I tricked you into thinking you had the makings of an emperor, but you actually did it?

"Sword Sixteen! The World!"

Shen Ming unleashed the sword technique he had just used, this time in his thirteen-aperture state, making the meaning of the sword's name clear to everyone.

Man and sword become one, he transforms the world.

All three thousand great paths have evolved, transforming into the sun, the moon, the infinite, and creation itself!

The only shortcoming is that the Dao of Time is not yet complete; otherwise, one could achieve complete freedom in the transformation of time and be omnipresent in time.

For all living beings present, this sword strike was like the creation of heaven and earth.

"Heavenly Emperor! Sovereign of Heaven!"

At this moment, strength and status are aligned, and no one questions it.

With a long roar, Fei Peng soared into the sky, his silver-white divine armor radiating boundless divine light.

He held a three-pointed, double-edged spear, a celestial weapon originating from the ancient Heavenly Court.

"Negative!"

"Positive!"

"pregnancy!"

"Xu!"

With each word Fei Peng uttered, all laws boiled and the Great Dao erupted.

The entire Wuliang Mountain could not withstand the pressure; the main peak began to crack and hum.

"Leave quickly!"

The Great Luo Dao Masters were terrified and quickly told the others to leave.

Fei Peng is about to unleash the Eight Rebellious Forms!

It is the realm of immortality, the ultimate evolution of the three thousand great paths, encompassing all laws and phenomena.

If Shen Ming's sword strike was the creation of heaven and earth, transforming the sun, the moon, the infinite, and creation itself!

Fei Peng is determined to destroy the heavens and the earth, and to reverse the balance of yin and yang, life and death, reality and illusion, and time and space!

It is Fei Peng's ultimate trump card, said to be able to challenge the Heavenly Dao.

"No one is allowed to leave!"

Fei Peng's face was more ferocious than ever before, and countless divine soldiers surrounded him from all directions, forming an impenetrable wall.

"What does this mean?!"

One of the Great Luo Dao Masters was puzzled: the aftershocks of these two could turn any living being below the Longevity Realm into dust.

Fei Peng ignored the warnings and used the Eight Reversals to transform the immortal weapon in his hand into a weapon of destruction.

He disregarded those living beings, thus instilling fear in his enemies and preventing them from using their full strength.

This is a move that this first general has used repeatedly without fail.

But he soon realized he was overthinking it.

A single sword strike can arrive in an instant.

"Then come on!"

Fei Peng held nothing back, unleashing his strongest attack.

Boom!

With a deafening roar, the entire main peak collapsed, and all the clouds surrounding it evaporated.

Those on the periphery were terrified and scattered like birds and beasts.

It wasn't until they had flown hundreds of miles that they mustered the courage to look back, only to find that Wuliang Mountain had been completely transformed, losing its majestic status as a sacred mountain.

"Wasn't this supposed to be an ascension ceremony? How did it turn out like this?"

"Where did everyone go? Could they all be gone?!"

The mere mention of this possibility sent chills down everyone's spine.

The Immortal Sect Master and the Nine Heavens Lord are all gathered together; if they were all gone, that would be a huge joke.

When the world returned to calm, some people noticed that the star gate's radiance was still there.

The stargate is outside the world and is unaffected.

The next moment, the light became incredibly intense, and those who had disappeared reappeared.

They remained as if they had just escaped a catastrophe, some with their eyes tightly closed, others clutching their heads, unaware that they had survived.

"It's the World Tree! The World Tree saved us!"

The Great Luo Dao Master was the first to discover this, and found it incredible.

Like the Heavenly Way, the World Tree treats all things as mere straw dogs and would never attempt to save anyone.

Until the star gate's light concentrated into a beam, shining on a figure.

Shen Ming!

No, Heavenly Emperor!

Amidst the interplay and transformation of light, more scenes unfolded: the complete disappearance of forbidden zones in the lower realm, and Shen Ming's battles against the lords of these forbidden zones.

