Yu Di stepped down.
The Immortal Emperor personally intervened, allowing Chen Fan Teng to act.
He turned his gaze towards the Immortal Realm.
The Immortal Realm now resembled a scene of apocalypse.
Di Zun killed too quickly.
Currently, the strongest in the Immortal Realm were only at the Half-Emperor stage.
Half-Emperors could not stop the slaughter of an Emperor, let alone cultivators who weren't even Half-Emperors?
Wails echoed throughout the heavens and earth.
"Swish."
Chen Fan turned, intending to fight his way back into the Immortal Realm.
Even though his energy was greatly depleted, and he had previously stated he wouldn't care about the Immortal Realm's fate.
Yet, with slaughter unfolding before his eyes, he could not bear it.
He was a third-tier Life and Death Emperor, capable of fighting against fourth-tier beings.
As long as he could re-enter the Immortal Realm, even with his depleted energy, killing ordinary Emperors would be a simple matter.
But...
"You wish to leave?"
A cold laugh echoed in his ears.
Chen Fan spun around sharply, smashing his fist into the void to his left.
*Bang.*
The void was directly shattered.
A fist emerged from the distorted space, colliding with his palm.
"Fifth Tier."
Upon contact, Chen Fan's expression changed drastically.
It was the power of a fifth-tier being.
Fifth tier, a gap of two cultivation realms.
The fist shattered chaos, descending with unmatched might.
The Life and Death Realm immediately materialized.
This punch was too powerful, exceeding Chen Fan's limits of endurance.
He could only rely on the strength of the entire Life and Death Realm to resist.
"Illusion."
A mist filled the air.
The mist seemed capable of assimilating even chaos.
Within the mist, another Chen Fan appeared, while the real Chen Fan began to fade and vanish.
And the illusory Chen Fan remained lifelike within the mist.
"Hmph."
The fifth-tier Heavenly Emperor let out a cold snort.
His voice penetrated, and with a 'bang,' the phantom body shattered.
Not far away, Chen Fan's true form reappeared.
"Why do you always underestimate a Heavenly Emperor so?"
The fifth-tier Heavenly Emperor's expression was icy. "You have many tricks, but do you truly believe you can deceive the senses of a fifth-tier Heavenly Emperor?"
Dodging was the correct approach.
Chen Fan did not want to take the opponent's attack head-on.
He had intended to evade, but his attempt was seen through.
"Alas."
He sighed inwardly.
With no way to evade, he had no choice but to meet the attack.
However, could he truly withstand it?
Chen Fan had no confidence.
But he was not without his trump cards...
"If that is the case, come."
Chen Fan no longer fled, his life and death aura flowing.
The Emperor Palace behind him continuously emanated incredibly potent energy.
The fifth-tier Heavenly Emperor's expression was cold. Seeing Chen Fan no longer fleeing, a hint of contempt finally appeared on his face.
"Great Sun, Dissolve." the Heavenly Emperor commanded.
*Boom.*
It was a peculiar Great Sun with a slight dark speckle.
As the Great Sun descended, even chaos began to melt away.
The Great Yu world cultivated the path of the Great Sun, not of light, but simply of the Great Sun.
Each person's path was different, and the Great Sun they condensed was also different.
This person's path carried a hint of strangeness; under the Great Sun, all things dissolved.
In Chen Fan's hand, an aura of Great Destruction appeared.
This was obtained from killing a Chaotic Beast previously.
The aura of Great Destruction only appeared when the Emperor Palace was destroyed, and not always.
Chen Fan had killed many Emperors, but aside from the Madness Realm of the Mad Emperor and the Emperor Palace of the Chaotic Beast, he had not encountered other sources of Great Destruction origin.
This was his confidence in facing the fifth-tier Heavenly Emperor.
A wisp of the Great Destruction aura was directly swallowed by Chen Fan.
*Boom!*
Instantly, black and white halos appeared on Chen Fan's body.
Above his head, the River of Life and Death materialized.
Death Qi surged, overwhelming life force in an instant.
