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第1005章 1琴1剑平生意，负尽狂名5年（4800字）

Chapter 1005 A zither and a sword, a lifetime of love; bearing the burden of a reputation for arrogance for fifteen years (4800 words)

The light surged, shattering fragments of time, and completely different runes engulfed the universe.

In a scene of breathtaking beauty, it was as if we had returned to the primordial chaos of the universe. The carefree Celestial Venerable emerged from a beam of light, coughing up blood. Cracks appeared on his celestial platform, indicating that he had suffered a severe injury.

"Unheard-of speed, exhilarating indeed! But I am not one to sit idly by and wait to be slaughtered."

Still shaken, the carefree Celestial Venerable could no longer maintain his previous detached and elegant demeanor. He glanced at the Ascension Cauldron, sneered, and reached out with one crystal-clear hand to grasp a wisp of immortal light.

As he glowed, a beam of light pierced his forehead, causing him to groan.

The next second, divine runes filled the universe, and the battered and broken Celestial Venerable roared as he fought Lu Mingfei on the throne outside of time.

This is a bizarre immortal incantation used in desperate situations to deliberately taint the Immortal Ascension Cauldron, in order to maintain extreme speed until the enemy is defeated, and to utilize the terrifying regenerative ability brought by the Immortal Ascension Incantation.

Making this choice proves that the Carefree Celestial Venerable has been forced to the last step!

The other beings in the forbidden zone were completely bewildered. This was one of the nine Heavenly Venerables who had remained anonymous since the mythical era. If it weren't for the terrifying power of the Immortal Ascension Cauldron, this Heavenly Venerable would probably never have revealed himself.

Even this supreme celestial being, whose speed was unparalleled, was now fighting for his life.

The universe was in turmoil, with divine light and secret techniques constantly emerging from the past, present, and future. The terrifying power of time filled the heavens and earth, yet a dragon emperor, even more ferocious and powerful than the Emperor of Ten Thousand Dragons, calmly dealt with it all.

A rising sun silently descended, and a phantom world tree took shape.

Within the strange phenomenon, the incomparably real world god devoured all laws, intending to swallow up the carefree heavenly venerable and the brilliant rain of light he unleashed with the Immortal Tear Green Gold Bottle!

Meanwhile, in the outside world, the trajectories of the stars intersect, constantly bursting forth with fleeting bursts of brilliant light. In each interval between their flashes, the shattered remains of stars from various realms can be seen vanishing like dust.

The living trembled, and even the supreme beings had no idea from which page of history these powerful figures rose to prominence before disappearing into the Chaotic Ancient Forbidden Zone.

They were also unsure whether the Flame Emperor, who commanded all the flames, the strange fire dragons, and the divine phoenixes of the blazing sea of ​​fire, was the reincarnation of the former Hengyu.

After all, the fact that the Jiang family's quasi-emperor was wielding the Hengyu Furnace and 'following' him made it seem like the Hengyu Emperor was aiding and abetting evil.

"They won't last long; Ye Fan is about to achieve enlightenment!"

Seeing the tragic state of the Lord of Reincarnation, whose royal blood had been burned away by the Abandoned Heaven Supreme and the Light and Dark Supreme, the others felt even more anxious.

If he hadn't been tricked by the bronze fragment sent by the Celestial Venerable of Immortality before his birth and tainted with the Immortality Curse, the Lord of Reincarnation would probably have perished long ago. It can be said that he turned misfortune into blessing.

"We cannot sit idly by and wait to die. We must support each other and sever our paths to immortality. At the very least, we must completely destroy the Ascension Cauldron, just as we did in the mythical era!" said the Supreme Abandoned Heaven.

"Stop wasting time, make your move," the Spirit Emperor said.

The image of the immortal who had just sacrificed his blood to the Immortal Cauldron was still vivid in his mind; the immortal blood even carried that terrifying curse power, wandering in the starry sky.

They had no way out. Under the influence of the ultimate sublimation and self-destruction and the pseudo-immortal curse, the supreme runes flickered, trying to exhaust everything, obliterate divinity, and let their own imperial laws rule the world!

Who hasn't risen from among billions of living beings? Who hasn't trudged through hardship and triumph in this degenerate age?!

There's no need to delve into which erased epic the emperors and sovereigns of those ancient forbidden zones came from. At this moment, it's nothing more than a life-or-death struggle!

"If you wish to attain enlightenment through me, then come and fight!" The Stone Emperor's eyes widened in fury, his imperial blood staining the starry sky as he roared, "With my imperial blood!"

