"Your Majesty!!!" On the Qin Clan grounds, countless Qin experts raised their heads and roared, their eyes filled with utter despair.
The sunlight filling the sky gradually extinguished. Emperor Qin's figure stood erect in mid-air.
But now, this Qin Clan Great Emperor no longer possessed the vigorous life force of his past. He seemed like an old man on his deathbed, radiating an endless aura of death.
"In my life, I have been without shame before Heaven and Earth, without shame before the Qin Clan... but I have failed only..." His voice echoed, heavy with finality. "Today, I swear upon my blood, this vengeful oath: until the Cloud Millet Immortal Sect is destroyed, my eyes shall never close."
As his words fell, Emperor Qin's figure descended from the sky, landing atop the Qin Clan's ancient hall. Not a trace of vitality remained in his body, only those eyes, wide open like falling stars.
The generation's Emperor Qin was finally dead!!
"Your Majesty!!!!" Countless Qin clansmen wailed in grief and anguish. Even the Qin Clan's Old Ancestor, now only a soul form, looked up at the sky, closed his eyes, and let out a great roar, "You Cloud Millet turtle sons!! I'll fight your mothers!!"
"Fight!!!" The Qin clansmen, who had moments before felt despair, now roared with rage. The spiritual power surging around them was as dazzling as the sun.
"For the Qin Clan!!! Fight to the death!!!"
Whoosh, whoosh!
Countless sounds of rushing wind erupted. All the Qin clansmen faced death with equanimity.
A thick, palpable resentment condensed in the air, like a dark cloud hanging over Chijin City.
"Hmph, a lowly clan deserves to be wiped out." But no matter how many moths there were, could they truly extinguish a fire?
The Cloud Millet Sect Master, divine light flowing around him, raised the divine hammer high above his head, preparing to smash it down upon the rabble below.
The vast power of the immortal Dao rolled forth. Many Qin clansmen already saw... the visage of death in their eyes.
But now, they could not retreat.
Otherwise, when would their Emperor's eyes ever close?
Within Chijin City, all the Qin Clan's elderly, women, and children wore expressions of profound sorrow. Watching the Qin experts, unrepentant even unto death, tears welled in their eyes.
The fear of clan extermination seemed no longer to matter. Now, they only wished to follow their Emperor in death.
"The Sect Master seems... quite fond of hammering people."
But!!!
Just as the Violet-Gold Divine Hammer was about to fall from the heavens, a light, mocking laugh suddenly came from the distant void.
Heaven and earth abruptly fell silent. Even the experts from various sects and clans hidden behind the clouds couldn't help but narrow their eyes.
That voice... sounds a bit young?
Who is so ignorant of their own mortality, daring to mock the Cloud Millet Sect Master?
The strength displayed by this immortal sect titan just moments ago was enough to intimidate all the Emperors of the Eastern Territories.
Even if they had the desire to kill this beast now to demonstrate their loyalty to the Sacred Church... they wouldn't dare act rashly.
Seventh Grade Divine Emperor... in the Eastern Territories, aside from that one, he's probably the strongest, right?
"Hm?" Hearing this, the Cloud Millet Sect Master frowned slightly, his divine might vast, but a faint trace of unease suddenly stirred in his heart.
At the horizon, a figure in white robes gradually revealed its outline. Hands clasped behind his back, wearing a faint smile, he traversed a hundred miles with each step, arriving before the crowd in the span of a single breath.
"It's... it's the Young Master!! Young Master Ling Xiao!!!" Before the Qin Clan's sacred hall, the despair in Qin Leng's eyes suddenly ignited with light. His entire body began to tremble with excitement.
Again!!!
The Young Master has appeared again at the moment of my life and death!!!
Is he... a God of Love who descended to the mortal world?
Spreading true love and light in this cold, indifferent world?
"Ling Xiao?!!"
"It's the Ling Clan successor, Ling Xiao!!!"
"Why has he come? And how dare he confront the Cloud Millet Sect Master directly?"
"Truly worthy of his peerless immortal demeanor! He's this arrogant in front of anyone!!"
"An invincible Dao Heart is not something you ordinary folks can comprehend!"
Many onlookers immediately gasped in surprise, but the gloom in the Cloud Millet Sect Master's eyes only grew thicker.
