Chapter 2414: Kindred Spirits!

"Broken through?"

Seeing Hongyan advance, everyone was collectively stunned, speechless, their gazes fixed blankly on the vast sky. Their dim eyes regained their brilliant immortal glow because of the female Sheng Ti.

"Today is full of surprises," Donghuang Taixin murmured.

Everyone present understood the implication: Hongyan couldn't defeat Wan'e, so she unlocked her bloodline limit boundary against all odds; Wan'e couldn't defeat the Sheng Ti, so he also unlocked his bloodline limit boundary; now, with Hongyan unable to win, she achieved a breakthrough on the spot to great accomplishment. The emperor and the Sheng Ti truly had a mutual admiration.

This contest between the Sheng Ti and the emperor was even more wondrous and magnificent than imagined.

"Impressively done."

After the initial shock, everyone became exhilarated, their cheers roaring like ocean waves. Who said women were inferior to men? Hongyan was an outstanding woman, truly astonishing the world.

"The Sheng Ti has reached great accomplishment; this battle is beyond doubt," Fu Ya said with a smile, stroking his beard.

"It's possible there could still be surprises," Di Lao said meaningfully.

His words made people feel uneasy.

Indeed, it was possible. Wan'e was a genius; when Hongyan unlocked her bloodline limit boundary, he followed suit, showing his fearsome power. Now, with Hongyan breaking through against the heavens, he might do the same, leaping from an initial-stage great emperor to a mid-stage great emperor.

"If there's another surprise, it'll make us curse out loud," Tian Lao said, taking a deep breath, already preparing himself. If Wan'e also broke through, he would be the first to jump up and swear.

What the hell! Isn't it just slaying an emperor? Why so many complications?

"There won't be that many surprises," Ye Chen sneered, seeing things clearly. The Qian Tian Magic Pillar was destroyed, leaving Wan'e Demon Emperor without a foundation, so breakthrough was impossible. This had nothing to do with talent; without the Qian Tian Magic Pillar as his base, his advancement was inherently a dead end.

In other words, in the battle between the Sheng Ti and the emperor, Hongyan would be the victor.

"The Emperor is truly far-sighted," the Ten Yama Kings sighed endlessly. Without this life-and-death battle, they never would have forced out the potential of the female Sheng Ti or seized the opportunity for her breakthrough.

Facts proved that a heaven-defying nirvana truly required enlightenment on the brink of death.

Hongyan was a perfect example: first came the bloodline limit boundary, then the breakthrough to advancement. Her potential was maximized in this emperor-slaying war.

In the vast sky, Di Huang finally smiled, without a trace of gloom. There would be no more changes; one Wan'e Demon Emperor could no longer block Hongyan's path to great accomplishment.

He smiled, and so did Ming Di and Dao Zu.

Two great accomplishment Sheng Ti in the same era was unprecedented. The age of emperor path upheaval was truly extraordinary. If given enough time, Ye Chen could also reach great accomplishment. Add in one generation with two divine coffins, two emperors, and three Sheng Ti, and the heavens would have five supreme beings—that would be an unparalleled golden age.

Boom! Rumbling!

As the people rejoiced, dark clouds rolled in the vast sky, thunder suddenly appeared, tearing lightning like slithering serpents racing through the clouds, weaving into a thunder net and forming a thunder sea.

It was the heavenly tribulation, the great accomplishment tribulation of the female Sheng Ti, making the heavens lose color and the laws collapse. A pressure that made everyone's souls tremble enveloped the universe.

"Truly domineering," Yan Huang said, his heart also quivering.

"The Sheng Ti stands equal to the emperor, so the great accomplishment tribulation rivals the emperor tribulation," the divine generals said leisurely.

"Looking at this scale, it's even greater than the emperor tribulation!"

"The ancestors of past Sheng Ti," Ye Chen took a deep breath, his eyes shining brightly, eagerly awaiting to see the predecessors of the Sheng Ti in this tribulation.

Puff! Puff!

Too many people spat blood, unable to withstand the tribulation's pressure. Those with weaker foundations had their bodies explode; even quasi-emperors turned pale. Surpassing the emperor tribulation, few could endure it.

