would likely take years.

It was a given that when the High Priestess and Proud Heaven emerged, they would launch an invasion of the Invincible Dynasty.

Yang Qi was ready. He wanted the people of the Invincible Dynasty to fight a bloody battle resulting in high casualties, in which the citizens risked life and limb. Then he would step in at the critical moment to tip the scale of battle. To temper the hearts of the people in war was the best way to build a strong empire.

The hearts of the people were ready. The dynasty was ready.

In the past, it was rigid and rotten, but now it had been born again, and its people burned with passion.

Of course, it also created a very precarious situation. If Yang Qi didn't protect the Invincible Dynasty and keep it whole, it would devolve into destruction. However, he didn't have any other options. This was the key to bringing about the destruction of the alliance.

In ten days, Proud Heaven would rise as the emperor of the 'three dynasties', with the High Priestess there to back him up, creating a force the likes of which had never existed before. Everyone in the god world knew that a unified empire was the most proper arrangement.

It seemed that the Sage Monarch Empire was in big trouble.

However, the unification of the three dynasties was nothing more than a mirage.

Whether the Invincible Dynasty remained whole as part of Yang Qi's empire, or was completely destroyed, there would only be two dynasties left to form Proud Heaven's allied empire. At that point, the people of the god world would view Proud Heaven's 'empire' as nothing more than a joke, and would flock to the Sage Monarch Empire.

During the ten days that passed, Yang Qi had his brethren taking care of the Invincible Dynasty, along with the sage monarch magistrates. Meanwhile, he focused on thinking of a way to rescue his Master, the Invincible Dugu.

If the Invincible Dugu hadn't set things up in advance, and the triple alliance hadn't been forced, he would likely have been in a very dangerous situation. Thankfully, he was living up to his reputation as an almighty entity from ancient times. It almost seemed like he had foreseen how everything would play out, and had set things up for Yang Qi's advantage.

That said, Yang Qi was constantly on guard against the essence of the god world. The essence was far more worrisome to him than Proud Heaven. After all, it was trying to fuse with his own mother, and if it succeeded, it would be his mother. What would he do then? Kill his own mother? How could he possibly do that?

Unfortunately, he was powerless to do anything about that now, and could only hope to awaken the Invincible Dugu and ask him for advice.

Sending his divine will into the Invincible Dugu's body again, he started working at excising the essence of the god world. The enormous gateway in his Master's sea of consciousness was surrounded by all sorts of destructive energy, so he had to be very careful as he worked. It was like reeling silk from the cocoon.

Already, the Everlasting Aegis wasn't part of the god world; it was its own entity that could absorb primal-chaos paleo-energy and use it to create preheaven treasures.

In this regard, it was different from the god world. The god world took in primal-chaos paleo-energy to grow larger and stronger, whereas the Everlasting Aegis used it to create resources. For the Everlasting Aegis, growing stronger was a very different process. As it created resources for the people within it, they would pray to the empire, causing the empire to grow stronger and the aegis to expand.

The god world didn't need the help of the people within it to grow. But the Everlasting Aegis had a more symbiotic relationship with its people.

Of course, Yang Qi was aware of this fundamental difference.

The dao of the god world was a lonesome one.

But Yang Qi's dao involved working with the people to help them transcend. And that ensured that he would be completely at odds with the god world. As such, he would use his own dao to help the Invincible Dugu get rid of the sealing mark placed in him by the essence of the god world.

He could use sagelight to slowly get rid of it, the same way that drops of water could be used to eat through stone.

'Oh, right. The bane of the god world is the Great Necropolis. I wonder if I should try using the Great Necropolis God Art.'

Exhaling, he used the final move from the Sage Monarch Grand Magic: Annul Death; Eternally Bury. Instantly, an image of the Great Necropolis appeared around the Invincible Dugu.

As soon as it appeared, the essence of the god world was sent into retreat.

'It's working!' Yang Qi thought in delight. The sealing mark seemed to be calling out for more power, except it was in the Everlasting Aegis now. The Everlasting Aegis didn't need the god world to exist, and as a result, the god world couldn't get inside of it.

Whizz!

A sound like the buzzing of locusts could be heard as the sealing mark trembled, constantly spitting out spell formations to protect itself. It was almost like a saint writing calligraphy in the form of articles.

Countless magical symbols spread out, creating a marvelous defense.

Meanwhile, Yang Qi wielded the will of the Great Necropolis in his battle with it. As he did, the essence of the god world unleashed trillions of daoist techniques that surpassed the power of even the Sovereign Lord.

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Chapter 1568: Ten Days Later

Thus, Yang Qi struggled with the essence of the god world, slowly wearing away at it in a process that was obviously going to take a long time. Ten days definitely wouldn't be enough.

Not even his ability to alter the flow of time would do any good, because the essence of the god world was tied to the structure of the god world itself. He could speed up time dramatically for himself, but for the god world, time would continue at the same rate. There was nothing he could do other than slowly chip away.

He would have loved to be able to save the Invincible Dugu in that ten-day period. Then he would definitely be able to defeat Proud Heaven and his allies. And a half-Annulled expert would have done amazing things for his destiny.

On the upside, the destiny of his empire was more stable than ever. Everyone knew that he had subjugated the Invincible Dynasty, and they were helping to consolidate it and supply it with resources.

At the same time, the citizens of the empire were developing a sense of national identity.

They knew they represented a powerful empire. The citizens normally wore long, flowing robes that made them seem like sages. They were broad-minded and accepting, and didn't go around bullying people or acting jealous.

It was nothing short of miraculous.

If things went on like this, they would eventually become an empire that could defeat any opponent. Even if the Sovereign Lord, King Immortal-Slayer, the True Devil, Wretch-God Ultimate, and the Demon Master were all resurrected, they wouldn't be able to defeat such an empire.

Ten days passed in a flash.

Yang Qi inhaled as he retracted his will from the Invincible Dugu's sea of consciousness. His ten-day battle with the essence of the god world had given him many new insights and understandings.

He could even use the God Legion Seal to directly draw on the essence of the god world to create heavenly caliber godstones.

He was like a flea living on the god world, able to suck its blood any time he wished. And if the god world tried to smack him, he would just jump away to safety. There was nothing the god world could do about it.

Normally speaking, the God Legion Seal could only create perfect caliber godstones. The fact that Yang Qi could make heavenly caliber godstones was a result of him being so infinitesimally close to the half-Annulled level. Sadly, he still wasn't able to reach that level.

Yang Qi inhaled, and like a flea sucking blood, he tapped into the essence of the god world, causing his psyche to surge and his monarch godhood to swell.

Thanks to his close-quarters conflict with the essence of the god world, he knew a lot more about it now, and was able to use it to transform himself much more easily. In the blink of an eye, his psychic scale rose from six hundred billion to seven hundred billion.

In terms of psychic scale, he was now on the same level as the High Priestess.

Generally speaking, it was impossible to push one's psychic scale and godhood rating past three hundred billion if they weren't half-Annulled. But Yang Qi was different. In fact, he was the first person in all history to have done such a thing.

That was what resulted from devouring the Halls of Heaven.

Also, no one had ever combined the God Legion Seal with the Mahātmā Jade. That wasn't to mention that Yang Qi had gained enlightenment of the Wretched Brain God Art, and set up an independent empire that was completely linked to its people. The natural laws of the god world had nothing to do with its inhabitants, which meant that if it broke through to a higher level, everyone who lived within it would die.

But the Everlasting Aegis was completely tied to its people.

As long as the Everlasting Aegis existed, its people would exist. And the people knew that the Everlasting Aegis was their heaven and earth, which would protect them. It was like the relationship between a fish and the water around it.

Yang Qi had already taken the first steps toward surpassing the god world. At the moment, it was in an early stage of development. And while a baby lion cub couldn't possibly defeat a full-grown male dog in battle, eventually, the lion would grow up, and then it would be completely superior.

That was why the essence of the god world had picked a representative to try to destroy Yang Qi.

'Proud Heaven and the High Priestess should be coming out soon, right?' Yang Qi thought, looking in the direction of the alliance's headquarters. Sure enough, hosts of experts from the Central Dynasty and the Chiliocosm Dynasty were converging on the Central God-Temple.

Proud Heaven opened his eyes and exhaled slowly. Feeling more satisfied than ever, he smiled and said, "Doomsday is coming to you, Yang Qi. Starting today."

"This is bad, Brother Proud Heaven!" someone said as a shadowy form flew into the Central God-Palace.

"Oh? What happened?" Proud Heaven looked over with cold eyes to see Yang Voidprime. He had long since considered devouring Yang Voidprime, but couldn't because he was under the protection of the High Priestess. However, after he became the official emperor, he would outrank Yang Voidprime, and could crush him at will.

"The people from the Dugu Clan have gone crazy! During the past ten days, they consolidated their destiny and locked down their dynasty. No one is allowed in or out. We sent some emissaries over to invite the Dugu patriarchs to the unification ceremony, but they said they're backing out of the alliance, and won't participate in the war with the Sage Monarch Empire!" Yang Voidprime could sense that Proud Heaven wanted to kill him. Even a simpleton could guess that Proud Heaven wanted the fateless energy for himself.

However, he wanted to kill Proud Heaven just as much, so he didn't care.

"What? This is preposterous! They backed out of the alliance? Are they feeling suicidal or something?" During the ten days that had passed, Proud Heaven had not only healed up, but had also interacted with the essence of the god world, improving his cultivation base and psyche.

This news had come as a complete and utter shock, and all of a sudden, Proud Heaven's supreme confidence was shaken.

The 'alliance of three dynasties' now existed in name only.

"I knew this was going to happen," Proud Heaven said, rising to his feet. "The Dugu Clan is unreliable, and simply won't give up their autonomy. Sadly, events are already in motion, and unification is coming. If they wish to swim against the tide, we'll make sure the tide drowns them. What did the High Priestess have to say about this?"

Of course, Proud Heaven knew that going to war with the Invincible Dynasty wasn't something they could do lightly. And he didn't want to be the one to lead the charge.

Swish!

The High Priestess arrived in the Central God-Palace, along with numerous other old-timers.

Swishing her sleeve, she said, "I'm aware of the situation, and have come to talk it over. I can't believe the Dugu patriarchs had the gall to leave our alliance. It's going to be a big blow to morale. Furthermore, we already sent out the announcements. We're going to be a laughingstock, especially to the Demonfolk. And our prestige is going to drop a lot. We have to strike a blow immediately."

"I agree," Proud Heaven said with a vicious smile. "They really don't know how to appreciate favors. What did they think, that if they went into hiding, we'd hesitate to shoot the rat for fear of breaking the vases? Let's strike quickly. Get our hands on the patriarchs, and enslave them and all their people. They were supposed to be given positions as grand princes in the new empire, but for their traitorous behavior, they'll be punished according to the law. Furthermore, not giving them positions will save a lot of destiny."

"True," said Yang Voidprime. "That means this is actually good for us in some ways. Do we attack them right now?"

"No!" Proud Heaven replied. "At the moment, we're as disunited as a dish of loose sand. And the Sage Monarch Empire will definitely try to take advantage of the situation. We need to combine the two dynasties so that we're as strong as possible. Set our foundation, and ordain all of the government officials. Once the new structure is in place, we'll force the Dugu Clan to come and admit their crimes. Then we'll wipe them out."

"We agree," Proud Heaven's subordinates all said.

The High Priestess had originally been considering vying for power with Proud Heaven. But she could tell that if she did that, the resulting instability would give Yang Qi the perfect opportunity to strike at them.

"Fine," she said. "Settle the foundation and ordain the ministers. After everything's in order, we'll attack the Dugu Clan and wipe them out of existence!"

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Chapter 1569: Foundation

The preparations had all been made for Proud Heaven to ascend to the throne. Once the two dynasties were combined, and their destinies became one, they could crush the Dugu Clan and vanquish the Invincible Dynasty.

That said, Proud Heaven was still irritated.

He had set his mind on being the emperor of three combined dynasties, and the sudden loss of the Invincible Dynasty was a big blow to his majesty. Obviously, he needed to wipe them out of existence quickly to establish his power in the god world.

Right now, the Demonfolk occupied the majority spot in the population of the god world. Although in the past they had always existed in tribal structures, over the years, many Demonfolk empires had been founded. However, they were scattered and disunited, and most weren't even as powerful as the old Deva Dynasty.

Every ancient forest or jungle in the god world had Demonfolk in it.

In fact, they made up about eighty percent of the population, while humans were only about ten percent, and other denizens made up the final ten percent. However, because of the lack of order among the Demonfolk, it was easy for humans to subjugate them. A single human empire could usually defeat hundreds or thousands of Demonfolk empires in battle.

Considering that this current conflict was between human empires, the Demonfolk were essentially sitting on the sidelines waiting to see how things would play out. It was the biggest conflict that had ever occurred in the god world, and of course, the sages and mahātmās of the Demonfolk were already hatching plans for how to take advantage of the situation.

It was the same with the Devilfolk in the god world.

Even the various races of godlings were around, waiting and watching.

Everyone wanted to see which human empire would prevail, then hopefully seize some advantage out of it.

Despite the fact that humans only made up ten percent of the population, they commanded ninety percent of the resources.

The Central, Invincible, and Chiliocosm Dynasties had been in power for billions of years, and during that time, the Demonfolk had waged war on them countless times in the hopes of seizing resources. The human empires didn't want demons or devils in them. Because of their inherently chaotic nature, they would damage the destiny, and were a constant threat to the citizens.

Yang Qi was no exception. He had subjugated the Dragonfolk, and even brought certain Demonfolk into his empire. However, he had been forced to alter their life force and genes, turning them into humans.

Later, he had stopped accepting Demonfolk.

Transforming them into humans was just too big a drain on resources. In the end, he realized that transforming demons and devils as a whole just didn't make sense. It was little wonder that humans had long emphasized the importance of ridding the world of devils and demons.

That said, the Sage Monarch Empire wasn't completely opposed to them. Destructive demons and devils had to be exterminated, but those who could accept order would be accepted.

For now, the most powerful of the demons and devils were simply waiting to see how the conflict between the humans would play out, and how it would change the god world. And as soon as Proud Heaven took the throne, everything would begin in earnest.

Countless beams of prismatic light shot toward the Central God-Temple as old-timers headed there to watch the ceremony.

Yang Chiliocosm's expression was unsightly, as though he also wanted to back out of the alliance, just like the Dugu Clan. Unfortunately, the die had already been cast, and he couldn't afford to do anything dramatic. The High Priestess and Proud Heaven were both half-Annulled experts, and if he tried anything like that, they would definitely pounce and destroy him.

It would be better to accept a position as a government official and reap whatever benefits there were to be had.

That was better than being dead. And while Yang Chiliocosm longed to reach the half-Annulled himself, he knew that it wouldn't happen anytime soon.

Numerous old-timers observed as Proud Heaven walked up to the throne. The first thing he would do was offer a sacrifice to the god world.

Burning sagefire erupted as he began the rite. "Oh great essence of the god world... I, your servant Proud Heaven, shall sit as emperor and excise the tumor that is the Sage Monarch Empire. I only hope that you will bless my efforts!"

RUMBLE!

Everyone could sense the god world trembling as numerous spatial rifts opened up, and vital energy swirled around and into Proud Heaven. Obviously, the god world was accepting him as its representative.

Any other person who claimed that position would be a heretic and a liar.

Everyone could sense the massive power of the essence of the god world. It was something that couldn't be faked. There were numerous old-timers here who were deeply familiar with that essence, and as such, they could all sense the terrifying power that was converging in Proud Heaven.

"Not even the Sovereign Lord provoked signs like this when he assumed power," the Patriarch of the Universe said. "Is Proud Heaven the true Son of Heaven? Is he the real Lord of the god world? The essence of the god world accepts him, which gives him the legal right to rule. And the destiny of his empire will be linked with that essence!"

The High Priestess wasn't very happy about what she was seeing, but she couldn't do anything about it. If the essence of the god world was going to accept Proud Heaven, and not her, then her hands were tied. Having been a follower of the Sovereign Lord for so long, she knew how terrifying the essence of the god world could be. Even the Sovereign Lord had perished after plotting against it, so what exactly could she do?

The essence of the god world was providing signs and portents so that all living people, even in distant locations, knew that it had selected a representative.

This was the first time that the god world had actually had a legal and rightful ruler.

When the Sovereign Lord unified the god world, it wasn't legitimate. He had taken over by force, and the essence of the god world had eventually seen to it that various powerful entities rose up to overthrow him.

But now, because Proud Heaven had the legal right to rule, many people were viewing him as someone that had surpassed the Sovereign Lord. He was now more untouchable than ever, and at the same time, the destiny of his empire was growing.

"Congratulations on taking the throne, Emperor!"

The old-timers could see how things were going, so they didn't hesitate to act pragmatically. They began offering their congratulations, knowing that with Proud Heaven as the emperor, it would be a big benefit to become a government official in the Central Dynasty.

Eventually, Hailan, Yang Voidprime, Yang Chiliocosm, and even the High Priestess all offered their congratulations.

"I hereby ordain the High Priestess as the imperial preceptor!" Proud Heaven said as he began the various ordainments. In response, the destiny converged, growing even stronger.

"Let Yang Chiliocosm be ordained the premier and regent prince. Let Yang Voidprime be ordained as a grand prince. Let Hailan be ordained as a grand princess. Let the Patriarch of the Universe be ordained as a vice prince..." One by one, Proud Heaven made all the announcements according to the plans he had made. He also made various promotions among the existing leadership of the Central Dynasty, much to their delight.

"Make the official announcement. The Central Dynasty and the Chiliocosm Dynasty have now become one. And instead of taking either of the previous names, the new empire will be called the Deathless Heaven Empire! The 'Heaven' comes from my name Proud Heaven!" As Proud Heaven's voice rumbled out like thunder, the influx of destiny caused his cultivation base to rise to a level no one could even assess, making him seem completely fused with the multiverse.

The Patriarch of the Universe and the other old-timers were all shocked.

"This reminds me of the time of the Sovereign Lord. The Sovereign Lord was the only one whose aura seemed like it wasn't part of the world, as though he was about to reach the Annulled. Until now."

"You're exactly right. Proud Heaven's cultivation base is now at the same level as the Sovereign Lord's was. In fact, if the Sovereign Lord suddenly returned, it's hard to say who would come out on top in a fight."

"From ancient times until now, there have been countless boundless experts. But the Sovereign Lord was number one among them all. And now Proud Heaven stands shoulder to shoulder with him. He's definitely beyond the High Priestess now."

The High Priestess felt grimmer than ever on the inside, but she knew she couldn't defy Proud Heaven and the essence of the god world. That said, she still hoped that one day she would be able to kill him and take the approval of that essence by force.

Proud Heaven had established his foundation smoothly and with no problems.

The entire ceremony lasted seven days and seven nights.

Not even Yang Qi's empire had legitimacy or legality, and was thus considered heretical by the god world. Only Proud Heaven's empire was legitimate and orthodox.

After the destiny stabilized, Proud Heaven didn't hesitate to issue his next order. "Let's go. The time has come to bring destruction to the Dugu Clan and the Invincible Dynasty!"

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Chapter 1570: Demonfolk Empire

Proud Heaven felt more grand and ambitious than ever, now that he had become a true emperor, with access to destiny that was only climbing higher and higher. He was itching to send troops to deal with the Dugu Clan and their Invincible Dynasty. He hoped that war would be the way to solidify his position and ensure that his own system was operating smoothly. He also wanted to dispel the influence of the High Priestess, who was now the imperial preceptor of the Deathless Heaven Dynasty. Unfortunately, not even the emperor could simply appoint or dismiss people at random. His position wasn't stable enough for that. However, after enough battles were fought, and the armed forces had become completely loyal to him, things would be easier to deal with.

When trusted aides performed services in war, it was possible to promote them and give them more power. At the same time, he could slowly distance himself from others, until eventually, his loyalists and bloodlines were in complete control.

Nepotism and favoritism generally weren't good for an empire, but in this case, Proud Heaven was more concerned with centralizing power. He could always reform the system later, if it proved necessary.

Eventually, he would find a reason to demote the High Priestess, then arrest her and turn her into an out-of-body incarnation.

As Proud Heaven issued the commands to march on the Invincible Dynasty, people could sense a mysterious aspect of space-time off in the distance, where an immense destiny thrummed. In fact, it rose high into the sky with such power that it pierced the fetters of the universe and reached out into primal-chaos.

Meanwhile, an emissary had arrived, and was on his knees in the outer audience hall, asking for an audience with Proud Heaven.

A guard rushed in to inform Proud Heaven. "Your Majesty, the recently established Demonfolk Empire has sent emissaries here to offer congratulations to you humans on the founding of your empire."

"What? Demonfolk Empire?"

This unexpected development had caught Proud Heaven completely unawares.

He never would have predicted that an empire of demons would suddenly pop up. At first, he assumed it was Yang Qi causing trouble. After all, humans always looked down on the chaotic demons, who lacked order and civilization. How could Demonfolk ever manage to establish an empire?

Even the Demon Master had been like a night queen flower that crumpled almost as soon as it bloomed, having never accomplished anything worthwhile.

But apparently, such an empire did exist, and it had sent emissaries in an obvious move to force the humans to recognize them. It was essentially a direct insult.

"I should've known," Proud Heaven said, his jaw tightening. "No matter how many issues you take care of, there are always new ones that pop up. I knew the Demonfolk old-timers have been eying us like tigers eyeing prey, but now they've gone and started an empire. And they sent people to offer congratulations to us? Are they looking to die? Who is this emissary? Bring him in immediately!"

"Yes sir!" Several old-timers rushed out, grabbed the emissary, and dragged him in. Everyone was wondering why the Demonfolk were suddenly causing problems right now.

Logically speaking, even if some of the Demonfolk old-timers had founded some sort of empire, they should have waited to see whether the Deathless Heaven Dynasty or the Sage Monarch Empire came out on top before trying to make a move.

Doing it this way seemed like a major blunder.

However, the Demonfolk were often far more devious and cunning than humans. They could tap into the dao of heaven, and were profoundly ambitious and ruthless. It seemed unlikely that they would make such an obvious mistake.

Before long, the Demonfolk emissary had been brought in.

He looked like a young man, tall and well-built. However, he seemed like little more than a Paramount God with a psychic scale of a few billion. He wasn't even a God-Lord. However, he glanced at the surrounding old-timers as if they were slaves, which obviously rubbed them the wrong way. In fact, some of them were inclined to just kill him on the spot.

However, when two empires made contact, it wasn't good to instantly kill the messenger. Besides, Proud Heaven wanted to see what kind of individual had been sent, and why this newly founded empire didn't seem frightened about being wiped out.

No matter how well the Demonfolk tried organizing themselves, they were still like animals, and couldn't possibly foster any sort of destiny.

"You're the Demonfolk emissary?" Proud Heaven said coldly. "Who are these old-timer Demonfolk that sent you? Do they really not know the difference between life and death? Otherwise, why would they go and found an empire? Tell them to come in person and kowtow to me, in which case I might spare them the death penalty. Otherwise, I'll send my army over there and wipe you all out."

The young man threw his head back and roared with laughter. "You're Proud Heaven? You killed Proud Central and devoured him, seizing control of the Central Dynasty. That's very unfilial behavior. Outright rebellion. And now you're trying to take over the entire god world. Ridiculous. The reason we Demonfolk have founded an empire is that we're going to wipe out you humans and establish the greatest government in existence. We're going to ensure that Demonfolk rule everything. Proud Heaven, you and your supposed Deathless Heaven Dynasty will acknowledge allegiance to us. Kowtow and beg for forgiveness, and we might spare your lives. Otherwise, Doomsday is here for all humans!

"By the way, we also sent an emissary to Yang Qi from the Sage Monarch Empire. Once he surrenders to us, he'll be our lackey, and will help us turn everyone in his empire into demons. And if you don't give in to us, we'll turn them on you and have them rip you to shreds!"

"Kill him!"

"These Demonfolk are repulsive!"

"They're nothing but wild animals. I can't believe they're being so aggressive. I'd say the time has come for us to simply exterminate the Demonfolk."

"Since when are the Demonfolk so interested in playing with fire? Have they gotten tired of living?"

The top experts of the Deathless Heaven Dynasty were fuming, and some of them had to hold back from immediately launching deadly attacks on the emissary.

However, Proud Heaven held out a restraining hand. Glaring at the young emissary, he said, "That's big talk. But can you back it up? Given what you've said so far, child, it seems unlikely that you'll leave this place alive. Unless you have something else to say...? I'm going to guess that you have an animadestiny soul lamp back home that you think will ensure your survival. But apparently you don't know what the half-Annulled level is capable of. Not even your Demonfolk old-timers can protect you from that power. I can make sure that soul lamp gets exterminated as well."

The young Demonfolk burst out laughing again. "The reason I came here today, Proud Heaven, is to tell you that your Deathless Heaven Dynasty isn't as impressive as you think it is. We Demonfolk really have started working together, and we outnumber you humans in every way imaginable. The Sage Monarch Empire is going to be wiped out, and that leaves you two choices. First, you could start working for us. We'll treat you like the dogs you are, but at least you won't die. The second option is to be exterminated. The essence of the god world won't be able to protect you from us."

"Die!" Proud Heaven sent out his divine will, creating a psychic tempest that dropped down right into the young Demonfolk.

Crunch.

He didn't even have time to scream before he was ripped to shreds. Simultaneously, Proud Heaven's divine will traced his soul back to its origin to wipe it out as well.

There was no corner of the universe that could hide from Proud Heaven.

However, even as Proud Heaven's divine will locked on to the distant part of the universe where the young demon's energy was located, he suddenly found himself slamming into something that was at least as strong as himself!

Then, an immense and glorious power rushed forth to slam into him.

He staggered backward, his face a mask of shock.

"The Demon Master! The King of Godmammoths!"

There were two ancient expressions of will, both of them half-Annulled experts!

They were none other than the ultimate patriarch of all Demonfolk, the august Demon Master! The other was a font of boundless power who had crushed hells for countless years. The King of Godmammoths! In many ways, the King of Godmammoths was also considered to be Demonfolk.

Those two individuals had perished and disappeared into the sands of time, yet here they were, resurrected!

And now they were clashing with Proud Heaven.

Even if Proud Heaven were stronger than he was, he couldn't possibly fight these two beings. He would definitely meet defeat!

Face draining of blood, he suddenly began chanting, causing streams of magical symbols to flow out that belonged to the essence of the god world. Apparently, he was enacting some sort of enchantment.

"What?!"

The other members of his empire were shocked. As for the High Priestess, her face fell as she said, "What did you just say, Proud Heaven? The King of Godmammoths and the Demon Master!?"

"You heard me," Proud Heaven said coldly, not pleased at all that she had directly addressed him by name. "Imperial Preceptor, given that our empire has already been founded, you should really remember to follow proper protocol and forms of address."

Swish!

The High Priestess' face turned ashen.

She knew full well that Proud Heaven was warning her. In fact, it was almost a reprimand. The High Priestess was so powerful that not even the Sovereign Lord had ever reprimanded her, yet Proud Heaven was doing that very thing. She was so angry she almost rebelled against him right then and there, but then she remembered the essence of the god world. Smiling coldly, she said, "You're right, Your Majesty. We should all follow proper protocol and forms of address. Now that two mighty Demonfolk have suddenly appeared, what exactly are we going to do? Are we going through with the plan to attack the Dugu Clan?"

"No!" Proud Heaven said, glancing over at her. "This changes everything, and we can't act rashly. For now, we need to focus on stabilizing the empire. Didn't that psycho just say they've sent people to the Sage Monarch Empire as well? Let's see what Yang Qi does. If Yang Qi fights them, maybe we'll have the perfect opportunity on our hands. But if he doesn't, you'll need to go talk to the King of Godmammoths. Perhaps he'll join us in attacking the Sage Monarch Empire. I'm the rightful ruler, and I have the support of the essence of the god world. Even if the King of Godmammoths is stronger than he is, he's not going to defy the god world itself, is he?"

"Perhaps we should call a meeting to discuss the matter," one of the old-timers said.

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Chapter 1571: The King of Godmammoths and the Demon Master

The King of Godmammoths and the Demon Master had both made their debut. Unexpectedly, they had managed to unify the Demonfolk.

They had done it without anyone the wiser, similar to how Yang Qi had secretly spent years building the Sage Monarch Empire. Both empires had popped up like bamboo after a spring rain.

Creating a Demonfolk empire was no easy task, what with their enormous population. Even for two top experts, it would be difficult. Normally, it would involve tracking down all the great sages among the Demonfolk, then using them to instruct the masses in ways to become human and embrace order.

In the beginning, the Demon Master had done things that way.

He had taught the Demonfolk new ways, in an effort to reach the peak of existence. But in the end, he failed. Demonfolk were Demonfolk, and getting them to become orderly and abandon their brutal nature was impossible. The law of the jungle was built into their life force and genetic structure.

But the Demon Master was attempting a comeback. He had obviously thought the matter through, gaining new enlightenment of the Demonfolk, and somehow instilling order into their instincts. And the combination of the Demon Master and the King of Godmammoths was obviously an unstoppable force.

Now that the grand Demonfolk Empire had been set up, they wanted to use Proud Heaven to make a demonstration of military force. That way, the other human empires would know that the Demon Master and the King of Godmammoths were a serious force to contend with.

Obviously, they wanted to control heaven and earth, and in the process, take all power away from humans.

It was obvious that an age of transcendence had arrived.

Around the time Proud Heaven had been planning to invade the Invincible Dynasty, the Demonfolk emissary arrived at the Sage Monarch Empire.

Yang Qi had watched as Proud Heaven combined the Central and Chiliocosm Dynasties into the new Deathless Heaven Dynasty. Although the resulting destiny was amazing, it was still a hodgepodge. There was no true unity, and the only way Proud Heaven was able to keep control was because he had the backing of the essence of the god world.

Next, he waited for Proud Heaven to launch the invasion, whereupon Yang Qi would unleash all of his various preparations in all their destructive glory.

Yet things developed in a way that he could never have anticipated.

The Demonfolk Empire had suddenly risen up out of nowhere.

All of his previous plans were now useless. And of course, the situation was obviously not ideal. He had hoped to use the Invincible Dynasty to win a big victory in battle, and at the same time, ensure that its people experienced a rebirth through tribulation.

But now Proud Heaven was holding back, and the transformation via fire that the Invincible Dynasty was supposed to experience was obviously not going to happen. That was bad for Yang Qi.

Worse, there was now a third major power at play. Yet again, the god world had a tripartite balance of power, and there was nothing Yang Qi could do about it.

Hurrying into the throne room flanked by numerous experts, Yang Susu said, "Yang Qi, there's an emissary from the Demonfolk here. Are you going to receive him? This is really an unexpected development. Proud Heaven isn't attacking, and now this powerful group of Demonfolk has shown up. Normally speaking, you'd think that Proud Heaven would simply slaughter whatever Demonfolk caused problems for him. But he's obviously afraid of them. Who exactly is behind all of this? Don't tell me the Demon Master has been resurrected."

"It absolutely is the Demon Master," Yang Qi replied. "However, Proud Heaven is currently no weaker than the Sovereign Lord, so even if the Demon Master was resurrected, he could still defeat him. That means there's another powerful Demonfolk expert involved."

"But who, exactly?" many people asked.

"If my speculations are correct, it's the King of Godmammoths." Yang Qi smiled faintly. "Things are really getting complicated here. For the first time, I haven't been able to manipulate things to turn out as I want. Oh well. When soldiers come, send a general to stop them. When flood waters come, use earth to block them. I'm not too worried. Let's see what this emissary is like."

"Yes sir!"

"Bring in the emissary!"

Before long, a passageway opened up and the Demonfolk emissary entered. This emissary wasn't the man that Proud Heaven had dealt with, but rather a young woman.

She wore palace attire, and looked very cold and arrogant. That said, she was so pretty that most men who looked at her would have trouble keeping their composure. She was the kind of beauty that could case nations to fall without exerting any effort at all. Her cultivation base was unreadable, but seemed close to the level of three hundred billion. She was a peak God-Lord, similar to Yang Qi before he had assimilated the Halls of Heaven.

She wasn't as aggressive as the young man who had dealt with Proud Heaven. Upon entering the meeting hall, she faced Yang Qi and offered a curtsy. "I am your humble servant Ruo Chen. Greetings, Young Sir Yang Qi. My father sent me here to negotiate with you. Might I ask if you'd like to start out the discussion in any particular way?"

"Ruo Chen. If my guess is correct," Yang Qi said, "you're the firstborn daughter of the Demon Master, who was sentenced to death by the Sovereign Lord years ago. The Demon Master's original form was that of a preheaven spirit fox from primal-chaos. He was so clever that he rose above the masses, tapped into the dao of heaven, and became invincible even before the god world came to be. Somehow, he gained enlightenment of a way to bring order to the Demonfolk and wants to lead them to prominence again. Am I right?"

Ruo Chen smiled faintly. "You make me sound more impressive than I am, Young Sir. Although the Sovereign Lord did indeed sentence me to death, I was very low on the list. Truth be told, yes, the Demon Master is alive again, and he's put the Demonfolk in order. And now he's turned his attention to the human empires. Although Proud Heaven has the support of the essence of the god world, my father believes him to be of the old guard, while you are of the new. He represents antiquity and decay, whereas you're the true representative of humans in the god world."

"Oh?" Yang Qi laughed. "Now the Demon Master is the one making me sound more impressive than I am. All I did was found my Sage Monarch Empire, and I'm not even as strong as the Deathless Heaven Dynasty. Furthermore, I'm not even in the half-Annulled level yet. For someone as powerful as the Demon Master to offer me praise is frankly overwhelming. Miss Ruo Chen, why not just directly tell me why you've come. There's no need to beat around the bush."

"My reasons are simple. We hope that the Sage Monarch Empire will join our Demonfolk Empire. My father will give you a high position as a government official. In fact, he'd like your help in governing the Demonfolk. What do you say? Given your skill and ability in that regard, you should be able to bring true order to the Demonfolk, which will be an achievement of boundless beneficence." Ruo Chen's clear, sparkling eyes seemed capable of piercing all the way to the soul, and entrancing any man upon whom they gazed.

However, Yang Qi was unmoved. "So that's how it is. Miss Ruo Chen, please head back and explain that even if the Demon Master himself had come, it would've been in vain. It doesn't matter whether it's the Demonfolk Empire or the Deathless Heaven Dynasty, any who oppose me will face me on the battlefield. I'll even end up fighting the King of Godmammoths, eventually. My empire and my dao are both born of fire, war, and tribulation. You see, any dao that doesn't come about that way isn't real. I'm sure the Demon Master will understand that. He founded the Demonfolk Empire to conform to his dao, and I'm the tribulation that he has to face. If I join him, it wouldn't work out well for either of us. Ah, what a pity. Rivers of blood are going to flow when the Demonfolk Empire, Sage Monarch Empire, and Deathless Heaven Dynasty clash. Countless souls are going to end up in hell. It's foreordained, and can't be changed."

