“Go!” The moment Wu Hao released the Restriction on him, God-Emperor Jing Rang did not hesitate to unleash the Forbidden Divine Source. The Forbidden Origin shot toward Wu Hao like an arrow released from a bowstring, arriving before him in a mere instant.

However, the moment it reached Wu Hao, he simply reached out and caught it firmly.

"What!"

God-Emperor Jing Rang's face was filled with disbelief at this sight. He had obtained this method by chance after encountering an expert who had once told him that if the Forbidden Method were Cultivated to the extreme, even killing a God Emperor would be as easy as slicing melons and vegetables.

Although he had not yet Cultivated it to the extreme, killing an ordinary God Paragon Early Stage should have been easy; even a God Paragon Middle Stage shouldn't have been able to catch it so easily.

Unless Wu Hao was an expert at the God Paragon Late Stage or above.

Thinking of this, God-Emperor Jing Rang couldn't help but tremble all over. Even if he exhausted all his means, he would absolutely be no match for a God Paragon Late Stage.

Furthermore, he had some knowledge of the experts at the God Paragon Late Stage or above in the entire Divine Realm, but the Wu Hao before him was completely absent from his memory. So, just who was this Wu Hao?

"No, I must self-destruct. Otherwise, I don't know what I would suffer if I fell into the hands of such an expert."

God-Emperor Jing Rang had his own backbone. Knowing he was no match for Wu Hao and unable to escape, self-destruction was clearly the wisest course of action.

Thus, without hesitation, God-Emperor Jing Rang chose to self-destruct.

Wu Hao, holding the Forbidden Divine Source in his hand, ignored the self-destruction. He merely reached out when God-Emperor Jing Rang self-destructed to block the blast, preventing it from affecting the surroundings.

"Husband, what exactly is this?"

Looking at the Forbidden Divine Source in Wu Hao's hand, Su Qiaoran felt an inexplicable sense of irritability and unease, as if the object in Wu Hao's hand was some great Taboo.

Wu Hao shook his head.

"I don't know either. This thing doesn't seem to belong to the Three Thousand Great Daos, nor does it belong to the Divine Realm."

As he spoke, Wu Hao's expression became extremely grave. One had to know that things born in the Divine Realm were basically composed of the power of the Three Thousand Great Daos, and Wu Hao's Heavenly Emperor Myriad Dao Scripture could, to some extent, sense what power they were composed of.

However, this piece of Forbidden Divine Source gave him absolutely no clue.

After the investigation proved fruitless, Wu Hao sealed the Forbidden Divine Source within his body. He could see that the Forbidden Divine Source began to riot after God-Emperor Jing Rang fell. Although he had sealed and protected it, the power of the Forbidden Divine Source still uncontrollably affected Su Qiaoran.

Wu Hao could tell that if this continued, Su Qiaoran's spirit and body would suffer irreversible damage.

After Wu Hao put the Forbidden Divine Source away, Su Qiaoran felt much better.

"So Husband, are you planning to investigate that thing?"

Su Qiaoran noticed that Wu Hao had not destroyed the Forbidden Divine Source, so she quickly guessed his thoughts.

Wu Hao did not hide it and nodded in agreement.

"Indeed, this thing might be somewhat interesting."

"But can you really investigate it with just such a small piece now?"

Su Qiaoran asked, somewhat confused.

Wu Hao shook his head and looked toward the direction where God-Emperor Jing Rang had self-destructed.

"No matter, isn't there someone who knows?"

"But didn't God-Emperor Jing Rang self-destruct?"

Su Qiaoran was even more confused. Hearing this, Wu Hao did not explain but simply snapped his fingers.

The next second, the surrounding time began to flow backward, though Wu Hao controlled the range, limiting it only to the area where God-Emperor Jing Rang had self-destructed.

Not long after, beams of light from around the Jingran Domain gathered toward this spot. In just a few moments, the light converged, quickly restoring the scene to before God-Emperor Jing Rang's self-destruction.

God-Emperor Jing Rang was dumbfounded. Hadn't he self-destructed? How was he alive? But before he could be happy, he saw Wu Hao in the distance looking at him with a mischievous grin.

"Not good!"

God-Emperor Jing Rang secretly cried out in alarm. Just as he intended to self-destruct again, Wu Hao did not give him the chance; with just a thought, he froze God-Emperor Jing Rang in place.

"I am quite curious about where you learned the method to create this thing. However, you don't seem to want to talk. Since that's the case, let me see for myself."

Wu Hao walked toward God-Emperor Jing Rang, reached out, and pressed his hand on God-Emperor Jing Rang's head. In an instant, terrifying Divine Soul power surged into God-Emperor Jing Rang's Divine Soul, searching everywhere for memories related to the Forbidden Divine Source.

If it were a weaker existence, Wu Hao could probe their memories without needing to touch them, but for an existence at God-Emperor Jing Rang's level, he still needed to reach out and get closer to discern the memories.

"Oh, found it."

While searching, Wu Hao quickly found a memory that seemed suspicious. But before he could investigate, in the next second, God-Emperor Jing Rang struggled in immense pain. Pale red patterns spread from within his body to his entire being, and in no time, they completely enveloped God-Emperor Jing Rang.

"Trying to kill someone in front of me? You are looking down on me too much."

Wu Hao snorted coldly, injecting the power of his whole body into God-Emperor Jing Rang, as if trying to contend against that Forbidden Power within God-Emperor Jing Rang.

However, Wu Hao knew in his heart that God-Emperor Jing Rang could not hold on for long, and all he could do was read that memory as quickly as possible.

But just as Wu Hao had read a little bit, God-Emperor Jing Rang could no longer hold on and instantly exploded.

Seeing this, Wu Hao's expression became extremely gloomy. He had not expected that someone could actually obliterate God-Emperor Jing Rang right under his nose.

"I wonder if the power of the Time Great Dao can still restore God-Emperor Jing Rang."

Wu Hao extended his left hand, and a jade-green power surged from it, instantly affecting the surrounding time. However, as time flowed backward, God-Emperor Jing Rang did not reappear.

"Was he completely obliterated? Not even the power of his Origin was left behind?"

Wu Hao's expression became even uglier. To be completely obliterated, one must possess combat power at the God Emperor level; otherwise, it would be impossible to completely obliterate a person.

In other words, the entity that obliterated God-Emperor Jing Rang was at least at the Divine Emperor Realm, and their strength might not be inferior to his own; otherwise, it would have been impossible to kill God-Emperor Jing Rang while he was protecting him.

"Things are becoming increasingly convoluted."

Wu Hao felt that matters were beginning to spiral out of his control.