Revenge, Kill, Pacify the Forbidden Zone

After listening, Gu Changge remained silent for a moment, his fingers gently tapping the armrest of his bamboo chair.

"I see. To think you had such an experience."

It dawned on him as he recalled his first encounter with Little Black, who, despite being on the verge of death, still maintained a rebellious and untamed demeanor.

With a slight shift of his thoughts, his incomparably vast Divine Sense instantly crossed endless galaxies, spreading toward the star field Little Black had described.

A moment later, he withdrew his Divine Sense, his eyes filled with understanding.

Near that Heavenly Demon Ancient Star, there was indeed an eerie forbidden zone where five powerful beings slumbered. Their auras were decayed and ancient; all had once ascended to the Emperor Realm and reigned supreme in their respective eras.

The long years of slumber and the erosion of the forbidden zone's environment had left them in a bizarre state, no longer possessing the flawless perfection of their peak, but their combat prowess remained intact and could not be underestimated.

He looked at Little Black, whose eyes were burning with the flames of vengeance, and asked calmly, "Since you have sensed it and advanced to the Emperor Realm, it is only natural that you can no longer sit still. Tell me, what do you plan to do?"

Little Black raised his head, his eyes displaying an unprecedented coldness and resolve. He spat out only a few words, yet they carried monstrous killing intent:

"Exact revenge, kill the enemies, and raze the forbidden zone!"

Gu Changge looked at him, suddenly gave a faint smile, and stood up from the bamboo chair.

"Very well. You have followed me for so long; your feud is my business. That forbidden zone is also an eyesore. Let's go, I will accompany you."

His tone was relaxed, as if he were not going to trample a starry forbidden zone and slay five Supreme Beings, but merely taking a stroll in his backyard.

Right at this moment, Little White, who had been coiling around Gu Changge's wrist like a dark gold bracelet, suddenly let out a low and majestic dragon roar. Amidst flowing dark light, he transformed into a young man wearing a profound black robe adorned with dragon patterns, standing by Little Black's side.

Although the imperial might around him was restrained, as his dragon eyes opened and closed, they flickered with a sharp glint of confidence in his newly acquired Great Emperor power and a thirst to test it.

He looked at Little Black, his eyes showing not only shared hatred for the enemy but also an eager battle intent.

"Brother Little Black, your enemy is my enemy! How can I let you go alone? I have just achieved the Emperor throne and wish to test this Dragon Emperor power! Master, Little White requests to fight and wishes to go together to sweep away all enemies!"

Hearing this, Gu Changge glanced at Little White and said, "Fine, you've only recently become an Emperor, so it's a good time to stretch your muscles. Come along."

The next moment, spatial ripples spread out, and the figures of Gu Changge, Little Black, and Little White silently appeared in a dead starry sky.

Before them lay a dead and shattered expanse of stars.

In his memory, hundreds of life-bearing stars had surrounded the Heavenly Demon Ancient Star like a myriad of stars honoring the moon. They varied in size but had all been brimming with vitality, their spiritual energy weaving into a net that illuminated this star field.

But now, that star field was chillingly empty. More than half of the stars had been completely destroyed and shattered, reduced to countless massive floating debris and dust belts in the cold void, lifeless and devoid of the slightest fluctuation of life.

The remaining stars were mostly dim and lusterless, their surfaces covered in cracks and their spiritual energy exhausted. Like candles in the wind, it seemed they would follow in the footsteps of their companions at any moment.

This once-prosperous star field was now left with only ruined stellar remains, telling the tragic and cruel tale of that sacrifice ten years ago.

In the center of this ruined star field, the Heavenly Demon Ancient Star still hovered; it had once been the undisputed crown of this region.

But now, this crown was covered in dust.

The star's volume remained massive, but it had lost its former radiance, appearing dim and oppressive.

The spirit veins on the star's surface had clearly suffered heavy damage. Traces of dried and cracked earth could be seen in many places, the area of many rivers, lakes, and seas had drastically shrunk, and the water was murky, having lost its former spirituality.

The once continuous and majestic mountain ranges still had their skeletons, but vegetation was sparse in many places, revealing bare mountainsides that looked desolate and ruined.

