Chapter 28: The Emperor's Decree is Nothing But Toilet Paper
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“Hmph. Know your place. A mere Quasi-Emperor is nothing but an ant before this Emperor, yet you still dare to act so arrogantly!”
“Still, this Quasi-Emperor origin essence delivered straight to my door is a hundred times better than Saint-realm origin essence. I shall gladly accept it.”
Xiao Xuan’s clone snorted coldly. The vast might of a Great Emperor surged forth, refining the ancient Quasi-Emperor of the Cang Clan into Quasi-Emperor origin essence.
Xiao Xuan withdrew his finger. A fist-sized mass of Quasi-Emperor origin essence now rested in his palm.
The members of the Cang Clan who had still been clinging to hope were now filled with terror and despair.
They had never imagined that even the ancient existence who stood at the First Heaven of the Quasi-Emperor realm would be so effortlessly destroyed by Xiao Xuan’s clone.
He had not even been given the slightest chance to resist before being instantly crushed and refined into Quasi-Emperor origin essence.
“An entire incense stick of time has passed. I gave you a chance, but you failed to seize it. Since that is the case, there is no longer any need for the Cang Clan to exist.”
Xiao Xuan’s voice was cold. He extended a finger once more, preparing to annihilate the Cang Clan and eliminate any future trouble.
Though he was merely a clone, he moved through the Cang Clan as though no one were there, continuing his ruthless slaughter. Every time he extended a finger, the screams of Cang Clan experts rang out, followed by the extinguishing of another life.
At that moment, however, an aura from the Emperor realm suddenly descended. A war chariot came rushing from the clouds, radiating waves of Great Emperor might.
At last, a Great Emperor edict that reached the heavens and earth descended upon the Cang Clan, shining with dazzling brilliance.
The master of this Great Emperor edict was none other than Great Emperor Wu Qian of the Supreme Divine Hall!
Moreover, the lavishly endowed Wu Clan had dispatched a Quasi-Emperor expert to descend upon the Cang Clan together with the edict.
“Xiao Xuan, I am the Wu Clan’s Seventh Ancestor. I have come under the orders of Great Emperor Wu Qian. Leave at once!”
The Wu Clan’s Quasi-Emperor spoke with a hint of authority, attempting to intimidate Xiao Xuan by invoking the name of Great Emperor Wu Qian.
“Hahaha, Xiao Xuan, the Wu Clan has sent someone! If you know what is good for you, release this Emperor’s soul, then find me an Immortality Elixir and reconstruct my Imperial body. If this Emperor is in a good mood, I may even spare your life!”
Although the Cang Clan’s Quasi-Emperor had been refined until only a remnant soul remained, he was still unbearably arrogant upon seeing the Wu Clan arrive with a Great Emperor edict.
“That’s right, Xiao Xuan. The Wu Clan has arrived. Release our ancestor’s soul at once, or the Cang and Xiao Clans will become mortal enemies!”
“The Wu Clan is one of Tianxuan’s Ten Imperial Clans. It is not someone as insignificant as you who can oppose them. Quickly return our ancestor’s Quasi-Emperor origin essence, then offer up an Immortality Elixir, an Imperial Scripture, and an Imperial Weapon. Otherwise, we will leave not even a single living creature in the Xiao Clan!”
The members of the Cang Clan had completely abandoned their earlier panic and instead revealed arrogant expressions, as though they could already see Xiao Xuan being suppressed by the Wu Emperor’s edict.
“Silence.”
Xiao Xuan merely swept his gaze across them. With a series of muffled bursts, the Cang Clan members who had been shouting moments earlier exploded into clouds of blood mist, dead beyond any possibility of revival.
“Xiao Xuan, how dare you! The Wu Clan’s Great Emperor is present, yet you still dare to act so recklessly?”
Seeing his descendants slaughtered by Xiao Xuan as easily as chopping vegetables, the Cang Clan’s ancestor was consumed by fury.
“Old fool, you talk too much. Go join them.”
