Let you simulate life, but you change fate every time?! Chapter 1049 550: Eighth Life: Fragmented Authority, Immortal Emperor's Magical Power! (Part 2)

It was like a Supreme Divine Sword stripped of its sheath, radiating a lethal edge capable of severing all that exists!

"Could it be that he has attained such profound mastery in the Sword Dao?"

Chu Tianlie betrayed a flicker of nervousness. His heart tightened, and an unprecedented sense of peril washed over him.

His intuition screamed that something was wrong.

Lu Yuan’s technique was monstrous beyond imagination, possessing a potency that eclipsed even the Nine-Colored Divine Fire he had deployed earlier; it was clearly a force no mortal cultivator could endure.

Yet, as Chu Tianlie prepared to counter, Lu Yuan transformed his blade into a medium for the Sword, unleashing an incomparable martial art.

Heaven-Slaying Divine Sword Technique!

"Swish!"

The moment the sword ascended.

Chu Tianlie witnessed a radiant, Supreme Sword Qi that seemed to outshine the sun and moon. It pierced the firmament, as if intending to split the Nine Heavens Star River in two.

No language could truly capture the terrifying, breathtaking ferocity of that strike.

If the detonation of the Six Calamities Asura Dharma Aspect had been enough to shatter heaven and earth and bathe billions in blood, then Lu Yuan's sword was ethereal and transcendent, like a deity standing apart from the vulgar flames of the world.

Only the brilliant, enduring glow of that sword light remained, etched into the souls and pupils of every cultivator, sowing the seeds of an eternal, visceral fear.

This was a taboo Swordsmanship—a technique to execute gods and defy the heavens—it should never have manifested in the mortal realm!

As the Sword Qi surged forth.

It signaled an apocalyptic event; even those divine entities high above the Nine Heavens would have trembled with hatred.

"Slash!"

The Sword Qi cut across the heavens like a rainbow.

Its velocity was such that, like a startled swan in flight, it vanished before anyone could register what had happened. By the time they blinked, the Divine Sword had already returned to its sheath.

The formidable elites of the Divine Fire Sect stood paralyzed and rigid. A flicker of light danced in their eyes briefly, only to be extinguished into total darkness.

The battlefield, which had moments ago been a cacophony of blood, gore, and war cries, fell into an absolute, deathly silence.

A soft breeze drifted through.

The bodies of the Divine Fire Sect’s experts simply disintegrated like dust in a gust, vanishing into nothingness, as if they had never trodden this earth.

Yang Yuan and the disciples of the Medicine God Sect surveyed the empty battlefield in confusion, entirely bewildered by the impossible sight.

Only Chu Tianlie stood in resignation, his voice tinged with bitter melancholy.

"To witness such a breathtaking display of Swordsmanship... I die without regrets."

The words had barely left his lips.

A thin, crimson line manifested across his brow.

It carved downward, traversing his entire frame, until he was cleaved into two perfect halves.

A heartbeat later.

Chu Tianlie’s stalwart body detonated, dissolving into a rain of blood that painted the heavens in a gruesome hue.

Furthermore.

The moment of his demise saw the Law Dao Mark he had branded upon the world dissipate into nothingness.

It was as if an invisible hand had wiped away his existence, leaving only a blank void.

As the breeze sighed past.

The blood rain evaporated, leaving behind only a fragmented rune suspended in mid-air.

Though incomplete, it emanated a crushing pressure, serving as a visceral embodiment of the Heaven and Earth Laws, wielding the weight of universal authority.

Lu Yuan felt a subtle shift; he sensed a vacancy where the various Venerables had previously held their Authority of Law tightly in check.

"Could this broken rune be a manifestation of the Fire Dao Authority held by Chu Tianlie?"

A gleam appeared in Lu Yuan's eyes as he surmised the truth behind the phenomenon.

Ten thousand years prior, Chu Tianlie had been a celebrated prodigy of the Divine Fire Sect. Through a lifetime of relentless service and merit, he had eventually bartered with the sect to acquire this Authority of Law, allowing him to ascend to the Half-Step Venerable Realm.

