Chapter 1222 Fall of the Sky Empire (Part 2)

Chapter 1222 Fall of the Sky Empire (Part 2)

"Indeed, they won't be able to hold on for that much longer and will soon be forced to escape if they still want to keep their life." Appearing behind the emperor of the Sky Empire, an old man that seemed to be having a difficult time standing up straight quietly said this as he similarly looked at the battle taking place above the sky of the capital city.

"Ancestor! You shouldn't be moving around like this in your current state!" Seeing the old man, the emperor of the Sky Empire instantly panicked as he rushed over to support the old man. At the same time giving away the fact that the frail looking old man was none other than the old ancestor of the Sky Empire's imperial family, a powerful cultivator at the Fourth Tribulation of the Soul Ascension Realm.

Different from his past awe-inspiring image deserving of a powerful ancestor at the Soul Ascension Realm, his current state looked no different than a mortal in his twilight years.

"Hmph! You little brat, you don't need to worry about me, I'm just here to see how the empire I founded is going to end." Pushing away the emperor, the old ancestor of the imperial family walked up to the artifact showing the fight taking place between the Soul Ascension Realm cultivators from the invading empires and the three cardinals from the three major religions.

"Hehe, those three archived their dream of taking control of my empire after so long, but none of them have the strength to intimidate those outsiders! Haha, it really feels great to see them being beaten to death by those outsiders!" Laughing happily to himself as he saw the desperate situation of the three cardinals, the old ancestor of the imperial family could not help feeling happy knowing that his empire wouldn't end up in the hands of those three.

"But if those three lose, the territory of our Sky Empire will be divided up by the invading empires. If we want to rebuild the Sky Empire in the future, it will be far harder than-"

"Don't worry about it, we managed to escape with the majority of the family and didn't lose much of our strength. After I recover my strength again, it won't be hard for our family to establish a new empire. Even if we start out with a smaller territory compared to the past, we can always expand when we have enough strength." Interrupting the emperor of a soon to be fallen empire, the old ancestor reassured him that there wasn't anything to worry about.

Indeed, even thought the imperial family of the Sky Empire had lost all of their territory and were forced to hide away while their ancestor recovered, they didn't lose any of their Soul Ascension Realm cultivators... And with the Soul Ascension Realm cultivators of the imperial family still around, the imperial family of the Sky Empire had a chance to rise again in the future.

"I understand..." Knowing that his ancestor spoke the truth, the emperor reluctantly nodded his head.

Although what his ancestor said was indeed the truth, he also understood that it would take thousands of years for the Sky Empire to be rebuilt from scratch. Possibly even longer considering that they would also have to deal with the pressure of the surrounding empire who didn't want to see the rebirth of the Sky Empire.

Maybe we should start in the outer parts of the continent where there is less competition before working our back towards the core region...

Part of the Soul Ascension Realm cultivators thought that they might be secretly planning something and decided to play it safe and observe the situation first, while another part of the Soul Ascension Realm cultivators just thought the three wanted to fight to the death defending their branch. After all, it wasn't uncommon for something like that to happen when it came to religions. At the same time, it was also during moments like this that they would be the most dangerous.

In the end, both sides of the observing Soul Ascension Realm cultivators were unwilling to interfere with the fight between the three cardinals and the weaker Soul Ascension Realm cultivators, some of the fearing that they might walk into a trap, while the other part feared dealing with a crazy zealot on the brink of death.

The destruction of the Sky Empire that seemed to be just around the corner inevitably ended up dragging on for another two days before the two weaker cardinals who had managed to reach the Peak of the Second Tribulation of the Soul Ascension Realm couldn't hold on any longer and were unable to fully defend themselves against the continues barrage of attacks-

"Aaaah-!"

Ultimately resulting in the cardinal belonging to the Cult of the Scarlet Moon being cut down. Instantly increasing the pressure on the other two, as the five Soul Ascension Realm cultivators joined the other two groups in dealing with the remaining two cardinals.

"Ah! Damn it all!"

FWOOOOSH-!

Knowing very well that he had no way to hold on for any longer after seeing three of the five Soul Ascension Realm cultivators who had just killed the cardinal from the Cult of the Scarlet Moon, the cardinal, who was a Follower of the Fire God, cursed loudly before his entire body transformed into a giant flame that directly swallowed the five nearby Soul Ascension Realm cultivators-

"Get back! He's go- Ahhh!"

"Nooo!"

"Don't- Ahh-!"

Giving the five no chance to react as all of them were engulfed by the flame. Killing them before they had a chance to resist. Instantly causing the remaining Soul Ascension Realm cultivators present to freeze on the spot as they looked in the direction where the cardinal who was a Follower of the Fire God had once been.

In a single instant, he had used some kind of self-destruction technique to incinerate the body and souls of five Soul Ascension Realm cultivators. Killing them before they had a chance to fight back, while at the same time killing himself in the process!