Yuan's Ascension-Chapter 1006: Overlord Ming Jian (2)

Rumble~ The arrays operating across the Greenridge continent suddenly collapsed, revealing the original landscape of the entire continent. The six Sovereigns of the Greenridge Immortal World had completely given up resistance.

They had no choice. With the entire Immortal Court army slaughtered, continued struggle would only lead to death.

An Overlord was invincible in their home macrocosm.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Six streaks of light flew up from the Greenridge continent, arriving before Wu Yuan. It was Sovereign Hai Xuan, Sovereign Jin Xu, and the other four Sovereigns, each filled with trepidation.

"We pay our respects to Overlord Ming Jian."

"Greetings, Overlord." The six Sovereigns bowed respectfully in unison, heads lowered.

The many Sovereigns of the Immortal Court army remained defiant even in death because they had only sent their mana bodies or ether bodies to fight. No matter how great the losses, they wouldn't truly die. But these six were all true selves.

"You address me as Overlord?" Wu Yuan smiled faintly.

"With such strength, you naturally deserve the title of Overlord," Sovereign Hai Xuan said, gritting his teeth, "We were unaware of the Overlord's true power before. Otherwise, we would never have dared to resist."

The six Sovereigns actually felt somewhat wronged. Had they known Wu Yuan's strength in advance, they certainly wouldn't have put up a resistance upfront.

"We are from the same macrocosm. Since you've given up resistance, I'll grant you a path of survival," Wu Yuan said indifferently. "Either swear a Great Dao Oath to follow me, or die. Make your choice."

Whoosh! Wu Yuan waved his hand, and a huge light screen appeared, displaying lines of text. It was the content of the oath Wu Yuan had prepared.

"This?"

"A Great Dao Oath? Servants?" The faces of the six Sovereigns changed. Those who could cultivate to become Sovereigns were all proud individuals. Which of them wasn't revered by countless living beings?

However, under the threat of death, the six Sovereigns didn't refuse outright. Instead, they began reading the content on the light screen.

They were immediately taken aback. Initially, when Wu Yuan demanded that they submit, the conditions were already very harsh. Now? The terms were even worse. Hand over all treasures, absolute submission, unconditional execution of orders even if told to sacrifice their life... and the length of this contract was ten billion years! This was almost as inhumane as soul-control.

Previously, Wu Yuan had proposed a term of one billion years, but now it had changed to ten billion. This was something he had decided after careful consideration. If it were a hundred billion years, that would be too long. Many Sovereigns might not live that long if they ventured on risky expeditions often. Ten billion years was indeed very long, but not unacceptable.

Secondly, killing all six of them would also mean having to make a thorough purge of the Greenridge Immortal World, which might cause instability throughout the immortal world for a long span of time.

After all, the Greenridge Immortal World had established deep roots over countless years and commanded immense influence. The only way to erase this influence was to kill all cultivators in the Greenridge Immortal World.

But by making the six Sovereigns submit to him, he could fundamentally extinguish the faction’s remaining will to resist.

After ten billion years, Wu Yuan didn't believe the Taiyuan Divine Court would still be unable to absorb the full territory of the Greenridge Immortal World.

Moreover, having six absolutely loyal Sovereign subordinates will make handling trivial matters much more convenient. Wu Yuan thought to himself.

His cultivation period was too short, and having risen to power recently, he had no followers. Sovereign followers could prove enormously useful at times. For example, if he had a hundred of them, they could form a Sovereign legion.

"What is your choice?" Wu Yuan's gaze swept over the six Sovereigns.

"It's too harsh, I refuse to subm—" A purple-robed Sovereign shook his head, gritting his teeth.

Swish! A flash of sword light pierced through his body and annihilated him instantly.

Dead!

"Anyone else unwilling? I'll send them on their way," Wu Yuan said indifferently.

Silence fell.

The remaining five, including Sovereign Hai Xuan and Sovereign Jin Xu, finally grasped Wu Yuan's ruthless nature. In his dictionary, the word ‘leniency’ did not exist.

