Chapter 708: The Sword-Holding Great Emperor

As soon as this voice emerged, the land of the Imperial Capital fluctuated, countless buildings vibrated, and even the city's formation shone brilliantly. Rainbows emerged in the sky, like auspicious signs!

Countless powerhouses in the capital... and his body was covered in countless scars, dense and shocking.

Those were the wounds left behind over countless years to protect the human race!

Every single one carried divine might and was a wound from a god!

And he was the clone of the Sword-Holding Great Emperor, the last Great Emperor in human history, and the only Great Emperor who had not left and was still protecting the human race to this day.

Gazing at the Great Emperor, gazing at those scars, the respect in Xu Qing's heart grew even stronger, and he knelt and bowed!

The Great Emperor's closed eyes slowly opened!

Everyone's expression was incomparably heavy, and many among them...

Their expressions changed rapidly, and huge waves churned in their hearts!

It was truly because Xu Qing's arrival had stirred too many hearts in just these few days!

Others looked at Xu Qing: his power was astonishing, causing a Heavenly King to fall, possessing half a great domain, and even forming an alliance with the Jiyue Great Domain, and he had a rare record of slaughtering gods.

For ordinary people, possessing one of these things would already make them an extraordinary figure, let alone Xu Qing, who possessed them all.

Especially his aggressive entry, revealing his style of doing things, the Dawn Sun shocking all directions, and then bowing to the Great Emperor's statue, causing the Sword-Holding Great Emperor to emit a voice of awakening for the fourth time in countless years!

These various matters made it impossible for Xu Qing not to be the center of attention!

And the Jin Gang Sect ancestor was also sighing in his heart at this moment. Although he dared not transmit his voice to Xu Qing at this juncture, the fluctuations in his heart were equally significant!

He felt that according to the ancient books he had read, the protagonist would not be like this; they were usually low-key...

Only when the protagonist's opponent was some kind of super-villain would such a plot that shocks all directions occur after returning to the capital!

He had also studied such plots; most were to highlight the terror of the enemy and set a goal for the protagonist, then step by step let the protagonist become a god, thereby giving readers the pleasure of a small person defeating a big person.

"This master of mine has got it reversed..." The Jin Gang Sect ancestor felt a bit uneasy, mainly because he felt the things happening to Xu Qing were so different from the ancient books he had read!

If he was like this, let alone the other people in the Imperial Capital who didn't know Xu Qing!

And Xu Qing's performance was also rare since the Sister Xuan Zhan era, shaking the people of all factions in the entire capital!

Especially the awakening of the Sword-Holding Great Emperor; the magnitude of this matter could be recorded in human history!

According to records in ancient books, the Sword-Holding Great Emperor's statue was always in a dormant state, and only when Sword Holders from various factions were being assessed would a clone emerge to ask the heart-questioning questions!

Before this, it had awakened three times!

The first time was during the era of the Dong Sheng Human Emperor, after the human race had suffered a great defeat. At that time, the Sword-Holding Palace Master, Chen Shuyan, summoned the Great Emperor before he died, begging for his awakening!

At that moment, the Sword-Holding Great Emperor's statue awakened for the first time, and it was precisely that awakening that caused the Yan Yue Sister Xuan Tian Clan to refrain from exterminating the race due to some karma.

The second awakening was during the era of the Jing Yun Human Emperor. At that time, the Sword-Holding Palace Master had held his sword and entered the palace when the Prince Ziqing Crown Prince was besieged by ten thousand clans, and never returned!

And the Sword-Holding Great Emperor awakened that day, gazing south and emitting a sigh.

The third time was not very far from now; it was the moment the Sister Xuan Zhan Human Emperor ascended the throne. The Great Emperor awakened and gazed at him, with deep meaning, severity, and expectation in his eyes!

Ancient books record that the Great Emperor transmitted his voice to the Human Emperor that day. Apart from the Human Emperor, no one knew the specific words.

Others could only see the Human Emperor silent for a few breaths, then bow to the Great Emperor with a firm gaze!

