Surrender

Boom

The barrier to the lower realm shattered with over a dozen peak Immortal Emperors appearing from the immortal realm. As they appeared, the heavens exploded in rage seeing such high cultivation entering the lower realm.. within the void, storm clouds gathered followed by a nearly endless sea of lightning, each holding the power to even kill a high immortal emperor raining down upon these experts.

The heavens were enraged, adding the fact it was currently unstable, the power behind these lightning bolts was heaven-shaking. 

"Haha, to bring yourself down to the lower realm. hopefully, you brought something for my grandson." A laugh sounded within the void, causing the Peak Immortal Emperors to look over at who was speaking. One should know, that these immortal emperors were the ancestors behind the courts. these experts were their strongest backing... who had the nerve to say such words?

It was of course the strongest power the Ling clan had to offer. What were Ling Han's grandparents doing all of this time? Ling Fang did the conquering, while Fan Ye was the one who looked after everything else while making sure it was stable

the people who put 100% of their attention into cultivation were Ling Han grandparents and the many elders of the Ling Clan. In their eyes, they had to be strong enough to withstand the coming storms. so they have been trying to do just that, and Ling Han had helped out by giving them treasures

But their cultivation was only at early Greater Saint at the moment, which was impressive as their combat strength was at peak Cosmic Immortal, equaling even Ling Han treasures. but what could they do before a Peak Immortal Emperor?

"Sigh, I will take the Heavenly Court Ancestor and the Demon Court Ancestor." Fan Han said while stepping forward with a spear in hand.

"You talk like that would be easy, having to take on two at a time Is going to be a pain." Fan Han's wife, Zong Lian said with a deep sigh. Everyone sighed as well, a 2 v 1 wasn't going to be simple. but there were many ancestors of the Ling Clan, so things were not going to be too bad.

With a flash, Fan Han disappeared, his form shook, splitting into countless clones which filled the void. All of the clones gathered, forming a formation, which formed into a huge avatar of Fan Ye. All of the clone's energy gathered, fusing their Qi into their very blood, hearts, and many organs. allowing them to enter an empowered state. They didn't stop there, as within this empowered state, they forcefully gathered their Qi and slammed their Qi into each other, birthing new energy countless times greater than when they worked on their own. That would still not be enough to face a peak immortal emperor.

their limiters shattered allowing them to have full hold of everything their body had, their eyes glowed, becoming the same blue as Ling Han. This was their strongest state, and they didn't even need to worry about removing their limiters, they recovered extremely fast...

A spear formed in the avatar, before it stabbed forward toward the Demon Court ancestor. before this spear, space, time, and logic, along with the many things in creation seemed to move aside, allowing for the spear to pretty much appear before the demon Court ancestor at speeds beyond speed.

The demon Court ancestor had of course reached perfection in Martial arts... but his instincts couldn't catch up, being someone who relies on instincts and self-movement, he was of course caught off guard by this... of course, it would have been dumb if the others allowed such a perfect sneak attack to be missed.

The other ancestors of the Ling clan all moved, forming their own avatars and attacking with their own weapons. a scene that left the Peak Immortal shocked and confused quickly followed, their instincts caught nothing, leading to them being stabbed through as if they were nothing... of course, if that was all, would have been not a big deal

no, what was odd was that those who were not stabbed with the spear were stabbed through with a spear. those who were slashed with a sword were slashed with a sword, and so on. Space didn't matter before their attack, for their attacks, space wasn't 3D, it was 1D.

this means, it doesn't matter where you are, you and all your allies would suffer the attack... okay, if that was all that would have been nothing. attacks infused with laws were nothing to them, they would heal instantly. but this had Supreme Qi, although it couldn't even hold a candle to Ling Han Qi, it still held the same capability.

For one, this attack targeted everything, it led to their attacks easily bypassing their defenses and landing a serious blow upon them. be it their soul, body, cultivation, Dao Heart, and so on. the very source of who these immortal emperor were attacked,

They all coughed up a mouthful of blood with their faces turning pale. they quickly moved to block the rain of lightning, while quickly going on high alert to face these avatars. they flashed, appearing before the nearest one and attacking with a treasure they had cultivated for countless years.

But they quickly found out that they couldn't even touch these avatars, some unique power made them unreachable by unknown means. even so, they had many means to get past this. this wasn't the original ability Ling Han had, it wasn't perfect. this allowed them to break through it, and even touch the avatar. but they were in a weakened state thanks to the injury they just suffered, adding the lightning how could they show their true might?

"Haha, while you are busy fighting us, who is protecting your home? Do you think we would leave our grandson here? are we even the main bodies?" Fan Ye laughed mockingly as he dodged the heavenly Court Ancestor's heavenly palm, although he dodged, the small ripples of that palm caused his many clones to cough up mouthfuls of blood, while those nearby universes were destroyed.

At Fan Ye's words, the many ancestors' hearts grew unease. they now realize that they might return home to find the force they have watched over for who knows how many years long gone. One should know, that they had lived for so long, that the concept of age was meaning less to them. they saw the birth and death of countless universes, the saw trillions upon trillions of years move by as if it were nothing. 

