Chapter 2525 - 2490: The Emperor of the Xianmen Sect Is About to Be Born

In this era, the Emperors will be born from within the True God of the Xianmen Sect’s Collective Will and the Luck True Immortal of Heavenly Tribulation.

On one side, birthed from the Destiny that revived after the cosmic great extinction, born with the burden of restoring the destiny of the Endless Starry Sky Path, a natural-born Emperor;

On the other side, having walked within the Great Dao for tens of billions of years, erring and correcting again and again, accumulating again and again, paying countless prices in the blood and tears of countless citizens, finally stepped out of the confines of the Forbidden Area Ancient Emperors, now with emperorship within sight.

In merely several hundred thousand years, the territories of the two True Gods began to come into contact.

Immediately, a brutal war began.

The Thunder Tribulation Holy Spirit True Immortal was born bearing Destiny, a natural-born Sovereign of the Thunder Path; every move he made aligned with the will of heaven, summoning Destruction Thunder to descend. His individual power was exceedingly terrifying, close to the Great Dao itself: with a single thought he could restore hundreds of millions of light-years of Star Sea, and annihilate vast swathes of fleets.

Moreover, he inherited the Immortal nature of thunder; no matter how grievous the wounds he suffered, as long as he merged into the Thunder Path, he would instantly be restored to his original state.

Such an opponent was simply a nightmare—undying, Immortal, with horrifically destructive power.

This war lasted for a full several million years!

Over these several million years, the Immortal Sect’s Annihilation Fleet suffered unimaginably horrific damage, only to be replenished generation after generation by citizens. The inheritances of many Immortal Sects Holy Lands likewise began to revive, organizing nine Super-tier Elite Dao Soldiers who, on secondary battlefields, harried the Ten Thousand Races Powerhouses loyal to the Thunder Tribulation Holy Spirit True Immortal.

At the most arduous time, even the flagship bearing the True God of Xianmen Sect’s Collective Will was on the verge of shattering, forced to retreat and defend the Xianmen’s Mother Planet, surviving only by relying on the Formation Method.

At that time, almost all citizens believed the Mother Star was about to fall, that defeat was inevitable.

All citizens risked life and death, disregarding everything, regardless of victory or defeat, charging toward the battlefield again and again, launching charge after charge that seemed utterly meaningless.

Just when everyone believed they were doomed to fail, the battlefield stalemated.

The offensive of the Thunder Tribulation Holy Spirit True Immortal ceased to grow; the power of thunder Destruction no longer climbed, reaching a limit!

The Great Dao of this True God had always been increasing, always growing, possessed of extremely high innate talent and brilliance; his strength had continually become stronger—but upon reaching a certain height, it completely halted!

This was his Xiantian limit!

The height attainable by a living being is related to Xiantian aptitude, to Acquired education, and to Acquired experience.

Only when these three unite does one reach the height of a living being’s Great Dao.

Obviously, this True God’s path thus far had been far too smooth, relying all the way upon that terrifyingly extreme innate talent; in the Acquired phase he never developed a road surpassing his own talent’s limit. Once his talent reached its apex, he found it hard to proceed, unable to keep pace with his opponent’s growth.

As the ancients said: "By this you rise; by this you must fall."

A being who has always relied upon his own innate talent will inevitably be trapped in that very terrifying talent which has always brought him convenience.

History indeed has never lacked beings who broke through their own talent limits, walked out from this "boiling the frog in warm water" predicament, and achieved earth-shaking greatness.

But far more beings remain trapped by it for a lifetime.

The Thunder Tribulation Holy Spirit True Immortal was precisely such a being.

Had he not encountered the Xianmen Sect in this era, though the Forbidden Area Ancient Emperor realm would have been beyond his reach, he would certainly have been able to achieve the stature of a powerful Ancient Emperor.

Unfortunately, his destiny was ill-starred.

At this moment, the Thunder Tribulation Holy Spirit True Immortal was visibly flustered.

