Chapter 44 Supreme Beings of the Forbidden Zones

Doctrines and laws fluctuated as boundless divine might surged across the firmament.

Some powerful figures, perceiving the scene unfolding within the starry skies, spoke with trembling voices: "Shen Ming is suppressing Wan Qing and the other two, beating them effortlessly!"

How terrifying was this? Could this be the peerless monstrous talent who had walked out of the Forbidden Zone?

Among them, the one struggling the most was Wan Qing. His own cultivation realm was not yet high, and he could only rely on that green lotus's rule of breaking all laws to resist.

Even so, Wan Qing was by no means weak. Behind him, a green lotus manifested, resembling the primordial chaos when the universe first opened, where all things fell silent. A single lotus seed was born within the chaos, absorbing the chaotic qi of heaven and earth to break out of its shell, and through countless eons of time, it grew into a chaotic green lotus.

Some spectators were deeply moved: "That is the Chaotic Green Lotus from the very beginning of heaven and earth! Could this be Wan Qing's true origin? How terrifying!"

Indeed! Only such a background could explain why the weapon in Wan Qing's hand was so terrifying that it could shatter all laws!

"If Wan Qing is truly a descendant of the Chaotic Green Lotus, his origins surpass even those of some Imperial Princes! That is the Chaotic Green Lotus, the very first green lotus born when heaven and earth were cleaved apart. Legend has it that he achieved immortality long ago!"

"Does that mean... Wan Qing's heritage traces back to a legendary True Immortal?"

People began to speculate. Did immortals truly exist in this world?

Shen Ming’s expression grew grave as he stared intently at the phantom of the Chaotic Green Lotus behind Emperor Qing. Even as the son of a Supreme Being, when facing Emperor Qing, his proud and noble bloodline seemed somewhat eclipsed.

Emperor Qing was actually connected to the legendary "Immortals"!

"Good! Very good! Once I capture you and bring you back, I will thoroughly dissect and study every inch of you!" Madness flashed in Shen Ming's eyes. Emperor Qing's background was simply too monumental, involving the legendary immortals!

"Boom..."

The green lotus divine weapon crashed into Shen Ming's laws, shattering them completely once again.

This weapon was utterly extraordinary; it could break all laws in the world!

Endless laws spread outward, staining the horizon with terrifying seven-colored radiance. That radiance was composed of dao laws intersecting and colliding with one another.

Seeing this, the two demon race powerhouses became even more resolute in their determination to protect Wan Qing!

Perhaps Wan Qing could truly defy the heavens in this era, attain enlightenment and become an emperor in the Age of Law's End, shatter the myth, and become the first person since the primeval era!

"Hum—"

Emperor Qing's expression remained unchanged. He was currently evolving himself, burning his own essence blood to trace back his origins through reverse deduction.

Shen Ming was simply too powerful. Though residing in the Saint King realm, his strength was already comparable to a Great Saint, far beyond what they could rival. At this moment, unleashing all his ultimate techniques, he delivered a supreme blow brimming with terrifying dao fluctuations that no one could block!

Even the two demon race Saint Kings changed expression drastically, retreating step by step.

Could he truly not be stopped?

Finally!

"A single lotus in the eternal azure sky—"

Such a voice seemed to resound between heaven and earth, echoing from ancient times and seeping from the future into the present. It was an unimaginable, terrifying presence.

Countless powerful figures were shaken. Emperor Qing actually possessed such a trump card!

A power that did not belong to this era was summoned for him!

That power traversed layers of time and space, ultimately descending into the present world. Though frail and depleted to the extreme, it still unleashed a strike approaching the might of a Quasi-Emperor!

Shen Ming was startled and hurried to retreat, yet he was still wounded by this blow. The black divine iron armor on his body instantly lost its luster, its internal active energy completely exhausted. A huge gap was torn across his chest, and his nether-armor was pierced right through!

At that very moment, a figure was rushing over from afar.

It was a Great Saint-level powerhouse of the demon race—the only Great Saint of the demon clan! His cultivation realm was infinitely close to that of a Quasi-Emperor, though he had never been able to cross that final threshold.

