Follow the path of Dao from infancy Chapter 1904 Chapter 510: Ten Thousand Clans Await, Reverse-Order Challenge_4

Previously on Follow the path of Dao from infancy...
The Immortal Immortal Emperor revealed the devastating truth that many clans have been obliterated by the Ancient Demon invasion, leaving only surviving bloodlines among the Immortal Kings, who react with shock and disbelief. As the crisis escalates across realms, the Star Empress initiates the reverse challenge without delay, prompting Shi Miao to step forward and invite higher-ranked challengers to the battle platform. Luo Ningshuang accepts, determined to test her Immortal King Great Perfection strength against Shi Miao's formidable power, while the watching Ten Thousand Clans lament their champions' failures and debate the selection's fairness amid the Emperor Clan's dominance. The battle commences as Luo Ningshuang unleashes her Ancestor Emperor Power, manifesting a majestic imperial silhouette that silences the observers in terror.

Glancing at the rankings nearby, Luo Ningshuang sits at a mere nineteenth place!

Practically touching the very bottom!

Achieving only the nineteenth spot yet unleashing such tremendous power? Could this really be an Immortal King?!

"This presence nearly matches a Quasi-Emperor; is that a spectral Emperor? What manner of freak is this!"

Immortal Kings from numerous races gaped in disbelief, struck dumb by the sheer wonder.

This defies the Immortal King Realm as they knew it!

Though certain races present hadn't reached Immortal King Realm Perfection, they'd at least witnessed the gait of pigs if not tasted their meat. How could an Immortal King at Perfection wield such overwhelming force?

"Excellent work, Luo Ningshuang, truly the glory of our lineage, the honored pupil of the Chaos Emperor Venerate!"

Within the Ten Thousand Clans, as the Luo Clan members beheld this sight, their gazes burned with fervor, and tears welled in many eyes. Here was their clan's supreme talent, a once-in-ten-thousand-years prodigy trained by the Chaos Emperor Venerate, now dazzling brilliantly before all the Ten Thousand Clans!

"Ancestor Emperor Power, the Ancestor selected wisely; this embodies the genius of our Luo Clan!"

Countless Luo Clan individuals cried out passionately, their faces alight with thrill and joy.

The moment Ancestor Emperor Power manifested, Luo Ningshuang wasted no time, promptly activating the might of various Extreme Realms and Final Realms, boosting her prowess to its zenith in scarcely a single breath.

Though aware of her impending defeat, she yearned to gauge the vast chasm between them!

Yet prior to her launching an assault, Shi Miao stood unmoved before her, intoning a lone word in cold detachment.

"Reverse!"

Suddenly, the vibrant Time Law whirled into motion, and inside the enclosure, a breeze appeared to stir.

This breeze swept all things in an opposing flow, heading backward into history, with the time river itself appearing to flow in reverse right then.

Luo Ningshuang's surging presence swelled to its fullest, only to shrink rapidly, her energy fading and receding as if all regressed to a prior state!

Even the Emperor's illusory form at her back gradually dimmed, though just ere it dissolved, a spark lit in its gaze, briefly eyeing the woman upon the stage, yet it took no further action and quietly faded.

"How is this possible?"

Luo Ningshuang sensed her Immortal Vein turning backward, her strength waning, and horror gripped her instantly. Such dread force could influence her very core!

The Ancestor Emperor Power within her lineage even withdrew, as though encountering a forbidden presence.

In a flash, her vitality shifted from peak vigor to utter weakness, her Immortal King Great Perfection realm wavering until her aura abruptly dropped to the Ninth Level of the Immortal King Realm!

Luo Ningshuang stood frozen, her thoughts in turmoil. What force was this? Time Law?

She too had delved into Time Dao, attaining its Eighth Layer essence, distant from the Tenth, but... could Time Dao's Tenth Layer prove so horrifying?

Remember, she had grasped the Tenth Layer of the Dao—one of the Nine Orders, Wood Dao—brimming with boundless vital force, and even that stood quelled in this instant!

Sss!

A frosty gleam darted forward, and as Luo Ningshuang regained her senses, a brief, pristine white dagger hovered precisely at her forehead's center.

"You lost."

Shi Miao's tone arrived, flat and emotionless.

Luo Ningshuang remained dazed.

The whole arena fell hushed, encompassing the distant Luo Clan in the heavens, plunging from collective rapture to profound stillness in mere moments.

It resembled a chilling draft passing through, slitting the throats of the entire lineage, yielding a tomb-like hush.

Their clan's luminary prodigy, the brilliant Luo Ningshuang, had fallen in an instant's glance.

She hadn't even gotten a shot at countering!

What sort of might is this? Does it truly belong to the Immortal King Realm?!

"What happened? Her cultivation level dropped?"

"Time reversal? The Emperor bloodline got subdued too?!"

Not just the Luo Clan, but the rest gawked in disbelief, unable to accept it.

Those grieving clans froze in shock, suddenly grasping why their own prodigies had crumbled, failing to secure even entry into the ultimate contest.

Even the lowest-ranked ones are utter monstrosities.