"Haha, look at you fools realizing you're fighting a hopeless battle. You all suffered such heavy injuries for what?" The Ling Clan ancestors mocked, making the many Immortal emperor's face drop. indeed, this injury they had suffered wasn't healing, it was instead growing worse. they were slowly disappearing, and quickly at that.

It would take 1,000 or so years for them to disappear. 1,000 years was a long time? well, to them that was less than a second. they just suffered a serious blow that affected things that they never even cultivated or could affect just yet. For example, the very concept of who they were was damaged. how were they going to heal that or even slow that down?

"You feel it right? Over time you would be gone, erased from even the minds of everyone. even if you somehow kill us, you are fated to die. so, let's give you a way out of this." Ling Fong, Ling Fang's father said calmly 

"What do you want?" they asked with a darkened face. at their levels, changes to their mindset could affect reality. when they were enraged, the world would feel their rage, when they were in a good mood, the world would feel it. but at this moment, with their serious injuries, even their abilities were damaged. everything about them was seriously injured at this moment.

"Is that not simple? at this rate, we can just disappear for 1,000 years and come back to find you all dead. at which point the immortal realm would be all ours to conquer. surrender under the Ling Clan. As of this moment, the immortal realm shall belong to the Ling clan... well, at least the parts under your rules." he said calmly, making their face turn darker.

"If not... well, the world would forget you and the power had ever existed. For countless years, it would become a blank time period where everyone questioned who was ruling the immortal realm. we will have nothing to lose. hell, we gain this strength in less than 2 years, just submit. we won." Ling Fong said coldly...

Within the immortal realm, The Immortal Time Emperor floated in the sky. looking down upon the Heavenly Court Emperor who came out to face him with an army. behind the Immortal Time Emperor was an army as well.

"Do you think just because the ancestor is gone my heavenly court is so easily bullied?" The Heavenly Court emperor, holding his heavenly Armor, and heavenly swords in his hands asked coldly.

"Haha, I haven't yet reached my peak. If I had, then even that ancestor of yours wouldn't be equal to a pinky of mine. today, you shall learn that my young master is a god. something that my lord wants, you can never touch." The Immortal Time Emperor said while waving forth, sending the army shooting towards the Heaven Court army.

The Heavenly Court emperor did the same while he shot forward to meet the Immortal time emperor. the two clashed, and the Heavenly Court emperor was caught off guard by how weak the Immortal Time Emperor was, he barely had the strength of an early Immortal Emperor. he had yet to recover his strength and he dared to face him.

The Heavenly Court emperor exploded and slapped forward to kill this fool, but his palm hit an unbreakable wall, leaving him stunned. 

"You think just because you're stronger than me that it matters? yes, I have yet to recover... but my power over time is pretty much-unmatched thanks to my lord." The Immortal time emperor said calmly, 

"you stopped time on the space before me, creating an unbreakable barrier." The Heavenly Court emperor said softly, stunned by how powerful this control of time was. it was beyond anything he had ever seen, should time be this powerful? To mortals, time was some unstoppable power, but to someone like him, if he breathed too hard, then time and space shattered. Time should have no effect on him... so what the hell was this? time holding such huge control that it created an unbreakable barrier. 

"Well, yes and no. The young master has cleared something up for me, time is everywhere. If something changes, time is needed for the change to happen. take away time, and it's impossible for the concept of new, old, or different to appear. so those voids where there is no time, and things that need time happen instantly. time still exists, just under different rules." The Immortal Time emperor said with a smile, while the Heavenly Court Emperor frowned. how couldn't he frown when he was trapped within a barrier? 

"The young master is such a genius. he was simply comprehending the laws and broke them down so easily." The Immortal Time Emperor said with a sigh, he waved his hand slightly, sending air towards the Heavenly court Emperor. the barrier before the Heavenly court emperor moved, allowing the air to pass through.

The heavenly court emperor moved, trying his best to block the incoming wind. but he was trying to block an unstoppable object. even as he screamed his lungs out, he was sent sliding backward with the wind not changing in the slightest. he hit the wall of the barrier and watched on in horror as the air crushed him with great ease, soul and all...

Boom

behind the Immortal Time Emperor, the Heavenly Court emperor appeared, his sword aimed toward the Immortal Time Emperor's head. but a barrier blocked the attack.

"I knew you were a clone from the start... well, let's end this battle." The Immortal Time Emperor said with a smirk. Time moved and with a flash, the Heaven Court emperor watched as his gear turned to dust, and disappeared. these weapons shouldn't be able to age, time was something that didn't have the right to stand before his weapons... so what just happened?

The the Demon Court, Bebra stood next to the Demonic Hell Bull Immortal Emperor. a demonic bull immortal who was saved by Ling Fang. he was not the only former immortal emperor there as the Cosmic Phoenix Emperor was there as well

"This war is for you all to gain experience if you want to be the lord's right hand, left hand, knight, and shield. go out and fight. push yourselves." the Cosmic Phoenix Emperor said while looking at Bebra, Daoleaf, Goku, Vegeta, Cell, Freiza, Nalan Yanran, and Broly.

