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Chapter 217: The Emperor's Fate (Part 32)

After ten thousand years, Ye Liuli finally awakened.

Inside the Ye Family.

Ten thousand years had brought many changes, and many familiar faces had vanished.

"How long was I asleep?"

"Ten thousand years."

Ye Liuli looked at the familiar yet now distant figure before her. He had become the ruler of the entire universe.

"So, a whole ten thousand years have passed. No wonder, Little Chen, you're starting to carry the true bearing of a supreme."

Ye Liuli blinked playfully. In the entire universe, perhaps only Ye Liuli could address a Great Emperor in such a casual manner.

A smile appeared on Su Chen's face. Strangely, he found her way of calling him rather endearing.

"This is a Supreme Pill. It will help you perfect your own Great Dao."

Su Chen handed the Supreme Pill to Ye Liuli. He had slain two unfortunate Supremes in an instant. Using their Dao, he had refined two Supreme Pills. One had been given to Ji Changkong, and the other he had kept until now. Refining pills from supremes—only one person in the entire universe could achieve such a feat.

After awakening, Ye Liuli refined the Supreme Pill and advanced her cultivation further.

Su Chen, however, left the Ye Family once again.

The Starfall Pavilion had now grown into a powerful orthodoxy under the Myriad Laws Hall. In addition, there were countless battle generals. These were Su Chen's former followers. Yet after ten thousand years, most of them had grown old.

"My Lord, if there is a next life, we will follow you once more."

One by one, his followers left behind their final words. Some chose to seal themselves away, while others accepted the cycle of life and death and passed away peacefully in the mortal world.

Old friends fell like leaves in the wind, fading away one after another.

In the Myriad Laws Hall.

Ji Changkong had advanced further and stepped onto an alternative path of attaining the Dao. Following Su Chen's guidance, he went to Falling Emperor Mountain to search for his lost memories. In the end, he chose to return to the Myriad Laws Hall. He had remembered everything, but he was now an entirely new being.

During the ten thousand years, Divine Source Master Yuan Ming had drawn upon the power of the universe to develop a brand-new source technique, becoming the tenth Heavenly Master in the history of Divine Source Masters. However, he did not continue researching source techniques, as further progress would invite great terror. Instead, he devoted his life to strengthening the Myriad Laws Hall. The foundation he built in a single lifetime rivaled that of many eras combined.

Ye San came from the Heaven Severing Sect, but like Ji Changkong, he chose to remain in the Myriad Laws Hall.

The Black Dragon Emperor had advanced even further with the help of the Myriad Laws Hall's destiny and stepped into the Quasi-Emperor realm.

Over ten thousand years, the Myriad Laws Hall had produced talents in abundance. In addition to the four Quasi-Emperors—Ji Changkong, Yuan Ming, Ye San, and the Black Dragon Emperor—a new Quasi-Emperor named Song Dao had emerged. Beyond them, countless other experts filled the hall.

Su Chen presided over the Myriad Laws Hall. He watched heavenly geniuses compete across the millennia, witnessed the rise and fall of prosperous eras, and saw one orthodoxy after another emerge only to eventually perish.

Gradually, it had been a very long time since any living being from the myriad races had seen that Emperor.

The order of the myriad races returned to its normal course. Fierce competition continued, and new heroes rose one after another… yet in this great era, none of them could reach the absolute peak.

This era acquired a new name.

The Myriad Laws Era.

Yet there were no myriad laws—only one person who stood supreme above all.

...

Another ten thousand years passed.

In a secluded immortal realm.

Su Chen's expression remained unchanged as he flipped his hand and suppressed Ye Liuli.

This was not the first time Ye Liuli had tried to sneak up on him. But no matter what, he was the current Great Emperor who controlled the universe. How could he possibly miss her movements?

So this was not the first time she had been suppressed either.

"Little Chen, let me go already! I am still your ancestor, after all!"

Her words were technically correct.

