Su Chen annihilated the Netherworld.

After consecutively battling five Great Emperor remnant souls and decisively slaying a sublimated Supreme, he shook countless living beings to their core. After fighting so many opponents at the same level, he had also suffered heavy injuries. He merely concealed his aura, preventing the Supremes from daring to attack. One by one, his old friends were once again sealed inside the divine source.

Su Chen began to slowly recover from his wounds. The world once again entered the Dharma-Ending Age. The starry sky withered, and Saints became nearly impossible to find. In this era, even a Great Emperor had become a legend. Yet Su Chen's strength did not weaken after destroying the Netherworld. Instead, it grew even stronger.

During this time, the forbidden zones did not dare to invade. The myriad races of heaven and earth revered the Myriad Laws Emperor Court above all.

Seven thousand years passed.

Su Chen's strength reached a peak. He began to explore the deepest and most hidden places in the universe, uncovering many secrets that had never been known before. He had set foot in many extremely terrifying locations and encountered horrifying creatures, which he slew and refined into various treasures. A Great Emperor at his peak was unmatched by any living being.

Su Chen returned to the Ye Family.

"Little Chen… I may not be able to accompany you any further."

Ye Liuli had lived out her third life. But she ultimately failed to live out a fourth. Her face had grown old and wrinkled, her hair white as snow. Yet she still retained the peerless elegance of her past.

Time flowed on, and the years turned.

Heaven and earth raged in fury.

Su Chen directly intervened in the long river of time, using the power of the Flying Immortal to reverse the flow of light and years.

Ye Liuli's appearance began to change. Her white hair turned back into black silk, and her aged face gradually regained its youthful radiance.

She smiled brightly.

Life continued to slip away.

Su Chen could reverse time and restore Ye Liuli's ageless beauty. But he could not reverse her life and death.

Endless heavenly punishment descended, enough to destroy any living being. Quasi-Emperors perished and Supremes bled, yet none of it could inflict even the slightest injury on Su Chen.

Su Chen did not stop.

The heavenly punishment grew increasingly terrifying. Countless threads of karma intertwined, erasing Su Chen's Dao. Even a powerful Great Emperor could not defy time or reverse life and death.

Looking at the woman before him, whose eyes had already closed peacefully like an exquisite sleeping beauty, Su Chen forged a coffin from heavenly gold and laid her to rest inside it. He finally understood why so many Supremes throughout history had willingly severed themselves with a single slash and retreated into the forbidden zones. It was because of unwillingness. Even with invincible strength, what did it matter? Could they reverse life and death? Could they change the past?

They could not. That was why they sought transcendence.

Su Chen's goal also became transcendence. He wanted to transcend this heaven and earth, to grow strong enough to reverse life and death and alter everything with a single thought.

He knew. In this world, becoming a Great Emperor was not the end. On the path of cultivation, there would always be such means.

In the eightieth thousandth year.

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Su Chen had gradually begun to decline. The myriad races of the starry sky all knew the supreme who had been invincible for eighty thousand years had finally grown old. More and more heavenly geniuses rose into the world.

Su Chen began to pay attention to everything. After his death, the Supremes would not let things rest. In this life, he had offended far too many of them. He needed to select an unrivaled successor to protect all living beings.

The Emperor Path opened once more. Increasing numbers of heavenly geniuses stepped onto the Emperor Path again, full of vigor and ambition.

Unfortunately, the Emperor Path was cruel. On this road, only one person was destined to attain the Dao.

Su Chen even saw some familiar faces. They had re-emerged and begun to fight for the Emperor Path, hoping to prove their Dao and become Emperor in this life.

The Myriad Laws Emperor Court also produced unparalleled geniuses.

Su Chen watched quietly as countless heavenly geniuses competed with brutal ferocity. He had no intention of intervening. Whether a human or a member of another race became Emperor made no difference to him.

Only the strongest deserved to become Emperor. Even the offspring of a Great Emperor would not receive any special protection or interference in their growth.

