High in the sky, two figures stood three feet apart.
"Xu Chong, a junior from the Tianxuan Realm, greets the Emperor of Heaven."
Xu Chongyi clasped his fists and saluted solemnly.
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor looked at Xu Chong carefully, with an inexplicable look in his eyes. After a moment, he suddenly said, "You are indeed the same as Shanwu."
Xu Chong was stunned for a moment, then understood: "The Heavenly Emperor has a keen eye. I was indeed lucky enough to obtain the rules of immortality, and finally used them to break through the real limitations and achieve a virtual and real status. "
"That's not what I'm talking about."
The Five Elements Emperor shook his head and pointed at Xu Chong: "I mean, you are the same as Shan Wu."
Isn't this what it means?
Xu Chong was puzzled and could only say: "Forgive my ignorance..."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor thought for a moment and said, "When I first met Shanwu, he had just transformed from a virtual being to a real being. He was clearly just a baby who had lost his past memories, but he had an air of pride... I almost mistook you for him just now."
“Almost?”
Xu Chong grasped the key point and asked: "Maybe I really am the reincarnation of Shanwu?"
"That's impossible."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor rejected it outright. “The conditions for reincarnation are too harsh. They involve hundreds of different rules such as cause and effect, rotation, time, and space. Unless the Great Ruins is completely destroyed and the power is in the hands of one person, it is impossible… And even if the conditions are met, why waste energy on reincarnation? It’s the same to just resurrect.”
"I see."
Xu Chong seemed to be thinking about something.
He remembered the excitement he felt when he first heard about Zizaitian and Zizaitian Emperor during his conversation with Jiang Wang.
I originally thought that I would be the reincarnation of Emperor Zizai Tian, ​​but now it seems that is not the case.
After all, Daxu is still there.
But then again…
"From the Emperor's tone, it seems that he has no hostility or hatred towards Shan Wu?"
Xu Chong asked doubtfully.
This time it was the Five Elements Heavenly Emperor's turn to be stunned. "He and I are close friends regardless of age difference. We have never even had an argument. Where does the hostility and hatred come from?"
"???"
Xu Chong was full of questions. "If it weren't for Shan Wu's chaos, the Ring Heaven wouldn't be broken, and the Five Elements Heaven wouldn't have degenerated. You might even have had a chance to break through to the first level and live until now..."
"Wait a minute."
The Five Elements Emperor raised his hand to interrupt Xu Chong, "If I'm not mistaken, these things were told to you by my descendants, right?"
"That's right. They saw a brief record of what happened back then in the Secret Records of the Emperor of Heaven."
As he spoke, Xu Chong's voice lowered, "They... they are worthy of being the descendants of the Heavenly Emperor."
“It’s really good.”
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor nodded in agreement. "One by one, not only were their cultivation drained by the array's eye, but they also actively poured their vitality in. If I hadn't cut them off quickly, they wouldn't even have bones left."
"Um?!"
Xu Chong's eyes suddenly widened, his throat was extremely dry, "You mean... they are not dead?"
"I was going to die."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor laughed and said, "If any one of the five of them hadn't sacrificed themselves, my remaining consciousness wouldn't have recovered so quickly. The center of the formation would have continued to drain all the power, but the power of the five elements gathered together, allowing me to wake up in the first place."
"That's good, that's good..."
Xu Chong let out a long breath.
"But the Heavenly Emperor's Secret Records is actually not what they think it is."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor showed a trace of helplessness. "The purpose of my writing those things is not to leave them for future generations to read. To put it bluntly, they are not the Heavenly Emperor's secret records. At most, they can only be regarded as the Heavenly Emperor's random notes... used to analyze certain things. It is no wonder that they were misled because they lack a lot of detailed information."
"Analyze something?"
Xu Chong's eyes flashed.
"We'll talk about this later."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor lowered his head slightly and looked down, "Let's deal with the business first."
Not far from the original boundary gate, Anya's body began to swell again.
It was obvious that An Ya planned to gather all his bodies together to deal with the Five Elements Heavenly Emperor.
"What is the Emperor going to do?"
Xu Chong asked.
"It depends on what your plan is."
The Five Elements Emperor looked at Xu Chong deeply.
"I?"
Xu Chong raised his eyebrows slightly.
"It depends on whether you plan to be promoted to the first class or the second class."
The Five Elements Emperor said calmly.
“…”
Xu Chong's pupils shrank slightly.