The continuous Sudden Enlightenment of the Great Dao that had arisen in the past through battle and slaughter, the steady refinement of his Dao-path, abruptly vanished at this instant, as if all that had come before were but phantoms, illusions. He felt as though he had become a blockheaded dolt, a mediocre fool, unable to naturally gain insight in battle.

Only now did he recall the importance of delving into the Immortal Path, of continuously studying the Immortal Dao Classics, of tirelessly exploring.

Only now did remorse arise in his heart: he should have, in past days, learned extensively from his opponents, established an Immortal Dao Science Academy, nurtured Ten Thousand Races Powerhouses to research all directions of the Immortal Path, and accumulate his own Immortal Path foundation.

He had once thought of these things, but felt they were completely unnecessary.

Research? What research?

Reciting Immortal Dao Classics? For what?

Taking heaven and earth, all beings, and the destiny of worlds as chess pieces to explore the Immortal Path?

It was utterly nonsensical, the self-torment of mediocrities!

Is not so-called insight, so-called Immortal Path, something that naturally surges forth amid battle, daily life, and play?

Why would one need such troublesome methods?

This was merely the laughable talk of mediocre folk!

Such were his past thoughts and actions, and now, with his natural talent’s limit exhausted, they finally rebounded upon him.

Now that he wished to change, it was no feat that could be accomplished overnight!

Moreover, does knowing equate to being able to do?

Exploring the Immortal Path, studying the Immortal Dao Classics—each of these is of extremely high difficulty; even Forbidden Area Ancient Emperors must treat them with reverence, not daring the slightest carelessness, weaving these principles bit by bit into their lives, constantly encouraging themselves, constantly examining themselves, not daring any arrogance or conceit.

He was merely a Primordial Spirit; having abruptly repented, could he truly then soar by leaps and bounds?

"Kill!"

"Now, you shall die!"

The Thunder Tribulation Holy Spirit True Immortal’s eyes suddenly turned blood-red, his madness boundless.

He began a vast, self-burning eruption, unleashing doubled power in a fierce Attack upon the Immortal Gate Formation and the Xianmen Sect’s Collective Will military-soul fleet, causing the deaths of countless Immortal Sect Citizens, casting them into dust and oblivion. The entire Immortal Gate Formation swayed like a leaf in the wind, seemingly about to fall and perish at any moment.

Yet this leaf, in the end, did not fall.

The even more terrifying assaults of the Thunder Tribulation Holy Spirit True Immortal continued for a full thousand years, shattering the entire Xianmen Sect’s Starry Sky into fragments; the space within billions of light-years turned Glazed, everywhere thunder, all sorts of Destruction Thunder of creation, transforming this region into a thunder ocean.

But within this thunder ocean, the Xianmen’s Mother Planet shone brilliantly.

She was encircled by countless fleets and Formation Method rituals, not only unbroken, but growing ever more tenacious; and with the passage of time, the Immortal Gate Immortal Scripture kept growing. By now it could completely withstand the Attack of the Thunder Tribulation Holy Spirit True Immortal without harm!

Moreover, the Immortal Gate Immortal Scripture was still growing!

Boom!

In the end, under the encirclement of the Immortal Gate Formation, the Thunder Tribulation Holy Spirit True Immortal began to suffer wounds, sustaining enormous damage.

At last, he felt fear.

He distinctly smelled the scent of death. Launching one more strike, annihilating the Starry Sky across hundreds of millions of light-years, he then turned without a backward glance and fled into the distance, no longer daring to continue besieging the Xianmen’s Mother Planet.

He had to return to the ancestral land of his birth, to return into the layers of Thunder Path Formation Methods!

Only there did he have any possibility of victory.

Behind this panicked flight of the natural-born Emperor, the True God of Xianmen Sect’s Collective Will shone crystalline as crystal, the Original Ancient Talisman of the Great Dao self-activating, as though on the verge of transcendence.

Countless citizens who had survived calamity were filled with killing intent; they looked upon that fleeing True God as though gazing at a corpse.