Chapter 645: Emerging from Seclusion!

A chaotic figure stood in the cosmic starry sky, like a primordial ancient god born before the creation of heaven and earth. A bizarre Aura—unobservable, unspeakable, and unthinkable—enveloped his body.

His appearance was identical to that of an elderly human man, with silver hair draped over his shoulders. Within his pupils, scenes of the Universe's birth and destruction and the surging of Chaos flickered. His entire body was condensed from Chaos energy, brimming with an indescribable divinity.

Just by standing there, he naturally became the center of the entire Universe, looking like the Creator God who had split the heavens and earth.

His figure reflected upon the world, manifesting in every corner of the Universe across endless time and space. Countless living beings felt an uncontrollable sense that seeing him was the greatest fortune of their lives.

He was the unique one of all eternity; he was the source of the world.

For him, they were willing to sacrifice everything!

This was also true for the creatures of the Canglan Realm; merely his reflected figure seemed to rewrite their cognition from the level of their Soul.

Buzz!

It was not until the Yin and Yang Fish covering the entire Canglan Realm rotated, sending out invisible ripples, that this bizarre feeling dissipated from the minds of countless beings.

“Gu Zang!”

The Five Emperors looked at this former greatest enemy, the source of the catastrophe that had caused them all to fall.

Back then, they could still sacrifice the Great Dao and burn their Origin to fight Gu Zang, but now, their last remaining strength was rapidly dissipating.

Gu Zang's gaze pierced through endless time and space to look toward the Canglan Realm. The Yin and Yang Fish covering the Canglan Realm trembled, nearly shattering directly.

“You are about to dissipate, yet you still come to disgust this Ancestor!”

Strange syllables came from Gu Zang's mouth. Even though they were separated by hundreds of billions of light-years, the Five Emperors felt as if they were facing him at close range.

Whoosh!

A sword light pierced the Universe, slashing toward Gu Zang.

This sword light, which was enough to pierce the cosmic barrier, was like a long sword stabbing at the moon's reflection in water; it passed right through Gu Zang's body, unable to harm him in the slightest.

“Quite a good Emperor Weapon. It was condensed from the heart of hunyuan, wasn't it?”

Gu Zang's gaze shifted, looking toward the Cosmic Frontier.

There, Lian Yuezhou and the Alien God-King were both submerged in a Great Dao torrent. The frontier planets within a range of countless light-years had completely turned into nothingness.

Lian Yuezhou held the chaos sword, wanting to fight her way toward Gu Zang, but she was entangled by the Alien God-King.

Ten thousand Daos roared, and the entire Universe seemed as if it were about to be torn apart.

Gu Zang raised his hand and gave a light phantom press. The Great Dao stopped its trembling roar, and the entire Universe fell into tranquility. With a hook of his finger, the chaos sword was about to break free from Lian Yuezhou's hand.

Lian Yuezhou's Phoenix eyes were cold and murderous. The Power of Ten Thousand Daos entangled the chaos sword, and using this force, she instantly crossed more than half the Universe, slashing at Gu Zang once more with sword in hand.

The Heavenly Dao vibrated and ten thousand Daos chimed together as a sword light powerful enough to pierce a huge hole in the Universe fell toward Gu Zang.

However, the latter merely flicked a finger, and the Power of Ten Thousand Daos Lian Yuezhou had gathered instantly collapsed. Both she and her sword were sent flying to the Cosmic Frontier.

Before she could even remove this power, the Alien God-King's attack followed immediately, completely submerging Lian Yuezhou. The Aura of the Great Emperor seemed to weaken by a few points at this moment.

“We can't win!”

“A single power cannot contend with Gu Zang. Even sacrificing the Great Dao and burning one's Origin cannot harm him!”

The Five Emperors watched this scene helplessly.

Lian Yuezhou had just been promoted to Great Emperor. She could fight the Alien God-King for countless years, and even if the Universe split open, she would be fine, but she was by no means Gu Zang's match.

The Heavenly Emperor and the others were able to Seal Gu Zang back then because, first, they forcibly stripped the heavenly dao fortune to refine the strongest Emperor Weapon, the heavenly dao compass; second, multiple Great Emperors simultaneously sacrificed their Great Dao and burned their Origin; and third, the most important and critical reason, the strengths of the Ancient Emperor, Xuan Emperor, and Heavenly Emperor were very close to Gu Zang's.

