Volume 1, Chapter 348 – Gu Ye

“Greetings, Great Emperor.”

Liu Yunzhen stepped down from the jade stairs and bowed. Even though he had some criticisms of the man before him, and had even shown disrespect before, this person had, in life, ultimately been the Great Emperor who led the human race out of the dark age. His achievements were unparalleled, and he could not be treated lightly.

The Four Great Princes all restrained their aura fluctuations and paid their respects with the highest ceremony. Tianwu Yangyu was also forced down by the middle-aged man beside him to kneel and respectfully offer a salute as well.

“The Human Race Annals must not lightly leave the Imperial Palace. As for this matter…” Liu Yunzhen was still weighing things in his mind. His plan had been to use several Sovereign Weapons together to suppress Langya Grotto-Heaven, repair the seal, and delay matters for the moment. Once Taishi returned, they could make long-term plans.

“I’ll be back in half a quarter-hour.”

The man shook his head slightly and turned to leave at once.

At the same time, atop the ancient tower in the Imperial Palace, the Human Race Annals burst forth with dazzling rosy radiance, abruptly opening a void passage and, in an instant, fleeing far off into endless spacetime.

Liu Yunzhen shook his head slightly and let out a sigh. Involuntarily, he recalled what that man had just said himself.

‘The greatest problem with humans is that they cannot think calmly at all times and weigh gains against losses. Anger makes people lose their reason.’

“In the end, your heart still hasn’t died. You’re still human…”

A strange smile appeared at the corner of Liu Yunzhen’s mouth, and all at once, his mood improved greatly.

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“Roar—”

The vicious roar shook all of Langya Grotto-Heaven. That inhuman howl rocked the whole world. The battlefield was cloaked in patches of chaotic mist, as if heaven and earth had only just opened, while countless great stars fell through the void. It was a scene of the apocalypse descending.

Linglong’s dharma body had grown dim, and thin cracks had also appeared on the Linglong Ancient Jade. Crimson liquid seeped out from within, as if the jade itself were bleeding, a shocking sight to behold.

“Linglong, you are already dead. Your soul has returned to the Nine Netherworlds. What is wrong with resting beneath the springs? Why cling to this obsession and refuse to disperse?!”

The God King’s tone was icy. Divine blood still gushed from the bloody hole in his brow, and his divine body was covered in cracks. His chest had already been torn open, and his heart had nearly been ripped out on the spot.

Linglong did not reply. Her dim figure was illusory, like the last candle flame flickering in the wind. The soul-fire kindled by the host of Yang Spirits was also on the verge of going out. She was ultimately no longer as she had been in life. Even though the Ancient God King was still far from recovering his peak state, to fight him on the strength of a mere remnant soul was simply too much of a strain.

In the distant void, the youth’s expression was grave, his brows tightly furrowed as he considered his own path of retreat. Of the two before him, whether the Ancient God King or Great Emperor Linglong, the battle power they were currently displaying was no weaker than those Immortal Kings and Immortal Venerables from the Immortal Ancient Epoch. If not for the shackles of the world binding them, they could destroy an entire great universe with a single thought. Their strength was terrifying beyond measure.

And this was far from the peak state of either of them. If they were allowed to recover fully, their battle power would only become even more terrifying. They would likely be no weaker than the strongest experts of the origin universe in later ages, second only to the supreme overlords.

And this was only one of the three thousand great worlds…

So this was the Origin Epoch…

Crack—

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A beam of light suddenly pierced into the world filled with chaos qi, dazzling beyond compare. The youth pulled back his thoughts and looked up toward that ray of light, his breathing briefly catching.

A blood-red halberd came from beyond the heavens, cleaving apart the firmament. Vast baleful qi roiled around it like an ocean; at a mere thought, it could split the universe. Like an axe that opened heaven and earth, it completely tore open the seal on Langya Grotto-Heaven.

