"Father... quickly, kill me!!" Qin Wei whispered, his lips trembling.
Nonsense, of course they're trembling!
I don't want to die at all!!!
"Son Wei!!!" Emperor Qin's eyes narrowed slightly, a faint mist seeming to rise within them.
The reason he had always been reluctant to go to war with the Cloud Millet Immortal Sect wasn't due to kindness, of course, but because... they couldn't win!
Cloud Millet had a thousand-year legacy and was the leader of the righteous path in the Eastern Territories.
Although the Qin Clan had been stable and comfortable these years, aside from him, the only other Emperor-level expert was the Qin Clan's Old Ancestor, who was in prolonged seclusion and also at the Divine Emperor level.
And the Old Ancestor... was almost at the end of his lifespan.
Once a great war broke out, the probability of his fall was extremely high.
This matter was known only to him and Qin Wei, the Qin Clan's successor!
While Cloud Millet also only had two Emperors, both were in their prime, especially the Cloud Millet Sect Master, whose immortal Dao prowess was known throughout the Eastern Territories!
Otherwise, why would the Myriad Daos Demon Sect have endured the humiliation of their successor's death?!
But what he never expected was that his son, the Qin Clan's successor Qin Wei, possessed such great righteousness!
He would rather die to protect the Qin Clan, pinning such a crime on Cloud Millet!
"Son Wei, your father... is not your equal."
At this point, the Qin Clan had no way back.
But the thought of the calamity Cloud Millet was about to face filled him with immense satisfaction.
Replace the Sacred Church?
Heh. Son Wei, you are wise, you are clever. You deserve to be remembered for millennia, to receive the Qin Clan's offerings.
Squelch!
Emperor Qin's hand suddenly clenched!
Qin Wei's body instantly shattered into a pulp of flesh and blood. Even his soul was annihilated within the sunlight radiating from Emperor Qin.
You think I'm joking? If Qin Wei survived today, the Cloud Millet Sect Master would inevitably investigate the truth from his soul.
Once the truth came out, Qin Wei's crime of slander would be enough to doom the Qin Clan utterly!
Only his death could firmly cement this blame!
Even if Cloud Millet tried to explain later... who would believe that the Qin Clan successor committed patricide and betrayed his clan, all just to frame someone?
"Fight!!!" Emperor Qin roared at the sky. The divine light of the Great Sun around him shot into the heavens, transforming into a hundred-foot-tall giant that charged towards the Cloud Millet Sect Master.
The bearing of a formidable ruler was displayed without reserve!!
"Insulting the Sacred Church!! Cloud Millet must be executed!!!" The Qin Clan, originally in the wrong, had now become the model for upholding the Sacred Church's honor!
The Qin Clan might not be able to exact revenge today, but surely the Sacred Church would avenge them!
Now... there was no retreat!
"Who dares to destroy my Qin Clan!!"
From behind the sacred hall, a vast, imposing aura surged violently. An old man in golden robes tore through the void, two blazing suns in his hands slamming down, instantly annihilating numerous Cloud Millet experts.
"Damn it!! The Qin Clan are ambitious wolves with vile hearts, making false accusations! All Cloud Millet elders, kill them!!" The Cloud Millet Sect Master shouted coldly, but inwardly, he was panicking.
Careless!
He never dreamed that the Qin Emperor and his son would be so treacherous, staging such a bitter ruse.
But... if he couldn't kill Emperor Qin today and capture his soul, I'm afraid the Cloud Millet Immortal Sect would truly face extermination.
After all, given the Sacred Church's methods, they would rather kill by mistake than let anyone slip away!
BOOM!
Blinding spiritual lights collided in mid-air.
Countless experts from Cloud Millet and the Qin Clan instantly became entangled in battle.
Emperor Qin took a step forward, meeting the Cloud Millet Sect Master head-on.
The Qin Clan's Old Ancestor moved to intercept Feng Baiyang.
The four Divine Emperors attacked ferociously, the void shattering layer by layer.
An unstoppable momentum crushed heaven and earth.
Above the entire Eastern Territories, black clouds gathered, tribulation thunder rumbled, like divine punishment.
The earth began to crack, Chijin City reduced to ruins.
Even the Qin Clan's sacred hall, forged entirely of Chijin metal, crumbled at one corner. Countless clansmen were crushed under the heavy debris, their cries of misery filling the land.
Stars fell, the sun and moon seemed to reverse.
The four Divine Emperors battled from the Qin Clan's sacred palace to the void ten thousand miles away. Every move they made caused the heavens and earth to change, the sky to distort.
Meanwhile, several hundred miles away from the Qin Clan, a figure in white robes walked slowly, following the path taken by the Cloud Millet experts.