"It seems I won't be able to persuade you to change your mind, Young Sir," Ruo Chen said. She sighed. "The truth is that my father the Demon Master told me that I wouldn't be able to change your mind. Now I know he was right. Consider this your notice. Over the course of the next year, the Demonfolk Empire will be launching successive attacks on the Sage Monarch Empire, Deathless Heaven Dynasty, Invincible Dynasty, and any other human empires that exist. The Demon Master and the King of Godmammoths have formally announced that the Demonfolk are to slaughter any humans they find. Eventually, humans won't exist at all."

"I assumed that's what you were doing," Yang Qi replied calmly. "We humans always talk about ridding the world of devils and demons, so it's only natural that the demons and devils want to get rid of us. War between the races is inevitable. There's no right or wrong in it. It's about survival. And in the end, it boils down to who is stronger. That said, although you Demonfolk have the advantage of numbers, and finally managed to found your empire, have you decided who is going to command the army? I ought to explain, Miss Ruo Chen, that I already control the Invincible Dynasty. If you're interested, you could invade them and test out your military."

"Is that so?" Ruo Chen said, visibly taken aback. However, she quickly regained her composure. "Truth be told, I suspected something like this was going on. It seemed very premature for the Invincible Dynasty to suddenly withdraw from the triple alliance. That said, we Demonfolk get bored following all of your human drama. In any case, since you're rejecting our offer, there's nothing I can do. I just hope you don't regret it when we come to destroy you and your brethren."

"I hope that when the Demon Master and King of Godmammoths are ultimately destroyed, they don't regret today's events. Men, escort the emissary out."

A passageway appeared, and she turned, vanishing without a trace.

"The Demonfolk obviously don't care about us at all, Yang Qi," Jadefall said. "Why not just take the girl captive and subjugate her? She's powerful, and could be a good tool at our disposal."

"The subjugation powers of the Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth come from the God Legion Seal. And if the King of Godmammoths is working with the Demon Master, it obviously wouldn't work. Besides, why would I want to subjugate someone as useless as that?"

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Chapter 1572: Another Tripartite Balance of Power

Proud Heaven had risen to power, but his attack on the Invincible Dynasty had been thwarted by the rise of the Demonfolk Empire. The news spread like wildfire throughout the god world, and before long, everyone knew the current situation.

A tripartite balance of power had arisen again.

Before, that balance of power had been provided by the Invincible, Central, and Chiliocosm Dynasties. Yang Qi had then risen with deadly force, establishing the Sage Monarch Empire, vanquishing the triple alliance, and assimilating the Halls of Heaven.

But the Demon Master and the King of Godmammoths were back, having founded the Demonfolk Empire, which was filled with Demonfolk old-timers and demon-devil wretch-gods.

The Demon Master was the most honored teacher among the Demonfolk, while the King of Godmammoths had specialized in crushing the horde of devils in hell. It was a given that they would be able to keep the demons and devils in line to form their empire.

However, how would they fare in terms of management and governance?

Yang Qi and his experts could see that, deep in the multiverse of the god world, a greyspace had been erected with immense destiny. However, the destiny was hazy and scattered, which was very strange.

That said, within the haze, Yang Qi could see glimpses of golden light that reflected the newly established order.

"Lord's Eye!"

Adjusting his vision, he was able to see numerous golden giants wielding immense power, traveling within the greyspace to subjugate the wretch-devils.

'What? Why do those thralls look so similar to my sage monarch magistrates?'

Apparently, the King of Godmammoths had succeeded after years of seeking enlightenment, and with the help of the Demon Master, had created something similar to Yang Qi's sage monarch magistrates. In other words, they had expert government officials.

No wonder the hazy destiny was slowly taking an orderly shape and gradually becoming clearer.

Before, the Demonfolk Empire's destiny had been like a lightning bolt in the clouds. But as time progressed, it was becoming more like human destiny.

'Impressive,' Yang Qi thought. 'The Demon Master and the King of Godmammoths are nothing short of geniuses. It's not an easy thing to gain enlightenment of the sage monarch magistrates. That said, my version was made by the combination of the God Legion Seal, the Mahātmā Jade, the Cruiser of Civilization, and even bits of the Great Necropolis. There's nothing in the god world that can compare to them. Furthermore, as the sage monarch magistrates work, they gain valuable experience. In fact, their debates with the confucians made them vastly more skilled and effective. My dao and my civilization are things the Demon Master and the King of Godmammoths can't possibly comprehend."

Yang Qi shook his head.

"What are we going to do, Yang Qi?" Jadefall asked. "The balance of power in the god world has been disrupted again. And if the Demon Master and the King of Godmammoths bring their empire against us, how will we defend against Proud Heaven?"

"That's right," Yang Susu added. "What if they work together to try to destroy us?"

"Don't worry about it. There's no way Proud Heaven will work with them. If he did, his empire would be infected by demon energy. He leads an orthodox organization, so working with wretch-devils would cause too many problems. At most, he could cooperate with them in small matters. Besides, the fact that the Demonfolk Empire is being so aggressive is going to ensure that nobody does anything rash. And they know that if we were to assimilate Proud Heaven's empire into our own, it would be very bad for them. That's why they made their move when they did. They wanted to do it before we started fighting Proud Heaven's empire. Although we both would've suffered casualties, whichever one devoured the other would then have been completely capable of devastating the Demonfolk Empire."

"Besides, this is actually going to create an opportunity for us."

"What opportunity?" asked a few people present.

"To sow discord between the High Priestess and Proud Heaven. Think about it. Proud Heaven got the approval of the essence of the god world to become the emperor. But what about the High Priestess? She's not the type to willingly submit. She's definitely not happy, and it's only going to be a matter of time before she has to vent her fury. Now that her old partner the King of Godmammoths has shown up, she'll definitely try getting him to join her in taking down Proud Heaven. She doesn't care at all who's human and who isn't. She'd be perfectly content to have the Demonfolk running the god world, as long as she benefits in the process. So let's see how things go between the King of Godmammoths and the other two. For now, let's lock everything down and just focus on getting stronger."

"Lock down the empire?" Yang Susu said, visibly surprised. "You mean we're really not going to rid the world of devils and demons?"

"The way to rid the world of devils and demons is to provoke the King of Godmammoths and the Demon Master. Right now, let's keep growing stably. That's the smartest move. Our Ascendants are getting stronger and stronger, and when the time is right, we'll be able to unleash immense fighting prowess. I'd say we'll be ready in only a few years. And I need to take this chance to step into the half-Annulled level. Once I do that, I can finally rescue my Master, the Invincible Dugu."

The Sage Monarch Empire was the weakest of the three powers, particularly because they had no half-Annulled expert defending it. If it wasn't for their spectacular destiny, they would already have been wiped out.

In other words, they absolutely had to get a half-Annulled expert as quickly as possible.

Everyone in the empire was heading in the direction of becoming a sage or mahātmā. But even sages and mahātmās had weaknesses.

"Yang Qi," Sword Seventeen said, "we have to produce a half-Annulled expert. The Deathless Heaven Dynasty has Proud Heaven and the High Priestess. The Demonfolk Empire has the King of Godmammoths and the Demonfolk Empire. If you can become half-Annulled, and bring back our Master, the Invincible Dugu, we won't have to be afraid of anyone."

By now, Sword Seventeen had a psychic scale of a hundred billion. Although he didn't have an official position in the Sage Monarch Empire, he did teach the dao of the sword in many of the colleges there. And he was very influential. As such, he had a lot of destiny.

Yang Qi had imparted to him the combined daos of the sword from the Lord of the Sword Dao, Star Swordlife, and King Life-Killer. Sword Seventeen had then used those to perfect his own dao of the sword, which was extremely formidable.

"Yang Qi," Jadefall said, "there are old-timers popping up all over the place. Most of them have been in hiding since ancient times, and they're obviously itching to get stronger. We have to make sure we're prepared."

"This is good," Yang Qi said with a cold smile. "As I suspected, there are quite a few half-Annulled experts from ancient times who never actually died. For all we know, the Sovereign Lord might be hiding out there somewhere, just waiting to jump out and try to possess me." Although Yang Qi was smiling, everyone else felt their hair standing on end. However, as they considered it, it made sense. It wasn't as if the Sovereign Lord was someone who could be easily killed.

"When do you think you'll reach the half-Annulled level, Yang Qi?" asked one of his sword brothers from the impure lands.

Yang Qi had become sworn siblings with quite a few people on the Rich-Lush Continent, and they had stood with him against the Crown Prince. There was nothing that could possibly erase that friendship.

Few of those sworn siblings were very important in the Sage Monarch Empire. Despite that, Yang Qi had helped them all with their cultivation, not even sparing his own destiny to help them. He couldn't give them an unfair share of destiny from the empire, so it had to be his own.

Not even the emperor could break the rules in Yang Qi's empire. That was the only way to maintain true order.

"I think I'm going to seek some help from some of those old-timers," Yang Qi said with a chuckle. "When it comes to half-Annulled experts, I know about the Sovereign Lord, King Heaven-Devourer, the True Devil, Wretch-God Ultimate, the Demon Master, the King Immortal-Slayer, and the High Priestess. King Immortal-Slayer has been devoured, although a bit of him remains behind that not even Proud Heaven knows about. The Sovereign Lord, the True Devil, and Wretch-God Ultimate haven't shown their faces. Of those three, I need to track down at least one to devour and boost my cultivation base."

"Which one are you going to target?" Jadefall asked. "Do you have any clues about where they are?"

"I do. I'm going to take advantage of this temporary lull to track down and devour... Wretch-God Ultimate! During my sessions of secluded cultivation, I've come to the conclusion that he's resting in preparation to make a big move. But now that the empire is locked down, nobody will be coming in or out, so I'm free to make a move!"

With a whoosh, he vanished using the Myriad Worlds Greater Teleportation. A short while later, he was in the location where Wretch-God Ultimate had supposedly perished.

It was said that he had fallen in the vicinity of empires such as the Nacrelight Sageland, Eternal-Life God-Dynasty, League of Academies and League of the Devil-Dao. Of course, they weren't really empires. They couldn't even compare to the Deva Dynasty, much less the Sage Monarch Empire. They were like specks of dust compared to planets.

Back then, they had been bustling places, but now they were empty and filled with devil energy. After all, he had taken all of their members into the Sage Monarch Empire, and the devils among them had been genetically modified to become sages.

This was also the location where Yang Qi had picked up Wretch-God Ultimate's consummate ability, the Wretched Brain God Art.

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Chapter 1573: The Fallen Wretch God

Yang Qi couldn't help but sigh with emotion as he revisited old haunts.

Back when he first arrived in the god world after leaving the impure lands, his first stop had been the Lightningbolt Continent, although it was only a few months before he found himself in the House of God Ordainment. All of his old stomping grounds were in this general area. One by one, he had taken over the House of God Ordainment, the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty, and even the Deva Dynasty. He had journeyed to the Bastille of the One God, subjugated the Second Devil General, entered the Myriad Dragons Lair, and conquered the Dragonfolk.

This area was where he had spent the most time in the god world.

But now it was an abandoned wasteland.

Wretch-devils. Humans. Demonfolk. None of them were around anymore.

All that remained was devil energy, drifting about aimlessly.

Yang Qi had the feeling that the location where the Wretch God was said to have fallen actually contained numerous profound mysteries. No one had ever uncovered the truth of the matter, although the fact that the High Priestess had set up the Nacrelight Sageland in the vicinity was very telling.

Looking around quietly, Yang Qi thought, 'So this is where the Wretch God supposedly perished. I'm curious to see what's under the ground here. What profound mysteries are here to be found? Whatever is here remained hidden from both myself and the High Priestess. And that's something, considering my deep enlightenment of the dao of wretch-gods. After all, I transformed the Wretched Brain God Art, fusing it with the Cruiser of Civilization to make a new type of brain. Regardless, I'm going to keep digging until I unearth Wretch-God Ultimate, then assimilate him and use him to reach the half-Annulled level.'

In the depths of the lands around him, a black fluid flowed that resembled oil, but was in fact an energy of wretched evil.

It was like a subterranean ocean of darkness.

The lands of the god world were so thick they were impossible to see fully. After all, if one went digging in the multiverse of the god world, they would inevitably pop out into another universe.

WHOOSH!

Yang Qi pierced into the lands below, boring downward for hundreds of kilometers, surrounded by the oil-like wretch energy. It almost seemed like the blood of the Wretch God. And it was so deadly that it would be fatal even to people who cultivated the dao of devils.

Of course, Yang Qi wasn't affected by it. He continued downward, piercing through multiple universes as he went. As he dug deeper, the wretch energy grew more intense. However, the energy around him simply faded away. He was now as powerful as any half-Annulled expert, and the fact that he had the Halls of Heaven inside him meant he could cleanse any type of wretched evil.

Soon, the surrounding wretch energy had been cleansed away, revealing an enormous bone. It was so large that it passed through multiple universes, and it was clearly in bad shape.

It was a finger bone.

And it was broken.

'Is this one of the Wretch God's fingers?'

Using the Hand of the One God, Yang Qi reached out to grab the enormous finger bone, and as soon as he did, black smoke roiled off of it.

The fluctuations were so powerful they could destroy entire universes.

Yang Qi snorted coldly. "Even if Wretch-God Ultimate were to be resurrected, he still couldn't deal with me. And you think you're going to fight me? A measly finger bone?" He made a grasping gesture, and a projection of the Sovereign Lord appeared behind him, which caused the finger to shrink down to normal size, then plop onto Yang Qi's open palm.

There was no flesh on it whatsoever, however, it was possible to see what remained of the Wretch God's genetic material inside.

Unfortunately, a finger wasn't really going to do Yang Qi any good. He needed the full corpse.

The Wretch God's brain had contained countless psychic information and daoist techniques, all of them related to wretch energy. With Yang Qi's skills and abilities, he could take all of that, convert it to something righteous and good, then use it to ascend to the half-Annulled level.

'With the information in this finger, I should be able to track down the rest of the Wretch God much easier.' After contemplating the finger, Yang Qi extracted the relevant genetic material, and instantly gained a better understanding of Wretch-God Ultimate's techniques.

Slapping his hand down on the finger, he sent sagelight streaming around it as he began to assimilate it.

A moment later, he devoured the finger, then continued piercing through the multiverse. Even the most powerful and ancient entities would get lost in this maze, but Yang Qi wasn't worried. Having devoured the finger, he could now sense Wretch-God Ultimate's aura, and would be able to follow it to its source.

If could get the corpse, and completely master the Wretched Brain God Art, he could refine his own brain to the ultimate level. Not only would he be able to personally govern his empire better, but he might be able to push his sage monarch magistrates to the level of God-Lords.

Of course, it was only a possibility.

The sage monarch magistrates currently had psychic scales of several billion, and were peak Paramount Gods. For now, it seemed impossible for them to become God-Lords. After all, there were nearly a billion sage monarch magistrates by now.

It seemed hard to imagine what a billion God-Lords would be like. Just how much power would that represent? Even if he drained the destiny of the Sage Monarch Empire, and added in that of the Demonfolk Empire and the Deathless Heaven Empire, it still wouldn't be enough.

Even if all the God-Lords who had ever existed in the god world were gathered together, they still wouldn't number a billion.

In the Invincible Dynasty, there had only ever been about two thousand, with the Chiliocosm Dynasty having a similar number, and the Central Dynasty topping out at about three thousand.

Even combined, the three dynasties had never contained more than ten thousand God-Lords.

As for the Sage Monarch Empire, it currently had around two thousand, which meant that it couldn't even match up to the combined level of the three dynasties.

Given all the old-timers flocking to the Deathless Heaven Empire, they probably had a bit over ten thousand. And the number of random God-Lords hiding out in other parts of the god world probably didn't exceed that by much. If Yang Qi were to guess, he wouldn't pin the number of unaligned God-Lords as anything over four thousand.

In other words, if he turned his sage monarch magistrates into God-Lords, then nothing could stand in his path. The High Priestess, Proud Heaven, King of Godmammoths, Demon Master, and Sovereign Lord would all be easy to destroy. But for now, that wasn't possible.

Even if he achieved the breakthrough he sought, and could perhaps turn some sage monarch magistrates into God-Lords, he wouldn't have enough power to enable them all to reach that level of strength.

It would be like someone learning how to kill dragons, but living in a world with no dragons. What good would that do?

That said, Yang Qi had a master plan to deal with the essence of the god world, and the sage monarch magistrates played an important role.

In the end, he had to transform them and make them stronger.

Right now, the sage monarch magistrates improved by absorbing destiny, which wasn't ideal. Yang Qi wanted them to be able to grow using primal-chaos paleo-energy, or even the essence of the god world. That was his plan. He wanted each and every sage monarch magistrate to become like the Everlasting Aegis.

If he could have a billion sage monarch magistrates who were able to absorb the essence of the god world, then he could easily get rid of the god world, and leave behind only the Everlasting Aegis.

At the same time, he would reach the half-Annulled level.

'Proud Heaven. King of Godmammoths. High Priestess. Demon Master. You're all underestimating me and my plans. I've long since reached a major understanding. The Sovereign Lord created the God Legion Seal to fight the essence of the god world. Once I get Wretch-God Ultimate's complete corpse, I'll become so powerful that I can make minor versions of the God Legion Seal to give to my sage monarch magistrates. Then they'll be able to directly absorb the essence of the god world, and become God-Lords!'

This was Yang Qi's plan. It was vicious, and it would enable him to strike a powerful blow against his enemies.

He would create multiple God Legion Seals. If the Sovereign Lord could make that seal, then so could Yang Qi.

It would be complicated. Trillions of times more complicated than what he had done with the Cruiser of Civilization. And it would require immense amounts of power. But the God Legion Seal was the key to sucking away the essence of the god world.

The advantage Yang Qi had over the Sovereign Lord is that he had much more destiny to work with, and he had also converted the Sovereign Lord's collection of faith into destiny.

'Wretch-God Ultimate, I know that you intentionally left your remains here as a trap. But unfortunately for you, that works perfectly for my plan.' Chuckling coldly in his heart, Yang Qi continued his search.

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Chapter 1574: The Wretch God's Plo

Yang Qi had dug his way through multiple universes in the location where the Wretch God perished, and had already found a severed finger. However, he was convinced that the Wretch God wasn't actually dead. He had already run into multiple beings from ancient times who had come back to life, so why would he expect anything less from the Wretch God?

In fact, he was convinced that the severed finger had been left there as bait.

However, Yang Qi loved to beat his enemies at their own game. He was going to capture Wretch-God Ultimate and put him to good use.

Most likely, the reason he hadn't shown his face so far was that he hadn't fully recovered, so he was still hiding in the depths of the multiverse. And that meant this was a perfect opportunity for Yang Qi.

Wretch-God Ultimate's wretched brain was exactly what he needed to reach the half-Annulled level.

Aaaaoooooo!

Yang Qi had entered the depths of a pitch-black universe, where towering mountains were filled with dark energies. Countless wretch-god devils lived there, although they were all very low-level. Only a few here and there were Paramount Gods.

However, Yang Qi could see that in the depths of the mountains, there existed the bone of a dragon. It appeared to be a backbone, which was of course the most important part of the skeleton. And it was the backbone of the Wretch God.

Without hesitation, Yang Qi exhaled, sending out a stream of fire that shook the surrounding universes, incinerating the nearby wretch-devil Paramount Gods and destroying their kingdoms.

Soon, the wretch energy had been cleansed away, leaving only the backbone, which Yang Qi reached out and grabbed. Not hesitating at all, he sucked it into his body and assimilated it.

Immediately, his understanding of the Wretched Brain God Art grew more complete.

As the new information flowed through his mind, he waved his finger, causing a stream of golden light to appear, which started to assume the shape of an imp.

However, after a moment, the golden imp faded away.

Thanks to the influx of power from the Wretched Brain God Art, Yang Qi was on his way to creating his own version of the God Legion Seal. Not even the King of Godmammoths could have ever imagined doing something like that.

Whooooooosh!

As his thinking transformed, back in the Sage Monarch Empire, his sage monarch magistrates started changing. Specifically, it was their faces, which all resembled that of the old crown prince, Eternal Millennium. On their foreheads, a golden mark appeared briefly, then vanished.

Then, the light flashed again, revealing something that resembled the God Legion Seal, which subsequently vanished.

That said, even this small transformation caused the sage monarch magistrates to grow much stronger.

Jadefall and the others were laughing in delight. "The sage monarch magistrates are getting stronger! This is unimaginable! It seems Yang Qi must've made some impressive gains!"

"That's right," the Second Devil General said. "The sage monarch magistrates' psyches are different now. They're revealing spectacular potential, and it looks like they can connect to primal-chaos paleo-energy. If they can absorb that energy, as well as the essence of the god world, they'll be extremely impressive!"

By this point, Yang Qi had released the general from the control of the God Legion Seal.

Of course, the general's inherent nature had changed dramatically, and he was now like a mahātmā. He cared about the empire and its people, and no longer had an air of violent brutality. He had changed completely.

In fact, it would make more sense to call him the Second Mahātmā.

It was the same with the Third Devil General.

Both of them had psychic scales bordering on a hundred billion, thanks to their devotion to the empire. Yet even they could only sigh in amazement at what was happening to the sage monarch magistrates.

They weren't the only ones with psychic scales of about a hundred billion. Yang Susu, Jadefall, the Shepherd, Yang Doom, Yang Immortal-Slayer, and others of Yang Qi's brethren were included. So were Yang Primal-Chaos and Dugu Sheji.

They were the true inner circle of the Sage Monarch Empire.

Of course, they didn't try to snatch the destiny of the empire. Instead, they served it, improving its destiny.

Normally speaking, the sage monarch magistrates used the destiny of the empire to proliferate. But right now, they were transforming into a state in which they didn't need to do that anymore.

Their auras were linked to the Everlasting Aegis, and now their powers of absorption reflected that. In the briefest of moments, the Everlasting Aegis' ability to absorb primal-chaos paleo-energy jumped by double.

"This is amazing! What an important transformation. The sage monarch magistrates' cultivation bases are growing constantly. And the Everlasting Aegis can now make even more preheaven treasures. Now we can give even more resources to the Invincible Dynasty!"

RUMBLE!

The destiny of the empire surged, causing the Everlasting Aegis to rise upward. It almost seemed like it might leave the god world and float out into the primal-chaos beyond. Unfortunately, it still had its foundation rooted in the essence of the god world.

Meanwhile, the shrunken Invincible Dynasty was finally starting to expand again, while simultaneously keeping its borders secure. It had recovered, and was in a position to go on the offensive again.

Given some more time, its destiny would become pure enough that Yang Qi could prepare to combine it with the Sage Monarch Empire.

Having assimilated Wretch-God Ultimate's spine, boosting his sage monarch magistrates, Yang Qi sensed his empire's destiny rising. A smile appeared on his face as he continued his search deeper into the multiverse. Before long, he found more of the Wretch God's skeleton, including an arm bone, thigh bone, and sternum.

He devoured all of them, furthering his understanding of the Wretched Brain God Art.

Eventually, he had found and consumed virtually all of the skeleton, with the exception of the skull.

Despite having searched through multiple universes, Yang Qi still hadn't been able to locate it. He frowned. 'Where exactly is it? Where is Wretch-God Ultimate hiding? Is this a game of hide-and-seek?'

He exhaled a stream of energy, and a shadowy projection of the Wretch God appeared behind him, except without a head. And it seemed to be chanting. "Head... my head... where is my head... bring my head to me... bring my head..."

The words echoed out, flowing through countless universes.

Yang Qi flexed his Tribulation Wings and sped through more of the multiverse as he carried out his search in a way that not even the High Priestess or Proud Heaven would have been able to do.

Eventually, he caught sight of a black vortex that seemed to be reacting to the chanted words.

'This is where the Wretch God's head is.' Yang Qi stopped outside the vortex as he considered what to do. As he did, the projection of the Wretch God suddenly seemed to be grabbed by the power of the vortex, dragging Yang Qi along with it.

Booming laughter rang out as a mighty power erupted from the vortex. "After all these years, it finally worked! I finally caught someone. You collected my bones and came here, and now I'm going to end you! I'll take your flesh and blood for my new body, and at long last, Wretch-God Ultimate will return to the world!"

"Oh really?" Yang Qi said, and suddenly he flared with burning sagelight.

The light illuminated the vortex, revealing a huge head in its depths, like a divine mountain rising up in the depths of the darkness. It was transparent, making it possible to see the brain inside, glittering with daoist techniques, information, and even the workings of heaven. As for the face, it was that of a beautiful man, except with an evil tinge to his expression, and eyes that could capture souls.

Wretch-God Ultimate was an extremely good-looking man, yet he was obviously full of evil. In fact, he seemed like the kind of person who would want to devour the brains of others.

It was Wretch-God Ultimate's head! And his crafty plot had been revealed. However, Yang Qi had assumed this would happen, and was confident he would come out on top.

"Who are you?" the head said in response to the blinding light.

"You're finally showing your face like all the other old-timers, Wretch-God Ultimate," Yang Qi replied coolly. "You just can't bear the loneliness. Well, if you want to dominate the world, I can help."

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Chapter 1575: Making the God Legion Seal?

At long last, Yang Qi was in front of the Wretch God.

Wretch-God Ultimate. A half-Annulled expert.

In the past, Yang Qi would have had reason to fear him. But now, he wasn't even the least bit nervous. After all, he was now fundamentally stronger than Wretch-God Ultimate, and if he tapped into destiny, could definitely crush him. And that wasn't to mention that Yang Qi had the advantage of the Wretched Brain God Art.

And he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to seal and assimilate him.

That said, he knew from the moment he saw the enormous head that he was going to end up fighting a big battle.

There would be no better moment. After all, Proud Heaven had just established his foundation and had all sorts of things on his plate. He had to manage the court, keep his top experts under control, and deal with the High Priestess, who was scheming to overthrow him. On top of that, he had the Demon Master and the King of Godmammoths breathing down his neck. There was no way he would have time to go searching for Wretch-God Ultimate.

"You haven't fully recovered from your old injuries, Wretch-God Ultimate," he said with a faint smile. "In other words, your cultivation base can't compare to a true half-Annulled expert, yet you dare to rave in my presence. Seems to me you're looking to die. To answer your question, you have no way of knowing who I am. But I'm sure you recognize this." All of a sudden, the God Legion Seal appeared on his forehead.

"The God Legion Seal?" Wretch-God Ultimate blurted. "Are you the successor of the Sovereign Lord?!"

"No, I'm not," Yang Qi replied coolly. "I'm a Fateless One, the remnant of some fateless energy that the Sovereign Lord trapped long ago. I've come here specifically for you. I'm going to assimilate you and reach the half-Annulled level."

Wretch-God Ultimate was a terrifying entity that essentially couldn't be subjugated. If Yang Qi tried making him part of his empire, it would lead to devastation because of the dangerous wretch energy.

Yang Qi wasn't stupid enough to do that.

Wretch-God Ultimate had his own dao, and it couldn't be changed. In that regard, he was similar to Star Swordlife. Yang Qi had no intention of trying to change him. Instead, he would wipe him out of existence.

Wretch-God Ultimate laughed. "You're a Fateless One? And you think you're going to assimilate me? Not even the Sovereign Lord could do that, what makes you think you can? Incidentally, the fact that you tracked down all of my bones in the multiverse just shows how greedy you are. Assimilating them has simply infected you with my wretch energy, which means I can control you now. Get on your knees!"

As soon as the command left his lips, creaking sounds echoed out from Yang Qi.

"Let Destiny Come! In the grand heaven, verily, the nation is eternal!"

Yang Qi could sense the bones of the Wretch God within him trying to wreak havoc. Obviously, this was what the Wretch God had planned and hoped for. But was Yang Qi really that stupid?

Destiny flowed into him, causing cracking sounds as the bones were first suppressed, then started crumbling. Meanwhile, the Wretch God's head started trembling, as if with madness.

"What is this? How can you have such powerful destiny? Not even the Sovereign Lord was able to do anything like that." Fear could be heard in the Wretch God's voice as he realized the level of destiny he was dealing with.

"It's simple," Yang Qi replied. "The Sovereign Lord didn't know how to govern a nation. The god world has been developing for billions of years now, and the dao of governance has surpassed anything from the time of the Sovereign Lord. Back then, he relied on faith. But destiny is different. My empire has already surpassed anything the Sovereign Lord was capable of. I'm not lying when I say that I can crush half-Annulled experts. If I couldn't, I would've already been defeated by the High Priestess, the King of Godmammoths, and the Demon Master."

"Y-y-you..." the Wretch God blubbered. "Have a death wish, brat?! Wretched Brain God Art!"

The head began vibrating with fluctuations that immediately caused a huge psychic tempest to form.

However, Yang Qi didn't seem worried at all. He threw his hands out, and destiny flowed around him, creating a universe that locked down the entire area, and was filled with countless sealing marks.

Although it was only a bit of destiny, combined with Yang Qi's strength, and the fact that Wretch-God Ultimate wasn't fully recovered, it was extremely dangerous.

"Be sealed!" Yang Qi made a grasping gesture, and a primal-chaos elder-snake appeared and began devouring everything around it.

Wretch-God Ultimate was too stunned to react. Before he could even begin to formulate a response, he was devoured. Then, Yang Qi used the Myriad Worlds Greater Teleportation to send him to the Everlasting Aegis.

Inside the aegis, the primal-chaos elder-snake exploded, and Wretch-God Ultimate's head appeared, instantly unleashing fluctuations that could destroy universes.

"This is your empire, boy? I'm going to destroy it! In my eyes, this empire isn't worth anything. Who would have thought that in this dying age, empires would become the orthodox way? In my time, we strove to develop power that could destroy all empires. If you stand in my way, it's foreordained that your empire will be destroyed!"

Of course, Yang Qi had a plan. First, he would bring the Wretch God into the Everlasting Aegis, then he would use a powerful formation to crush him.

"Be crushed!"

Yang Qi's command of destiny was very different inside the Everlasting Aegis. In fact, it was ten times higher. Instantly, Wretch-God Ultimate's head faced crushing pressure. Then Yang Qi shouted, "Sage monarch magistrates, use your Tribulation Monarch Cannons!"

Countless magistrates appeared, nearly a billion of them, and they immediately got into formation and aimed their Tribulation Monarch Cannons at Wretch-God Ultimate.

RUMBLE!

A massive blast caused the Everlasting Aegis to tremble as countless Tribulation Monarch Cannons shot Wretch-God Ultimate.

Yang Qi suddenly started growing larger, simultaneously extending his hand to reveal the Halls of Heaven. Then he struck Wretch-God Ultimate's head, which began to crumble loudly.

"Your end is here, Wretch God. This is my home and my destiny. Even in your prime, you wouldn't be able to stand up to me here."

Suddenly, the Wretch God head erupted with hairs, each of which looked like a snake, or possibly a hand. And they all shot toward Yang Qi.

"I never could have guessed that the first tribulation to block my path to freedom would be you, boy. Well, it's only to be expected. I've experienced countless tribulations, and yours is trifling at best. I'm going to devour both you and your kingdom, then recover fully and dominate everything under heaven." Each of the strands of hair was like a consummate expert that could bash apart destiny and shatter the greyspace of the Everlasting Aegis.

"Half-Annulled experts are strong. Sadly, you're not at full strength. You're like King Immortal-Slayer, stuck in the Great Necropolis. Except in this case, it's the Everlasting Aegis.

"Be crushed!" Yang Qi exhaled, and countless streams of energy erupted out, which were none other than the preheaven essence of the god world. In his previous clashes with the essence, he had picked up on some of its techniques and powers!

It was like a river of daoist techniques slamming into Wretch God Ultimate's hairs, causing them to ignite.

"Wretch God Destroys Worlds. Wretch God Ultimate's Obsidian Flame!"

Wretch God Ultimate's head unleashed a torrent of black fire that rapidly ate up Yang Qi's daoist techniques. If he hadn't been in the Sage Monarch Empire and the Everlasting Aegis, it would have spelled complete destruction. Not even the Central Dynasty could have dealt with this.

This was a fire that could destroy planets, stars, god kingdoms, and universes.

Even a God-Lord with a psychic scale of a hundred billion who was hit by this black flame would be killed.

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Chapter 1576: Mass-Producing God Legion Seals?

Even if Wretch God Ultimate were stronger than he was, now that he was inside the Everlasting Aegis, there was no escape for him. That said, as soon as he unleashed Wretch God Ultimate's Obsidian Flame, which pulsed with a seemingly all-destructive power. In fact, if it kept spreading, it would likely kill everyone it touched, like some sort of plague.

Not that Yang Qi would let that happen.

Yet again, King Heaven-Devourer's form appeared behind him.

The enormous snake inhaled, and the countless streams of black fire entered its mouth. As of now, the snake was incredibly powerful. In fact, it was capable of unleashing about eighty percent of King Heaven-Devourer's full might.

After the black flame entered the snake, it shrank down as it started assimilating it internally.

Yang Qi wasn't spending a lot of time analyzing the situation. He thrust his hand out again, and a projection of the Great Necropolis appeared, which slammed down onto Wretch God Ultimate's head. It was the Great Necropolis God Art!

As far as Yang Qi was concerned, it didn't matter that Proud Heaven had unlocked so many of the secrets of the necropolis. Yang Qi's connection still hadn't been severed. And for some mysterious, unknown reasons, King Immortal-Slayer had access to certain bits of knowledge that he'd hidden from Proud Heaven, making them impossible to discover. The Great Necropolis still had more mysteries to be revealed. Proud Heaven thought that because he could use the necropolis to deal with the High Priestess, he already understood everything about it. Sadly, he was completely wrong.

Yang Qi knew what the Great Necropolis was ultimately capable of. And his knowledge had only increased after Proud Heaven mistakenly came to believe that he had assimilated King Immortal-Slayer.

Because both Yang Qi and King Immortal-Slayer were deeply connected to the Great Necropolis, it was possible for Yang Qi to sense how King Immortal-Slayer had survived. There was no way King Immortal-Slayer was going to be assimilated by Proud Heaven that easily.

Yang Qi was using the final move from the Sage Monarch Grand Magic. Annul Death; Eternally Bury. He wasn't giving the Wretch God any chances to destroy his empire.

RUMBLE!

