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"Heavenly Blade!"
The blade in the sky could cut through anything before it; all the tentacles were severed and turned to ashes in the void. Blade Fang Emperor had made his move.
"True Sight, hold it, we'll keep it occupied."
The body of the Blade King disappeared, and then countless blades appeared in the void, each blade possessing the power to cleave space, continuously pouring towards the Corruption Demon.
Not far away, the Shadow Emperor, belonging to the Main God Space, chanted incantations, and chains of rules extended from his body, binding the Corruption Demon and rendering it unable to move.
"The Way has no bounds, therefore its power is inexhaustible."
The Chaos Emperor of the Arena of Myriad Realms slowly unleashed a punch. Before him, space shattered, and everything turned into nothingness. The power called Force seemed poised to destroy everything.
All the Chaos Emperors unleashed their best skills, attacking the Corruption Demon with deadly force. Yi Shuihan knew that if he were in the Corruption Demon's position, without the system, he would only be waiting to die, and even extracting the origin of his personal world would be of no use.
"They are indeed quite capable, worthy of being veteran Chaos Emperors."
Yi Shuihan stared intently at the Corruption Demon, hoping to see it destroyed. However, for some reason, he had a feeling that the Corruption Demon wouldn't just die so easily.
One minute later, the blue lamp went out, and the Corrupting Demon had shrunk from its initial overwhelming size to the size of a person, its aura weakened countless times.
The True Eye Emperor's eyes were already closed, clearly indicating that he had exhausted himself.
Chapter 1342, The Three Realms of the Chaos Emperor
Judging from the scene, it's almost certain that the Corrupting Demon has been eliminated. It's been weakened to such an extent that it feels like it could be completely wiped out with just one more hit.
What about the facts?
With the Blue Lantern of True Eye Emperor gone, the Corruption Demon's recovery speed was far faster than its destruction speed. Even though Baki and the others continued their frenzied attacks, its condition did not deteriorate further. Instead, it steadily recovered at an extremely slow pace.
Baki and his group would naturally not stand idly by and watch the Corruption Demon recover. Once the Corruption Demon recovers, it will be impossible to push it to this point again.
Unfortunately, even though Baki and his crew had used all their skills, they still couldn't stop the Corrupting Demon. For the Corrupting Demon, the True Eye Emperor's divine power was the most effective counter. Without the True Eye Emperor's divine power, the Corrupting Demon was basically invincible.
"Hold on for another 5 minutes, I'll recover for a bit and then we'll continue."
Upon seeing this, the True Eye Emperor shouted loudly, disregarding the negative effects of continuously using his divine powers.
The words of the True Eye Emperor gave Baki and his group a jolt, and their previously easing offensive intensified once again.
"Click, click!"
The chains of rules binding the Corruption Demon began to crack, and the Corruption Demon broke free.
Having broken free of its restraints, the Corruption Demon's first move was to attack the True Eye Emperor, who posed a greater threat to it than any other Chaos Emperor.
"I won't let you succeed."
Of course, Baki-Oh wouldn't stand idly by while the Corruptor attacked True Eye Emperor. He stood in front of True Eye Emperor, because if he wanted to attack True Eye Emperor, he would have to get past him first.
Moreover, a green light shield rose around the True Eye Emperor, indicating that the other Chaos Emperors had made their move.
The Corruption Demon seemed determined to destroy the True Eye Emperor, completely ignoring the Baki Emperor and even withstanding the attack as it passed right through him.
That's right, it passed through. In that instant, the Corruption Demon's body seemed to transform into a gaseous state.
However, the green light shield did work, and the Corruption Demon was blocked outside.
The Corruption Demon kept ramming against the light shield, displaying an unyielding determination to achieve its goal.
Unbeknownst to anyone, several drops of inky black liquid dripped from the Corrupting Demon, fell to the ground, and then disappeared into the earth.
Five minutes later, the Corruption Demon failed to break the shield. The True Eye Emperor, having recovered, once again unleashed his divine power, and with the combined strength of the Chaos Emperors, finally obliterated the Corruption Demon completely.
