Chapter 606: Chapter 542: The 10th Rung “Lord of Death

In everyone’s eyes, Chris seemed to have been defeated by the overwhelming power of the Immortal Emperor, his figure dissipating in the light, plummeting forever into the endless dark Abyss.

The legend of Apocalypse Upper Rank naturally possessed an influence within the range of Mysticism, and so at that instant, even in the minds of many Lorne citizens, the same scene emerged.

The Immortal Emperor of the Lorne Empire had won!

“Lorne has won!”

“Our Emperor has won!”

“The Fischer who served the Evil God is about to be destroyed!”

“It is the result blessed by the God of Reforging!”

But the script of “destiny” is always full of variables.

Just as countless Lorne citizens were immersed in the joy of victory and the longing for peace, Chris resurrected from the brink of death.

He, who was supposed to have shattered to pieces and vanished into nothing, suddenly appeared out of thin air.

It was as if he had been “refreshed”, quite abruptly shocking everyone except the Immortal Emperor!

Countless members of the Lorne race were also at a loss in an instant, falling into deep silence.

Why?

How is he still alive?

That man who served the Evil God! Why hasn’t he perished?

This return brought Chris through another profound baptism and transformation of the soul.

Hovering on the edge of death, he completed the ritual of the 10th Rank and obtained the power left by the Lord of the Lost from the Power of Demise.

Indeed, before Karl fell into slumber, he had already lit most of the “constellations” on the subsequent God Pantheon stairway and left that power directly to Archer.

Thus, even though he was no longer conscious, people from the Fischer family could still ascend to higher ranks as long as they grasped the power of the previous rank and completed the ritual of the next one.

It was in this moment that Chris grasped the absolute power that transcends life and death, supreme over all things!

He discovered that death was not an endpoint, but rather the driving force behind the endless cycle of life throughout the universe.

Real power lay not in absolute control over death, but in understanding and mastering the transformation between life and death.

With this deepening understanding, the essence of Chris’s Burier Breath began to undergo a transmutation, no longer merely a symbol of death and destruction, but a new power fused with the energy of life.

When he appeared before everyone once more, his aura was completely different, a majestic force that even heaven and earth would tremble before, where the boundaries of life and death blurred, and all things either lived or perished under his will as if in a game.

Everyone except the Immortal Emperor was shocked, including members of the Fischer family and the Dawn Church, and those Lorne citizens who shared the vision and witnessed this moment.

In front of this unprecedented power, people felt an unprecedented sense of insignificance and powerlessness.

The so-called “Death God” was no longer just a moniker, but Chris had become the supreme existence that commands the balance of life and death, superior to all.

The fierce confrontation unfolded once again!

At this time, the Immortal Emperor had reached Apocalypse Upper Rank, his casual strikes powerful enough to destroy multiple cities, and not just with pure physical force; his attacks contained various Mysticism that could ignore many seemingly exempt forms of damage.

However, no matter how the Immortal Emperor with the power to manipulate all things attacked, Chris was always able to escape death time and time again, resurrecting in front of him, becoming a veritable mechanical monster.

In exchange after exchange, the Immortal Emperor gradually discovered the source of Chris’s power–the absolute control over death.

“Have you truly become the Death God?”

He understood that to defeat “Death God” Chris, he must break through the boundaries!

“So, can you exempt even this Forbidden rare artifact ‘Devour,’ numbered sixteen? It can turn anything and everything into nothingness.”

The Immortal Emperor gathered all his strength, initiating a two-digit Forbidden rare artifact at the expense of most of his life, releasing a glow filled with the power of the void.

Under the illumination of that glow, Chris’s body gradually dissipated, as if being devoured by the endless void.

However, just when everyone thought the battle had ended, the “Death God” reformed in the void, his presence even deeper and more terrifying than before.

When Chris appeared before them again, his eyes had become unfathomably deep, wielding a power so great that even the Immortal Emperor felt unprecedented pressure.

The 10th Rank of the Path of Tranquility, “Lord of Death.”

The power he possessed, “Master of Death,” not only almost prevented Chris from dying normally but also made him stronger with each resurrection!

Although Chris seemed to be devoured by the Immortal Emperor’s glow, to the point of even his soul shattering and collapsing, his existence had not truly dissipated.

The Immortal Emperor, searching through all the Forbidden knowledge in his mind, suddenly realized how to kill “Death God” Chris.

“So that’s it, your power is the ‘Lord of Death’ from the Power of Consecution of the God Pantheon stairway. I understand now, ‘Only by eradicating all those who remember you’ can you be wholly killed…”

Although he knew the solution, the Immortal Emperor instantly realized that it was absolutely impossible to kill Chris Fischer with his own power within a short time frame.

Almost everyone on the entire continent was aware of the existence of the “Death God.”

Even if he tried to erase memories or use other such methods, it would take an unknown amount of time.

Without a doubt, at this moment, Chris was an almost invincible entity standing on invincible ground!

The Immortal Emperor currently had no way to deal with him. At least, that kind of “immortality mechanism” truly could not be broken in a short time. If the Sapphire Curator reached the Apocalypse Upper Rank, on the other hand, it might be possible to achieve this, because as a Spellcaster, they inherently had more ways to deal with various situations.

“So it is…,” the Immortal Emperor murmured to himself.

When Chris returned from the void again, his form had undergone a drastic change, as if he were a spectral ruler shrouded in mist.

This time, he was no longer relying on the pure Power of Death but had perfectly merged the powers of life and death!

The Immortal Emperor, despite possessing the Immortal Power that transcended time, also gradually felt powerless under the assault that merged the forces of life and death wielded by Chris.

He tried to resist with his own power, but each encounter with Chris at this time brought unparalleled pressure.

Finally, Chris, using the delicate balance between life and death, successfully breached the Immortal Emperor’s Immortal Power, directly reaching the core of his numerous souls.

His face was expressionless, without a hint of hesitation.

The souls, destroyed in an instant!

Despite wielding mighty power that could manipulate everything, whose flesh could be endlessly reconstituted, whose long life was nearly immortal, who could destroy several cities with a simple blow, whose soul could recover from just a fragment…

The Immortal Emperor could not, like Chris, traverse death and resurrect even if his soul was completely destroyed.

Under that strike, the force of the Immortal Emperor, standing tall in the sky, began to dissipate, his figure gradually blurring.

However, not a trace of despair or fear flashed across the Immortal Emperor’s face; instead, he revealed a mysterious and profound smile.

As if he had not failed.

As though everything had already been predetermined.

The crumbling Immortal Emperor gazed at the sky, as if seeing something, then made a prophecy to everyone:

“After the world has been reforged, I will return in an even more brilliant form. Today’s defeat is nothing but a brief pause in the face of destiny; it cannot stop my eternal pursuit!”

As the words of the Immortal Emperor fell, his body and soul gradually turned into specks of starlight, until finally, even a trace of dark light disintegrated.

Yet, his prophecy planted itself like a seed deep in the hearts of everyone from the Fischer family.