At that moment, across the entire Chilan Star, birds plummeted from the sky, and wild beasts collapsed where they stood, trembling uncontrollably.
Every city, great and small, every sect headquarters and clan compound — trillions of souls all felt a terror rising from the very depths of their hearts.
It was a soul-crushing dread, as though death would claim them in the very next instant.
Regardless of cultivation level, regardless of age, every last one of those trillions broke into cold soaks that drenched their clothes. Some could not even stand — they simply crumpled to the ground, unable to rise for a long time, every ounce of strength drained from their bodies in a single heartbeat.
Fortunately, the aura came swiftly and departed just as quickly, vanishing in the blink of an eye.
Had it lingered, Chilan Star would surely have suffered millions of deaths today!
On Ice Island — the site of the Ice Palace — a pair of tightly shut eyes materialized in the air above Yang Kai and Su Yan.
At the same time, an invisible layer of energy, imperceptible to both the naked eye and spiritual sense, enveloped Yang Kai and Su Yan's bodies.
Chi Huo's burning essence blood and Luo Hai's Artifact sword attack were both deflected by this energy without so much as a single ripple.
"Impossible!" Luo Hai screamed in horror.
With his cultivation at the two-layer Void King Realm, wielding an Artifact to unleash a devastating blow — and yet he couldn't so much as scratch Yang Kai. All of this was caused by nothing more than a pair of closed eyes appearing in the sky.
He could hardly accept it.
The existence of Great Emperors lived only in legend, worshipped as gods by ordinary people. But among powerhouses like Luo Hai, many had devoted themselves to tracking down traces of a Great Emperor, seeking to shatter the myth the Great Emperors had left behind — or even surpass them entirely.
In their minds, Great Emperors were merely cultivators of extraordinary power, not invincible.
Luo Hai had harbored such thoughts himself. He had believed that a Great Emperor was simply a peak cultivator of the three-layer Void King Realm, and he was certain that one day he would stand at the same height — perhaps even trample them beneath his feet to rise above.
But today, he finally understood: a Great Emperor was still utterly beyond his reach. It was a realm that had definitely transcended the Void King Realm entirely — an unknown and terrifying level!
A sudden wave of shame washed over him, as if he had been nothing but a frog in a well.
The closed pair of eyes showed a hint of opening.
Luo Li's expression finally changed. She no longer dared stay in place. Her delicate figure flickered like a startled rabbit, shooting away at tremendous speed, distancing herself from the Ice Palace in an instant.
The eyes in the void opened. Their pupils were clear and flawless, devoid of any great sense of majesty. And what confused and alarmed both Luo Hai and Chi Huo even further was that these eyes clearly belonged to a woman!
Could it be that the legendary Star Emperor… was a woman?
The absurd thought welled up from the hearts of both Void King Realm powerhouses, leaving them scarcely able to believe it.
Those beautiful eyes merely glanced coldly at Luo Hai and Chi Huo — entirely devoid of emotion, as though looking at nothing more than a pair of ants.
Chi Huo let out a shrill cry and was sent hurtling backward, as if struck by a tremendous blow, coughing up blood midair.
His entire Domain shattered instantaneously.
And Wei Feng, who had been shielded behind him all this time, was reduced to a pile of minced flesh in that same moment — obliterated without a trace.
Even from within Luo Hai's own consciousness, he heard a sharp cracking sound — the unmistakable sign of his Domain crumbling.
That effortless glance from those beautiful eyes seemed to contain an unimaginable sovereign force, something utterly impossible to resist.
His face turned pale, and a trace of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth. His body swayed slightly, but his cultivation was considerably deeper than Chi Huo's, so he managed to remain standing.
Those beautiful eyes appeared only for a brief, fleeting moment before vanishing, as though they had never been there at all.
At the same time.
A torrent of Emperor's Might surged from Yang Kai and Su Yan's bodies — power that did not belong to this world, an existence beyond all reverence, an aura that would bring billions of living beings to their knees.
It was the might of a Great Emperor!
Yang Kai burst into booming laughter, his voice rumbling like thunder and carrying within it some sort of mysterious intent that shook Luo Hai to his core, sending his Consciousness Sea into violent upheaval, unable to stabilize.
After regaining his footing, Chi Huo's face grew even paler.
Gold and white qi enveloped Yang Kai and Su Yan, and the sounds of dragons roaring and phoenixes crying echoed ceaselessly. But this Yin-Yang qi was fundamentally different from what it had been before.
Previously, the Yin-Yang qi had been powerful enough to threaten ordinary Void King Realm cultivators, but Luo Hai had not taken it seriously.
Now, however, the combined gold and white qi had risen to a degree that even Luo Hai's face drained of color!
It was as though a surge of power had poured from the unsealed Star Emperor Token directly into Yang Kai and Su Yan's bodies.
In an instant, the Yin and Yang qi fused completely, becoming one and inseparable.
In everyone's vision, Yang Kai and Su Yan vanished without a trace. All that remained was a single, hazy sphere of light.
"Chi Huo, you die first!" Yang Kai's cold shout rang out from within the light sphere. In the next instant, the sphere shot toward Chi Huo.
Chi Huo's face contorted in terror. He screamed, "Brother Luo Hai, save me!"
At the same time, his hands formed rapid seals as he desperately poured every last drop of Saint Essence to construct a defense that could only be described as an impenetrable fortress of iron.
Layer after layer of Saint Essence materialized around him like solid walls, and a Void King-grade defensive Artifact transformed into a wreath of flames, encasing him entirely.