Immortal of the Ages

Yun Xiao spoke, his voice echoing a casual challenge, "Lu Fan, this is my humble servant. If you can defeat her, I'll gift her to you."

"Is that really appropriate?" Lu Fan managed, stifling a laugh.

"The real question is, can you handle it?" Yun Xiao countered.

Facing Yun Xiao's familiar gaze of unshakable confidence, Lu Fan silently retorted in his mind, "All men who doubted me have turned cuckold green, and the women, they’ve cried out in despair."

He would not refuse such a divinely sent beauty.

The War Princess, with her confident, cold, and proud eyes, almost made him laugh. He knew that look all too well—from the Crown Princess to the Empress Zhao, from Lady Fortune to the Sun Sword Goddess—each one began with such lofty stature, their noses scraping the skies.

But what was the outcome?

With a crack of his joints, Lu Fan's deep gaze fixed upon the War Princess.

Though the War Princess doubted herself, she held boundless faith in Yun Xiao. Anything arranged by him spurred her fighting spirit to soar.

With a swoosh, she lunged forward, her allure cutting across the air, her every inch radiating an enchanting charm.

The Mortal Dust Devil transformed her into the most tempting woman in the world!

Up close, Lu Fan swallowed hard, his blood racing. In his eyes, this devilish woman eclipsed the dignified Empress Zhao by leagues.

"She's truly exquisite!" His gaze grew even more intense.

This blatant fervor ignited a fire of rage within the War Princess.

"Where does this toad think he’s leaping from?" With just those words, she launched a furious attack at Lu Fan.

Having ascended to the Dawn God Realm, her body surged with the Mortal Dust Devil Blood and the strength of the Yin Devil, her dual divine might making her nearly flawless in battle—equally formidable at range and up close.

BOOM! Her blood surged like a tornado, twisting into a crimson storm. In one hand, the Sanguine Phantom war cleaver, and in the other, fingers entwined with a bloody celestial dragon. The devilish miasma of the Mortal Dust Devil swirled, obscuring the skies above the Heavenly Palace with a blood-red veil.

In aura alone, the War Princess already far surpassed the White Emperor.

"Spicy!" Lu Fan declared with a devilish grin, his eyes suddenly swirling into golden black vortexes, ensnaring souls.

"I’ve hacked that dog System with a memory card. So what if I didn't conquer Divine Dawn! I still managed to learn the Karmic Spirit Ordinance!"

As the War Princess charged at him, Lu Fan stood with his hands behind his back, unmoving, a smirk on his face, the epitome of nonchalance.

"Disgusting!" The War Princess could only think how revolting this greasy man was. If not for these soul-washing tricks, how many women would truly be mad about him?

Her rage was kindled, and the power of the Mortal Dust Devil Blood erupted.

"Nightshade Blood Dragon!"

Her left hand flicked, casting out a shadow of a blood dragon that infused the earth, transforming the ground into a vast sea of blood. From this bloody ocean, strands of blood-red vines shot out!

On closer inspection, these vines were covered with blood-red dragon scales, adorned with many dragon teeth and claws, a hybrid of a blood dragon and vines.

With the divine might of a blood dragon and the persistent, unkillable nature of the vines, the Nightshade Blood Dragon was even stronger than her previous blood arts!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! Countless Nightshade Blood Dragons, rising from the bloody sea, obscured the heavens and earth as they surged towards Lu Fan!

"You have some skills, but sending a woman to attack me is like throwing meat buns at a... Bah!" Lu Fan's wicked smile deepened, the vortex in his eyes growing, slowly forming a soul vortex!

Karmic Spirit Ordinance!

Notes of music flowed from his eyes, magnified by the vortex, and struck directly at the War Princess.

"Darling, forget the sword fight. How about a battle of pistons instead?" Lu Fan's voice morphed into the Karmic Spirit Ordinance, the sounds vibrating against the War Princess' spirit.

He was confident he could make the War Princess kneel before him! In this regard, he never failed!

However, this time seemed different.

The War Princess' spirit was partly Yun Xiao’s Mortal Dust Devil Spirit. So, Lu Fan's attempt at wooing her looked like a monkey defecating.

"Piston your own asshole!!" Furious beyond endurance, the War Princess launched a ferocious double attack!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The vast sea of blood formed a prison, trapping Lu Fan within. Nightshade Blood Dragons, like barbed chains, pierced into his flesh and bone, instantly wrapping around him a hundredfold, binding him completely, organs and all.

"Karmic Spirit Ordinance!" Lu Fan exclaimed again, desperately resisting.

"Ordinate your granddad!" The War Princess, wielding the Sanguine Phantom, charged forward. The massive war cleaver in her hands transformed into streams of blood-red rivers, slashing explosively in a flurry!

