Chapter 1670: Extinction of the Emperor

Twenty years ago, when Yun Che first met Jasmine and obtained the Heretic God Profound Veins, she informed him that the veins comprised seven stages, each corresponding to a level of the Heretic God Art. He could activate any stage at will, simply by focusing his thoughts. However, she warned that if his own power was insufficient to bear the corresponding force, he risked severe injury or even death by implosion.

In truth, he was only able to activate up to the fifth stage. This was a limitation set by the Heretic God, representing the absolute maximum a human body could endure. Beyond the fifth stage, only a divine physique could withstand the power; a mortal attempting to do so would surely be annihilated. Given that gods and devils were extinct and their aura in the world was progressively weakening, it was believed impossible for new gods to emerge.

However, before the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor departed from the Primal Chaos, she lifted this restriction for Yun Che. As the Heretic God Art, also known as the Divine-Devil Forbidden Tome, was co-created by her and the Heretic God, it was naturally effortless for her to remove the limitation. The Heretic God, in leaving his legacy, likely never envisioned a successor capable of wielding the Heretic God Art beyond its fifth level. The sealing of the sixth and seventh stages was, in essence, a protective measure for any inheritor.

Yet, Jie Yuan, having genuinely met Yun Che, personally lifted the restriction specifically left by the Heretic God Ni Xuan, for reasons unknown. Even Jie Yuan, however, might not have anticipated that Yun Che would activate these power stages, which represented an absolute taboo in the current world, so swiftly.

The instant "God Ash" was activated, Yun Che's vision and consciousness were engulfed in a blood-red haze, as if he had plunged into purgatory. Throughout his entire body, endless magma seemed to churn, and boundless storms raged.

Before him stood the Burning Moon God Emperor, his body grotesquely contorted. The Burning Moon Main Hall lay shattered, and the twelve Eclipse Moon Messengers were flung backward, bleeding profusely, yet the Burning Moon God Emperor remained rooted to his spot. It wasn't that his God Emperor power was strong enough to completely withstand Yun Che's sudden burst of power; rather, he was utterly unable to move.

An immense pressure, so profound it shattered his perception and scattered his soul, bore down relentlessly upon him. Under this oppressive force, he felt as if the entire world was mercilessly crushing him. Not a single part of his body, from his head to his limbs, his internal organs, or even his fingertips, could move a fraction of an inch. Escape was entirely out of the question. All he could do was tremble violently and uncontrollably.

He was the Burning Moon God Emperor! The paramount existence of his era, a God Emperor wielding the strongest power! Yet, in this very moment, he distinctly felt his will and convictions fracturing into countless fissures…

"You… you…" He strained to open his mouth, but all he heard was the chattering of his teeth. He desperately willed his God Emperor power to surge, but the moment it did, it was utterly suppressed, unable to release even a single iota.

Yun Che's perception of his own body completely transformed, and his perception of the world was utterly revolutionized. The once vast and boundless world now suddenly appeared so frail, so insignificant. The mighty Burning Moon God Emperor, in his sight, appeared as pitifully small as an insect that could be effortlessly crushed. His divine sense pierced through the Royal City and the Burning Moon Realm, encompassing the entire starfield. The whole world trembled under his current power. Even the quivering of the Heavenly Dao and the roar of heavenly thunder carried an undertone of pitiful deference.

The divine star radiance on his body shone even more intensely, and more desperately. At this moment, Yun Che’s arm slowly lifted… His body, stained with blood, and his long, crimson hair fluttered wildly. The moment his arm lifted, the distant sky rapidly fractured into countless blood-red fissures.

Boom!!

The twelve Eclipse Moon Messengers crashed to the ground. In the trembling world, they lifted their eyes, and through their distorted vision, they witnessed an ancient devil god, bathed in blood, manifest before them!

The Heaven Poison Star Radiance shattered… extinguished forever!

"Die…!!" Yun Che's voice had become the true roar of a devil god. His arm swung down towards the Burning Moon God Emperor… where his five fingers passed, space completely shattered.

