This Battle Finally Concluded—Even the Ancient Records Wouldn't Dare Record It Like This
This Battle Finally Concluded—Even the Ancient Records Wouldn’t Dare Record It Like This
Two terrifying figures of immeasurable height stood at the edge of heaven and earth; even the Astral River seemed to dangle from their hands.
Chaotic mist surged, strand after strand, evolving into all manner of supreme immortal radiance.
The Solar Demon Overlord’s body was incomparably powerful, as if forged from immortal imperial metal, his black hair cascading like a waterfall, his strikes sundering heaven and earth.
Boom rumble rumble!!! The Solar Heavenly Blade seemed capable of splitting all things, unleashing blade light of the utmost ferocity as he battled the Crimson Cloud Demon Overlord.
This great battle was terrifying beyond measure.
The Crimson Cloud Demon Overlord’s power was boundless; with a raise of his hand he unleashed tens of millions of crimson rays, as if to drown the very heavens and earth. Vast divine light spread out, containing unmatched destructive force.
At the Nirvana Realm level, they already stood at the absolute peak of this world, looking down upon the mortal realm, invincible above and below the heavens.
Ordinarily, one could never witness two Nirvana Realm existences clashing.
Because at the slightest provocation... heaven and earth would overturn, stars would shift, and the entire universe seemed to tremble with their auras.
Were this place not so extraordinarily special and unshakably stable, the shockwaves of their clash would absolutely have shaken all eight directions.
“Even with a Nirvana Grade Artifact, you are no match for the three of us. Xuan Yang, give up on this hope.”
The Crimson Cloud Demon Overlord spoke coldly. From the crown of his head burst a vast pillar of light piercing the firmament, boundless blood radiance falling like a sky-obscuring downpour.
He smashed forward with his fist—his entire body was the most terrifying weapon, emitting a clear, ringing hum as it collided with the Solar Heavenly Blade.
Then, the wings on his back spread, and he swept rapidly backward, his speed extreme. This was his formidable Divine Talent; having reached the Nirvana Realm, it was unmatched under heaven.
“Today I shall cut you down beneath my blade.”
The Solar Demon Overlord’s gaze was equally cold. He charged forward, offering up the Solar Heavenly Blade, and from across an infinite distance, slashed down at his foe.
At this moment, the Solar Heavenly Blade seemed to awaken, an aura of peerless might emerging, transforming into blade Qi that pressed down upon the firmament.
This single strike seemed capable of splitting the very universe.
Seeing this, the Crimson Cloud Demon Overlord’s expression changed, and he shook with fury. Lacking a weapon of his own, he had been at a disadvantage all along.
This feeling stifled him; he felt the Solar Demon Overlord’s victory would be an unfair one.
However, he was no simple figure either. With a furious roar, he brought out his other weapons.
Though they could not compare to a Nirvana Grade Artifact, their might was not to be underestimated. He attacked with everything he had, seeking to block this strike.
Yet before this blow from the Solar Heavenly Blade, it was all in vain.
The black heavenly blade descended. His weapons, laws, divine abilities, Dao arts... every method crumbled in unison, and cracks nearly appeared across his body.
“Are you forcing my hand?”
Having suffered such a great loss, the Crimson Cloud Demon Overlord’s face was grim and cold as he swiftly reappeared in the distance.
He was activating a Forbidden Technique—one that could still be called a Forbidden Technique even at the Nirvana Realm, which spoke to its terror.
The next moment, an ocean-like aura swelled at the space between his brows, and then a streak of golden light emerged.
“Your Primeval True Feather...” Seeing this object, the Solar Demon Overlord’s expression also shifted slightly, deeply wary. “I never expected you had a hidden card as well. Besides the Cloud Lance, you actually refined your toughest Primeval True Feather into a weapon...”
The Crimson Cloud Demon Overlord sneered, “I began refining this a million years ago and have never truly revealed it to the world, because the moment it emerges, it is destined to return stained with imperial blood.”
As his words fell, a golden feather burst forth from between his brows.
It was covered in all manner of ancient, intricate patterns, utterly primeval, as if containing all of his cultivation and enlightenment.