"Ming Jian, the threat of death won’t make me submit," Sovereign Jin Xu suddenly growled, his eyes flashing with madness. "I will never submit, never."

Wu Yuan shook his head slightly.

Swish! Another flash of sword light passed by, killing Sovereign Jin Xu instantly. The remaining four Sovereigns fell completely silent.

The desire to survive had finally taken precedence. In the face of all hardships, death is the only certainty.

A moment passed.

"Since you're willing to submit, then swear the Great Dao Oath," Wu Yuan said calmly.

Sovereign Hai Xuan and the other three successively swore the Great Dao Oath according to the requirements on the light screen.

"Very well. Hai Xuan," Wu Yuan's gaze fell to Sovereign Hai Xuan, "Immediately reorganize the Greenridge Immortal World, first propagate the Faith of True Saint Taiyuan... I will soon arrange for Sovereign Heng Yang and my Sovereign Bei You to begin incorporating the Greenridge Immortal World into the territory of the Taiyuan Divine Court."

"Understood," Sovereign Hai Xuan responded with utmost respect. After swearing the oath, it was as if a weight had been lifted from his shoulders—he no longer appeared burdened by the need to struggle against his fate.

Wu Yuan nodded slightly.

With a thought, he put away his lifebound flying swords, Origin Realm Pearl, and various other artifacts. The area spanning several light-years covered by the Spacetime domain instantly returned to normal.

Whoosh! Wu Yuan took a step forward, instantly vanishing into the void, having entered a higher spatial dimension.

"Overlord Ming Jian left?"

"Just like that?" Sovereign Hai Xuan and the other three Sovereigns were stunned. They had thought Wu Yuan would demand that they hand over their treasures.

Little did they know that the treasures of a few ordinary Sovereigns were hardly worth mentioning to him. Without even a single top-grade Dao Instrument, what use were they?

From Wu Yuan's perspective, since they had become his servants and followers, he should give them some hope to foster loyalty and diligence in their duties.

Perhaps following an Overlord isn’t so bad. A thought suddenly flashed through Sovereign Hai Xuan's mind.

...

Within the chaotic Spacetime Intersection Layer, Wu Yuan's qi refiner self advanced at an astonishing speed.

Started fleeing, have they? A cold glint flashed in Wu Yuan's eyes. Too late, I'm afraid.

Whoosh! Wu Yuan's qi refiner self followed the guidance of his mana body, rapidly closing the distance.

...

Six figures were currently fleeing through the Vacuum Spatial Layer from the Voltari Temple. They were none other than Sovereign Voltari, Sovereign Shi Qing, Sovereign Sha Fan, and the other two Sovereigns.

Indeed! The moment Sovereign Voltari sensed Wu Yuan's qi refiner self unleash Overlord-level power, he immediately led Sovereign Shi Qing and the others into a higher spatial dimension, and they began their escape without a moment's hesitation. This was a vigilance honed over eons of cultivation.

"Voltari, must we flee in such haste?" Sovereign Sang Cheng couldn't help but ask.

"We must flee," Sovereign Voltari said grimly. "Ming Jian's strength is far too terrifying. He has undoubtedly reached the Overlord level,"

Sovereign Voltari's eyes flickered with fear. He still couldn't forget the sword strike that had destroyed his mana body—it was undoubtedly the most horrifying sword technique he'd encountered in his life.

"Our Immortal Court's army surrounded him, forcing him to reveal his true strength. Then he outright rejected the Immortal Emperor's proposal. He must harbor extreme hatred towards our Immortal Court now. In such a state of fury, he's likely to vent his anger on our Voltari Temple.

“If he's intent on killing us, he could traverse the Spacetime Intersection Layer, reaching our Voltari Temple headquarters from the Greenridge Continent in just two or three breaths," Sovereign Voltari shook his head. "Do you think we could withstand that?"

The expressions of Sovereign Shi Qing, Sovereign Sha Fan, and the others changed involuntarily.

Withstand? Even though the Voltari Temple headquarters was protected by numerous arrays, their strength was insufficient. Without a late-stage qi refiner Sovereign, they absolutely couldn't withstand a full-power attack from an Overlord.

