The star of time darted wildly through the world. Since Li Hao was one with it, he disappeared from view. The cat known as Number Two was still staring blankly into space—perhaps it was yet to fully awaken. Celestial Pole hastily took up a guard position next to it, ready to prevent anyone from involving the cat... Some of those on the scene were on the verge of losing their sanity. Li Daoheng was one of them. The thunder tribulation!! Exalted emperors were not required to undergo a tribulation to begin with, but since one existed, then they were required to experience it! But now, his tribulation was gone. It didn’t exist anymore. He was still a core origin half step emperor since he was yet to reach that level with the new dao. In the absence of a tribulation, wouldn’t he be eternally barred from reaching the exalted emperor level? All of his plans had suddenly fallen through. He was a complete and utter joke! Li Daoheng had sought to rival the Human King and eclipse the Ash Emperor. However, the Ash Emperor had just reached through the void and even time. Its projection had swallowed the thunder tribulation through the air. Or perhaps, one could more accurately say that the tribulation’s primary body was in the Ash Emperor’s hands! The emperor then said that he could attempt the tribulation in a few days. How many days were a few days? The Ash Emperor was known for being forgetful. Would the Imperial Majesty remember this detail after a few days? Even if it did, was its few days just a few days for Silver Moon? “Hahaha!” Zheng Yu threw his head back with laughter. His mirth was baffling since his strength was fading quickly, but he crowed with laughter all the same. “Li Daoheng!!” The two of us fight each other! We fought our way to present day, but a simple reversal of time and the appearance of the Ash Emperor threw all of our plans into disarray. A flinty look entered Li Daoheng’s eyes as he watched the star madly zigzag through the world. “We still have a chance!” he said coldly. Did they still have a chance? “The exalted emperor tribulation is gone, but the star of time is still here! The two universes are still present!” Who said they were out of luck? If they couldn’t ascend to exalted emperor through the core origin dao, then they would do so through the new dao! How was that not an opportunity? What was Zheng Yu guffawing about? There was nothing to laugh about! I may be able to reverse time if I really do claim the star of time. Perhaps I can go back to before Li Hao summoned the Ash Emperor. That will give me another crack at the tribulation, become an exalted emperor of core origin and the new dao. I will be a dual exalted emperor! Li Daoheng raised his hand to the sky and grabbed the river of chaos. As rumbling echoed through the world, he stared frostily into the distance. “Li Hao, do you think none of this has anything to do with you after you’ve relinquished the corporeal universe? Breaking the river of chaos will result in Hong Yitang’s death. All daos will fall silent and Silver Moon will return to its primordial state. There’s nothing good in that for a heavenly will like you! “All you need to do now is to give up the star of time, reverse time, and return to before the arrival of the Ash Emperor. I have no desire to target you!” Although Li Daoheng had failed to verify his dao as an exalted emperor, his current presence did eclipse regular half step emperors. Everything he was had reached the standards of an exalted emperor. He only needed to endure his tribulation to become a real emperor. Despite the lack of ascension, he was still incomparably powerful! Even Celestial Pole knew that he was likely no match for Li Daoheng at the moment. The man had swallowed too much of Zheng Yu’s power. Currently, Li Daoheng could rival the Red Moon exalted emperor. Although that personage was an exalted emperor, he’d depleted much of his strength after being sealed away for so many years. He likely just amounted to being stronger than a half step emperor at the moment. Of course, Celestial Pole didn’t care about any of this right now. He looked excitedly at the blinking, dazed Number Two. Not only was Number Two alive, but the Ash Emperor knew of this place as well. Although the Imperial Majesty couldn’t visit them right away since they were fighting, or perhaps it wasn’t interested in visiting, its attention was on Silver Moon all the same. As arrogant as Li Daoheng was, would he dare touch Number Two now? The Ash Emperor ruining his tribulation through the void was proof that if he made another move now, he would once more raise the Ash Emperor’s attention. Did Li Daoheng dare bet that the Imperial Majesty really couldn’t come here? The massive star was still throwing itself every which way. It was very dissatisfied with Li Hao! Freedom felt like a thing of the past after being assimilated by Li Hao. Despite the young man trying everything possible to placate it, the star continued to zip back and forth. Off in the distance, the Ninth Division leader roared angrily, “Li Daoheng, are you going to continue down your erroneous path even at this stage?! The Ash Emperor, Human King, and the rest are still out there. So what if you end up winning in Silver Moon??” The appearance of the Ash Emperor should’ve shattered all of their delusions! New Martial still existed! There was still a chance, yes, even now. Even though Li Daoheng might have really killed all the Lis, he wasn’t necessarily out of chances. These people could come back to life once they located New Martial! With the people alive, Li Daoheng admitting to his crimes, killing the Red Moon exalted emperor, then joining the battlefield as a deathsworn... He had a chance to be pardoned if he survived a few engagements and killed sufficient enemies for compensation. He was a powerhouse close to exalted emperor, after