The Burning Moon God Emperor remained utterly motionless… his pupils fracturing with countless desperate, blood-red cracks. Beyond the limits of humanity lay the power of the divine realm. Generations of ancestors spent their entire lives, sparing no effort to pursue and crave this power, yet none ever succeeded. He saw it, felt it, and it was within his grasp. Yet, what surged through his entire being and soul was not excitement, but an overwhelming sense of insignificance and terror!

"My… King… flee… now!!" An incomparably hoarse and desperate roar, each word tearing at his throat.

The divine pressure was entirely focused on the Burning Moon God Emperor alone. Although the Eclipse Moon Messengers and Burning Moon God Envoys were not directly targeted, they were still so terrified that their minds reeled, barely able to perceive their own consciousness or bodies… Only one aged figure desperately charged forward, scattering blood as he lunged towards the despairing Burning Moon God Emperor, who was on the verge of collapse.

Fen Daozang!

Under the power of the divine realm, the fragile space continuously twisted, layered, collapsed, and shattered. The rapidly shattering space, like countless sharp blades, pierced and tore through Fen Daozang's God Master body, flinging large amounts of blood, flesh, and bone fragments with every passing moment. Yet, he showed no hesitation or retreat. From between his outstretched fingers, a point of dark light shot forth, rapidly expanding in the air.

This was a crescent-shaped black jade, known as the Forbidden Moon Disk, the Burning Moon Realm's most powerful protective demonic artifact. Under Yun Che's terrifying divine aura, the Forbidden Moon Disk's demonic light, though incredibly dim, still shone silently. As Yun Che's arm descended, it barely managed to block the attack in front of the Burning Moon God Emperor.

The immense Burning Moon Realm violently shook in that instant. Countless buildings and ruins collapsed and fractured, and cracks rapidly spread outward from the Burning Moon Royal City, extending for thousands of miles. Before he could utter a single scream, Fen Daozang's body was severed at the waist, and in the next instant, it disintegrated into dust, returning to nothingness. The Burning Moon Realm's strongest Eclipse Moon Messenger, a Level Nine God Master, possessing the most indestructible God Master body in the current world… under Yun Che's power, he was like a fragile bubble, utterly destroyed without leaving a single trace.

A colossal roar shook the heavens, and the Forbidden Moon Disk's light completely extinguished… This ancient demonic relic, which no power in the current world could destroy, instantly shattered amidst the colossal impact, breaking into several pieces that scattered with their last faint remnants of light. Simultaneously, a scream filled with endless pain and despair echoed across the entire Burning Moon Royal City.

The mighty Burning Moon God Emperor was like a blood bag suddenly bursting, exploding into a shower of crimson spray that plummeted towards the churning, collapsing royal city grounds. Following the Heaven Poison Star Radiance, the Heaven Origin Star Radiance was also completely annihilated. Only the divine star radiance of Tiangang and Tiankui still shone desperately on Yun Che, supporting him and resisting the backlash of true god power.

Thud!!

The Burning Moon God Emperor crashed heavily to the ground, enveloped in a mist of blood… Yet, his life force had not vanished. Fen Daozang's sacrificial intervention and the Forbidden Moon Disk's self-destructive defense had indeed blocked Yun Che's divine power for him, leaving only residual shockwaves to strike him. His life unextinguished, and now free from Yun Che's suppressive aura, the God Emperor's power surged. The Burning Moon God Emperor abruptly scrambled to his feet and frantically fled into the distance. His body was covered in blood, riddled with wounds, and his left arm was severed below the elbow. Yet, his speed nearly surpassed his lifetime's peak. He felt no pain, nor did he care for dignity; in all his beliefs and will, there was only fear, despair, and… escape! Like a maddened dog, utterly broken.

But Yun Che's blood-red gaze never left him, not even for an instant. His crimson hair continued to flutter wildly. His feet remained still, only his arm slowly lifted. Before his palm, the Heaven Smiting Devil Emperor Sword, manifested by You'er, appeared. Wrapped around the sword's blade was a black light so profound and dense it defied all description. The instant it appeared, all light in heaven and earth was extinguished.

