Your Talent is Mine Chapter 1182: Dao Ancestor Stone Eagle’s Misfortune!
Previously on Your Talent is Mine...
“Go!”
A forbidden supreme treasure, resembling a compass, was conjured by Dao Ancestor Stone Eagle, manifesting outside the grand formation. In mere moments, it seized the surrounding void, immobilizing it completely.
Instantly.
A luminous barrier descended, enshrouding this vast expanse. It was sealed off, as if bifurcating reality into two irreconcilable dimensions.
“What in the world is this?”
Dao Ancestor Sky Claw regarded the shimmering barrier with profound bewilderment. He ventured to strike it, but his assaults proved utterly ineffectual. Beneath the barrier’s oppressive might, the very fabric of space within this locale was rendered inert. Their movement was drastically curtailed, and any means of traversal or evasion via artifacts was rendered impossible.
In essence, they were ensnared within this confined domain.
“Cease your futile exertions!” Dao Ancestor Stone Eagle proclaimed. “To guarantee my successful assimilation of the Forbidden Void Realm, the Heavenly Emperor Palace has entrusted me with this Space-Fixing Disk, a forbidden supreme treasure. Let alone you Seventh Heaven Dao Ancestors, even a peak Pinnacle Dao Ancestor would struggle immensely to dismantle this barrier.You have compelled the Heavenly Emperor Palace to deploy such a coveted forbidden supreme treasure. Once I command the Forbidden Void Realm, every one of you shall perish!”
“What?!”
The visages of Dao Ancestor Sky Claw and his companions underwent a drastic transformation. Disbelief washed over them. Each assailant unleashed a barrage of desperate attacks upon the barrier, yet it remained utterly unmoved.
Ye Tian also launched a few probing strikes, but he too failed to penetrate the barrier. It possessed an aura of indestructibility, akin to an eternal seal.
“Annihilate the Seventh Heaven Dao Ancestors of the Heavenly Emperor Palace first!” Dao Ancestor Sky Claw declared icily.
Should they succeed in eliminating all the Seventh Heaven Dao Ancestors from the Heavenly Emperor Palace, only Dao Ancestor Stone Eagle would remain. Even with his deployment of the Forbidden Void Realm for suppression, vanquishing them would become a considerably more arduous task. However, if a significant number of the Heavenly Emperor Palace’s Seventh Heaven Dao Ancestors persisted, under Dao Ancestor Stone Eagle’s dominion, their prospects of resistance would dwindle to nothing.
Immediately, subjected to the unyielding assault by Dao Ancestors Sky Claw, Evil Buddha, and Demon Subduer—three formidable Seventh Heaven Dao Ancestors—numerous Seventh Heaven Dao Ancestors of the Heavenly Emperor Palace fell sequentially. Several Seventh Heaven Dao Ancestors affiliated with the Heavenly Demon Sect also met their demise, unable to evade their grim fate.
Nevertheless, the Heavenly Emperor Palace boasted a substantial contingent of Seventh Heaven Dao Ancestors, rendering their complete eradication a protracted and challenging endeavor.
As precious moments ticked by, Dao Ancestor Sky Claw and his cohort experienced mounting apprehension, sensing the Forbidden Void Realm teetered on the precipice of being fully refined.
They were plunged into a state bordering on utter madness.
After all, when one’s very existence hung in the balance, how could composure be maintained? Among the assembled Dao Ancestors, the most placid was Ye Tian.
He was, in essence, merely a duplicate. Should this embodiment truly be extinguished, it would be as though he had never set foot within the Forbidden Void Realm. While the forfeiture of numerous Forbidden Wondrous Objects and the Forbidden Spiritual Root Flower would be a profound regret, there was little else he could do. Still, if this facsimile faced utter annihilation, he was resolutely determined to destroy the Forbidden Spiritual Root Flower beforehand, thereby ensuring it would not fall into the possession of Dao Ancestor Stone Eagle.
With the passage of further time, Dao Ancestor Stone Eagle's countenance radiated an ever-increasing glee. It was evident that he stood mere moments from successfully refining the Forbidden Void Realm.
“Dao Ancestors Sky Claw, Evil Buddha, and Demon Subduer, you dared to extinguish so many of the Heavenly Emperor Palace’s Seventh Heaven Dao Ancestors! Soon, you shall all perish, one by one!” Dao Ancestor Stone Eagle bellowed with unrestrained laughter.
He harbored absolute conviction that no force could impede him now, for his mastery over the Forbidden Void Realm was an imminent certainty.
Abruptly.
A look of stunned disbelief froze upon Dao Ancestor Stone Eagle’s features. The very origin of his Void Realm had ceased to be. No, it had not vanished—it had become entirely imperceptible. Even employing the grand formation of the realm, he could no longer detect its presence.