As this aura descended upon heaven and earth, it seemed as though it would shatter the very firmament.
Chi!! Then, the golden feather, like a peerless immortal sword, swept forth with vast, world-shaking majesty, slashing toward the Solar Demon Overlord as if to suppress and slay him on the spot.
Even resisting it with the Solar Heavenly Blade proved strenuous; his arm spasmed, cracking under the force, fragments of bone scattering.
At the same time, his brow split open, his skull nearly pierced through.
This was refined from the toughest Primeval True Feather of the Crimson Cloud Demon Overlord’s true body—indestructible, intimately bound to him, terrifying in might, and even capable of slaying a Primordial Spirit.
The Solar Demon Overlord’s expression grew grave. He had underestimated the Crimson Cloud Demon Overlord’s methods.
“Now that’s a fine treasure...”
Gu Changge, who had been watching the two battle all along, narrowed his eyes slightly with keen interest the moment he saw the golden feather.
For even his discerning eye to deem it a fine treasure only proved that this golden feather was truly extraordinary.
It had condensed many of the Crimson Cloud Demon Overlord’s divine abilities; the instant it was unleashed, it was impossible to guard against.
However, he did not interfere, merely watching the battle from a distance.
By now, the Solar Demon Overlord and the Crimson Cloud Demon Overlord had fought to true fury.
The Solar Demon Overlord had believed that with the Solar Heavenly Blade in hand, victory was assured.
But he had not expected the Crimson Cloud Demon Overlord’s methods to be equally extraordinary—having begun refining his own Primeval True Feather into a weapon many years ago. Though it still fell far short of a true Nirvana Grade Artifact.
For a time, neither could gain the upper hand. They traded wound for wound, imperial blood sprinkling across the sky, their injuries horrifying.
“Wah...”
At that moment, the Lunar Demon Overlord, who was battling the Blood Demon Overlord and another Demon Overlord in the distance, suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, her face deathly pale. Gravely wounded, she was no match for the two combined.
Just before, the other Demon Overlord had been joining the Crimson Cloud Demon Overlord against the Solar Demon Overlord.
But seeing that the Crimson Cloud Demon Overlord needed no help, he had turned to attack the Lunar Demon Overlord instead.
Though the Lunar Demon Overlord was a Quasi-Nirvana Realm cultivator, her cultivation was far inferior to the two men’s. Alone against one, she could barely hold on.
But under the combined assault of two, she was instantly grievously wounded.
Now dangers beset her at every turn. She coughed blood continuously, her injuries horrific. Though she unleashed her strongest methods, against the two attackers she was helpless, sent flying again and again.
“The Lunar Demon Overlord’s strength is the weakest among them...”
“It’s said she’s the Solar Demon Overlord’s sworn sister, and that her breakthrough to the Quasi-Nirvana Realm back then was all thanks to him.”
Gu Changge’s gaze was deep and unfathomable as he swept a glance at a certain spot in the void, where he had earlier arranged numerous Jade Talismans, concealed within.
With everyone locked in battle now, their presence was naturally hard to detect.
Still, he chose not to act. The final moment had not yet come—not one of the Five Demon Overlords was an easy mark.
He could tell that although the Lunar Demon Overlord was being wounded and coughing blood without end, her aura was not the least bit disordered.
This meant her heart was not panicked at all. She was calm, waiting for the moment to unleash a thunderous strike.
To prevent the Five Demon Overlords from escaping this place, Gu Changge had also stationed his Nature God’s Chant at the Gates of Life, carrying the Grand Flask to stand guard.
In this world-shaking game of chess, the Five Demon Overlords had never stood a chance from the very beginning.
Boom rumble rumble!! An unimaginable battle continued to erupt here, ghastly winds howling in fury, waves of blood surging to the sky.
The aura of the entire world had changed. Countless divine abilities were being displayed, countless supreme techniques evolving.
The Solar Demon Overlord and the Crimson Cloud Demon Overlord were drenched in blood, fighting to the point of madness—less like two emperors and more like two lunatics.
“Now... is the time!”
The Lunar Demon Overlord, sent flying and vomiting blood again and again, suddenly turned her gaze ice-cold. She had finally seized her moment, unleashing a supreme technique.
