"But why, the Gate to Immortality…"
Emperor Haotian was utterly lost, his words broken and incoherent, unable to think.
The Lord of the End let out a chilling laugh.
"I know your confusion."
"Do you still remember why I helped you? That's right, I said you would help me find my Physical Body."
"Now, you have succeeded, finally releasing me."
"Ultimately, I should thank you."
The Lord of the End's words carried cruelty.
He looked at Emperor Haotian, as if enjoying the distortion and destruction of the human heart.
That feeling was what pleased him most.
Emperor Haotian's teeth were clenched so hard they almost shattered, and his face was twisted in agony.
"No, I sought the stone disc and opened the Gate to Immortality for ultimate sublimation, not to release you."
"Moreover, I am a Rebirth, how could this happen?"
Emperor Haotian roared.
He was an unprecedented Rebirth; who could scheme against him?
"Rebirth, hehe… your so-called Rebirth is merely a dream of a lifetime that I bestowed upon you."
"You once entered the Virtual Heaven Realm and found a fragment of a stone disc."
"Attached to that stone disc fragment was a wisp of my Divine Thought."
"You later fell into slumber, awaiting awakening in the Golden Great Era."
"I then used my supreme power to calculate many future Karma and instilled them into your sleeping consciousness."
"Making you feel as if you had already lived a lifetime and knew everything."
"Then you awoke, believing yourself to have been Rebirth into this Golden Great Era."
"In reality, you merely slept for a lifetime."
"Rebirth, hehe, even a Mythical Emperor can hardly easily reverse the Karma of time, how could it fall upon you."
"From beginning to end, you were merely my pawn."
"The only Karma I couldn't calculate was this child!"
The Lord of the End turned his gaze to Jun Xiaoyao.
Because Jun Xiaoyao was a Fate Nullifier.
Therefore, even the Lord of the End, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, could not use the power of Karma to calculate his future.
That's why, in Emperor Haotian's "Rebirth" memories, Jun Xiaoyao never appeared.
"I am a pawn, I am just a pawn?"
Emperor Haotian was filled with anger, pain, unwillingness, sorrow, resentment… endless negative emotions brewed in his heart, almost exploding.
He was no Dragon among men, nor was he the protagonist of heaven and earth.
He was just a pawn!
A pathetic and laughable pawn!
A ridiculous pawn who was kept in the dark, still dreaming of grandeur, and fantasizing about becoming a king!
A tragic clown to be kneaded and toyed with at will!
"Hahaha, hahaha, it's all because of you!"
Emperor Haotian's face was twisted to the extreme, letting out a crazed, mournful laugh!
His dream of reigning as an Emperor for a lifetime, his ambition to stand above all beings.
At this moment, all of it shattered!
"Die!"
Emperor Haotian lost all reason, activating the Dragon Emperor Golden Body, and charged towards the Lord of the End!
He almost burned everything: Law, Qi and blood, lifespan!
Everything, it didn't matter!
He just wanted to kill this mastermind who had trampled all his dignity and pride into worthlessness!
Whoosh!
The Lord of the End lightly blew a breath.
A scarlet blood sacrifice storm swept out.
The incomparably powerful Dragon Emperor Golden Body instantly turned to dust!
And Emperor Haotian's figure, within the storm, was annihilated inch by inch, turning into ashes.
Finally, with only his head remaining, Emperor Haotian turned.
His silver eyes met Jun Xiaoyao's gaze, silently.
He lost.
Not at the hands of Jun Xiaoyao.
But from the moment he awoke, he had already lost.
"Jun Xiaoyao, I hope you can… defeat him…"
Emperor Haotian's lips moved, and he spoke his last words.
Then his figure turned into dust and dissipated between heaven and earth.
Upon hearing this, Jun Xiaoyao sighed in his heart.
"Emperor Haotian, you were too proud, and too ignorant."
Perhaps, this was Emperor Haotian's fate.
