Volume 1, Chapter 332 – Sudden Upheaval

“He’s that strong?!”

The violet-haired youth sucked in a cold breath. His Third Uncle had attained the Dao nearly ten thousand years ago, and a thousand years ago had already stepped into the fourth heaven of the Emperor level. His strength was truly heaven-shaking. On this expedition beyond this world with the Sovereign, he had even slain a Demon Lord. In the youth’s eyes, he was already an invincible figure.

And yet before this man, he could not even last ten moves?

Seeing the shock in the young man’s eyes, the middle-aged man reassured him:

“There is no need to dwell on it. Your inborn Thunder Spirit Body has already fully awakened. Within the same realm, you can reign supreme. If the two of you fought at the same cultivation level, he would surely lose. Besides, once you step into the Emperor level, you will definitely be able to enter the Dao-Slaying Realm. By then, one finger from you will be enough to crush him.”

The lightning mark at the violet-haired youth’s brow flickered, and his expression returned to calm.

…

Under the lead of that great figure from Sacred Spirit Academy, the assembled Emperors chose to join forces. Nearly ten Human Emperors attacked at once, their might shaking heaven and earth.

Emperor weapons appeared, Emperor laws interwove, the void split apart, and chaos qi spread everywhere.

“Boom!”

The surrounding heaven and earth were instantly blasted through. Terrifying divine might reduced everything within tens of thousands of li to nothingness in an instant, burying it in endless turbulent currents.

Had not one Human Emperor acted to protect the people below, that single strike would have buried everyone there!

Yet under that terrifying blow, the layer of light remained wholly unscathed, not the slightest bit shaken. The palace within was likewise unharmed, standing amid the turbulent currents of the void as if even time itself could not affect it in the least.

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The Human Emperors fell silent for a moment. The sturdiness of that barrier gave rise to a chilling suspicion.

Most likely, what lay behind that palace was not the legacy of an Emperor, but a place where a Sovereign had buried his Dao fruit!

Several dozen voice-transmission tokens shot into the sky and vanished into the depths of the void.

The matter was of too great importance. It concerned a Sovereign’s Dao Treasury. Even Human Emperors could not remain seated. One after another, they sent out distress seals for reinforcements.

…

Standing within the crowd, Shi Lan began to feel the urge to retreat. Truth be told, she was not particularly interested in a Sovereign’s Dao Treasury. It was not as though she had never seen one before.

She lacked no cultivation methods, and because of the system, she could not accept inheritances or insights anyway. On top of that, she would have to risk far too much. The cost simply did not justify the return.

The current problem was that the power unleashed by these Human Emperors was too terrifying. Aside from the patch of ground beneath their feet, everything around them had already been swallowed by turbulent void currents.

If she wanted to get away now, setting aside the turbulent void currents themselves, the first obstacle would be breaking through the protective barrier laid down by that unknown Human Emperor. With her current strength, she was still far from capable of that.

Her only choice was to wait and see what happened. For the first time, Shi Lan felt a bit of regret. If her curiosity had not been so strong, she might already be in the Central Heaven Domain by now.

Tianbai’s mind had already stopped working properly. She instinctively clutched tightly at Shi Lan’s sleeve. To her, the blood and qi of the Human Emperors were even more terrifying, like ancient ferocious beasts, nearly throwing her mind into collapse.

Several hours passed in the blink of an eye…

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Above the sky, the Human Emperors who had just been working together had now drawn far apart, each watching the others with concentrated vigilance.

Hiss—

A dazzling blade light bloomed in the void. Sharp blade qi enveloped heaven and earth, as if splitting the river of spacetime itself and bringing with it fragments of time and space.

A heavenly blade slashed out from the turbulent void currents, wrapped in imperial divine might. Chaos star-rivers coiled around the blade’s body, and even beneath the heavy shackles of heaven and earth, it still erupted with a terrifying divine majesty that shook the heart.

“The Heaven Extremity Blade!” someone exclaimed in shock, nearly losing their voice.