The Great Necropolis crushed down inexorably until the Wretch God was completely suppressed. Not even the incredibly powerful brainwaves he fought back with did any good.

"Prayers and Destiny of the Empire!" As soon as Yang Qi gave the command, the destiny of his empire flowed into the Great Necropolis, where it battered the Wretch God.

The Wretch God was finally starting to shrink back.

"I have undying immortality!" Wretch God Ultimate shrieked. "Nobody can defeat me! I'm going to destroy everything. Ultimate's Dao of Gods; Melt Heaven and Earth into Wretchedness; Let the Wretch World Appear!"

RUMBLE!

The Wretch God's head vanished, to be replaced by a wretched world that was rapidly expanding outward. Yang Qi had created the Everlasting Aegis, which was independent from the god world. And now the Wretch God wanted to do the same thing. He'd created his Wretch World long ago, but it had vanished, and now he was hoping to use a world to defeat a world, break free from the Great Necropolis, and make his escape.

The Wretch God was proving difficult to deal with.

But... he was dealing with Yang Qi! And Yang Qi wasn't going to let him succeed in his plan. In response, Yang Qi vanished, to be replaced by an image of the Halls of Heaven, which shot into the Great Necropolis and slammed into the Wretch God's world. The Wretch World then deflated like a popped balloon, provoking a shrill scream from the Wretch God. "You assimilated the Halls of Heaven!?"

"That's right, Wretch God Ultimate. Your fate is sealed. Give me your head, and open up your psyche to me. Be cleansed by the sagelight of the Halls of Heaven. Your destiny is going to push me to new heights." With that, Yang Qi focused even more of his destiny on assaulting Wretch God Ultimate.

It became so forceful that Wretch-God Ultimate couldn't even move.

"I might not have been a match for you in the past, Wretch God Ultimate. But with the power of my empire to back me, you won't even be able to self-destruct. My empire is one of a kind, and everyone within it is a sage or mahātmā. You want to break down order, which makes you fundamentally incompatible with my empire. My empire's destiny is the bane of your existence, and now, you will be assimilated!"

Streams of wretch energy and psychic fluctuations flowed into the Halls of Heaven, causing blackness to spread into the white.

Eventually, the ship-like form of the Halls of Heaven was half black and half white, almost like a taiji symbol.

The Wretch God's power was weakening, and he could only roar out a curse of defiance as he realized he wasn't a match for Yang Qi. Not even his greatest art, Ultimate's Curse, could do anything to Yang Qi's soul.

Yang Qi was a Fateless One. Nothing could touch his fate, not even the Wretch God's curse.

"Be crushed!" Yang Qi howled.

Wretch energy flowed like mad, causing the Halls of Heaven to turn even darker. Slowly but surely, the Wretch God's skull was removed, revealing his brain, wriggling and twitching with a psyche and will that could destroy the heavens and extinguish the earth.

The Wretch God had started out in ancient primal-chaos as nothing but a brain. That brain had slowly absorbed endless amounts of preheaven wretch energy, ultimately transforming into the invincible entity he had become. Now Yang Qi was taking that wretch energy away, leaving behind only the original brain.

The time had come! Yang Qi transformed into a stream of sagelight that shot into the wretched brain and started chewing away at it. It was a battle of pure psyche and thinking.

As for the wretch energy that was flowing into the Halls of Heaven, bright sagelight erupted and started melting it away. Of course, it was Wretch God Ultimate's incredibly powerful wretch energy, so it wasn't a process that went quickly.

The Halls of Heaven erupted with countless shockwaves as radiance and light fought darkness and gloom, in a battle of righteousness versus evil.

Sadly for Wretch God Ultimate, he also had to contend with Yang Qi's destiny.

This battle between the extremes was pushing the Halls of Heaven into a very unique state.

Yang Qi had been constantly working at assimilating the Halls of Heaven, and had been trying to find an opportunity to finish the job. Now, he was killing two birds with one stone by borrowing the power of Wretch God Ultimate's energy to assault the halls and make them easier to assimilate.

All of a sudden, the Halls of Heaven became a complete mix of black and white. It was now a different type of magical treasure, and the Sovereign Lord's aura was gone from the spell formations inside.

It now conformed perfectly to the destiny of Yang Qi's empire.

"I finally assimilated the Halls of Heaven! It's now my treasure. Many thanks to you, Wretch God Ultimate! Without you, it would've been impossible to remold the halls.

"Henceforth, the Halls of Heaven will be a never-setting sun above my empire!"

A tremor passed through Yang Qi as he sent the Halls of Heaven flying up into the greyspace that was the Everlasting Aegis.

It was now a sun, although it looked different from ordinary suns.

Half of it burned with radiance and light, while the other half radiated darkness and gloom. As it rotated, it would sometimes cast brilliant light onto the empire, and other times it would wreath the Everlasting Aegis in night.

Peace. Security. Rest. When night fell on the Sage Monarch Empire, people could sleep soundly. After all, this darkness didn't contain any sort of evil, but was instead meant for recuperation and recovery.

In the past, the Everlasting Aegis had only contained radiance and light, without any darkness at all. Of course, its inhabitants were all gods, so they didn't care.

But now that there was nighttime, they realized it was the perfect opportunity to rest at ease. During the night, the entire empire would become calm and quiet.

Strangely, during those periods of nighttime rest, the destiny of the empire didn't decrease. Quite the opposite. It increased, instead! That was one of the benefits of rest and recovery.

As the Halls of Heaven became part of the Everlasting Aegis, the empire suddenly grew, reaching an unimaginable state.

At this point, neither the High Priestess nor Proud Heaven could possibly invade in force.

The Sage Monarch Empire was now a true fortress that didn't need to fear anything else in existence.

Yang Qi looked up at the sun that was the Halls of Heaven, and while it was black and white, it still bore the general shape of a ship, with two pointy ends. 'The Halls of Heaven are now gone,' he thought. 'Looks somewhat like an eye. I think I'll call it the Everlasting Eye. It can bring peace and rest to all of the gods, which is something the Halls of Heaven could never do.'

He was still fighting his battle with the Wretch God's brain. However, now that his work with the Everlasting Eye was complete, his empire became even more pious, and as a result, his psyche and will started climbing again.

In that moment, he vanquished all of the Wretch God's defenses.

"No! I can't believe you used my wretched power to assimilate the Halls of Heaven! Damn you forever! You've profaned the glory of the Sovereign Lord! When the Sovereign Lord joins forces with me against you, you're dead! Not even your status as a Fateless One can protect you!" As Wretch God Ultimate was suppressed, Yang Qi's power climbed, and his psychic scale and godhood rating rose.

Whack. Whack. Whack!

Suddenly his body exploded, as did his monarch godhood, becoming a tempest that swept through his empire, causing it to tremble. Lightning fell as countless living things rose up.

The detonation of his monarch godhood represented Nothing.

He had finally stepped into the half-Annulled level!

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Chapter 1577: Becoming Half-Annulled

Yang Qi had taken advantage of the situation and blown through all lines of defense.

Wretch God Ultimate had collapsed, and Yang Qi devoured his brain, until at last he broke through, detonating his monarch godhood. The power released by the explosion of his godhood connected to the Everlasting Aegis, whereupon all people in the empire could sense the power of the breakthrough in their hearts.

Everywhere throughout the empire, eyes were brimming with tears of excitement.

They knew their emperor was now a half-Annulled expert, which meant they were no longer weak and defenseless. At long last, they were a truly grand and magnificent empire.

However, the fluctuations of the explosion didn't reach beyond the borders of the Everlasting Aegis. No one outside had any idea what was happening inside. And that was a unique situation, as normally, the almighty beings would have sensed the ascension of a new half-Annulled expert, and would have come to investigate.

But Yang Qi didn't want the news spreading.

Now that he was in the half-Annulled level, there was nothing Wretch God Ultimate could do to fight back.

As Yang Qi absorbed his brain, he reached a level fully a hundred times anything from before. His power, psyche, magic, and daoist techniques were all unleashed as if floodgates had been opened.

"Agggghhhhh!" Wretch God Ultimate screamed. "I'm not going to die! I'm going to enter a special state which will be a nightmare for you. I'll haunt you forever until I manage to possess you. It's impossible to truly get rid of half-Annulled experts. The only way to possibly do it is to break into the full Annulled level!"

Eventually, Wretch God Ultimate's voice faded away.

Yang Qi sank into silent contemplation, reining in his power. His body was hardly discernible, as though it had vanished. That was what happened in the half-Annulled level. The body didn't exist. Only the deathless and eternal psyche and will remained. Of course, immense power fluctuations resonated from the heart and mind, spanning the gap between that which was real and that which was illusory.

"God Legion Seal; Form!"

A new God Legion Seal appeared in his hand. Although it was small and dim, that was only because it was an embryonic form. At the same time, golden imps appeared in the foreheads of all the sage monarch magistrates. They were faint, and couldn't compare to the true God Legion Seal, almost as if they were simple ink wash paintings depicting the real version. But they were there.

The magistrates were experiencing major changes in their form and structure.

Yang Qi's abilities of extrapolation had increased many times over, and he was now able to see all the areas in which the sage monarch magistrates were deficient. Although the tiny God Legion Seals in their foreheads weren't complete, nor as strong as even one ten-thousandth of the real version, they still made the magistrates vastly stronger. In terms of the fighting prowess, they would soon be close to the level of God-Lords.

Yang Qi rose to his feet, pleased that the magistrates had taken a big step toward becoming more powerful. Now that he was in the half-Annulled level, he could see everything more clearly and in more detail. His cultivation base was completely different from before, making new levels of enlightenment much easier to achieve. In fact, he was approaching the point of being both omniscient and omnipotent.

His psychic scale was nearing nine hundred billion, making him very close to reaching the level of a trillion.

He was already far higher in level than the High Priestess. It was something extremely rare. Now that he was in the half-Annulled level, it meant that he was superior to any other half-Annulled expert that had ever existed. Even the Sovereign Lord.

In terms of fighting prowess, he was without a doubt the number one figure in the god world. In fact, it might be impossible for the purrling to beat him at this point. At the same time, he now understood exactly what the purrling was.

"Purr. Purr..." The moment Yang Qi reached the half-Annulled level, the purrling spoke in its purring language, making it clear that it recognized Yang Qi as an invincible entity. Soon, Yang Qi would fight his true enemy, which was the essence of the god world.

All half-Annulled experts were threats to the essence of the god world, and it viewed every last one of them as enemies. Not even Proud Heaven was an exception.

'The time has come to rescue Master,' Yang Qi thought, turning and heading in the direction of the Invincible Dugu.

The Invincible Dugu's physical body was now the size of a normal person, but when he breathed out, minor universes and planes of existence appeared, similar to how the Great Necropolis had ejected immortal worlds.

"Begone, essence of the god world!"

Yang Qi was in a completely different state now. His fingers spread wide as he sent boundless power into the Invincible Dugu, backing it with the full might of a half-Annulled expert.

Crack!

He forcefully grabbed the sealing marks inside his Master, and they subsequently twitched as if to flee. However, Yang Qi didn't let them, but instead slowly assimilated them into himself.

Then he waved his finger, sending another massive burst of power into the Invincible Dugu.

His Master's will surged, and his voice echoed out from inside the gateway. "I'm finally back! My will was sealed by the essence of the god world for billions of years, but at long last, I can return!"

Everything trembled as the Invincible Dugu slowly opened his eyes, then, with seemingly immense effort, rose to his feet. For a moment, he surged with power, but he quickly pulled it back in. Looking at Yang Qi, he said, "Well done, Yang Qi. Very well done. All of my plans and preparations in the lower worlds have finally come to fruition. And it's all thanks to you. The sealing marks placed on me by the essence of the god world are gone, and I can finally return to full power."

"I'm extremely grateful for the help you provided in the lower worlds, Master," Yang Qi replied. "It's thanks to you that I've made so much progress. So it's only natural that I return the favor. Master, I don't think I need to go into a lot of detail about what we need to do next. Now that you're awake, focus on getting back to your full strength. Our dynasty is the strongest in existence, so we have nothing to fear from the Demonfolk Empire or Proud Heaven. Sir, you need to go back to the Invincible Dynasty and take back control. Nobody will dare to oppose you. Once you have everything under control, we can combine our dynasties and I'll ordain you as the imperial preceptor."

"Exactly," the Invincible Dugu said, then sighed. "You're many times more skilled at running governments than me, so it makes more sense for you to get the Invincible Dynasty in order. I don't want the destiny, either. I'll make full use of my position as imperial preceptor to take more disciples and found the Invincible College. I'll be a sage of the empire, with my primary responsibility being teaching. I will help all of the citizens to develop invincible faith and invincible fighting ability, whether they're fighting heaven, earth, or man! They'll be invincible in all!"

"That'll work," Yang Qi said with a nod. "Master, please accumulate some more disciples. You'll be unsurpassed as a sage of the empire. And now, I'll call all my fellow apprentices to offer you formal greetings."

He issued a call, and Eldest Brother Mage Cloudwalker, Sword Seventeen, and all the other apprentices from the old Invincible Society came to offer greetings, eyes overflowing with tears.

"Master!"

The Invincible Dugu burst out laughing. "At long last, we've been reunited, and the Invincible Society will rise again. What reason do we have to shed tears? The circumstances now couldn't be better. Yang Qi started the ball rolling, and he's already stronger than the Sovereign Lord ever was. Even if the Sovereign Lord somehow came back to life, he couldn't possibly deal with Yang Qi. Our task at hand is to unify the god world by defeating all the other dynasties. There's no time to relax. Come with me to further your cultivation. After all, brutal combat is on the way!"

With that, he began drawing on his immense experience to teach new techniques and skills to his apprentices.

Now that the Invincible Dugu was awake, Yang Qi's empire had two half-Annulled experts. They were already stronger than the King of Godmammoths and Demon Master, and definitely beyond the level of Proud Heaven.

Unfortunately, Proud Heaven and the Deathless Heaven Dynasty had the support of the essence of the god world, which made things different. They couldn't be taken lightly, and Yang Qi knew that if he wasn't careful, he could end up being wiped out.

For now, the best thing to do was wait and see how things played out in the Demonfolk Empire.

When the demons clashed with Proud Heaven, anything could happen. After all, the High Priestess was definitely going to cause trouble.

The return of the Invincible Dugu wasn't announced publicly. However, the loyal citizens all knew that they now had two half-Annulled experts, and it made them more delighted and confident than ever.

Destiny bubbled in the depths of the empire, although no one on the outside had any idea.

Smiling, Yang Qi looked in the direction of the Deathless Heaven Dynasty, and saw that Proud Heaven had erected a powerful greyspace in the middle of his roiling destiny.

'What!?" Yang Qi murmured, shooting to his feet. 'That's the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart!'

It was only natural that, upon devouring King Immortal-Slayer, Proud Heaven had gained control of the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart. And now he was combining it with his empire's destiny to create something similar to Yang Qi's Everlasting Aegis. If he succeeded, it would make it much more difficult for Yang Qi to invade.

Thankfully, the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart could never compare to the Everlasting Aegis, which now had the Halls of Heaven as an integral part of it.

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Chapter 1578: Domination

Yang Qi was becoming truly invincible!

Now that he was in the half-Annulled level, everything had become clear to him. He knew how to deal with all of Proud Heaven's machinations, and was pushing his own psychic scale toward the level of a trillion.

That made him far beyond even the Sovereign Lord.

With his power, he could definitely conquer everything that existed. For all intents and purposes, there was no one who could possibly match up to him.

'Proud Heaven is integrating the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart into his empire's destiny. It seems he's getting ready to fight a war of attrition. Or perhaps he'll use it to strengthen his Ten Universes. I need to take a closer look at what's going on. If he succeeds, and his cultivation base reaches the ultimate level, it'll be even easier for him to control the High Priestess. So what will she do about all this?'

Even as he contemplated these things, he could sense the aura of the High Priestess in the depths of the Deathless Heaven Empire.

She sat unmoving as she focused her attention on what was happening in the dynasty. Her expression was grim. Next to her was Hailan, who said, "Master, it seems Proud Heaven is trying to fuse the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart with the destiny of his empire. If he succeeds, he'll be in even more control, and we'll be in an even more passive position. But is there anything we can do to stop him, considering how much he's shored up his defenses?" From the murderous expression in her eyes, it seemed she wanted to immediately attack Proud Heaven.

"The Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart was a powerful treasure belonging to King Immortal-Slayer. If Proud Heaven assimilates it, the dynasty will fall even more firmly under his control, and we'll lose even more influence. Unfortunately, I don't think there's anything we can do other than watch how things play out." Yang Voidprime seemed similarly worried. "It's too bad that swine Yang Qi forced me to use my Fate Seal. Otherwise, I might've been able to reach the half-Annulled level by now."

"You're still half of a Fateless One," the High Priestess said. "Logically speaking, you should still have a chance to reach the half-Annulled level." As she watched the empire's destiny flow into the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart, her expression turned more and more furious. "This Proud Heaven is really pushing things too far. I'm not going to let him get away with this. Unfortunately, I'm not strong enough to deal with him alone. If we just had a third half-Annulled expert, we could take him on."

"I'm the most likely to reach that level," Yang Voidprime said. All of a sudden, he seemed to realize something, and laughed. "High Priestess, don't tell me you want to help me break through? I don't see how that's possible. The only way for me to do it would be to devour Yang Qi and take the rest of the fateless power he has. If I became a full Fateless One, then I'd definitely be strong enough to take on Proud Heaven. But Yang Qi won't be easy to kill. His empire has been transforming lately, and its destiny is constantly growing."

"That's true. Yang Qi's empire keeps improving in destiny, although I'm not able to see inside to identify exactly what's going on."

To her, the Everlasting Aegis and the Sage Monarch Empire seemed like an enormous sphere of stone, hanging in the middle of primal-chaos, slowly rotating as it absorbed the surrounding energy. It was even drawing on the power of the god world.

"He's very audacious to be feeding off the god world like that," the High Priestess said angrily. "The essence of the god world is bound to be furious, and want him dead. But his empire's defenses are so strong, and he's already independent from the god world. He has plenty of advantages over us. After all, we're completely dependent on the god world for our resources. I wonder what level his cultivation base has reached. Logically speaking, he shouldn't have much trouble reaching the half-Annulled level. Once he does, he should create a resonance with heaven and earth, allowing me to sense it. But so far, I haven't sensed anything."

"Master, forget about Yang Qi," Hailan said through gritted teeth. "We won't need to worry about him later, and when we do, it should be easy to either kill him or force him into flight. As they say, before defending against invaders, pacify the interior. I can sense that Proud Heaven is getting more influential, and more old-timers are siding with him. For example, the Patriarch of the Universe has already defected from us. We absolutely have to kill Proud Heaven as soon as possible. Why don't we lend someone a knife and have them do our dirty work for us?"

"Oh? Who exactly do you mean?" the High Priestess said. "We can't use Yang Qi as our 'knife'. He's too clever, and besides, his cultivation base is too weak. He's only strong when he taps into that destiny of his. I say that we use the King of Godmammoths and the Demon Master. Use them to crush Proud Heaven. Furthermore, the Dugu Clan and their Invincible Dynasty seems to have gained new momentum, and their energy is growing. I wonder if the Invincible Dugu has awakened. If so, the god world will be partitioned even further."

"What? The Dugu Clan? The Invincible Dynasty?" The High Priestess cast her vision in the direction of the Invincible Dynasty, and found that it was as sealed as tightly as a turtle in a shell. No one came in or out, which meant there was no influx of resources. It was almost as if they had endless resources at their disposal.

"This is really strange," Yang Voidprime said. "There's no way a dynasty could have that many resources stockpiled. The Invincible Dynasty is entirely made up of humans, which means they're definitely using up a lot of resources. And everyone knows that just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth. They can't be doing what Yang Qi's Everlasting Aegis does, and constantly producing their own resources. Can they? And how is the destiny of their dynasty so strong? Everyone there seems peaceful and calm, as if they aren't afraid of anything. It's what you might expect if they had a half-Annulled expert stationed there. Could it be that the Invincible Dugu really is awake now?"

Everyone else was similarly shocked.

"The Invincible Dugu has a mysterious and unfathomable cultivation base," the High Priestess said, and she sounded worried. "Not even I'm confident that I could handle him. If he's awake, then everyone is going to be worried about him. However, based on what I can see, I don't think he is. If he was, the Invincible Dynasty wouldn't be hiding away like a turtle. As for their resources, it's likely the Everlasting Aegis is helping them.

"What?" Yang Voidprime said in shock. "You're saying Yang Qi worked out a deal with the Invincible Dynasty? How is that even possible?"

"It's not impossible," Hailan said coldly. "Yang Qi needs the help of the Invincible Dugu to keep his empire safe. And the Invincible Dugu needs Yang Qi for resources. It makes perfect sense for them to reach an agreement. Although, I wouldn't worry too much. They're definitely going to end up plotting against each other, and it will end up weakening Yang Qi and his empire. Furthermore, if they were really working together sincerely, why wouldn't they combine their empires? Why would they leave things as they are?"

Although Hailan's analysis seemed to make sense, she was actually playing right into Yang Qi's hands.

After all, the reason he hadn't combined empires was because he didn't want impure destiny staining his Everlasting Aegis. Of course, now that the Invincible Dugu was awake, it would be easy to fix that problem. But he still wanted to keep the smokescreen up.

If they combined empires and revealed that they had two half-Annulled experts, it was a given that Proud Heaven, the High Priestess, the King of Godmammoths, and the Demon Master would find out, and they would do everything possible to destroy them.

Maintaining a front of weakness wouldn't ensure that people would ignore them, but would at least give more time to prepare. Only when the time was right would Yang Qi grow his empire.

Furthermore, he could make it seem to outsiders like his empire and the Invincible Dynasty were struggling for dominance.

So far, everything was going according to plan.

In the past, he had wanted news of his empire to spread, so that people would flock to join him. But now he had his Ascendants, who weren't connected to the god world, and he had made himself independent from the god world. That meant the essence of the god world had less and less control over him.

"Alright, I'm going to go see the King of Godmammoths and the Demon Master!" the High Priestess said, rising to her feet.

"No, Master!" Hailan said. Then she smiled. "I suggest you and Yang Voidprime go together. Tell the King of Godmammoths and the Demon Master that you want to overthrow Proud Heaven. Kill him. But Yang Voidprime needs to step into the half-Annulled level first. You can't do it yourself, but if they help you, it'll definitely be possible."

"Ah, yes. That sounds good."

The High Priestess chuckled. "That said, Hailan, I also need to make all of this worthwhile for you."

"Agreed," Hailan said. "I'll trust your judgment, Master."

"Yang Voidprime, you come with me."

WHOOSH!

The two of them vanished into thin air as they headed in the direction of the Demonfolk Empire.

'You're finally going to meet your end, Proud Heaven,' Hailan thought, a vicious smile playing out on her face. However, a moment later, she ground her teeth. 'Of course, I'm not going to let Yang Qi off the hook. Heh heh. Yang Voidprime, do you really think that my Master is so kind-hearted to just freely help you reach the half-Annulled level? Once you succeed, I'll rip the husk of your body away and get your Fateless One status. I'm going to devour both you and Yang Qi!'

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Chapter 1579: The Cool Eye of the Bystander

A crafty smile could be seen on Hailan's face. Truth be told, it wasn't out of good intentions that she convinced Yang Voidprime to go with the High Priestess to see the King of Godmammoths and the Demon Master. Yang Voidprime obviously didn't have as good a relationship with the High Priestess as Hailan did. After all, Hailan was the High Priestess' apprentice.

The High Priestess had arranged everything in advance, preparing this elaborate trap for Yang Voidprime, with the intention of giving his cultivation base to Hailan.

Hailan was a profound schemer, but her cultivation base was only at the level of around two hundred billion. And she deeply wanted to reach the half-Annulled level. Chuckling coldly, she prepared her cultivation base to start absorbing destiny from the empire around her.

However, that was when an immense wave of power washed over her, and she suddenly realized that Proud Heaven was standing in front of her.

"Oh, it's you, Your Majesty," she said, snapping out of her reverie. "Might I ask why you've graced me with your presence? What commands might you have for me?"

She was under no illusions that he had come for benevolent reasons.

The court had essentially split into two factions, with one loyal to Proud Heaven, and the other siding with the High Priestess. The friction between the two factions was growing increasingly intense, although the top leaders were still refraining from personally interfering.

Furthermore, Proud Heaven was supposed to be working hard on the empire's aegis, and shouldn't have had the time to come see her.

Hailan was completely on guard.

"Did the High Priestess and Yang Voidprime just leave for somewhere?" Proud Heaven asked. "Where did they go?"

"I'm not sure," she replied. "Would you like to wait here until they get back, Your Majesty? You can ask them yourself."

"Hailan," Proud Heaven said casually, sitting down and fixing his eyes on her like a predator eyeing prey, "a lot of experts seem to be siding against me nowadays. I know you're the High Priestess' apprentice, but have you ever considered working with me instead? I'm going to take over the god world, eventually. Yang Qi isn't even close to being a match for me."

"I'm not sure what you mean, Your Majesty. I already am loyal to you. Everything I do is for the sake of the empire." Hailan knew exactly what was going on. Now that the High Priestess was away, Proud Heaven was taking advantage of her absence and trying to recruit Hailan. But did he really think she would switch sides because of a simple invitation? He should at least offer some compelling arguments, or a reward of some sort.

"Your Majesty, we're always more than happy to offer advice to help you overcome any personal obstacles," Hailan said, sticking to the prescribed formalities of the court. Obviously, she didn't want Proud Heaven uncovering any of her own weaknesses. "Remember, the empire doesn't belong to you alone, it belongs to the citizens. If the people find fault with you, it's our job to help you rectify the situation. And so, Your Majesty, I really hope that you can refrain from this talk about factions and sides. We're all working together for the same purpose. For the same heavenly empire."

"Oh really," Proud Heaven said with a smile. "This is a personal conversation between you and me, so you can drop the official jargon. I know you want to reach the half-Annulled level. After all, you're ambitious. Furthermore, you know a lot about Yang Qi, and I need help in that regard. So join me. If you do, I'll make sure you reach the half-Annulled level."

"Is that so?" Hailan said, her heart pounding. That said, she didn't really trust Proud Heaven. "Your Majesty, if you could really help me improve my cultivation base, that would be wonderful. But I don't think I deserve that. How could I possibly be so blessed? And why would you give me a reward like that?"

Lounging on the chair haughtily, Proud Heaven stared at Hailan with a piercing gaze as he said, "What do you think of the destiny in the empire, Hailan?"

"The destiny of the Deathless Heaven Empire is boundless and invincible, superior to any empire that existed from ancient times until now. Not even the Sovereign Lord's court could compare. It's the result of the hard work of all the loyal citizens of the empire." She was intentionally refraining from giving credit to Proud Heaven, in the hopes of seeing how he would react. Normally speaking, she should be lavishing him with praise, considering he was the emperor.

Proud Heaven didn't seem to get angry at all. In fact, he smiled. "The hard work of the citizens? I'd say that if people weren't so interested in plotting and scheming, the destiny would be even better. Hailan, an honest person does not resort to insinuation. Where did the High Priestess and Yang Voidprime go? To visit the King of Godmammoths and the Demon Master, to ask for their help in overthrowing me? The High Priestess has never really liked me, has she?"

"Careful, Your Majesty," Hailan said. "I really don't know where the High Priestess and Yang Voidprime went. But they definitely aren't doing anything to harm the interests of the empire. Of that I'm sure. Your Majesty, if you start recklessly hurling accusations at your officials, it's definitely going to harm the destiny of the empire."

Despite her words, Hailan was profoundly shocked. She had assumed that the High Priestess' actions were top secret. After all, the High Priestess was a half-Annulled expert, which should have made it impossible for anyone to spy on her.

But apparently, Proud Heaven knew everything that was going on.

Proud Heaven laughed coldly. "Not shed a tear until seeing the coffin? It's not as though you're up to any good, Hailan. You want to use Yang Voidprime to get to the half-Annulled level. By possessing him. Taking his quintessence-blood and vital energy. Unfortunately, your little plan isn't going to work."

"I don't know what you're talking about," Hailan said, so shocked that she forgot to address him as Your Majesty. That alone showed how discomfited she was.

"Yang Voidprime isn't a complete fool," Proud Heaven said. "Although you've been close with him up to this point, even giving him your body, he still doesn't trust you. Of that, I can assure you. Furthermore, he's hoping to devour you. By the way, you probably don't know that when two people have fateless power, they're fatally connected. If Yang Voidprime dies, his fateless power will immediately be transferred to Yang Qi. There's nothing anyone can do to stop it. In the past, I was planning to kill Yang Voidprime, but later on, I realized the truth, which is why I've kept him alive. Otherwise, do you really think he would still be around?"

"Y-y-you," Hailan stammered. "How did you find that out?"

"You forget that I'm now the representative of the essence of the god world. I know everything the god world knows. In other words, I'm far more informed than the Sovereign Lord ever was. And I'm privy to many matters. For instance, I've been keeping an eye on the High Priestess. You can't keep secrets from me, Hailan. I know how ambitious you are, but did you really think that you're strong enough to dominate everyone else in the god world?" There was killing intent hidden in Proud Heavens words, and Hailan could sense it.

"If I join you, Proud Heaven, how exactly will you make sure I reach the half-Annulled level?" Hailan had made her decision. In the end, Proud Heaven was simply too terrifying.

Proud Heaven chuckled darkly. "Simple. You become my woman. I'll appoint you as my empress, making you the mother of everything under heaven. You and I will have an equal share of the destiny of the empire, and we'll jointly control everything in existence. As the representative of the High Priestess, you have command of an enormous faction that you can bring to our side. In the end, the High Priestess will be isolated and helpless."

"Is that so?" Hailan said with a smile. Now she knew what Proud Heaven wanted, and what he wanted her to do. "But I'm already Yang Voidprime's woman, and I have been since ancient times. If I become your empress, that'll be a big stain on my reputation. And how will Yang Voidprime react? He'll go crazy."

"None of that matters. I'm the emperor. What does Yang Voidprime count for, compared to that? I'll keep him in check, and make sure he knows what'll happen if he acts up. Besides all I have to do is break his dao heart, and he'll never be able to reach the coveted half-Annulled level." Proud Heaven laughed darkly. "The matter is fairly simple. He's working with the High Priestess against me, all for the purpose of breaking through to half-Annulled. And that was a big mistake."

"I like the way you think, Proud Heaven," Hailan said, flashing a dazzling smile. "You're right, I do have control of a major faction. The High Priestess wants the power of a clique, but doesn't want to deal with its day-to-day affairs. She wants to focus on cultivating and strategizing. So she's long since handed control to me. There are a lot of officials in the government who are loyal to me specifically. If I become empress, we can unite the dynasty, and Yang Voidprime and the High Priestess won't be able to do a thing about it. We can even get rid of them, eventually. However, there's one issue. How do I know I can trust you?"

"What more can I do? As the empress, you'll be mine, and you'll have to be loyal to me. At the same time, I'll have no reason to work against you. It's a mutually beneficial arrangement."

"Well said," Hailan said, nodding. "When will you make the announcement?"

"The sooner the better. In fact, how about immediately." As he spoke, his eyes gleamed with a lascivious light. "After all, once you're the empress, you'll be mine, and you'll have to do whatever I want you to."

"What's that mean, Proud Heaven?" Hailan said. Proud Heaven's lascivious look hadn't gone unnoticed, and she suddenly had a very bad feeling. It seemed that Proud Heaven wanted to do something inappropriate right then and there.

"You're a half-Annulled expert, Proud Heaven. Can't you wait just a bit longer? Look, I need to think about this. I never agreed to be your empress. And I currently have the rank of grand princess, so don't even think of acting outside protocol."

Snorting coldly, Proud Heaven rose to his feet. "Outside protocol? I'm in charge here, and I've been waiting long enough. What the emperor wants, he gets. I'm going to unite the entire god world, and all other empires and dynasties are just stepping stones for me. You're with me now, Hailan, whether you like it or not. I'm curious to see if you have anything you think can be used to stop me."

As the words left his mouth, he smiled cruelly and reached out to grab her clothing.

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Chapter 1580: The Cool Eye of the Bystander Part 2

"Stop right there, Proud Heaven!" Hailan said. Sadly, the High Priestess wasn't here to step in and interfere. Proud Heaven had picked the perfect moment to violate her, and there was nothing she could do about it.

He was like a bear pouncing on a helpless rabbit, and in the blink of an eye, Hailan's clothing was being ripped off.

Proud Heaven chuckled evilly as he prepared to satiate his primal desires, and simultaneously force Hailan to become loyal to him. In his belief, the best way to seize the loyalty of a woman was to control her body.

"You're completely shameless, Proud Heaven!" Hailan shrieked.

But in the end, she had to give in...

'What's this?' Yang Qi murmured. He had been studying the destiny of the Deathless Heaven Dynasty, and noticed that it suddenly started bubbling madly as it became more united than ever.

He frowned. 'What just happened? The destiny of the Deathless Heaven Dynasty used to be split in two, thanks to Proud Heaven and the High Priestess opposing each other. So why is it united now?'

After examining the destiny more closely, he picked up on some clues.

'The High Priestess' faction was being run by that vicious schemer, Hailan. And the High Priestess just left to see the King of Godmammoths about overthrowing Proud Heaven. Hailan remained behind. Wait, does this mean Proud Heaven somehow subjugated her?'

As Yang Qi looked on with the cool eye of a bystander, he became convinced that that was what had just happened.

If Proud Heaven had subjugated her, the destiny could be united, and the High Priestess would be forced into a dead end. And it would even be possible for Proud Heaven to work out a deal with the King of Godmammoths.

Of course, Hailan was no simpleton. She had a wicked heart, so for all Yang Qi knew, she might have manipulated Proud Heaven for her own advantage, and was now waiting to take everything away from him.

In the impure lands, Yang Qi had dealt with Yun Hailan, who was a will projection of Hailan. Yun Hailan had been crafty and murderous, causing immense trouble for Yang Qi on numerous occasions. If anything, Hailan had to be even more treacherous and deadly than Yun Hailan. So if Proud Heaven was 'subjugating' Hailan, it seemed entirely likely that he was actually falling for her plot.

'Well played. Very well played. Well, while you people are fighting amongst yourselves, I'll have my sage monarch magistrates working on getting stronger and stronger. And my Ascendants will also be working on their cultivation. It won't be long before we surpass the Deathless Heaven Dynasty, and I'll be in a position to conquer everything.'

Laughing, Proud Heaven crawled off of Hailan and said, "Now you're my woman. In short order, we'll go through the ceremony to make you empress. Then, we'll take stock of the situation in the empire and put all the resources in order."

