Chapter 708
The Sacrifice of the Endless Era
In this starry sea, the river of time reversed once more, and humanity returned to the era of the seventh human emperor.
It was also during the peak of the seventh Human Emperor's reign that Xu Chen revived him.
When the seventh Human Emperor emerged, he was initially surprised to see so many invincible Saint Venerable Realm experts of the human race. Then, his gaze locked onto the eighth Human Emperor.
"Greetings to the Seventh Human Emperor!" The powerful members of the human race bowed.
The seventh-generation Emperor Ze gazed at the many powerful figures of the human race.
"Can the human race rule over all races in the main world?" Ze asked first.
"All races have been wiped out, and some changes have occurred in the main realm." The Ninth Human Emperor took out a jade slip and handed it to the Seventh Human Emperor.
After receiving the jade slip, the seventh incarnation, Huang Ze, looked at its contents and remained silent for a long time.
"Fate plays tricks on us, but the outcome is good."
Upon seeing this, Xu Chen once again reversed the flow of time and resurrected the sixth incarnation of the Human Emperor.
After the sixth Human Emperor emerged from the River of Time, only one-tenth of the original power within Xu Chen remained.
After saying hello, Xu Chen returned to his cave to recover his original power.
A thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye, and Xu Chen's true form, which remained there, has yet to await the return of that person from the Primordial Holy Land.
Upon arriving in the main human realm, Xu Chen immediately noticed that there were far fewer powerful individuals.
Inside the Emperor's Palace.
"Those three emperors can't stay idle; each of them has led a group of powerful warriors to expand their territories," the Ninth Emperor said helplessly.
"That's fine, anyway, I'll be eliminating the great enemy of humanity soon."
Just as Xu Chen was about to discuss the future development of the human race with the Human Emperor, his clone in the distance suddenly became alert.
"Your Majesty, I'll be right back!"
Xu Chen directly consumed his primordial power and instantly descended to the place where the main realm of all races was hidden.
At this moment, Tai Chu, who had just returned, watched as the dojo he had built over countless epochs vanished, and his expression was extremely interesting.
At this moment, Xu Chen's figure emerged from the void, his violent killing intent instantly covering this star sea area.
"It's you!" Tai Chu's eyes narrowed slightly, his expression one of disbelief.
"To be honest, I really admire you guys."
"Without me, your plan to become a powerful figure on the Great Dao, which was built up over countless epochs, might have actually succeeded."
Xu Chen held one hand as if he were holding a battle sword, and slowly pointed it at the Primordial Beginning.
The Blade of Time slowly materialized in Xu Chen's hand, and a power of the Great Dao of Time transformed into a Dao Phenomenon floating behind him.
"Time has passed, I underestimated you before!"
"But you don't actually think that this alone is enough for an invincible Saint Venerable to kill a powerful expert on the Great Dao!"
"Your incredible combat power must be related to the person behind you."
"I can't do anything to you, but do you think you can kill me with your current level of power?"
Tai Chu's voice was slightly mocking, and three figures appeared behind him.
Taiheng, Taishang, and the will of the previous Myriad Races Main Realm.
Four terrifying forces pressed down on Xu Chen.
"The grudge between us isn't actually that big. How about we settle this here?"
"I can swear that after you disappear, I will never attack the human race."
Tai Chu frowned and forced himself to compromise, suppressing his anger.
He sensed an aura of death emanating from Xu Chen.
Upon hearing Tai Chu's words, Xu Chen suddenly smiled and formed a hand seal with one hand.
A seven-colored divine flower containing the power of life bloomed in the void, and that purest life force slowly healed the injuries on Tai Chu's body.
"Senior Taichu, please recover well. Once you're better, prepare to embark on your journey." Xu Chen's voice was icy cold.
The cage of time enveloped this starry sea, and at this moment, the myriad paths and the long river of time in this starry sea formed a closed loop.
"It seems you prepared quite early, but..."
A powerful spatial force suddenly rippled out from a certain point in the void, and wave after wave of surging waves swept across this starry sea.
"Senior Taichu, don't struggle, just heal your wounds and wait to die."
As Xu Chen spoke, he sat cross-legged in the Star Sea Domain, his gaze fixed on the Primordial Beginning.
"You really think I can't escape from here!"
As Tai Chu spoke, his figure gradually began to fade into nothingness, and his aura of cause and effect disappeared into this starry sea.
However, Xu Chen, sitting cross-legged in the Star Sea Domain, was in no hurry. He activated the Time Cage, directly reversing time in this Star Sea Domain, and the Primordial One who had escaped returned to his original position.
"Senior Taichu, don't run away. Obediently accepting death is your only destiny."
Xu Chen's leisurely voice resounded throughout this starry sea.