This reminded them of what Yunxi had said earlier.

Shen Ming, as the Heavenly Emperor, swept away the forbidden zones of life in the lower realms and eliminated the forces of darkness.

Suddenly, several figures flew away at lightning speed!

There was Luo Chen and clan leaders from the lower realm.

There is a minor palace master of the Heavenly Mandate Divine Palace.

There are celestial courts or some supreme sect leaders.

Those who were hostile to Shen Ming, seeing that the situation was hopeless, chose to flee immediately.

However, halfway through the run, they heard a familiar loud laugh.

In the ruins of Wuliang Mountain, rubble suddenly exploded, and Feipeng reappeared.

His divine armor was shattered, his celestial weapons were gone, and his hair was disheveled; he was completely unrecognizable as the First Divine General.

"Look!"

Most shockingly, Fei Peng's life force had long been extinguished; the World Sword had already killed him!

Fei Peng should have been a corpse, but now he can move freely and his injuries are healing!

"What's going on? Immortality?"

Even Shen Ming was surprised. He activated his Origin Heaven Divine Eye and found unusual material energy on Fei Peng!

"The Ascension Ceremony is not over yet, so there's no need to rush off. The immortal destiny you've been dreaming of is about to begin for you!"

"Gate to the Celestial Realm, open!"

Fei Peng's strange demeanor, speaking so seriously, sent chills down one's spine.

But surprisingly, a legendary gate to the celestial realm actually appeared above the star gate.

Wherever the gate to the celestial realm can be seen, it falls within its range.

"Old tree, what happened?"

Shen Ming sensed something was wrong and quickly asked what was wrong.

Unexpectedly, he sensed that the World Tree was uneasy and did not respond.

One of the Great Luo Dao Masters stared intently at the Immortal Gate and uncontrollably flew over there.

Upon closer inspection, the door resembled a mouth, and it bit the Great Luo Dao Master right inside.

With a sound similar to chewing, the aura of the Great Luo Dao Master completely disappeared.

This 'immortal gate' received nourishment and extended infinitely, spreading across the sky and covering the entire celestial realm.

"General Fei Peng! What's going on?!"

Even the master of the Zhen Tian Divine Palace couldn't understand it.

“That’s not a celestial sect, that’s a Lord of the Abyss!” Shen Ming said.

"The Lord of the Abyss? Wasn't the God Lord fighting against him? Did he fail?!"

Someone couldn't help but speak up, and was immediately met with disapproving looks from those around them.

Immediately afterwards, the God Lord, riding the chariot of the gods, appeared, standing beneath the Lord of the Abyss, looking down upon the crowd.

"The Divine Court is actually in league with the Lord of the Abyss?! Or has the Divine Lord been bewitched by the Lord of the Abyss?"

Some people were deeply shocked, even more so than when they learned that Shen Ming was the Heavenly Emperor.

At this moment, Yunxi came to Shen Ming's side and asked him, a professional, for advice.

"Something's not right with this Lord of the Abyss."

Because he discovered that this Lord of the Abyss was not afraid of him and seemed to coexist with the God.

It seems that the Divine Court intends to wage war against the Heavenly Court, and even to destroy the world.

Just then, the 'Immortal Gate' that had been covering the sky quickly turned black and enveloped the earth.

In the blink of an eye, everyone found themselves in an environment where it was pitch black.

The Great Dao, the Laws, and the Supernatural Powers are all useless.

Just like the Great Luo Dao Master at the beginning, they were swallowed into the darkness.

Huh?

Shen Ming felt a sense of familiarity from this darkness, and the Devouring and Creation runes also reacted.

Is this darkness the origin of that dark god from the Endless Divine Realm?

Conceptual deities such as creation, chaos, life and death, and darkness exist just like time itself.

Just then, Shen Ming's vision changed. He emerged from the darkness into a misty space, where he saw the God Lord.

This deity was not affected by the darkness and remained conscious.

Shen Ming's pupils contracted sharply as he recognized the face.