“The Tianwu Imperial Clan!”

At the sound of that name, everyone’s hearts jolted.

Emperor Tianwu was the supreme Sovereign of the Near Antiquity Era, the founder of the Imperial Court, the peerless figure who divided the world into the nine great Domains.

The Tianwu Imperial Clan carried his bloodline and worshipped his war weapon. In the Vast Land of Shenzhou, they stood above the mortal world as a transcendent existence.

Not only was the Heaven Extremity Blade an unquestionable imperial divine weapon, it had once drunk Sovereign blood. In terms of killing intent, it stood unmatched in the Near Antiquity Era.

Nearly a million years ago, when Emperor Tianwu attained the Dao, it was with the Heaven Extremity Blade that he slew Demon Emperor Ao Chen atop Jade Emperor Summit, reclaiming millions upon millions of li of territory.

The Heaven Extremity Blade burst with resplendent divine light and slashed out a blinding beam that pierced through the turbulent void currents and struck the light barrier head-on.

Crack—

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A fissure split open in the barrier, leaking out a trace of aura.

Standing among the crowd, Shi Lan’s expression changed sharply, and a plain-looking stone suddenly appeared in her hand.

A faint glow lit up on the stone. It was alarmingly hot, as if it were about to melt.

This fragment of the Three-Life Stone had always been kept close to her person after she obtained it. Later, after several life-and-death calamities, the stone had long since disappeared without her knowing where it had gone. She had assumed it was lost. Yet now, for some unknown reason, it had emerged and appeared in her palm as though it had never left her side.

Boom!

The heavens and earth of Lingyang Realm suddenly dimmed. Spacetime twisted, and the entire world instantly froze in place. A phantom river appeared in the sky, flowing with endless years and ages. Several figures stood at the far end of that river, seemingly fighting in the future, while endless fragments of spacetime flew about, affecting the present age.

A streak of flowing light suddenly appeared, passing through a gap in the clash between those figures and plunging into the river. In an instant it reversed endless years, arrived in the present age, was drawn by some nameless aura, and fell into Lingyang Realm.

Shi Lan held the Three-Life Stone, an unreadable look in her eyes. For reasons she did not understand, she had not been affected by that force just now, and had seen that terrifying scene.

The Human Emperors in the sky had not sensed the slightest anomaly. Yet the once-radiant Heaven Extremity Blade seemed to have felt something. The divine light on it began to fade, and it no longer attacked.

After the Heaven Extremity Blade had cut a crack in the barrier, the barrier itself began to slowly melt away. Before long, an entrance appeared in front of the palace.

One Human Emperor strode forward directly and lifted his leg to step into the gap in the light barrier.

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Unexpectedly, that entrance suddenly released a hazy glow and barred the Human Emperor from entering. For a moment, the scene once again fell into deadlock.

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Ever since Yun Shun had acted and cowed Purple Lightning Manor, the people of Sacred Martial Immortal Sect had made no further moves, merely standing by and watching the actions of the Human Emperors.

The profound slash of the Heaven Extremity Blade flashed through Shi Feng’s mind. Blade light crisscrossed in his eyes as he sank into sudden enlightenment, and the momentum of heaven and earth behind him grew ever sharper.

“Xiuhan, this disciple of yours is quite a good seedling, better than you.”

Yun Shun sized Shi Feng up, then gave a slight nod.

“He really is an uncut jade. But he places too much importance on love and attachment between men and women. In the end, he still lacks a certain decisiveness. That harms his blade path more than it helps.”

Luo Xiuhan, dressed in black robes, lightly stroked the giant blade strapped across his back and let out a sigh.

“Man is not grass or wood. Who can be without feeling? The ruthless blade is not the ruthless Dao. Supreme forgetfulness is the true orthodox path.”

Yun Shun shook his head slightly.

“You have already strayed onto a side path without realizing it.”

Luo Xiuhan froze. Had he already strayed onto a side path…