As Hailan put her clothes back on, her pupils glittered. "Once I'm the empress, can I use the destiny to step into the half-Annulled level?"

"There isn't enough," Proud Heaven replied. "I'll use the essence of the god world, instead. Now get out of my way so I can make the announcement."

Soon, word was spreading that the emperor had decided to take an empress.

Many eyes went wide.

Hailan was a major enemy of Proud Heaven's faction, and was the representative of the High Priestess. And a lot of people knew that she was Yang Voidprime's woman. But now she was with Proud Heaven? What was going on?

Many people realized that Proud Heaven was striking the High Priestess right in her weak spot. The High Priestess had given control of the faction to Hailan, and now Hailan had switched sides. That meant the High Priestess was now a general with no troops to command.

But why hadn't the High Priestess done something to prevent this? Where exactly was she?

The announcement caused a huge stir as preparations were made for the wedding and coronation.

It only took a day for everyone to hear the news, and for an immense stage to be set up in the middle of the empire. There, Proud Heaven and Hailan appeared, wearing extravagant garments. With the essence of the god world there to bear witness, they were wed.

Everything trembled as numerous supernatural signs appeared, thanks to the essence of the god world. Streams of energy converged on Hailan, surrounding her with dazzling light that seemed befitting of an empress.

"Let the essence of the god world bear witness to the fact that I, Proud Heaven, and Hailan, are now a married couple. Let everyone know that Hailan is the empress, and that together, we rule all creation by means of the Deathless Heaven Dynasty."

RUMBLE!

As the words left his mouth, a deathless energy settled onto Hailan, and her cultivation base rose. Dazzling light shone from her, making it seem like she might well rise all the way to the Annulled level.

However, in the end, she didn't even reach the half-Annulled level. The power she received after becoming the empress left her just shy of that benchmark. That said, she could sense that she now had hope of making that final breakthrough. And her cultivation base was already three times as strong as it had been before.

In the past, it wouldn't have mattered how she tried to further her cultivation, she would never have reached the half-Annulled level. But things were different now.

There was a huge difference between having no hope at all, and having immense hope.

Seeing Hailan's psychic scale rise, Proud Heaven couldn't help but smile. "Hailan, there's only one thing you lack. One thing preventing you from reaching the half-Annulled level."

"And what's that?" Hailan asked, her eyes glittering coldly. The truth was that being violated by Proud Heaven hadn't left her with any feelings at all. On the contrary, it was a humiliation that she would repay with thousands of times the fury she felt right now. She would make sure that Proud Heaven lived a life in which he longed to die! However, for the time being, she had to go along to get what she wanted.

"Simple. The High Priestess' soul. If you get it, you'll definitely reach the half-Annulled level. For now, the High Priestess has no idea that we're working together. But she'll be back, sooner or later. Once she steps inside the borders of the empire, she'll be living on borrowed time. The two of us need to work together to kill her, then you can devour her soul to break through. We're in a dangerous spot right now. If word spreads, and she finds out, it could ruin everything. So let's strengthen the empire while we can. Call a meeting. Have all the old-timers you're connected to come talk about joining me. The stronger the empire's destiny gets, the mightier we'll be. And the essence of the god world will support me more as well. As I fuse the destiny with the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart, the essence of the god world will provide more and more resources. For some reason, the essence seems more and more determined to get rid of Yang Qi. Apparently, his Everlasting Aegis is a major threat to the god world."

Hailan nodded. "It is. The god needs to absorb primal-chaos paleo-energy to expand. And the Everlasting Aegis does the same thing. They're basically predators competing for the same prey. They're obviously enemies. That said, if the god world can provide more resources for our empire, that's good news. We definitely need to kill the High Priestess as quickly as possible. If she forges an alliance with the King of Godmammoths and the Demon Master, it'll make things difficult for us."

"Don't worry. They're all dead! The essence of the god world supports me, and when the moment comes, it'll help me crush all my enemies." Proud Heaven laughed. "Alright, let's begin."

Streams of energy coursed through the dynasty with sky-obfuscating, land-enshrouding force. One by one, all of the various factions were coming under Proud Heaven's control. Apparently, forcing Hailan onto his side had been a good move, and Proud Heaven was very pleased with how things were playing out.

'So, he's starting,' Yang Qi thought as he observed the changes to the destiny in Proud Heaven's empire. 'Now I just need to wait for Proud Heaven and the High Priestess to clash. There's no way the High Priestess can come back from this. She's a general with no troops to command, and once the fighting breaks out, one of them will die for sure. If the High Priestess really doesn't know what's happened, then Proud Heaven will definitely come out on top. Meanwhile, I'll be waiting to take advantage of this battle between a dragon and a tiger.'

Yang Qi could tell that Proud Heaven was getting rid of the factions in his empire just by observing. Yang Qi could also see the aegis forming there, and how it connected to the essence of the god world to create resources.

The Everlasting Aegis could produce resources, and now Proud Heaven was accomplishing the same thing. In fact, it could produce even more resources than the Everlasting Aegis.

The god world wanted to get rid of the parasite that was Yang Qi, thus it was giving immense power and help to Proud Heaven.

Yang Qi chuckled. "The essence of the god world is giving Proud Heaven a lot of help. Apparently, it doesn't realize how much of an ungrateful and vicious person he is. When the time comes, he's definitely going to use the Great Necropolis to devour the god world. Now to see how things work out with the High Priestess and the King of Godmammoths."

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Chapter 1581: Intense Infighting

Yang Qi was holding back to see how things played out, hoping to work things to his own advantage. He wasn't announcing that he had reached the half-Annulled level, and wasn't combining with the Invincible Dynasty. As a result, any outsider who looked his way would think he was a lot weaker than he actually was.

Because of that, the High Priestess and Proud Heaven felt free to struggle with each other without worrying that he might interfere.

If Yang Qi were to be perceived as being too powerful, Proud Heaven and the High Priestess would feel compelled to refrain from infighting. They would stick together and stand strong against him. But when external pressure was light, they wouldn't hesitate to move against each other.

Yang Qi didn't want to put pressure on any of his enemies. He wanted them fighting amongst themselves while he remained locked up inside his own empire, slowly growing stronger. He wanted to become the top power in the entire god world, unbeknownst to everyone else.

Of course, part of it was also that he wasn't quite confident that he was in a position to go on the offensive. So he couldn't have been more pleased to see that the High Priestess and Proud Heaven were at each others' throats.

'If that slut Hailan has become Proud Heaven's empress, then this is a perfect opportunity for me. I need to find a chance to capture and subjugate her. Then I can place her next to Proud Heaven as my pawn. Yes. The time has come to finally subjugate her.'

Yang Qi wouldn't pull any punches in dealing with Hailan. And by now, his cultivation base had made him the number one expert in the entire god world.

The main thing he was worried about was multiple half-Annulled experts teaming up on him. And he knew that there were still old-timers out there hiding, just waiting to make a move. Of course, the two most powerful of all the old-timers had yet to show their faces: the Sovereign Lord and the True Devil.

They had to be out there somewhere, hiding in an unknown location and watching things develop in the god world, waiting to take advantage of the moment. If Yang Qi, the King of Godmammoths, Proud Heaven, the High Priestess, and the Demon Master got into some deadly fight, it was a given that those two would jump in at some point.

So for now, Yang Qi did nothing.

His main concern was the Sovereign Lord, who had previously been the top expert in the god world. Someone like him wouldn't just die, and it was entirely likely that he had become stronger than he was in the past. Although Yang Qi wasn't afraid of fighting him one-on-one, he was worried about what would happen if the Sovereign Lord ambushed him.

Yang Qi had been able to track Wretch God Ultimate's aura, and ultimately devour him. But he couldn't find the Sovereign Lord's aura anywhere in the Halls of Heaven, thus he couldn't follow him. Unfortunately, neither could he use the Mahātmā Jade to find the True Devil. Both had cast aside all of their previous glory, entering a mysterious state that would make them very hard to defeat.

Thus, Yang Qi was waiting. He knew how to be patient, and how to wait until he had an advantage.

Next, he shifted his gaze to the distant Demonfolk Empire, whose energy was growing along with its population. If all of the Demonfolk in the god world were united, or even just a third of them, they would outnumber the humans by many times over.

The only reason they had never overwhelmed humanity was because they lacked the ability to act together. That was why an army of a billion humans could easily rout an army of a hundred billion Demonfolk. Another factor was that Demonfolk tended to have lower cultivation bases.

But things were changing. As the human empires struggled to maintain cohesion, the Demonfolk were rising, and madly inflicting vengeance on the smaller human groups.

Yang Qi couldn't afford to pay attention to that now. The Invincible Dynasty would occasionally send people out to rid the world of devils and demons, bringing any humans they encountered back into their empire.

But that didn't have anything to do with the Sage Monarch Empire.

For the time being, Yang Qi was just working on his cultivation and watching things play out in the god world.

"We're here!" The High Priestess and Yang Voidprime had reached a location with endless forest-covered mountains. This was the Demonfolk Empire, and the demon energy was immense. Furthermore, order could be seen. Although it couldn't match up to that of the humans, it made it obvious that half-Annulled experts were in charge.

"I can't believe the Demonfolk Empire has destiny as amazing as this," Yang Voidprime said. But then he shook his head. "Sadly, Demonfolk are Demonfolk, and they can't change their genes and life force. They're innately chaotic and evil. They might've managed to piece together this empire, but they're going to end up tearing each other apart."

In the impure lands, wolves were meant to eat sheep, and there was no way to change that, no matter how hard you tried. And despite the fact that this Demonfolk Empire had been created, there was no way that Demonfolk could actually exist in orderly fashion. Nor was there any way they could truly cooperate with non-Demonfolk.

Every empire had factions and infighting. The Demonfolk were no exception, and it was definitely going to lead to fierce competition.

At least human factions could reach balance and cooperate. With Demonfolk, that was just impossible. For example, the wolf demons couldn't ever get along with the sheep demons. They had blood feuds going back generations, and such things couldn't be forgotten. In the end, this empire couldn't be stable. Not even using force would really do any good.

The Demon Master had tried that in the past, and it had ultimately failed.

"You're right," the High Priestess said. "The Demonfolk Empire won't progress past this current level. Not even the most almighty entity can change the fundamental nature of the Demonfolk. The demons number as many as the eternal sands, and they simply have no mental concept of what national unity is. I don't think the King of Godmammoths and the Demon Master intend for this to be a truly lasting empire. They probably want to use the Demonfolk to feed some sort of spell formation. How very vicious of them. A blood sacrifice to help the two of them to reach personal breakthroughs."

"You're wrong, High Priestess," someone said in a sonorous voice.

The High Priestess backed up as a burly man appeared, clan in animal skins. He seemed like the personification of all the power and will in the world, and was clearly barbaric and violent. At the same time, he seemed strong enough to prop up the Halls of Heaven on his shoulders, and crush the horde of devils in hell.

Yang Voidprime also sensed that this person was as mighty as a mountain.

He was none other than the King of Godmammoths.

In terms of raw power, no one could match up to him. In ancient times, it was impossible to say how many devils in hell he had awed, and how many top experts had trembled at the thought of his name. Nor was it possible to determine exactly how many enemies he had slain.

Yang Voidprime backed up a few paces, trembling inwardly as he realized what sort of mighty being he was looking at. The King of Godmammoths was vastly superior to Proud Heaven in every way.

'Incredible,' he thought. 'Just what I'd expect of the King of Godmammoths. No wonder he was considered the strongest expert in ancient times, someone who could crush the nine heavens and ten earths, a person who the legion of gods bent their heads to.'

"You're right that Demonfolk are chaotic," the King of Godmammoths said, "and will only think of personal interest instead of the good of the nation. But that doesn't matter. We can change that. You see, the Demon Master gained enlightenment of a dao that can unite the countless demons, and even now, we're teaching our people about it. The disorder among us is being rooted out and we're gradually learning how to live harmoniously. Eventually, no other races will exist at all, other than demons. There will be no humans. No Spritefolk, Magefolk, or even ordinary mortals. No one will exist but us." With that, he threw his head back and laughed uproariously. "Ah, it's been a long time, High Priestess. The years haven't been kind, have they? Billions of years have passed, yet it doesn't seem like much time has gone by. We've finally reached the true golden age. I suppose we ought to sit and reminiscence a bit."

"King of Godmammoths, the Sovereign Lord is dead," the High Priestess said. Clearly, she wanted to get right to the point. "Now, people are fighting for supremacy of the god world. Unfortunately, that brat Proud Heaven has gained the support of the essence of the god world. He's already too much for me to handle, and I'm sure you can envision what's to come. In addition to the support of the god world, he has the Great Necropolis, and he devoured King Immortal-Slayer. He's going to conquer the entire god world unless we join forces to crush him. Wipe him out of existence for all time."

The High Priestess and the King of Godmammoths were very familiar with each other. Although they had fought each other in the past, the billions of years that had gone by had removed any animosity they felt for each other. Both of them cared for little else other than personal gain.

"You don't need to explain," the King of Godmammoths said with a smile. "I understand everything. You've been patient, High Priestess. I'm honestly surprised you waited so long to come see me. In any case, yes. Proud Heaven has to die. You don't need to convince me."

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Chapter 1582: Breakthrough for Yang Voidprime

With a decisiveness that could sever nails and chop iron, the King of Godmammoths said, "Proud Heaven has to die." And it caused wide smiles to appear on the face of Yang Voidprime and the High Priestess.

"Yes, the vile and repulsive Proud Heaven must die," the High Priestess echoed.

"It doesn't matter whether or not he's vile and repulsive," the King of Godmammoths said. "He has the Great Necropolis and the support of the essence of the god world. And that means he needs to be dead. The god world is our greatest enemy. It will continue to grow and grow until it reaches its limit. Eventually, it will explode, allowing primal-chaos paleo-energy to rush inside, destroying all living beings. We half-Annulled experts will be the first to go.

"Years ago, the Sovereign Lord perished because of the god world, and the other old-timers like us were hoodwinked. Tricked by the god world. But that's not going to happen again. The downside is that, over the billions of years since then, the essence of the god world has grown stronger."

"So what do we do?" the High Priestess asked. "And what do we do about the additional enemy, Yang Qi? He's created a second version of the god world."

"I'm aware of him. He's half of a Fateless One, and he has the God Legion Seal. On his journey from the impure lands to here, he's always defied fate, and has been impossible to keep tabs on. He even assimilated the Halls of Heaven. However, he can be dealt with. Since you've brought the other half-Fateless One here, I can help turn him into a half-Annulled expert. And I can teach him an incredibly powerful energy art. Then, all he has to do is forcefully summon away the rest of the fateless energy from Yang Qi, and he can become whole. At that point, he'll be a full Fateless One, and Yang Qi will be nothing but an ordinary person."

"Summon it away?" Yang Voidprime said, visibly pleased.

Of course, he knew it would come at a very high price. The King of Godmammoths, the Demon Master, and the High Priestess weren't going to make him a half-Annulled expert for free. And it begged the question of what they would want in return.

Chuckling, the High Priestess said, "You're as frank and straightforward as ever, King of Godmammoths. And I agree. You expressed my views perfectly. Here I thought I was going to have to go into a big speech to explain things. Instead, you planned everything out and were just waiting for me to come along and agree."

"Yes. So let's get going. There's no need to waste any more time." The King of Godmammoths made a grasping gesture, and before Yang Voidprime could do anything, he was grabbed and taken into the depths of the Demonfolk Empire. Yang Voidprime was strong, but compared to the King of Godmammoths, he was like nothing. Only now did he realize why the King of Godmammoths had been considered the most powerful person in ancient times. Not even the Sovereign Lord had been on par with him.

In the depths of the Demonfolk Empire, Yang Voidprime and the High Priestess were shocked to see countless golden giants leading the Demonfolk in prayer. The Demonfolk were changing as a result, gradually becoming less chaotic. They were literally turning into a new form of life.

"This..." the High Priestess said. "You're really transforming the Demonfolk on a fundamental level. This is going to be a monumental undertaking."

"No, it's going to be a snowball effect," the King of Godmammoths said with a smile. "I have Yang Qi to thank for this. I'm just copying his sage monarch magistrates. They were all the inspiration I needed to gain the new enlightenment I needed to create my kings of order. They're even better than the sage monarch magistrates. After all, Yang Qi is only able to use the dao of the Lord of Civilization.

"I know far more about ancient civilizations than Yang Qi could ever know. Furthermore, I'm a half-Annulled expert. So how could his creations possibly measure up to my kings of order? His version of the Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth is crap. I created that technique to begin with, and I didn't need it to be linked to the God Legion Seal. So in the end, I'm not worried at all about Yang Qi. I just want him for his fateless energy."

"You really live up to your reputation, King of Godmammoths." The High Priestess sighed admiringly. "Impressive. Very, very impressive. You've obviously surpassed me, and I can do nothing about it but offer you praise."

"There's no need to be unduly humble, High Priestess," someone said. All of a sudden, a middle-aged man appeared who had the bearing of a sage or mahātmā. In the darkness created by the Demonfolk, he was a mass of shining radiance and light, and seemed to radiate a sense of order. He was none other than the Demon Master.

"Demon Master!" the High Priestess exclaimed.

"It's been a long time, High Priestess," he said. "Back when I opposed the Sovereign Lord, you and I fought a few times. But it's been years, so let's let bygones be bygones. For all we know, the Sovereign Lord might not be dead, and could be waiting to make a comeback. And if he does, he'll be the number one figure in the god world. Right now, our main enemies are Proud Heaven and Yang Qi. However, there are others to worry about, such as the True Devil and the Wretch God."

"So what do we do now?" the High Priestess asked. "Seeing all you old friends again really fills me with hope. That Proud Heaven and his Deathless Heaven Empire has made me so angry I feel like coughing up blood."

"Our next move is obvious," the Demon Master said. "We help Yang Voidprime achieve his breakthrough. No one else has the potential he does, not even my own daughter Ruo Chen."

"After Yang Voidprime achieves his breakthrough," said the King of Godmammoths, "we can work with him to cast the summoning spell that'll take Yang Qi's fateless energy away from him. We'll all have a share of the spoils, boosting our cultivation bases to the point where crushing Proud Heaven will be as easy as turning over a hand. Without his status as a Fateless One, Yang Qi will never reach the half-Annulled level. We can then simply enslave him and take over his empire, benefitting from its incredible destiny."

"Exactly," the Demon Master said. "The final task will be to crush the essence of the god world. At some point along the way, the Sovereign Lord and the True Devil will come out of hiding, and we can devour them. Once the god world is truly ours, our day of transcendence will be at hand."

"In that case," the High Priestess said, "we should begin immediately. How do you plan to improve his cultivation base?"

"Simple," the King of Godmammoths said. "We have to fully unlock the potential of his fateless energy. You see, the reason the Sovereign Lord was so worried about fateless energy in the past is that it could have been used to surpass his level of power. High Priestess, you used to work with fateless energy in the past, so you're familiar with it. In other words, there's no need to pretend you don't know these things. Begin!"

"As perceptive as ever, King of Godmammoths. Fine, I'll drop the act." Chuckling, the High Priestess reached out and put her hand on Yang Voidprime's head.

At almost exactly the same time, the Demon Master and the King of Godmammoths did the same.

Three top experts were all working to stimulate the fateless power within him.

It was definitely a possibility that this could provoke a breakthrough to the half-Annulled level. Normally speaking, it wouldn't work; not even on someone like the Patriarch of the Universe, who had been a peak expert for billions of years. It would be like three powerful individuals throwing someone up into the air. No matter how hard they threw, that person would still fall back down to the ground. But if those same three people tossed a bird up into the air, then obviously the bird wouldn't fall. Yang Voidprime was like the bird. He was half of a Fateless One, and had long since been in the position to break through. In fact, if Yang Qi hadn't forced him to use his Fate Seal, he probably would have already.

Most people would have to follow the flow of the river of fate, but obviously, Fateless Ones could go against it.

RUMBLE!

As the three experts poured power into Yang Voidprime, he felt like he was going to explode. Immense power filled him, trembling with ferocity, similar to how a sea of oil would ignite if a meteor fell into it.

"I'm breaking through!" he cried as his body was shredded to pieces, and his godhood collapsed. As he became like the void, his psyche reached a higher level. It was as if he had already died, and his soul had moved on to the most incomparably true and real world there was. In the blink of an eye, his view of everything changed, and he felt like he had previously been a tiny frog looking at the sky from the bottom of a well. But now he had leaped out of that well, and was on a mountain, looking around at the wide world around him.

In the moment that he exploded, the High Priestess, King of Godmammoths, and Demon Master watched with delight. As they saw the connection between the fateless energy and the half-Annulled level, they themselves were cleansed by the energy.

"Incredible!" the King of Godmammoths said. "Although we can't absorb the fateless energy directly, just being in its presence affects our fate, and makes us freer from the god world. And our cultivation bases are increasing! This is going to be a huge help in reaching the Annulled level. Not even the Sovereign Lord could match this."

"Yes, this is amazing!" the Demon Master said, laughing. "It seems all of our enlightenment over the years isn't going to go to waste."

"I never imagined that fateless energy would be this profound!" the High Priestess said. "Proud Heaven, I'm definitely going to make you regret everything you've done!"

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Chapter 1583: Yang Qi Makes a Move

The King of Godmammoths, Demon Master, and High Priestess were all benefiting from observing the profundities of fateless energy. Despite all the billions of years they had lived, none of them had ever been able to see anything like it, thus the enlightenment they gained was immense.

It took almost no time at all for Yang Voidprime to reach the half-Annulled level. Instantly, he felt like his will was so powerful he could rule over all of heaven and earth.

However, with the three experts glaring at him like tigers eyeing prey, he had to maintain a cool head.

Despite his breakthrough, he couldn't possibly overcome those three. In fact, he couldn't even take on one of them right now.

That said, he had still passed a major milestone, and couldn't have been more pleased.

'These three want to use me as a pawn. They helped me reach the half-Annulled level, but I shouldn't be thanking them. I'll devour them sooner or later. Of course, I have to start with Yang Qi. Heh heh. Just wait until I summon that fateless energy away from him and become a true Fateless One. Then all three of you are dead! Completely and utterly finished!'

"You've succeeded," said the King of Godmammoths. "You truly have a lot of potential as a Fateless One. Now we need to start the summoning. Let's work together with Yang Voidprime to strip Yang Qi of his fateless power. Once we do so, we can force him to work for us. Then, once we're at our peak, we'll take on Proud Heaven and the essence of the god world."

"Fateless Ones really do have a lot of potential," the Demon Master said. "Anyone else that we poured power into like that would have died. But as a Fateless One, you used it to reach the half-Annulled level. Incredible."

"Yes, let's begin the summoning," the High Priestess said.

"Alright! Activate the spell formation!" The King of Godmammoths knew they didn't have any time to lose, so he waved his hand, causing an enormous spell formation to appear.

"Get into the middle of the formation, Yang Voidprime. Understand?" the Demon Master said. "We made that with blood, sweat, and tears, over the course of many years. It can summon anything in existence, and is your key to getting immense power."

Yang Voidprime's expression flickered. It seemed like an obvious trap; once he stepped into the formation, they would probably be able to kill him at any moment.

"What are you waiting for, Yang Voidprime?" the High Priestess growled, not even making a pretense of courtesy. "Get in the formation!"

"Hold on," he said. "Is it dangerous? What if Yang Qi takes my fateless power?"

"That won't happen," the King of Godmammoths replied loudly. "You're a half-Annulled expert now, and he isn't. You'll instantly crush him. And even if he has somehow broken through, he won't be able to resist a summoning backed by the power of all three of us. He's going to die soon, so stop wasting time! If you don't, I'll just kill you. Don't think that because you're in the half-Annulled level now you can just ignore us."

RUMBLE!

All of a sudden, a mammoth trunk appeared, which wrapped around the shocked Yang Voidprime and threw him into the formation.

He had only been in the half-Annulled level for moments, which meant the King of Godmammoths was vastly stronger than him.

Swish!

"He's still struggling," the High Priestess laughed. "But you're far superior, King of Godmammoths. Maybe we should just take control of him. Puppetize him. Then when we take Yang Qi's fateless power, we can split it three ways."

"Not a bad idea," the Demon Master said with a smile. "There are no free gifts under heaven. This guy is destined to be our cash cow. If I were him, I would've already run as far away as possible to get stronger. Instead, he stuck around doing nothing, just giving us the chance to kill him."

"Begin the summoning!" the King of Godmammoths said, waving his hand. Instantly, the spell formation stirred to life.

In the formation, pain wracked Yang Voidprime, who finally understood that none of this was being done to benefit him. He was just being used as bait. He might be a half-Annulled expert now, but the King of Godmammoths, Demon Master, and High Priestess had left their power in him after the breakthrough, allowing them to control him. If he weren't in the formation, he might have been able to run away and hide somewhere, then slowly figure out a way to extrude their power. But now, he was trapped. He just couldn't compare to these three old-timers in terms of wisdom and cleverness.

He felt like he was being roasted alive by fire, or tormented in the deepest depths of hell. Of course, that was because of the King of Godmammoths, who specialized in matters relating to hell.

Yang Voidprime wasn't even strong enough to deal with the King of Godmammoths alone, let alone him working with the Demon Master and the High Priestess.

"Fateless Summoning!"

The King of Godmammoths made a grasping gesture, and all heaven and earth seemed to shatter, causing brilliant light to shine about.

"Out-of-Body Incarnation: King of the Great Dao!" The King of Godmammoths was drawing on a consummate art to create an out-of-body incarnation. It was called King of the Great Dao, and it was so amazing that as soon as it appeared, the High Priestess' face fell.

"Fear not, High Priestess," the King of Godmammoths said. "We won't treat you like this brat. You're an old friend, whereas this kid wants to crap all over us. Obviously, we won't go for that.

"As of this moment, I have a second identity: the King of the Great Dao. I learned this from the Sovereign Lord, a consummate art he cultivated with the intention of transcending the essence of the god world. Sadly, he fell before he succeeded. But I learned the essence of the technique, and now I'm going to use this fateless power to complete my King of the Great Dao. Then, the King of Godmammoths will vanish and be replaced by the King of the Great Dao. Among the three thousand great daos, and the great dao of the universe, I am king. The leader of all, the king of myriad ancient daos, the king of kings!"

"Incredible. Simply incredible!"

The appearance of the King of the Great Dao convinced the High Priestess that the King of Godmammoths was definitely far beyond her. He had truly stepped on the path to a great dao, placing him immeasurably close to the Annulled level.

"Brother, your cultivation base is far beyond mine. Going forward, I'll follow you without question. I just hope you can help me get rid of that pesky Proud Heaven!"

"Not a problem at all. Begin!"

As the King of Godmammoths pushed the King of the Great Dao to the limits of power, tapping into the depths of the multiverse, Yang Voidprime was screaming in the middle of the formation. As he did, he began melting into a clump of vital energy that resembled primal-chaos. Then, the King of the Great Dao exercised control over the vital energy, causing it to swirl into the form of a single character: fate.

However, the "fate" character was incomplete. After all, the other half was with Yang Qi.

Of course, it was pure fateless energy.

Yang Voidprime howled in defiance, but fighting back didn't do him any good. The "fate" character then erupted with a gravitational force that stabbed out into the void to look for its other half.

"Hmm?"

Yang Qi suddenly sensed the power within him stirring. Despite his connection to his empire and its destiny, in the blink of an eye, he felt like he was about to fly away, as if something was pulling at him.

There was no question that it would be very harmful.

'Someone's trying to summon the fateless power out from within me?' A cold smile broke out on his face.

Ever since he had reached the half-Annulled level, he had been able to directly sense the fateless power within him. It was changing, becoming more closely fused with him, yet at the same time, he didn't understand its profundities.

But now that the other half of the fateless power was reaching out to him, he had no choice but to act.

"Be crushed!" he said, drawing deeply on his will.

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Chapter 1584: Yang Qi Makes a Move Part 2

The power behind the summoning was immense, but Yang Qi's cultivation base was in the half-Annulled level. And he was no ordinary half-Annulled expert, either. He had devoured the brain of the Wretch God, pushing his psychic scale very close to the level of a trillion. He was the top figure in the god world, such that not even the King of Godmammoths could deal with him.

He had gained enlightenment of the most profound mysteries, and was also blessed by the destiny of an empire. There was literally no one who could best him. With a mere thought, he stabilized himself and made it impossible for the fateless energy to be extracted from him.

Not only that, he tracked the summoning to its source.

His divination gave him a view of the spell formation in the depths of the Demonfolk Empire, with Yang Voidprime howling in the middle of it, completely at the mercy of the King of Godmammoths, Demon Master, and High Priestess.

Yang Qi instantly realized what was going on.

'I can't let them realize that I'm in the half-Annulled level.' With another thought, he caused a shadowy duplicate of himself to step out. It was touched by the empire's destiny, as well as the aura of a Fateless One. However, the projection was being held firmly in place by the destiny of the empire.

Yang Qi wouldn't gain any benefit by allowing his opponents to know he was in the half-Annulled level. And the longer he held out before revealing it, the more destiny the Sage Monarch Empire would accumulate.

The King of Godmammoths, High Priestess, and Demon Master could sense what was happening.

"So, Yang Qi is fighting back," said the High Priestess. "And it seems that he's getting close to gaining enlightenment of the half-Annulled level. But he hasn't succeeded yet. If he thinks he can rely on the destiny of his empire to keep him safe, he's delusional. If he didn't have that destiny, he'd be dead already."

"The Sage Monarch Empire is strong," said the Demon Master. "Just about everyone is a sage or mahātmā. The citizens aren't selfish, and they practice cultivation for the sake of their empire. The stronger the empire is, the stronger the people are. There's a cycle of karma there. The empire is the source of faith, and those who show faith in the empire benefit greatly. This is definitely the most superior type of government there is. From ancient times until now in the god world, no one has ever done anything like this. Although the kings of order we created are just as good as his sage monarch magistrates, we Demonfolk are just too weak to perfectly compare to these humans. But given enough time, our Demonfolk is going to grow stronger and stronger."

The King of Godmammoths chuckled coldly. "I refuse to believe that Yang Qi's empire can surpass ours in strength. And if he thinks he can prevent us from taking his fateless energy, he's crazy."

The King of Godmammoths was drawing fully on the King of the Great Dao, causing Yang Voidprime's pain to increase tenfold. He now existed in a hellish agony in which he wished he could simply die.

The King of Godmammoths had resided in hell for countless years, and knew all about pain. And his command of the Strength of the Hell-Crushing Godmammoth was obviously superior to Yang Qi's. Thus, it was easy for him to ensure that Yang Voidprime felt immeasurable pain.

"Relish the pain, Yang Voidprime! Lose yourself and your will. Become my puppet! There's no reason to struggle." The King of Godmammoths' voice pounded at Yang Voidprime with terrifying viciousness.

Despite being a half-Annulled expert, Yang Voidprime was already on the verge of collapse.

But then, a stream of will surreptitiously entered him and began speaking into his sea of consciousness.

"Yang Voidprime, it's me, Yang Qi. I can see that you're about to die. Do you have any last wishes?" Because they were both Fateless Ones, it was possible for Yang Qi to communicate with Yang Voidprime in a way that the King of Godmammoths, Demon Master, and High Priestess would never be able to detect.

"Yang Qi? You... you aren't being affected by this at all?" To be contacted by Yang Qi was like a wakeup call to Yang Voidprime, and it caused his will to solidify. "You're so vicious! Fine. I want you to kill the High Priestess, the King of Godmammoths, and the Demon Master! Although, you're going to have trouble resisting their power."

"You're right, Yang Voidprime. It's not going to be easy. But I'm in a better position than you. I have the backing of the destiny of an empire. They won't be able to deal with me. That said... you're in a really tragic situation. The way things are going, you're going to die, and there's nothing you can do about it." Yang Qi sent some of his psychic power into Yang Voidprime to ease his pain a bit. "I can save you, Yang Voidprime. You're a half-Annulled expert, which means your cultivation base surpasses mine. But with the destiny backing me, I'm actually much stronger than you. So what do you think? Want my help?"

"Help me? How?"

"It's simple. I'll keep pouring power into you, using my powerful destiny to make sure the King of Godmammoths doesn't have any idea what's happening. Then you use a self-destruction technique to blow yourself up. I'll take the fateless energy and add it to myself, and while you'll die there, I'll resurrect you in my empire. What do you think?"

Yang Voidprime burst out laughing. "Nice plan, Yang Qi. You want me to kill myself to damage the spell formation so you can take my fateless power? You'll become a true Fateless One, and I'll be dead. What kind of fool do you take me for?"

"You're thinking about it wrong, Yang Voidprime. I will resurrect you. Perhaps I'm not a half-Annulled expert, but I know many secrets of the half-Annulled level. A lot of experts from the ancient era died, but have been resurrected. All you have to do is give me your soul essence, and I can make a new body for you. You'll be born again in my empire."

"Are you serious about this?" Yang Voidprime said, starting to wonder if he should agree. For one thing, the King of Godmammoths was unleashing the most horrific pain on him, and even just the ability to stop that pain would probably be worth it for him.

"Yes, I'm serious," Yang Qi said. "I want to help you. Think about it, Yang Voidprime. They're using you to try to get at me. But I can free you. As a half-Annulled expert, you could be very useful to me in my empire. If we work together, we'll be unstoppable. We're both Fateless Ones, so it only makes sense for us to join forces. By the way, I'll tell you another secret: your girl Hailan shacked up with Proud Heaven. She's the empress of the Deathless Heaven Dynasty now. Did you know that? The moment you left, Proud Heaven turned you into a cuckold. It's all part of his plan to destroy the High Priestess and seize ultimate control. So even if you somehow got out of this situation and went back to the Deathless Heaven Dynasty, you'd still be dead."

"What?!" Yang Voidprime exclaimed in shock. "How dare he! I refuse to believe this!"

"Fool. Just peer into my mind to see what's happening back in the Deathless Heaven Dynasty! Psychic Link; Fateless Connection!"

All of a sudden, Yang Voidprime was given a view of the situation in the Deathless Heaven Dynasty. He saw Hailan as the empress, and could see Proud Heaven's power and influence growing.

"Damnation! You animal, Proud Heaven! I won't let you get away with this. I'll kill you! I'll slaughter you!" Yang Voidprime was so enraged he wanted to rip Proud Heaven to shreds right then and there.

"The only option for you is to work with me. So do the self-detonation. You'll be reborn in my empire, exactly the same as before, except with a new body. And you'll still be a half-Annulled expert. Together, we can be unparalleled under heaven!"

