Sweeping across the heavens, starting with the first emperor of the ancient times.

Jiang Hao nodded slightly.

He no longer cared about the affairs of the Mighty Bull Demon Clan.

"You can handle this matter as you see fit," Jiang Hao said calmly. "Give them a little punishment as a warning to others, but don't delve too deeply into it. Just keep them in check in the future."

"This disciple understands," Lin Qingxuan replied respectfully, his mind clear.

The Emperor did not take such a trivial matter to heart at all. This move was both to demonstrate the grandeur of the imperial lineage and to give him, as the current patriarch, an opportunity to establish his authority and conduct himself properly.

After Lin Qingxuan took his leave, Jiang Hao began his seclusion.

The gains from the ruins of the Chaotic Ancient Heavenly Court were immense. The Immortal Spring and Divine Liquid nourished the origin, the Chaotic Green Lotus completed the foundation of the Great Dao, and the incomplete chapter of the Great Dao's origin even guided the way forward.

Inside the secluded cave, chaotic energy permeated the air like a vast sea.

Jiang Hao sat cross-legged in the center, his body radiant and his appearance solemn. He began to circulate his profound energy, integrating all his gains.

The Chaos Scripture evolved on its own, absorbing the profound mysteries of the Daoist Scripture's general outline, the Daoist's insights into transformation, and the concepts of the fragments of the Great Dao's origin, undergoing a deep sublimation and reconstruction.

His life essence was boiling, compressing, and transforming into a more perfect and powerful form.

In the chaotic sea of ​​suffering, five immortal herbs simultaneously spewed out endless essence, assisting him in completing this crucial step.

His soul was also undergoing a transformation, and his perception of the laws of heaven and earth reached an unprecedented level of refinement.

This process is not something that can be accomplished overnight.

Time flies in the outside world, and eight thousand years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Inside the cave, Jiang Hao's transformation has reached its most crucial moment.

Yes, Jiang Hao is undergoing a transformation, and it's his second transformation.

His accumulated knowledge and experience had already reached its peak.

Since attaining enlightenment, he has been studying the great principles of heaven and earth and gaining insights into countless paths.

He subdued the forbidden zone and obtained countless immortal gold materials, ancient scriptures, and secret techniques.

He saved the fairy egg and obtained the general outline of the "Taoist Scripture".

By breaking into the Chaotic Ancient Heavenly Court and obtaining the Chaotic Green Lotus and fragments of the Great Dao, such accumulation is beyond the reach of even those veteran supreme beings who have lived for tens of thousands of years.

Jiang Hao has now lived for over ten thousand years. If he were an ordinary Heavenly Venerable Ancient Emperor, this would indeed be considered his later years, and he would need to consider his second life.

But Jiang Hao is different. He is a Chaos Body, and his foundation is too strong and too deep. He can live for at least another 20,000 years in his first life.

By that calculation, it's still far from old age.

Most enlightened beings only consider living out their next life in their later years.

But Jiang Hao is different. He wants to walk the path of immortality in the mortal world. His goal is clear. He needs to undergo transformation and rebirth time and time again. How can he just sit and wait for his lifespan to run out?

Once you've accumulated enough, you'll transform!

Moreover, Jiang Hao was filled with a sense of urgency.

The ruins of the Chaotic Ancient Heavenly Court, those broken walls and rubble, silently tell a dark story of history.

The Heavenly Emperor who created the cultivation system, despite his extraordinary talent, still saw his Heavenly Court crumble.

Above these heavens, there must exist unimaginable and terrifying beings.

He must become stronger as soon as possible.

His old body began to exude an incredibly rich vitality, while at the same time, an extremely terrifying new force was being nurtured within him. The aura of life and death intertwined, as if creating the world.

In an instant, his bones shattered inch by inch, making a series of crackling sounds, and then gradually reformed under the nourishment of the chaotic energy.

Flesh and blood continuously dissolve, transforming into the most primordial life essence, which then condenses into new life.

