Chapter 2873: Ignite It For Me

Boom! Rumble!

In the western star sky, the rumbling continued.

It was Bai Zhi against the Di Si Tian Mo Di.

Ming Jue had already fallen, and she was at her limit, her hair snow-white, with immortal patterns on her forehead. She had activated countless forbidden techniques, forcibly boosting her power multiple times, wielding the power of the emperor's path to fight the Tian Mo Di to the death.

"Die, give me death."

The Tian Mo Di roared, launching attack after attack, shattering the universe and blasting yin and yang to pieces. Yet, he still couldn't destroy Bai Zhi. That minor quasi-emperor was more tenacious than he imagined, enduring over eight hundred rounds. Not only had he failed to defeat her, but he had been severely wounded time and again.

"Even in death, I'll drag you down with me."

Bai Zhi snorted coldly. Above her head hovered the Feng Huang Xian Qin, the life-bound emperor weapon of Dong Hua Nu Di, aiding her in battle. As fellow phoenixes, she shared the same bloodline as Dong Hua Nu Di, resonating with the Feng Huang Qin. She was not Dong Hua Nu Di, but she possessed the supreme divine grace of a female emperor.

Roar!

Accompanied by a dragon's roar, the Tian Mo Di transformed into a demonic dragon, sweeping forth with overwhelming demonic aura. His massive dragon body crushed the star sky, each scale gleaming with the light of the emperor's path, each one reflecting the glow of doomsday.

Clang! Clang!

Bai Zhi also transformed into her true form, becoming a five-colored phoenix. Immortal radiance in five colors enveloped her phoenix body, surrounded by the power of the emperor's path and the evolution of ultimate laws. Vague immortal sounds could be heard, as she merged completely with the emperor weapon Feng Huang Qin.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

The fierce battle erupted again. That dragon and phoenix fought from the vast Western expanse all the way to the Eastern star dome. The emperor's path demonic dragon was crumbling, and Bai Zhi's phoenix body was drenched in blood. Every collision produced an ultimate halo that spread infinitely across the nine heavens and ten earths, carrying world-ending might. Countless ancient stars were destroyed in the process.

"Bai Zhi."

From the depths of the star sky, a call rang out.

It was Tian Shuo, the son of Xuan Gu Di. Though he hadn't joined the fight, he was covered in blood and bone, having endured countless emperor path aftershocks just to rush here and fight alongside his beloved.

Unfortunately, the layers of annihilating halos were too powerful. He tried to enter that star sky multiple times but was flung back each time. From afar, he could only see that phoenix, bathed in five-colored blood, battling the Tian Mo Di fiercely.

Ah!

Tian Shuo roared, his eyes bloodshot. He sacrificed his origin to summon protective armor and once again charged through the emperor path halos, forcing his way into the star sky.

Buzz!

The destructive halo appeared again, hurling him back.

In that instant, a bloody scene unfolded. He saw Bai Zhi, watched as her phoenix body suddenly exploded, plummeting into the void. Her five-colored phoenix blood splattered across the star sky, the crimson figure piercingly vivid, stabbing pain into his soul and tearing at his heart.

Thud!

Falling alongside her was the Di Si Tian Mo Di. His pitch-black dragon body shattered, his emperor body exploded, and in an instant, his yuan shen, true form, dao roots, and origin—all of it—fragmented completely.

"No."

The Di Si Tian Mo Di howled, trying to defy the heavens and rebirth, but he couldn't withstand the destructive force. In that moment, he was reduced to ashes, carrying his unwillingness as he stepped onto the Huang Quan road.

He, too, had been defeated by a minor quasi-emperor level opponent, falling into the myriad heavens. He had thought it would be a supreme slaughter, but it turned out to be a gate to the underworld. The people here seemed even more terrifying than the two great Cheng Sheng Ti on the Tai Gu road. Without any supreme beings presiding, they had slain supremes, and he was one of them.

That patch of star sky finally fell silent.

Tian Shuo finally made it through, tears streaming down his face as he held Bai Zhi tightly. He forcibly mobilized his origin, frantically pouring it into her to reignite the fire of her extinguished yuan shen.

"So, you can cry too."

Bai Zhi smiled poignantly, her snow-white hair stained with fresh blood. Her beautiful eyes were blurred, her gaze dim beyond measure. The fire of her yuan shen had already been extinguished; this was just her final flicker before death.

"Ignite, give me ignite."

Tian Shuo's tears of blood flowed freely, his roars coming from the depths of his soul—cries and pleas—as he desperately tried to relight the fire of Bai Zhi's yuan shen.

"In the next life, wait for you to marry me."

Bai Zhi smiled tenderly, struggling to lift her hand and tremblingly touch Tian Shuo's face, wanting to wipe away the tears streaming down it in her final moments. There were so many fine men in the world, yet she had set her heart on him.

That was her love, a love at first sight.

She wished in the next life to wear bridal clothes for him and be the most beautiful bride in the world.

A gentle breeze blew, carrying a funeral song.

Her dim gaze had completely faded, those beautiful eyes that refused to close finally shut slowly. The jade hand reaching for his face gently fell away. A generation of phoenixes had perished.

Ming Jue had not disappointed Ming Di, and she had done the same, living up to her phoenix bloodline and her master's prestige.

Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!

The emperor weapon Feng Huang Qin trembled incessantly, its strings playing on their own, producing ethereal immortal melodies as a farewell to Bai Zhi. The emperor weapon had its own spirit, and it could feel sorrow.

This woman was too much like its master.

In ancient times, it had seen off Dong Hua Nu Di.

Now, eons later, it had to see off Bai Zhi.

Ah!

Another roar full of grief.