Deep in his heart, Yang Voidprime was thinking, 'You're going to copy my will and mind and put me into a new body. That just means you'll have access to all my experiences getting to the half-Annulled level. You just want to use me to achieve another breakthrough.

'Well, don't blame me for taking advantage of this situation. I've gained a lot of enlightenment thanks to what the High Priestess and the others have done. And I already know a lot more about fateless power than you. When I self-detonate, my fateless power will enter you and become one. And in that moment, I'll be able to possess your physical husk. Then I'll wipe you out and become the only true Fateless One!"

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Chapter 1585: Hoodwinking Yang Voidprime

Yang Qi knew full well that Yang Voidprime was a vicious schemer, and that as a half-Annulled expert, he would take the first opportunity to try to possess Yang Qi. Sadly, Yang Voidprime was the one being played. He had no idea that Yang Qi was already a half-Annulled expert, and was in fact the number one person in the god world.

Not even the King of Godmammoths knew how strong Yang Qi really was. After all, none of them could see inside the Everlasting Aegis to assess the Sage Monarch Empire.

Plus, Yang Qi was a Fateless One, which made it impossible to divine information about him. And the fact that he had completely locked down his empire ensured that no rumors could spread.

It would only be when Yang Voidprime actually tried to possess Yang Qi that he would realize how horribly wrong he'd been about everything, and that he had thrown himself from the tiger's den into the wolf pack's lair.

In other words, he was being hoodwinked by Yang Qi.

The truth was that even if Yang Qi hadn't suggested it, Yang Voidprime would have attempted a self-detonation. Unfortunately, the King of Godmammoths was using his terrifying King of the Great Dao to completely suppress Yang Voidprime, which meant he couldn't self-detonate even if he wanted to.

Therefore, it would require Yang Qi's help. Yang Qi planned to use their fateless power connection to slowly give energy to Yang Voidprime, until he had enough to break free from the restrictions and go through with the self-detonation.

The detonation of a half-Annulled expert would release the most destructive power imaginable into the surrounding heaven and earth.

"Be summoned!" the King of Godmammoths howled. "King of the Great Dao; Reverse Reincarnation; Shatter Heaven and Earth; Let Ghosts and Gods appear!"

Immense flows of energy shot out of the King of Godmammoths, who was using a deadly technique called Boundless Shattering.

Yang Qi instantly felt more power flowing away from him. And the fateless energy within him seemed like it might fly out, which would weaken him dramatically, maybe even removing him from the half-Annulled level.

"Do you really think it'll be that easy?" he growled. Tapping into the destiny of his empire, he sent more streams of power into Yang Voidprime.

"Yang Voidprime, use the power I'm giving you to collect your memories and thoughts. Give them to me so that I can resurrect you in my empire!"

"Alright!" Yang Voidprime said. But in his heart, he was chuckling in sinister fashion. 'You're only a peak Paramount God, Yang Qi. A God-Lord. Even if your psychic scale was higher than it is, you couldn't possibly understand the profundities of the half-Annulled level. You really think you can control me? I'm going to destroy you! I'm going to come out of nowhere to possess you, and there won't be anything you can do to stop me!'

Thanks to the help from Yang Qi, he actually felt much better, and wasn't really being harmed at all by the King of Godmammoths.

Furthermore, reserves of power were building up inside of him, although no observer could tell.

As he continued producing false screams of pain, he sent his thoughts and experiences to Yang Qi's empire via psychic fluctuation. Eventually, he caught sight of the body that Yang Qi had prepared for him, which looked like an exact copy of his real body.

"So, you weren't lying, Yang Qi!" Yang Voidprime said. "Siding with you was the right decision. We can wage war together, and I'll draw fully on the power of the half-Annulled level to help you!"

Of course, inwardly, he was actually thinking, 'You really don't get how powerful the half-Annulled level is. You think that you can just create a clone and put my will into it? Unfortunately, without the fateless energy to go along with it, I won't stay in the half-Annulled level. And there's absolutely no way I'll agree to that. Instead, I'll use that clone to strike Yang Qi when he least expects it!'

Meanwhile, Yang Qi was also chuckling coldly. He had used a whole collection of preheaven treasures to make a new body for Yang Voidprime, who assumed that he didn't understand the half-Annulled level. But the truth was that Yang Qi had prepared all of this in advance, and was in fact so powerful that, if he wanted to, he could actually damage the spell formation the King of Godmammoths was using.

But thanks to the Life-Death Void-Destruction God-Lightning, Yang Voidprime had no idea what was really going on, or that Yang Qi was already a half-Annulled expert.

Yang Qi twitched, creating a duplicate of himself. He had no idea how long the process would take. Maybe months, maybe years. In any case, he had other things he needed to do in the meantime.

He left the clone in his place, with some fateless energy in it to keep the King of Godmammoths occupied. With the backing of his empire's destiny, the Halls of Heaven, and the sage monarch magistrates, it would be able to hold out.

"Master!" he said, and the Invincible Dugu appeared.

"Can you watch over this clone of mine? I need to take a trip to the Deathless Heaven Dynasty to subjugate the empress there, Hailan. She wants to reach the half-Annulled level, but doesn't quite have what it takes. I'm going to take advantage of the situation to see if I can work out a deal with her."

"No problem," the Invincible Dugu said. He was now fully recovered, which placed him in a position of being no weaker than the King of Godmammoths. "I'll take care of everything here for you."

Yang Qi nodded. "You certainly live up to your reputation, Master. I definitely can't measure up to you."

"Don't be so modest, Yang Qi," the Invincible Dugu said, laughing. "I'd say that, even considering all of history as a whole, you're the top figure to ever have existed in the god world. Not even the Sovereign Lord can measure up to you. Even back in the impure lands, I could tell there was something special about you, which is why I selected you to rescue me. Alright, be on your way. Subjugate that Hailan woman. She seems to be an expert in causing trouble. Besides, the essence of the god world seems to be nearing the point of succeeding in taking human form. Once that happens, it'll crush anything and everything that gets in its way."

"What? The essence of the god world can take human form?" Yang Qi frowned.

"That's right. And I can sense that it's about to succeed. The form it takes will be that of your mother. As I said before, the essence of the god world is your mother, and your mother is the essence of the god world. You're going to be in a very difficult position soon. That's why you need to take over the entire god world before it succeeds. Once you ensure that it has no formal representative, you can assimilate the god world. Take the Great Necropolis back from Proud Heaven, and use it to bury the god world!"

"Alright! I'm leaving."

With that, he blurred into motion, leaving his empire.

Before long, he had pierced through multiple universes to reach the spot where the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart was fusing with the Deathless Heaven Dynasty.

Proud Heaven's empire.

Looking at it all, Yang Qi smiled. 'Ah, Proud Heaven. You're very impressive. You're actually fusing the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart with your empire's destiny. Your cultivation base is rising, and now that you're a half-Annulled expert, not even I could sneak into your empire under normal circumstances. Sadly, you devoured King Immortal-Slayer, who isn't actually dead. He just entered another state that you can't detect. And King Immortal-Slayer also has some of my energy, which I can use to sneak into the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart without you realizing it. That's what you get for devouring King Immortal-Slayer!"

King Immortal-Slayer was a profound schemer. It was no wonder that he had been ambitious enough to contend with the Sovereign Lord in ancient times. In fact, it was entirely likely that he had realized the best way to deal with Proud Heaven was to let himself be devoured by him.

Truth be told, it wasn't that King Immortal-Slayer couldn't deal with Proud Heaven. It was the essence of the god world that was truly troublesome to him. And in the moment before he 'perished', he set everything up so that Yang Qi could sneak into the Deathless Heaven Empire.

'You underestimated King Immortal-Slayer, Proud Heaven,' Yang Qi thought. 'Of course, I did something similar with the Wretch God. The difference is that I didn't underestimate the Wretch God.'

WHOOSH!

With that, he flew into the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart.

All of a sudden, a thought occurred to him. What if the Sovereign Lord had left a secret way to return to the Halls of Heaven? And what if the Sovereign Lord used that method to try getting into Yang Qi's empire? Thankfully, he had already made preparations to ensure that no such attempt would succeed.

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Chapter 1586: Viciously Crushing Hailan

King Immortal-Slayer had left a back door open, allowing Yang Qi to sneak right into the Deathless Heaven Empire without anyone being the wiser.

The truth was that if Proud Heaven hadn't integrated the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart into his empire's destiny, it would have been much more difficult for Yang Qi to sneak inside. His immense aura definitely would have provoked a reaction, one that Proud Heaven would almost certainly notice. But now, despite the fact that he had defenses that not even half-Annulled experts could easily bypass, he had created a huge weakness for himself that not even he was aware of.

After all, it had all been done by King Immortal-Slayer, who was even beyond the level of the King of Godmammoths. The King of Godmammoths had never been able to free himself from the fetters put in place by the Sovereign Lord, whereas King Immortal-Slayer had directly contended with him.

After sneaking inside, Yang Qi didn't dare do anything other than observe the workings of the destiny around him.

The population of the empire was immense, and political affairs seemed to be in order. Of course, the reason for that wasn't because Proud Heaven had suddenly become skilled in governing, but rather because he had dispersed all of the interest groups, which inherently made the empire stronger.

It also had to do with the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart.

There was more than one reason why Proud Heaven had integrated it into his destiny. The first was to provide stronger defenses, keeping out half-Annulled enemies and the destruction they could bring with them.

The second reason was to improve the political climate of the empire. Because the chart was his, he could control everything inside it by mere thought alone. In other words, having it integrated into his empire meant he would be able to constantly monitor everything. He would always be directly tied into the most fundamental circumstances of his empire.

If rancorous energy developed, he would know about, and able to deal with it.

For instance, if the government officials in some location used their power to tyrannize the people, the rancorous energy would come to Proud Heaven's attention, and he could pacify that area.

This could be considered an effective way to run a nation.

In fact, in certain ancient civilizations, they had a name for this technique: the Son of Heaven's Horoscopy.

With it, the Son of Heaven could stand in the imperial palace and gaze out over his lands, looking for any rancorous energy that resulted from deficient government officials.

However, there was a weakness with this type of government. It turned the emperor into an emergency response unit, going around putting out fires as they popped up. Yang Qi didn't need to use such an inefficient system, as he had his sage monarch magistrates. Furthermore, all of his citizens were sages and mahātmās, which meant that his empire was completely unified. Because of that, rancorous energy could never even develop there.

From what he could see around him now, he knew that Proud Heaven's empire would only flourish for a few tens of thousands of years. Eventually, Proud Heaven would tire of managing things so directly, and the empire would get so big that he wouldn't be able to keep up even if he wanted to.

Yang Qi's method was much better. He had created a virtuous cycle in which the larger his empire got, the more sage monarch magistrates he could create. The increases in destiny kept up with his governing ability.

As time went on, his empire would eventually surpass Proud Heaven's Deathless Heaven Empire. Not even the essence of the god world could help Proud Heaven stop that.

Yang Qi could see the influence of the god world in the empire around him. It was producing all sorts of preheaven resources, which were being used to advance the interests of the empire.

It was obvious that after a few tens of thousands of years passed, Proud Heaven would bring the fight to Yang Qi. The situation was delicate now. If the balance was disturbed, it would definitely lead to full-scale war.

'Where's Hailan? She can't be with Proud Heaven. Now that he got what he wants, he's probably focusing on his own cultivation. And Hailan is going to be off somewhere causing trouble of her own.' Yang Qi began prowling through the empire, observing his surroundings and assessing the energy.

Before long, he sensed two immense sources of energy. One was mighty, like a pillar that could prop up heaven and dominate everything in creation. The other was softer, but at the same time more sinister, the type that one would expect to belong to a second in command.

Obviously, the former was Proud Heaven, and the latter was Hailan.

Proud Heaven was in the depths of his empire, working on his cultivation in unison with the essence of the god world.

As for Hailan, she was also in cultivation, trying to get into the half-Annulled level.

'Be revealed.' Yang Qi's will caused a shadowy projection to appear, depicting Hailan in her palace, a vicious expression on her face as she gathered energy to herself. As her will trembled, she murmured, "I'm going to make you pay, Proud Heaven!"

Yang Qi waved his hand, tapping into the imperceptible energy that King Immortal-Slayer had left behind, causing it to cover the palace and ensure that Proud Heaven's will wouldn't detect what was going on inside. He would simply assume that Hailan was working on her cultivation.

She took a deep breath, causing countless streams of energy to enter her, along with numerous preheaven medicinal ingredients.

Resources were the key to everything.

She wasn't like Yang Voidprime, who had so many advantages. And if stepping into the half-Annulled level was such a simple task, wouldn't the world be filled with half-Annulled experts? Even Yang Qi had only accomplished it by devouring the Wretch God.

'Why?' she thought. 'Why am I unable to reach the half-Annulled level? I'm already the empress of the Deathless Heaven Empire, which is the top empire in existence. I can tap into destiny that no one else can. Shouldn't that be enough to fuel a breakthrough? Don't tell me I'll have to take over as the ultimate leader of the Deathless Heaven Empire.'

No matter how Hailan shifted the flows of power within her, she couldn't break through, and was starting to get angry. Her eyes glittered like those of a fox or wolf, making it seem like she was filled with sinister plots and killing intent.

'Maybe I need to find some help in dealing with Proud Heaven.'

But where exactly would she get such help?

Her eyes flashed as she considered what vicious plans could be hatched.

'Maybe if I devour Yang Qi, I could achieve the breakthrough.'

Even as Hailan was lost in thought, a voice suddenly rang out. "What atrocities are you considering committing, Hailan? You really want to take down Proud Heaven, don't you?"

Shocked, she rose to her feet and looked around her meditation chamber, only to find it completely empty. No one was inside with her.

"Who's there?" she hissed.

"Keep your voice down," the voice said. "Otherwise you might attract attention. You want to deal with Proud Heaven, right? Then why not work with me?" All of a sudden, a shadowy figure appeared in front of her, which resolved into Yang Qi.

Hailan's expression immediately turned extremely sharp. "So, it's you, Yang Qi. How did you get in here? Proud Heaven connected his empire's destiny with the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart, yet you still managed to get inside. Not even half-Annulled experts should be able to do that."

"Why don't you take a guess how I got here?" Yang Qi said with a smile. "By the way, don't get any ideas. I wouldn't have come if I wasn't certain you couldn't do anything to me. And if you try, you'll lose your shot at dealing with Proud Heaven. Look, I just want to talk, that's all." From the glitter in her eyes, he could tell that she really wanted to lunge forward and devour him.

"I know what's going on," she said, a cold, calculating smile appearing on her face. "You got in because of the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart, didn't you? Proud Heaven devoured King Immortal-Slayer, but the latter isn't actually gone. And you have a clone, Yang Immortal-Slayer, who's actually the apprentice of King Immortal-Slayer. You were given something that lets you slip right past the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart. Am I right?"

"I'm very impressed," Yang Qi said. And he really had to admire Hailan's way of thinking. Of course, it only made him want to subjugate her even more, and turn her into a useful servant. "You live up to your reputation as a profound schemer. Back in the impure lands, your will projection caused me some serious grief, and your true self seems to be even more impressive. You hit the nail on the head. Well, since you know the truth, are you going to go report it to Proud Heaven?"

"That depends on you," she said, her smile widening. "You're Proud Heaven's archenemy, Yang Qi. And now I'm his empress. You tell me. Should I help you?"

Yang Qi laughed. "Honest people do not resort to insinuation, Hailan. I came here to offer you help in dealing with Proud Heaven. You hate him down to your guts, and I feel the same. So why shouldn't we work together? By the way, I already told Yang Voidprime about how Proud Heaven humiliated you."

"What? Yang Voidprime knows?" Hailan was clearly shocked, but she recovered her composure quickly. "I should turn that moron into a puppet. I can't believe he went with the High Priestess to go talk to the King of Godmammoths and the Demon Master. He's like a lamb in the tiger's den. How could things possibly turn out well for him?"

Hailan was making a lot of good guesses, but that didn't mean she would ever guess Yang Qi was already in the half-Annulled level.

"You don't seem surprised at all. I suppose you anticipated this." Yang Qi waved his hand dismissively. "Let's get to the point here. Are we going to work together? I need an agent next to Proud Heaven, and if you agree to join me, I can help you reach the half-Annulled level."

"What?!" Hailan couldn't help but be moved. However, she chuckled coldly. "That sounds completely and utterly preposterous. You're not even in the half-Annulled level, so how could you possibly help me break through? Have you gone insane? Or am I the crazy one for even taking you seriously?"

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Chapter 1587: Viciously Crushing Hailan Part 2

Yang Qi could sense that Hailan still wanted to do something to him. However, she didn't touch the destiny of the empire to notify Proud Heaven of his presence.

Considering that she was the empress, she could do that very easily if she wanted to.

If Proud Heaven was alerted to his presence, he would need to flee immediately. And if Proud Heaven found out about the 'back door' in the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart, he would definitely do everything possible to close it up. In fact, he might even uncover the truth about King Immortal-Slayer. Because of that, Yang Qi had to be very careful in how he dealt with Hailan.

As such, he resorted to trickery.

"Well, Yang Qi? Did I get it all right?" Hailan chuckled coldly. "Don't fool yourself. I know how wily and mischievous you are, and that you love fooling people. But you're crazy if you think that'll work on me."

"I'm not fooling you. If I help you reach the half-Annulled level, then the two of us can accomplish a lot together. Yang Voidprime has already joined me. You see, he was tricked, and fell into a trap in which they tried to extract his fateless power. However, I helped him, so now he's on my side. If he dies, his fateless power will instantly be transferred to me, and I'll become a true Fateless One."

"Oh, so that's your plan," Hailan said, looking surprised. "Although, that doesn't have anything to do with me."

Yang Qi sighed. "How can you say that? Yang Voidprime is still your man. Are you really willing to just watch him die?"

"If he dies, he dies. So what? And Proud Heaven's going to die as well."

"You really don't care if Yang Voidprime dies?" Yang Qi shook his head.

"What does his death have to do with me?" she replied. "I'm under Proud Heaven's control right now. And you're trying to con me as well. You've talked a lot here, but you still haven't explained how you're going to help me reach the half-Annulled level. And if it involves me somehow trying to get Yang Voidprime's fateless energy for you, forget about it."

"My plan has nothing to do with fateless energy. Besides, that fateless energy wouldn't do any good for you. No, my plan involves something else entirely. That said, it'll take some work on your part as well." Yang Qi waved his hand, and a golden stream of light emerged, taking the form of an imp, pulsing with a most terrifying aura. "What if I gave you this?"

"What's that?" Hailan's eyes suddenly went wide. "That's the God Legion Seal. That's what fueled your growth, helping you rise from the impure lands to the immortal worlds, then from there to the god world. That's how you founded your kingdom, and without it, you wouldn't be where you are right now. And you're just going to give it to me? You're obviously trying to pull some kind of trick."

"It's not a trick. At least not completely. The Sovereign Lord left this thing behind, and I'm convinced that he's still alive, out there hiding somewhere, watching the god world and waiting for the right moment to return. And because the God Legion Seal is his, he'll definitely use it to track me down. Why do you think I've held back from reaching the half-Annulled level? Did you really think it's because I'm unable to? It's because I've forsaken the God Legion Seal. I don't want it in me, because it'll make it possible for the Sovereign Lord to possess me. However, I don't mind giving it to you. You can assimilate it and push your cultivation base to the most boundless heights. What do you say? You can look at it if you want to."

He tossed it toward her, and the golden imp became a streak of light that landed right on her palm.

Hailan drew on some of her daoist techniques, causing an immense wave of power to wash over the God Legion Seal.

"As the empress, I command the will of the empire to cleanse this thing!" Instantly, the destiny of the empire converged on the God Legion Seal, causing it to shine with dazzling light. Immediately, Hailan could sense the grandeur of the legion of gods, and the immense might of the Sovereign Lord.

A few hours passed, but nothing else happened.

Hailan hadn't yet assimilated it. "Are you really giving me the God Legion Seal, Yang Qi? It's not trapped or anything?"

"Like I said, the God Legion Seal is amazing, and it helped me a lot, but in the end, it still puts me in danger because of the Sovereign Lord. And it will be dangerous for you as well. If you assimilate it, you have a one hundred percent chance of reaching the half-Annulled level. However, later on down the line, the Sovereign Lord will come for you. So you have to be very careful. And now I'll tell you something else: although Proud Heaven devoured King Immortal-Slayer, he didn't get rid of him completely. And that was a big mistake. One day, when the essence of the god world isn't there to watch over Proud Heaven, King Immortal-Slayer is going to make a comeback."

Yang Qi was telling the truth. However, it was bait, or more precisely, a trap. Yang Qi had long since abandoned the God Legion Seal, choosing to become stronger on his own merits instead. And he was just waiting to see if Hailan would actually devour the seal.

"Based on all that, it seems you really are telling the truth," she said.

"Given how intelligent you are, I don't think you're the kind of person who would fall for tricks. What do you think? Take the poison, or not? It's up to you. Either way, I don't want it anymore. I don't want the karma. You can give it to someone else, or even just throw it away. I don't care. From now on, I don't want to have anything to do with the Sovereign Lord."

"Oh? Don't worry, I won't be giving this to anyone else." She laughed. "I can accept karma like this, if that's what it takes to reach the half-Annulled level. If Proud Heaven can devour King Immortal-Slayer, then I can devour the Sovereign Lord, assuming he comes for me. By the way, what about the Halls of Heaven? Why not give them to me as well?"

"I already gave them to someone else," Yang Qi replied coldly. Hailan was obviously fishing for information, but he wasn't going to give it to her. "As for who it is, you'll have to find out on your own."

She chuckled coldly. "You think I don't know who it is? It's obviously the Invincible Dugu."

"Good guess," Yang Qi replied. "You're right, I gave them to the Invincible Dugu. The Invincible Dynasty is now linked with my Sage Monarch Empire. I'm giving them the resources they need to solidify their empire and grow their destiny."

"I guessed that some time ago," she said with a sneer. "Seems to me you're getting nervous. You can't reach the half-Annulled level, so you're working with the Invincible Dugu. Sadly, that's asking a tiger for its skin. Maybe he was your Master in the impure lands, but personal relationships like that don't matter when you reach our level. You're plotting against him, aren't you? To him, the Halls of Heaven are poison, and even though he knows it, he can't help himself. Well played, Yang Qi. You're in such danger that you're grasping at whatever straws lay about. You're even going so far as to get rid of the Halls of Heaven and the God Legion Seal. What about the Mahātmā Jade? Are you getting rid of that as well? Are you really going to rely solely on yourself to achieve your breakthroughs?"

"I am. Once I free myself from everything else, I'll be strong on my own merits. And that means you have a chance to take the God Legion Seal. Are you going to assimilate it or not?"

"I am. Unlike you, I don't feel the need to give up on everything. And did you really think I'm scared of the Sovereign Lord? He's half-Annulled, but not truly half-Annulled. And I have a chance to reach the true half-Annulled level."

"And what about the two of us working together against Proud Heaven, with the God Legion Seal being my down payment."

"Down payment? All you're doing is giving me a catastrophe in the waiting. In any case, yes, I'll work with you. But first, I need to be in the half-Annulled level. There's no time to waste."

"Alright, I'll help you," Yang Qi said.

"No thanks. I'm not going to fall for your tricks. I'll assimilate the God Legion Seal on my own, without any 'help' from you. Watch."

She waved her hand, and a stream of vital energy flew out. "Out-of-Body Incarnation: Soul of the Ancestor God!"

All of a sudden, a mighty figure appeared behind her, which reached out and grabbed the God Legion Seal, instantly causing it to melt.

"The legendary Soul of the Ancestor God?!" he said, shocked.

"That's right. The Soul of the Ancestor God is the actual soul of the ancestor of all gods, which existed before the god world came to be. The ancestor of all gods isn't a person, but rather a conglomeration of vital energy. Although it didn't exist at the ultimate beginning, after encountering certain almighty entities, that vital energy turned into a god. And this is the Soul of the Ancestor God!" Hailan threw her head back and laughed. "I bet you never guessed this would happen, did you, Yang Qi?"

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Chapter 1588: Viciously Crushing Hailan Part 3

Hailan had revealed the Soul of the Ancestor God.

It wasn't a person, but a conglomeration of preheaven vital energy that had been born out of primal-chaos big bang explosions before the existence of the god world. According to the stories, it was the foundation of the gods, and contained the ultimate expression of godliness.

The original ancient primal-chaos hadn't contained any gods. However, the weak entities that had existed within it, upon making contact with the Soul of the Ancestor God, could instantly become gods.

However, after enough time went by, and a certain number of gods were created, the Soul of the Ancestor God disappeared. Who could have ever guessed that Hailan would track down what remained of it? It was something that could make the weakest of people into Lesser Gods.

That made it like the key to the civilization of the gods, and incredibly important on a symbolic level.

Furthermore, it could have a catalyzing effect on the God Legion Seal. The seal contained the combined wisdom of the legion of gods, placed there by the Sovereign Lord. It was the quintessence of the civilization of the gods.

And the Soul of the Ancestor God had allowed the legion of gods to come into existence. So if the God Legion Seal touched it, it would release such an incredible force that the God Legion Seal would become completely different from before.

"I bet you never dreamed this would happen," Hailan sneered. "I've been plotting for a long time to get your God Legion Seal. In fact, I even sent that stream of will down into the impure lands to get it. Apparently, some trouble cropped up, as the will projection foolishly sided against you, and ended up getting killed. Well, she deserved it."

"You... y-y-you..." Yang Qi stammered.

"I've been plotting all of this for a very long time. Of course, it all came down to the High Priestess recovering the Soul of the Ancestor God. It disappeared for a long time, and no one thought it would ever be found again. In fact, the Sovereign Lord actually created the God Legion Seal in the hopes of finding it. But sadly for him, it was the High Priestess who succeeded. And that's how she broke free from the bounds of the God Legion Seal. Now, I can use the Soul of the Ancestor God to push the God Legion Seal to a higher state than before, a state in which the Sovereign Lord won't be able to find it. You see, that's how I, Hailan, do things.

"There's no way you could've known any of this, Yang Qi. Otherwise, you wouldn't have just freely handed the God Legion Seal to me. Instead, you would've struck quickly to subjugate or assimilate me. Sadly for you, I'm not so easily fooled. Starting to regret your choices yet? You see, the Sovereign Lord isn't going to do a thing to me. The High Priestess predicted a long time ago that you'd come for me, and she helped me set all of this up. Of course, not even the High Priestess could've guessed that, instead of having to track you down, you would walk right into my arms."

"No!" Yang Qi said, staggering backward.

"Tremble in fear as I break through, Yang Qi!"

RUMBLE!

She exhaled a stream of energy that locked down the entire area. "You can't run away now, Yang Qi. I bet you thought you were going to subjugate me here, but in the end, the reverse is happening. And now, I'll use the Soul of the Ancestor God on the God Legion Seal!"

Even as the words left her mouth, she produced a talisman and shoved it onto the God Legion Seal.

However, when she did, something unimaginable happened. The God Legion Seal transformed into a magical symbol.

"W-what... what's going on?" Hailan said, her eyes widening in shock as the magical symbol entered her body and sealed her. At the same time, the Soul of the Ancestor God popped out of her, completely unaffected.

"Did you really think I'd just give you the God Legion Seal, Hailan?" he said, shaking his head. "You made a huge mistake just now. You see, I'm still connected to the seal. In fact, it's more appropriate to say that I am the God Legion Seal, and the God Legion Seal is me."

"But what about the God Legion Seal you gave me?" she cried, struggling in vain to free herself. "It was real. I could tell! There's no way it was a trick!"

"That was a duplicate I created. By the way, I'm already in the half-Annulled level." All of a sudden, he revealed his half-Annulled energy. "I was playing you this entire time. You see, I've made many copies of the God Legion Seal, and given them out for my people to use. Although the copies aren't even close to being as powerful as the original, they still provide immense benefits. And I just used one of them to seal you. I had to do it this way to make sure the process didn't alert Proud Heaven. After all, if you got the empire's destiny involved, it would have alerted him. Now, prepare to be crushed.

"You started out with Yang Voidprime, and then became Proud Heaven's. But in the end, you're going to be mine. I guess it was just foreordained. Now, give me the Soul of the Ancestor God."

"Stay away from me, Yang Qi! Stay away!"

To her terror, Hailan realized that she was the one who had been fooled.

She was actually dealing with a half-Annulled expert, someone vastly beyond her ability to handle. And he had complete control of the God Legion Seal. It was like a nightmare.

"Come! Soul of the Ancestor God!" Yang Qi made a grasping motion, and the Soul of the Ancestor God flew over into his hand.

"Be sealed!" He instantly sealed it and threw it into the God Legion Seal. He wasn't going to take the thing lightly, and would definitely study it later when he had the time.

As usual, he would make detailed plans before taking any action.

Upon seeing Yang Qi simply take the Soul of the Ancestor God, Hailan crumbled into despair. She had hoped that if he took it, he would try to assimilate it immediately, and some sort of dramatic things would occur, allowing her to escape. Sadly for her, Yang Qi wasn't the type to give in to temptations like that.

"Don't subjugate me, Yang Qi," she said. "Don't use the God Legion Seal on me! I don't want to become like the walking dead. How about I become your woman instead? I'll do anything you want me to, I swear!" She forced a smile onto her face. "I know that you always regretted losing me in the impure lands. But now you can have me all for your own!"

Yang Qi burst out laughing. Looking at Hailan as if she were a complete moron, he said, "Have you for my own? You're nothing but a pawn for me to use as I see fit. And you think I want you as 'my woman'? Are you crazy?"

"What?! You don't want me?" Hailan seemed stunned.

Scoffing, Yang Qi said, "Enough chit-chat. Get ready to be subjugated. Me using the God Legion Seal on you won't turn you into the walking dead. But I will be able to monitor your thoughts."

He reached out and clamped his fingers onto her head, then unleashed the power of the God Legion Seal into her.

Crick. Crack.

All of a sudden, Hailan's power levels skyrocketed. But at the same time, her thinking came under Yang Qi's control. After becoming a half-Annulled expert, his understanding of the God Legion Seal had reached even higher levels. As such, there was no way Hailan could do anything to resist him.

Dropping to her knees, she said, "I kowtow in salute, Milord."

It wasn't that she wanted to do that. Rather, her thoughts were telling her that she needed to. It nearly made her vomit blood. In her mind, she was telling herself that she wouldn't let Yang Qi get away with this, but he instantly detected those thoughts and destroyed them.

"Alright, enough, Hailan. Stop cursing me in your heart. I'm going to find a way to help you reach the half-Annulled level. But let me tell you this: the process isn't going to be easy. Maybe seeking enlightenment of the Soul of the Ancestor God will do the trick. Only time will tell. For now, you stay here as my agent. Be ready to follow any instruction I give regarding how to deal with Proud Heaven."

WHOOSH!

With that, he turned and vanished, leaving her sitting there alone. 'Why did this have to happen? How is Yang Qi so strong? I planned everything out perfectly. But I ended up seeming as foolish as a child. There's no way Proud Heaven can match up to him. He's already a half-Annulled expert? Terrifying! No. I can't give in. I refuse to accept this! I have to fight back!'

However, even as she howled in rage, Yang Qi's voice echoed in her sea of consciousness. "Stop the temper tantrum, Hailan. I can hear it all. Your only chance to escape is to become a member of my empire. None of my people have their thoughts monitored anymore. So follow orders and you'll be fine."

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Chapter 1589: Soul of the Ancestor God

'Who could've guessed that I would benefit so wildly. Not only did I subjugate Hailan, but I also got the Soul of the Ancestor God. I knew there was more to her than met the eye, but surprisingly, she had an incredibly powerful item, something not even the Sovereign Lord ever got his hands on. With it, the God Legion Seal is really going to become something that can surpass the civilization of the gods.'

Yang Qi was back in his own empire, with Proud Heaven none the wiser.

Settling down cross-legged, Yang Qi drew on the destiny of his empire and locked it down completely. Up above, the black and white sun rotated, and while it had transformed from its original state, Yang Qi knew it could still function as a back door for the Sovereign Lord.

There were still some things about it that Yang Qi didn't understand, but that said, he wasn't overly anxious about it.

Now that he had the Soul of the Ancestor God, he would be able to remove all traces of the Sovereign Lord from his empire. It was the key to opening the door that led to that profound civilization that surpassed that of the gods.

Yang Qi didn't immediately attempt to integrate the Soul of the Ancestor God into the God Legion Seal. Instead, he carefully extracted it, still sealed, and began carefully studying it. At a certain point, he fed a bit of energy into it, causing it to pulse. Inside, he could see the beginnings of a grand civilization.

He had never had the profundities of the gods laid out in front of him in this way. As he continued studying the soul, he saw the civilization of the gods developing in his mind's eye.

History was playing out right in front of him. The elites of the past didn't really have any idea how to advance their civilization, but the Soul of the Ancestor God had opened the doors for them.

Yang Qi felt like he was mentally floating along the river of history, which of course gave him a much more profound understanding of the God Legion Seal. And as the will of the legion of gods percolated in his mind, his thinking became more profound and clear, and he saw, not just the past paths with utmost clarity, but also the path going forward.

Because he had devoured Wretch God Ultimate, his own will had occasionally been influenced by the Wretch God. But now, he sloughed off any such fetters, reaching a new acme of enlightenment.

'Now, I'll draw on the Soul of the Ancestor God.'

Using the Wretched Brain God Art, he performed countless mental calculations, which he used to analyze all of the historical information from the Soul of the Ancestor God. At that point, he realized that the Soul of the Ancestor God really did have a soul in it.

Now, he was ready to integrate it into the God Legion Seal. As he did, he realized that he was creating the perfect trap for the Sovereign Lord. When the Sovereign Lord returned, and made his move on the God Legion Seal, he would meet a powerful backlash. It would be a perfect trump card for Yang Qi's defense.

Furthermore, the Soul of the Ancestor God would have a profoundly positive effect on the God Legion Seal.

After all, simply trying to assimilate the Soul of the Ancestor God would be like killing the chicken to get the eggs.

Slam!

Something seemed to break inside the Soul of the Ancestor God, and Yang Qi saw a huge door opening. In its depths were various types of godly civilizations, creating a sea of information that washed through his psyche, causing enormous transformations.

He was experiencing a baptism in regard to the civilizations of the gods, as well as the dao of gods.

He suddenly understood everything about the legion of gods. Matters of civilization, will, transformation, cultivation base, worlds, nations. He knew about the quintessence of the god civilization, and he knew how to make something superior to it.

"There never really was a god civilization," Yang Qi said coolly. "There was the Soul of the Ancestor God. It was what brought civilization. And previously, there was no way to surpass it. But I can."

