The moment the words true Immortal left the white-haired woman's mouth, Su Chen felt the entire world shake.
Not physically.
Spiritually.
As if existence itself was rejecting what the heavens were trying to summon.
Above the battlefield, the gigantic golden door continued forming slowly behind the Executors. Endless heavenly chains wrapped around it while ancient runes burned across its surface like living laws.
The pressure leaking from the door alone surpassed everything that had appeared so far.
Even the surrounding space was collapsing continuously.
The Sea Sovereign's usual arrogant grin had vanished completely now.
"…Those lunatics."
Ocean-blue spiritual energy surged violently around his body while his single visible eye stared toward the Heaven Prison door darkly.
"They're actually doing it."
The Pavilion Master's silver eyes remained fixed on the growing door.
Moonlight around her throne flickered faintly for the first time.
A sign of instability.
Even she felt pressured.
Meanwhile, the first Executor raised one hand calmly toward the heavens.
"By the authority of the Heavenly Court…"
BOOM.
The golden door trembled violently.
"…open the Heaven Prison."
CRACK.
The sound echoed across the entire planet.
Then—
The golden door slowly began opening inward.
Darkness leaked from within.
Not ordinary darkness.
A void so deep that even light itself disappeared inside it.
Millions across the world collapsed instantly from terror alone.
Weak cultivators vomited blood while countless ordinary humans fainted unconscious. Spiritual beasts hidden throughout the world began screaming wildly as if sensing extinction itself approaching.
The mortal world was reacting instinctively.
Something forbidden was entering reality.
Inside his consciousness, the white-haired woman suddenly spoke sharply.
"If a true Immortal descends completely, this world dies."
Su Chen narrowed his golden eyes.
"What exactly is an Immortal?"
The woman became silent briefly.
Then—
"Existences beyond the Emperor Realm."
A pause.
"Beings who transcended mortal laws entirely."
Fragments of memory flashed through Su Chen's mind again.
Ancient stars collapsing.
Immortals standing above galaxies.
And the Primordial Emperor slaughtering them beneath the Heaven Slaughter Sword.
The memories vanished quickly.
But the feeling remained.
Hatred.
Ancient hatred.
Outside reality, Lin Yanyan suddenly tightened her grip around Su Chen's hand again.
Her crimson-gold eyes remained fixed on the opening Heaven Prison.
"Your aura is changing again."
Golden light flickered dangerously beneath Su Chen's skin.
The synchronization continued increasing.
The closer heaven pushed him—
The faster the Primordial memories awakened.
Meanwhile above the battlefield—
The Heaven Prison opened wider.
And a hand slowly emerged from the darkness.
Pale.
Ancient.
Covered in countless black sealing marks.
The moment that hand appeared—
BOOM.
The atmosphere of the entire planet collapsed.
Mountains shattered.
Oceans exploded upward.
Even the sun itself dimmed briefly.
Xu Mingshan immediately dropped to one knee coughing blood violently.
"…Impossible…"
His Saint Realm cultivation was being crushed effortlessly.
Yan Ruoxue's face had become pale for the first time.
"This pressure…"
Even speaking became difficult.
The Sea Sovereign roared furiously.
"DON'T LET IT COME OUT!"
BOOM.
Oceanic spiritual energy erupted violently across the heavens while the black warship behind him transformed completely. Gigantic phantom seas flooded the sky itself as countless ancient sea beasts roared beneath the waves.
The Sea Sovereign attacked the Heaven Prison directly.
His fist tore through space while endless oceanic laws gathered around him.
A Sovereign-level full-power attack.
Yet before it could land—
One Executor stepped forward.
BOOM.
The Executor blocked the attack barehanded.
The heavens shattered.
The Executor's arm cracked slightly from the impact, but he remained standing motionlessly.
Meanwhile the Sea Sovereign was forced backward through the sky.
His expression darkened.
"They're buying time…"
The Pavilion Master moved instantly afterward.
Moonlight erupted endlessly around her body while the gigantic black palace behind her released silver chains throughout the battlefield.
"Moon Extinction."
BOOM.
The entire sky turned silver.
A gigantic moon appeared above the world itself before descending toward the Heaven Prison.
The attack carried enough power to erase continents.
Even the Executors turned serious immediately.
But then—
The pale hand emerging from the Heaven Prison moved slightly.
Just slightly.
BOOM.
The descending silver moon shattered instantly.
The Pavilion Master coughed blood while staggering backward.
Silence crashed across the battlefield.
Everyone froze.
A Sovereign-level technique…
Destroyed casually by one movement.
Inside the Heaven Prison—
Something laughed.
Low.
Ancient.
And completely emotionless.
The sound alone made millions bleed from their ears worldwide.
Then a voice echoed softly from within the darkness.
"So…"
The opening Heaven Prison trembled further.
"…the lower realm still exists."
The first Executor immediately knelt.
All other Executors followed instantly.
"Greetings, Immortal Lord."
The pale hand pushed the golden doors wider.
Darkness flooded outward endlessly.
Then—
One eye opened inside the void.
Silver.
Cold.
Infinite.
The moment that eye appeared—
Every cultivator below Emperor Realm felt their souls nearly collapse.
Because they were looking at a true higher existence.
An Immortal.
The eye slowly swept across the battlefield.
It ignored the Sea Sovereign.
Ignored the Pavilion Master.
Ignored the entire world.
Then—
It locked onto Su Chen.
Silence.
The atmosphere became terrifyingly still.
The Immortal stared at him quietly.
Then softly—
"…You."
BOOM.
The synchronization inside Su Chen exploded violently.
Ancient memories surged endlessly through his mind while the Heaven Slaughter Sword phantom behind him manifested instinctively again.
The Immortal's silver eye narrowed slightly.
"A fragment survived after all."
The white-haired woman inside Su Chen's consciousness looked horrified now.
"He recognizes you."
Su Chen's golden eyes remained cold.
"He knew the Primordial Emperor."
"No…"
Her voice became heavy.
"He fought him."
Outside reality, the Immortal's voice echoed calmly throughout the world.
"I watched you burn beneath heavenly judgment."
The silver eye within the Heaven Prison glowed brighter.
"And yet…"
The pressure intensified infinitely.
"…you still crawl back."
BOOM.
A terrifying silver finger slowly emerged from the darkness.
Not fully.
Just one finger.
Yet the surrounding world began collapsing from its existence alone.
The Immortal pointed directly toward Su Chen.
"Die."
The silver finger descended.
And reality shattered.
Everything beneath it began disappearing instantly.
Not destroyed.
Erased.
Space.
Light.
Spiritual energy.
Everything vanished wherever the finger passed.
Xu Mingshan's face turned completely pale.
"We can't stop that…"
The Sea Sovereign roared while charging forward again desperately.
The Pavilion Master attacked simultaneously.
Lin Yanyan's phoenix flames erupted violently.
Three Sovereign-level powers collided against the descending finger together.
BOOM.
The world exploded.
Yet—
The silver finger continued descending.
Untouched.
Unstoppable.
Despair spread throughout the battlefield.
Because this was the difference between mortal existence…
And an Immortal.
Inside his consciousness, the white-haired woman suddenly stepped directly in front of Su Chen.
Her star-filled eyes trembled slightly for the first time.
"There's only one way left."
Su Chen stared at her silently.
She looked toward the golden throne behind them.
Then softly—
"Unlock the Third Imperial Seal."
Silence.
Then—
"And fully awaken the Emperor."