Emperor Haotian's Rebirth was not a simple matter.
Behind him, a deeper conspiracy loomed.
And now, it was indeed as he had expected.
But at present, Jun Xiaoyao still had some questions to verify.
At this moment, a voice suddenly rang out.
"Lord of the End, I, the Chang Sheng Emperor, have completed this matter, and I hope you will also keep your promise."
The Chang Sheng Emperor stood with his hands behind his back, speaking indifferently.
"Hehe, that is natural…" Apocalypse Lord An Di said nonchalantly.
"Chang Sheng Emperor, what exactly is going on?"
The Ancestor of the Holy Spirit and the other two withdrew from the Immortal Realm and instantly crossed to the Nine Heavens.
The Eastern Hua Emperor True Spirit, Dugu Sword God, Kunlun Celestial Master, and others also came to Jun Xiaoyao's side.
Listening to the Chang Sheng Emperor's tone, he seemed to have known all along that Apocalypse Lord An Di was inside the Gate to Immortality.
But what exactly was all this about?
Their Three Great High Priests were completely kept in the dark.
Now, the Chang Sheng Emperor didn't mind, he said indifferently.
"Actually, the so-called Darkness Turmoil of one era after another was merely a transaction between me, the Chang Sheng Emperor, and the Lord of the End." The Chang Sheng Emperor said.
As soon as these words were spoken.
Heaven and earth fell silent.
The expressions of all living beings were completely stunned.
Even Jun Xiaoyao, though he had some guesses.
But when it was truly confirmed.
His heart still trembled.
Era after era of Turmoil, how many Great Emperors were buried, how many heroes fell.
Hundreds of millions of living beings died.
Not to mention the Immortal Realm, even the Nine Heavens Forbidden Zone paid a heavy price.
And all these Turmoil, all this destruction.
It was merely a transaction between the Chang Sheng Emperor and the Lord of the End!
This was simply absurd to the point of being unbelievable!
The Lord of the End cackled.
He seemed to greatly enjoy the shock and despair on the faces of all beings.
Therefore, he also spoke with great patience.
"Actually, if you want to blame someone, blame the Desolate Emperor."
"If he hadn't Sealed me within the Gate to Immortality, I wouldn't have come up with such a method."
Hearing the Desolate Emperor, Jun Xiaoyao, Wu Hu, and Wu Zhong the Great Emperor, their eyes all flashed.
The Desolate Emperor, the strongest Ancient Sacred Body in history, was the founder of the Ancient Sacred Temple.
And the mastermind who fought against the Desolate Emperor was the Lord of the End, Dark Di, before them.
Afterward, Dark Di seemed to have no reservations, explaining all the Karma.
Only in this way could he better appreciate the despair on the faces of all living beings.
That despair, that hatred, that resentment, that powerless struggle, made him incredibly excited!
Dark Di was the War among the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
His existence was the Source of all War.
Apocalypse Lord An Di used all beings as nourishment and despair as sustenance.
He hid behind the scenes, manipulating eras, instigating conflicts among various forces, causing the Immortal Realm to be drenched in blood and constant War.
At that time, a supreme existence discovered the anomaly.
Behind many bloody Wars, there seemed to be a hidden mastermind, controlling everything.
The one who discovered this mastermind was precisely the Desolate Emperor.
That strongest Ancient Sacred Body who dominated many eras.
He followed various clues and tracked down Apocalypse Lord An Di.
Immediately, a world-shaking War erupted.
And the Virtual Heaven Realm was a part of the ruins left behind from the great War between the Desolate Emperor and the Lord of the End.
The Desolate Emperor, though the strongest Ancient Sacred Body in history, possessed Divine Might that swept across eras.
But Apocalypse Lord An Di was also one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the ultimate despair of the world, with unimaginable power.
Therefore, even the powerful Desolate Emperor, though able to fight against the Lord of the End, could never completely suppress him.
But it was at this moment that the Gate to Immortality appeared!