"Ah, these perfectly good ancient cities, one after another, how did they all get slaughtered?" As he spoke, he didn't forget to collect all the spiritual treasures and fortunes from the slaughtered cities and sects along the way.
The young man carried a wine gourd, walking along the mountains, humming softly, appearing quite carefree.
I travel east with wine in hand, staining the rivers and mountains with blood.
First smelling the blood, my heart uneasy, wine spilling on white robes.
Watching the seas change from afar, yet here I am, fallen into the mortal world.
With a raise of my hand, my thoughts alter the clouds and heavens.
...
Ling Xiao stood on a mountain peak outside Chijin City, drank the last mouthful of fine wine from his gourd, and watched the distant place where bloodlight shot into the sky. A cold intent gradually surged in his eyes.
By my reckoning, the timing should be about right.
"Emperor Qin, you started this war and falsely accused my Cloud Millet Immortal Sect. This Emperor will now act on Heaven's behalf, exterminating your Qin Clan!!" High in the void ten thousand miles away, the Cloud Millet Sect Master, holding the giant hammer, shouted angrily.
Like an ancient immortal deity, shrouded in immortal light, he vowed to hammer all enemies in the world into dust.
In his hand, the Dao Artifact divine hammer bloomed with boundless radiant light, violet aura shooting skyward, Dao patterns flashing. It transformed into a thousand-foot-long behemoth and descended towards Emperor Qin's head.
Heaven and earth roared, the Great Dao crumbled.
Above the Qin Clan, it was as if a great mountain was pressing down.
"Damn it!!" Even Emperor Qin couldn't help but change expression. The sunlight around him blazed brilliantly as he charged fiercely towards the falling divine hammer.
If that hammer landed...
I'm afraid the entire thousand-year foundation of the Qin Clan would be utterly destroyed by a single blow.
Divine light surged; two mighty forces collided violently.
But Emperor Qin was already injured, and his cultivation was one grade lower than the Cloud Millet Sect Master's. Under such a collision, he couldn't hold on for long. With a grunt, he was sent flying backwards.
Within Chijin City, countless Qin Clan elders had bloodshot eyes, their brows already carrying the intent of death.
The Qin Clan... is finished.
"The Cloud Millet Immortal Sect seeks to overthrow the Sacred Church! Even if my Qin Clan perishes, we will destroy your ambition!!!" Emperor Qin's figure crashed to the ground, shattering mountains and rivers.
But in the next instant, his figure soared into the air again. The golden robes on his body were already tattered, his hair disheveled, a picture of utter disarray.
Yet now, the sacred light of the Great Sun on his body grew even more blinding, vaguely forming a majestic divine figure above his head.
The divine figure was a thousand feet tall, its body gleaming like Chijin metal, its eyes like the bright sun above, emanating an imposing Dao aura.
Then, it strode furiously towards the sky.
"Overestimating your own strength!!" The Cloud Millet Sect Master sneered. How could he not see that Emperor Qin was burning his bloodline, attempting to perish together with him?
He immediately circulated his full spiritual power, his robes fluttering without wind, channeling all his cultivation into that single hammer strike.
At the same time, the Qin Clan's Old Ancestor was also being suppressed by Feng Baiyang, eventually struck in the chest by a palm strike that shattered his physical body, sending him plummeting towards the ground.
"Sect Master, I'll assist you!" Feng Baiyang looked at the Great Sun divine figure charging recklessly towards them, a trace of gravity also in his aged eyes.
He then swung the ancient sword in his hand horizontally. A massive sword shadow, vast enough to span the firmament, instantly tore through the sky and descended.
The full-power strikes of two supreme Divine Emperor experts, their mere aura alone, suppressed and forced back all the experts from both sects present.
Some cultivators with lower realms even had their physical bodies directly shatter, blood raining down.
"Damn it! Great Sun Sacred Body, Heaven and Earth Shine Together!!" Seeing the attacks falling from above, a look of despair flashed in Emperor Qin's eyes.
He then took a deep breath, and a sea of blood began to rise around him.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Nine suns materialized above his head.
At this moment, Emperor Qin had seemingly transformed into the True God of the Great Sun.
"Shatter for me!!" Following an angry roar, the nine terrifying sacred suns, condensed from Emperor Qin's bloodline and cultivation, instantly turned into meteors, upending heaven and earth as they violently crashed towards the divine hammer and sword intent!
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The sky became blinding, countless streams of light scattering over the earth, stinging the eyes of all who watched.
The void collapsed, as if returning to the beginning of creation.
The sea of clouds shattered, everything resembling the netherworld.
The Cloud Millet Sect Master and Feng Baiyang also grunted, forced back several steps before barely stabilizing their footing.
Until...
A wind swept by, and the world suddenly cleared.
Everyone looked up.
They saw... the Great Sun divine figure that had dominated heaven and earth was beginning to shatter from the head down.