As he spoke, a wisp of Imperial flame rose from Xiao Xuan’s palm. Without the slightest hesitation, it enveloped the soul of the Cang Clan’s Quasi-Emperor and began to burn it mercilessly.
“Ah! Lord of the Wu Clan, save me!”
Having experienced the endless agony of purgatory, the Cang Clan’s Quasi-Emperor hurriedly began to beg for mercy.
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“Xiao Xuan, Great Emperor Wu Qian’s edict is right here, and you still dare to act arrogantly?”
The Wu Clan’s Quasi-Emperor flew into a rage.
He had personally descended, carrying the edict of Great Emperor Wu Qian of the Supreme Divine Hall. He had never expected Xiao Xuan to dare kill and refine souls right before his eyes.
“Wu Qian’s edict? Before me, it is nothing more than a scrap of straw paper.”
Xiao Xuan glanced at the edict, disdain flashing in his eyes as he sneered.
With that, Xiao Xuan summoned the power of the earth and burned the soul of the Cang Clan’s Quasi-Emperor until nothing remained, leaving behind only a pigeon-egg-sized Quasi-Emperor soul crystal.
“This…”
Everyone present was dumbstruck, exchanging bewildered glances. The surviving members of the Cang Clan stared at the scene in terror, their hearts filled with despair.
Who in this world could possibly stop Xiao Xuan, this god of slaughter?
The Cang Clan’s estate was now a scene of utter devastation. The once-glorious family had been reduced to ruins.
Standing atop those ruins, the Wu Clan’s Quasi-Emperor wore an expression of utter disbelief. He muttered to himself, “This… How is this possible? Xiao Xuan truly dared to do such a thing. He annihilated the Martial Dao Imperial Clan, the Cang Clan, and even refined the soul of Martial Emperor Cang Yan right before me…”
His voice was filled with terror and incomprehension.
Everyone present was horrified beyond words.
No one had expected Xiao Xuan to act with such decisiveness, completely disregarding the Wu Clan’s edict.
The Cang Clan was now utterly finished, while the conflict between the Wu and Xiao Clans had been driven to an even more explosive level.
“What is impossible? I even dare to kill you!”
Xiao Xuan sneered and struck directly at the Wu Clan’s Quasi-Emperor, intending to destroy him.
He had not the slightest regard for that worthless edict of Great Emperor Wu Qian. Wu Qian had attained the Imperial Dao only within the past ten or twenty thousand years and was merely a junior. What right did he have to act so arrogantly?
If Wu Qian’s true body came here, Xiao Xuan would dare suppress him all the same!
Upon seeing this, the Wu Clan’s Quasi-Emperor burned with rage. He pointed furiously at Xiao Xuan and shouted, “Xiao Xuan, what has come here today is merely one of your clones, yet you dare to act so arrogantly! I hold Great Emperor Wu Qian’s Imperial edict in my hand. Destroying this clone of yours would be as easy as lifting a finger!”
He tried to use the majesty of Great Emperor Wu Qian to intimidate Xiao Xuan into retreating.
Xiao Xuan merely smiled faintly without replying. He extended one finger and flicked it lightly.
A sharp beam of finger force shot forth in an instant, striking Great Emperor Wu Qian’s edict with absolute precision.
The edict had originally radiated imposing light, but now it was as though it had been pierced by a blade. A hole appeared in it on the spot, and its radiance dimmed considerably.
The Wu Clan’s Quasi-Emperor’s face instantly turned deathly pale. He had never imagined that Xiao Xuan would be so audacious as to damage Great Emperor Wu Qian’s edict. Terror surged through him like a tide, and even his voice began to tremble.
“You… You actually dare…”
Before he could finish, Xiao Xuan struck again.
A cold glint flashed through Xiao Xuan’s eyes. He said coldly, “I told you. Before me, Wu Qian’s edict is nothing more than a scrap of straw paper. Today, I shall collect a little interest from your Wu Clan.”