Sacrificing immortals alive!!!

Since he couldn't delay until the Divine City was destroyed and the Immortal Cauldron shattered, he also couldn't delay allowing Ye Fan to continue perfecting his own path.

With a whoosh, this universe was ignited, transcending the realm of flames. Even the dazzling flames brought by the scorching sea of ​​fire could not suppress this streak of blood light.

This is a sacrifice made with one's own blood and life to destroy the enemy.

Time and space roared and burned together, emitting a Daoist crescendo!

His target was Ye Fan, as well as all the powerful figures in the Chaotic Ancient Forbidden Zone. At this moment, the supreme beings who had ascended from the forbidden zone, with their unparalleled cultivation, tore open cracks in the scene of great destruction and rushed into the Immortal Ascension Cauldron.

In an instant, heaven and earth seemed to collapse, all things were born and then vanished, and endless rain of light fell everywhere.

"boom!"

Suddenly, a massive wave surged forth, and a cloud of lightning, seemingly appearing out of nowhere, covered the area.

What was initially thought to be a backlash from the birth of a world-destroying, heaven-defying entity turned out to be a devastating event. However, unexpectedly, streaks of purple lightning and thunder resounded throughout the heavens and earth, spreading from the upper and lower universes, from ancient times to the present, and from all ten directions of the world.

Thunder tore through the sea of ​​fire, swallowed the galaxy, severed time, and destroyed the laws of nature.

Boom——!

A Taoist priest stood with his right foot on the illusory earth and his left foot blocking the void. He was surrounded by invisible darkness and had chaotic auspicious clouds above his head. He was as light as a crane and made a slash with a long knife in his right hand and a long sword in his left hand.

The sword energy gathers the masculine energy of heaven and earth, flowing with the domineering power of thunder.

Sword energy permeated the heavens and the stars, annihilating all things into nothingness.

With a sword and a blade, they embody the principles of Tai Chi, bringing the world back to its true, primordial chaos, and also signifying the creation of the primordial era.

Even though the Supreme Beings risked their lives, using the recovery brought by the Immortal Ascension Curse as a form of consumption, they could only retreat rapidly from their extremely damaged and nearly annihilated forms amidst screams.

This move is too powerful and bizarre, exceeding their most 'complete' understanding of what they can resist. If they force their way in, they will be annihilated, turning into ashes!

"Who are you?!" Blood Phoenix Ancient Emperor roared.

Another powerhouse far surpassing the current supreme beings—could they all have survived from before the Chaotic Era?!

Meng Qi's deep, bottomless eyes looked at them, a half-smile playing on his lips. He was about to use his persuasive skills to stall for time and recover from the inexplicable depletion of the Azure Jade Void Sword.

Om-!

A seven-stringed zither, entwined with a dragon's soul, flew in from beyond the sky and landed precisely in front of him.

"A zither and a sword are my life's companions, I've carried a reputation for madness for fifteen years. The zither's strings hold tenderness, the sword's blood carries hatred; whatever comes, I must wield the sword, whatever goes, I can entrust to the zither."

Meng Qi did not open his mouth, but the poem he recited, accompanied by the melodious sound of a zither, resounded throughout the realms.

Is that right?

It doesn't seem like there's anything wrong with it.

wrong!

Meng Qi was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized that some words in the poem had been altered, and immediately understood why borrowing the sword today had been so easy and effortless.

He slung his long sword over his shoulder, stood sideways, and looked at a corner of the starry sky. He seemed to disdain to look directly at these supreme beings. He loosened his teeth and said in a low voice, "The Mad Blade of Chaotic Times."

The music lingered, emanating a divine aura that penetrated the defenses and entered the hearts of all living beings. Hearing this battle melody, it was as if there were light and shadow, both real and illusory, creating an ancient battlefield where a fierce battle was taking place.

The sword light split into billions, nearly swallowing everything in the world. Even the river of time was momentarily severed. In that instant, history moving towards the future was frozen, and even the supreme beings who had ascended could not dodge it.

Given that he's known as the Mad Blade, it's no wonder.

"A master of both the zither and the sword, a madman of chaos?!" a supreme being whispered.

Then, countless lightning bolts, with their claws outstretched, slashed fiercely at that spot.

The dark thunder was like a vast ocean, with billions of bolts of lightning and various strange phenomena erupting, almost sweeping across the heavens and utterly shattering the edge of the universe!

The first direction Meng Qi looked towards was the end of deep space. Su Lin patted the humanoid speaker next to him encouragingly.

"Keep playing like that, keep up with the rhythm."

