Xu Lai gave Anna a deep look and helped her to her feet. There was really no need for such formalities between them.

Once on her feet, Anna, still deathly pale, said, "Supreme Emperor, the Angel Clan is innocent. It was my mismanagement. I am willing to die to atone for my failure. I beg you, please spare my people."

The dignity of the Emperor Realm could not be insulted. Offenders would not just die—their entire race would have to bear the wrath of an Emperor Realm expert. Such incidents were not uncommon in history. Some were exiled to the Chaotic Zone, some had their clans annihilated, and others were sealed in darkness, never to see daylight again.

The most tragic case was that of the Sky Spirit Clan from ten eras ago. One of their members got drunk and made up a joke about an Emperor Realm expert, which somehow reached the emperor's ears. As a result, their three hundred billion members were punished—the men were made slaves, and the women were forced into prostitution. A slave mark was imprinted upon their bloodline, ensuring they could never rise again, generation after generation. They were once the ninth-ranked supreme Celestial Clan, but now, not a single member has even reached the Golden Core Realm. To this day, they have never recovered.

If not for her genuine fear that these three idiots would bring disaster upon her race, Anna would not have braced herself to intervene, prepared to die to appease the Supreme Emperor's wrath.

Xu Lai remained silent for a moment as the killing intent in his heart gradually faded. He spoke softly, "For your sake, let this be the last time."

Xu Lai had once owed Anna and her sisters a great debt. He supposed today was the day he repaid it.

Having survived the ordeal, Anna was overjoyed. "Thank you for your magnanimity, Supreme Emperor!" she exclaimed, nearly weeping with relief.

The Supreme Emperor's word was his bond. The Angel Clan was safe.

「Elsewhere.」

The three Two-Winged Angels froze when they heard the conversation. The Twelve-winged Archangel Anna? The Supreme Emperor? If their Golden Cores hadn't been shattered, severing their path of cultivation and leaving them in utter despair and fury, Daphne and the other two would have burst out laughing. One was impersonating the Domain Master of the Western Immortal Domain, and the other was impersonating the Heavenly Court's Supreme Emperor, Xu Lai. What utter fools! They were courting death!

"Do you know the penalty for impersonating a Quasi-Emperor of our Angel Clan and the Supreme Emperor Qingfeng?" Angel Daphne cackled madly. "According to the laws of the Immortal Domain, the souls of your wives and family will be used to fuel soul lamps for one hundred thousand years!"

Anna's face turned cold. She looked at Daphne and the other two women, grinding her teeth. "As of today, eighteen generations of your ancestors and all collateral bloodlines are hereby expelled from the Angel Clan!"

"Who do you think you are, spouting such nonsense!" Angel Dahl sneered, her beautiful face contemptuous. But as she spoke, her expression suddenly changed. Anna had merely lifted a hand, and an invisible force ripped the pair of wings from Dahl's back.

These wings were not just appendages; they were a symbol of the Angel Clan's identity, bloodline, and faith. Otherwise, their evolutionary progression wouldn't be marked by advancing from Two-Winged to Four-Winged, then to Six-Winged, Eight-Winged, and so on, all the way to the pinnacle of the Twelve-winged Archangel.

"How dare you!" Angel Dahl's eyes turned bloodshot with rage, and she struggled desperately. But with her Golden Core shattered and her bloodline stripped away, she was now weaker than an ordinary human, collapsing powerlessly to the ground.

Blood seeped continuously from two gory gashes on her back, revealing the stark white bone beneath. The biting wind felt like torture as it blew across the open wounds.

The same fate befell Elis and Daphne. Weakened, they propped themselves up with their hands and tried to flee, but against Anna, their efforts were futile.

"You're finished! My father won't let you get away with this!" Dahl shrieked, her face ashen.

Shattering her Golden Core wasn't the end of the world. With a great enough contribution, she could return to the Angel Clan's sacred spring to soak. Not only would she recover, but her cultivation realm would even advance. But if her bloodline was gone... then everything was truly over!

"You have no right to judge us!" Daphne shrieked. "I wanted to evolve into a Four-Winged angel! What's wrong with consuming a few lowly Earth humans?"