Be it real or illusory, the first-class status that requires the accumulation of a series of factors such as luck, opportunity, time... is actually mentioned so lightly.
It's as if one can be promoted immediately on the spot just by nodding.
It has to be said that this is an extremely huge temptation for Xu Chong.
However, after just a brief thought, he decisively extinguished the greed in his heart.
"If possible, I'd like to keep it as it is."
Xu Chong said with a smile.
"oh?"
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor was extremely surprised. He thought for a moment and asked, "Do you think I can't do it?"
"No."
Xu Chong shook his head. "Whether it's your deeds or the conduct of Daoist Fellow Shui and other descendants of the Heavenly Emperor, I have no reason to doubt your words."
"Why is that?"
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor was even more puzzled. "You should know that my resuscitation cannot last forever. Once I really die, I don't know how long it will take for you to break through the realm. Now there is such a shortcut in front of you, why not choose it?"
"Because the more unreasonable the reward is, the greater the price must be paid, and the people who pay this price may very well be a group of innocent people who know nothing."
Xu Chong smiled calmly, "Although I don't know any way to achieve a first-class status in such a short period of time, I guess it must be related to the Five Spirit Realm and the people in the Five Spirit Realm."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor stared at Xu Chong and nodded slowly: "You guessed right."
"If I do nothing, my recovery will only last for an hour."
"If you suppress the nothingness below for you to devour, it can only last for half a quarter of an hour."
"Even if you try your best, a short half-minute is not enough for you to break through."
"unless……"
"Unless I continue to draw strength with the power of the formation."
"Half of the Five Spirit Realm, all the cultivation of the cultivators, and half of everyone's lifespan, these added together, I can suppress it until you are almost promoted to the second level."
"If I think of more..."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor didn’t finish his words, but his meaning was clear.
"Thank you, Emperor Tian, ​​for your kindness, but it's not necessary."
Xu Chong smiled and shook his head, "As long as I can survive this crisis, whether it's realm or strength, it won't be a problem for me."
"You don't understand me."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor's eyes were extremely deep, "You only have two choices, either the second-class status or the first-class status... or, the third choice is that both you and the Five Spirit Realm will die."
“…”
Xu Chong's face froze, and he asked in a hoarse voice, "Why?"
"Because you think too highly of me."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor sighed, "You saw that I was resurrected with such a great momentum, my words and actions were like a living person, and I even had the energy to seal the entrances and exits, so you thought I was really the former Huantian Heavenly Emperor."
"But don't forget, no matter how strong and natural I appear, I am still just a corpse in the end."
"A corpse that was barely held together by the formation and the five elements rules, and can only be maintained for a short time."
"Even if I can unleash the power of a first-class person, what does it matter? How can I drive away the evil demons of the same first-class person?"
"There is only one way to get through this crisis."
"I suppressed it, and you devoured it. In front of it, you used the power you devoured to ascend to a higher level."
"Only in this way will it be completely frightened and flee from here desperately, and not dare to commit the same crime again for a long time."
The voice of the Five Elements Heavenly Emperor was calm and low. Although he had just revived, he already knew everything.
"Is that so..."
Xu Chong sighed inwardly, then showed a resolute look on his face, and bowed: "Junior will not disappoint you, please help me, Emperor of Heaven."
Although damage to the Five Spirits Realm and the people in the Five Spirits Realm is still unavoidable, this result is much better than the expected mutual destruction.
Any further hesitation would be an insult.
"very good."
The Five Elements Emperor nodded, turned around, and looked deeply at the sky and the earth with nostalgia and reluctance.
The next moment.
A loud and deep voice roared out.
"I am the Five Elements Heavenly Emperor."
"Lord of the Five Elements Heaven, Ancestor of the Five Elements Heaven."
"My descendants, my people, your homes are being invaded by evil spirits, and your relatives and friends are being devoured by evil spirits."
"Tell me, you..."
"Hate it???"
Just a few words, blessed by the authority of the Five Elements, came from the wind, clouds, mountains, and rivers of the Five Spirits Realm. In just a moment, they echoed in the ears of every living being.
Do you hate it?
Wife and children are separated, family is broken up...
How can I not hate it?!
The people who were prostrating on the ground stood up, raised their heads, and roared in unison!
"hatred!!!"
"hatred!!!"
"hatred!!!"
“…”
The mountains roared and the sea roared one after another.
Naked and undisguised hatred filled the entire world.
"good!"
The voice of the Five Elements Heavenly Emperor sounded again.
"I have returned from death briefly, but I am not strong enough."