With that, Xiao Xuan brought his palms together, and an incomparably terrifying power erupted in an instant.
Boom!
Terrifying Great Emperor might descended, instantly enveloping the Wu Clan’s Quasi-Emperor and the damaged edict.
“Damn it!”
The Wu Clan’s Quasi-Emperor tried to resist, only to discover that he could not move at all. He could do nothing but watch as that overwhelming force crushed both him and the edict together.
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Although this clone of Xiao Xuan possessed only the cultivation of the Ninth Heaven of the Quasi-Emperor realm, it wielded complete Great Emperor power—something no Quasi-Emperor could withstand.
Feeling the terrifying pressure, the Wu Clan’s Quasi-Emperor began to tremble uncontrollably. He knew he was no match for Xiao Xuan, yet there was no longer any way to retreat.
Gritting his teeth, he circulated every trace of magical power within his body in an attempt to resist the pressure. At the same time, he shouted, “Great Emperor Wu Qian, save me!”
“No one can save you!”
His cry received no response. Only Xiao Xuan’s cold laughter echoed beside his ears.
Xiao Xuan’s figure blurred, and he appeared before the Wu Clan’s Quasi-Emperor in an instant. He struck out with one palm, hitting the man directly in the chest.
The Wu Clan’s Quasi-Emperor felt an invincible force surge into his body, instantly shattering his meridians. He did not even have time to scream before Xiao Xuan’s palm force sent him flying. He crashed heavily to the ground, vomiting blood, his aura faint and his life hanging by a thread.
“You… You cannot kill me! I am a member of the Imperial Clan, the Wu Clan…”
The Wu Clan’s Quasi-Emperor was truly afraid now.
With merely a Quasi-Emperor clone, Xiao Xuan had been able to suppress him. Such strength was nothing short of overwhelming.
“An Imperial Clan? Do you think that makes you impressive? I kill Imperial Clan members precisely because they are Imperial Clan members!”
“If I decree that you die at the third watch, who would dare let you live until the fifth?”
Xiao Xuan looked down coldly at the Wu Clan’s Quasi-Emperor sprawled on the ground, without the slightest trace of pity in his eyes.
He slowly raised his hand. A resplendent divine light shot from his palm, directly refining the Wu Clan’s Quasi-Emperor’s soul and body into Quasi-Emperor origin essence and a soul crystal.
At the same time, the edict he had pierced with a hole was reduced to ashes beneath the radiance of that divine light, scattering away in the wind.
Crack!
With a crisp sound, the Wu Clan’s Quasi-Emperor and Great Emperor Wu Qian’s edict were completely reduced to nothingness, vanishing into the air.
Xiao Xuan stood where he was, coldly watching it all. Not the slightest ripple stirred in his eyes.
“Today’s events are a lesson for your Wu Clan. Next time, I will come personally and exterminate every last member of your clan!”
“As for the Cang Clan, it has no need to exist from this day forward. From today onward, it is erased from the Eastern Wasteland!”
Xiao Xuan’s voice echoed through the sky.
When a Great Emperor spoke, the laws themselves obeyed!
Countless cultivation resources belonging to the Cang Clan—including spirit pills, divine medicines, divine stones, divine source, Imperial Scriptures, Imperial treasures, and countless other items—transformed into streams of light and flew automatically into Xiao Xuan’s sleeve, disappearing without a trace.
Immediately afterward, Xiao Xuan pointed once more. The entire Cang Clan estate collapsed into a vast ruin, transformed into a pitch-black abyss so deep that its bottom could not be seen.
Xiao Xuan’s figure blurred, and he vanished from the spot, leaving behind only deathly silence and ruins strewn across the ground.
A powerful Great Emperor pressure still lingered in the surrounding air, causing everyone who had witnessed the scene to tremble with fear.
No one present had imagined that Xiao Xuan’s methods would be so ruthless. The Cang Clan was merely the first sacrifice. Next would likely be the other Imperial Clans of the Eastern Wasteland.
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