Everything erupted too suddenly.
The speed was blinding—faster than anyone could react.
Human Quasi-Saints struggled against the lashing willow branches from the Wood Emperor, while experts from other races in the starry sky couldn't witness the Saint and god-demon emperors' battle. Their only view was the clash before the Ninth Heaven passage.
Seeing human Quasi-Saints rise in defiance drew sighs—numbers meant nothing against an emperor. Like mantises blocking a chariot, futile.
Outcome inevitable.
The Wood Emperor's strength was profound—a peak existence in the Primordial Starry Sky.
Only a human Saint could contend.
With Yun Qiangu entangled by the other two emperors...
Humans couldn't stop the Wood Emperor.
Yet Lu's explosive outburst left all experts dumbfounded, incredulous.
Instant saint-killing array dazed the Wood Emperor briefly.
Then a combo—arrow of terrifying annihilation hovered at his brow.
The dread within—even peak Quasi-Saints despaired.
Would it pierce the emperor's brow?!
Slay an emperor?!
Before the Ninth Heaven passage.
All eyes swept to Lu and the Wood Emperor.
Boom!
The saint-killing array—Saint-designed, effective against Elemental Gods—but negligible against emperors.
As the Wood Emperor snapped from daze.
Eyes blazed; primordial spirit ripped the array asunder.
Vast shockwave dispersed in all directions.
His eyes narrowed—bone-chilling killing intent locked on.
Staring at the five-colored arrow at his brow.
Mystery fluctuations surged.
Metal, wood, water, fire, earth—fused via Five Phoenixes Bow into one energy, arrow spinning from multicolored to purple.
"Chaos?"
Wood Emperor fixated, eyes contracting.
No wonder the threat—chaos force...
Impossible?!
Lu in flowing white, bow drawn, hovering before him.
Eyes met calmly.
"Chaos indeed?"
Lu murmured. Five mysteries fused into chaos purple qi.
"Then... this arrow shall be named... Chaos Arrow."
Words fallen—he released.
Boom!
Time and space seemed frozen.
Emperor's terror pressure unleashed infinitely, solidifying both.
Wood Emperor's face twisted ferociously.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Countless branches rose, stacking at his brow...
Forming thick wooden shield.
Time resumed.
Chaos Arrow blasted forth.
Impacted the shield!
BOOM!!!!
World-shaking explosion; purple energy sphere spun rapidly, devouring all like ultimate destruction, swallowing the passage entrance.
Tonggu Daoist, Xuan Cang Elder, Luo Yang, Lu Jiulian—human Quasi-Saints paled.
Battling branches shattered; they instinctively fled the blast radius.
Staring at the devouring purple mass, Tonggu unsettled.
"Brother Lu's strength... grew too fast!"
Xuan Cang twitched.
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"I once caught that arrow barehanded..."
Eyes turned—surprised, incredulous, mostly doubtful.
With Xuan Cang's cultivation? Catch such an arrow?
Without emperor's might, they'd think Lu slew him.
Xuan Cang flushed.
"Don't doubt—I really did!"
Ignored.
Boom!
Purple mass dispersed into mushroom cloud, annihilation raging.
Space utterly shattered there.
Scorching, terrifying, obliterating at center.
In the blast...
Wood Emperor's body mangled—he survived...
Lu's arrow pierced shield, struck emperor flesh—nearly fatal.
Without his renowned physical prowess, he'd die.
Cross-realm emperor slay by human Quasi-Saint!
Lu landed; Five Phoenixes Bow cracked—heavily, no second arrow soon.
Black-White Beast on shoulder trembled.
In years, Lu's first such arrow—far deadlier than the one piercing it long ago.
Lu patted, soothing, then eyed the emerging Wood Emperor.
"Humans... produced a true monster."
"You destroyed our god-demon clan? Elemental Gods fell to you?"
Body battered, brow holed—annihilation swirling.
But surviving the shot—he'd regenerate.
Emperor terror.
Lu regarded calmly.
Bow's power fell short—killing emperor wishful.
Vaguely, felt lacking innate purple qi and primordial spirit weakened it.
"Five elements unity? Fused mysteries plus innate purple qi, primordial spirit, Qi Refiner cuts... still missing one."
Frowned.
Bow enabled five forces—but unity lacked one for perfection.
"What pure force remains?"
Pondered.
"You've enraged me."
Wood Emperor covered brow hole; raging purple harmless post-impact.
"Yun Qiangu agreed to our stationing for the 'gate'... but reneged—your instigation?"
Released hand—hole healing, branches writhing.
"You ignore the gate's meaning. We chaos-tiers guarded an era—yet at era's end, a human brat ruins it..."
Low laugh.
"Gate entity emerges—you responsible? Can you bear it?!"
Lu watched recovering bow cracks—waiting cooldown.
"Pressing with righteousness?"
To Wood Emperor.
"You lot worthy of righteousness?"
Corner curled disdainfully.
"Elemental Gods revealed your plans—I know your schemes."
Black-White Queen, human Saints—perhaps truly guarded gate.
God-demon emperors? Impure motives.
From Elemental Gods' tasks, Lu inferred.
Otherwise, at era's end, key moment—they wouldn't allow god-demon clan's human purge.
Wood Emperor eyes narrowed.
Primordial spirit fluctuated.
Hm?
Sensed Elemental Gods' auras on Lu.
"Elemental Gods alive?"