"We finally killed it. This time, we were so lucky to have True Sight. It was really hard to kill."
Baki-Oh looked on with a sigh. He hadn't expected that a weakened Corruption Demon would be so powerful, almost allowing the opponent to turn the tide.
“True Eye exerted the most effort by overexerting his supernatural powers to kill the Corrupting Demon. I will report this truthfully. Your losses will definitely be compensated, and you will also receive some extra cultivation. Of course, Shadow Strike and you also contributed, so you will also benefit.”
Killing the Corrupting Demon is a great achievement, and great achievements naturally come with great rewards.
While slaying demons is a matter of course for cultivators across the myriad realms, without rewards as motivation, they certainly wouldn't be so enthusiastic. After all, most cultivators are selfish, and many harbor the thought that if the sky falls, someone taller will hold it up.
The Demon Extermination Army has a very strict reward and punishment system. The rewards for killing a Corrupting Demon are extremely attractive to the Chaos Emperor.
With the Corruption Demon dead, there was no need to cut off the opportunities for those quasi-emperors. So, Blade Fang and the others decided to go out and wait. Little did they know that the so-called opportunities had already been taken by Yi Shuihan, and it didn't matter whether those quasi-emperors stayed here or not.
They made no demands on Yi Shuihan; he could stay in the secret realm or go out with them if he wanted.
After thinking it over, Yi Shuihan finally decided to go out with a group of Chaos Emperors. As a newcomer to the Chaos Emperor realm, he had many questions about this level. It would be a good opportunity to go out and ask them for advice. He believed that these Chaos Emperors would at least not hold back on the most basic questions, and might even be happy to help him out because of his talent.
......
"The cultivation of a Chaos Emperor is about finding one's own Dao. Advancing from a True Saint to a Chaos Emperor only requires a certain level of understanding of the Dao. Everyone can understand the same Dao here, but this won't work when you reach the Chaos Emperor level. Even if you understand the known Dao to the limit, you can only increase your combat power at most, and you cannot go further to become a Great Dao Emperor."
"Seeking the Dao, comprehending the Dao, and creating the Dao—these are the three stages of a Chaos Emperor. You have just become a Chaos Emperor and are currently in the stage of seeking the Dao. In this stage, what you need to do is continue to comprehend the Dao you have comprehended before, until you comprehend the Dao up to the level of the 9th floor of the Tower of Babel. Then you can start to search for your own Dao. After you find it, you can enter the next stage of comprehending the Dao. When you have comprehended your own Dao to a certain extent, that is the final step: creating the Dao. Create your Dao and make your Dao the Dao of all the heavens and myriad worlds."
"In the creation stage, you need to constantly open up worlds and add your own Dao to the worlds you open up. Once your Dao is recognized by all the heavens and myriad worlds to a certain extent, you can move on to the next step. As for what to do next, even I am not quite sure. Don't think too much about it, kid. Let's get to the 9th floor of the Tower of Babel first."
"Where are you at now, sir?"
"As for me? To my shame, I have only recently found my own path and have been comprehending it for a mere ten million years."
Although he claimed to be ashamed, anyone could see the smugness on the True Eye Emperor's face.
Nearly half of the Chaos Emperors in the myriad realms are at the Seeking the Dao level. Once they enter the Enlightenment stage, they are considered to be in the middle tier among the Chaos Emperors.
According to the True Eye Emperor, among the three stages of Chaos Emperors, the Seeking the Dao stage has the smallest difference in combat power. Generally speaking, there will not be an absolute crushing defeat. With his current strength, Yi Shuihan can basically protect himself when he encounters a Chaos Emperor at the Seeking the Dao stage.
The True Eye Emperor is at the Enlightenment level. Because he entered the Enlightenment level relatively recently, he is considered a weaker Enlightenment level. However, even so, it would not be difficult for him to kill Yi Shuihan. Of course, "kill" here refers to Yi Shuihan not using the system's power.
That divine power was at the Enlightenment level. It was only because the True Eye Emperor had not been in the Enlightenment stage for long that such a divine power would have become his regular attack, instead of consuming so much energy as before.