SMACK!

Anna slapped Daphne across the face, her expression cold. "That was the Mother of the Immortal Domain. You think you're worthy!?"

A bright red handprint appeared on Daphne's left cheek. She glared viciously at Anna and Xu Lai, roaring, "You brought this on yourselves! Die! Both of you, die!"

She pulled a finger bone from her robes. It wasn't white, but a dazzling gold.

This... this is a bone from an Immortal Venerable Realm powerhouse!

Even though there were Quasi-Emperors above the Immortal Venerables, and the true peak—the Emperor Realm—was still incredibly far away, the title still contained the word "Immortal."

The moment the Immortal Venerable's holy bone appeared, the very sky changed. Whether it was Hua Country, Sakura Country, or even Europe and America across the vast ocean, every corner of the Earth was enveloped by dark clouds.

CRACK! The dark clouds churned as thunder exploded continuously within. A terrifying atmosphere descended, as if the end of the world were imminent.

KRAKOOM! A bolt of lightning shot from the depths of the universe, moving at a speed countless times faster than light, and struck the ground directly in front of Daphne. When the light dispersed, a male giant stood there, five meters tall and holding a three-meter-long sword. He was clad in beast hides, his body rippling with terrifying muscles. Although his eyes were closed, his aura was as heavy as a mountain, pressing down on the entire mountain range where the farm resort was located and causing it to sink by at least ten meters!

PFFT! As the summoner, Daphne spat out a mouthful of blood, her face becoming deathly pale.

This holy bone... she had found it in an abandoned Star Domain. It was a small fragment left behind by a deceased Immortal Venerable. She had never dared to tell anyone. After struggling for hundreds of years in the Immortal Domain, she understood the saying that possessing a treasure can be a crime in itself. But today, she couldn't care less!

Her bloodline was destroyed, her cultivation was crippled—her life was hopeless. She wanted Xu Lai dead, and even more, she wanted the woman before her to die! "Die! All of you, die!" Daphne laughed maniacally. A mere lingering shade of a departed Immortal Venerable's will was more than enough to destroy a desolate planet like Earth.

「Elsewhere.」

Elis and Dahl also wore expressions of glee. So what if they were about to die? Billions of people would be buried with them. That made it all worthwhile!

"Huh?"

Xu Lai was a little surprised. He hadn't expected a mere early-stage Golden Core Realm cultivator to possess a bone fragment from an Immortal Venerable Realm expert. However... he had some memory of this big fellow. This was the one and only peak Immortal Venerable Realm expert from the Starshine Clan. He had participated in the rebellion against the Heavenly Court alongside the Black Dragon Clan thirty thousand years ago. Just as he was preparing to ambush Xu Lai, he was instantly killed by the aftershock from the battle between Xu Lai and the leader of the Black Dragon Clan. To think their next meeting would be here, even if the man was already dead and this was just a mindless, lingering trace of his will.

"What a pity," Xu Lai said with regret. "He had the potential to step into the Quasi-Emperor Realm. His talent was good, he was just short-lived."

Anna, however, was not feeling nearly as sentimental as Xu Lai. As the Immortal Venerable's remnant will emerged, she flew into the sky. Six pairs of wings extended from her back, and a dazzling, holy light illuminated the horizon, dispelling the darkness.

"In my name, Anna, the Twelve-winged Archangel, I shall execute the sacred punishment!"

As she chanted, Anna grasped the empty air. A ray of sunlight spread from her hand, rapidly forming into a sword of its own—one that was holy, noble, and blazing with the heat of the sun. Wielding this blade, Anna struck at the summoned giant!

Daphne and the other two angels didn't even register that the Immortal Venerable's remnant will, as fragile as paper, was instantly crushed into a wisp of flying ash. Their eyes were fixed on Anna in the sky, their faces slack with utter shock.

A... a Twelve-winged Archangel! She really was Anna of the Angel Clan, the Domain Master of the Western Immortal Domain!

An icy chill instantly filled the hearts of Daphne and the other two, leaving nothing but endless despair.

If that's the real Anna... then this Xu Lai... could he really be The Supreme Emperor?!

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