The group looked at the blood bath taking part before them, Freiza was the one to move, taking the most joy in killing, he wanted to show off his new strength and lash out his rage for his current position. everyone moved out, targeting someone to push themselves while under the protection of the Cosmic Immortal, and the Demonic Hell Bull Immortal Emperor...

across the immortal realm, the countless courts that dared to send a peak Immortal emperor down to the lower realm were all being attacked... but there was one that was being attacked even though it didn't send a single peak Immortal emperor down to the lower realm. 

"Haha, long time no see Buddha!" Standing before the Buddha Court, The Great Sage under the heavens laughed in rage. it was time for him to get his payback...

the battles caused everyone under the heavens to be shocked, how couldn't they be shocked, all of them could sense the battles that were going on. To make things scary, the Buddha Court was slaughtered in just a few hours. the heavens even had a reaction when the Buddha Court ancestor died, who knew how long it had been since a peak Immortal had died... no, this was a first. no one could recall the death of such powerful experts.

The Immortal realm was split into the first heaven up to the 99th heaven. it didn't mean there were 99 heavens, there were far too many. but the highest heaven was 99, and the lowest heaven was 1. The rest fell in the middle. if one had to count them, there was an uncountable infinite heavens.

to say the least, on the highest heavens were these courts. below them were the lesser heavens which were smaller and had fewer resources. even so, that didn't mean that the lower heavens were small, just the first heaven was bigger than the lower realm many times over. 

The courts all had an immortal job, although they were greedy at times, they had the important job of protecting the heavens. why? the heavens followed their own rules, so if anyone was capable enough then they could do just about anything even if the heavens were displeased.

this means, that if the courts were to even look away from the heavens, this would give some people the chance to try and swallow the heavens and replace it as the will of the heavens. Many tried, and many had moved to stop them.

At the same time, they stopped the heavens from gaining free will. the heavens might talk and act as if it had wisdom, but it didn't. if it ever births a will and tries and starts acting against its rules, it's up to them to destroy that will.

the heavens if gained the power to think for itself, would do things like being biased in its judgment. if the heavens began to step towards the extreme good, then one day anyone who even lies would be punished with a rain of lightning. cultivation might be forbidden and anyone who even tried and use the power of laws would be killed. if it was evil, then this world would turn into a living hell where the heavens took pleasure in the pain and suffering of its creation.

The heavens had to be balanced, so the many courts had to take root in doing this. but that balance... who was looking after it? the heavens were already acting off with Ling Han's birth, going as far as speaking to him. That wasn't normal. it even appeared once more when Ling Han asked it a question, it was clear the heavens were planning something, and this moment was the perfect chance the heavens needed.

"Stop! We surrender!" The ancestors of the many courts screamed when they saw the sky raining golden blood. this was a phenomenon birthed from the death of a peak immortal emperor, the ancestors of the court's face turned pale.

"Oh, so you realize we don't care if the heavens gain free will?" Ling Fong asked with a smile, sending chills down the court's ancestors' spine.

"w-what do you want," they asked, they were powerful and all. but if the heavens truly wanted to kill them with everything they had, they would die. this is why they wanted to stop the heavens from having free will, or else they might be the first to die. plus, this was their job. they were tasked long ago to overlook this world.

"Surrender, we have ways to leave this world and find a new one. honestly, you have everything to lose. we don't." Ling Fong said lazily, making the court ancestor grit their teeth, did they not just say they surrendered? 

"We surrender, but we will not submit under the Ling Clan rule." The Heavenly Court ancestor said while blocking the lightning. he wanted to sense what was happening back at the heaven court, but something was blocking his senses

"Cute, then make oaths upon your Daohearts and Daos, to not bother me and my clan for a year. in immortal realm time, thats 365,000 years or something. we will remove the injuries you suffered, we are the only ones who can undo it. do you agree?" Ling Fong asked, making the many Court ancestor's faces darken for a moment.

"I'm willing to allie with the Ling Clan. We the dragons will support your LIng clan." The Dragon Court ancestor, a huge mighty black dragon said while taking on his human form.

"You!" The demon court ancestor's eyes turned sharp, but he was left stunned as the Phoenix Court, Qilin Court, Roc Court, and the many other heavenly beasts followed the Dragon Court ancestor.

"Oh? why so?" Ling Fong asked with a smile, he had noticed these Heavenly Beasts losing their will to fight the moment they were hit with their attack. although they still fought, they were not going all out.

"Your Qi... it can help us break our chains." Heavenly beast, there was a reason they were called this. They were created by the heavens with unmatched talent and capabilities. but with it, their race chained them to never be able to go beyond a said realm. they managed to break many of these chains, but they were only able to reach the Peak Immortal emperor because the heavens allowed it to balance out its creation. if they wanted to grow, then had they Allie with the Ling Clan.

They didn't dare to be too greedy, after all, they were dying. pride and arrogance at this moment would show how young and foolish they are. dragons were prideful, but even they acted like good dogs before the heavens. but now they had a chance to rise above the heavens.