The entire star was shrouded in a heavy, oppressive atmosphere, like a severely injured giant whose vitality was greatly sapped, barely maintaining its life force.

The ruin of the star field before him and the withering of his homeland formed an incomparably tragic contrast with the vibrant scene of myriad stars shining brightly in his memory!

"You! Mongrel! Bird!"

Little Black squeezed these words through his teeth. His killing intent was so tangible that it made the surrounding void tremble slightly. He could almost see that the mongrel bird was maintaining its shameful rule by devouring the origins of the surrounding stars and his homeland.

"You! Mongrel! Bird!"

Little Black gritted out these words again, each syllable containing a murderous aura capable of freezing and shattering stars.

Gu Changge watched all this quietly, not stopping Little Black's emotional outburst. Little White also restrained his eager expression, a trace of solemnity and sympathy flashing through his dragon eyes; he could feel Little Black's grief and rage stemming from the depths of his soul.

"Let's go."

Gu Changge spoke calmly, his voice peaceful, yet it instantly smoothed the turbulent space around them.

"Let's go meet this 'old friend'."

He didn't even need Little Black's guidance; his gaze penetrated layers of the void and landed on the massive palace built from pitch-black bones in the center of the ancient star.

There, a cold, evil aura that had reached the peak of the initial Quasi-Emperor stage stood out as conspicuously as a lighthouse in the dark night.

The next moment, the figures of the three blurred again, directly crossing an endless distance to appear in the sky above the plaza in front of the palace!

Their arrival caused no spatial fluctuations, as if they had been standing there all along.

The plaza was completely empty, save for weathered bone dust drifting in the wind.

Deep within the palace, upon the throne, the Dark Phoenix, its body wreathed in black flames, was resting lazily, enjoying the blood sacrifices offered by its subordinate demons.

Suddenly, it jerked its head up. A flash of surprise and suspicion in its phoenix eyes quickly morphed into intense mockery and killing intent. It stared dead at the three figures that had suddenly appeared above the plaza, its gaze ultimately locking onto Little Black.

"Hmph! This nauseating aura... It really is you, you stray dog! Golden-Winged Great Peng?"

The Dark Phoenix let out a sharp, ear-piercing laugh that shook the surroundings.

"Hahaha! Last time, you luckily escaped into the turbulent starry currents like a dog. I didn't expect a mongrel like you to have such a tough life. You're actually not dead yet?

What, after dragging out your miserable existence for a few years, have you grown tired of living? Did you run all the way back to my territory just to throw your life away?"

It couldn't sense Little Black's unfathomable cultivation base at all, merely assuming the latter had used some secret technique to hide his aura or that his injuries hadn't healed.

As for Gu Changge and Little White beside him, they felt completely unremarkable to its senses and were directly ignored, treated as nothing more than two reckless lackeys Little Black had found from who knows where.

Little Black remained expressionless, but within his sharp eagle eyes, the icy killing intent was almost solidifying.

He looked at the arrogant mongrel bird below, at the palace built from countless bones, and at his devastated homeland. The hatred and grief from ten years ago reached their absolute peak at this moment.

He ignored the Dark Phoenix's mockery and simply took a step forward, his voice terrifyingly calm: "Mongrel bird, you spew just as much nonsense as you did ten years ago."

The Dark Phoenix was thoroughly enraged by Little Black's dismissive attitude. Black flames surged wildly around its body, and the oppressive aura of a peak early-stage Quasi-Emperor erupted with a deafening boom. The pressure swept across the entire ancient star, leaving the few remaining weak creatures trembling in absolute terror.

"You are courting death! I beat you down into the dust back then, and today I will obliterate your body and soul! It just so happens that devouring your remaining Quasi-Emperor origin might be exactly what this Emperor needs to break through the bottleneck in one fell swoop!"

It let out a piercing screech and spread its wings, blotting out the sky and the sun. Endless dark flames transformed into monstrous waves, carrying a terrifying might capable of incinerating stars and corroding souls, as they surged violently toward Little Black and his two companions!

With this strike, the Dark Phoenix held absolutely nothing back, vowing to reduce Little Black and the "ants" he had brought with him into nothing but flying ash!

There is one more chapter, which will be updated at around 6 o'clock.