Lu smiled; silver blades, phoenix swords returned, stacking into Thousand-Bladed Chair.
Seated in white, grinning: "Of course."
"Living well—great chats."
"Told me everything."
Warm smile.
Wood Emperor darkened—sensed auras, uncertain truth.
"Traitors..."
Cold.
But Lu knowing plans—likely betrayal.
With Yun Qiangu's reversal—clear.
Killing intent soared.
Finally...
Brow hole healed.
Step—countless branches filled heavens.
Next—blotting sky, covering Lu for utter kill.
Emperor killing intent.
Oppressive to Lu.
Indestructible Demon Body resisted.
Wood Emperor accelerated—space-time sealed.
Intent manifested, slicing currents like tofu.
Facing it.
Lu exhaled slowly.
Raised hand, grasped trembling Black-White Beast.
Beast stunned.
What?!
This guy—what?!
Fight emperor—why grab him?
In fear, Lu hurled it toward Wood Emperor.
Beast horrified!
Shameless?!
His tiny frame—not even toothpick for emperor!
Wood sensed—dismissive.
Quasi-Saint beast distract? Delusional.
Prepared to crush.
But Lu spoke faintly.
"He's the Black-White Queen's pet..."
Wood froze.
Black-White Queen's?
Once thrashed by her—Wood Origin statue seized injured—he knew her terror.
Devil!
Injured, she dominated—now peak?
Hesitated—beast scalding hot potato.
In that instant.
Lu's eyes sharpened.
Bow nearly cooled—cracks few; another possible.
Raised swiftly.
"Five elements unity..."
Millennia seclusion fruit.
Attempted fusing five bodies.
Slow—but fusing mysteries mastered.
Compressed, fused...
Into chaos purple qi.
Infused bow.
Primordial spirit all in.
Thirteenth-layer Qi all in!
Innate purple qi all in!
Four forces...
Eyes flashed—what else?
Behind: Five Phoenixes—he its lord!
Borrow... immortal origin!
Boom!
Mind stirred.
Five Phoenixes origin universe emerged, rift torn—four immortal origin phoenixes soaring.
Origin-wrapped immortal force surged into bow!
Immortal-martial origin in!
Five forces complete.
Bow drawn full moon!
Instantly, surroundings exploded, annihilated...
Ninth Heaven passage shattered!
Immense pressure—body straining.
Boom!
Pure black Indestructible Demon Body erupted.
White robes to black.
Drawing arm sleeve burst!
Black demon patterns climbed arm.
Sizzle...
On bow.
Pitch-black arrow spun rapidly...
Forming black hole, twisting all!
Crisis!
Death crisis!
Wood felt true death—deadlier than prior.
Black arrow—dimensions frozen!
Lu's arrow—death and familiarity!
"This force..."
"Utter destruction!"
But insufficient to slay—he wouldn't stand idle!
Suddenly...
Eyes contracted.
Incredulously behind Lu.
Chaos purple mist—gate slowly emerging.
Thud!
Gate... nudged.
Dust cascaded!
"The gate!"
Entity pushing!
Wood lost control, roaring!
Endless fear paralyzed him.
Gate appeared!
This human's relation?!
Lu unaware of roar.
Strongest arrow yet.
Boom!
Released—couldn't hold; arrow blasted.
Not fastest.
But surrounding space-time shredded.
Lu sank.
This speed—emperor easily dodge.
Yet stunned—Wood didn't...
Frozen in fear.
Arrow plunged into body.
Annihilating.
Body inch-cracking, primordial spirit fading!
Black-White Beast grounded, trembling.
Following Lu riskier than Black-White Queen...
Crack.
Bow drooped, dim—reforged with treasures, near ruin.
No regret.
Wood Emperor... done!
Emperor fallen!
Today, Lu Ping'an... slays emperor!
Lu slumped on chair, drained...
Wood annihilating—black energy enveloped, spreading...
Boom!
Primordial Starry Sky.
All startled.
Watching purple mushroom—now black hole erupted within.
Devoured purple...
All twisting, annihilating...
Ninth Heaven passage warped, collapsed.
"Secondary explosion?"
"No..."
Tonggu inhaled, incredulous.
To Xuan Cang: "Catch this barehanded—my head's your ball! Damn!"
Xuan Cang shocked.
This annihilation—even Quasi-Saints touched would die...
What terrifying killing art Lu forged?!
Hum...
Other dimension battle halted.
Yun Qiangu, Fire and Earth Emperors returned—staring twisting black hole...
Yun Qiangu horrified, breath deep.
Lu claimed blocking one emperor—Yun doubted.
Now... killed one?!
How?!
Boom!
Black hole—emerald light streaked: charred, black-patterned withered branch segment.
Fire Emperor seized, trembling.
Wood Emperor's foundation—charred, cracking.
What befell Wood?
Clutching, gloom rose.
Fortunately intact—rebirth possible.
"Damn..."
To Yun Qiangu.
"Humans hid strength?!"
"Key moment—ambushed our emperor!"
Rage barely contained.
Yun Qiangu shrugged: "I know nothing—just returned..."
Truly clueless.
Shocked too—how?!
Fire Emperor glared at energy black hole over passage.
Wanted probe.
Not ordinary force slaying emperor—beyond human grasp!
Seek truth!
But as he moved.
Withered branch transmitted weak Wood will.
Simple.
One word.
"Escape!"