But Su Chen was not swayed.

"Speak. What is it this time?"

Su Chen asked calmly.

Whenever Ye Liuli came to him, it was never for anything good.

Ye Liuli struggled for a moment, then gave up and slumped onto the ground without any grace. "Little Chen, you are the current Great Emperor now. Haven't you considered leaving behind some descendants? An Emperor's child! Recently, an unparalleled woman has appeared in the Void God Palace. She has suppressed all the heavenly geniuses of the myriad races. Would you consider her?"

Ye Liuli worried endlessly about Su Chen's descendants.

Su Chen shook his head.

Ye Liuli turned her head and sighed. "A Great Emperor is destined to walk a lonely path. You will watch one relative after another pass away, one orthodoxy after another rise and fall. Everything once familiar will gradually disappear, and you will endure the loneliness of watching strangers become close, only for them to vanish again."

Su Chen looked at Ye Liuli, whose expression had rarely been so serious.

"Your lifespan… is running out."

Ye Liuli did not take it to heart. Even after twenty thousand years, she remained as peerlessly elegant as ever. "I will live out my third life. Then I'll snatch your Emperor position and beat you up properly!"

Ye Liuli waved the talisman paper in her hand.

Living out a third life… How many people throughout history had ever managed such a feat?

Su Chen remained silent for a moment, then smiled and nodded. "Alright. I'll be waiting for you."

Ye Liuli left.

Su Chen returned to the Myriad Laws Hall.

At this moment, Yuan Ming had grown old and frail. Su Chen personally sealed him inside the divine source. He also sealed Ji Changkong and Ye San into the divine source with his own hands.

As for the Black Dragon Emperor… an ordinary Quasi-Emperor had a lifespan of thirty thousand years, while the Black Dragon Emperor, with his innate true dragon bloodline, possessed fifty thousand years. Su Chen was not in a hurry to seal him. After all, it was nice to have one more old friend walking the path of longevity beside him.

Su Chen brought Chi Yao back to the Jade Pool Sacred Land.

Chi Yao's lifespan had also reached its end, yet she did not choose to seal herself. She had originally been a fruit from the immortal tree, so it was only natural for her to return to it now.

The two of them strolled together beneath the immortal tree, walking through the vast sea of stars.

"Thank you. Because of you, I experienced what it meant to be human. I felt the joys, angers, sorrows, and pleasures of a normal living being. I gained emotions, felt joy, and understood what it meant to like someone."

Chi Yao looked at the figure before her, her eyes glistening with tears and reluctance.

"Perhaps in some future life, we will meet again."

Su Chen made the promise.

Chi Yao leaned against him and listened quietly.

The next life… the next life… Even a powerful Great Emperor could not open the cycle of reincarnation. Did this world truly have a next life?

Su Chen's answer was yes.

Chi Yao chose to believe it as well.

Falling leaves danced in the air, dyeing the heavens in red clouds.

Su Chen felt the figure leaning against him gradually become lighter until it transformed into a streak of immortal light.

He reached out to grasp it, but the immortal light passed through his fingers. Even with the speed of the Flying Immortal Dao Body, he could not stop that light from merging into the immortal tree.

Su Chen stood beneath the immortal tree, gazing at the enormous tree that spanned past and present.

"In some future life… we will meet again after all."

Chi Yao's consciousness merged into the immortal tree.

Perhaps in ten thousand years, a million years, or ten million years, the immortal tree would give birth to a living will and transform into an unrivaled immortal spirit. It would strike across the nine heavens, break out of the universe, and shatter the myth that no one could achieve transcendence. Perhaps within that immortal spirit's body, a trace of Chi Yao's consciousness would still remain.

Su Chen left the Jade Pool Sacred Land. Only now could he truly be called a 'Great Emperor.'

Chapter 218: The Emperor's Fate (Part 34)

"You madman, Myriad Laws!"