"Kid, you don't think I don't have a backup plan, do you? You really think you can kill me?"
"Think carefully. If you destroy my physical body, then I will fight the human race to the death."
Tai Chu, who looked like an old human, gave up on escaping and sat cross-legged in the void.
At this moment, Taiheng behind him took control of the body.
"Young friend, you see, I have never had any grudge against your human race. The ones who have a grudge are these two. After you kill these two, how about you return their bodies to me?"
"At that time, I, Taiheng, will owe you humans a great debt of karma."
The old man transformed into a middle-aged man, and a smile appeared on Taiheng's face.
"They all have to die!" Xu Chen's tone left no room for doubt, freezing the smile on Tai Heng's face.
At that moment, the middle-aged man transformed into a young man.
"I currently possess a top-tier innate treasure and three high-grade innate treasure embryos. I will give them all to you. Will this resolve our grievances?" Taishang's voice rang out.
"Senior should be the Supreme One, stronger than those two. When I kill you, I will spare the three of you some pain out of respect for you." Xu Chen said, once again activating the Great Dao of Life.
The immense power of the Great Dao of Life descended upon Tai Shang, helping him recover from his injuries more quickly.
"Why are you so stubborn! I only took action to vent my anger, destroying a few branches of your human race, and then I'll just resurrect them."
"If you kill me, then that would be a real grudge. In that case, your human race will have to be on guard against me at all times."
The boy turned into an old man, and the voice of the beginning resounded.
“I had anticipated what you were saying, senior.”
Xu Chen lightly rubbed the blade of Time with two fingers, and streams of time power condensed around Xu Chen to form a small cycle. Within this small cycle, myriad paths operated, forming a self-contained whole.
"Then let's go. Although your combat strength is unfathomable, the gap between the Invincible Saint Venerable Realm and the Great Dao is like heaven and earth. Let's see who wins then."
Xu Chen remained silent, and the power of the Great Dao of Life in this Star Sea surged even more violently.
"In that case..."
Tai Chu gently raised his hand, and Xu Qinhu's true spirit was held in his hand.
“I remember you were quite fond of your eldest son. Although I cannot escape this prison of time, I am confident that I can send your eldest son’s true spirit to the border and let the demons devour it.”
"At that time, no matter how profound your understanding of the Great Dao of Time may be, you will not be able to revive him."
"With your eldest son's true spirit, plus those innate treasures you just mentioned, how about settling our score?"
Tai Chu sensed the time cage that sealed off this star sea area. Although it was just a cage, it made him feel endless killing intent.
"Senior, stop struggling. After you die, everything you have will be mine."
"As for my eldest son's true spirit, you don't need to worry about it. Even if you are in the mouth of the alien demon, I have a way to reverse it." Xu Chen said expressionlessly, his killing intent permeating the entire star sea even stronger.
After hearing Xu Chen's response, Tai Chu remained silent for a long time before finally uttering a single sentence with a sigh.
"You can't kill me! The realm beyond the Great Dao is beyond your imagination."
"My plan over these endless epochs has amassed countless spiritual treasures across this vast star sea, suppressed my own cultivation level, and nurtured the main realm of all races."
Even so, I still need to merge with my brother in the end in order to advance to the Great Dao.
"All of these efforts will eventually allow me to reach this level."
"Do you think my efforts over countless epochs are less effective than the methods of a little guy like you who's billions of years old?!"
"You have a great karmic connection behind you, the resources for those even stronger paths. If you kill me, you will obliterate me into dust, never to be reborn."
"Then I can only wait until you are qualified to become the resources for those beings before I am devoured."
"When I revive, then you humans..."
The voice of the beginning grew increasingly violent, filled with regret, resentment, and a trace of fear.
Xu Chen remained silent, gently stroking the Blade of Time, quietly waiting for the Primordial Chaos to recover.
"Your human race was born in the main realm of all races, and was born out of my mercy. When your human race was weak, you still had a sliver of potential."
"It is because I pity you humans that I have the right to be used as provisions."
"If your human race had perished in the desolate main realm of all races at the very beginning of the birth of the Human Emperor, there would be no one today."
The roar of the primordial chaos echoed throughout the starry sea.
"And your ridiculous plan, which is to use the power of several generations of human emperors and the weak and pitiful origin of the human race to create an invincible Saint Venerable Realm expert."
"Your plans, which you think can defy fate, are nothing more than clowns and monkeys that can only perform tricks in my eyes."
"If it weren't for you, the human race would have been wiped out long ago. After all, the bodies of the first to eighth Human Emperors still have some energy."
"If it weren't for you, my plan could have been even more perfect!"