"I say, is that woman trying to drag us into crossing the tribulation with her?" Sheng Zun raised an eyebrow. Including himself, everyone present was within the tribulation's range. With that level of divine punishment, one wave of lightning would turn over ninety percent of them to ash. Even being passively involved in the great accomplishment tribulation made Di Huang think twice.

Seal!

Before the people could retreat, they heard Hongyan's light shout.

The female Sheng Ti cast a supreme forbidden technique, sealing her own heavenly tribulation. Now was not the best time to cross it; the Sheng Ti's tribulation was terrifyingly powerful and needed to be faced at peak condition. Clearly, after the fierce battle with the emperor and her severe injuries, she no longer met that condition.

Most importantly, without crossing the tribulation, she could still slay the emperor.

Boom! Rumbling!

The tribulation dissipated, but the rumbling in the Great Desolate Heaven did not stop. There was the pressure of the emperor path and the aura of the great accomplishment Sheng Ti. Hongyan was like a radiant sun, billions of rays illuminating the world, every strand of golden aura from her body as heavy as mountains.

"Impossible! This is impossible!"

Wan'e roared in fury, still not transforming into human form, remaining in his bloodline limit boundary state. His massive emperor path dragon body coiled madly in the void, stirring up towering demonic evil, crashing wildly as he vented his rage. His enormous dragon eyes were as dark as black holes, but now stained with blood, crimson and terrifying. The honored great emperor's dignity was twisted and hideous, more like an evil demon lord at that moment.

Wan'e was unwilling; unwilling for yet another twist that forced the Sheng Ti to great accomplishment.

Boom!

The female Sheng Ti shattered the heavens with one step, stepping onto the peak of the void.

Kill!

Wan'e Demon Emperor howled in anger, in his bloodline limit boundary state, utterly mad, spewing emperor path flames and shooting extreme dao thunder from his eyes. His attacks were all-out, without regard for cost.

Hongyan snorted coldly, her crystalline jade hand like a divine sword, slashing through Wan'e's dragon body with one strike.

Puff!

The pitch-black emperor blood poured down like a torrential rain.

The indestructible Wan'e Demon Emperor, in his fall, finally transformed back into human form. His emperor body was fractured but instantly regenerated. Yet, as soon as he halted, Hongyan struck again, condensing thousands of secret techniques into one finger, its power devastating as it pierced through Wan'e's skull.

Ah!

Wan'e bellowed, a demonic sword shooting from his brow toward Hongyan's primordial spirit.

Hongyan's eyes were full of disdain; she lightly raised her jade hand and effortlessly crushed the demonic sword. With a flip of her hand, she slapped Wan'e flying. Though she hadn't crossed the tribulation, her combat power was heaven-defying, beating the supreme emperor body until it was covered in blood.

Boom!

Another stretch of void was shattered by Wan'e Demon Emperor.

This time, he did not rise again.

For Hongyan had arrived once more, her crystalline jade hand pressing down from the air, extinguishing the heavens and earth, forcing Wan'e to his knees. His indestructible emperor body exploded with a boom, the flying emperor blood and bones scattering across the Great Desolate Heaven, turning into wisps of ash before they even fell, each wisp heavy enough to crush patches of sky.

Puff! Puff! Puff!

The subsequent scene was extremely bloody: Hongyan struck palm after palm, each one blasting Wan'e apart. Every time Wan'e reformed his emperor body, she destroyed it again, until even the indestructible emperor could not withstand the female Sheng Ti's assault.

Ah!

Wan'e shrieked, his origin surging, emperor blood burning like fire as he tried to rise and fight.

But the female Sheng Ti gave him no chance.

This indestructible emperor was forcibly beaten out of his bloodline limit boundary by her.

"I am unwilling."

Wan'e's roar echoed through the universe, his state of mind likely the same as the Judgment Demon Emperor's. Both were emperors—one at the peak, one at the initial stage—both crushed by the great accomplishment Sheng Ti.

Puff!

With Hongyan's final palm, she completely obliterated Wan'e's emperor body, along with his emperor path primordial spirit. Thus, an emperor of the Heavenly Demon Realm was utterly destroyed in the heavens.