His psychic scale was continuing to grow, and was getting closer to reaching the level of a trillion.

Even in ancient times, no one had ever reached the level of a trillion, not even the Sovereign Lord.

As he gained further enlightenment of civilization, his sage monarch magistrates also transformed, with the God Legion Seal on their foreheads becoming more distinct. And they experienced inner changes, such as their hearts transforming into projections of jade.

That came from Yang Qi's deeper and deeper enlightenment of the Mahātmā Jade, enabling him to create copies of it, just like he could with the God Legion Seal.

If people such as the King of Godmammoths could see him right now, they would only be able to use one word to describe him: freakish. Not only could he mass-produce God Legion Seals, but he could also do the same with the Mahātmā Jade.

As this process went on, Yang Qi's empire grew stronger.

Crunch. Crack!

As he grew stronger, the Everlasting Aegis expanded, and was able to absorb primal-chaos paleo-energy more quickly and in greater quantity. And as that happened, Yang Qi could sense the essence of the god world trembling, as if in pain.

It was similar to how if a person had a tick sucking their blood, they might not feel it. But if that tick transformed into a vampire bat, they would definitely find it unbearable.

RUMBLE!

All of a sudden, a faint tremor passed through the god world, something that most ordinary people wouldn't even feel. But Yang Qi knew that it meant the essence of the god world was reacting to the sudden growth of his empire.

The sage monarch magistrates were experts at their work and would quickly disseminate the new knowledge that Yang Qi had gained, giving it to the common people and fueling more growth.

Heaven and earth changed dramatically and constantly, and that meant the Sage Monarch Empire was constantly gaining new sages and mahātmās, whose thinking was profound and unparalleled under heaven.

'Yang Voidprime, the time has come to bring you to me.' A smile appeared on his face. 'I'd originally hoped you'd end up blowing up. But I just made some significant progress, and I have no need to hide any longer. My empire is ready to bring about a new age.'

Yang Qi had been hiding in the shadows for too long.

Now that he had taken the Soul of the Ancestor God from Hailan, he had what he needed to take the next step. Although he wasn't any stronger than before, he had the key to civilization, and deep enlightenment of the God Legion Seal. He was just on the verge of a psychic scale of a trillion, and could now mass-produce copies of the Mahātmā Jade.

Having been bolstered by the copies of the Mahātmā Jade and the God Legion Seal, his sage monarch magistrates were in an even better position to govern the empire and educate the masses. And that made his empire grow even stronger.

The time was ripe to crush all obstacles blocking his forward progress.

And the first step in it all was to summon Yang Voidprime.

Only by getting the other half of the fateless energy he needed could he get his sage monarch magistrates to the level of God-Lords.

"Come to me! King of Godmammoths, Demon Master, High Priestess, you people are useless to me. Weak trash that needs to be gotten rid of."

Yang Qi rose to his feet and surged with fateless energy, then unleashed a fist strike.

Cracking sounds rang out as he pierced through the multiverse of the god world, sending an attack right into the middle of the Demonfolk Empire.

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Chapter 1590: A New Age Begins!

Yang Qi's fist strike revealed his domineering dao. It could shake the nine heavens and ten earths, rock the legion of gods, horde of devils, multitude of buddhas, host of immortals, and throngs of demons. It unleashed the power of a half-Annulled expert, which could span all nations, all barriers, and all types of power. Compared to it, the destiny of the Demonfolk Empire was pitiful at best.

It was none other than the Nation-Fate Godfist.

In the Sage Monarch Empire, the destiny ensured that everyone was a sage or mahātmā. Everyone was selfless and worked hard to further the interests of the empire, which in turn cared for them, protecting them and ensuring their prosperity.

Yang Qi's fist strike contained that will, the will of sages and mahātmās, which gave it the power to pierce right to the altar he had been aiming for.

"What's this?"

The King of Godmammoths was the first to open his eyes, and when he saw what was happening, he immediately reacted with his King of the Great Dao.

"Great Dao Reversal; King of Dao Kings; Invincible in Three Worlds; Existing for All Time!"

RUMBLE!

He met Yang Qi's fist with a fist of his own, one that was superior in the three realms, the ultimate type of power in the many heavens. It caused the entire Demonfolk Empire to tremble as he unleashed it.

However, when the fists collided, the King of Godmammoths was sent flying backward, completely incapable of matching up to Yang Qi's strength.

Henceforth, he would never again be considered number one in the three realms, the ultimate representation of power and strength.

"Stop him!" he howled, hoping that the Demon Master and High Priestess would interfere.

The Demon Master's eyes flashed with fury. He was also an apex entity from ancient times, and when he attacked, it was with both elegance and intensity.

"Demon Taiji!"

A taiji symbol appeared on his hand, but instead of being black and white, it was pure green, like ghostfire that could block any and all power.

The Demon Taiji was the great dao that the Demon Master had gained enlightenment of.

RUMBLE!

Yin and yang converged as the Demon Taiji absorbed demon energy from the area and used it to block the path of Yang Qi's Nation-Fate God Fist. However, after blasting aside the King of Godmammoths, Yang Qi's attack apparently hadn't lost any momentum. It slammed into the Demon Taiji, which immediately crumbled.

Next, the High Priestess threw her arms out as if in sacrifice to the heaven on high. "God-Fist of Prayer!"

A huge fist appeared to block Yang Qi. However, having knocked the Demon Master out of the way, Yang Qi's fist slammed right into the High Priestess.

Then, Yang Qi could be seen standing right there in front of Yang Voidprime, where he reached out and made a grasping gesture.

A myriad worlds shook violently, and countless people saw an enormous hand appear in the sky of the Demonfolk Empire. Instantly, the entire empire started crumbling, and its destiny fell apart. Even the surrounding god world was shaking.

Crack!

The King of Godmammoths, Demon Master, and High Priestess were completely helpless to do anything in the face of this enormous hand, other than back away in fear.

A vortex appeared, swirling out with such ferocity that anyone who saw it would think that doomsday had arrived as it sucked in everything around it.

Yang Voidprime was snatched up and whisked away to the Sage Monarch Empire.

Then everything grew calm and quiet. The Demonfolk that remained scattered, instantly returning to their previous chaotic state.

Everyone knew that Yang Qi was on the move. His empire had been locked down up to this point, and it was now obvious that he had simply been biding his time. And while many people had assumed he was hiding because he wasn't in the half-Annulled level, as of this moment, they realized that he was obviously the top figure in the god world.

The King of Godmammoths, Demon Master, and High Priestess all working together hadn't been able to stop him. Just how invincible was he, exactly? Not even the Sovereign Lord had been this terrifying.

Word spread like wildfire.

"Preposterous. Outrageous!"

When the King of Godmammoths, Demon Master, and High Priestess saw their empty altar, their faces burned with fury. They wanted to see Yang Qi dead right then and there, but they knew they didn't have any way to make it happen.

As they looked over at the Sage Monarch Empire, they saw incomparable energy surging, and destiny that resembled dragons, plundering primal-chaos with abandon.

How could they possibly launch an attack against something like that? If they did, the backlash from its destiny alone would be far more than they could deal with.

"We have to attack the Sage Monarch Empire!" the King of Godmammoths shouted angrily.

However, the Demon Master reached out to block his path. "We can't. Based on that brief clash with Yang Qi just now, I can tell that he's in the half-Annulled level. And he might have broken through a lot earlier than we realized."

"So we just let him take Yang Voidprime? What if he combines the two halves of fateless energy? How will we survive?" the High Priestess exclaimed.

"We have no choice but to attack immediately," the King of Godmammoths said impatiently. "If we wait any longer, it's going to be a waste of our resources. We can lead our army of Demonfolk there right now, and batter him with endless waves. He'll be forced to pay a huge price to defend himself, and in the meantime, we can launch Operation Demon Destruction!"

"Operation Demon Destruction?" the Demon Master said, shivering. "You really want to go through with that? But what about Proud Heaven?"

Operation Demon Destruction was a deadly plan that, once initiated, left no other options, and could easily end in mutual destruction.

"If Yang Qi gets all of the fateless energy, and turns into a true, complete Fateless One, we won't survive. We have to take action. We have to enact Operation Demon Destruction!"

"Look, something's happening!" the High Priestess cried.

They looked over and saw the void trembling violently, with clouds roiling everywhere, and streams of power ripping back and forth. The Invincible Dynasty was on the move! It rumbled in the direction of the Sage Monarch Empire, moving like the tide. Then the two combined!

At the same time, the voice of the Invincible Dugu echoed out to fill the multiverse.

"I, the Invincible Dugu, have awoken. The Invincible Dynasty is becoming part of the Sage Monarch Empire. Emperor Yang Qi is now our leader! We are one united empire!"

Countless old-timers were shocked to the core. Yang Qi had just put on a massive display of strength and power, then the Invincible Dugu announced that his dynasty was joining the Sage Monarch Empire. The result would be something of immeasurable power. Not even Proud Heaven, who had the support of the essence of the god world, could possibly be Yang Qi's match.

Someone similar to the old Sovereign Lord had appeared, and all of creation was being shaken as a result.

As the Invincible Dynasty joined the Sage Monarch Empire, all of the previous seals were undone, allowing everyone to see its true destiny on display.

The Sage Monarch Empire was filled with sages and mahātmās, and those people provided the backbone of the empire with their thinking, discussions, wisdom, intelligence, and invincible, domineering nature.

The people were like the legion of gods that supported the Halls of Heaven and provided the power to crush the horde of devils in hell.

They were sages. They were monarchs.

And their spirit was different than that of the people of the god world.

The Ascendants in the empire were rising to the greatest heights, and Yang Qi was finally allowing the public to see the truth.

The essence of the god world wasn't true and orthodox. Neither was the god world itself.

The Sage Monarch World was true and orthodox.

"My Sage Monarch World will replace the god world," Yang Qi said in a loud voice that echoed everywhere. "My people rose from the impure lands to the immortal worlds, and from there, they ascended to the god world. In the future, people from the god world will rise to the sage monarch world. For countless years, people thought that the god world was the ultimate destination. They were wrong. The sage monarch world exists above it."

This was Yang Qi's great plan, and he was making it happen. He had already surpassed the Sovereign Lord. To rise from the half-Annulled to the full Annulled level, he had to surpass civilizations. He had to make a world that was greater than the civilization of the gods.

The Sage Monarch World was that world.

The King of Godmammoths, Demon Master, and High Priestess wanted to carry out Operation Demon Destruction to attack the Sage Monarch Empire. But now they realized it was pointless. Attacking the Sage Monarch Empire would be pure suicide.

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Chapter 1591: Complete Fateless One

Yang Qi had taken the initiative, attacking the Demonfolk Empire and snatching up Yang Voidprime. Then he combined the Sage Monarch Empire with the Invincible Dynasty, thereby creating a new world populated entirely by sages and mahātmās. Not only that, the new world had two half-Annulled experts protecting it.

No one could possibly crush his empire now.

Now there was no need to keep the place sealed up and hidden from the eyes of the public. He had opened up, and all heaven and earth now trembled in the face of his empire.

His empire held a long sword in its hand, ready to slash apart the sky.

His empire wore iron boots, ready to trample all the lands.

His empire was a warship, ready to sail and conquer all the oceans.

Where Yang Qi's empire existed, no one could block his path. It was his empire, a place devoted to the people, a place that surpassed the ordinary, a place in which the populace caused destiny to surge.

And what in existence could possibly stop his empire from continuing to grow?

Even the King of Godmammoths had to back down from his empire, and didn't dare even think about trying to attack it. And if they tried getting inside to attack Yang Qi, they would die. It didn't matter that they were considered invincible in the world.

Their billions of years of experience, and the power they had accumulated during that time, were now laughable.

Not even their Operation Demon Destruction would do any good at this point.

"How could this be happening? How could his empire have developed to this level?" The King of Godmammoths felt powerless and bereft of valor. He could easily face hordes of devils and the boundless armies of hell. But facing Yang Qi's empire, he felt absolutely no confidence.

And he knew that he wasn't a match for Yang Qi, either. If he fought him alone, he would be crushed. That wasn't even to mention the empire that backed him.

He couldn't even have fought the Sovereign Lord's empire, let alone this one.

"We have to mobilize the Demonfolk Empire!" the Demon Master shouted. "We can't wait any longer. That brat is gaining momentum, and we can't let it continue. If we don't act, Yang Voidprime is going to die, and we won't have any hope at all. The essence of the god world is furious, even more so than it ever was in the era of the Sovereign Lord. It's definitely going to take action against him soon."

"We have to summon the Demonfolk and get them moving. And what's going on with Proud Heaven's empire? Is he going to do anything?" the High Priestess said.

Looking in the direction of Proud Heaven's empire, her jaw dropped. "Dammit. DAMMIT! Proud Heaven you piece of shit! I can't believe you're doing that!"

Only now did she realize what had played out in the Deathless Heaven Empire. She had no place there anymore, and couldn't touch its destiny. Her palace there had been completely removed. The empire had been united, and was rapidly developing, without anything holding it back. And it was so strong it could kill her instantly.

"What happened, High Priestess?" the Demon Master asked.

"Proud Heaven took away all of my destiny," she said through gritted teeth. "I'm all alone now. He even subjugated my apprentice. He's founded a unified empire that we can't resist. And the essence of the god world has provided him with endless resources. His resources even surpass the Sage Monarch Empire! He has the support of the entire god world. We're no match for him!"

The god world itself was still the ultimate entity.

It had been like that in the time of the Sovereign Lord as well, which was why he had never been able to truly defy it.

And although Yang Qi's empire had transcended the god world, enabling him to head toward the Annulled level with all his people, it still couldn't directly fight the essence of the god world. And in terms of the resources it could create, it also couldn't compete.

The god world was still constantly expanding, and because of that process, it was creating preheaven treasures nonstop.

In the past, the resources had been evenly distributed throughout the multiverse inside the god world. But now, all of the resources were going to Proud Heaven's empire.

The god world was also producing preheaven souls to add to the Deathless Heaven Dynasty's aegis, ensuring that it was a place of peace.

Fighting within empires generally had to do with lack of resources. But when resources were abundant, there wasn't any need for competition.

Thus, Proud Heaven's empire was peaceful and harmonious, and its destiny climbed constantly.

"We can still use the Demonfolk to carry out Operation Demon Destruction," the King of Godmammoths said. "Without a secret weapon, they won't dare move against us, lest we all end in mutual destruction. With Operation Demon Destruction, we can unleash the most destructive force in existence!"

"Fine. Let's do it."

The three half-Annulled experts drew on powerful divine abilities to draw the scattered Demonfolk back together.

Something similar was playing out in Proud Heaven's empire. Obviously, the old-timers there were able to see the Sage Monarch Empire combining with the Invincible Dynasty.

"Call an assembly..."

"Call an assembly..."

Countless voices rang out, as if war were about to break out at any moment.

The leaders of the empire converged on the Central God-Palace. Proud Heaven was there, and his mysterious aura and surging destiny were such that no one even dared to look at him directly for fear of being burned out of existence.

His cultivation base was truly enigmatic and impossible to assess.

As the old-timers filed in, he looked over at his empress, Hailan.

Her cultivation base had advanced significantly, yet he wasn't worried, as he knew she couldn't possibly reach the half-Annulled level.

"Your Majesty!" said the Patriarch of the Universe, dropping to his knees. "Yang Qi finally made a move. He's been hiding his true strength all along and is already in the half-Annulled level. Furthermore, the Invincible Dugu awakened and joined the Sage Monarch Empire, bringing his entire dynasty with him. Of course, we didn't dare make any decisions about what to do. We need your input, Your Majesty!"

The Patriarch of the Universe was someone the Sovereign Lord had sentenced to death. In other words, the Sovereign Lord hadn't actually been able to kill him. Yet here he was, kneeling in front of Proud Heaven. That just went to show that Proud Heaven had already surpassed the Sovereign Lord.

Of course, what the Patriarch of the Universe was really kneeling to wasn't Proud Heaven, but rather the essence of the god world.

The reason he and all the others the Sovereign Lord had sentenced to death were able to flee with their lives was because the essence of the god world had supported them.

"I know about all of that. Yang Qi is the greatest enemy of the essence of the god world. And the god world will do something about it soon. For now, do everything necessary to resist him. In the meantime, I'll bring the full glory of the essence of the god world with me to go visit the King of Godmammoths and the Demon Master. I'll get them to join my empire, then together, we can go destroy Yang Qi. The god world has arranged all of this, and as its representative, I'm fully on board with everything."

"That Yang Qi has to die," Hailan said. "Unfortunately, when he attacked the King of Godmammoths, he kidnapped Yang Voidprime. If he combines the two halves of fateless energy, he's going to be difficult to deal with."

"Don't worry. The essence of the god world has planned for that outcome, and will give me extra power to deal with it. I'm literally invincible in the god world, no matter where I go." Proud Heaven looked closely at Hailan in the hopes of getting a better idea of what she was thinking. "Hailan, you'll be in charge of everything here while I go to see the King of Godmammoths. Got it?"

"I don't think I can accept such a weighty responsibility," she said.

"You'll do fine. The officials of the empire are loyal to me. I represent the essence of the god world, which means no one in the god world will dare to attack me. Not even Yang Qi can do so. He's already being rejected by the god world itself, placing him under severe restrictions. I'm going to subjugate the King of Godmammoths and the Demon Master. And even that pesky High Priestess. Then I can deal with Yang Qi. The power of the Demonfolk will come in very handy."

"In that case, I'll await your triumphant return, Your Majesty."

"Good," Proud Heaven. Smiling viciously, he continued, "You'd better bear me a son soon, Hailan. I need an heir to inherit my rule after I transcend." With that, he vanished without a trace.

Hailan could sense life force stirring within her, something that resembled Proud Heaven's aura. It was the result of her humiliation by him, and there was nothing she could do about it. She was completely under Proud Heaven's control.

She couldn't do anything to get rid of the child. However, that was when Yang Qi's voice echoed in her sea of consciousness. "Proud Heaven left some life force quintessence in you. Once you give birth, he'll kill you. But we can beat him at his own game. I can add some of my life force to you, which will cause that child to dramatically transform."

"What's your plan?" she replied. "Proud Heaven is gone, so I'm in charge of the empire now. What do you want me to do?"

"There's no plan for now. Proud Heaven's empire is too stable to overthrow. And I haven't yet reached my peak. Once I have, I can crush everything in my path." Hailan suddenly sensed a life force enter her and head to her belly, where a wriggling lump of flesh and blood already existed. It was Proud Heaven's child. However, it was now changing. Would it become Yang Qi's child? Or would it become something else?

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Chapter 1592: Complete Fateless One Part 2

Yang Qi had inserted something into the life force seed Proud Heaven had placed in Hailan. As for what it would turn into, only time would tell. But it would definitely be a tool to use against Proud Heaven.

Although Proud Heaven was currently backed by the essence of the god world, there was far more to him than that. He had the Great Necropolis, which he could use at any time to combat the will of the god world. Perhaps he could even use it to devour the god world. Yang Qi was under no illusions. He knew how incredibly ambitious Proud Heaven was. He might as well have been a fiend-devil who would devour anyone he needed in order to accomplish his goals.

Working with him didn't make any sense, as those who worked with him always ended up as corpses. And no one had ever been able to avoid being devoured by him.

Thus, Yang Qi was using Hailan as a pawn against him.

As far as Proud Heaven leaving her in charge of his empire was concerned, the truth was that she didn't have any actual control. Any orders she issued had to be approved by Proud Heaven's will, and if she opposed him, she would die.

The empire as a whole wouldn't follow her personal orders. She was essentially there as an administrator.

When Proud Heaven left to meet the King of Godmammoths and the others, Yang Qi smiled in the knowledge that the time had come to truly oppose Proud Heaven.

Yang Voidprime was captive in the middle of the Sage Monarch Empire, suspended in the air such that he resembled the character 大. Now that Yang Qi had combined with the Invincible Dynasty, the destiny at his command was immense. It didn't matter that Yang Voidprime was in the half-Annulled level now, he still couldn't fight back.

"Is there anything you'd like to say, Yang Voidprime?" Yang Qi asked. "I bet you never thought you'd end up in such a tragic position. None of your plans worked. In the same moment you reached the half-Annulled level, you were trapped. And even as the two of us reached an agreement, you were plotting against me. But you had no idea how strong my energy arts were. I broke right into the Demonfolk Empire and grabbed you for myself."

"You kept your true strength hidden well, Yang Qi. You really fooled me." Yang Voidprime knew that it wouldn't matter what he said now. As the saying went, the winner is deemed righteous, and the loser is always in the wrong. Right now, there was no way Yang Qi would free him.

"I didn't fool you. You fooled yourself, thanks to your greed. You never even got to experience what it's like to truly be a half-Annulled expert. Ai." Yang Qi shook his head. "It's really tragic. However, I need your fateless energy to become a full Fateless One."

"Then let me go!" Yang Voidprime said, his face lighting up. "I'll be loyal to you. Even if I lose my fateless energy, I'll still be a powerful asset. Maybe I won't be a half-Annulled expert anymore, but I can cultivate my way back to that level eventually. My wisdom and experience will come in very handy, and I'll work for you faithfully."

"Sorry, not interested," Yang Qi said, waving his hand dismissively. There was no way he would believe anything Yang Voidprime said. Taking his fateless energy would reduce him to the level of a God-Lord, but his psychic scale would remain the same, roughly three hundred billion. And that would make him superior to all other God-Lords in existence.

In other words, both his physical body and the experiences in his mind were top notch.

In many ways, he was almost exactly the same as Yang Qi.

"Yang Immortal-Slayer," Yang Qi said suddenly.

"Here," Yang Immortal-Slayer replied, stepping out of nowhere. His psychic scale made him the strongest of the God-Lords, which made sense considering how many preheaven treasures, vital energies, and national destinies he had devoured over the years.

As soon as Yang Voidprime saw Yang Immortal-Slayer, he knew what was coming, and a mournful expression appeared on his face. "How sinister of you, Yang Qi! You're going to take my fateless energy, and you're going to have this Yang Immortal-Slayer take my physical body, to help him reach the half-Annulled level. Considering you and I are perfectly compatible, it'll work without a hitch. How vicious! Why? Why did I have to end in such tragedy? No one has ever experienced misfortune of this level. I reached the half-Annulled level, the peak of the god world, only to end up like this. I was supposed to be the main character of this generation!"

"Stop whining, Yang Voidprime. You shook the god world for years, and enjoyed life to the fullest. It's not so bad an end to die like this. Alright. It's time for you to meet your end."

RUMBLE!

Yang Qi reached out and clamped his hand down on the top of Yang Voidprime's head. Instantly, numerous streams of energy flowed from Yang Voidprime into Yang Qi, like a river of fate. Nothing changed within Yang Qi as it happened. His face was expressionless as he watched the innumerable people from a chiliocosm of worlds, their fates clear for him to see. He was like a bird gliding gently over the river of fate.

What is fate?

I am fate.

A Fateless One is fate.

Such were Yang Qi's thoughts.

As the fateless energy suffused him, his status as a Fateless One grew whole. And as he was blessed, the Annulled level reached out, beckoning toward him. Never had he experienced anything like this, in which he had such deep enlightenment of the terror of fate, and the majesty of the Annulled level.

Only by being Annulled could one truly be free from the fetters of fate, and become invincible.

When the fateless energy left Yang Voidprime, he sagged limply as he fell to the God-Lord level. That said, he still pulsed with such immense power that he could easily kill the Patriarch of the Universe and the others that had been sentenced to death by the Sovereign Lord. In fact, ordinary half-Annulled experts might not even be able to take him on.

"You're turn, Yang Immortal-Slayer. Use the dao of King Heaven-Devourer to devour him." He waved his hand, causing invincible power to flow into Yang Immortal-Slayer.

Yang Qi's cultivation was rising as he combined the fateless energies. Suddenly...

Crack!

His psychic scale broke through the gap to reach a trillion.

In all likelihood, he was now the strongest god to ever have existed throughout all of history. Not even the Sovereign Lord had reached this level. And just as how immortals changed fundamentally upon becoming gods, he was experiencing dramatic transformations.

Meanwhile, Yang Immortal-Slayer transformed into a primal-chaos elder-snake and lunged toward Yang Voidprime, who could do nothing but struggle in vain as he was devoured.

Flop!

Afterward, Yang Immortal-Slayer returned to human form, then threw his head back and howled, "Embrace Vitality to Unify; Complete and Utter Confinement; Sever the Four Gates; Seal the Six Senses!"

Yang Qi waved his hand, causing the God Legion Seal and the Mahātmā Jade to appear on his palm. Then, they flew out as two dazzling beams of light that shot into Yang Voidprime to help him fully assimilate Yang Voidprime.

"Blessing of Destiny!" Yang Qi said. "I hereby ordain Yang Immortal-Slayer as grand prince, and task him with protecting the empire!"

Slam!

A massive stream of destiny descended, coursing into Yang Immortal-Slayer, who again transformed as he thoroughly assimilated Yang Voidprime. Instantly, Yang Voidprime's experiences, knowledge, and enlightenment became part of Yang Immortal-Slayer.

Normally speaking, a process like this would come with dangerous side-effects. But Yang Immortal-Slayer didn't need to worry about that. He was a clone of Yang Qi, and both Yang Qi and Yang Voidprime were Fateless Ones. Their energies were similar, and for all intents and purposes, they were the same expression of vital energy.

"Time for a complete transformation with fateless power. As a Fateless One, I hereby summon the King of Fate!" Instantly, a figure appeared behind him, clad in white, surrounded by a swirling river of fate that could pierce through the universe.

This was his out-of-body incarnation.

The King of Godmammoths had the King of the Great Dao, but Yang Qi had the King of Fate. Within him swirled countless streams of fate, that of all living beings, which he controlled, making him invincible and ultimately powerful.

It was a second version of Yang Qi, or perhaps the ultimate version of him. After all, his godhood had vanished upon reaching the half-Annulled level.

"Time to step into the half-Annulled level, Yang Immortal-Slayer." Yang Qi sent the King of Fate piercing into Yang Immortal-Slayer, who shot to his feet in response.

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Chapter 1593: Increased Prestige

Yang Immortal-Slayer had finally reached the half-Annulled level.

By devouring Yang Voidprime, being blessed by the destiny of Yang Qi's empire, receiving the aid of the combined might of the God Legion Seal and the Mahātmā Jade, and being given enlightenment of the King of Fate, he finally achieved the breakthrough.

Strange chanting filled the lands, and beautiful magical symbols swirled everywhere, filling the many heavens. In numerous locations in the god world, experts suddenly sensed the aura of someone becoming half-Annulled.

And it came from the Sage Monarch Empire.

Countless old-timers were shaken by this development. The Sage Monarch Empire was already considered invincible with two half-Annulled experts, namely Yang Qi and the Invincible Dugu. But now they had another?

Didn't that mean they would be completely unbeatable?

And the influx of destiny caused by the breakthrough would make the hearts of the people even more stable.

Everyone in the Sage Monarch Empire could tell that they had three half-Annulled experts to protect them. They were definitely the top force within creation.

The Demonfolk Empire had two half-Annulled experts: the King of Godmammoths and the Demonfolk Empire. In the Deathless Heaven Dynasty, there was Proud Heaven and the High Priestess.

For a time, there had been a balance between the three major forces. But now Yang Qi had seized the upper hand, and as a result, more experts were experiencing breakthroughs, and his destiny was growing again.

News was spreading throughout the multiverse of the god world that the Sage Monarch World was a powerful organization, which caused many people to want to join them.

That said, the Sage Monarch World wasn't recruiting. And even when it did recruit, they had a very tough application process. They only wanted truly elite experts.

The people of the Sage Monarch World were similar to those immortals from the immortal worlds who would only select the best of the best from the impure lands to become apprentices. The people of the Sage Monarch World had already developed a lofty attitude and believed themselves to be above the god world. It was only natural.

All of them wanted to fight to help the Sage Monarch World transcend.

It was similar to how, in the impure lands, planetary systems would want to become immortal worlds.

Thankfully, Yang Immortal-Slayer's rise to the half-Annulled level had provided a big boost in destiny.

"Citizens of the empire," Yang Qi said. "We finally have three half-Annulled experts. Next, we'll all enter a huge session of cultivation. I want everyone to become as strong as possible. Before long, we'll wage war on the god world, and conquer it!"

Everyone excitedly began their sessions of cultivation. All of them were very confident that their empire was the most unique to ever exist; it would definitely conquer all, and slaughter all fiend-devils.

As for Yang Qi, he focused his daoist techniques on searching for clues about the True Devil and the Sovereign Lord.

It was now very clear who the top powers in the god world were.

The half-Annulled experts were Yang Qi, the Invincible Dugu, Yang Immortal-Slayer, Proud Heaven, the High Priestess, the King of Godmammoths, and the Demon Master.

Seven people.

It would be difficult for anyone else to reach the half-Annulled level. Not even Yang Chiliocosm could do it by himself. Little did he know that Yang Qi had a plan to win him over to his own camp. His plans were unfolding one after another, and once he had fully realized all of them, the Deathless Heaven Dynasty would collapse.

And much of it came down to the back door that King Immortal-Slayer had left for him.

Even if the King of Godmammoths, High Priestess, Proud Heaven, and Demon Master joined forces, he would still be able to slip into the Deathless Heaven Dynasty. The only downside was that the essence of the god world was involved. Furthermore, the Sovereign Lord and the True Devil were still in hiding. That much he was sure of, considering their auras were still detectable.

They might jump out from the shadows at any moment to unleash a deadly blow.

For all he knew, they might even be hiding among his own citizens. Given how powerful they were, it was entirely possible they could hide from him. And it was compounded by the fact that his entire foundation was built on the God Legion Seal and the Mahātmā Jade.

Another downside to consider was that Yang Qi would have a disadvantage if he fought in open battle. The god world had already rejected his empire, and if his people tried to go about in it, they would be targeted and rejected. The god world wasn't a good place for the Sage Monarch Empire to fight; the battlefield had to be in primal-chaos.

That was one reason why Yang Qi wanted to further his research of the God Legion Seal and the Mahātmā Jade, so that all citizens of his empire could have duplicates that would let them travel freely in the god world, if it became necessary.

His world continued expanding.

Countless old-timers in the god world would look up to it as if it were a moon at night or a sun during the day.

The night sky of the god world was completely dark, with no stars or moon. But now, Yang Qi's empire was there, casting light down.

Of course, they could also sense how unstable the god world was, and it made them want to join Yang Qi.

The prestige of the Sage Monarch World only continued to grow.

By this time, Proud Heaven had reached the Demonfolk Empire.

Demonic winds screamed through the Demonfolk Empire as countless Demonfolk prayed. Of course, they had been forced to do so by the King of Godmammoths and the Demonfolk Empire. They weren't praying to found an empire. Instead, the various demon tribes were praying as a curse. And as the curse power converged on an altar in the middle of the empire, it became something that even half-Annulled experts would find absolutely terrifying.

In Yang Qi's empire, people prayed for destiny and glory.

But here in the Demonfolk Empire, they were creating a curse that would lead to fiery destruction.

In other words, the Demonfolk were all praying for the end of the world.

This was curse power, not destiny. And it was an aspect of Operation Demon Destruction. The baleful will would become a tool of attack designed to kill.

When Proud Heaven arrived and saw what was going on, his expression flickered.

However, he quickly raised his voice and said, "King of Godmammoths. Demon Master. High Priestess. I trust you've been well since we last met?"

"Proud Heaven! It's you!" The High Priestess rose to her feet with a furious smile as she prepared to directly attack Proud Heaven.

However, the King of Godmammoths waved his sleeve, blocking her way. "We've never met, boy. So what's that supposed to mean?"

"There's no need to be so arrogant, King of Godmammoths," Proud Heaven said with a smile. "That last part was meant for the High Priestess." Turning to her, he continued, "High Priestess, you're the imperial preceptor of the Deathless Heaven Dynasty. So why exactly are you siding with these people? Are you really interested in committing treason?"

"I'm going to kill you sooner or later, Proud Heaven!" the High Priestess said angrily. "So cut the crap. Are you just sitting around waiting for Yang Qi to crush you? I can't believe you stole my apprentice and besmirched her honor. You bastard! You completely removed any trace of me from your empire. Did you really think I wouldn't pay you back for that?"

"It's not as though you had good intentions, High Priestess. It just so happens that I came out on top instead of you. The winner is deemed righteous, and the loser is always in the wrong. I'm sure you've heard that saying before. I'm actually here to recruit the lot of you."

"Recruit us?" the King of Godmammoths said, then laughed. "Do you know who you're talking to, boy? You think you're going to do that all alone? Who do you think you are, the Sovereign Lord?"

"It's actually not me who wants to recruit you," Proud Heaven didn't seem to have even noticed the King of Godmammoths' sarcasm. "It's the essence of the god world that wants you. And that essence is so much more powerful than the Sovereign Lord that you can't even begin to imagine it." Seeing the reaction to his words on the faces of the three experts seemed to please Proud Heaven even further. "You see, the essence of the god world is completely enraged because of Yang Qi and his Sage Monarch World. Anyone from there who comes to the god world will immediately be attacked. It's only a matter of time until Yang Qi is crushed. It won't be long before the essence of the god world can take human form, whereupon it'll come to fight Yang Qi personally."

"What?!" the King of Godmammoths said. "The essence of the god world is going to take human form and come here? That's impossible. The essence is so mighty that even thousands of years pass with the speed of a single thought for it. It simply can't take human form."

"I won't go into the details," Proud Heaven said. "I just hope that when the essence of the god world does, you'll be standing by my side to fight Yang Qi. If you aren't, then you're going to have a hard time escaping with your lives. After all, that will indicate you're siding with the enemy, and need to be purged."

Proud Heaven's words pulsed with killing intent.

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Chapter 1594: Essence in Human Form

Shocking news had just been revealed to the King of Godmammoths, Demon Master, and High Priestess. The essence of the god world was going to take human form. They weren't even sure how to react.

The god world wasn't a person. It was more like an animal, except its true existence was something that people couldn't truly comprehend. After all, it could take anywhere from hundreds to tens of thousands of years for it to form a single thought.

There was no way to change that.

The god world was so large it defied imagination. It was like a combination of innumerable half-Annulled experts.

Everything it did happened slowly. It wasn't like ordinary gods, who could experience billions of thoughts in a single moment. That was why it had to operate through a representative.

Even that was only possible through great effort.

If the god world had been able to directly interfere with the Sovereign Lord, he would have died much earlier. Although the King of Godmammoths was said to be the strongest, that wasn't taking into consideration the god world itself. The main difference was that the god world had never taken human form.

