Douluo: Starting with the Signing in of Goddess Xiaowu

"Die, you beast!" Daiputong sneered, ready to drive the Energy Mystical Beast to deliver the final blow to Yinglong.

"Daiputong, save me!" Immortal King JiuLun clutched his bleeding arm, screaming frantically towards Daiputong on top of the Energy Mystical Beast.

"Great Elder!" Daiputong noticed Immortal King JiuLun's arrival and was startled. "You, how did you get so injured!"

"Stop asking! Quick, kill Chu Qin!" Immortal King JiuLun, pointing towards Chu Qin in the back, shouted loudly.

"Fine! Energy Mystical Beast, kill Chu Qin for me!" Daiputong yelled, pointing at Chu Qin.

Upon hearing Daiputong's command, the Energy Mystical Beast abandoned its pursuit of Yinglong, swung its massive claws, and struck directly at Chu Qin.

Seeing the situation, Chu Qin remained calm and composed, wielding the Blood Chi Sword in his hands to meet the massive energy claw head-on.

There was a loud "boom," but when the massive claw of the Energy Mystical Beast collided with the Blood Chi Sword, not only did it fail to harm Chu Qin, but cracks also appeared in the formidable claw of the Energy Mystical Beast.

Thereafter, the energy within the entire Energy Mystical Beast's body began to go haywire, as if it were about to explode at any moment.

Initially, the Energy Mystical Beast could have put up a fight against Chu Qin, but having spent too much energy in the great battle with Yinglong, it now could no longer withstand the onslaught of Chu Qin wielding the Blood Chi Sword.

"Daiputong, what's going on, why does the Energy Mystical Beast only have so little energy left?" Immortal King JiuLun demanded an explanation from Daiputong.

"Great Elder, it's not my fault. That Yinglong was too strong. I used all my energy just to suppress it. What's with Chu Qin? Wasn't he sent to the Abyssal Prison?" Daiputong retorted.

"Useless, all of you are useless!" Immortal King JiuLun was driven to the brink of despair.

"Aren't you also useless?" Chu Qin let out a faint smile, arriving on the back of the Energy Mystical Beast.

"Chu Qin, I was wrong, I admit my fault!" Immortal King JiuLun was thoroughly terrified and knelt down to Chu Qin, "I'll give you all the information about the curse, all of it, just spare my life."

"Too late! I gave you a chance already." Chu Qin smiled faintly, and his Blood Chi Sword struck down towards Immortal King JiuLun.

"Wait, Chu Qin!" Immortal King JiuLun continued to plead, "Even if you get the information about the curse, there is a critical piece of information that exists only in my mind because it concerns the secrets of the heavens and cannot be recorded!"

"What is it?" Chu Qin asked with a stern look.

"Tell me and you'll let me go, how about that?" Immortal King JiuLun asked.

"Speak!"

"It's a heavenly secret, I can only discuss it with you alone," said Immortal King JiuLun.

Chu Qin smiled faintly and with a single stroke, he killed Daiputong standing beside him. Daiputong, a peak-level True Immortal, didn't even realize that Chu Qin had made his move before his heart was pierced through, dying on the spot.

Seeing this, Immortal King JiuLun trembled even more.

"Go ahead, it's just us two now," said Chu Qin.

"I'll tell you! The curse of the Nine Heavens is actually a punishment from the Heavenly Dao!" Immortal King JiuLun said cautiously.

"Heavenly Dao's punishment?" Chu Qin frowned slightly.

"At first, everyone thought that the curse of the Nine Heavens was due to the mist that spread throughout the Nine Heavens during the Ancient Era. Later, after our research, we discovered that within our bloodlines, there are chains of Heavenly Dao," stated Immortal King JiuLun.

"You mentioned this just now!" Chu Qin said coldly, "Get to the point."

"Yes, yes, yes! The chains within us, they simply cannot be broken," said Immortal King JiuLun, his expression grave. "Once all the chains inside are deciphered, it would alert the Heavenly Dao, and after that, one is certain to die!"

"Certain to die?" Chu Qin's eyebrows raised, "Do I have chains too?"

"Yes! Everyone who enters the Nine Heavens has been locked by the Heavenly Dao. However, if your offspring are not born in the Nine Heavens, they will not have chains. Indeed, we have conducted tests, having removed all the chains from a True Immortal, and as soon as they were released, he was reduced to ashes. The rest who followed met the same fate!" nodded Immortal King JiuLun. "Therefore, we call the curse the punishment of the Heavenly Dao. We can only try to lessen the curse, to reduce the chains on our bodies, but the final chain must never be undone. Without removing the last chain, one cannot survive the Xian Di Jie, because it requires purging all mortal impurities from the body. In other words, from now on, it is impossible for there to be an Immortal Emperor in the Nine Heavens."

"With one chain left, can one achieve immortality?" Chu Qin continued to inquire.

"Yes! When only the last chain remains, it will not affect lifespan. For an Immortal King, living for twenty billion years is no issue," replied Immortal King JiuLun.

"If that's the case, then there's no need to become an Immortal Emperor," Chu Qin remarked indifferently with a smile. All he wanted was to live forever with his women. As for the Immortal Emperor, he had no fear.

After all, there was no Immortal Emperor in the Nine Heavens, being invincible would suffice.

Not to forget, he also had the Primordial Azure Dragon to anchor his body.

"You are wrong, King Chu Qin," Immortal King JiuLun shook his head. "Without an Immortal Emperor, immortality is useless! If it were the Ancient Era, immortality would be useful, but now it's not, because the apocalypse is coming soon."

"Apocalyptic prophecy?" Chu Qin's eyebrows furrowed slightly.

"Correct, this is the greatest secret of fate, known only to our Tai Chu Pavilion's Divination Art—the greatest secret that an apocalyptic catastrophe is about to descend upon the Nine Heavens. If there is no Immortal Emperor to preside, the Nine Heavens will ultimately be destroyed in one fell swoop," replied Immortal King JiuLun.

"What kind of catastrophe, and who initiated it?" Chu Qin asked.

"No one knows!" Immortal King JiuLun shook his head. "But, the catastrophe will appear within a thousand years at the latest. If it were the Ancient Era's Nine Heavens, the many Immortal Emperors would be able to withstand this catastrophe. However, in such a decayed Nine Heavens, I fear it will not hold out. Therefore, the Nine Heavens are facing their most perilous period, both from internal strife and external threats."

"What if I escape the Nine Heavens?" Chu Qin inquired.

Immortal King JiuLun shook his head, "Only the Extreme Realm can break the barriers of the Nine Heavens, without the Extreme Realm, all is in vain."

"So you're saying, becoming an Immortal Emperor is inevitable?" Chu Qin smiled faintly.

"Alas, it's a pity that the Heavenly Dao mocks us. Perhaps, this catastrophe is related to the Heavenly Dao. The Nine Heavens were once too powerful, even the Heavenly Dao could not suppress the many Immortal Emperors, so the Heavenly Dao launched this curse, and then followed it with a catastrophe to cleanse the world!" said Immortal King JiuLun.

Chu Qin neither agreed nor disagreed.

When a subordinate threatens one's imperial authority, eliminating the threat becomes inevitable.

"Why is the Ancient Immortal Clan unaffected!" Chu Qin pressed on with his questions.

Immortal King JiuLun shook his head, "That is also what puzzles me. The Ancient Immortal Clan are clearly people of the Nine Heavens too, so why doesn't the Heavenly Dao punish them? Perhaps the answer can be found with that person."