Chapter 192: Sending Him to Heaven

The Heavenly Emperor departed after the beheading.

Instantly, several Heavenly Soldiers stepped forward, picked up their weapons, and restrained the headless corpse.

“I refuse to yield!”

“I’m just an honest scholar.”

Dao Changsheng, despite being severely wounded, stood ramrod straight and wildly swung his arms, even without his head. He unleashed an incredibly terrifying will to survive, fighting his way through the heavy encirclement, bathed in blood.

“Do you think our Heavenly Court will believe your nonsense?” countless Heavenly Soldiers and Generals surged forward.

Surrounding them, ancient beings throughout the heavens and earth whispered in the shadows. Witnessing the headless body resume fighting the Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, they couldn't help but look on with disbelief.

“Headless, yet alive?”

“His will is astonishing; though dead, his body remains unyielding!”

“Incredible survival instinct! Even like this, he still wants to fight his way out?!”

In this realm, everyone cultivated their own Dao and inner worlds. The bodies of cultivators were extremely fragile, and no one had ever displayed such terrifying tenacious vitality—to resist after being decapitated and losing their head.

The world was stained with blood, and the moon hung high.

The battle continued for a long time.

His vitality was so terrifying it instilled fear, challenging their understanding to an incredible degree. As the fighting wore on, many began to feel unnerved and considered retreating.

“As Divine Generals of Heaven, how dare you be deserters?”

“What is there to fear from a mere headless body?”

The three Quasi-Emperors were enraged and personally intervened again, repeatedly inflicting severe wounds on him. Dao Changsheng roared and continuously regenerated until he was finally captured.

Many who witnessed this scene wore complex expressions before finally departing. They sighed, this scene seeming to be eternally etched in their minds. That figure, soaring towards the sky, that magnificent and unyielding posture daring to strike at the Heavenly Emperor... it would remain unforgettable through endless ages to come.

The battle of that day became widely known again throughout the realms, discussed in countless mortal kingdoms, taverns, and teahouses, gradually transforming into folk myths and legends:

Changsheng Rescues His Mother.

Changsheng Contends with the Emperor for Godhood.

“Dao Changsheng sought the Dao and immortality... pursuing the absolute, challenging the Heavenly Emperor even when he knew it was impossible. ‘If one learns the Dao in the morning, one can die in the evening without regret.’ He is a venerable Quasi-Emperor.”

“He was born at the wrong time... If it weren't for the existing Heaven-Shattering Emperor, had he been born in our era, he would have swept across the world. What if there was a Heaven-Shattering Emperor? He would surely have been defeated, and Dao Changsheng would have become a Heavenly Emperor whose brilliance would shine through the ages!”

“Shh! Mind your words!”

The land buzzed with fervent discussion, as it was rumored that the Heavenly Court would soon execute Dao Changsheng to uphold the Heavenly Emperor’s authority. Even the three Quasi-Emperors, his adversaries, held him in immense respect, awed by his unyielding will and formidable vitality.

An unknown period passed.

Dao Changsheng awoke again. His last bit of dantian energy had formed a new head, and he found himself imprisoned in the Heavenly Dungeon, restrained by immortal-sealing chains that bound his cultivation, awaiting the ultimate heavenly punishment. Dao Changsheng’s mind was blank as he saw himself tied to a cross-shaped iron rack. “It’s not that my will is too amazing; it’s that these three punishments are simply too terrifying. How could I not run?”

At the time, he had wanted to ask his teacher for help, but who knew his teacher had run off even faster than he had, long since vanished from sight! He only vaguely heard his teacher whisper while fleeing frantically: “There, you will meet your next teacher...”

He couldn't comprehend it at all. He was well aware that the ultimate heavenly punishments inflicted suffering far worse than death, making one wish for death. And one of the most cruel heavenly punishments was the Thunder God, whose thunder hammer would shatter the body! The terrifying sound waves would shatter every inch of one’s internal organs and bones, causing agonizing pain until death. As for the Lightning Mother’s God-Striking Whip, it was the most painful punishment for deities who violated heavenly laws. A single strike would elicit heart-wrenching roars, making anyone obedient.

But the most dreadful of all was the God-Slaying Platform. From ancient times to the current Kaiyuan Heavenly Court, countless powerful beings of heaven and earth had been decapitated there! Ordinarily, enduring even one of these three ultimate punishments guaranteed death. How much more so for him, now confined to the Heavenly Dungeon and facing all three simultaneously?

“I am surely doomed.”

The Heavenly Emperor was genuinely enraged; this was unprecedented in the Heavenly Court’s history of punishments.

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*Spore Evolution* Online Forum.

Only a day had passed since the derivation of the Nine-Turn Profound Technique, and the forum was still buzzing with activity. It was still somewhat unbelievable that the Nine-Turn Profound Technique had actually been derived using modern spatial theory and mathematics, then put into practice, even nurturing a genius who fought their way up, challenging opponents beyond their level—it felt like a dream. Everyone exclaimed how thrilling it was. Truly a game for those who love to learn.

And tonight was destined to be a sleepless night. Countless people waited in front of their computers, snacking on melon seeds, sipping cola and Sprite, and looking at the screenshots posted by 'Mengmei,' all waiting for the live broadcast.

The post title read: “My Disciple Dao Changsheng: Live Broadcast of Defying and Attacking the Emperor, Getting Decapitated Online!”

“No results yet?”

“I’m so anxious!”

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