SLASH! SLASH! SLASH! Lu Fan, already locked in place, was then violently sliced, starting from his scalp, as chunks of his flesh flew off!

As the pieces flew, his flesh corroded and his blood was refined by the Mortal Dust Devil Blood.

"Get it? This is called human scum slicing!" The War Princess unleashed a fierce assault, slicing Lu Fan into hundreds of pieces that flew about, her blade work sharp enough to qualify her as a top chef.

She reveled in the slaughter!

From astonishment to screams of pain, Lu Fan’s true nature was thoroughly excavated during the ordeal.

Being chopped alive was the most frightening moment of his life, the slow process affording him ample time for mental torture.

"Lu Fan!" Suddenly, Yun Xiao appeared before him, wrapping his arm around the War Princess's waist, planting a kiss on her cheek, then smiling mischievously at the sliced man, "Such a fiery beauty presented to you, and yet you’re going all limp?"

"YOU! FU—!"

As his body blended into blood and gore, Lu Fan's spirit let out a hysterical roar. No matter how much he yelled, he was without a physical body. And makeshift solutions were no good either!

"Keep slicing, but add more sex appeal!" Yun Xiao directed the War Princess.

"And how exactly do I do that?" The War Princess rolled her eyes.

"Lift your head, puff your chest, tuck your stomach, lift your butt," Yun Xiao instructed.

"Ugh, pervert…"

Watching the two flirting in front of him, Lu Fan was about to lose his mind!

Surprisingly, the War Princess complied.

Throughout the process, Lu Fan alternated between furious cursing and slow, agonized wailing. He seemed to cherish this body dearly, as reanimating it wasn't easy, and training anew was even harder... But now, Yun Xiao and the War Princess shattered his dreams once again!

"No! No! Don't..." Lu Fan had longed to continue exploring more celestial caverns with his makeshift body, to continue living joyously. He couldn't endure another 20 years of hiding and building back his power. Yet, here were these two, destroying him at his most confident.

Amid his screams and struggles, Lu Fan's true nature was drawn out; facing the harsh realities of the world, he escaped, bowed his head, and fantasized… Until at last, his flesh burned away, his blood vanished.

"Gone, all gone!"

Before Yun Xiao and the War Princess, all that remained was a black and gold lotus.

Lu Fan no longer had a physical body! If he wished to explore celestial caverns again, it would only be by spirit… For him, life had lost ninety percent of its pleasure. He wailed out in despair.

But at this moment, Yun Xiao and the War Princess' expressions grew even graver.

Before them was a gigantic lotus spirit, its size dwarfing both the Buddha's Treasure Spirit and the Mortal Dust Devil Spirit!

On a spiritual level, this spirit's oppressive force was immense!

It had overcome and driven back those from the Ancestral Land, including Heavenly Monarch Mu!

It should have crushed Yun Xiao! But now, though massive, it was clearly tattered, its petals and core riddled with holes and cracks. It was a withered flower, ninety-five percent diminished!

It trembled in the wind, drifting, its soul force dissipating...

This was the true face of the Chaos Emperor Lotus at this moment, the earlier physical form merely a frivolous veil of modesty.

Yun Xiao had used the veil that Lu Fan so desired to provoke his true nature!

Now, as Lu Fan's spirit was forced out, it was seen struggling with its temperament, more twisted and shattered than ever!

This proved Yun Xiao's tactic was effective!

His battle with Lu Fan was inevitably leading to this ultimate battle of the spirits, the most crucial step...

"Rebirth! I must not die, the fate of my clan hangs in the balance...

"Mom! Mom! I miss you, save me, save me!

"Just you, Empress Zhao? Bend over, haha! Crown Princess, come over and give it a blow!"

The shattered Chaos Emperor Lotus howled miserably in the wind. Such chaos showcased all that was collapsing within it. Nobility, insecurity, arrogance... Various divine and human aspects twisted together, creating tears that hastened the disintegration of the Chaos Emperor Lotus.

"Yun... Yun Xiao..."

Just then, the Chaos Emperor Lotus fixated on the young man in white before it.

Within the Chaos Emperor Lotus existed three aspects of Lu Fan, the insecure wandering soul from another world, the arrogant Chaos Sovereign, and the Chaos Soul! In their eyes, Yun Xiao appeared to represent the same thing—and that was karma!

Though, it appeared the Chaos Sovereign and Chaos Soul still held the upper hand.

"Die! With your death, everything will be fine!" it snarled.

"What should we do?" the War Princess asked nervously.

"Step back. This battle can only be fought by my Buddha's Treasure Spirit," Yun Xiao said.

In the Celestial Court, the Third Dao Tribulation began with the spirit, and ultimately, it had to end with the spirit...