Volume 1, Chapter 144 – The Legend of the Dragonsoar Sovereign

At that moment, cultivators from across the Five Regions, drawn by the earth-shaking shockwaves of battle, finally began arriving at the edge of the battlefield to “watch the fight.”

Most were Tribulation Transcendence ancestors from the various regions of Canglan Continent, along with a handful of ancient monsters nearing the end of their lifespans.

They had come in a fever of anticipation, hoping to witness a battle between Immortal Ascension experts and perhaps gain insight into the Great Dao’s true meaning.

But the sight before them left them collectively bewildered and shaken.

The battle… was over?

What had happened to the promised manifestations of the Great Dao and clashes of laws?

What about observing the battle, learning from it, and seeking a breakthrough?

How had they arrived only to find the two Empresses standing side by side beneath the stars, chatting?

“Th-That’s it? It’s already over?”

A Tribulation Transcendence ancestor from a first-rate sect in the Southern Region gaped in disbelief.

After receiving his old friend’s message, he had even burned his essence blood to rush here, only to miss the whole thing?

“Empress Lingshuang’s aura seems slightly unsettled, but there are no signs of serious injury. As for the Yaochi Empress, her aura is frighteningly steady!”

A serene-looking old Tribulation Transcendence monk from a Buddhist sect in the Western Region murmured to his companion,

“Judging by what we can see, I’m afraid Empress Lingshuang failed to gain any advantage. She may even have been… slightly outmatched.”

“More than slightly!”

An elderly Tribulation Transcendence cultivator from an ancient cultivation clan in the Eastern Region looked grave as he lowered his voice.

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“Can’t you sense it? Two distinct kinds of law fluctuations linger in this part of the starry sky!”

“Besides Empress Lingshuang’s absolute cold, there’s another… an even older and more abstruse Dao Resonance!”

“I’ve lived for nearly twenty thousand years, yet I’ve never sensed such a peculiar Dao Resonance!”

At those words, the first few ancestor-level figures to arrive, who also possessed the highest cultivation, all paled.

When they carefully extended their senses, they indeed detected faint but unmistakable traces of Chaos Dao Resonance. Every one of them was horrified.

“Could the Yaochi Empress have comprehended some law unknown to us?”

“No wonder she was able to enter Immortal Ascension and even gain the upper hand over Empress Lingshuang…”

“Look! Those two from Yaochi Immortal Palace have arrived as well!”

Someone pointed toward two streaks of sword light racing in from the distance. They were Li Hanyi and Yun Yun.

The two women reached the edge of the battlefield and were immensely relieved to see that Gu Han and Empress Lingshuang had stopped fighting.

They did not approach, merely waiting quietly in the distance.

Just then, a relatively young cultivator at early-stage Tribulation Transcendence could no longer resist asking someone beside him,

“Fellow Daoist, just now… I thought I caught a glimpse of a mysterious young man appearing.”

“Then he disappeared again. Who… was that?”

His voice was not loud, but everyone present possessed profound cultivation and naturally heard him clearly.

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Many of those who had arrived later had not witnessed Sovereign Longteng’s appearance. Now, they all pricked up their ears.

The cultivator he had questioned was a Tribulation Transcendence expert from Central Province.

He stroked his beard, an enigmatic smile appearing on his face. First, he cautiously glanced toward Gu Han and Empress Lingshuang in the distance.

Seeing that they did not appear to care about the discussion, he finally lowered his voice to a level that just happened to carry to everyone nearby.

“Young man, you have a keen eye, but a ‘mysterious young man’?”

“Heh. That was someone capable of speaking to those two Empresses as an equal. Do you really think he could be an ordinary person?”

“Could he be some reclusive old monster at the peak of Tribulation Transcendence?”

Someone ventured a guess.

“Peak of Tribulation Transcendence?”

The man scoffed and shook his head, a trace of reverence flashing in his eyes.

“To remain hidden nearby and witness the entire clash between the two Empresses without being detected, then persuade them to end their battle with just a few words…”

“Peak of Tribulation Transcendence? Even ten peak Tribulation Transcendence experts put together probably couldn’t accomplish that!”

A chorus of stifled gasps immediately rose from the surrounding crowd.

If he was beyond Tribulation Transcendence… then could he be…

A soul-shaking possibility took root in everyone’s mind and spread like wildfire.

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“Let me tell you.”

The man lowered his voice even further, yet every word remained perfectly clear, striking their hearts like the blows of a heavy hammer.

“That man is the master of the Longteng Dynasty in Central Province, the ruler of Canglan Continent’s heartland: Sovereign Longteng!”

“ Sovereign Longteng?!”

“It was really him!”

“Heavens! Even he was drawn here?”

“No wonder… No wonder they stopped fighting…”

The crowd instantly erupted!

Compared to the newly risen Yaochi Empress, Sovereign Longteng’s illustrious name had resounded across the continent for tens of thousands of years. He was a true legend who stood at the pinnacle of Canglan!

There were simply too many legends about him. Almost everyone present had grown up hearing stories of Sovereign Longteng.

Now, overwhelmed by shock and excitement,

these well-informed ancestors began whispering about secrets that had previously circulated only within the most elite circles:

“It’s said that Sovereign Longteng appeared out of nowhere seventy thousand years ago. His origins remain a mystery, but his talent was so terrifying that no one in history could rival him!”

“It took him only six hundred years to complete a journey others couldn’t finish in six thousand or even sixty thousand years and enter Immortal Ascension!”

“He also reached Immortal Ascension faster than anyone else in the history of Canglan Continent!”

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“It wasn’t merely speed! Legend has it that he’s the ‘favored son of the Heavenly Dao,’ blessed with overwhelming fortune and able to turn every calamity into a blessing.”

“He encountered no bottlenecks whatsoever along his cultivation path. Every secret realm inheritance and precious natural treasure seemed to have been prepared especially for him!”

“His Dragon Soul Sword is the continent’s only quasi-immortal artifact. He obtained it after falling off a cliff in his youth, and from that moment on, he began his path to invincibility.”

“Sixty thousand years ago, Venerable Tianqiong of the Southern Region failed his tribulation and was consumed by his obsession, becoming a demon who slaughtered hundreds of millions of cultivators. It’s said that Sovereign Longteng was the one who suppressed him.”

Immortal Ascension at six hundred years old…

The favored son of the Heavenly Dao…

Suppressing the demonized Venerable Tianqiong sixty thousand years ago…

The only quasi-immortal artifact…

As they listened to these astonishing legends,

the cultivators who had arrived later felt dizzy. They had simply taken in far too much information today.

Their gazes toward the silver-haired figure in the distant starry sky grew even more complicated and reverent.

She had compelled Sovereign Longteng to appear in person!

The Yaochi Empress’s importance and potential were likely even more formidable than they had previously imagined!

The Southern Region might truly be on the verge of welcoming a towering pillar capable of reshaping the entire continent!