In the past, other demon powerhouses had stepped forward to invite this peerless demon saint to unite the demon race, but he had implicitly refused. He stated bluntly that his strength was not enough to command universal respect; many clans within the demon race were inherently arrogant, believing their bloodlines to be extraordinary, and would never submit to a Great Saint without any noble lineage.

Hiding within the Mirror of Time and Space, Luo Yan silently watched this scene. It was no falsehood that Emperor Qing was destined to achieve enlightenment; this was a massive karmic cause and effect from ages past.

Even this very world had been evolved by a single person, and the cultivation system itself had been pioneered by that same person. Emperor Qing shared a profound and inexorable karmic tie with him.

That power came from Emperor Qing's past incarnation—the Chaotic Green Lotus!

Crossing boundless time and space, it came solely to resolve this tribulation.

Only an Immortal King possessed such terrifying power. Even though their true body could not travel here, they could rely on karmic ties to deliver a full-power strike that pierced through eternal time and space. After being weakened through countless layers, it arrived in the present world, leaving behind a blow comparable to that of a Quasi-Emperor.

Injured, Shen Ming looked at this scene in utter disbelief.

"What on earth is your background?! Could you be the biological offspring of the Chaotic Green Lotus?"

Terror surfaced on his face. Originally, he should not have awakened in this era. A few minor demons had accidentally stumbled into the Forbidden Zone and inadvertently leaked some truths, from which he learned that Emperor Qing was originally an Undying Medicine of Immortality who had now transformed into human form and shed his plant-based immortal body.

If he could devour him, not only would his cultivation soar, but he would also gain vast, boundless longevity!

An Undying Medicine of Immortality was something even his father, the Supreme Being of the Forbidden Zone, yearned for above all else!

Thus, he had broken the rules by unsealing himself and stepping out of the Forbidden Zone, solely to capture Emperor Qing, never expecting to provoke such a terrifying existence!

That entity had delivered a supreme blow across boundless time and space. He even suspected that if the era in which that person lived were not so distantly separated from his own, the strike trailing down to the present would not have been so weak!

Though it possessed only the might of a Quasi-Emperor, there was no doubt it was a sublimated method that had undergone heavy weakening. Its true power was far from as simple as it appeared on the surface; otherwise, the divine iron armor on his body would not have instantly lost its vitality and been forcefully pierced straight through.

His current state was abysmal, and he was heavily wounded!

Was he truly going to fail like this? He felt extreme resentment and reluctance!

Suddenly.

"Could that be... are the Supreme Beings of the Forbidden Zone about to make a move?" Human and demon powerhouses below gazed up at the horizon, their hair standing on end in absolute terror.

A terrifying aura emanated from the Forbidden Zone. Divine light paved the way, myriad laws shone as dazzlingly as stars, and dao laws churned in the void. Countless dao forces resonated across heaven and earth as if a supreme entity was about to step forth from the Forbidden Zone.

"That place is the Forbidden Zone of Life—the Immortal Tomb! A forbidden zone that has existed since primordial antiquity, filled with countless mysterious and unfathomable Chaos-era stone steles!"

That direction was precisely the Immortal Tomb, one of the seven Forbidden Zones of Life!

"Is the one making a move this time a dormant Supreme Being within the Immortal Tomb? Emperor Qing's origins are far too mysterious. To think someone would span endless rivers of time and space to block this era's mortal tribulation for him! Could this involve the secret of becoming an immortal? Otherwise, how could a Supreme Being from the Forbidden Zone possibly intervene?"

A saint whispered under his breath. Having lived through long, arduous years, they knew many profound secrets inaccessible to ordinary people. Only they understood that supreme beings existed within the Forbidden Zones of Life! Their origins were terrifyingly deep. Ancient sages had once deduced that the supreme beings within the forbidden zones were likely ancient Emperors of the past, or sovereign monarchs from the primordial era, or perhaps supreme Heavenly Venerates from the legendary mythological age!

A boundless giant hand descended. The Supreme Being within the Immortal Tomb did not dispatch his true body, merely extending a giant palm toward Emperor Qing.

He held no fear for the powerhouse separated by time and space, believing that entity could not truly manifest in the present world; even if they did, he would not be afraid!

He possessed the aura of someone who once dominated the world. He, too, had once stood at the pinnacle of an era, walking to the very end of an age, possessing his own invincible conviction and conquering an entire epoch with his own bare hands.