Endless divine light flickered in and out of existence as something colossal swept across the sky, its roar shaking the heavens.
Then Qinglong, the White Tiger, the Vermilion Bird, and other peerless great fiends released divine fire and charged forth.
Her face was cold, hands forming seals, her body covered in wounds, yet nothing could mask the ruthlessness of this moment. A black whirlwind swept across the firmament, its terrifying aura spreading, unsettling the Blood Demon Overlord and the other Demon Overlord.
Within the eye of the storm stood a colossal beast; a terrifying divine deer looked down in disdain, its phantom manifesting, striking fear into all hearts.
“Don’t let her entrance you! Fight her with everything—she’s no match for the two of us!”
The Blood Demon Overlord’s face was dark and cold. Knowing the terror of this move, he cared not at all. His whole body blazed with light as he thrust a great hand forward.
However, the other Demon Overlord fared poorly. His body cracked and split, struck by the Lunar Demon Overlord, nearly pierced through. An ocean of laws boiled, and he was finally submerged within it.
“Kill her!”
He burst out from within, letting out a low roar, his face twisted in pain.
Under this strike, his body had nearly been pierced through. Blood poured from him as he was sent flying.
By now, everyone’s hair was dyed blood-red, as if they would fight until this world collapsed.
The Blood Demon Overlord raised his hand and struck, forming a pitch-black giant palm print that swatted the Lunar Demon Overlord flying. Her body burst apart, Quasi-Nirvana blood sprinkling the sky, smashing through a million li of mountains and rivers.
However, he did not escape unscathed either. He was struck by one of the Lunar Demon Overlord’s spiritual secret arts—his brow split open, and a third of his Primordial Spirit was annihilated.
This was the innate gift of the Lunar Divine Deer, an extremely powerful spiritual attack from which even a Quasi-Nirvana Realm cultivator could not escape unscathed.
The great battle raged for a full day and night, countless exchanges traded.
In times past, a clash between Nirvana Realm existences lasting a thousand or even ten thousand years was not uncommon, but the situation now was dire.
The World Source could mature at any moment. Everyone was fighting for their life.
Finally, the battle produced a result—the Lunar Demon Overlord’s side concluded first.
Her body burst apart, her Primordial Spirit wrapping around her life essence and fleeing, transforming into divine light to escape this place first.
The Blood Demon Overlord and the other Demon Overlord were in poor shape as well, gravely wounded, rapidly recovering where they stood.
“She fled?”
“Or was it deliberate?”
Gu Changge glanced at the Lunar Demon Overlord as she fled in divine light, his expression unchanged, pondering inwardly for a moment before setting her aside for now.
Deliberate or not, it made no difference to him at present.
Then he looked toward the Solar Demon Overlord, a strange gleam flashing through his eyes.
The Solar Heavenly Blade was not so easy to wield. With things having come to this point, it was time for him to draw in the net.
“What’s happening...”
“How is this possible?”
“The Solar Heavenly Blade won’t obey me...”
Just then, the Solar Demon Overlord—locked in a dead-even struggle with the Crimson Cloud Demon Overlord at the most critical juncture—suddenly paled drastically.
He could hardly believe it.
For he felt the Solar Heavenly Blade in his hand emit a clear, ringing hum, a terrifying recoil force surging forth, threatening to shatter his internal organs.
At the same time, it generated an intense resistance, refusing his control.
This feeling came too suddenly, catching him completely off guard. He could not believe it—one must know, in a life-and-death struggle, everything hung by a thread.
And this single instant could decide many things, even life and death.
By the time the Solar Demon Overlord reacted, it was already too late! Pu! Seeing this, though somewhat puzzled, the Crimson Cloud Demon Overlord would not let such a golden opportunity slip. A cold smile curled his lips as he once again offered up the Primeval True Feather.
Golden light flashed, incomparably dazzling, slicing through the void as if descending from beyond the boundless universe! The Primeval True Feather, like an immortal sword, pierced through the Solar Demon Overlord’s brow with a chi.
In an instant, bone fragments flew, the crown of his head burst open, terrifying imperial might boiled over, and his face became a bloody mess.