But if it did, that would change everything. If it could think that much faster, then no one could possibly be a match for it. Not even the combination of the King of Godmammoths, Demon Master, and High Priestess would be close. They would be killed in an instant.

It didn't matter how impressive Yang Qi was. If the essence of the god world could take human shape, then he would be wiped away by its power like an egg encountering a rock.

"I don't believe you, boy," the Demon Master said. "The essence of the god world simply can't take human form."

"Believe me or not. Your choice. I've said what needs to be said. I just don't want to see you die. You see, we're all like ants on a string right now. Forget about the god world taking human form. Even just Yang Qi is a big threat right now. Do you really think that you're strong enough to deal with him alone? If so, you're crazy. The only way we can handle him is if we work together. And if we don't, we'll just end up subjugated."

"In other words, you want us to join you," the Demon Master said. "Come on, we're no fools. We know what you really want. You're more ambitious than a wolf! In fact, why shouldn't we just go join Yang Qi?"

"It's true that it probably makes more sense for you to join Yang Qi than me," Proud Heaven replied with a sinister smile. "Anyone can see that his empire is bringing about a new age. Although my empire is growing rapidly as well, there's no way it could ever catch up to Yang Qi's. However, if you side with Yang Qi, that means you'll eventually face the essence of the god world. So you decide. You can already see the punishment the god world has meted out to the Sage Monarch Empire. They're clearly enemies. In fact, the god world directly told me this. War will break out soon, and there can't be a third major power. The god world won't allow it. So let me summarize why I came here. First, to recruit you. Second, to warn you. Neither the essence of the god world nor Yang Qi will allow another major power to enter the picture. However, you have to wonder why Yang Qi hasn't already come to take care of you. The reason is that he's not worried about you. He's trying to uncover clues leading to the Sovereign Lord and the True Devil. He wants to force them out and get rid of them so they won't cause unexpected problems later."

"What?" the High Priestess said in astonishment. "The Sovereign Lord and the True Devil are still alive? Doesn't the essence of the god world have some clue about where they are?"

"What's there to be surprised about?" the King of Godmammoths said. "We three survived the great tribulation. And those two were the top figures in the god world, far surpassing us. Yang Qi's doing the right thing, tracking them down. After all, his success is built on the God Legion Seal and the Mahātmā Jade. Those two things contain the will of the Sovereign Lord and the True Devil, respectively. He has to find them and wipe them out, otherwise they could spring on him unexpectedly and try to possess him."

After hearing the King of Godmammoths' analysis, Proud Heaven laughed heartily. "You're absolutely right, King of Godmammoths. So now do you understand? Think it through. If you join Yang Qi, you'll enrage the essence of the god world even further. And you might even end up clashing with the Sovereign Lord and the True Devil. Surely you don't want to fall into his hands again. You could try to form a third power, but that would result in you dying. In the end, your best bet is to join my dynasty, which is really run by the essence of the god world, not me."

They understood their options.

Joining Yang Qi would be extremely risky. None of them could possibly deal with the essence of the god world, nor were they sure about the ramifications of the Sovereign Lord and the True Devil. Forming their own power structure seemed foolish. It seemed the third option was the best.

After a long moment of silence, the Demon Master said, "It seems siding with the essence of the god world is the best choice. But how exactly do we go about doing that? For example, I suggest I bring all of my Demonfolk with me. Otherwise, the power of your destiny will turn us into nothing but slaves."

"Absolutely not," Proud Heaven said. "This is a simple matter. The Demonfolk won't be allowed in, otherwise everything will descend into chaos. There are ten times as many Demonfolk in the god world as there are humans. My empire would collapse."

Even the Demon Master had to admit that it was true that bringing so many Demonfolk into a human empire would lead to disaster.

"What if we just bring the Demonfolk God-Lords," the King of Godmammoths said, "and you ordain us as nobility. What do you say? And of course, you have to promise not to harm us in any way."

"That'll work. All three of you will have the same rank. Agreed? Furthermore, I don't have the right to execute you, nor randomly expel you. I can only deal with you as the essence of the god world wishes. Truth be told, this is all what the essence of the god world wants. For me to ordain you with titles will involve a big expenditure of destiny. In other words, it won't do my empire much good. But the essence of the god world has convinced me to do it."

"In that case, why don't we discuss which God-Lords to bring? The total number will definitely be at least twice what you currently have. And we also need to come to an agreement about the titles of nobility."

"What about the other Demonfolk?" the High Priestess said.

"Other Demonfolk?" the King of Godmammoths said mercilessly. "Hmph! We continue to force them to pray, building up the power of Operation Demon Destruction. That can be our trump card to use against Yang Qi."

As long as he could transcend safely, he didn't care if all the other Demonfolk in the god world were wiped out.

"Agreed," the High Priestess said. "With a deadly trump card like that, we won't have to worry about unexpected opposition."

Operation Demon Destruction was a destructive plan that involved having the Demonfolk constantly pray, building up immense curse power. It would twist the hearts of the Demonfolk who prayed, turning them into vengeful spirits that would be absorbed by the altar itself. When the power was unleashed, it would be enough to slaughter half-Annulled experts.

Proud Heaven didn't dare to allow himself to be infected by that rancorous energy.

Of course, he knew that the "unexpected opposition" the High Priestess had mentioned referred to him.

That said, he had his own plans, and knew that if he said anything to oppose these three experts, they wouldn't join him.

'These three have a very vicious plan in their Operation Demon Destruction. They plan to force all the Demonfolk to use a curse that turns them into rancorous spirits. When they unleash that power, it could damage the god world itself, let alone some empire. Of course, the price is the sacrifice of countless Demonfolk lives.' Proud Heaven could see the process happening in the Demonfolk Empire even now.

The final weapon would be deadly. Proud Heaven wasn't going to do anything about it now. First, he had to deal with Yang Qi, then the essence of the god world. After all, he had no sense of loyalty to the god world. He actually wanted to devour its essence.

"Of course you can go through with your Operation Demon Destruction," he said. "I'll even help you with it. Call your God-Lords into a meeting to explain what's happening, then carry on with your plan. The god world doesn't want a bunch of Demonfolk in it anyway, so wiping them out will be good. And it will save a lot of resources."

Thus, a master plan was hatched.

The King of Godmammoths and Proud Heaven sealed the deal, and countless Demonfolk God-Lords were summoned. Titles of nobility were handed out.

To Proud Heaven's surprise, they didn't even try to negotiate. Of course, the Demonfolk feared the essence of the god world, so there was no way they would make demands.

Several days passed before the process was complete.

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Chapter 1595: Essence in Human Form Part 2

Proud Heaven's glib tongue had won over the King of Godmammoths, the Demon Master, and countless Demonfolk God-Lords. They would all join the Deathless Heaven Empire. And they signed a formal agreement allowing for all of them to share in the destiny.

Even Proud Heaven signed it, binding it with his own life force.

Next, Operation Demon Destruction was furthered. The Demonfolk God-Lords didn't care at all for their own kind. They treated them like livestock, and simply watched as their prayers ended with them being sacrificed.

Several months passed.

Thanks to the innumerable prayers being offered by the Demonfolk, a devil embryo now existed on the altar, and it was growing larger every day. It already pulsed with an energy that seemed to border on the half-Annulled level.

Eventually, it would become a rancorous spirit that would take the initiative to devour the Demonfolk around it, inflicting misery and suffering on them.

The Demonfolk in the god world were experiencing a tribulation like no other.

"Well, Operation Demon Destruction is roughly half accomplished," said the King of Godmammoths. "The devil embryo has reached strength equivalent to the half-Annulled level, and can now feed itself. Let's leave it to run amok in the god world, and head back to your empire to take our positions." The King of Godmammoths couldn't help but chuckle at the sight of the devil embryo.

He couldn't control it, nor could the Demon Master or the High Priestess. When the time came for Operation Demon Destruction to come to fruition, the devil-god would destroy the rest of the Demonfolk and become the most powerful entity imaginable.

"Alright, let's go," Proud Heaven said, casting a grim look at the devil embryo. He knew full well that the inhuman embryo could easily kill him, if he didn't have the protection of the essence of the god world.

Right now, the King of Godmammoths and the others were afraid of the god world, not him. Otherwise, they would have done everything they could to kill him.

Once the devil embryo was complete, the King of Godmammoths wouldn't have anything to fear from Proud Heaven's empire. Of course, because of the agreement that had been signed, Proud Heaven couldn't do anything against them. For now, they would go and take their official positions, then struggle for power using interest groups.

Of course, the King of Godmammoths and the Demon Master were already planning a way to overthrow Proud Heaven.

RUMBLE!

The Demonfolk God-Lords joined the four half-Annulled experts as they headed toward the Deathless Heaven Empire. Yang Qi saw all of this happening, and smiled. 'Operation Demon Destruction? Ruthless. They're going to wipe out all the Demonfolk in the god world. The destructive power of that weapon is enough to wipe out any empire. That said, the King of Godmammoths is asking a tiger for its skin by joining Proud Heaven. The only question is how he'll end up dying. It's a good thing I have my back door into his empire. I'm curious to see how things develop.'

Unfortunately, Yang Qi didn't have time to waste on the King of Godmammoths and the others. He had been fully focused on trying to track down the True Devil and the Sovereign Lord over the past few months.

He was starting to wonder if they were really dead. That said, he was remaining on full alert, and wasn't taking the situation lightly. He was still operating under the assumption that they were deep in hiding.

Over the course of the past months, his empire's dynasty had grown, and he had built up more resources. A multiverse was forming in the depths of his empire, and each universe that made it up was complete with its own flow of time.

He was making his own natural laws.

Immense power was building up as he drew on primal-chaos paleo-energy.

Yang Immortal-Slayer becoming a half-Annulled expert had been extremely beneficial. He joined the Invincible Dugu in taking the lead in educating the experts of the empire in matters of their cultivation base. And as they led the people of the empire in prayer, they improved both individuals and the empire as a whole.

Jadefall and the others were constantly climbing in their cultivation, but unfortunately, none of them were able to reach the half-Annulled level.

That said, most of them had psychic scales between two and three hundred billion.

And all of them wore a combined version of the Mahātmā Jade and the God Legion Seal, created by Yang Qi after he became a full Fateless One. Although it was only about one percent as powerful as the original, that was still incredibly mighty.

By now, all of Yang Qi's friends and family were on par with the Patriarch of the Universe and the others who had been sentenced to death by the Sovereign Lord. Unfortunately, further progress would be difficult.

Yang Qi knew that the bottleneck they faced didn't have anything to do with him. Nothing he could do would help them reach the half-Annulled level.

Of course, there was another unique entity to consider, and that was the purrling.

It had been deeply asleep ever since Yang Qi reached the half-Annulled, and it wouldn't wake up. It didn't want to be affected by any karma, and Yang Qi was happy to go along with its wishes. He wasn't going to get any more help from it.

That said, he didn't need help. He would face his enemies alone. No one could help him. He had to rely on himself, otherwise how could he possibly qualify to lead all living beings in transcendence?

Furthermore, he had enemies who operated in the open, and enemies in hiding. Those in the open were Proud Heaven and the essence of the god world. Those in hiding were the Sovereign Lord and the True Devil.

He had to be prepared to face both.

Thus, he was holding back his troops without moving.

When the King of Godmammoths, High Priestess, and Demon Master led the Demonfolk God-Lords into the Deathless Heaven Dynasty, everything trembled violently.

It was a result of the power of the Demonfolk.

At the moment, everyone was gathered in a public square to be officially ordained with titles.

Proud Heaven stood at the head of the crowd, but he hadn't given out any of the ordainments yet.

At a certain point, the King of Godmammoths frowned and turned to the Demon Master and the High Priestess. "What exactly is Proud Heaven up to? Don't tell me he's planning to back out of the agreement!"

The Demon Master chuckled coldly. "Even if he were ten times gutsier than he is, he wouldn't back out. First of all, we have a signed contract connected to the destiny of his empire. Second, if we start fighting, it'd be devastating. Third, we could summon the devil soul from Operation Demon Destruction to absolutely destroy his empire."

"Then what the hell is he up to?" the High Priestess asked.

"Let's wait and see."

Proud Heaven almost seemed to be in a trance, leading everyone present to have a very odd feeling about what was going on.

Hailan was there, but she wasn't speaking. She just stood there as if she knew exactly what Proud Heaven was planning.

All of a sudden, Proud Heaven opened his mouth.

However, what came out wasn't a proclamation of ordainment. It was something else! "We offer respectful greetings, essence of the god world! Welcome to the Deathless Heaven Empire!"

RUMBLE!

RUUUUUUUUMBLE!

Mountain-crushing, sea-shattering force weighed down on the empire, causing all of the experts present to nearly pass out. Most of them dropped to the ground, where they remained in place unmoving. The King of Godmammoths and the others just barely managed to stay standing, and the God-Lords all dropped to all fours, making them look like frogs.

"What? Is this the essence of the god world?! It's so strong!" The King of Godmammoths suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood as the King of the Great Dao appeared behind him.

He wanted to fight back, but knew that he couldn't. No half-Annulled could.

They were as helpless as children.

However, the pressure only lasted for a short while, whereupon everyone breathed sighs of relief. They could sense a mighty will converging before them, something that could dry up seas and crumble rocks, sink moons and bury stars, and crush the heavens and destroy all life.

It was a woman.

It seemed as though her each and every moment was filled with preheaven power, as if she controlled primal-chaos and could wield the boundless meridians and the great dao. She seemed like the incarnation of infinite glory, infinite order, infinite vital energy, infinite fate, and the infinite void.

She was the manifestation of the essence of the god world.

And she was the spitting image of Yang Qi's mother, Greensura.

The essence of the god world had taken a shape. Normally speaking, the god world would take hundreds of years to form a thought, but now it could think like a normal person.

The essence of the god world was mightier than the Sovereign Lord, but because of the slowness of its thoughts, it was normally possible for the most elite experts to escape its wrath.

It was similar to how an elephant would have a great deal of trouble getting rid of a single ant.

But now that the god world had a human form, who could escape it? She looked over at the King of Godmammoths, the High Priestess, and the Demon Master.

They felt their hair standing on end as they realized they were absolutely powerless to stand up to this level of power, and that if they moved, they would likely be punished with death.

How very miserable.

All the schemes and plans these people had been considering were now completely pointless.

As it turned out, Proud Heaven hadn't just been trying to intimidate them. He understood matters far more deeply than they did.

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Chapter 1596: The Debut of Greensura

The essence of the god world had taken human form, and it looked exactly like Greensura. It might even be possible to say that it was Greensura, and Greensura was it.

The will of the god world had combined with Greensura in order to manifest itself.

Greensura was fundamentally an extraordinary individual. Considering she had given birth to Yang Qi, that much was obvious. However, the essence of the god world had changed her, otherwise she couldn't have appeared in this fashion.

Which was more difficult: for an ant to turn into an elephant, or for an elephant to turn into an ant? Both would be extremely challenging.

"Hello, King of Godmammoths," Greensura said. Her voice was clear and crisp, and everyone who heard it felt somehow comfortable and calm.

"Y-y-you... you," the King of Godmammoths stammered, trembling physically. "You're the essence of the god world? How did you take this form?"

"I'm Greensura, Yang Qi's mother. Yang Qi is a Fateless One, and considering I gave birth to him, what's so surprising about this? King of Godmammoths, you worked with the Sovereign Lord in the past to try to siphon away my essence. But I killed the Sovereign Lord. Yet you're still buzzing around causing trouble for me?"

"You..." the King of Godmammoths replied. "What are you planning to do?"

He obviously didn't dare to take any action. He knew that if he did, he could end up dead in an instant.

"Join me to deal with Yang Qi," Greensura said. "He might be my son, but he wants to transcend the god world, and I simply can't forgive crimes like that. And all I want to do is crush him down into his essence, that way the two of us can transcend together."

"We intended all along to cooperate with you," the High Priestess interjected quickly.

Greensura shook her head sadly. "You wanted to use your share of destiny to hatch all sorts of plots and schemes. Obviously, that won't work. So I'm negating the clause about you being ordained as nobility. In fact, I'm cancelling the contract. You need to serve Proud Heaven unconditionally as slaves. After all, he's my representative. Acknowledge allegiance to him, and you acknowledge allegiance to me. Understand? Now kowtow!"

"This..." Upon hearing that the contract was being canceled, a buzz rose up among the Demonfolk God-Lords. However, they didn't dare to do anything in defiance. And the destiny of the empire wasn't affected at all.

After all, it wasn't Proud Heaven who was rescinding the contract, it was Greensura, the essence of the god world. She was so powerful that there was no destiny backlash for doing things like that. In the god world, she was completely untouchable.

"What. Not willing to go along?" Greensura laughed. "In that case, I suppose I'll have to purge you parasites. All you do is lurk on my body sucking my blood. Not exterminating you is just a waste of my resources!"

"No!" the High Priestess said, dropping to her knees. "Oh mighty essence of the god world, we're willing to acknowledge allegiance to you. We don't need any titles of nobility, or any share of the destiny. We'll give destiny to the empire!"

The Demon Master also knew that the only option in dealing with this entity that dwarfed the Sovereign Lord... was to drop to his knees.

"What about you, King of Godmammoths?" Greensura said, looking at him.

The King of Godmammoths hesitated for a moment. However, he knew that a wise man knows when to back down when the odds are against him. Dropping to his knees, he said, "I acknowledge allegiance."

"Good. You three, plus those Demonfolk God-Lords, will form the Sage-Extermination Battalion, an autonomous group that focuses on warfare. I'll give you the resources you need, but keep in mind that you have no authority in the empire. You follow orders, and focus on cultivation, training, and war. Understand?"

With that, she severed their connection to the destiny of the empire. Going forward, they would be tools used to attack the enemy. And they obviously wouldn't be able to act in their own interests.

Greensura did things efficiently, both bringing them into the empire and, at the same time, ensuring that they wouldn't cause problems.

Normally speaking, the god world wouldn't have done something like this. But Greensura would. After all, she had commanded hosts of Demonfolk in the impure lands, back when she was the Holy Mother of the Hanging Mountain.

The combined version of her and the essence of the god world was now capable of countless plots and schemes.

"This..." the Demonfolk God-Lords murmured, exchanging awkward glances. However, they knew there was nothing they could do. They were now slaves, but at least they were in the Sage-Exterminating Battalion, which wasn't a bad thing, all things considered. The downside was that they were tools, little more than thralls that Greensura was obviously going to use to wage war on the Sage Monarch Empire.

When facing Proud Heaven, they could have fought back, or found ways to cut him down.

But they had no chance with Greensura.

Under Greensura's command, all of the Demonfolk were brought into the empire, causing its destiny to surge wildly. With the host of God-Lords, plus three half-Annulled experts, as well as Greensura herself, it was impossible to say how high the destiny would go.

Yang Qi could do nothing but watch as the Deathless Heaven Empire's destiny skyrocketed. In fact, the god world instantly expanded as streams of energy swept back and forth everywhere.

It wasn't going to be possible to avoid war.

It was now obvious who the major forces in the god world were. The Demonfolk Empire was no more. The King of Godmammoths had control of the rancorous energy caused by the sacrifice of countless Demonfolk, and he was fully on the side of the Deathless Heaven Empire.

When the destiny of the Deathless Heaven Empire reached its absolute peak, filling every corner of the god world, when there were no other organizations at all, and when there were no other forces out in primal-chaos, that would be the time for the final battle.

That moment was rapidly approaching.

"There's still time to work with," Yang Qi murmured, sighing. Thanks to the back door in the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart, he was aware of everything that had just occurred in the Deathless Heaven Empire.

He remembered everything about his mother, all of the details of her face, and everything else about her.

Sadly, this wasn't his mother anymore. It was the essence of the god world, the mightiest entity there was, surpassing even the Sovereign Lord. It had absorbed his mother, and the only possible way to separate them was to seal the essence of the god world. That said, he was still convinced his mother was safe.

He would kill the essence of the god world, if he had to. There was nothing in the world he couldn't do, and he truly believed that he was the most powerful and competent god-spirit to exist in the many heavens.

All problems would have to be solved through the final battle.

All fates in the world led to war.

After the battle was fought, perhaps the god civilization would evolve into a new type of civilization. Or perhaps a new heaven and earth would be created, a new universe and a new age.

Proud Heaven's empire was growing, and Yang Qi's empire was also growing. Both were devouring primal-chaos paleo-energy to get stronger, and both were putting everything on the line.

Meanwhile, Yang Qi's cultivation base was rising. With every breath he took, his aura got closer and closer to being Annulled.

Unfortunately, he still hadn't located the Sovereign Lord and the True Devil, which made him very worried about where exactly they were.

If he didn't find them, the essence of the god world probably would. Obviously, it knew exactly how dangerous and powerful they were.

All of Yang Qi's friends and family knew that war was coming; therefore, all of them focused heavily on their cultivation. There were no locations in the god world that hadn't been explored. The ruins had all been dug up, and the most powerful objects had been added to the Everlasting Aegis.

The Everlasting Aegis produced brand new preheaven treasures constantly, and Yang Qi had even started working on the Minor Halls of Heaven.

As Yang Qi breathed, he absorbed the primal-chaos paleo-energy and used it to create all sorts of treasures. Then he took those treasures, compressed them, and used them to create ship-like structures that resembled the old Halls of Heaven, except smaller. At the moment, they only had about one percent of the level of power as the original.

He then inserted the small versions of the Halls of Heaven into his sage monarch magistrates, making them much stronger. He did the same with his friends and family, who would then be able to practice their cultivation much faster. Unfortunately, none of them were able to enter the half-Annulled level. That said, all of them were strong enough that they could at least hold their own against a single half-Annulled opponent.

His people were growing stronger and stronger. As for the Ascendants, they had already surpassed the Dragonfolk and the Spritefolk.

Although he couldn't produce more half-Annulled experts, he had all sorts of God-Lords popping up everywhere. Their numbers reached a hundred thousand, then two hundred thousand. And when the men and women became couples, they produced offspring whose cultivation advanced rapidly.

Yang Qi observed for a while, then closed his eyes.

He knew that it wouldn't be long before it would either be the time of transcendence, or the time of destruction. Everything would explode, or everything would die. The god world included. In fact, so were the immortal worlds and the impure lands. Once Yang Qi went to war with the essence of the god world, nothing would be left behind.

The universe was about to enter the cycle of reincarnation.

Either that, or it would never again be reincarnated, nor would it produce new life. All eras would end, and eternal night would come about.

He breathed slowly, remaining still and quiet in thought.

Then he sent a stream of divine will down to surround the god world. He heard voices that sounded like those of mothers speaking to children, holding them in a warm embrace.

'The essence of the god world is calling me.'

He opened his eyes, and they looked completely calm as he stepped out of the Sage Monarch Empire and into primal-chaos. It was a dangerous thing to do, as he was outside of the protection of his empire and its destiny. Therefore, he didn't want to go too far.

That said, the only possible threat he could face was the essence of the god world.

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Chapter 1597: A Discussion with 'Mother'

The essence of the god world had called out to Yang Qi.

Therefore, he stepped out of his empire into primal-chaos. Looking around, he could see the primal-chaos slowly shrinking, like a lake that was slowly evaporating in the hot sun and turning into a quagmire.

The world of primal-chaos was large, but with the god world and the Sage Monarch Empire constantly expanding, it was slowly getting smaller and smaller.

Two tigers cannot live on one mountain. One sea cannot contain two dragons.

Resources were limited.

One day, the resources would run out, and death would result.

From their perspective, both Yang Qi and the essence of the god world could see the changes occurring.

Clasping his hands behind his back, Yang Qi said, "Show yourself."

A mighty will descended, taking human form a few dozen meters in front of him. It was Greensura.

Yang Qi's mother.

Of course, Yang Qi knew that this terrifying entity wasn't truly his mother. His real mother no longer existed, having been absorbed by the essence of the god world and turned into something different.

"I'm honestly surprised you left the safety of your empire to meet me, Yang Qi," she said with a smile. "I didn't think you'd take that risk."

"Why wouldn't I?" he said, his face completely expressionless. "Scum like the King of Godmammoths might be afraid of you, but I'm honestly not worried at all. Why exactly have you called for a meeting instead of just starting the final war?"

"Is that how you speak to your mother?" she said with a slight frown.

"You're the essence of the god world, and we're foreordained to fight each other. So stop wasting words. This is a war for existence. Look around. The world of primal-chaos paleo-energy is shrinking. In the end, only one person can have access to all the resources. If we could share them, we could both transcend.

"But that's not going to happen. So this is a war of resources, survival, and transcendence. Only with complete command of the resources can one of us transcend and reach the other shore of pāramitā. Anyone who tries to stop us will be eradicated. You know that as well as I do, so stop with the sentimental nonsense. I don't want to hear anything about familial love, friendship, or romantic love."

Yang Qi had perfectly described the determination that was involved in transcendence.

Everything was false. Only transcendence was true and real.

When it came to transcendence, things like emotions and love were nonsense. Infantile. Laughable.

Yang Qi wasn't afraid of the essence of the god world. He knew the essence was incredibly mighty, and was the most powerful entity to have ever existed. But that didn't change the fact that he was the top expert in the god world. So he wasn't going to allow himself to be pushed around.

Besides, even before he had absorbed the other half of the fateless energy, he was already strong enough to crush the King of Godmammoths, Demon Master, and High Priestess.

After absorbing the fateless energy, he had advanced by leaps and bounds, reaching an enigmatic state in which he could break through to the ultimate level at any moment.

Furthermore, his efforts to duplicate minor versions of the Halls of Heaven had pushed his cultivation base to a completely different level. He was now many times beyond the level of the old Sovereign Lord. Thus, he didn't fear the essence of the god world. At least, not as long as he was outside of the god world.

It would have the advantage there, on home ground. But out in primal-chaos, it couldn't simply kill him. This was neutral ground, where they were surrounded by nothing but endless primal-chaos paleo-energy.

This was the most powerful man in existence, and the most powerful woman.

Of course, the essence of the god world could have taken either male or female form.

"Well said," Greensura said. "As a Fateless One, you're just as stupendous as would be expected. You're definitely my biggest enemy. That said, given your fateless origin, why exactly do you want to lead all living beings into transcendence? Don't you realize that only a single individual can transcend?"

"You're wrong about that. The only way to transcend is along with all living beings. Without them, it's impossible. Death will result. The reason for that is that the living beings of the world are required to tap into its energy. Without the people, there wouldn't be any energy in the world to begin with. It's a simple truth, don't you agree?" Yang Qi waved his hand, causing a starry sky to appear in front of him. Within it was a planet orbiting a star, upon which humans came to be. Millions and millions of years passed, during which the humans eventually developed the ability to create power that surpassed that of their own planet. They eventually traveled to other planets. One day, their own planet was reaching the end of its life, and was about to sink into destruction. However, the humans were able to save it by infusing it with new life force.

"See? Things like this have happened in the impure lands many times over. Worlds exist only because of the living beings that occupy them. It's a beautiful thing. With living beings, transcendence is possible."

"You're mistaken," Greensura said. "Living beings are parasites that waste resources and power. The more people, the more waste. The only possible path is to kill them all and allow one individual to have access to all the resources. That's the key to transcending. And the fact that you're taking away the primal-chaos paleo-energy that I need... well, it's a big threat to me."

"You can't do anything to me," Yang Qi said.

"Is that so? Well, the more primal-chaos paleo-energy I devour, the bigger I get. Once the primal-chaos paleo-energy is all gone, your world will be exposed, and I'll devour it too."

"We're both devouring the primal-chaos paleo-energy. And thanks to the people in my empire, my use of it is many times more efficient than yours. Even if I devoured dozens of times less primal-chaos paleo-energy, I'd still be more than a match for you in the final battle. You say living beings aren't useful, yet you're using Proud Heaven and the others to make destiny, and to power your war machine. After all, devouring primal-chaos paleo-energy to create resources doesn't instantly result in fighting prowess."

Yang Qi had hit the nail on the head.

The essence of the god world could devour primal-chaos paleo-energy and create resources, but the resources required living beings to turn them into fighting prowess.

He had only been telling the truth. The people in his empire made his use of resources many times more efficient. He could use one-tenth the resources to create an equivalent amount of fighting prowess. In Proud Heaven's empire, on the other hand, everyone operated with selfish motives, which meant that they required ten times as many resources as Yang Qi to produce the same result.

In other words, even before the primal-chaos paleo-energy was completely devoured, Yang Qi's empire would definitely surpass the fighting prowess of the god world. The god world would be at a disadvantage, and he could crush it.

To Yang Qi, it was obvious why the essence of the god world had been so anxious to assume human form and meet him. Greensura knew that the end result of the current situation would be disadvantageous for it. Therefore, she wanted war sooner rather than later.

Beforehand, though, she wanted to see how strong Yang Qi really was.

In response to Yang Qi pointing out her weaknesses, Greensura smiled and prepared to hit back in kind. "You're right that you can benefit a bit by ruling those bugs. But there's something you've forgotten. In fact, there are two things that are going to stab you in the back. I doubt you know what I'm talking about."

"The Sovereign Lord and the True Devil?" Yang Qi said.

"Oh, so you do know. Then why aren't you out there looking for them? Those venomous bastards could jump out at any moment to overthrow your empire. But I have a way to find them, if you want it. But I have to warn you, they're actually hiding in your empire. That's the price you have to pay for using the God Legion Seal and the Mahātmā Jade."

"I'll find them on my own," Yang Qi replied. "I wouldn't want to trouble you."

"If only you'd join me, Yang Qi," she said. "Bring your Sage Monarch Empire back into the god world. I'm your mother, after all. I don't want to kill you."

Yang Qi laughed. "If I came back into the god world, you'd devour me. You just told me you want to devour all other living things. That's your plan, to consolidate power and transcend. As a Fateless One, you'd benefit a lot from assimilating me. Do you think I'm a child that I would believe your lies?"

She smiled. "No, Yang Qi. You've miscalculated. There's something that I can't devour, something that the both of us could use to transcend together."

All of a sudden, everything clicked for Yang Qi, and his eyes blazed with incisive light. "The Great Necropolis?"

"Exactly. As the essence of the god world, there's only one thing I fear, and it's not you. It's the Great Necropolis." When she spoke the words, her eyes flickered with hatred. "I can devour all the resources there are, but not the Great Necropolis. Furthermore, it can stop me from transcending. It's the only flaw that exists in my plan, the only thing that can ruin everything. But you have the power to assimilate it. So join me. I'll give you the Great Necropolis. Then I can devour everyone else and transcend. What do you think? You use the Great Necropolis to transcend, I'll use all the living beings in existence. It's the perfect plan. All existence will belong to you and me. Mother and son."

This was a true proposal, not a trick.

However, Yang Qi had a question. "I thought you had made your choice already in Proud Heaven."

"Proud Heaven?" She laughed. "That rapacious wolf? I know full well that he's secretly planning to use the Great Necropolis against me. But how could childish plots like that slip past me? I'll make it very simple: if you join me, we can kill Proud Heaven. He's nothing but a slave anyway."

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Chapter 1598: The Perfect Plan of Cooperation

Proud Heaven was a vicious wolf who would stop at nothing to get what he wanted.

Both Yang Qi and Greensura knew that.

In fact, if Greensura didn't know, it would reveal her to be a massive idiot who didn't deserve to have fused with the essence of the god world. Yet she was still willing to use Proud Heaven. He was the perfect genius to use against Yang Qi, and in fact, without him, the entire effort would have been impossible.

But if she could get Yang Qi to join her, she would kill Proud Heaven without hesitation. Then she could give the Great Necropolis to Yang Qi, while she devoured everything in the god world in preparation for transcendence.

After all, she needed someone to assimilate the Great Necropolis, otherwise she couldn't transcend.

Although Proud Heaven had command of a portion of the necropolis, he couldn't assimilate the entire thing. Only Yang Qi had that power.

If Yang Qi couldn't do it, no one could.

There was just one critical point that hadn't been clarified. "So," Yang Qi said, "you want to devour my empire, along with all my friends and family?"

"That's right. You know as well as I that your empire is just too big. It has too much of a negative influence on my development. Because of it, I can't get all the resources I need. Your friends and family steal my resources. Furthermore, you have that purrling there with you. It's a unique entity that exists separate from all types of karma. I need to devour it as well. It's a tradeoff. You get the Great Necropolis, but I kill everyone. We'll be the only two beings left. That's what it means to transcend. No third living being can be left alive."

"In that case, I refuse," Yang Qi said with a decisiveness that could sever nails and chop iron. "The only way to end this is with war."

He wasn't even sure if he could assimilate the Great Necropolis. But the more salient point was that abandoning his empire and his brethren to get it just wasn't an option.

"Fine. Then I guess this discussion is over. It's time to prepare for war." Greensura had created the 'perfect plan' of cooperation.

But Yang Qi would never abandon his empire and its people. So the idea of cooperation popped like a bubble. War would be the outcome, and no one had any idea how it would all end.

However, one thing was certain: Yang Qi needed time to find the Sovereign Lord and the True Devil.

Sadly, there was no way the essence of the god world would readily give him that time.

Every moment that passed was bad for the essence of the god world. Although the god world could devour resources much more quickly than the Everlasting Aegis, those resources weren't particularly effective in terms of fighting prowess. In other words, the potential of Proud Heaven's empire was limited.

Meanwhile, Yang Qi's empire had fighting prowess that was only continuing to rise.

Everyone there was a sage or mahātmā. Even the children were born that way. It led to a terrifying level of power.

"Well then, Yang Qi, our mother-son relationship ends here and now. Going forward, we have nothing to look forward to but war. I hope you're ready to face my wrath."

Yang Qi laughed. "I could've told you before that we weren't mother and son. I'm going to kill you and bring my real mother back. Let the war begin. And by the way, yes, I'm ready."

"Ai..." she sighed. "You're strong, but in the end, you're going to be destroyed. You might be the most powerful expert to have ever existed, but you're still just human. I'm the ultimate entity to exist in all the many heavens and myriad worlds. I represent everything. The great dao. Fate. Power. Glory. Anything and everything. Everything and anything. It's all encompassed in me. There's no way you can win a war with me. Your empire and your people aren't going to survive."

"I guess we'll see," Yang Qi said.

RUMBLE!

Greensura vanished without a trace.

As soon as she returned, the god world changed. Yang Qi saw it suddenly brighten, and could sense an evil climate from within it. Apparently, the mass destruction of the living beings there had already begun.

The god world was an inherently vile existence. When Yang Qi had first arrived, it snowed for months. And it had experienced ice ages that lasted for thousands of years. Other times, summer would bake the lands as if with fire.