Tian Shuo's hair had also turned white.

"We bid farewell to our dao friend."

Countless cultivators arrived, witnessing that bloody scene, and bowed in unison. Whether from the Dong Hua lineage or the Di Huang lineage, she had earned the respect of all living beings.

Ugh!

On the Tai Gu road, Di Huang suddenly clutched his chest, unsure if it was from injury or pain. Fresh blood overflowed from his mouth as he gazed into the vast sky, as if he could see through the endless void to the myriad heavens and his disciple.

There was a mark on Bai Zhi's body, and now that mark was destroyed. His disciple had also been buried. The only person in the world with a bloodline equal to Yue Shang had been utterly annihilated.

"Zhi'er, will you blame your master?"

Di Huang murmured softly, tears in his eyes. She was his disciple, whom he regarded as his own child, raised by his own hand. Yet, she bore a damned mission. Ming Jue was a sacrifice, and so was his disciple Bai Zhi. From the moment she possessed the phoenix bloodline, her fate was sealed.

"They're coming again."

Hong Yan spoke lightly, pulling him back from his thoughts.

Di Huang withdrew his gaze and extinguished the tears in his eyes, suddenly rising. Demonic aura surged from all directions, forming a encirclement of Tian Mo Di, E Mo Di, and the first lineage's Cheng Sheng Ti. Even from afar, their ferocious faces were visible, licking their tongues across the star sky, their eyes savage and sinister like wolves eyeing their prey, determined not to stop until they were exterminated.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

The battle quickly resumed. The trio from the myriad heavens were being ganged up on, beaten nearly to death, with rumbling echoing through the dim heavens.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

There was battle on the Tai Gu road, and rumbling in the myriad heavens.

Ming Jue had fallen.

Bai Zhi had fallen.

Hong Chen and Liu Dao were still fighting the Tian Mo Di.

"Monster, what kind of monster."

The Di Yi Tian Mo Di looked ferocious, his emperor body badly damaged. The Liu Dao opposite him was too strange—clearly without consciousness, yet occasionally lucid. In those moments, that muddled little quasi-emperor surpassed him in combat, blasting him apart repeatedly.

"Monster, what kind of monster."

On the other side, the Di Er Tian Mo Di was also roaring.

Liu Dao was strange, and Hong Chen was equally so. Not belonging to this time, both in a muddled state, but whenever they had a moment of clarity, they became stronger than the emperor's path. The immortal techniques they used, the divine abilities they employed, and the taboos they evolved were far beyond comparison.

Thud! Thud! Thud!

Dazzling blood light flashed frequently.

The two emperors were bleeding profusely, and so were Hong Chen and Liu Dao, injured even more severely than the emperors. After all, they weren't always in a state of clarity. The backlash from reversing time didn't allow them memories or clear consciousness.

Boom! Rumble!

That star domain crumbled inch by inch, with no telling how much had already collapsed. The destructive visions were stained with fresh blood and shrouded in doomsday colors.

"Hong Chen."

From one side of the star sky, Hong Chen Xue and Chu Ling Yu arrived. But before they could get close, they were knocked back by the emperor path aftershocks. Both were in tears, sobbing uncontrollably.

Cultivators from the myriad heavens arrived, but none could approach, getting flung back in waves. The weaker ones had their souls scattered on the spot. It wasn't the Dao Tai Shang Tian, but a genuine emperor path battlefield—only the strongest peaks could set foot there.

"Qing Yu."

There were calls as well.

It was Di Ji, who had finally found this star sky, shouting for Liu Dao—Qing Yu was his name from back then.

Unfortunately, whether Hong Chen or Liu Dao, neither responded. They only fought the Tian Mo Di. Whether they could slay the great emperor was unknown, but both Hong Chen and Liu Dao would die. In their subconscious, they had inherited bloodlines and sacrificed their origins. Whether they won or lost, they would dissipate into nothing.

Boom!

Di Ji suddenly stepped forward, crossing the universe in one stride to enter the emperor path battlefield. As the strongest peak, having survived the emperor tribulation, she qualified to enter.

But her condition was extremely poor, with another crack on her yuan shen, terrifyingly ominous. It was a dao wound from time, inflicted by time's backlash and Ye Chen's involvement. Their time laws had intertwined, so whatever injury Ye Chen suffered, she suffered the same.

Boom! Bang! Boom!

Before she could join the fight, Hong Chen, Liu Dao, and the two emperors had already battled into the Dao Tai Shang Tian. Not to mention other quasi-emperor, even Di Ji couldn't follow.

"Please, come back."

Di Ji's calls were filled with sobs.

She could see Liu Dao's state clearly. If he returned now, he could still be saved. If he continued fighting the great emperor, he would die, completely turning to dust.

"Who's fighting the emperor."

On the other side of the star sky, Ye Chen stepped out of the domain gate. Without time to wipe the fresh blood from his mouth, he rushed straight to the Southern star domain. With battles raging everywhere, two had already silenced, but that one still had emperor path fluctuations.

Buzz!

He shot like divine light, making the star sky rumble along his path. He forcibly boosted his speed, spitting blood while racing through the universe, desperate to arrive quickly and slay the emperor.

Unfortunately, he was too late.

From across the endless star sky, he saw the Dao Tai Shang Tian, where two blood flowers had already bloomed. They were the two Tian Mo Di, howling as they fell from the Dao Tai Shang Tian, their emperor bodies exploding and their yuan shen and true forms destroyed in the fall.

In the same instant, Hong Chen fell.

In the same instant, Liu Dao fell.

They, like the two emperors, plummeted into the void, their blood-drenched bodies dissipating their last trace of light. The yuan shen fire that should have burned was also extinguished.