Chapter 986 - Grand Emperor Descends

Hearing Xu Zimo’s words, some people’s expressions changed slightly.

Someone even shouted loudly: “Everyone, don’t be afraid. There are so many of us, if we all attack him together, that’s more than enough to kill him.”

The moment that voice fell, Xu Zimo simply turned his head and glanced.

There was a loud “boom,” and that person’s body exploded on the spot.

Instant explosion.

Xu Zimo turned his head again, but not a single person dared to meet his gaze.

His eyes finally landed on Baili Xiao.

“I’d like to ask you about how you’re feeling right now,” Xu Zimo said with a smile.

“You…” Baili Xiao opened her mouth slightly, but when the words reached her lips, she didn’t know what to say.

“Are you wondering why I didn’t kill you?” Xu Zimo stepped forward one step at a time.

Baili Xiao nodded slightly.

“Because from the very beginning, we were never on the same level,” Xu Zimo grabbed her throat with one hand, lifting her into the air.

Their eyes locked.

“You always mocked me, telling me to accept fate, saying my end was only destruction. But you never realized, you are nothing more than someone else’s pawn.”

Xu Zimo shook his head with a laugh, then flung Baili Xiao’s body away, and once again walked forward step by step.

“In this great era, storms rise, all kinds of geniuses climb the stage. You sing your part, then I come on. For others, those contending geniuses represent the future, the hope of a new generation. But for me, including you, all of you are nothing but clowns.” Xu Zimo said calmly: “From the moment I descended into this era, everything was already decided. It was never about destruction, it was about me ruling everything.”

Shadow Tyrant dragged behind him, bit by bit forward.

Xu Zimo walked to stand before Baili Xiao. She looked up at his figure.

At the moment he raised Shadow Tyrant, a beam of light suddenly shot from the distance.

Xu Zimo slashed down with one strike, directly shattering the beam of light.

But a figure already appeared before him, standing between him and Baili Xiao.

The Lord of Light, his whole body radiating brilliance, illuminating the world.

His blazing eyes stared at Xu Zimo.

“Please, stop,” he said.

“Long time no see,” Xu Zimo looked at him, smiling. “You want to stop me?”

“Isn’t it obvious?” The Lord of Light nodded slightly.

“From what I know of you, you shouldn’t be one of their lackeys,” Xu Zimo said.

“I don’t come for anyone else, only for the light in my heart,” the Lord of Light shook his head.

“Your light has already been broken, hasn’t it? That girl named Fox Immortal,” Xu Zimo said with a light laugh.

The Lord of Light’s expression froze for a moment, then returned to calm.

He said nothing.

“You also think I am the great devil who will destroy the world?” Xu Zimo retracted his smile, looking at him calmly.

“No, so-called destruction and salvation are inherently two sides of the same thing,” the Lord of Light shook his head. “I don’t know if you will destroy the world, but I know they are definitely not the ones to save it.”

“Then why do you stop me?” Xu Zimo asked.

“I am saving the world,” the Lord of Light shook his head. “If you start a war with these imperial lineages, the entire Primordial Heartlands will fall into chaos. The number of innocent people caught in the crossfire will be countless. So whether you destroy the world or not, I must stop you.”

“Good and evil don’t matter. What matters is the ending,” Xu Zimo chuckled. “I think I understand your light now. For the sake of this great era, even if sacrifice of good is required, it doesn’t matter. As long as the world remains stable, the nation prospers, and the people live in peace, am I right?”

The Lord of Light’s eyes remained calm, saying nothing, as his radiance grew ever brighter.

“You think you can stop me?” Xu Zimo asked.

“With my broken body of light, I will burn everything if I have to,” the Lord of Light replied.

“Meaningless,” Xu Zimo shook his head slightly.

His body was shrouded in infernal force. If not for their friendship in the past life, he would not have wasted so many words with the Lord of Light.

Compared to his tragic previous life, Xiao Dingtian was indeed one of his rare true friends.

He paid no heed to the Lord of Light, striding directly toward Baili Xiao.

His infernal force surged, reflecting with the sky’s towering demonic aura.

The Lord of Light wanted to stop Xu Zimo, but as soon as he moved, he felt himself locked by a terrifying force.

That pressure made his heart pound wildly.

It was a warning, as if the moment he dared to act, he would be crushed into dust.

All around, the imperial lineages and the supreme cultivators who had arrived encircled Xu Zimo in a large ring, but none dared to advance.

Xu Zimo walked past the Lord of Light just like that.

The Lord of Light never moved a muscle, but sweat faintly beaded on his forehead.

Even his radiance dimmed significantly.

“Now who can save you?” Xu Zimo stood before Baili Xiao.

He slowly raised Shadow Tyrant, the blade’s infernal force raging wildly.

As the curved blade slashed down with suffocating force, all eyes fixed upon it.

With a loud explosion, Xu Zimo’s body was blasted backward.

…

At this moment, high above in the heavens, the rolling infernal force was torn open with a fissure.

A brilliant light shone down from the sky.

Within that light, several glowing figures carried a sedan chair, emerging from the rift.

Vast immortal energy blanketed the world, imperial might soaring into the heavens, sweeping away all infernal force.

Endless streams of radiance flashed within the immortal aura.

Everyone looked up at the sedan chair, feeling its vastness and profundity.

A sense of being nothing more than ants rose within their hearts.

That sedan chair seemed to traverse the nine heavens and ten earths, journeying from the eight desolations and six directions.

At this moment, the heavens fell silent, as though all things were suppressed.

This boundless imperial might was not confined to Baili City. Even across the entire Primordial Heartlands, every living being could feel it.

People lifted their heads in shock, not knowing what had happened.

The Grand Emperor… had descended in person.

From within the endless refining radiance of the sedan chair came a reverberating female voice.

“She cannot die.”

The voice carried no doubt, no emotion, as though it was not spoken to you but issued as a command.

The figure inside the sedan chair could not be seen, profound and unfathomable, one’s gaze could not penetrate within.

“Empress Hongtian?” Xu Zimo looked at her with interest and asked.

“This matter ends here,” the voice from the sedan chair sounded again.

“Sorry, but today, even if not only you, Empress, descended in person, but all the Grand Emperors of the Outer Heavens, even if Old Villainous Heaven itself came, it would be useless,” Xu Zimo said calmly. “She must die. Those are my words.”

“Kill him. Each of you will receive one Nirvana Void Pill,” the presence within the sedan chair ignored Xu Zimo.

Instead, it addressed all the imperial lineages surrounding them.

The Nirvana Void Pill, this was the divine elixir that could allow one at the Zenith Immortal Realm to comprehend laws and step into half-step Nirvana Void.

Hearing this, everyone’s breathing quickened.

They all knew the one inside the sedan chair never lied, her word was law.