Deep within the Burial God Abyss, an ancient Supreme roared in fury. No one had expected the current Great Emperor to charge into the Burial God Abyss alone!

"If it's a fight you want, then let's fight. Killing you today will count as a great merit for heaven and earth!"

Su Chen stood with his hands behind his back. Beneath his feet, ten thousand Daos thundered. His strength had grown even greater. He was far too lonely. With no worthy opponents left in the universe, he could only turn his gaze toward the forbidden zones.

Throughout history, countless Great Emperors had been obsessed with waging war against the forbidden zones. Perhaps it was because they craved worthy opponents and fellow cultivators. Even if the Supremes in the forbidden zones had severed themselves with a single slash, they were still former peers on the same path.

But to the Supremes of the forbidden zones, being targeted by a Great Emperor was undoubtedly a terrifying nightmare. They cared nothing for fellow cultivators or shared paths. They only wanted to survive, hoping that one day they might achieve transcendence or create a method that could lead to it.

The great battle erupted, causing the starry sky outside the forbidden zone to tremble violently. All experts who had reached a certain level felt that terrifying aura and involuntarily bowed in worship.

"The Myriad Laws Great Emperor… has invaded another forbidden zone!"

"Heavens… In this era, will the Supremes of the Burial God Abyss be slain by the Myriad Laws Great Emperor and the entire abyss pacified?"

"..."

Ordinary Great Emperors would never dare to charge into a forbidden zone. From the ancient eras until now, the number of Great Emperors bold enough to do so could be counted on one hand.

The battle lasted several years before Su Chen withdrew from the Burial God Abyss.

Five thousand years later.

An unparalleled aura rose from the Burial God Abyss, shaking the entire universe.

"A Supreme has reached the limit of sublimation!"

A few breaths later, the aura vanished. One of the Supremes in the Burial God Abyss had died… and died quite miserably.

Su Chen exited the Burial God Abyss. Ignoring the furious roars of the remaining Supremes, he drifted away.

The current Great Emperor had entered a forbidden zone and slain another Supreme. This made many forbidden zones extremely wary. They learned their lesson this time.

The moment Su Chen stepped into any forbidden zone, all the Supremes would attack together to prevent him from picking them off one by one.

As a result, Su Chen returned empty-handed several times.

This also infuriated the Supremes, who screamed in rage and swore a great oath.

"In future generations, the Flying Immortal Dao Body shall never attain the Dao!"

The Flying Immortal Dao Body might not possess the strongest offensive power among the supreme taboo physiques, nor the greatest defense, but it was the most troublesome one. Even when four Supremes joined forces to lay a perfect net of heaven and earth, Su Chen had still managed to escape.

"How petty. I only wanted a friendly spar. This Emperor even personally visited the forbidden zone, yet you summoned your fellow cultivators to gang up on me."

Su Chen felt that those former Supremes lacked martial virtue. He decided to cultivate in seclusion for ten thousand years before paying them another visit.

With Su Chen's existence, the Supremes of the forbidden zones felt extremely stifled. Normally, when a Great Emperor's lifespan neared its end, they might still emerge to seek opportunities and harvest a wave of vitality and blood Qi.

But they had encountered Su Chen, an extremely powerful Great Emperor whose combat prowess was also outstanding. Even looking across all of history, he was exceptionally difficult to deal with.

After the Supremes of the forbidden zones grew more vigilant, Su Chen arrived at the Ancient God Forbidden Zone and met the once-mysterious Divine Emperor. He learned some secrets.

After leaving the Ancient God Forbidden Zone, Su Chen glanced back at the Divine Emperor.

"The destruction of the ancient era must be connected to this old fellow."

Su Chen had a strong feeling.

The Divine Emperor had not truly died. He was plotting something.

In the era of the Myriad Laws Great Emperor, the fiftieth thousandth year.

The myriad races of heaven and earth flourished.

However, without any warning, the Myriad Laws Emperor Court began a full-scale conquest of the entire Netherworld Realm!