"Ling Xiao? May I ask why the Ling Clan successor has shown himself here?" It was widely known that the Ling and Qin Clans had never been on good terms. For Ling Xiao to appear suddenly now, could it be to take a share of the spoils from the Qin Clan?
The Cloud Millet Sect Master's eyes narrowed further.
He naturally guessed that today's battle had attracted countless prying eyes.
But the death of Emperor Qin by his hand served as a deterrent to any Divine Emperor expert!
By his reckoning, it had been nearly a hundred years since an Emperor had fallen in the Eastern Territories, right?
"Heh, I was just rather curious. I had a friend once who also used a hammer. He charged eighty spirit stones per swing. I wonder how many spirit stones the Sect Master charges per swing?" Ling Xiao smiled faintly, a deep mockery hidden in the depths of his eyes.
"Spirit stones? Ignorant child, you dare to mock this Emperor? Don't think it's just you; even your father wouldn't dare speak to me like that!!" The Cloud Millet Sect Master's gaze rippled, an immense imposing force instantly rushing towards Ling Xiao.
"Oh? Is that so? Yun Cheng, you are truly... utterly arrogant." But just as that imposing force was about to descend, the space in front of Ling Xiao suddenly wavered.
A figure, also dressed in white robes, appeared out of nowhere. Merely by standing there, all the majestic authority between heaven and earth seemed to converge upon him alone.
"Emperor Ling!!" Many secretly gasped in astonishment.
Although this Ling Clan Divine Emperor hadn't appeared in public for decades... the moment he appeared, the very essence of the world seemed to change with him?
What a terrifying level of cultivation!
"Ling Tianlin!" The Cloud Millet Sect Master's eyes narrowed sharply. Spiritual power instinctively surged around him, his posture that of facing a formidable enemy.
"Cloud Millet is arrogant and conceited, attempting to replace the Sacred Church. Such words... warrant execution." Ling Tianlin spoke indifferently. Behind him, the Ling Clan's Grand Elder, Ling Shan, stepped forward, his expression cold as he looked at the numerous Cloud Millet experts in the sky.
"Nonsense!!! That was the Qin Clan's slander!!!" The Cloud Millet Sect Master's face changed. He didn't fear the Ling Clan, but the Sacred Church... he didn't dare harbor even a sliver of defiance towards it!
"Slander? Sect Master, a Qin Clan successor risked his life to open the Qin Clan's protective array for your Cloud Millet Sect, and died tragically by his own father's hand. Would his words be slander?" Ling Xiao shook his head and laughed, then lightly sighed. "The Qin Clan acted with great righteousness. To exterminate you vile traitors, they were almost completely wiped out. Today, I am willing to follow Emperor Qin's example and offer my life for the great cause of the Sacred Church!!"
"You're spouting nonsense! My Cloud Millet's heart can be judged by the sun and moon! If I, Yun Cheng, have spoken a single false word, may the Nine Heavens Profound Lightning strike my soul and sever my reincarnation!!" The Cloud Millet Sect Master's face paled. His greatest fear was still coming to pass.
Qin Wei was dead. Whether his words were true or false was impossible to verify.
But it gave those forces coveting the Cloud Millet orthodoxies a suitable pretext to act.
BOOM!!
Between heaven and earth, a bolt of lightning suddenly cracked the sky, descending directly towards the Cloud Millet Sect Master's head.
The Sect Master was momentarily stunned, then a look of fierce hatred and resentment surged in his eyes.
Dammit!
You fucking heavens, are you messing with me?!
"Look! Struck by lightning!!" From the surrounding space, bursts of spiritual light suddenly erupted.
Figures hidden within the clouds began to gradually reveal themselves, moving to stand behind Emperor Ling.
Ling Xiao smiled faintly, the faint trace of lightning on the finger behind his back gradually fading.
"You... all of you!!!" The Cloud Millet Sect Master gnashed his teeth, the killing intent in his eyes towards Ling Xiao and his father now plain to see.
"Hehehe, the Cloud Millet Immortal Sect's crimes are immense and unforgivable. They shall be wiped out today!" From the distant sky, another stern shout rang out. Wan Rendí and a group of Demon Sect elders stepped forward, directly blocking all of Cloud Millet's escape routes.
When the drum is broken, everyone pounds it.