Now is the fourth time!

In an instant, countless gazes and spiritual senses of the human race locked in from all directions in the capital, and this matter also spread like a storm to the human domains!

Discussions and voice transmissions from all directions also echoed in the sea of hearts at this moment!

And Xu Qing's intelligence was not a secret to the factions in the capital, and his ten-thousand-foot heart-questioning was even more so!

Therefore, all factions soon guessed the cause and effect!

One key point in Xu Qing's information was that he was the first person since the Sister Xuan Zhan era to achieve ten thousand feet in heart-questioning. This matter might be the reason for the Great Emperor's awakening.

Inside the Imperial Palace, in the Fengyang Pavilion, Princess Princess Anhai stood by the window, gazing at the Sword-Holding Great Emperor's statue, Xu Qing's various deeds appearing in her mind.

After a long while, she withdrew her gaze and muttered softly!

"The Great Emperor awakened for him. This matter seems like care, but why do I have a feeling as if he is entrusting an orphan?"

At the same time, inside the Seventh Imperial Prince's residence, the Seventh Imperial Prince was sitting silently in the pavilion with his eyes closed. Behind him were dozens of cultivators, each silent!

The entire pavilion was quiet, but if one looked closely, one could see that the Seventh Imperial Prince's hand inside his sleeve had gripped tightly at some unknown time!

In the Tenth Imperial Prince's residence, outsiders thought the Tenth Imperial Prince was always arrogant and irritable. He threw a tantrum in front of his servants, but in a place where no one was around, a coldness flashed across his cruel expression for an instant.

Other princes were also thinking differently in their respective places at this moment. As for whether their surface expressions matched their inner thoughts, outsiders did not know!

There were also some powerful nobles and Heavenly Kings at the peak, such as the Grand Chancellor and the Grand Marshal. Their expressions were calm, showing no ripples, but most of them gazed at the Sword-Holding Great Emperor's statue and then fell upon the Imperial Palace, each with deep meaning! Sister Xuan Zhan ascended the throne, the Great Emperor awakened!

After many years, Xu Qing arrived, and the Great Emperor awakened again. Inside the Imperial Palace, in the Guantian Pavilion, the Human Emperor was expressionless, not looking outside but gazing at the chessboard in front of him, placing a white piece gently with his hand!

"Your Majesty, I have answered your question, but you haven't told me what the Sword-Holding Great Emperor said to you when you ascended the throne?" The National Teacher opposite the chessboard smiled and placed a black piece!

The Human Emperor looked up, gazing calmly at the National Teacher, and spoke lightly. "The Great Emperor told me that he regretted the Prince Ziqing matter back then, and if I encounter it in this life, I should return the skull that Jing Yun took away to be buried together!"

"Didn't you receive it!"

The Human Emperor spoke lightly, but every word contained deep meaning. The National Teacher was silent for a long while before a smile appeared on his face again!

"Meeting a person like Your Majesty in this life will certainly not be lonely!"

The Human Emperor picked up a white piece and was about to place it, but at this moment, a vast voice echoed in the capital!

"Little friend, come to the Sword-Holding Palace. I am waiting for you there!"

As soon as this voice emerged, the Human Emperor's hand holding the piece paused, and he looked up slowly!

The National Teacher opposite him also revealed a strange light and turned his head!

The fluctuations in the hearts of all the powerhouses among the capital's living beings became intense again. That was the Sword-Holding Great Emperor's voice, and the Great Emperor's awakening and summoning had different meanings!

Especially the Sword-Holding Palace, from the Palace Master down to the ordinary Sword Holders, everyone's expression changed!

Under the Sword-Holding Great Emperor's statue, Xu Qing looked up at the statue, his heart filled with endless ripples. After a long while, he took a deep breath, bowed again, and then stood up, walking toward the direction of the Sword-Holding Palace!

Xu Qing had seen the location of the Sword-Holding Palace on the road before and knew the direction. All the patrolling Sword Holders on the road also performed the unique salute of the Sword Holders to guide him after seeing Xu Qing!