"Current Great Emperor, you have no honor!"

Ancient existences within the Netherworld began to awaken.

At the same moment, inside the Myriad Laws Emperor Court, powerful auras from former supreme experts also started to revive. Emperor Weapons rose into the sky one after another.

An earth-shaking great battle erupted.

The myriad Daos of heaven and earth were suppressed.

Countless rays of light gathered together, forming a hazy figure shrouded in immortal flying light. The auras of Myriad Laws cascaded downward, making the entire Netherworld Realm seem unable to bear the weight.

Before the arrival of the Dharma-Ending Age, Su Chen chose to launch a campaign against the Netherworld.

The foundation of the Netherworld was simply too deep, yet they had kept it hidden all this time.

Su Chen was very interested in the shocking secret of the Netherworld.

This time, the Netherworld did not hesitate. One after another, the remnant souls of Great Emperors were summoned forth. They wanted to make Su Chen pay a heavy price.

Facing the five Great Emperor remnant souls directly, Su Chen remained calm. His aura swallowed the universe as the flying immortal light suppressed all Daos. Alone, he battled the five Great Emperor remnant souls of the Netherworld. The fight raged from within the Netherworld Realm to the outside world, all the way into the depths of the chaotic sea, where chaotic clouds surged violently.

Su Chen erased the five Great Emperor remnant souls of the Netherworld. His own physical body had also reached its limit. Emperor's blood splattered across the chaotic sea, and the boundless flying immortal light began to dim. He had suffered severe injuries, yet he remained determined to annihilate the Netherworld.

"Myriad Laws Great Emperor, when I emerge in the world, I will erase every trace of you!"

A furious voice rang out from within the Netherworld, echoing across the universe.

That voice actually dared to challenge a Great Emperor!

All the beings in the Netherworld were desperately escorting the owner of that voice out of the Netherworld Realm. They kept stalling the forces of the Myriad Laws Emperor Court, even at the cost of self-detonation.

Su Chen had not expected anyone to be so bold as to directly challenge a peak Great Emperor.

"So this is the secret of the Netherworld… They wanted to nurture an immortal spirit similar to the divine tree in the Jade Pool Sacred Land, one that could sweep across past, present, and future, and achieve supreme transcendence."

Su Chen understood everything. No wonder the Netherworld had remained so low-profile. They had probably been protecting the path for the owner of that voice all along, waiting for an unrivaled Great Emperor to rise.

Boom!

The myriad Daos of heaven and earth surged as a Supreme unhesitatingly reached the limit of sublimation and charged toward Su Chen.

This was a Supreme who had deep ties with the Netherworld in the past. He chose to sublimate for this battle, hoping to buy time for the Netherworld.

Dragging his heavily injured body, Su Chen unleashed flying immortal sword light that swept across the heavens, leaving behind countless indelible sword marks. He clashed with the sublimated Supreme. The Myriad Laws Emperor Scripture evolved into a single sword strike that pierced through heaven and earth, gathering ten thousand Daos and condensing Myriad Laws. In the chaotic sea, he once again slew a Supreme.

Emperor blood scattered through the air, yet Su Chen's figure stood tall at the peak of the chaos, gazing disdainfully in all directions. Even as a heavily injured Great Emperor, no forbidden zone Supreme dared to emerge and launch a sneak attack. Having slain five Great Emperor remnant souls and killed a peak Supreme at the limit of sublimation, everyone realized they had severely underestimated this Myriad Laws Great Emperor.

Unfortunately, thanks to the Supreme's sublimation, the Netherworld's immortal spirit still managed to escape.

Su Chen annihilated the Netherworld. He did not care at all that the immortal spirit had fled. If the Netherworld immortal spirit emerged in this life, he would simply slay it. If it chose to appear in a future life… heh.

Su Chen had a premonition that they would eventually meet again. By then, that immortal spirit might regret the words it had spoken today.