The rampant Death Qi caused life and death to become unbalanced, and he was entirely covered in Death Qi, his aura like a candle in the wind, seemingly on the verge of death.
"Ah..."
A roar emanated from Chen Fan's mouth.
The black-speckled Great Sun finally descended.
Accompanied by Chen Fan's roar, from the river, Chen Fan directly drew out a sword.
This sword was drawn from the River of Life and Death.
A sword filled with surging Death Qi.
"Kill."
He abandoned the path of seeking life's trajectory.
He abandoned the fusion of higher levels of life and death to enter the Heavenly Emperor realm.
At this moment, he unhesitatingly chose to confront with the path of death.
*Rumble.*
Chaos shattered.
Two different scenes appeared, as if the Life and Death Realm had reformed.
One side was vibrant and full of life, while the other was deathly still, even the void turning dull and dim due to the immense Death Qi.
Life, and Death.
The two extreme dao that governed the cycle of heaven and earth manifested all sorts of phenomena.
*Bang.*
The black-speckled Great Sun was directly cleaved by the Sword of Death.
The life force contained within also erupted at this moment.
It was not purely a sword of death, but also contained the power of life.
It exploded at this moment...
*Boom.*
Chaos trembled.
"How is this possible?"
Ji Shang looked at Chen Fan, who was radiating Death Qi, with disbelief. "The Life and Death Dao, though powerful, cannot achieve such a heaven-defying feat, can it?"
It was too unbelievable.
A third-tier Emperor cultivating the Life and Death Dao, fighting against a fifth-tier being.
That terrifying Death Qi had already disrupted the balance of life and death.
Even the Emperor Palace was in turmoil.
"Hehehe."
Chen Fan grinned.
At this moment, Chen Fan's entire being had turned pitch black, except for his teeth.
The power of death had spread, bringing him to the brink of death.
"Fifth-tier Heavenly Emperor, fifth-tier Heavenly Emperor, haha..." he laughed.
His laughter echoed through the heavens and earth.
"Die."
The light of death pierced through heaven and earth.
*Boom.*
The power of death pierced through the fifth-tier Heavenly Emperor's body.
All life force was severed by the Qi of Death.
The black-speckled Great Sun began to crumble, and the Dao itself collapsed under the erosion of Death Qi.
"Get lost."
The fifth-tier Heavenly Emperor was furious.
He still had fighting power. "You are not worthy to kill me."
With his enraged roar, the power of the Great Dao of the Great Yu world descended.
The supreme Dao of a medium-sized world was summoned by him.
*Hum.*
A domain appeared.
The Great Sun hovered between heaven and earth, and this place became the realm controlled by the fifth-tier Heavenly Emperor.
"Kill."
The fifth-tier Heavenly Emperor's counterattack was fierce.
The Great Sun soared, overwhelmingly dominant.
The Dao of Death was immediately suppressed.
The Great Dao blazed with supreme rigidity and masculinity.
"Supreme rigidity and masculinity, let's see what you can do to me?" the fifth-tier Heavenly Emperor's voice was savage.
The Dao principles of supreme rigidity and masculinity were precisely what countered Death Qi.
The descent of world power suppressed Chen Fan.
The Qi of Death was continuously dissolving.
Simultaneously dissolving were Chen Fan's life force and his Emperor Palace behind him.
Chen Fan was once again suppressed.
The solitary Dao of Death, though powerful, could not contend with the fusion of a fifth-tier Heavenly Emperor and world power.
Chen Fan's physical body began to collapse under the scorching of the Great Sun.
"Power of Life."
Chen Fan's gaze remained brilliant.
He desperately needed the power of life now.
The balance of life and death had been broken, Death Qi eroded him, and the Great Sun suppressed him; his body had reached its limit.
Without more power of life to balance the Death Qi, he would die.
But where could he find power of life on par with the aura of Great Destruction?
"Ah..."
Screams came from Chen Fan's mouth.
He was in immense pain.
His body was continuously collapsing.
Even his Emperor Palace was on the verge of crumbling.