What is an immortal?

Chapter 1096 - 1060: Shedding the Golden Cicada Shell (Part 2)

"Relying on powerful defenses?" Yuan Ming chuckled softly, forming hand seals with both hands again.

The muscles on his back rippled, growing four sturdy arms.

The Undying Body has the ability to transform the physical body, and naturally, so does the Supreme Immortal Body.

Except for the hand holding the Soul Destroying Sword, the other five hands grasped at the void, each palm manifesting a cluster of Golden Light.

These Golden Lights condensed into five massive golden mace weapons, shimmering with a golden halo, appearing extremely heavy, containing the Golden Emperor True Intent within.

Yuan Ming took a step forward, vanishing into thin air.

At this moment, the Yan Emperor had just steadied himself, seeing this scene, his expression changed, his feet flashed with Blood Light, and he disappeared into thin air, rapidly moving sideways.

Boom!

Five streaks of Golden Light descended, striking the spot where the Yan Emperor had just stood, shattering the void completely, with massive space cracks spreading in all directions.

An expression of horror flashed in the Yan Emperor's eyes.

The space within the Chaos Spiritual Domain is extremely sturdy, and even with his full strength, he could barely breach it. Yet, the space within the Chaos Spiritual Domain was like paper-mache in front of Yuan Ming.

"Damn it, the power of the Supreme Immortal Body is too astonishing, even the Guardian Immortal Light can't withstand it a few times!"

Amidst these thoughts, the Yan Emperor's figure flickered and disappeared, escaping into the space crack, dodging far away.

Seeing this, Yuan Ming wordlessly entered the Void Turbulence, using Vertical Earth Golden Light to relentlessly pursue.

Both engaged in a chase; Yuan Ming's speed was superior, finally catching up to the Yan Emperor, the five maces imbued with Endless power struck his body.

The Yan Emperor was once more sent flying, the Supreme Guardian Immortal Light fluctuated violently, dimming significantly.

Yuan Ming raised an eyebrow; the Yan Emperor's Guardian Immortal Light was indeed formidable, able to withstand his attacks.

Taking advantage of the Yan Emperor's unstable stance, he hastily accelerated his pursuit, the maces striking the Yan Emperor a second time.

The Yan Emperor's body was again sent flying, the Supreme Guardian Immortal Light dimmed to an extreme, leaving only a thin layer.

"Soul Destruction Slash!" Yuan Ming shouted as he swung the Soul Destroying Sword through the air.

A massive Sword Qi spanning the Spiritual Domain slashed at the Yan Emperor.

The Yan Emperor's Supreme Guardian Immortal Light could no longer hold, shattering apart.

Yuan Ming formed another seal, gathering the remaining Soul Destroying Sword Energy after breaking the Guardian Immortal Light, sweeping it across the Yan Emperor's neck.

The Yan Emperor's head rolled down, his body falling to the ground.

"Finally dead, this Yan Emperor was truly hard to kill!" The Soul Destroying Sword Spirit appeared, breathing a sigh of relief.

Yuan Ming flashed beside the Yan Emperor's corpse, releasing his Divine Sense with a puzzled look, carefully inspecting the Yan Emperor's body, confirming his demise, with the souls in his Sea of Consciousness all annihilated.

But could the Yan Emperor's plots truly end here?

"Something's wrong, there's not a trace of Divine Communication Seal, Mana, Divine Soul, or Qi-Blood Power within this body, all vanished. Cultivators wouldn't lose their Mana so quickly upon dying, looks like some method was used to escape." Yuan Ming quickly sensed something amiss.

He closed his eyes, forming seals with both hands.

This was a Divination Divine Skill he plundered from the Red Flower Ghost Mother, capable of calculating a person's life and death.

Soon, Yuan Ming had his answer; the Yan Emperor indeed hadn't fallen.

He swept up Liu Tianming's corpse, a surge of Chaotic Power emerged from his palm, becoming Chaos Light Strands, sewing Liu Tianming's head back onto his body, quickly healing.

Yuan Ming flipped his hand, releasing the Residual Soul, inserting it into Liu Tianming's Sea of Consciousness.

Simultaneously, a black-and-white Round Mirror appeared before him, which was the life-and-death mirror, a Tao Divine Ability of his Soul Cultivation.

