Chapter 1415: Slaying the Star Empress

When the Star Empress saw the white halo around the inner space, she already had her suspicions, but she had no means to verify them.

Previously, when she had forcibly seized the Seed of Life, she had clashed with the soul of the Ancient Tree of Life more than once.

However, the old man had never appeared before the Star Empress in his complete soul form.

He always believed that the one who could save the human civilization of the continent would eventually appear. Indeed, he finally awaited Xu Yang's arrival, which naturally meant Xu Yang had regained control over the tilting balance of victory.

"Damn it," she thought, "the power of this sword is too immense. Could it be that Xu Yang is willing to abandon the legacy of the Ancient Tree of Life just to deliver a fatal blow to me?"

The Star Empress had no idea that Xu Yang's mind had undergone a complete transformation, and he no longer had any reservations.

And just as the Star Empress decided to temporarily stop absorbing the surrounding elemental energy to further strengthen herself and prepare to fully confront Xu Yang's terrifying sword strike, a scene she never dreamed of occurred once again.

Xu Yang's ultimate sword strike, imbued with terrifying power, completely vanished.

The entire sword gleam disappeared into thin air. How could this be explained?

The Star Empress still didn't realize what kind of sword strike she would face next.

This situation occurred just as she began to release her mental power to search for Xu Yang's presence within this battlefield's inner space.

A cold sword edge materialized again from behind her, directly targeting the most vulnerable spot on her calf.

"What? This is impossible!" she exclaimed. "How do you know the flaws and weaknesses of my Star Lineage life form?"

Xu Yang burst into laughter.

"Ultimately, you sealed your own fate and brought this upon yourself. If you hadn't been so greedy, wanting to claim the Seed of Life for yourself, you would never have exposed your weakness to me. It is precisely the Seed of Life within you that has completely revealed your body structure within my soul world. You have no chance of escaping now. Surrender."

Xu Yang, at this moment, displayed a domineering stance that defied all others.

At the same time, the incredibly terrifying sword behind him finally struck. Carrying an unstoppable sword edge, it delivered an unparalleled and terrifying blow.

This time, no matter how much powerful elemental energy the Star Empress mobilized, she had no way to compensate for her inherent physical flaws. And Xu Yang's sword strike—who in the entire Yingzhou Continent could possibly block it?

Even though this was not Xu Yang's peak ultimate power, it was already more than enough to shatter the Star Empress's weakness before him and thus disrupt her body structure.

As expected, the Star Empress simply did not have enough power to withstand this blow.

Finally, after Xu Yang's incredibly terrifying sword struck the vulnerable spot on her calf, her body structure spectacularly collapsed, turning into scattered broken points of light on the ground.

Each part of her body structure transformed into a dazzling small star dust particle, but her original complete physical body no longer existed.

At this moment, Xu Yang unhesitatingly activated the nine qi cyclones within him, and with incredibly powerful resonance, simultaneously summoned the tenth external qi cyclone.

He also activated a sufficiently powerful devouring vortex, and its terrifying devouring trajectory spun wildly.

Endless starlight rapidly converged towards a central point and, within the shortest time, aggregated into a massive core star. He intended to use his tenth external qi cyclone to completely devour the life force that originally belonged to the Star Empress, thereby seeking out the Seed of Life sheltered by the starlight. As expected, his battle strategy proved effective.

Not long after, the Star Empress's original life force was almost completely drained by Xu Yang's power. She now had no possibility of reforming her physical body.

"That hexagram, do you see it, young man?" a voice echoed. "That is my Seed of Life."

The soul aura of the Ancient Tree of Life reappeared in his mind. Although the old man's soul aura had become extremely faint, it still conveyed precise information to Xu Yang at this critical moment.

Upon hearing this voice, Xu Yang unhesitatingly extended his right hand, and with immensely powerful devouring force, instantly gathered the hexagram into his palm, then inserted it into his body.

The incredibly potent life essence quickly provided Xu Yang with a powerful life replenishment, and during this process, Xu Yang's combat power rapidly recovered to its peak state in a very short time.

Without hesitation, he inserted this hexagram Seed of Life deep into his Sea of Consciousness. In this new soil, the Seed of Life quickly took root and sprouted.

Furthermore, because Xu Yang was proficient in some spatiotemporal laws and could interfere with the dual order of time and space, within Xu Yang's Sea of Consciousness world, this newly rooted seedling quickly transformed into a brand new, exquisite physical form of the Ancient Tree of Life in a very short time.

The old man's soul reappeared, but this time it was no longer an illusory manifestation; it had truly appeared deep within Xu Yang's Sea of Consciousness.

Like a life form residing within Xu Yang's Sea of Consciousness, he could share Xu Yang's soul world and thus knew the surrounding battlefield situation like the back of his hand.

"Young man," the old man declared, "you have finally fulfilled your promise and brought me a brand new rebirth. From now on, you are my new master, and the absolute ruler of all future beings on the entire Yingzhou Continent. Because you have absolute control over me, you will determine the total amount of life essence in the Yingzhou Continent's future."

It should be known that being granted such power meant Xu Yang was no longer merely a traveler; he had now truly become the new master of the Yingzhou Continent.

Every decision he made would affect the future of billions of beings on the Yingzhou Continent.

However, Xu Yang did not seem particularly excited by such immense power and glory. He was still fully focused on dealing with the Star Empress.

As expected, although she had been devoured by his tenth qi cyclone, with most of her life essence, and even the Seed of Life, seized by Xu Yang once more, the Star Empress did not simply perish.

Her remnant soul power rapidly gathered in a very short time, and once again, a faint soul outline emerged.

She gazed at Xu Yang and let out a tragic laugh.

"Do you think by eliminating me, you've won this battle?" she scoffed. "I forgot to tell you, I still have a portion of the Yun Clan's imperial bloodline within me. After all, I am the Fourth Prince's mother, and a woman who once shared intimacy with Emperor Yunlong. Therefore, after my demise, the true seal of Treasure Mountain will also crumble."