Chapter 1385: Encounter of the Two Emperors

And throughout the entire Soul Realm, it was covered by the uproar of excitement and exhilaration that surged straight into the clouds.

In a pitch‑black void with not a ray of light, a silhouette slowly opened its tightly shut eyes at this moment.

As its eyes opened, the scarlet hue within them flashed and vanished instantly.

At the same time, an aura of Dou Emperor supremacy, ruling heaven and earth alone, instantly spread outward.

That terrifying pressure forced this land and sky to submit beneath it!

"What an intoxicating power."

While speaking, the figure—more precisely, the Soul Heaven Emperor—immediately extended a palm, feeling a strength unlike any they had ever known, and, with a fervent expression, licked their lips.

"Hehe, nowadays, my name as the Soul Heaven Emperor truly lives up to its reputation."

But immediately afterward, the Soul Heaven Emperor rose to his feet, gazed south, and murmured, "Now that the Dou Emperor has successfully ascended, let's go have a look. I don't know whether this matter is true or false, and, though reluctant to admit it, the Wu Nie Tun Yan would be better off staying within our clan."

While speaking, the Soul Heaven Emperor's figure silently vanished from the spot without anyone noticing.

Although breaking through to the coveted Dou Emperor realm made him extremely excited and happy.

But recalling what Lin Feng had said earlier in the Gu Di Dong Fu about that ancient Dou Emperor.

The Soul Heaven Emperor instantly decided in his heart that eliminating the hidden threat was the priority!

After all, when facing a veteran Dou Emperor, even with his extensive preparations over millennia, he could not be taken lightly.

Who knows what extraordinary methods those old bastards possess.

"Boom!"

At the moment the Soul Heaven Emperor took action, in the far‑southern region of Gu Nanfang Dalu, a blue‑ice column of light suddenly plummeted from the sky onto the stone platform (Shi Tai) at the center of the ascension platform in the square.

In the instant the light column struck, a bone‑chilling, terrifying cold spread slowly outward from the southern ascension platform.

"Creak... Creak"

Under this cold, the surrounding air, the energy of heaven and earth, and even space itself froze at that moment.

Simultaneously, the black void high above the ascension platform, and the transparent membrane sealing its entrance,

were shattered by the impact of the light column.

And this meant that the final barrier preventing the Tong Ling Sect Ancestor from entering the Dou Qi Continent was destroyed.

At this moment, it was completely annihilated.

"Ancestor, finally—successfully broke through!"

The instant the light column appeared, members of the Tong Ling Sect camp, led by Han Yu and Qiu Yue, leapt out in excitement.

Some even couldn't help but cry with excitement.

During this period, they had been terribly bullied by the northern natives.

Even the beasts would attack them as soon as they strayed a bit from the camp.

Now, their Ancestor has broken through to Dou Emperor and shattered that damned seal.

Now the Ancestor can freely come and go on the Dou Qi Continent, and also holds the Dou Emperor realm that has been absent from the continent for ten thousand years.

This time, they are sure to avenge the past humiliation and return every previous suffering in kind!

Just as the Tong Ling Sect members were ecstatic, somewhere in the sky, hexagonal snowflakes began to fall silently.

These snowflakes grew larger as time passed.

At the same time, the temperature across this tens‑of‑thousands‑of‑li span dropped sharply.

And at that moment, a streak of blue light darted out from the sky.

It then transformed in the sky into a graceful figure dressed in blue palace attire.

Looking at her, her face was almost breath‑takingly beautiful, as if blessed by a deity, perfect to the point of being flawless!

Of course, if one had to comment, her expression was slightly cold.

Nevertheless, this flaw added a touch of cool elegance, making her appear even more noble.

On her rounded, full forehead hung a white forehead chain bearing a hexagonal snow pendant, resting between her two slender ice‑blue eyebrows.

The pendant radiated a chilling cold that made the heart flutter.

It seemed not to be an ordinary object.

As for her ice‑blue eyes, they were strange; looking into them revealed a hint of translucency.

Within those semi‑transparent eyes reflected the vague image of the scenery ahead, appearing extremely mysterious.