Now, its climate had become millions upon millions of times worse than before. The light that shone down on it could kill Paramount Gods, and destroy virtually any god kingdom that had been set up in its multiverse. Resources were no longer created anywhere in the god world, nor could safety be found anywhere. Except the Deathless Heaven Empire.

The essence of the god world was transforming its physical shape, ensuring that no living beings were there to take resources. Not even the most powerful old-timers could continue to exist.

A massive tempest raged through the universes of the god world, and no one could escape destruction.

It was a catastrophe the likes of which had never been seen. The radiation from it even seeped out into the world of primal-chaos, forcing the old-timers who remained hidden there to flee into the Deathless Heaven Empire, lest they die.

Greensura was preparing for the final attack.

Yang Qi could see mass destruction playing out in the god world. Humans. Demonfolk. Countless civilizations. They were all dying.

Back when he'd arrived in the god world, it had been a rich and marvelous place.

Small nations like the Lightningbolt Continent had numbered as many as the eternal sands, places where Lesser Gods were the patriarchs.

But places like that were of little note. Even back when the three-dynasty alliance had existed, Yang Qi hadn't been able to consider conquering them.

But now, all of that was going away. The climate itself was horrible enough to eradicate the common people. And there was nothing Yang Qi could do about it. There was no way for him to save those people or those civilizations.

The essence of the god world was destroying all civilizations.

In some ways, it was a natural thing. In the impure lands, planets would often experience catastrophes that wiped out all life on them. That was what happened when people got too comfortable, and disturbed the natural order of things.

What he could do was search through the primal-chaos paleo-energy to find any old-timers in hiding, to see if they would be willing to join him.

The battlefield needed to be prepared, cleaned such that a third force couldn't arise to cause problems.

"Speed up operations!" Yang Qi ordered, and the Everlasting Aegis sped up, devouring primal-chaos paleo-energy at a greater rate than before. At the same time, he adjusted the flow of time.

For every day that passed in the god world, a thousand years passed in Yang Qi's empire.

After all, at the current rate, the resources wouldn't last for very long.

However, after some time he had to change the flow of time again.

Now, for every day that passed in the god world, ten would pass in his kingdom. Allowing a thousand years to pass would cause the population to grow far too rapidly.

In order to devour the resources that were required, Yang Qi transformed into a primal-chaos elder-snake. He was King Heaven-Devourer. Actually, he had already surpassed King Heaven-Devourer. He was more like a primal-chaos elder-dragon!

And it was with mad abandon that he devoured the primal-chaos paleo-energy.

In fact, he wasn't thinking about anything else.

Thus, days passed. Eventually, after a certain amount of time had gone by, the primal-chaos paleo-energy shivered. It had grown visibly thin, and beyond it was nothing but a boundless void with absolutely nothing in it, and no end. It was a place of eternal silence and emptiness.

Yang Qi's empire was now ten times larger than before, and it was so powerful it seemed completely and utterly capable of crushing the god world below it.

Meanwhile, everything was still and silent in the god world. Within its multiverse, no life existed. Everything was dark. The Demonfolk were no more.

There was only one location left worth noting, and that was the Deathless Heaven Empire.

"It's been three years already?"

During the years since his conversation with Greensura, they had both made plenty of preparations. However, despite the growth in Yang Qi's empire, or the increase in God-Lords, he still hadn't made any more half-Annulled experts. There were only three.

As for the Deathless Heaven Dynasty, they had Proud Heaven, the King of Godmammoths, the Demon Master, and the High Priestess. There was no fifth. Greensura didn't count, as she was of a much higher level.

The primal-chaos paleo-energy was very thin.

The countless old-timers who remained were shaken as they realized that the final war was about to begin, a war that would determine the fate of the many heavens and the myriad worlds.

In the Sage Monarch Empire, everyone was calm. They looked upon death as going home, and were ready to fight. In contrast, the people in the Deathless Heaven Empire still had plots and schemes of their own that they were hoping to carry out. That said, the leaders kept strict control over everyone.

The destinies of the two empires had reached the limit, and the clash between the two would shake all of the universes and worlds that existed.

As the two destinies probed each other, the multiverse of the Sage Monarch Empire trembled, and the same happened to the god world.

By now, the Sage Monarch Empire was roughly a third as large as the god world, which went to show how much Yang Qi had accomplished in growing it.

As for Yang Qi's cultivation base, no one could assess it.

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Chapter 1599: Let the War Begin!

The primal-chaos paleo-energy was finally thinning out. Generally speaking, it would be considered a bad thing, as it indicated that the many heavens and myriad worlds were going to run out of resources.

Furthermore, it meant that war was coming.

In the Deathless Heaven Empire, inside the Central God-Palace, Greensura sat on a high throne, with Proud Heaven on a smaller throne below her. Standing at an even lower level were the King of Godmammoths, High Priestess, and Demon Master. The other old-timers were all kneeling.

"Everyone, prepare for war," Proud Heaven said.

The atmosphere was very tense, and no one dared to speak. When Proud Heaven made his announcement, everyone felt their hearts sink as they knew that the time had come to fight the Sage Monarch Empire.

Greensura didn't do any of the talking. She had Proud Heaven do it for her.

Proud Heaven's aura seemed invincible. At the same time, he seemed to be vibrating constantly, sending out a rock-like energy that made him seem like some sort of ancient necropolis. His mere gaze was enough to freeze anyone in place and cause prickles of discomfort. By now, the King of Godmammoths knew without a doubt that he wasn't a match for Proud Heaven. Not by a longshot.

During the past three years of rest, recovery, and preparations, Proud Heaven had grown stronger by several times over. Not even the Sovereign Lord could be a match for him now. As for his psychic scale, it had already blown past a trillion.

The King of Godmammoths and the Demon Master still controlled the power of Operation Demon Destruction, thus were backed by a dimension with a sealed devil soul in it, as well as immense curse power. They could unleash it at any time as the most powerful of weapons.

Greensura had helped complete Operation Demon Destruction, and was planning to use it against Yang Qi.

If Yang Qi's empire were to be hit with a devastating blow like that, it would surely reveal its weaknesses and allow for even more fatal blows to be unleashed upon it.

No one really knew how much the Deathless Heaven Empire had grown during the past three years.

The King of Godmammoths wasn't involved in the upper workings of the dynasty, but he knew that new experts had proliferated like bamboo after a spring rain. They had dozens of times as many God-Lords as before, perhaps even as many as a hundred times. The god world had never seen a level of force like this. Compared to the Deathless Heaven Empire, both the Sovereign Lord's old dynasty and the Sage Monarch Empire were like children's toys. After all, the Sovereign Lord had been fighting against the True Devil, Demon Master, King Immortal-Slayer, Wretch God, and others. But now, there were only two forces in existence: the Sage Monarch Empire and the Deathless Heaven Empire.

"Presumably, you're mentally prepared," Proud Heaven said, looking over the crowd. This fight is to determine the fate of everything, including the god world. The Sage Monarch Empire is a cancer that has to be eradicated completely. Don't worry, we're going to win. We have to win. We're going to wipe out everyone from the Sage Monarch Empire, down to the chickens and dogs! It's also the time to enrich yourselves. If you see something you want, take it, whatever it is."

Everyone present exchanged surreptitious glances as they wondered if Proud Heaven was telling the truth. Did the Deathless Heaven Empire really have a chance of winning?

"We're definitely going to win," Hailan said. "His Majesty and I will personally lead the army, along with our aegis, out to meet Yang Qi. The entire god world will move to the location of the Sage Monarch Empire. And we will have the advantage!"

Even as the words left her mouth, the god world started trembling and everyone could sense that it was moving upward, slowly heading toward the Sage Monarch Empire.

Ever since the Sage Monarch Empire and the Everlasting Aegis had risen above the god world, everyone in the god world could look up and see it. And over the past three years, it had been obvious that it had been growing larger, until it seemed to cover almost everywhere in the god world.

It caused an immense weight to crush down on them. But now, as the god world rose up, they eventually reached the position of being on the same level as the Sage Monarch Empire.

As the destinies of the two empires clashed, the destructive force created an empty space between them, which would be the battlefield.

Each clash of destiny caused both empires to tremble, resulting in the destruction of innumerable heavens and worlds.

All of a sudden, Yang Qi sensed the passageway to the impure lands opening up from the force. As the shockwaves swept forth, everything in both the impure lands and the immortal world was destroyed. The Titan Emperor Heaven, the Rich-Lush Continent, the Quake-Dawn Continent, Yanhaven, the Demi-Immortal Institute.

Everything was now nothing but a distant memory.

It was a new beginning.

The past was being swept away by the wind, dispersed like clouds.

Yang Qi stood at the forefront of his brethren and people as the god world rose up before them. Everyone had placid expressions and faint smiles, making them look almost like sleeping children.

From the look of it, everyone knew that war was coming, and after that, transcendence.

"My people," Yang Qi said, his voice echoing throughout the silence of his empire. "The time of transcendence has come. The final battle is here. No one will pose an obstacle for our will. If the dao of heaven blocks us, we will crush it. If fate tries to hold us back, we will destroy it. After this battle, we'll enjoy eternal peace and tranquility. It will be a new age, the likes of which has never been seen before. It will surpass the civilization of the gods, and will form an epic saga that lasts for all time."

In response, cheering rang out everywhere.

"Let the fight begin!" Yang Susu cried.

"Fight!" shouted Jadefall. All of Yang Qi's other friends and family took up similar cries.

"To battle!" Yang Qi said.

RUMBLE...

His empire opened its doors and endless hordes of people flooded out, instantly getting into formations that could destroy anything in their path.

Heaven and earth vanished.

The universe became nothing.

It was like a dream.

This was truly mighty power.

Before the god world could stabilize its position, Yang Qi and the armies of the Sage Monarch Empire smashed into it.

Immeasurable force slammed into the greyspace of the god world.

The people of the Sage Monarch Empire were like floodwaters, singing divine songs as they bore the quintessence of their empire.

"The Eternal Living Beings; Pursuing Your Ideal; In the Depths of the Void; The Aeonic Empty Spirit."

"The Free and Unfettered Spirit; When Tribulation Descends; Atop the Ruins, a Beautiful Flower Blooms!"

"The Mighty Will; Severing the Yoke of Thought; The Founding of Civilization; Creating the Age of an Epic Saga!"

"The Psyche of Predestination; Controlling the Fetters of Fate; By Means of the Deathless Charge, Freedom is Attained!"

"Heft Your Sword; Lift it High; the World, the Sky, the Earth, the Universe, the Legion of Gods... Nothing Can Block our Path!"

Countless songs and hymns were being sung by the citizens, arias regarding the destruction of heaven and earth, the end of the universe, the reincarnation of life, new epochs, and new starts.

This was Yang Qi's empire. These were his people. These were his gods. This was his civilization. Nothing had been seen like these wills, these songs, this might, this grandeur. It could overwhelm everything, like a tempest sweeping over the battlefield. The greatest epic sagas of the past paled in comparison.

Yang Qi's people were a true people.

And he was leading the charge.

BAM!

As they smashed into the greyspace of the god world, everything trembled. The multiverse of the god world cracked loudly, and began to crumble. The god world was the mightiest thing in the many heavens, but it was at a disadvantage. And it couldn't stop the charge.

SPLAT!

All dimensions within the Deathless Heaven Empire received a staggering blow, and spell formations and god kingdoms collapsed left and right. People evaporated.

Countless citizens were turned to dust.

There were even old-timers in the court who coughed up blood, completely shocked that Yang Qi's initial blow would be this severe.

The chanting and singing echoed in their minds. Whether it was the Patriarch of the Universe, Yang Chiliocosm, or other old-timers, including the government officials, grand princes, monarch rulers, imperial dukes, marquises, and other leaders.

Their empire couldn't even stand up to even a single blow from Yang Qi's empire. They couldn't fight a people like this. The destiny of the Sage Monarch Empire was simply overwhelming, making theirs seem like a joke.

The Sage Monarch Empire had a will that could topple mountains and drain seas, and its people were completely and utterly united.

This was a true empire.

The people of the Deathless Heaven Empire, even those like the King of Godmammoths, felt like an unruly mob in the face of this charge. They were like gangsters who lived by extorting the weak, only to face an unstoppable army of divine soldiers. The two simply couldn't compare.

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Chapter 1600: The Grand Finale

The Grand Finale had arrived.

War had broken out between the god world and the Sage Monarch Empire, and there was no embellishment involved. There was no time wasted on empty speeches. Yang Qi led his citizens out, singing psalms and anthems, leading an attack that immediately unleashed devastation on the Deathless Heaven Empire.

Just that first blow served as a staunch warning.

Everyone in the Deathless Heaven Empire immediately realized that their disorganized forces were like nothing. Their empire was little more than a pack of disorderly hooligans.

Yang Qi's Empire represented true sages, true destiny, and true transcendence. There was no denying it.

CRACK!

Destructive power flowed through the god world.

The greyspace of the Deathless Heaven Empire began crumbling, and sagelight pierced inside, transforming anyone it touched into ash.

Even Proud Heaven was deeply shaken.

As for Hailan, she coughed up a mouthful of blood.

Everyone who wasn't a half-Annulled expert felt doom and destruction about to overwhelm them.

"Damn you!" Proud Heaven growled, his face ashen. Then a mighty aura erupted from his forehead, spreading out to stabilize his empire. His aura was fused with the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart, which was supposed to provide an impenetrable defense. Sadly for him, it wasn't doing anything right now.

The greyspace created by his aura and the Myriad Worlds Monarch Chart might as well have been made of paper.

Already, the second attack was incoming.

All of the leaders could see clearly that the Sage Monarch Empire was unleashing everything. And the next attack was going to be ten times stronger than the previous.

The singing rang in their ears, shaking them down to their souls. As for the sight that met their eyes, it was like a magnificent and majestic opera playing out right in front of them.

It was a power they couldn't stand up to.

Unless something happened to change the flow of events, they were going to be destroyed by this attack. No one could stop it, not even the god world itself.

How could anyone have predicted that Yang Qi would grow this strong in only three years? How had the Sage Monarch Empire advanced to such a level?

The King of Godmammoths looked drained, and his eyes contained nothing but terror.

The High Priestess and Demon Master looked similarly grim and terrified. They realized now more than ever that they couldn't fight Yang Qi. The destruction he could wreak was millions upon millions of times their own level. It was something that vastly surpassed the half-Annulled level in every way.

There was only one tiny scrap of hope left.

Greensura.

She rose to her feet, and as she did, she grew to a size that made the god world itself look small. She was clearly the most powerful entity in existence! She waved her finger, ending with it pointing right at the flood of troops from the Sage Monarch Empire. She was unleashing her power to crush that river!

Yang Qi was at the forefront of the army, and when he saw Greensura move her arm, he knew what was coming.

"Go!"

All of a sudden, he grew incomparably large and mighty, such that he was on equal standing with the essence of the god world.

The essence of the Sage Monarch World was about to clash with the essence of the god world. He also waved his finger out, but without any flourish or fanfare. Instantly, a wave of brilliant light swept forth, like the light of eyes, swords, blades, and gods.

WHACK!

The two streams of power collided, and a massive shock wave rolled out, destroying countless things. Universes collapsed. Worlds, immortal worlds, the past, present, future, and everything else vanished. History, the myths of the gods, and time itself ceased to exist.

As the past, present, and future converged into a single eternal point, a new beginning of dazzling radiance emerged. The eternal had been converted into dust and smoke, and the deathless was changed into nothing

RUMBLE!

Yang Qi and Greensura were both shaken deeply.

They had both left their empires, and were in the middle of the world of primal-chaos, where they were unleashing their most deadly attacks. Meanwhile, the people of the two empires were fighting fiercely.

There was a lot of fighting to come.

"Operation Demon Destruction!"

The King of Godmammoths and the Demonfolk waved their arms, sending out the devil embryo! All of the Demonfolk in the god world had been converted by means of a curse into this devil embryo, which flew out toward the Sage Monarch Empire.

The devil embryo's body was made of countless universes, and as it lunged toward the river of troops from the Sage Monarch Empire, it seemed to roil with black clouds and sinister winds, as well as the wailing of ghosts and weeping of gods.

"A mighty will, turned into a monster..."

The Invincible Dugu and Yang Immortal-Slayer charged forth, leading endless waves of sage monarch magistrates, all of them chanting curses.

SPLAT!

Every citizen of the empire exhaled, and countless versions of the Halls of Heaven shot out, then converged, creating a stream of distorted radiance and light that shot forth to meet the devil embryo.

The rancorous energy and curses that made up the devil embryo of Operation Demon Destruction suddenly turned, smiling viciously as it looked at the Deathless Heaven Empire.

Shockingly, the power of Operation Demon Destruction was being turned on them!

"Crap!" The King of Godmammoths, Demon Master, High Priestess, and countless Demon Master God-Lords went crazy with fear and started screaming, "Get out of the way! Run!"

They knew full well how terrifying Operation Demon Destruction was.

Its power was sufficient to destroy empires. It was their trump card, and the fact that it was turning on them caused their hearts to go cold. Chaos ensued, and the only person who maintained their calm was Proud Heaven.

His expression was cold as he reached out and made a grasping gesture. As he did, the Great Necropolis appeared and its power rumbled out to absorb the essence of the god world!

As a result, the god world immediately shrank down to ten percent of its previous size.

In contrast, the Great Necropolis grew to be thousands of times as big as the Halls of Heaven. It swept forth, covering the deathless devil embryo and the river of light created by the Halls of Heaven, after which a shriek rang out. Then the Great Necropolis shrank down and entered Proud Heaven's body again.

Devil energy and sagelight seethed inside Proud Heaven, a result of him devouring both the devil embryo and the Halls of Heaven.

The combination of power caused his cultivation base to climb, and at the same time, let him clamp down on the vital energy of the Sage Monarch Empire.

"Well done. Very well done," he said, and his voice was so loud that it overwhelmed the sound of the fighting between Greensura and Yang Qi. Of course, while it was his power, it was also the power of the Great Necropolis.

"I finally opened the doors of the Great Necropolis, allowing me to devour both Operation Demon Destruction and the Halls of Heaven created by the citizens of the Sage Monarch Empire. My power, my psyche, my cultivation base, and my Great Necropolis are all awakening." Already, his power was surging to incredible levels. "Everyone in the Deathless Heaven Empire, listen to me. Do you know why no true Annulled expert has ever existed in this world? It's because the resources of the god world aren't enough to push anyone to that level. The most it can handle is half-Annulled. But I can go beyond that. I have a way to reach the true Annulled level. And it's all because of the Great Necropolis. The Great Necropolis is designed to bury, and being buried is being Annulled. My power is such that neither the essence of the god world nor Yang Qi can match me. I'm going to truly transcend, and all of you are going to die!"

RUMBLE!

Proud Heaven's cultivation base started rising rapidly. Then, his fist rocketed out in the direction of where Greensura was fighting Yang Qi.

Both Yang Qi and Greensura had been holding nothing back, and the fighting had already become difficult between the two of them.

But then Proud Heaven flew out, summoning the Great Necropolis to attack them. Both could sense the aura of death approaching.

But what kind of person was Yang Qi? He had defied the dao of heaven to become invincible, and had anticipated a moment like this would arrive. And he knew the time had come to use his trump card.

"Sage monarch magistrates: power up! Rise to the level of God-Lords. Take your power from primal-chaos, the god world, the universe, and from fate!"

Yang Qi threw his hands up, then dropped them down.

As his hands dropped, the sage monarch magistrates began changing. They threw their heads back and let loose long howls as their power and wills erupted. In the blink of an eye, all of the primal-chaos and essence of the god world was sucked into them. At the same time, inside of them, it was possible to see the Mahātmā Jade, God Legion Seal, and Halls of Heaven.

RUMBLE!

Countless explosions could be heard from within the god world as the sage monarch magistrates became vastly stronger.

Crack!

Each and every sage monarch magistrate became a God-Lord, one after another. And as they did, a chain reaction resulted, as their wills, spirits, and cultivation bases suddenly became void.

The sage monarch magistrates were all becoming God-Lords.

As a billion of them absorbed the primal-chaos, it became thinner and thinner around them. It was like a mist that was slowly fading away.

Meanwhile, Yang Qi's power was growing. Clenching both hands into fists, he launched strikes at both Proud Heaven and Greensura. One of them slammed into the Great Necropolis and the other sent Greensura staggering backward.

At the same time, the King of Godmammoths and his comrades were engaged in fierce fighting with the Sage Monarch Empire, with people falling in death with every moment that passed.

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Chapter 1601: It Ends

All of a sudden, Greensura said, "True Devil. Sovereign Lord. Why haven't you come out yet?"

The god world was shrinking rapidly, and at the same time, crumbling everywhere. To the shock of all present, that world, which had remained unchanging for aeons, suddenly became the size of a pellet and shot into Greensura's chest. As for the Deathless Heaven Empire, it was left hanging alone in the thin, fading primal-chaos.

People could hardly wrap their minds around what was happening.

Everyone could tell that an era of great destruction had arrived. The god world was gone, and that meant that the fates of all people had reached the end of the line.

The war was reaching its final blaze of glory.

As Greensura called out, energy fluctuations suddenly rolled out from the Sage Monarch Empire.

And they were coming from two specific members of Yang Qi's brethren.

It was his sworn brother, Yang Doom! In the past, he had been called simply: Doom. He was the bearer of the God Legion Seal from the Primeval Age. The other was the Shepherd, the previous leader of the sages and mahātmās of hell.

All of a sudden, Yang Doom erupted with unbounded radiance and light! It was with the same ease as blowing some dust that he stepped into the half-Annulled level, then continued rising in power, his psychic scale reaching a trillion as he sucked in the destiny of the empire around him.

The Shepherd also rose to a higher level, quickly breaking past a psychic scale of a trillion.

Of course, Yang Doom wasn't Yang Doom. He was actually the Sovereign Lord. And he was backed with a blazing sun of radiance and light, the power of which sought to destroy the Sage Monarch Empire.

As for the Shepherd, he wasn't one of Yang Qi's brethren, he was the True Devil. And he also wanted to destroy Yang Qi's empire.

The dao of heaven was collapsing, and order was falling apart.

A storm of destruction was descending on the Sage Monarch Empire. Their psychic fluctuations alone were enough to slaughter everyone in the empire.

The Sovereign Lord. The True Devil. They had finally shown their faces.

As for the True Devil, he was backed by a blazing sun of pure darkness.

"I gave you everything, Yang Qi," said the Sovereign Lord. "And now the time has come for you to pay me back!"

"I also gave you everything, Yang Qi," said the True Devil. "You got my Mahātmā Jade, and now the time has come to pay me back!"

Dramatic things were happening in Yang Qi's Sage Monarch Empire.

A destructive revolution was underway.

The empire's destiny was crashing, and many of the citizens were transforming either into angels of radiance and light or devils of darkness and gloom.

The True Devil and the Sovereign Lord had chosen this moment for their comeback, and they were trying to seize all the resources they could.

Purr!

However, that was when the purrling opened its eyes and spat out a bubble. Before the two experts could react, they were trapped, and balance was restored. However, that seal would obviously not last for long.

In his mind, Yang Qi said, 'God Legion Seal. Soul of the Ancestor God. Combine!' This was his true trump card that he had planned to use against the Sovereign Lord and the True Devil. The Soul of the Ancestor God was vastly beyond the level of Operation Demon Destruction's deathless devil embryo.

The God Legion Seal appeared on Yang Qi's forehead, and as it combined with the Soul of the Ancestor God, everything was pushed back, both radiance and light, and darkness and gloom.

Then, everything combined!

The True Devil and the Sovereign Lord suddenly became ordinary citizens again.

Pop!

The True Devil and the Sovereign Lord were ejected, and everything went back to normal. A black and white shadow flew out of the Sage Monarch Empire.

Inside the empire, Yang Doom and the Shepherd had returned to their previous state. However, they remained in the half-Annulled level!

Yang Qi burst out laughing. "Sovereign Lord, True Devil, I knew that you were hiding in my empire. And I had a plan for how to deal with you all along. Now you've been expelled, and your little attempt did nothing but push two of my brethren into the half-Annulled level. Many thanks to you!"

Outside of the Sage Monarch Empire, the stream of black and white combined, then shot toward Proud Heaven.

Shockingly, they were going to attempt to possess him!

"Give your body to us, Proud Heaven! And give us the Great Necropolis! We are its true owners!" In the blink of an eye, the True Devil and the Sovereign Lord shot right toward Proud Heaven.

Proud Heaven shivered, then a cruel smile appeared on his face. "Hailan!"

In response to his words, she appeared behind him, and he stepped aside. Before the Sovereign Lord and True Devil knew what was happening, they were sucked into her belly, where an unborn child existed.

Moments later, the child appeared, radiating immense power that merged with the Great Necropolis, which hovered above its head.

Bloodcurdling screams rang out from the True Devil and the Sovereign Lord.

"What's this? What's going on? How could this be happening?"

"This is the result of all my hard work! The King of Annulled!" Proud Heaven suddenly erupted with psychic power as his plot against the True Devil and the Sovereign Lord was revealed. By means of the devil embryo and the Great Necropolis, he was taking the True Devil and Sovereign Lord to make himself stronger.

"King of the Great Dao? King of Fate? They're all false. Only my King of the Annulled is real! I am now the true Sovereign Lord of the god world!" Proud Heaven's cultivation base was reaching the ultimate limit.

Taking advantage of the clash between Yang Qi and Greensura, he clenched his hand into a palm... and attacked Greensura!

Immense power rumbled toward her, causing her to look over her shoulder and shout, "Proud Heaven, you vicious wolf!"

"Am I vicious? I thought we were supposed to be working together. Well, I've assimilated the Sovereign Lord, the True Devil, and the Great Necropolis. I have more power than anyone's ever experienced. You can't fight me! I'm going to devour the god world. Which means I'm going to devour you! Then I'm going to kill Yang Qi. Everything will be mine!"

He viciously clenched his hand and a pellet was ripped out of Greensura, which was none other than the god world. Instantly, the Great Necropolis covered it.

"Die!" Yang Qi said, turning into a blur that shot toward Proud Heaven, who spun to face him. However, Yang Qi had already used his fateless power to grab Greensura.

In the blink of an eye, he had her in his hand.

By this point, Greensura wasn't controlled by the essence of the god world. She was really his mother. Proud Heaven himself had extracted the god world pellet from her.

"Mother!" Yang Qi said, sending his will into her.

Blinking, she looked over at him, and it was clear she remembered everything that had played out. This was the real Greensura, and she was in the half-Annulled level. That said, her cultivation base was weak, far below the level of the High Priestess and the others. After all, she wasn't the god world anymore.

"Go into my empire, mother. Lead the fight against the Deathless Heaven Empire. The fight between me and Proud Heaven has only just begun!" With that, he sent her down to his empire, where the fight with the Deathless Heaven Dynasty was still raging.

Of course, the Deathless Heaven Dynasty was crumbling, with the King of Godmammoths, High Priestess, Demon Master, and others having lost their morale. Some among their forces were already surrendering.

Sadly for them, Yang Qi was too strong, and the attacks of the Sage Monarch Empire were too devastating.

RUMBLE!

Furthermore, the Sage Monarch Empire now had five half-Annulled experts: Yang Immortal-Slayer, the Invincible Dugu, Yang Doom, the Shepherd, and Greensura. That wasn't to mention the upgraded sage monarch magistrates. There just wasn't anything the Deathless Heaven Empire could do to fight back.

It only took about an hour to wrap things up.

The King of Godmammoths, High Priestess, and Demon Master all surrendered. The Deathless Heaven Empire was no more.

As for Proud Heaven, he hovered far above, his power levels rising.

Having devoured the Sovereign Lord and the True Devil, as well as the essence of the god world, he was reaching an unheard-of level of power.

Because of that, he didn't even care that his empire had been destroyed.

"The fight is over for you, Yang Qi," he said hoarsely. "Now that you've devoured my Deathless Heaven Empire, your destiny has reached an unprecedented level. Your empire is truly invincible."

Hailan was standing next to him.

Suddenly, he smashed his palm into her, provoking a scream that echoed out for a moment as she faded away into nothing.

Expression hardly changing, Proud Heaven growled, "Useless woman. Now you're dead forever. Now that you've given birth to the King of the Annulled, you serve no purpose."

Yang Qi didn't show much of a reaction either. "You've lost, Proud Heaven. Why not just kill yourself."

"Kill myself?" Proud Heaven threw his head back and laughed. "Very funny, Yang Qi. That's like a child claiming to be an emperor. You see, destiny doesn't matter much in the face of the truly Annulled. If you don't believe me, well... just wait a moment while I reach the true Annulled level. You're going to die, and your empire is going to die. This is the strongest you've ever been, but it's not going to do you any good. I'm happy to cut you down when you're at your peak. I look forward to the look of despair on your face. Then I'll eliminate everyone else, until I'm the only person remaining."

"Ai..." Yang Qi sighed. "You created your King of the Annulled. And your body is the Great Necropolis. But sadly for you, you missed something huge. You see, that King of the Annulled is mine. Didn't you realize that? I placed my own life force quintessence inside Hailan.

"Look, I'm not going to lord it over you. You're simply no match for me. You can begin now, King Immortal-Slayer!"

"AGGGHHH!"

Proud Heaven's head filled with intense pain as the image of King Immortal-Slayer appeared behind him.

"Come to me, King of the Annulled. I'm your father!" Yang Qi made a beckoning gesture, and the King of the Annulled flew over to him, the Great Necropolis in its hand.

"No!" Proud Heaven screamed. He knew that his cultivation base was strong enough that he could kill Yang Qi, but in the blink of an eye, everything had changed as Yang Qi seized control.

BAM!

Then Yang Qi walked forward and punched him in the face, sending him tumbling backward, another scream escaping his lips.

Yang Qi walked over and stamped down on his chest, causing him to squeal like a pig. Then he trampled him, kicking him in the face and chest over and over until they caved in, leaving him a bloody paste. He now existed in a universe of never-ending pain.

"Great Necropolis!" Yang Qi said, calling on the power of the King of the Annulled.

Instantly, Proud Heaven was trapped.

Yang Qi exhaled onto the necropolis, causing it to become his own, filling it with his psyche. Suddenly, he came to understand everything about the profundities of the necropolis, and all its transformations. That was when he realized that the Great Necropolis didn't represent an end, but a beginning.

Proud Heaven struggled inside, wracked with pain and screaming in rage, but completely helpless.

"I refuse to accept this, Yang Qi!" Proud Heaven shouted. "I've never been stronger than this! But you beat me with no effort! No! I'm the apex entity of all existence! How could I be destroyed like this?!"

"I never considered you to be a match for me," Yang Qi said. "I've been playing you this entire time."

"No!" he screamed. "I'm going to destroy everything. Die! Die! All of you, just DIE!"

RUMBLE!

He self-detonated, drawing on the power of the god world to do so, hoping to destroy Yang Qi with himself.

However, Yang Qi simply used the Great Necropolis to suck up the force of the blast.

Then his voice rang out, "Proud Heaven, you sought to self-detonate using your power and that of the god world to open the final aspect of the Great Necropolis. But now you realize that I have no enemies left."

Yet even as he spoke those words about not having any enemies left, a dazzling beam of sword energy appeared, heading right toward his forehead.

It was impossible to say where the sword light came from, and while it came when Yang Qi was at his strongest, in some ways, he was also at his weakest, as he had just assimilated the Great Necropolis and was using it to defend against the detonation of the god world. Without Yang Qi to contain the force of the explosion, everything would have been destroyed.

The sword light was attacking at just the right moment, hoping to seize victory right at the last. It was Star Swordlife, and a brutal smile could be seen on his face. Somehow, he had survived until the very end.

The truth was that not even he was sure how it happened.

Sadly for him, Yang Qi's forehead transformed into a vortex that quickly devoured the sword energy. Then, he reached out and grabbed the shocked Star Swordlife. "How did you know, Yang Qi?"

"Because I'm omniscient. You've been pestering me ever since the immortal worlds. I knew all along that you wouldn't just disappear." Yang Qi exhaled and burning fire wrapped around Star Swordlife, turning him into streams of life force that faded away in all directions.

At that point, Yang Qi floated down into his empire. There, the King of Godmammoths, Demon Master, and High Priestess all knelt to him.

"Is it all over, Yang Qi?" Greensura asked. She was flanked by Yang Zhan, Yang Susu, and all his other friends and family.

He exhaled, and King Immortal-Slayer flew out as well.

"It's over, everyone," he said, his voice both soft and resolute. "I have no enemies left. My empire is invincible, and we've created something one-of-a-kind: an ideal nation. There is no such thing as hell. The impure lands are no more. The immortal worlds are gone. The past doesn't exist, nor does the future."

Everyone knew that they had just barely survived a major disaster, and it was a very unique feeling.

"Now, we transcend," he said. "In this new world, I'll bring back all the living beings that died. It will be a new place. Everyone, pray for me. Pray for yourselves. Pray for the empire. Pray for the void. Pray for fate..."

Everyone sat down cross-legged and began to pray.

Using the Great Necropolis, Yang Qi absorbed what remained of the primal-chaos paleo-energy. As he took it into himself, the world became deathly silent. There was no light, no time, no space, no primal-chaos, no living beings, no world.

Everything became nothing.

However, the Great Necropolis was fully open.

"Come, everyone. Come into the Great Necropolis." As Yang Qi led his father and mother, and all of his brethren, into the necropolis, he said, "The Great Necropolis buries the world, but it still represents life. It's not an end, but a beginning!"

Everyone went inside, leaving not a single living thing in the outside world.

Then, boundless light erupted from the Great Necropolis, and cracking sounds rang out from Yang Qi. "Transcend!"

The Great Necropolis vanished, and everyone vanished with it. Yang Qi vanished. His empire, his glory, his ideals, his faith, his valor, they all vanished.

It was impossible to say where they went. It was almost as if they had never existed.

However, when the Great Necropolis vanished, a pure expression of vital energy suddenly rippled out into the void. Then a multitude of worlds came into being, filling space.

Life had appeared again.

Slowly but surely, the impure lands came to be again. Then immortal worlds came into existence. Even the god world came to be.

After untold billions of years passed, after untold generations, the legion of gods yet again came to exist. However, there was a legend among this new legion of gods that said that a higher form of civilization existed. And countless experts in the legion of gods wanted to go there. It was just how countless cultivators from the impure lands wanted to ascend to the immortal worlds.

It was an eternal legend. A door had been opened. No one knew what type of civilization existed above the god civilization.

But it was there.

As the years passed, myths and histories came and went.

But that legend remained in the hearts of people for all eternity.

The End

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