đź“– Chapter 1260 - The Emperor!
Throughout his life, Chen Qingzi had heard of the term “the Emperor” in two different contexts. The first was from the Underworld Sect’s mission; the name of the Emperor was mentioned in the mission, and after fusing with the Heavenly Dao, Chen Qingzi had come to know even more.
The Emperor was the lord of the true Never-Ending Dao Domain.
It was said that his divine will split into one hundred thousand parts and scattered across one hundred thousand universes to form one hundred thousand Dao Domains. Each of these Dao Domains turned into a Never-Ending Dao Domain derived from his divine will.
Before the stele world became the stele world, it was a nascent Never-Ending Dao Domain that had just been born. However, by coincidence, numerous changes occurred to this Never-Ending Dao Domain.
Back then, All and Ancient had fought over the Immortal inheritance, and in the end, Ancient was forced to flee into this Never-Ending Dao Domain. Then, All tracked him down and sacrificed a hand to seal the Never-Ending Dao Domain, creating the Underworld Sect as well as its mission – to prevent the Immortal from escaping and seal it for all eternity.
If All hadn’t died, perhaps the stele world would have gone on like that forever, but All’s death meant that the Underworld Sect, along with its mission, became like a tree without roots. After countless years, it became exhausted, and this was reflected in the rise of the Never-Ending Clan as Master Never-Ending regained some memories from his original body. At the same time, the inheritor of the Underworld Sect’s mission wavered, and their intentions changed.
As a result, conflict arose between Chen Qingzi and his master.
As a result, the Underworld Sect was destroyed, and the Never-Ending Clan took ownership of the stele world.
If Chen Qingzi never existed, or if Wang Baole never awakened, or if Wang Baole ended up succumbing to the centipede’s possession… perhaps the fate of the stele world would be the same as the other hundred thousand Never-Ending Dao Domains. The Never-Ending Clan would eventually reach its pinnacle, and Master Never-Ending would completely awaken. Then, like reaching nirvana, he would have absorbed the entire Dao Domain, turned it into a Dao Fruit, shattered the void, and returned to his original body… the Emperor.
However… there was obviously something strange with the Never-Ending Dao Domain of the stele world.
All of this was just the first context through which Chen Qingzi heard about the Emperor. As for the second… it was from the Immortal inheritance.
The Immortal inheritance was in fact split into two.
When Ancient escaped into the stele world, he knew that All would find him eventually. Thus, as soon as he entered the Never-Ending Clan back then, he separated a portion of his divine will and split the Immortal inheritance into light and dark.
The light inheritance remained with him, turning into the unyielding will that eventually became Sun De.
The dark inheritance fled into reincarnation, bringing with it some information and turning into a wisp of Immortal aura before disappearing without a trace.
Many years later… the dark inheritance of the Immortal awakened in Chen Qingzi, allowing him to take revenge and destroy the Black Snake Kingdom. Eventually, Ming Kunzi saw through the clues and accepted him as a disciple despite having complicated feelings.
After the destruction of the Underworld Sect, amid the endless regrets and confusion of slaughter, Chen Qingzi awakened the memories inside the dark inheritance.
At that moment, he realized who he was.
At that moment, he realized the origin of the stele world.
At that moment, he realized what was going on with his master.
At that moment, he realized… the one his master wanted to seal wasn’t him, but… the Emperor.
All of this and more he realized in an instant because of the memories inside the dark inheritance. Through these memories, he watched All and Ancient enter a certain universe. This universe had a name – it was called Source Universe Dao Void.
Source Universe Dao Void was limitless, and from ancient times until now, it had given birth to 108 Almighties. Each of these Almighties had power that shook the heavens, and each formed their own independent world. Above these 108 Almighties was an absolute being who suppressed the entire Source Universe Dao Void. He was honored as… the Emperor!
The Emperor was invincible. He was always accompanied by a parrot, which ruled Source Universe Dao Void alongside him. In later years, the Emperor passed down his decree, and Source Universe Dao Void was renamed to… the Never-Ending Dao Domain!