Looking down, the three thousand strands of ice‑blue hair behind the woman were extremely long.

They even passed over her delicate, slender waist that could barely be grasped, then swept across her rounded, pert hips.

Finally, they landed on the woman's calf.

Her jade feet were encased in a pair of ice‑blue embroidered shoes matching her dress.

"Congratulations, Ancestor, for breaking the seal and regaining freedom!"

When the palace‑clad woman appeared, Han Yu, after his excitement, immediately knelt on one knee and bowed, saying

"Congratulations, Ancestor, on regaining freedom!"

The others, startled by his voice, quickly followed Han Yu in kneeling, together offering the same salute.

"No need for formalities, you may all stand up."

Seeing the line of kneeling figures below, the woman blinked slightly, then raised her jade hand gently; her clear, cool, pleasant voice spread softly around the ascension platform.

"Thank you, Ancestor!"

Hearing this, the Tong Ling Sect members below finally rose.

Then the hot‑tempered Qiu Yue could not hold back and said, "Ancestor, now that you have successfully entered the Dou Emperor realm, I, your junior, beg you to act, eliminate those northern natives, and avenge the sect members who died earlier!"

"No need for you to say more; our sect will handle it accordingly."

Upon hearing this, the Tong Ling Sect leader instantly gave him an expressionless glance.

And then, her gaze turned northward, her pink lips lightly parting as she said, "The people in the north have all left now; if it wasn't that the beast earlier sensed something amiss, then something extraordinary must have happened in the outside world."

"What, those in the north have already fled!"

Hearing this, Qiu Yue instantly stood up in disbelief, then snarled, "Damned Xiao Yan, always knows how to bully the weak and fear the strong; you made me suffer so badly before. Now that you sense something's wrong, you just slipped away!"

As he spoke, his fist clenched tightly, his anger barely contained.

"You idiot."

Han Yu, seeing his reaction, couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.

"You bastard, the old ancestor is still here, you fool—just obey the orders honestly, why are you spouting all that nonsense?"

"Someone's coming, and it's a Dou Emperor."

But at that moment, the woman in palace attire suddenly looked northward, and her cold voice rang again in everyone's ears.

At the same time, as she spoke, her tone grew serious.

Even her expression instantly turned solemn.

"Dou Emperor?!"

Below, Han Yu, Qiu Yue and their party heard this and their minds suddenly stalled, their thoughts lagging, unable to react.

But soon, the words they wanted to use to question their old ancestor were forcibly suppressed by Han Yu.

Then, he took several deep breaths before tentatively speaking, "Old ancestor, this—"

"Boom—boom—boom!"

However, before Han Yu could finish, a deafening roar suddenly erupted from the north.

When they instinctively turned their heads, the dense blood cloud in the north, as if about to shroud the whole sky, was spreading toward them at lightning speed.

Along with it drifted a thick, pungent scent of blood that filled their nostrils.

In just a few breaths, the blood cloud had traversed countless miles.

From the far north of Gu Nanfang Dalu, it spread to the members of the Tongling Sect!

And before that endless crimson mist, even Han Yu and Qiu Yue, who are at the mid‑stage Nine Stars Dou Saint level,

felt as if they were as weak as tiny ants at this moment.

"Truly, everything is going awry!"

Sensing a faint difference from the aura of Dou Saints or Half‑Emperor cultivators she had previously encountered on the Dou Qi Continent, the woman in blue palace attire couldn't help but sigh at this moment.

"Hum."

But soon, a light hum escaped the woman's delicate nose.

At that instant, the thick crimson cloud that had enveloped them suddenly halted.

It was as if some force had abruptly frozen it in place!

"Huh."

Just as the Tongling Sect members below breathed a huge sigh of relief when the oppressive blood mist stopped.

But immediately after, they hurriedly gathered their internal Dou Qi, their faces grim as they stared at the blood mist in the sky.

After all, anyone faced with this situation, unless they're a fool,

would surely know that this time, a formidable opponent has appeared.