Xu Qing was also a Sword Holder!

Just like this, after walking for about an hour, a special group of buildings came into Xu Qing's view!

It was a palace complex, the overall shape resembling two large swords!

One was placed on the ground, and the other had its tip pierced into the undulating earth, standing tall!

The area was very large, enough to accommodate millions of people. That was the headquarters of the Sword-Holding Palace, one of the five upper palaces of the human race!

When Xu Qing arrived, most of the Sword Holders left on duty outside the Sword-Holding Palace headquarters were waiting. The current Sword-Holding Palace Master, who was also one of the Heavenly Kings, Zhou Heng, was also standing there.

Regarding the Great Emperor's summons, the Sword-Holding Palace, which had always strictly followed the rules, dared not have the slightest slack.

In the crowd, there was a figure who had once seen Xu Qing; he was Huang Kun from the Seventh Imperial Prince's banquet.

When the Seventh Imperial Prince introduced him back then, he said that Huang Kun's family ancestor was a Great Executive of the Sword-Holding Palace!

And at this moment, Huang Kun's heart was churning. As one of the very few people in the Imperial Capital who had seen Xu Qing, he felt that what happened in the Saint-Lan Great Domain afterward was unbelievable!

Especially the Great Emperor's awakening, which made him feel an intense gap.

Back then, when everyone sat together, he had a certain posture in his heart. After all, at that time, in his eyes, Xu Qing was just a Sword Holder from a remote place.

Although his status in Fenghai County was special, it had nothing to do with him, and whether he could really grow up in the future was an unknown matter.

But now, he looked at his colleagues around him and sighed in his heart!

He could only stand with countless people and gaze at the figure walking from afar!

Xu Qing did not notice Huang Kun. His heart was churning at this moment. Although he tried his best to calm himself, out of respect for the Great Emperor, that feeling of pilgrimage was intense!

Therefore, when he saw the Sword-Holding Palace and the many Sword Holders outside, Xu Qing's footsteps paused. He took off his green long shirt, put it in his storage bag, and took out the Sword Holder's Dao robe and put it on.

With that Dao robe of the same color as everyone else, Xu Qing stood there, becoming a whole with everyone around him!

Countless gazes from the Sword Holders also became different, and even the Palace Master and the high-level officials of the Sword-Holding Palace nodded slightly!

Xu Qing took a deep breath, stepped forward, and under the gazes of all the Sword Holders, arrived in front of the palace, looking solemn toward the Sword-Holding Palace Master standing there, and performed the Sword Holder's salute!

"Responding to the Great Emperor's summons, Sword Holder Xu Qing has arrived at this holy land!"

The Sword-Holding Palace Master, Zhou Heng, was a middle-aged man. He looked solemn and nodded to Xu Qing!

"Go in!" As he spoke, he raised his right hand and waved. Suddenly, the palace gate behind him became a vortex, with sword Qi lingering inside, triggering resonance from the Emperor Swords of all the Sword Holders.

Xu Qing looked solemn toward...

... the vortex and walked in. The moment he stepped into the vortex, he did not appear inside the palace gate, but came to the top-secret forbidden area of the Sword-Holding Palace!

It was a cellar with a simple layout, containing an altar, and on the altar sat a withered person cross-legged!

This person was old and withered like a dried corpse, revealing a thick sense of decay, only the position of the heart occasionally beat, still having a thread of vitality!

And on his body, there were countless scars, dense and shocking to look at!

Those were the wounds left behind over countless years to protect the human race!

Every single one carried divine might and was a wound from a god!

And he was the clone of the Sword-Holding Great Emperor, the last Great Emperor in human history, and the only Great Emperor who had not left the capital and was still protecting the human race.

Gazing at the Great Emperor, gazing at those scars, the respect in Xu Qing's heart grew even stronger, and he knelt and bowed!

The Great Emperor's closed eyes slowly opened! ===== CHAPTER 709 =====