At some point, All and Ancient broke through the pinnacle of their respective worlds and arrived at Source Universe Dao Void, where they were promptly defeated and suppressed by the Emperor. Many, many years passed, and the Emperor attempted to break through to the next level. However, he failed and suffered a backlash. A black wooden nail appeared from the void, piercing between his brows and wreaking havoc on his cultivation base. It was at this time that Source Universe Dao Void, which had been locked down for countless years, had its restrictions loosened.
All and Ancient had achieved their Dao outside of Source Universe Dao Void, so with the loosening of the restrictions, they were able to finally escape by unleashing the full power of their cultivation bases. After that, perhaps due to a change caused by the Emperor’s backlash or perhaps simply by coincidence, the Immortal inheritance appeared, and the two of them began their heaven-shaking battle.
Later, Ancient was sealed, and All obtained most of the Immortal inheritance. Although his inheritance was incomplete, All’s cultivation base still rose to new heights. As for where he went after that, Chen Qingzi didn’t know.
Chen Qingzi also didn’t know whether or not All eventually returned to Source Universe Dao Void to fight the Emperor.
But from his portion of the Immortal inheritance, he knew that… All, who had almost become the Immortal, had definitely condensed a supreme treasure called Universe Blood.
Universe Blood was something that appeared when a cultivator reached a certain unfathomable realm. Moreover… if it was obtained by someone else in that same realm, it could serve as a powerful elixir.
“The Emperor…” Chen Qingzi stared at the place beyond the stone gate with a sharp light in his eyes. It wasn’t difficult for him to guess the identity of the blood-red shadows streaking by. Whether it was the information from the inheritance or the aura from the other party, it made everything clear.
Almost as soon as Chen Qingzi spoke, the blood-colored shadows outside the gate sped up. A moment later, an enormous eye appeared, covering everything outside the gate and staring directly at Chen Qingzi.
This eye was yellow with a black pupil, and it was filled with a ruthless gleam. It was so big that the portion visible through the stone gate was merely part of it. If someone were to look over from outside the stone gate at this moment, they would see a blood-colored centipede of gargantuan proportions coiling around in the void.
The centipede’s intense blood-red color dyed the void, and its body exuded a terrifying aura in all directions. Meanwhile, its head was tilted so that one monstrous eye was facing the stone gate.
“You dare to come out?” An overwhelmingly powerful divine will spread in all directions, echoing directly into Chen Qingzi’s soul.
“If your original body was here, I might have hesitated. But you… are just a wisp of divine will. Why wouldn’t I dare?” Chen Qingzi said slowly.
Outside the stone gate, the blood-colored centipede stared at Chen Qingzi for a while in silence. Eventually, it began laughing loudly.
“You know my identity, yet you still chose to come? No wonder this place hasn’t yet turned into a Dao Fruit…
“I must say, All was one of the strongest cultivators I’ve ever seen… after obtaining most of the Immortal inheritance, although I defeated him and took away his Universe Blood, he managed to escape, albeit with heavy injuries. Unfortunately… in the end, he died.
“But even so, he still left behind some troubles for me. There’s that person waiting outside who can’t come in for the time being, those figures staring at this place from afar, as well as this place itself… It was only after I arrived here that I found out that this place was transformed from his right hand, and my confusion was cleared up. Out of the 100,000 fake Never-Ending Dao Domains… the Dao Fruits of 99,999 of them have returned to my true self. Only this place… has yet to return.
“99,999 worlds have all become Dao Fruits, and the wood source within them has been suppressed and destroyed. This world is unique… And so, I split off a wisp of divine will that came here to investigate.
“I didn’t expect to meet someone like you here. You have inherited All’s mission and will, and you’ve also obtained part of the Immortal inheritance. If you continue growing, won’t you become another All?
“Although All died, his home world is special, and a new All has already appeared. He is one of the ones staring at this place. I wonder… what will happen if you two meet?” The centipede burst into raucous laughter.