The chaotic divine fire within his dantian burned fiercely, scorching his body and tempering his soul.

This is a transformation from the brink of death to the prospect of life.

His aura steadily declined, from the Great Emperor realm to the Quasi-Emperor realm, to the Great Saint realm, and finally to the King realm...

In the end, he transformed into a mortal with no cultivation, as fragile and vulnerable as a newborn infant.

But his soul became increasingly refined and powerful, like an eternal star, immortal and indestructible.

This is the mystery of the Immortal Path in the Mortal World: first break down, then rebuild, retracing the path of cultivation to allow both body and soul to undergo the ultimate tempering.

After an unknown amount of time, a slight throbbing suddenly resounded within Jiang Hao's body.

That is the mark of Heaven!

Since he attained enlightenment, the Heavenly Heart Mark has been closely connected with him, like his shadow, representing his status as an emperor and suppressing all paths.

At this moment, with his transformation, the Heavenly Heart Mark began to tremble violently, and the Great Dao runes shattered inch by inch, emitting a mournful cry like a lost child.

It's panicking, it's afraid!

It could no longer sense its master's presence, like an abandoned child wandering wildly through the vast heavens, unable to find that familiar figure.

The unusual movement of the Heavenly Heart Mark instantly spread throughout all the heavens and myriad realms!

Jiang Hao's mind stirred slightly. Instead of comforting him, he actively accelerated the process of separating himself from the Heavenly Heart Mark.

Boom!

An invisible, immense wave, centered on the ancient star Ziwei, instantly swept across the entire universe!

All the heavens and myriad paths were wailing and trembling, as if they had lost their backbone.

All cultivators who had reached a certain level of cultivation felt a void in their hearts, as if some supreme constraint and suppression had suddenly loosened, or even... collapsed!

"This is... the lament of the Great Dao? The mark of the Chaos Emperor... has collapsed?"

"The Emperor...has fallen?!"

Throughout the universe, on countless ancient stars, quasi-emperors and great saints who were cultivating in seclusion looked up in astonishment at the starry sky, in disbelief.

Within the forbidden zone of life, even the supreme beings were completely alarmed.

"The Chaos Emperor...is dead?!"

"How is that possible? His vital energy was like a dragon's, his lifespan should have been long, how could he suddenly pass away?"

"Could it be that his cultivation went wrong? Did he forcefully break through to a higher realm and suffer a backlash? Like the War Emperor who transformed into a War Immortal in the past?"

Some supreme beings speculate that this statement has garnered considerable support from those who exist.

After all, that Chaos Emperor acted too recklessly, so it's not surprising that he would make any crazy attempts.

"Be cautious. This matter is suspicious. Jiang Hao is cunning and his strength is unfathomable. It's possible he faked his death to set up a scheme!"

Some extremely wary supreme beings raised objections, recalling the fear of being crushed and sued by the other side.

"Let's wait and see. Even if it's true, there's no rush! Who knows if he's left any backup plans?"

Ultimately, all the restricted areas reached a consensus—to remain inactive and never venture out.

Even if the suppression of the Great Dao really disappeared and the opportunity to become an emperor reappeared, they decided to wait and see how things went first.

Jiang Hao had truly given him a psychological trauma.

The entire universe was in an uproar.

Many people were in great pain. The Chaos Emperor had only just brought them a period of good times before he died.

"Great Emperor..."

They were in great pain and could not accept it.

"No, I don't believe it!"

Many people shouted that they did not believe this claim and felt that there was more to the story of the Chaos Emperor than met the eye.

That was the invincible Chaos Emperor in their hearts, how could he have died like this?

Impossible, absolutely impossible.

Some lamented that the heavens had lost their pillar of support.

Some people were skeptical, feeling that such a person should not have perished so quietly.

Even more ambitious individuals began to secretly plot, believing that the world was about to enter a completely new era of chaos.