The appearance of the palm was sudden, without the slightest warning.

The Heavenly Dao was watching The Supreme Emperor head home when he saw the slender, pale palm. The moment he saw it, his very soul began to tremble for reasons he couldn't comprehend.

Fear.

The aura emanating from this palm struck fear even into the Heavenly Dao!

Gripped by terror, he couldn't even force out the words, "The Supreme Emperor, be careful!" The Heavenly Dao could only watch, as if struck mute, as the palm approached Xu Lai.

This all happened in the blink of an eye. The instant the palm appeared behind him, even before the Heavenly Dao had seen it, Xu Lai sensed its presence. He instinctively spun around and struck out with his own palm.

The two palms collided.

The slender palm didn't pause in the slightest and continued to press forward. But Xu Lai was sent staggering back a step by a terrifyingly immense force.

"Emperor Realm!"

Xu Lai's blood churned within him, and he exhaled sharply. He had only used fifty percent of his physical strength in that strike. A peak Quasi-Emperor would have been utterly unable to withstand it. Only someone of the same realm could endure such a blow and force him to retreat a step!

Xu Lai's eyes flickered. With his sight, he could tell this palm was no Divine Skill or technique, but a limb of actual flesh and blood.

The opponent… was striking at him from an unimaginable distance, across countless billions of light-years!

Was it because of Jing Ke's Jade Pendant?

Xu Lai narrowed his eyes, which now blazed with endless battle intent. He didn't know who the owner of this palm was, and he had even less of a clue as to why his opponent possessed strength comparable to the Emperor Realm. Yet the Faceless Demon, a mere Golden Core Realm cultivator, had somehow provoked an unknown Emperor Realm entity to make a move…

Let me see if you're a true Emperor Realm cultivator or a fraud! Xu Lai's blood boiled with excitement.

It had been one hundred thousand years. Xu Lai had never felt such a burning desire for battle as he did tonight. Standing at the pinnacle of the Immortal Domain, no one could imagine how lonely he was.

Even the last time he went to the forbidden territory of the Samsara Sea for Ruan Tang's grandmother, he was forced to battle the corpses of Emperor Realm experts. Yet even then, he had still easily overpowered those mindless corpse puppets. What had injured him was the unique set of laws governing the Samsara Sea. That place existed beyond the Heavenly Dao's control, a land of mystery and the unknown.

But today, Xu Lai had finally encountered an opponent of equal stature. He soared into the sky, flying out into the vastness of the Universe.

Incredibly, the palm followed.

"Excellent!"

Xu Lai roared, no longer holding back as he unleashed his full combat power in a sweeping blow. With this one punch, mountains and seas rolled back, the sun and moon grew dim, and the entire Milky Way trembled on the verge of collapse! Fortunately, Xu Lai reacted in time, hastily sending down his Spiritual Power to stabilize the galaxy and prevent it from being pulverized by his punch.

And yet his punch, capable of annihilating all things, was actually blocked by that snow-white palm! A crack appeared on the snow-like skin. Although it healed in a flash, it was a wound!

What is that thing…?

The Heavenly Dao trembled, scarcely able to believe what he was seeing. The Supreme Emperor's full-powered punch… had only managed to leave a tiny wound on the palm without shattering it?

Therefore, the Boundary of the palm's owner was self-evident.

This is a huge problem.

The Heavenly Dao was stunned, feeling as if the sky itself were collapsing. The lifespan of an Emperor Realm cultivator is a million years. Although it seemed as if those in the Emperor Realm were cursed, with few ever dying of old age, a major, unrecorded event seemed to have occurred in the Immortal Domain long, long ago. From then on, it was common knowledge that only one person could become an Emperor under the same starry sky. And now, this common knowledge had been mercilessly shattered. The implications of this were countless times more severe than the petty schemes he'd been hiding from Xu Lai—so severe he didn't dare to think about them too deeply.

Xu Lai, on the other hand, wasn't overthinking it. His blood, dormant for tens of thousands of years, began to course rapidly through his veins. His heartbeat thundered like rolling thunder, resonating throughout the vast Immortal Domain. Even those old immortals deep within the Tao Lineages of the Immortal Domain, who slumbered within the Dao Endowment, were startled awake. Hearing the THUMP, THUMP, THUMP of the heartbeat echoing in every corner of the Immortal Domain, they exclaimed in shock, "That is The Supreme Emperor's heartbeat! What's happening?"

Deep in the Universe, countless beings gazed toward the Eastern Immortal Domain.

And on the main battlefield in the Milky Way, Xu Lai and the mysterious palm had tacitly agreed not to use Divine Techniques. They competed purely in physical strength! After all, the opponent was just a single palm, and Xu Lai, who already possessed terrifying physical power, quickly gained the upper hand.

Then, the hand suddenly disappeared. When it reappeared, it was on the cloud where the Heavenly Dao was hiding. It silently snatched the Soul Candle imprisoning the Faceless Demon's spirit.

The Heavenly Dao was dumbfounded. He buried his head in the clouds like an ostrich, not daring to move. As for trying to stop it… the thought alone was inconceivable. Even if he had ten thousand lives, he wouldn't dare obstruct a being who was likely in the Emperor Realm.

"Trying to leave?" Xu Lai noticed the subtle fluctuations in space, sensing the hand's intent to depart. He gave a cold sneer and reached out. The hand and the Soul Candle instantly appeared before him. Xu Lai threw a punch, but his fist met only empty air. The slender hand chose to abandon the Soul Candle, its presence vanishing completely.

Xu Lai frowned. He closed his eyes and spread his Divine Sense, but he found no trace of his opponent. Instead, he noticed a mark had been left on the Soul Candle.

It ran away?

Xu Lai opened his eyes, feeling a pang of regret. The battle had not been satisfying, and he hadn't been able to gauge his opponent's true depth.

"..."

No-Face trembled in terror. She had felt the horrifying aura, like that of the world ending, and had seen how terrifying that bizarre hand was.

Could Xu Lai truly be The Supreme Emperor, the most powerful being in the Universe?

But… Jing Ke had deceived her. The supposed life-saving trump card had failed to save her; she was still trapped within the Soul Candle, enduring constant torment!

"The Supreme Emperor, d-d-did… did it leave?"

The Heavenly Dao zipped to Xu Lai's side. Right now, this was likely the safest place in the entire Immortal Domain.

"It's gone."

Xu Lai fell silent after speaking. He looked at No-Face. Her spirit still took the form of a beautiful woman, but now she was filled with despair and fear. Suppressing his boiling blood and racing heart, Xu Lai fixed her with a piercing gaze. "Who exactly are you?"

"I don't know what you mean…" No-Face's spirit paled under Xu Lai's intense stare. She kept retreating within the Soul Candle until she hit the barrier of her prison, causing the flames to flare violently. Her painful screams became hysterical as she curled up and rolled continuously inside the Soul Candle.

As if a thought occurred to him, Xu Lai suddenly gave up on questioning her. With a casual toss, he threw the Soul Candle toward the Dragon Vein of Mount Fu, reuniting it with No-Face's physical body to continue enduring endless torture and pain.

Xu Lai gazed in the direction the hand had departed, lost in thought.

"The Supreme Emperor, what was the origin of that hand?" the Heavenly Dao asked cautiously, repeatedly glancing over his shoulder, terrified the thing might reappear behind him. The more he thought about it, the more his spine chilled. He was an entity formed from pure law, yet right now, his back was soaked in sweat!

"Perhaps not Emperor Realm," Xu Lai said.

The Heavenly Dao was astonished. How could the master of that hand not be an Emperor Realm expert?

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