Yun Che's finger rested on the hilt, then gently pushed. The Tiangang Divine Radiance was permanently annihilated. The last remaining Tiankui Divine Radiance had also become exceptionally weak. And the world, at this moment, eerily froze.

The trembling of the earth and space ceased, the Burning Moon God Emperor's frantic sprint halted, and all sounds vanished. In everyone's sight, only a single black fissure cleaved through the world, piercing directly through the Burning Moon God Emperor's body before embedding itself in the ground before him.

Suddenly, the world unfroze from its eerie stillness, yet it was utterly transformed… Darkness rapidly receded, and deafening sounds once again assailed their hearing. However, the trembling of the earth, sky, and space had ceased. The oppressive aura that had filled them with trembling despair and near-suffocation vanished abruptly, like a storm swallowed by the void, leaving no trace. It was as if they had entered a completely different world, or suddenly awakened from an absurd nightmare.

Yun Che's figure remained rooted to his spot, not moving an inch from beginning to end. But where he had stood in the Burning Moon Main Hall, his surroundings had transformed into an incredibly terrifying void… Beneath his feet lay a pitch-black abyss, its depths unfathomable even to spiritual perception. The terrifying aura emanating from him vanished, and his wild, crimson hair reverted to black, slowly falling. His entire body was covered in blood, and strings of blood drops slowly dripped from him, plummeting into the bottomless abyss below.

*Flicker…* The already feeble Tiankui Divine Radiance extinguished completely at this moment, never to shine again. And from this day forward, the four Star Gods—Tiankui, Tianyuan, Tiangang, and Tiandu—whose prestige spanned the history of the God Realm, standing at the pinnacle of the profound way, and revered by countless profound practitioners… would be permanently extinct.

The Burning Moon God Emperor also froze in place, his body still maintaining the posture of a desperate escape, utterly motionless. Even his pupils had ceased trembling and shrinking.

"Lord… Your Majesty?" Fen Daoqi was the first to speak. Even though the terrifying might had vanished, his entire body remained limp, and he could barely lift his arm.

"Father… King…" The voices of the imperial princes and princesses were not only weak but still trembled. They tried to stand, but their limbs utterly refused to obey. Though it lasted only an extremely brief two breaths, they had experienced fear and despair that shattered their will and convictions in an instant. Even as God Masters, it would be incredibly difficult to recover quickly… perhaps even leaving a nightmarish shadow they could never escape.

The Burning Moon God Emperor stared blankly ahead. He could hear the shouts in his ears, yet he could neither respond nor turn his head. In that moment, he suddenly felt no fear; he could not even perceive his own existence. Within his heart and soul, only the last trace of thought lingered…

*Why…**Kill… me…*

A wisp of light breeze drifted past. The Burning Moon God Emperor's body disintegrated in the gentle breeze, scattering into countless tiny specks of dust that vanished into the heavens and earth with the wandering wind.

Fen Daojun—another God Emperor to fall, after Yue Wuya, who perished at the hands of the Evil Infant. But at least, before his demise, Yue Wuya had fought a deathmatch against the Evil Infant, leaving behind his power and last wishes intact. Despite his tragic death, he lost none of his God Emperor might, nor did he fail to uphold his majestic God Emperor bearing. As for Fen Daojun… he offered not a single struggle, nor left a single word as a dying wish. Under the power of a true god, he was like an insect casually crushed, dying pitifully and insignificantly.

The Burning Moon cultivators, who had just managed to prop themselves up, collapsed once more. They watched wide-eyed as the Burning Moon God Emperor disintegrated into rapidly scattering dust, their minds utterly blank.

With one palm strike, Fen Daozang died, and the Forbidden Moon Disk shattered. With one sword strike… the Burning Moon God Emperor was annihilated.

That was the Burning Moon God Emperor! A God Emperor who symbolized the strongest existence in this world, an entity almost impossible for any force to destroy!

What an absurd nightmare…It was too absurd!