Huai Shi wanted to cry but had no tears, but he didn't want to go up there and be wiped out along with the universe by the two passing supreme beings.

Therefore, I could only receive a profound enlightenment from Su Lin here, who imparted a lot of knowledge and skills in playing musical instruments and singing, and then played some background music for the group members.

Otherwise, the guqin that Su Lin exchanged for from the system for 1000 Manifestation Points would only have a mediocre effect after the dragon soul was dissipated, let alone the effect of no one playing it.

So, if the other party can just grab him and request songs whenever they want to listen to music or need accompaniment, does this little musical world really make any difference whether it's in Su Lin's hands or not?

Realizing that experience still matters and poultry needs the right seasoning, Huai Shi sighed and asked, "What kind of background music will the boss use later? The Sword-Drawing Divine Song?"

He glanced at the greatsword the other person had tossed aside.

Even if he were a bit imposing, he could still pull it off.

"Let me think," Su Lin said, scratching his head haphazardly, a rare sight for him, looking like someone who had to write an essay half an hour before the end of an exam.

Out of consideration for his relatives, friends, and his half-brother Su, he even provided props to Meng Qi for his miraculous appearance free of charge.

Sincere and helpful, that perfectly describes me, Gu Yue Otto Qitian Sanzang Anlan Su Cangqiong Lin.

wrong

Why are there so many villains and not many righteous heroes?

Su Lin, deep in thought, scratched his head and waved his hand, saying, "Why don't you play some music for them first?"

"Oh." Huai Shi nodded and switched to "Emiya" from the playlist.

Beep beep beep~

boom!

Golden light soared into the sky, illuminating billions of miles, as brilliant as if cast from gold. Its radiance pierced through the sun and moon, majestic and powerful, flowing with a rumbling, resounding golden aura.

Countless intersecting, buzzing sword intents condensed into tangible weapons, scattered freely throughout the myriad phenomena of the mortal world, seemingly capable of slicing through eternity of time and space.

Despite the terrifying, overwhelming killing intent and the falling cold divine light, it remained as still as a towering mountain.

"It feels like just yesterday that I was being chased by a group of Dao Palace cultivators, and now I'm about to fight an ancient emperor?"

With dark circles under his eyes, Shirou Emiya drank a bottle of special energy potion and said with a wry smile, "I really want to go back to work. Speaking of which, just like that blue lancer's older brother, why do I see golden guys everywhere?"

"Sir, you surely have no prejudice against counterfeits, right?"

Emiya Shirou was somewhat helpless.

Opposite him, the Golden Ancient Emperor held a golden mace that radiated brilliant immortal light, and the killing intent between his brows enveloped the red-haired cultivator who suddenly appeared before him.

If it were an ordinary living being, it would have been reduced to a pile of flesh and blood long ago, but judging from the aura, the person in front of him should not have even reached the realm of the Emperor.

The two stared at each other for a moment, until a large star fell and the shattered continent appeared in the vacuum zone before them.

"Swoosh," "Swoosh"... The killing light was dazzling, and golden light shone. In a golden world, the sky was filled with weapons and treasures everywhere. Golden towers, divine swords, Dao bells, golden cauldrons and other treasures flew around.

The source of the Golden Divine Treasury, endless golden soldiers, carrying golden immortal light that can annihilate all laws, transformed into a waterfall from the nine heavens, cascading down.

At the same time, a world-shaking energy appeared, as if the universe was about to be re-evolved, and the formless and intangible sword energy rippled out like the sea.

The continent, floating in the vacuum, vanished like paper.

Crimson flames swept to the horizon, everywhere were immortal swords, demonic swords, and devilish swords, everywhere were divine weapons, and in the next second, swathes of sword light connected to form a sea of ​​sword energy.

Countless famous swords and treasures collided, creating waves of golden ripples, and the runes of the Great Dao shattered and reformed.

Both sides possessed an inexhaustible arsenal and boundless offensive capabilities. Even the sum of all the stars in the universe could not compare to the number of weapons abandoned and destroyed during the battle.

This scene instantly captured countless eyes, even the other supreme beings were shocked.

So spectacular!

It's as if two civilizations from different worlds are waging an epic war!

'Golden Ancient Emperor, Golden Divine Treasure, Golden Immortal Light, Golden Dao Sword'

'Ilya, Great Wish Cosmic Mapping Link.'

'The Secret of Imitation and Evolution of the Character "斗"'.

'Projection. Loading complete.'

Within the emerging strange phenomenon of the sword realm, a glimmer of golden light vanished in an instant.