Now that Lu Yuan had slain him, that portion of the Authority of Law had become ownerless.

Any Void Dao Saint Master with such knowledge would be ecstatic, willing to sacrifice everything to claim this rune.

For them, it was more than just a piece of heaven’s authority; it was the key to their breakthrough, a pathway to replace Chu Tianlie and grasp the power of a Half-Step Venerable.

Yet, moments after Chu Tianlie expired.

From the shadows.

Several ancient, powerful entities descended, coveting the vacant rune.

The energy was sacred and primordial, exuding an eternal, indestructible aura.

Even the mere remnants of their momentum caused Lu Yuan’s mind to turn blank, plunging him into a state of primal dread.

This force was as exalted as heaven itself—older than the Dao, and far surpassing the might of any Ming Dao Venerable.

It was a level of power perhaps possessed only by the legendary Immortal Emperor of Attainment.

"This rune is truly extraordinary; it has even provoked the descent of an Immortal Emperor’s Magical Power!"

Lu Yuan’s expression hardened as he realized the true scale of the situation.

Such a Celestial Dao Artifact was far beyond the reach of mortals.

These converging forces were clearly intent on keeping the Authority of Law far from the hands of others, aiming to claim it solely for their own designs.

However, Lu Yuan observed that these manifestations were not the physical arrivals of the Immortal Emperors, but merely faint traces of magical power left in the wake of the world.

They appeared to lack consciousness, operating solely by cold, pre-set rules akin to the Heavenly Dao.

Had a real Immortal Emperor descended, the mere weight of their presence would have razed Xuandan City to the ground.

Furthermore, these forces clashed like fire and water, violently resisting one another, each seeking to obliterate the presence of the others.

"While the Immortal Emperors of Attainment are formidable, they are divided. Amidst their struggle, I might just find my opening!"

After a moment of reflection, Lu Yuan took a shaky breath and swiftly reached out to grasp the broken rune.

Summoning all his strength, he pushed his cultivation to the threshold of his limits, desperate to refine the object before time ran out.

Alas, the battle between Immortal Emperors was not a stage for a mere Void Dao Saint Master.

His audacity was viewed as an insult—a transgression of divine order—destined to bring down terrible retribution.

The battling forces instantly ceased their conflict, enraged by his insolence, and focused their collective fury upon him.

Even as faint traces of power, they remained far beyond what a Void Dao Saint Master could hope to withstand.

"Bang!"

With no room to retreat or evade, the full force struck Lu Yuan.

His entire body burst like a firecracker, creating a spectacle that was at once beautiful and agonizing to witness!

Every Sacred Artifact he possessed crumbled like tofu under the overwhelming pressure of the Immortal Emperor’s Magical Power, vanishing into dust without a whisper of resistance.

Ultimately.

The Nine-Colored Treasure Lotus within his Soul Palace, along with the Immortal True Spirit at its core, began to dissipate inch by inch, helpless against the onslaught.

Facing the precipice of oblivion.

Lu Yuan’s mind became unnaturally tethered and calm. Refusing to yield, he focused every scrap of his willpower into the final refinement of the rune.

As his Divine Soul faded, shimmering on the verge of erasure from the world.

A fraction of Lu Yuan’s essence finally imprinted onto the fragment.

In that singular heartbeat.

His consciousness soared, piercing through an invisible barrier, converging completely with the very essence of heaven and earth.

It was like a dragon returning to the ocean, or a tiger claiming the wild.

He experienced a sense of Great Freedom, Great Ease, and Great Fulfillment!

His perception shifted radically, and for a fleeting moment, he felt invincible.

He was the sovereign of this reality, gifted with the authority to command creation and destruction, to weave the threads of life and death!

At the same time.

The traces of Immortal Emperor’s Magical Power abruptly vanished, as if stripped of their purpose, dissolving back into the fabric of the world as if they had never been.