"In the end, I still could not live out a second life…"

Su Chen gave a bitter smile. He had searched every major forbidden ground but failed to find any immortal divine medicine. He had comprehended the Myriad Laws Emperor Scripture to its limit, yet he had still reached the end of the road and could not advance any further.

It was not due to a lack of talent. His comprehension could not open a second path. The Myriad Laws Emperor Scripture had ultimately stopped at the final step.

"Myriad Laws Great Emperor, why not sever yourself with a single slash and join us? Together we can seek the path of transcendence. It would be far better than gradually fading away and returning to heaven and earth."

A Supreme from a forbidden zone spoke toward the Myriad Laws Emperor Court.

The world was shocked. A forbidden zone Supreme was actually calling out to a Great Emperor in his later years, inviting him to join the forbidden zones and pursue the path of longevity!

For nearly a million years, no Great Emperor had been willing to retreat into the forbidden zones. Yet the Supremes still remembered from ancient history the terrifying consequences when a Great Emperor in his twilight years chose to do so.

A powerful aura slashed toward the forbidden zone. From within the Myriad Laws Emperor Court came an aged yet still domineering voice.

"Transcend heaven and earth? With just the likes of you? How laughable. In the end, all your obsessions are nothing but a fleeting dream that turns to nothing."

Su Chen gazed toward the distant beings in the forbidden zones. If any of them dared to step out, he would slay them in an instant.

The forbidden zones erupted in fury.

"Myriad Laws, after you die, I will slaughter every last one of your descendants and wipe out all the forces behind you!"

A powerful Supreme inside the forbidden zone roared.

Su Chen sneered.

The current foundation of the Myriad Laws Emperor Court would require at least two powerful Supremes to reach the limit of sublimation before they had any chance of breaking through. But… would those Supremes be willing to sacrifice themselves and fight him to the death?

Su Chen did not think so.

After living through one era after another, even those forbidden zone Supremes—who had once been unrivaled in their time—had been worn down by the passage of time. Their hearts had long been smoothed away, and they had forgotten their original aspirations. In Su Chen's eyes, they were merely puppets driven by delusion, forced to cling to life across endless ages.

The Invincible Great Emperor had chosen to charge out of the universe for one final battle, all in pursuit of transcendence, simply because he refused to lose himself and become such a puppet.

Su Chen neither charged out of the universe nor chose to bury himself in a forbidden zone. He built an Emperor Tomb. In the next life, perhaps he would come to this Emperor Tomb and claim his own inheritance.

The one hundred thousandth year.

The Emperor Path had grown desolate. All living beings knew that the Great Emperor could no longer hold on. He was about to bury himself within the Emperor Tomb.

One day, the myriad Daos wailed in sorrow. The final reserves that had been sealed inside the divine source over the years emerged one after another.

In the Heavenly Profound Domain, within the Nine Suns Emperor Palace.

An old man emerged and gazed toward the depths of the distant starry sky.

"He is gone… This era is finally moving toward a new beginning."

Wang Yunfei felt a deep sadness in his heart. The Dao of heaven and earth was retreating. That supreme expert who had suppressed the world for a hundred thousand years… had died. And he himself had reached the end of his years. He would eventually be buried together with this era.

In the Azure Nether Dao Domain.

A graceful figure also sent a silent farewell toward the distance.

"If I cannot attain the Dao… I should at least leave something behind for all living beings…"

From the Myriad Laws Emperor Court and the Ye Family, figures walked out of the divine source one by one. Emperor Weapons rose into the sky, illuminating the universe.

"We respectfully send off the Great Emperor!"

Across every corner of the universe, regardless of race or origin, all beings turned toward the distance at this moment and offered their farewell.

"We respectfully send off the Great Emperor!"

In the distant starry sky, a figure that could not be clearly seen stepped into the Emperor Tomb.

As the Emperor Tomb slowly closed.

"Eternal Light Supreme… you have finally emerged!"