Immediately, the world within the Infinite Sword Realm was dyed gold, and the divine weapons formed from the traces of the Great Dao were endless, clanging and ringing.

"You're stealing my methods?!" The Golden Ancient Emperor exclaimed incredulously.

Golden ripples transformed into waves, and even more terrifyingly, a golden mace, as if mass-produced, slowly materialized from nothingness.

"The first type of imperial weapon stockpile."

Emiya Shirou wiped the sweat from his forehead.

With a clang, countless rays of immortal light and countless sword marks appeared. One after another, immortal divine rays that could cleave the sun, moon and stars above and destroy all living things below poured down!

The Supreme Being of Light and Darkness clutched his chest, where celestial light emanated from the crack. He had broken through from a pool of lightning, but there was no ancient emperor beside him to sever his 'completeness'.

This also means that once the Immortal Ascension Mantra is introduced to prolong life, he will follow in the footsteps of the previous immortals.

at this time.

The conditions for passing the path to immortality appeared in the mind of the Supreme Being of Light and Darkness. The flawless emperor of the present world was from another space-time that was being drawn and merged by the Immortal Cauldron. For some reason, he received information from another world.

Becoming an immortal?

How ironic.

He fell to the ground, and out of the corner of his eye, he saw a space-time that had just appeared, a world in the midst of dark turmoil, where blood was slaughtered for millions of miles and corpses lay strewn across countless stars.

Everyone's going to become an immortal, and the human world and the immortal world will soon be refined. Stop wasting your time on this futile effort.

'But I still want to become a true immortal.'

'Who is speaking?'

'It's me, and it's you.'

The Supreme Being of Light and Darkness, with an unknown amount of strength, struggled to prop himself up with his severed arm.

'Trying to possess me? Don't even think about bewitching me. At the very least, destroy the Ascension Cauldron.'

'Why destroy it? You're going to die anyway, aren't you?'

In his mind's eye, a little boy emerged from a mountain of corpses, his face covered in blood and wounds, silently staring at him.

'At least it can stop you from refining all living beings.'

The moment the thought of the Supreme Being of Light and Darkness arose, he discovered that in the world where dark turmoil was unfolding, a Supreme Being opened his mouth and inhaled, and endless life-giving light entered his body, causing life to wither wherever it passed.

That is the supreme being of light and darkness from another dimension, located in the future.

And what am I doing?

Faced with an even more terrifying darkness, did I subconsciously revert to my old stance and start assuming the identity of an ancient emperor protected by all races again?

If I am the supreme ruler of the forbidden zone, what do other matters have to do with me besides becoming an immortal?

If I were still the same Emperor of Light and Darkness, why would I have started the Dark Turmoil?

"I won't possess you." The boy, his face stained with wounds and blood, approached him. "Whether you become an immortal or not depends on you."

Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his heart, and all sorts of memories flooded back.

A little boy dragged an old man's body out of a pile of corpses. An infant curled up in a mother's arms, reaching out to touch the cold body. A young female cultivator exploded...

He had been weak before, and those painful memories...

What am I doing now? And what is 'he' doing, who is instigating this dark upheaval?

"Go do what you want to do."

The boy cupped the face of the Supreme Being of Light and Darkness: "Because I am you, the immortal you've always dreamed of."

In full view.

The figure of the Light and Dark Supreme was stained with illusory light feathers, causing many Supremes of the Forbidden Zones to sigh in horror.

The Light and Dark Supreme was just one step away from destroying the Immortal Ascension Cauldron, but he couldn't hold on any longer and had to sacrifice himself to the cauldron again.

But that strange scene did not happen after a few breaths.

As the Supreme Being of Light and Darkness staggered towards the Immortal Ascension Cauldron, he raised his bright eyes and waved his hand. Suddenly, most of the illusory feathers withered away, and his aura also weakened abruptly.

The ice cracks in Sendai need the nourishment of life essence.

"Take immediate action"

Some tried to persuade him to absorb the blood essence of the recently emerged creatures from the star field, but the next moment...

The head of the Light and Dark Supreme fell to the ground.

It is the head of the Light and Dark Sovereign who is causing a dark upheaval in another dimension.

The heavens and earth trembled, the star field shook, and as the Supreme Being of Light and Darkness reached the pinnacle of sublimation, he annihilated countless other beings across time and space and absorbed their origin.

"With my blood, I will help you defend the human world!"

The withered, illusory feathers transformed into wings, beams of light that shook the heavens and vibrated the universe.

(End of this chapter)