"Damn it, such a strong pressure—could it be that the Dou Qi Continent has produced another native Dou Emperor strongman?"

At that moment, the hot‑tempered Qiu Yue, seeing the terrifying crimson cloud high above, couldn't help but curse.

Of course, as he spoke, his tone unintentionally added a hint of terror.

Though he despised showing it, his trembling voice already gave him away completely.

The others, upon hearing, instantly glared at him in irritation.

"That brainless oaf, why utter such defeatist words? Can't he just wish us well?"

"A new Dou Emperor appearing on the Dou Qi Continent does you any good, Qiu Yue!"

"Boom—boom—boom."

After the blood cloud in the sky lingered briefly, it soon rippled with waves again.

Then, under the gaze of the Tongling Sect members, the blood cloud spreading across the heavens slowly split.

Soon, the sound of wind breaking rang repeatedly through the high‑altitude snow clouds.

The next moment, countless silhouettes, accompanied by black mist, surged out of the blood cloud like a tide.

Finally, those figures hovered a hundred zhang away from the Tongling Sect members, without uttering a word.

They stared uniformly like feral wolves at the Tongling Sect below, their eyes filled with a chilling aura!

But soon, a passage spontaneously tore open in the sky above the center of the black army.

Immediately after, a streak of blood‑colored light moved from afar toward them.

In an instant, it transformed into a blood lotus exuding endless sanguine aura, hovering before the army.

"Who would have thought, aside from the sealed continent, there truly exists an ancient Dou Emperor here!"

The blood lotus floated in the air, and a figure with disheveled blood‑red hair sat cross‑legged atop it, gazing at the opposing silhouette, his tone tinged with helplessness and bitterness.

Who else could it be but the Soul Heaven Emperor, who recently ascended to Dou Emperor by refining an Emperor‑grade pill?

He had thought himself the only living Dou Emperor strongman on the Dou Qi Continent.

He believed that his personal descent would easily eradicate the lingering soul of that ancient Dou Emperor.

But he didn't expect the opponent to somehow become a fully restored Dou Emperor again.

Simultaneously, with the Soul Heaven Emperor's appearance, the pervasive sanguine scent across heaven and earth surged to an extreme.

Finally, because the blood scent was so dense, it began to coalesce in the sky.

And that sanguine vapor in the heavens slowly turned into dripping crimson drops, falling from the sky.

These soybean‑sized blood rains, like a torrential downpour, kept pattering down, striking the ground.

Such a spectacular sight truly makes one's heart fill with endless cold.

"I didn't expect that this continent, after ten thousand years, could still give birth to a new Dou Emperor!"

Gazing at the long‑haired man opposite, Liu Mei, Sect Leader of the Spirit-Communing Sect, frowned slightly, then fixed her gaze and said, "Young one, state your name."

"Hehe, I am Chief of the Soul Clan Hun Tiandi, please go to your death, senior."

Hearing this, Hun Tiandi's mouth twitched into a faint smile, and while smiling lightly, he also reported his name and his purpose for coming here.

"Audacious!"

"Arrogant!"

When the former spoke, the members of the Spirit-Communing Sect below, led by Han Yu and Qiu Yue, immediately erupted, angrily denouncing the lawless Hun Tiandi.

After all, since the other side said that, if they could still endure, they'd truly be turtles that hide their heads!

"Young one, you are arrogant, but unfortunately your strength shows a faint, insubstantial emptiness. A Dou Emperor who forces a breakthrough through unorthodox, illicit methods cannot sustain such arrogance."

Regarding Hun Tiandi's words, the Sect Leader of the Spirit-Communing Sect was surprised for a moment, then immediately shook his head and restored her original cold expression.

Putting aside the others for now, she does not have confidence in his strength; this kid could kill her.

"Heh, after all, the junior does not have the senior's luck; being born in an era without fresh source Qi, I can only use imperial‑grade pills to force a breakthrough. Otherwise, my Dou Qi would not be so...!"

Hearing this, Hun Tiandi rose from the blood lotus, glanced at his own body, and couldn't help but laugh at himself self‑deprecatingly. (End of chapter)