Chapter 1343, O'Neal is Possessed
If the cultivation of a Chaos Emperor involves finding one's own Dao and allowing that Dao to grow, then what's the point of continuing to comprehend the Dao one already comprehended?
Yi Shuihan also got the answer to this question from the True Eye Emperor. It turned out that the so-called Dao of one's own was not something that one could come up with as one pleased. In fact, it was a Dao that was extended from the Dao that one had originally comprehended, and it was not something that came out of nothing.
For example, Yi Shuihan comprehends the Dao of Time. Once he fully understands the Dao of Time, he can start from the Dao of Time to find his own Dao. Time can stand still, move forward, and move backward. If Yi Shuihan can add the ability for time to rotate, the Dao of rotating time, that would be one direction.
Of course, the idea of time rotating is baffling just to think about it, which is also the difficulty in moving from seeking the Way to enlightenment. You need to create a completely new concept.
"To advance to the Chaos Emperor level by comprehending multiple paths and to become the Great Dao Emperor, one also needs to find multiple paths of one's own. No wonder so few people walk multiple paths."
Everything has its gains and losses. As the difficulty increases, the power gained upon success is beyond imagination. A Great Dao Emperor who has comprehended two Daos can easily crush ordinary Great Dao Emperors, and can even take on two or three at a time.
While Yi Shuihan was peacefully comprehending the Dao outside, time was also passing quickly in the secret realm.
The original location of the pyramids.
"The source should be here."
O'Neal looked around, somewhat surprised. After a preliminary investigation, he discovered that a great battle had taken place here, and that the battle had not been long, only a few decades ago.
"Who is fighting here, and what is their purpose?"
Because the main battle took place in the air, the traces left on the ground were not terrifying, which is why O'Neill remained relatively calm. If the battle had taken place on the ground, he would have guessed that the two were not True Saints but Chaos Emperors, and he would probably have immediately left this place of trouble.
The pyramids had been destroyed, leaving only ruins. O'Neal ultimately came up empty-handed and was somewhat frustrated.
Just as O'Neal was about to leave, his expression suddenly turned ferocious.
"Who is it? Get out."
“A mere True Saint dares to rebel? Submit to me and join me in destroying all the heavens and myriad worlds.”
"Don't even think about it. I am the Lord of the Stars, the man who will become the Emperor of the Great Dao. No one can enslave me."
O'Neal roared, his aura exploding, and countless phantom images of superstars appeared in the void, enveloping him.
A dark aura was emerging beneath O'Neal's feet, threatening to engulf him.
No matter how much O'Neal resisted, the inky black aura remained firmly surrounding him, albeit very slowly. If nothing unexpected happened, it wouldn't be long before O'Neal completely lost himself, and it would be hard to say whether he would still be himself then.
Clearly, O'Neal was now facing the Corrupting Demon. The Corrupting Demon had used the Golden Cicada Shedding its Shell tactic, abandoning most of its body to escape from right under Yi Shuihan's nose.
Originally, the Corruption Demon was severely damaged and it was estimated that it would take a long time to recover. However, the arrival of O'Neal gave it a different idea: to take over O'Neal's body and live as O'Neal.
Possession is a very normal thing for cultivators. Demons generally do not possess bodies, but the Corruption Demon is an exception. They possess the same abilities as cultivators, so possession is no problem for them.
The cultivators of all the heavens and myriad realms still do not know that the Corruption Demon can possess bodies, because possession is not worth the Corruption Demon. After possession, the Corruption Demon will lose the ability to corrupt the world unless it abandons the possessed body and returns to its original source. However, in that case, possession would lose its meaning.
Furthermore, once a body is possessed, the corrupting demon must relinquish a portion of its power to adapt to the possessed body, which is a losing proposition.
Actually, the Corrupting Demon wouldn't have possessed O'Neil if it hadn't been forced into a desperate situation. The main reason is that it's too weak right now, and it would take too long to recover properly. It definitely wouldn't be able to keep up with the closing of the secret realm, and who knows how long it would stay in the secret realm after that.