The sound of the Primordial Chaos breaking through the defenses filled Xu Chen with a sense of satisfaction.
"Senior, have you ever heard the saying, 'No amount of scheming can change the inevitable fate of heaven'?"
"I advise you to enjoy the present moment, senior, after all, time is running out." Xu Chen said calmly, his gaze as if he were looking at a lamb to the slaughter.
"Kid, you need to know that in the long history of this Star Sea, strength alone is not enough to guarantee victory in the end."
"You can't kill me, but after you die, humanity will surely face a tragic end!"
As Tai Chu spoke, a pill appeared in his hand, which he put into his mouth and swallowed.
"If we can't reach an agreement, then let's fight!"
Tai Chu recovered from his injuries as quickly as possible.
Nine top-grade innate treasures, the most powerful innate treasures of both realms, appeared in this star sea, radiating magnificent power of the Great Dao.
Xu Chen, who was sitting cross-legged in the Star Sea Domain, slowly stood up, the Time Blade in his hand radiating strange light.
A deafening roar from a higher dimension completely severed this starry sea from the outside world, making it independent.
"Kid, let me see what tricks you have up your sleeve that make me feel threatened with death."
A celestial mirror, lying across the starry sea, suddenly emitted a beam of golden light that swept across Xu Chen, instantly reducing him to ashes.
With the blessing of a top-grade innate treasure from a powerful expert on the Great Dao, Xu Chen was defeated in a single blow.
Tai Chu merely frowned slightly upon seeing this scene.
Footsteps echoed from the depths of the void, and Xu Chen stepped out from there.
"As expected of a powerful figure above the Great Dao, his might and strength are more than a thousand times greater than mine."
Just as Xu Chen finished speaking, a massive, all-encompassing hand suddenly emerged from the void and shattered him once again.
But this time, a blade of light containing a power that the Primordial Era could not comprehend slashed towards him.
"I command, all paths to enlightenment."
"I command, Time Severs the Path."
“I command, the Great Void of the previous year.”
"I command, the Great Way follows the will."
The body of the Great Dao transformed into a ten-thousand-foot-tall form, wielding the Blade of Time as it burst forth from the void.
The aura emanating from him caused Tai Chu's mind to tremble violently.
"Is this all the methods you've used?!"
The myriad stars transformed into a giant that seemed to carry a vast starry sea on its back, even more magnificent than Xu Chen's true form.
"Die!"
A supreme innate treasure, a giant club, appeared in the hands of the Star Giant, carrying the might of ten thousand paths, and smashed towards Xu Chen's true body of the Great Dao.
"Come on, let's fight in close combat. I've never been afraid of anyone!" Xu Chen swung his sword diagonally.
As the swords and clubs clashed, a terrifying power spread outwards.
The myriad forces carried by that strike directly shattered nearly half of Xu Chen's origin.
The power of the Great Dao of Time, which was attached to Xu Chen's slash, also seeped into his body.
The second blow came, and Xu Chen tried to parry with his sword, but his own essence was controlled by the power of the myriad paths, and he couldn't react in time. His body collapsed once again.
In the instant of collapse, Xu Chen's Dao body emerged from the void again to continue the battle.
The power of the Great Dao of Time, which was unstoppable in the beginning, seeped into his body little by little, slowly growing stronger.
During the battle, Tai Chu tried every method he could think of, but he was unable to expel the power of time from his body.
At this moment, Xu Chen's Dream Realm descended upon the Star Sea Domain, slowly blurring the battlefield.
"I sensed long ago that you had a great opportunity, but I didn't touch you then so as not to disrupt the overall situation."
Looking back now, I truly regret it.
Accompanied by the voice of the Primordial One, the giant club in his hand transformed into a giant hammer and smashed down on Xu Chen once again.
'boom!!'
Xu Chen swung his sword but only managed to block one hammer blow before his body collapsed once more.
However, Xu Chen had anticipated this scene. He deliberately dissipated his body and revived from the River of Time, stepping out of the void to fight against the Primordial Beginning.
As the battle progressed, the power of time within Taichu increased.
After fighting for over 300 years, the power of time accumulated within Tai Chu exploded.
Tai Chu, whose strength had always been at its peak, suddenly had a portion of the power he derived from the Great Dao sealed away.
The battle continues, and Xu Chen keeps resurrecting.
However, compared to the previous battles, Xu Chen was much more composed in this situation.
"Xu Chen, you're disgusting, you're fucking disgusting!"
"This power of time, truly..."
The primordial voice of rage echoed throughout the starry sea.
"What's even more disgusting is yet to come!"
"Enjoy yourself, senior!"
Xu Chen's voice was dreamlike and ethereal, making the Dream Realm even more integrated with this starry sea. (End of Chapter)