"If I want to kill the evil demon, I need your lives."
"You guys..."
"Will you???"
Many people laughed when they heard this question.
They were on their way to fight the evil, even though they knew they would die and that it was useless.
Now, their ancestor, the master of the Five Spirits Realm, a man who was sure of killing the evil spirit, had returned.
It's just handing over your life. Why should you hesitate about doing something you've already planned to do?
Almost at the same time, countless creatures roared angrily and gave their own answers.
"willing!!!"
"willing!!!"
"willing!!!"
“…”
——Buzz!
A circle of ripples bloomed in the sky, sweeping across the entire world in an instant.
Countless invisible threads extended from the heads of all living beings, connecting the Five Elements Heavenly Emperor in the light.
At the same time, An Ya on the ground was extremely shocked and angry.
"Damn it! Damn it!"
"I would rather abandon my own descendants than get along with me!"
"Is all truth so vile and shameless?"
"snort!!!"
"Kill me?!"
"Although I was forced to transform into a physical body, my strength has also reached its peak!"
"Don't even mention a mere corpse. Even if you were still alive and at your peak, what could you do to me?!"
An Ya was hysterical, deceiving himself and ignoring the existence that could devour him, in order to give himself courage.
At this moment, an indifferent voice came from the sky.
"Time authority, set."
"???"
An Ya's heart was shaken.
However, before he could even question it, his mind came to a complete standstill.
Complete stillness.
"Go ahead."
The Five Elements Emperor looked at Xu Chong and said, "It's more efficient to devour the main body, just leave a shadow here."
"yes."
Xu Chong nodded solemnly.
The figure blurred for a moment, and the real body had already disappeared into the air.
…
…
From high altitude to the ground, it is just a matter of moving.
"The authority of time... can it be used like this?"
Xu Chong stood above Anya's head and soon discovered the clues.
In his perception, An Ya's body did not solidify, nor did the strength in his body solidify, and even his feet could still feel the normal rebound force.
This proves that the only thing that is fixed in the dark is the consciousness that dominates everything.
"If that's the case, maybe I don't need to create so many phantoms to speed up the swallowing..."
Xu Chong narrowed his eyes.
The next moment, his body turned completely transparent, and rapidly expanded and extended.
A moment later, the dumpling-making tactics used in the battle against Salo reappeared in the Five Spirits Realm.
The difference is that what he packed that time was the lowest grade gray fog. Most of them were not even seeds of nothingness, but pure gray fog.
This time, the item contained was a first-class fruit of nothingness...
It’s still fully packed in.
“It actually works!”
Xu Chong felt the energy absorbed by his devouring talent, and his heart was greatly boosted.
Although doing so does not speed up the devouring process much, it saves the time and effort required to create an illusion.
Don't underestimate this.
Given An Ya's current size, if he wanted to devour every millimeter of it at the same time without any blind spots, he would need an extremely large number of phantom bodies.
Saving this amount, from another perspective, can also be considered as speeding up the efficiency of swallowing.
Increasing the efficiency of devouring means that the losses of the Five Spirits Realm and people in the Five Spirits Realm will be reduced.
It's like killing two birds with one stone.
This scene even stunned the Five Elements Emperor in the sky.
"A virtual entity... can it maintain a virtual form in real space?"
The Five Elements Emperor asked in astonishment.
"Yes, it will be possible from the moment I achieved the virtual and real status in the Tianxuan Realm."
Xu Chong admitted it frankly.
"sharp!"
The Five Elements Emperor said with a sigh, "With this ability, not only can the damage to the Five Spirit Realm be reduced and the collapse of space be delayed, but the loss of life span of the people will not exceed 30%."
"This is also thanks to the Emperor of Heaven's authority over time."
Xu Chong spoke the truth and laughed at himself, "After all, only the real body can be transformed into a virtual body. If it weren't for the Heavenly Emperor restricting the evil demon, I could only try with my phantom body from a distance."
"It's very rare that you can still try your best to test it at that moment."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor waved his hand nonchalantly, then his expression became serious, "What I am going to tell you next may overturn some of your previous perceptions, but whether you believe it or not, I hope you will remember it firmly."
"Please go ahead."
Xu Chong also became serious.
"I just said that the Secret Records of the Emperor of Heaven is an essay I use to analyze certain things, and this 'certain things'..."
The Five Elements Heavenly Emperor looked at Xu Chong deeply and slowly uttered a few words: "It refers to the Free Heavenly Emperor."