A white light shot from the mirror, enveloping Liu Tianming's body.

Liu Tianming's Residual Soul rapidly grew, quickly developing into a complete Divine Soul, merging with the body, and the once-stopped heart resumed beating, with life force reappearing on the corpse.

A hint of gratification flashed in Yuan Ming's eyes, yet without waiting for Liu Tianming to awaken, he stored him into the Stealing Heaven Tripod, and then exited the Void Turbulence, stepping outside.

In their recent chase, unaware of how far they ran, the Returning Ruins was completely out of sight now.

Yuan Ming spread his Divine Sense, searching for the Yan Emperor, to no avail.

He entered the Stealing Heaven Tripod Space, approaching the gray statue, directly inquiring about the Yan Emperor's whereabouts.

"Ten thousand Vow Power Pills!" The gray statue replied directly with its demand.

Yuan Ming's eyes flickered; just to inquire about whereabouts, it demanded so many Vow Power Pills, indicating this matter involved significant karmic entanglements.

For this grand battle, he had already distributed most of his Vow Power Pills, leaving him with just over ten thousand now.

Even so, he didn't hesitate to produce ten thousand Vow Power Pills.

The gray statue accepted the Vow Power Pills, opened its mouth to spit out a gray talisman, landing in Yuan Ming's hand.

Yuan Ming grasped the talisman, leaving the Stealing Heaven Tripod, returning outside.

A gray arrow appeared on the talisman, pointing towards the direction of the Returning Ruins.

Yuan Ming's figure flickered, disappearing without a trace in a light breeze.

...

At this moment, at the Returning Ruins, the Chuyun Realm and the Demon World were battling once more.

Several Mahayana cultivators from the Demon World had been slain by Yuan Ming, leaving just over ten now, still outnumbering the Chuyun Realm.

As for ordinary cultivators below Mahayana, the Demon World also had more.

However, facing a critical moment of life and death, those in the Chuyun Realm fought desperately, further boosted by Yuan Ming's appearance, the morale surged, creating a stalemate with the Demon World for the time being.

In mid-air, a flash of Golden Light, Yuan Ming's figure appeared.

Seeing Yuan Ming appear, the Mahayana cultivators from the Demon World were filled with dread, their faces turned pale as paper.

They had just witnessed Yuan Ming and the Yan Emperor enter the Spiritual Domain; now that Yuan Ming alone returned, could it be that the Yan Emperor was killed?

In contrast, the people from Chuyun Realm fought with immense joy.

Yuan Ming's gaze followed the direction of the arrow, his eyebrow arched; two cultivators were locked in combat there, surprisingly, they were Xi Ying and the Reincarnation Demon Lord.

Yuan Ming was astonished as he thought, is it possible that the Yan Emperor has taken over the Reincarnation Demon Lord?

He had just used his Divine Sense to scan everyone present, including the Reincarnation Demon Lord, and found nothing of the Yan Emperor.

Yet, he trusted the judgment of the gray statue, his figure flickered and disappeared.

The Reincarnation Demon Lord couldn't react to what was happening before a surge of Blood Mist emerged from his body, transforming into a long streak of crimson light, darting away into the distance.

Deploying the Spiritual Domain required time, even for the current Yuan Ming; it was the same. The Reincarnation Demon Lord's body suddenly swelled up.

With a loud explosion!

The blood mist from the Reincarnation Demon Lord vanished suddenly, who had unleashed the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique in fury.

The Reincarnation Demon Lord's whole body exploded, shattering the space for hundreds of feet around, creating a breach in the Chaos Spiritual Domain.

A cluster of Divine Soul shadows hovered deep within the Reincarnation Demon Lord's Sea of Consciousness, precisely the Yan Emperor, Mountain Emperor, and Star Emperor.

Just as they had done with Liu Tianming, the three demons used the Heavenly Demon Confusion Divine Ability to suppress the Reincarnation Demon Lord's Divine Soul.

Without any hesitation, the Reincarnation Demon Lord's form erupted in a burst, and in a tremendous bang!

The body of the Reincarnation Demon Lord exploded, shattering several hundred feet of the surrounding space, and creating a breach in the Chaos Spiritual Domain.

Not wasting any words, the ghostly Divine Soul of the Yan Emperor, Mountain Emperor, and Star Emperor made a quick escape through a distant spatial passage.