It must be said, as a Nirvana Realm existence, the Solar Demon Overlord’s cultivation was world-topping.
Even with his brow pierced through, only his cheekbone split—the blow could not reach deeper.
“Ahhh...”
The Solar Demon Overlord roared in fury, his face a mangled blur, the aura around him boiling as he struggled to resist.
He did not know why, but the Solar Heavenly Blade that had accompanied him for countless years had, at the critical moment, tried to break free from his grasp, becoming utterly foreign to him.
“No matter what, you die today!”
Seeing this, the Crimson Cloud Demon Overlord once again urged his magic power, sneering repeatedly, intending to use the Primeval True Feather to grind away the Solar Demon Overlord’s divine soul.
He too had noticed—the Solar Heavenly Blade was resisting, no longer as obedient as before.
Though he did not know the reason, for him it was an excellent opportunity.
The Primeval True Feather was incomparably terrifying, the embodiment of his entire cultivation.
In terms of offensive power, it was no weaker than the Cloud Lance—if anything, stronger.
Now, white bone glimmered, splitting open once more. Vast fluctuations spread, transforming into a golden, majestic greatsword, seeking to grind away the Solar Demon Overlord’s divine soul.
Pu!! But the next moment, the Solar Demon Overlord’s entire body suddenly seethed, his blood energy flowing in reverse, blazing and dazzling like the sun, converging toward his brow.
He was activating a Life Forbidden Technique, intending to fight the Crimson Cloud Demon Overlord to the death.
“Even if I die, I won’t let you off easy.”
The Solar Demon Overlord roared. At the same time, he gripped the Solar Heavenly Blade once more and, heedless of its resistance, slashed horizontally at the Crimson Cloud Demon Overlord.
This strike far surpassed all his previous methods—as if even an entire universe before him, he could split it open.
“You intend to perish together with me?”
“That’s not for you to decide!”
The Crimson Cloud Demon Overlord recognized his intent. His gaze turned cold as he activated his strongest methods to resist.
The Blood Demon Overlord and the other Demon Overlord also paled drastically, sensing the terror of this technique. With no time to recover from their wounds, they began retreating from this place, fearing they’d be caught in the blast.
Dong!! Boundless light erupted here. The Solar Demon Overlord’s Life Forbidden Technique was like a collapsing universe, crushing down through the ages, dazzling and resplendent.
The Crimson Cloud Demon Overlord grunted, his body nearly severed at the waist, but fortunately he retreated in time, avoiding the critical blow.
“Hahaha, Xuan Yang, in the end you could never beat me...”
“This battle is my victory. The World Source is mine, and you shall perish here. From this day forth, the Demon World shall bow to me alone!”
Looking at the Solar Demon Overlord’s nearly shattered body, his life force flickering like a candle flame, he could not help laughing wildly, utterly unrestrained, every inch the picture of a victor.
“How is this possible... how could the Solar Heavenly Blade malfunction...”
The Solar Demon Overlord’s aura was feeble; not a single intact spot could be found on his body.
Even now he could not believe that the weapon that had accompanied him for so many years would fail him.
Were it not for this, how could he have lost—how could he be in danger of perishing?
At this moment, the Solar Demon Overlord suddenly remembered something. With great difficulty, he turned his head toward a certain direction, as if searching for a particular figure.
Pu! Suddenly, from within the void, a black great halberd appeared, wreathed in destruction and the aura of the Great Dao, demonic Qi surging to the heavens, piercing through heaven and earth.
In an instant, it impaled the wildly laughing Crimson Cloud Demon Overlord midair—a terrifying bloody hole running through his entire body, nearly tearing him apart.
“I wouldn’t be so sure.”
“You’d best stay here and keep the Solar Demon Overlord company.”
A young man’s voice rang out, carrying a faint mockery.
The Crimson Cloud Demon Overlord’s laughter stopped abruptly. Blood gushed out unceasingly, accompanied by the radiance of the Nirvana Realm.
He turned his head back in disbelief, eyes wide, unable to believe someone would strike at him at this moment.
A terrifying chill swept through his divine soul. Though his was an imperial body, indestructible and undying,
before this black great halberd, it was as fragile as torn paper, easily pierced.