Then—whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Sequentially, the Seventh Heaven Dao Ancestors were spirited away. The Dao Ancestors dispersed throughout the Forbidden Void Realm were also relocated, without exception. Even the Dao Ancestors, such as Dao Ancestor Sky Claw, who had been ensnared by the suppression of the Forbidden Supreme Treasure Space-Fixing Disk, found themselves moved. This served as irrefutable evidence that, regardless of its formidable nature, the forbidden supreme treasure could not withstand the dominion of the Forbidden Void Realm.
As Dao Ancestor Sky Claw was displaced, Dao Ancestor Stone Eagle let out a roar of pure fury, “No!”
Moments later, he too discovered himself being uprooted. In the instant of his displacement, utter despair washed over him.
He grasped the truth completely—someone had preempted him, refining and seizing control of the Forbidden Void Realm. What amplified his agony was the dawning realization that he was seemingly the very last to be relocated.
If he were the last to exit, others would naturally deduce that he had refined and controlled the Forbidden Void Realm. How could he possibly explain that it wasn't him? Would anyone genuinely believe him? Would the Heavenly Emperor Palace accept his explanation? Even under interrogation, the other Seventh Heaven Dao Ancestors from the Heavenly Emperor Palace would most likely conclude that he was the one who had gained control. After all, no one else had shown any signs of refining the Forbidden Void Realm!
…
Outside the Forbidden Void Realm, Dao Ancestors began to emerge one by one. Ye Tian also stepped out.
Finally, Dao Ancestor Stone Eagle appeared as well.
At this juncture, the various major factions stepped forward, providing protection for their respective Seventh Heaven Dao Ancestors.
Dao Ancestor Sky Claw was the first to speak. “Dao Ancestor Xumi, Dao Ancestor Heaven Devourer, the Forbidden Void Realm has been refined by Dao Ancestor Stone Eagle. We were utterly unable to stop him!”
“It’s finished, it’s all over!” Dao Ancestor Xumi let out a sigh.
From a distance, Dao Ancestor Stone Eagle seethed with indignation. “I absolutely did not refine the Forbidden Void Realm! If I had, do you honestly believe you would all still be standing here alive?”
Dao Ancestor Evil Buddha retorted, “How can we be sure you aren’t merely feigning innocence? At that critical moment, you were the only one refining the Forbidden Void Realm, and you even utilized the Forbidden Supreme Treasure, the Space-Fixing Disk, belonging to the Heavenly Emperor Palace. No one could have possibly interrupted your refinement process. You claim it wasn't you, so who else could it possibly have been?”
“I do not know who accomplished the refinement of the Forbidden Void Realm, but it most certainly was not me!” Dao Ancestor Stone Eagle desperately tried to explain further.
At that precise moment, Dao Ancestor Profound Crane, the Pinnacle Dao Ancestor from the Heavenly Emperor Palace, fixed his piercing gaze upon Dao Ancestor Stone Eagle.
“Stone Eagle, you will explain yourself. What precisely transpired?”
Dao Ancestor Stone Eagle swiftly recounted the unfolding sequence of events.
However, after absorbing the explanation, Dao Ancestor Profound Crane’s expression grew even colder.
Profound Crane then proceeded to question the other Seventh Heaven Dao Ancestors of the Heavenly Emperor Palace, gradually piecing together the complete situation.
“Stone Eagle, you are among the more promising Seventh Heaven Dao Ancestors within the Heavenly Emperor Palace. For an individual of your caliber, breaking through to the rank of Pinnacle Dao Ancestor is not an insurmountable goal. This is merely a minor Forbidden Void Realm. Once you ascend to the ranks of the Eighth Heaven Pinnacle Dao Ancestors, you wouldn’t even be capable of entering such a place as the Forbidden Void Realm.
I cannot fathom what treasure you might have discovered within the Forbidden Void Realm that impelled you to betray the Heavenly Emperor Palace for the sole purpose of monopolizing it. All I can utter is… I am profoundly disappointed.”
Dao Ancestor Profound Crane’s voice carried a cold, cutting edge.
“Lord Profound Crane, it truly wasn’t me!” Dao Ancestor Stone Eagle pleaded once more.
Yet, his words seemed to fall upon completely deaf ears.
“Enough! You will return to the Heavenly Emperor Palace immediately. The Imperial Monarchs will proceed to extract your soul origin memory, and the truth shall become undeniably evident then!” Profound Crane commanded sternly.
“No! Lord Profound Crane, I beg you!” Dao Ancestor Stone Eagle’s face was etched with utter despair.
He understood with chilling certainty that once his soul origin memory was forcibly extracted, his very soul origin would sustain severe damage. A significant portion of his potential would be irrevocably consumed, leaving him with a minuscule hope of ever achieving the combat strength of a Pinnacle Dao Ancestor. Despite this grim reality, the Heavenly Emperor Palace refused to believe him.