all. In fact, he could verify his dao at any time. With the Ash Emperor still fighting, that meant that the war wasn’t over. Li Daoheng really would be out of chances if the war was over. “You’ve already committed a mistake and will be out of chances to turn back if you continue to commit them!” shouted the Ninth Division leader. “Kill the Red Moon exalted emperor, bring Silver Moon back to New Martial, admit your wrongs to the Sword Sovereign, and beg the Human King to resurrect those you killed! You simply need to kill a few enemy exalted emperors to be shown mercy after that!” “Mercy?” Li Daoheng glared coldly at his younger brother. “Why are you still so stupid after all this time? You will never understand what it is that I seek. That is why I am a heavyweight about to verify my dao and you’re just trash that knows how to raise his voice! “I would already be an emperor if it wasn’t for the Ash Emperor! Such is my destiny, but what wrong have I committed?” If it wasn’t for the Ash Emperor’s sudden appearance, he would already be an exalted emperor, swallowed the twin dao universes, the star of time, the half step emperor heavenly will that was Li Hao, Number Two, the blade of blood, the Red Moon exalted emperor, Silver Moon world... Even if he wasn’t on par with the Ash Emperor after that, he wouldn’t be an ordinary exalted emperor either. With the chaos being as vast as it was, any place would open up to him then! There might be greater opportunities waiting for him in the chaos universe if he traveled through it! Return to New Martial and admit his wrongs? Setting aside the question of whether or not someone like the Human King would forgive him, he would be treated as a prisoner on death row if he wasn’t outright executed. Would he have any chances at all if he didn’t personally kill all of New Martial’s enemies? Only his little brother would be so foolish as to turn down being a premier exalted emperor to bet on the Human King’s benevolence! Although Li Daoheng’s skill had fallen one step short and the star of time ruined his plans, he wasn’t fully out for the count yet! I am an invincible existence! I’ll be able to fight even the Red Moon exalted emperor if he appears, so why do I need to admit to my wrongs?? I haven’t done anything wrong! Not to mention, I now control the river of a myriad daos, the one that the corporeal dao universe has gathered into. What wrong have I done?! He ignored Celestial Pole, Number Two, and the Ninth Division leader. These people were nobodies in his eyes. He didn’t even think much of Li Hao. Trash like Zheng Yu was always so full of himself and self-satisfied—Li Daoheng simply hadn’t wanted to bother with him. He waited for the dao universe to appear, for a greater chance to ascend to the heavens in one leap! That chance had finally arrived! It’d been right in front of him, but Li Hao ruined it. No, the star of time had ruined it. The star had been so curious and confused that it supplied Li Hao with boundless power of time. That facilitated the Ash Emperor to project itself over. Otherwise, with the Imperial Majesty’s strength, Li Hao was courting death to be summoning Number Two’s past! The backlash would instantly age him into oblivion! The more events like these occurred, the more it proved how much potential this star contained. Although it wasn’t sufficient to be a medium for the Ash Emperor, it hadn’t been long since the birth of the dao universe. It was clear to see from this how much power the star of time held and could utilize! Li Daoheng extracted strength from Zheng Yu and also began assimilating the river of chaos. His actions did not conflict with themselves. At the same time, he also sped for the star. He could capture it while it was weak. After it came into his strength, he wouldn’t have a chance to claim it anymore. An immense presence surrounded Silver Moon. The sword on his back materialized and slashed at the void. The void constricted! The star of time had been far away, but after that stroke, it seemed to spontaneously cross mountains and rivers. It was extremely close to Li Daoheng! ɪꜰ ʏᴏᴜ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴍᴏʀᴇ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs, ᴘʟᴇᴀsᴇ ᴠɪsɪᴛ 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵✦𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮✦𝓷𝓮𝓽 Li Hao was still struggling with assimilating the star of time. He was quite resigned by the situation. The star was too strong! It was stronger than he’d anticipated, and this was after summoning the Ash Emperor. If he hadn’t consumed a lot of its energy in that endeavor, he’d likely fail. Thankfully, he still had a chance of success, but he couldn’t help himself when he saw Li Daoheng standing in his way. “Zheng Yu, aren’t you a troublemaker?” he said with exasperation. “Didn’t you plot against him for one hundred thousand years? Are you completely out of ideas now and are just letting him swallow you like he wishes?” Hadn’t this guy been full of confidence? Why had he wilted so easily? If he’s swallowing you, you can swallow him! Zheng Yu was nearly skin and bones in Li Daoheng’s hand. “Isn’t it the same to you whether I win or he wins?” he laughed in a ghastly fashion. He seemed to have given up struggling and despaired amid his anguish, “Dao Sword and Earthturner Sword were all pawns that he used to misdirect me. I really thought he’d reincarnated! Even the guy from the Wind and Cloud Pavilion that you killed was part of his misdirection. “It led me to think that reincarnation was viable!” Blood flowed freely when he coughed. “I’m not the one behind the folk song... He is! I thought several times that the existence of the song is proof that what I’m doing has an effect on him. I must have frustrated him so much that he had no choice but to write this song to vent some ill will...”