"Wait, what are you doing? Stop, stop now!"
"What are you doing? Self-destruct! Let's die together!"
O'Neal was too reckless. Knowing he couldn't escape death, he simply chose to self-destruct. The Corrupting Demon was too weak to stop O'Neal's self-destruction and panicked immediately.
For the Corrupting Demon, O'Neill's self-destruction wouldn't kill it, but it would weaken it to the point of extreme weakness, putting it into a state of slumber and recovery. Whether it could awaken from its slumber at that point was still a question. Perhaps it would eventually self-destruct along with the secret realm. The environment of the secret realm wasn't very good; Yi Shuihan had taken the core stone, and now the secret realm was gradually heading towards death.
In the end, O'Neal failed to self-destruct. The Corrupting Demon used its last power to stop O'Neal and entered into a temporary symbiotic relationship with him.
"Kid, here's what we'll do! I won't possess you. You just need to take me out of here. Just take me to any demon battlefield. In return, I'll help you break through to the Chaos Emperor realm first. Don't even think about going out and telling anyone. We're symbiotic now. If you don't die, I won't die either. Once they find out about this, they'll definitely destroy you too."
O'Neal's eyes showed relief at surviving the ordeal; who would want to die if they could live? But thinking about his current condition, he felt somewhat disheartened.
From the Corrupting Demon, O'Neill roughly learned the cause and effect, and also knew the Corrupting Demon's identity. Because of this, he was under even more pressure. The Corrupting Demon was an existence that even a group of Chaos Kings could not kill, and at that time the Corrupting Demon was in a weakened state.
As a reincarnator, O'Neill was extremely shrewd. He didn't completely believe the Corrupting Demon's words, only part of them. On the surface, he readily agreed to the Corrupting Demon's conditions, intending to lull the Corrupting Demon into a false sense of security for the time being. Once he got out, he would definitely have to think of another way. He didn't want to carry a time bomb with him at all times. As for completely betraying the evil camp that only knew how to destroy, that was even more impossible. Not to mention whether he was willing or not, even if he was willing, would the evil camp really accept him?
The Corruption Demons helped O'Neal break through out of necessity, because if O'Neal were not a Chaos Emperor, the probability of him being discovered once he went out would be too high. However, with the strength of a Chaos Emperor, those Chaos Emperors would not be able to see through O'Neal's abnormality.
Chapter 1344, Sealing the Existence of the Corruption Demon
O'Neill unexpectedly benefited from the misfortune; with the help of the Corrupting Demon, the gate to the Chaos Emperor was opened a crack, while the situation for the other quasi-emperors in the same secret realm was not so good.
As the mysterious aura within the chaotic energy diminished, the Fountain of Satiety lost its meaning, for they could no longer feel hunger.
Some aspiring emperors were unwilling to accept this, so they left the area of the Satisfaction Spring to seek other opportunities. Of course, they were destined to be disappointed. It was more realistic for them to stay where they were and break through using their own strength.
Of course, there are always exceptions. Around the 80,000th year, a new Chaos Emperor was born. It wasn't Shaquille O'Neal, but Emperor Ama.
It's not surprising that Father Emperor will become the Chaos Emperor. As a member of the Celestial Race, his talent is indeed terrifying. Even without the mysterious aura of the secret realm, he would still have a high chance of becoming the Chaos Emperor through his own cultivation. It's just that the time has been brought forward a little.
The birth of a true Chaos Emperor gave other quasi-Emperors a boost of confidence, and they put in their best effort to cultivate, hoping that they would be the next to break through.
A hundred years before the 100,000-year deadline, the second Chaos Emperor was born. However, it was not Shi Fei, but a quasi-emperor from the Myriad Realms Arena. His name was very ordinary, called Mumir. His strength was also very ordinary among the quasi-emperors who entered, that is, at the middle level. If it were ranked in a school, his strength would be about the same as the 8th ranked one.
In terms of strength and talent, it shouldn't have been Miumi'er's turn to break through, but sometimes the world is just that strange. He broke through, and it was very inexplicable. Even he himself couldn't find the reason why he broke through. When other quasi-emperors asked him how to break through, he was at a loss.