If they had been able to Cultivate normally, after an extremely long period of time, those three Great Emperors would also have had hope of becoming Controllers.

On the premise that they were strong enough, they also utilized the power from other Great Emperors who sacrificed their Great Dao and burned their life Origin. Simultaneously, they sacrificed their own Great Dao and burned their Origin to forcibly unify the Daos of multiple Great Emperors. Only then did they barely reach the strength of a Controller for a short time, sealing Gu Zang for a million years.

To achieve this step, all the Great Emperors paid the price with their lives.

Now, Lian Yuezhou had just been promoted to Great Emperor and was fighting alone; how could she possibly be Gu Zang's match?

The reason she didn't die from one hit was entirely due to the protection of the Power of Ten Thousand Daos. If Gu Zang wanted to completely erase Lian Yuezhou, he would first have to erase or devour the Heavenly Dao.

But he obviously wouldn't do that, as Lian Yuezhou's Dao attainment power came from the heart of hunyuan.

As long as Li Xuanfeng, the master of this power, did not die, it would not be that easy to destroy Lian Yuezhou.

However, wounding Lian Yuezhou was all too simple.

The chaos sword was flicked with cracks by Gu Zang in just one hit, its combat power dropping significantly. Lian Yuezhou's Aura also clearly weakened by a large margin. The Alien God-King couldn't kill her, but he was enough to keep her pinned down.

Gu Zang did not continue to attack Lian Yuezhou. His figure appeared out of thin air above the Yin and Yang Fish covering the Canglan Realm.

He seemed to have just appeared, yet also seemed to have been here all along.

An invisible Aura spread out, and countless creatures of the Canglan Realm once again uncontrollably felt a sense of awe and reverence, as if Gu Zang were an existence they were born to worship, and they had to offer everything to him without reservation.

This thought came from the Soul level and was difficult to control; even the Yin and Yang Fish lost its blocking effect.

“Return to your original owner!”

Gu Zang ignored those Canglan Realm creatures who were uncontrollably bowing to him. He reached out his large hand, and the Yin and Yang Fish began to rotate in reverse as invisible Power of Heavenly Dao submerged into his palm.

Whoosh!

A brilliant sword light illuminated the Universe. Lian Yuezhou, who was being held back by the Alien God-King, struck out with another sword strike, wanting to stop Gu Zang from interfering with Li Xuanfeng. This full-strength blow directly caused the crack-ridden chaos sword to shatter.

However, before absolute strength, it was ultimately futile; a Great Emperor's attack could not cause damage to a Controller.

“Return to the original owner?”

“Since when did the Canglan Realm's Heavenly Dao become your property?”

A voice that carried no discernible emotion spread throughout the Universe.

The rotation direction of the Yin and Yang Fish changed, and the Power of Heavenly Dao rapidly retreated from Gu Zang's palm, surging like a waterfall toward the independent space in Hundred Sword Mountain.

A tall and slender young man appeared at some unknown time. He wore a robe condensed from Chaos Power, and his temperament was mysterious and distant, as if he were the center of heaven and earth, standing on equal footing with Gu Zang's Aura.

The feeling of uncontrollable worship shrouding the hearts of countless creatures instantly vanished, returning them to normal.

Countless gazes focused, and those familiar with him naturally recognized Li Xuanfeng at a glance.

The White Emperor, Thunder Emperor, Ancient Emperor, Xuan Emperor, and Heavenly Emperor stared intently at Li Xuanfeng. Until this moment, they had finally seen the appearance of the master of the heart of hunyuan.

“Is there any difference between what you are doing now and what this Ancestor is doing?”

Gu Zang stared intently at Li Xuanfeng.

From this young man, he felt the very thing he had dreamed of.

At this moment, Li Xuanfeng was draped in ten thousand Daos, appearing like the source of world power, with a brand-new world ready to spread out and be born from him as the center at any time!

“I was born in this realm and am one with its Heavenly Dao. You, however, are but an invader!”

Li Xuanfeng's calm voice spread out, and his body seemed to turn into a black hole at this moment, frantically devouring the Power of Heavenly Dao of this world.