"All we can do now is gamble!" A hint of madness gleamed in Sovereign Voltari's eyes. "I’m betting that Ming Jian won't immediately come looking for us. If we can buy just one hour, we can escape a great distance along the Vacuum Spatial Layer. By then, even if Ming Jian wants to hunt us down, it'll be difficult for him to track us."

Sovereign Shi Qing, Sovereign Sha Fan, Sovereign Sang Cheng, and the others couldn't help but nod. They all felt Sovereign Voltari's decisiveness and resolve.

“Hmm? Not good! Run!" A look of terror flashed across Sovereign Voltari's eyes. Sovereign Shi Qing, Sovereign Sha Fan, and the other three also paled simultaneously.

Boom! A powerful spacetime fluctuation swept over from a higher spatial dimension, instantly suppressing their movements.

Whoosh! Sword lights of indescribable beauty, capable of shaking their very spirits, blossomed from the void. These sword lights appeared slow, but under the shifting flow of time, they were hazy and unpredictable, moving with great swiftness.

In no time, the sword lights arrived before the five Sovereigns.

"Attack!" Sovereign Voltari let out a desperate roar, his body suffused with lightning as he exerted all his strength to unleash his ultimate move—Lightning Extinction!

Schick~ Two sword lights flashed past, one blow scattering his artifacts, another piercing straight through his body.

Dazzling! Graceful! Yet with an unstoppable piercing force.

As the sword lights ravaged every part of his deity body, rapidly extinguishing his vitality, Sovereign Voltari recalled the sensations when his ether body perished. It felt exactly the same.

Another streak of sword light flashed by, completely annihilating Sovereign Voltari's body.

Dead.

Boom! Schick! The other four Sovereigns of the Voltari Temple, like Sovereign Shi Qing and Sovereign Sha Fan, only had their true selves left. They couldn't even withstand a single sword strike from Wu Yuan, their bodies utterly obliterated.

In eight sword strikes, the true selves of the five Sovereigns of the Voltari Temple, along with one mana body, were completely destroyed.

Quite decisive, I must say, to have your true selves flee at the first instance. If not for my mana body monitoring your movements outside the Voltari Temple headquarters, you might have truly escaped. Wu Yuan finally emerged from the void, muttering to himself.

He had to admit, Sovereign Voltari was indeed a formidable figure. There was a reason he had stood as one of the top figures of the macrocosm for countless eons.

But alas, no amount of wisdom or scheming could withstand invincible power. The saying that "force shatters all methods" was no empty rhetoric.

Compared to the several Sovereigns of the Voltari Temple, Wu Yuan possessed invincible power.

Who would have thought that the Voltari Temple, which once seemed impossibly immense in my eyes, would fall like this? Wu Yuan shook his head slightly, feeling rather emotional.

A hundred thousand years had passed in the blink of an eye. And now, he stood at the pinnacle of the macrocosm, among the most powerful beings in the entire universe.

Shi Qing is dead. Wu Yuan's gaze swept over a pile of artifacts that once belonged to Sovereign Shi Qing.

He lifted his head slightly, sensing the shackles of the Great Dao rapidly dissipating.

Back then, it was my body refiner self who made the Great Dao Oath. My qi refiner self was barely affected. Wu Yuan mused inwardly. The one who was greatly affected was my body refiner self. Now that the Great Dao Oath is fulfilled, I wonder if my body refiner self has sensed anything.

There had been no news of his body refiner self, but he could be certain it hadn't perished.

Regardless, Sovereign Shi Qing was truly dead, and Wu Yuan had fulfilled the promise he made to Astral Monarch Wan Lei all those years ago.

Wu Yuan waved his hand, gathering the numerous treasures left behind by the five Sovereigns.

His gaze then swept down to the vast spacetime domain within the Material Spatial Layer.

There's no need for my qi refiner self to interfere with the Voltari Temple's territory. I’ll let the Cang Feng Eldritch World take over. Wu Yuan thought to himself as he took a step, heading directly for the Sacred Flame Ravine.