This power was horrifying, beyond imagination.
“Who... who exactly are you...”
The Crimson Cloud Demon Overlord’s expression was ugly to the extreme. In truth, he had noticed Gu Changge earlier, but had paid him no mind, assuming he was with the Solar Demon Overlord.
Though Gu Changge’s cultivation was extraordinary, what role could he possibly play before Nirvana Realm existences? Yet he never imagined that at his most careless, most grievously wounded moment, it would be Gu Changge who suddenly struck, delivering this fatal blow.
“The Gu Family’s Young Master... the Solar Heavenly Blade—you tampered with it too...”
“What deep scheming. From the very beginning, you were plotting against us! And to think I actually trusted you...”
Watching this scene, the Solar Demon Overlord understood as well, a chill rising up his back.
From start to finish, Gu Changge had concealed his purpose, deceiving them, lulling them into lowering their guard.
Even the Solar Heavenly Blade had been tampered with by him.
Both he and the Crimson Cloud Demon Overlord had been played by Gu Changge—yet they had remained utterly oblivious.
“It seems the Solar Demon Overlord qianbei has figured it out, and not too late. This Source of yours—this junior shall graciously accept it.”
Gu Changge smiled faintly, yet his eyes were fathomless, without the slightest ripple.
Something predestined from the very beginning could not stir the slightest change in his heart.
Hearing this, the Crimson Cloud Demon Overlord, his body impaled upon the Eight Barren Demon Halberd, also understood the whole truth of the matter.
So it was not only him—even the Solar Demon Overlord had been schemed against by this young man before him.
He could not help but burst into laughter, full of self-mockery.
As an emperor, even at this moment, he possessed a bearing that inspired admiration.
“To think we dominated an era, fought unmatched across the Demon World above and below, only to fall in the end at the hands of a mere junior. How ironic!”
“The young are truly to be feared! Truly to be feared!”
As he spoke, blood carrying imperial radiance once more welled from his wounds.
Strands of divine light interwove there, attempting to knit his injuries back together.
But the Eight Barren Demon Halberd contained absolute world-destroying power, effortlessly annihilating all his vitality.
This power was too domineering and tyrannical, extinguishing all matter and existence before it.
“The Crimson Cloud Demon Overlord flatters me. This junior merely picked up an easy bargain.”
Gu Changge’s expression was calm as he said lightly, “It’s nothing worth mentioning.”
At this, the Crimson Cloud Demon Overlord’s gaze abruptly turned cold as he stared at him. “Who exactly are you? That weapon in your hand reminds me of a taboo legend that should have sunk forever beneath the River of Time...”
His heart trembled faintly.
This young man’s strength and cultivation were absurdly powerful—so much so that even the ancient records would not dare record it.
“Qianbei, aren’t you talking a bit too much?”
Gu Changge did not answer. His arm turned slightly, and the Eight Barren Demon Halberd swept down horizontally, erupting with unmatched, terrifying divine might.
“You...”
The Crimson Cloud Demon Overlord’s expression changed drastically, scarcely able to believe this scene. His imperial radiance collapsed, then with a thunderous boom burst apart, shattering into pieces, transforming into a sky full of bloody mist.
As a Nirvana Realm existence, heaven could not bury him nor earth destroy him. Even if he were torn apart by chariots, his corpse buried at the four poles of heaven and earth,
he could still revive and return to the mortal world.
Yet beneath the Eight Barren Demon Halberd’s aura of destruction, the Crimson Cloud Demon Overlord’s presence was instantly annihilated without a trace.
“Now it’s your turn, Xuan Yang qianbei.”
Gu Changge’s expression did not change as he looked toward the drastically paling Solar Demon Overlord. Blood light coiled around the Eight Barren Demon Halberd, its murderous might pressing down upon all heavens, as if the firmament itself would collapse under it.
Had the two not fought each other to the brink of death, he would not have found them so easy to deal with.
Whether the Solar Demon Overlord or the Crimson Cloud Demon Overlord, both were existences of unfathomable cultivation. Even if they fell short of the Purple Mansion’s Great Elder of old, they were not far behind.