The laws of the Lingyang Realm poured into Langya Grotto-Heaven once more. The Ancient God King’s expression froze, and his aura began to swell rapidly. The wounds on his divine body began healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Even so, there was not the slightest trace of joy on his face. His eyes were fixed rigidly on that blood-red battle halberd, and his hand began to tremble faintly.

This was not fear, nor was it wariness. He was trembling involuntarily because his fury had reached its absolute extreme!

“Gu Ye!!”

The God King no longer looked at Linglong. Killing intent surged through his eyes like a storm, and he threw his head back in a nearly frenzied roar. The crimson war spear appeared from the void, its terrifying bloodline power quivering as it began burning madly.

A figure followed close behind the halberd and stepped into Langya Grotto-Heaven, like an ancient god standing between heaven and earth, his entire body wrapped in blinding law-radiance.

The God King’s roar did not stir the slightest ripple in his gaze. His eyes were filled with indifference. Only in their deepest depths did horrifying killing intent flash, enough to nearly shatter the entire great world.

Shhk!

The blood-red battle halberd did not pause in the slightest. It came crashing down in a thrust. Rippling blood-light splashed in all directions, like a star-river flowing backward, carrying heavy chaotic mist with it. It passed over the crimson war spear and instantly pierced through the God King’s rapidly healing body, pinning him to the earth and nearly smashing the entire world apart along with him.

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“It has been untold ages since anyone spoke that name aloud…”

The man landed lightly atop the battle halberd and looked down at the God King. Strange light flowed in his eyes. His heart stirred again after all; in the end, he had not erased every emotion. Whether that was because the hatred left behind from the Primordial Age ran too deep, or because the Ancient Gods of this world had yet to die out completely, none could say.

The world knew only Great Emperor Wanggu, not who Gu Ye once was.

Gu Ye had once been the foremost prodigy of the human race in the Primordial Age. He had been accepted by the Ancient God race as a divine son and granted Gu as his surname. Later, he had even married Yao, daughter of the God King. In the Lingyang Realm, his status had once been unimaginably exalted; to say he covered the sky with one hand would not have been an exaggeration.

“Gu Ye!!”

The God King struggled, the hatred in his eyes so fierce it seemed ready to flay him alive and tear out his bones. He was Xia, the second son of the first-generation God King. The divine maiden Yao was his elder sister. It was the man before him who had taken everything from him and overturned the entire Ancient God race.

“Gu Ye ceased to exist in the Primordial Age. He died on the day the God War began…”

The man’s expression was dark and unreadable, with formless light shifting faintly in his eyes.

“So long as I remain within the Lingyang Realm, I am deathless. You have already shattered the seal. This place is no longer a prison. I will eventually recover as I was before…”

The God King no longer struggled. A savage smile appeared on his face as the laws of heaven and earth from the Lingyang Realm came rushing in, pouring ceaselessly into his body and restoring his origin.

“In the end, you will still die by my hand!”

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“Do you think… this is still the Primordial Age?”

Wanggu murmured indifferently. The blood-red battle halberd pressed down another inch, and a crystalline illustrated volume appeared behind his head, slowly unfolding. A vast, majestic pressure, righteous and grand, enveloped all of Langya Grotto-Heaven.

“This…”

The God King’s expression changed dramatically. He had already encountered the Human Race Annals back in the ancient era when he first broke the seal, but at that time, the Human Race Annals had possessed no such power.

Over these millions of years, the power of aspiration accumulated by generation after generation of the human race had long since become immeasurable. Naturally, it was no longer comparable to what it had been in the ancient era.

Layer upon layer of clear radiance poured down, condensing into several transparent chains that slowly wound themselves around the God King’s body.

As the chains reached him, the God King slowly released the war spear and gave up resisting. He merely gazed darkly up at the man standing atop the battle halberd and asked the question he had buried for millions of years.

“Yao… what wrong had she done?”

A trace of movement appeared in Wanggu’s indifferent expression. A moment later, he answered calmly:

“Yao was not at fault. The one at fault was Gu Ye…”