Regardless, he has finally become a Chaos Emperor. No matter how ordinary he was as a Quasi-Emperor before, his status has undergone a dramatic change, making him the third strongest in the secret realm. As for the first and second, they are naturally Yi Shuihan and the Emperor Father. Not long after the Emperor Father broke through to become a Chaos Emperor, it was revealed that Yi Shuihan had already achieved the status of a Chaos Emperor before.
In a single journey through a secret realm, three quasi-emperors became Chaos Emperors. This was already quite astonishing. In the past, it was incredibly difficult to produce even one Chaos Emperor, let alone several in a short period of time. For someone at their level, tens of thousands of years was a pitifully short time.
Time flew by, and the time for the secret realm to close finally arrived. Even though the group of quasi-emperors were unwilling, they still came to the entrance of the secret realm. They did not want to stay here. If staying here could help them break through, perhaps some quasi-emperors would be willing to risk staying. But now, after so much time had passed, they knew that the opportunity had been exhausted and there was no need to stay.
All the quasi-emperors in the secret realm arrived at the entrance. There were a total of 81 quasi-emperors, 4 Chaos Emperors, and the other two Chaos Emperors were naturally Taiyi and O'Neill.
During this time, Taiyi and Dudu had been wandering in the secret realm and were doing alright. In fact, when he learned that the Corruption Demon had been destroyed, he planned to go out as well, but in the end he chose to stay in the secret realm. This was because Yi Shuihan, the original body, had already passed on the information on how the Chaos Emperor cultivated to him. In addition, he knew that even if he went out, he would be with the leader of the Main God Space. It was better to stay in the secret realm than to stay with the old Chaos Emperor.
"Taiyi, I didn't expect you to have broken through as well."
O'Neil was not in a good mood when he saw the other three Chaos Kings. He originally thought he was the only one who could break through, but he didn't expect to see three of them at once. As for Yi Shuihan, he knew from the Corruption Demon that the other party had already broken through, so he was mentally prepared.
O'Neal could accept the Emperor's breakthrough, after all, he had always heard of the other's reputation and that his talent was even stronger than his own. If it weren't for the special environment of the Main God Space, where he grew faster, his combat power would probably be a level lower than the Emperor's.
Shaquille O'Neal genuinely respects Jerry Yannur and considers him a rival, which is why he doesn't find it difficult to accept Yannur's breakthroughs.
As for Mumir, after hearing about the other party's breakthrough, he knew it was due to luck and didn't mind too much; he just thought to himself how lucky the guy was.
Taiyi's breakthrough surprised and threatened O'Neal. Yes, it was a threat, because only they belonged to the same organization. If he made just one breakthrough, the level of attention he would receive would be completely different from if he made two breakthroughs, and the rewards would also be different.
"It was just a fluke."
In the past, Yi Jianlian would have had to keep a low profile, since his strength was slightly weaker than O'Neal's. But now, he's not afraid of O'Neal at all, so he just does what he needs to do and gives perfunctory answers.
Upon hearing Taiyi's answer, a dark look flashed in O'Neal's eyes; he was somewhat dissatisfied with Taiyi's attitude.
"who is she?"
Just as he was thinking about how to deal with Taiyi, he saw Dudu next to Taiyi, and Onier's expression immediately changed. He sensed danger from Dudu, as well as an almost instinctive disgust.
"Kill her! Kill that little girl! Kill her now!"
Within his sea of consciousness, the Corrupting Demon's consciousness roared madly, urging O'Neill to take action.
O'Neill suppressed his urge to attack and shouted at the Corrupting Demon in his mind, "Do you want to die together? If we fight here, even if we kill them all, the emperors outside will become suspicious. If we don't kill them all, they will still be suspected. They will definitely investigate. Are you sure you can still deal with those emperors who almost killed you?"
The Corrupting Demon compromised, but continued to nag, telling O'Neill to find an opportunity to kill Dudu after he left, and promising him certain benefits in return.
"Tell me who she is, and why you hate her so much?"