Chapter 902: I Stand at the Peak of the World, Asking the Immortals

Yu Liuchen, this former Divine Platform, who followed the Remnant Face to the Wanggu Continent back then, also had a style of being unbridled.

As a Divine Platform, countless gods had to prostrate and tremble before Him.

Even if Flawless, if He wanted, they would naturally also have flaws and then face tribulation.

Because He was the tribulation.

All living beings were even more so.

So in that initial period of time, His divine name was enough to make Wanggu tremble, and it also made countless gods look up in awe!

And He originally had the qualifications to walk toward the peak of the Divine Platform and even impact the True God!

But all of this changed after a middle-aged figure carrying a seven-foot bronze sword came from the horizon and walked into His Divine Realm!

In that battle, if He hadn't self-detonated His Divine Realm at the critical moment, He would have already perished!

Although He escaped by this, He was severely injured, and His Divine Platform collapsed and fell apart!

Since then, He could only hide and sleep continuously, not daring to appear in the world. For that sword-carrying figure, He, who had no emotional fluctuations, still developed a sense of fear!

That was the instinct of life.

Countless years ago, this fear had become deeply rooted, and His cultivation could never recover because of the existence of the heart tribulation.

Therefore, after He perceived the arrival of the life tribulation of this Sword-Holding Great Emperor, He chose to come here!

He wanted to send the other party on their final journey!

But when the words were spoken, they changed to "watching the final journey"; after all, He was extremely fearful of that Great Emperor who was god-shocking in combat power back then and who still chose to stay after all the Wanggu powerhouses had left!

He understood that with the other party's peak back then, although not a Xia Immortal, He still had enough qualifications to open a separate Holy Land outside the sky!

From then on, to a certain extent, it could be said that He would be free and unfettered, not trapped in this red dust!

But the other party exceeded everyone's expectations and chose to stay to protect the human race!

In this world filled with gods, He stayed for countless tens of thousands of years!

The human race was also able to survive until now because of this!

It could be said that if it weren't for this Great Emperor, the human race might have already ceased to exist!

Even if there were still reproduction, it would definitely be falling apart, scattered into countless small clans attached to other groups; it would be absolutely impossible to still retain the Human Race Great Domain.

And during this period, the number of gods beheaded by this Great Emperor was numerous.

But the price was equally huge; His true body had already died and perished, and only a clone struggled to exist.

"Sword-Holding Great Emperor, you are the cultivator I admire the most on this Wanggu Continent, without exception."

Yu Liuchen's gaze followed this vast road of sword qi beneath His feet and looked toward the Sword-Holding Palace; His gaze could penetrate the barriers and see the figure sitting cross-legged in that secret room!

This was the only Great Emperor in the cultivator system within the entire Wanggu world now.

"However, do you really still have the power of a sword now?"

Yu Liuchen, covered in blood-colored long robes and emitting heaven-topping blood light, stood between heaven and earth like the master of the universe.

Accompanied by the transmission of these words, His aura also rose heaven-shakingly!

The wind rose and clouds surged, and the entire firmament became blood-colored!

At this moment, whatever sea of fire, whatever dark night, including the sun, moon, and stars, all dimmed, and His aura became the only one.

His footsteps slowly raised, and it was as if a sea of blood erupted in His eyes, and His robes spread even further, as if He wanted to accompany His footsteps and shroud the entire Human Race Imperial Capital under His blood-colored long robes.

But just at this moment, the human race's protective grand array suddenly roared, and the violent fluctuations formed a strong counterattack.

This was the operating principle of the human race's array; it would produce different resistance according to the invasion of different intensities.

Now it was a crisis of the highest level, so the eruption of the human race's array also exceeded everything and reached the extreme.

Intense, blinding light suddenly shone, containing countless rune imprints!

The light shield transformed by the human race's array suddenly formed, blocking Yu Liuchen's advance.

And within this array, there were also stars flickering, forty-nine in total.

Those were all the Dawning Suns.

These were all the Dawning Suns the human race currently had.

After experiencing countless tribulations, the human race could no longer be said to have any foundation left; the greatest foundation, besides the Sword-Holding Great Emperor, was only these Dawning Suns.

And their fluctuations caused heaven and earth to change color, but Yu Liuchen laughed!

"It seems you really don't have the power of a sword anymore."

After speaking, as if there was no more hesitation, the raised right foot was about to land on the sword qi road ahead, and the next instant, a roar came from the blood-colored firmament.

With a rip, the blood-colored sky was torn open, and the seven-clawed golden dragon of the human race's Heavenly Dao danced in the firmament, roaring!

Afterward, its body shone with ten thousand zhang of light, as if a golden sun had risen in this blood-colored firmament.

The moment the light fell on the Imperial Capital, this human race Heavenly Dao flickered and headed straight for the Imperial Palace.

Its target was actually the Great Emperor statue on the Imperial Palace square; where the shadow covered, purple smoke rose within this Great Emperor's shadow.

Amidst the ethereal, there was a sense of mist, and a giant bell appeared out of thin air within, hanging in the middle of the square.

That was the Immortal-Asking Bell.

This bell was rumored to come from the Ancient Emperor Emperor Xuanyou era; its state was between yin and yang, and it only appeared at the moment of sunrise.

It could not be moved; the entire Imperial Capital was one body, or to be precise, it was part of the Human Race Imperial Palace, witnessing the growth of past Human Emperors.

Its utility was to verify the heart.

From ancient times to the present, occasionally when a minister's words were questioned by others, they needed to ring the Immortal-Asking Bell to prove their true heart; the previous Ning Yan used this bell to verify his heart.

Besides this utility, this bell had no other effects for countless years.

Gradually, it was ignored by too many human beings, only regarded as an ancient object with some mystery, as well as a symbol!

Until today, until the revival of the human race's Heavenly Dao, until its figure rushed into this Immortal-Asking Bell, this bell shook violently, as if it had slept for many years and finally awakened!

The totems of mountains, rivers, and all living beings carved upon it all came to life, circulating on the surface of the bell body, shining with brilliant light; while illuminating heaven and earth, a thick, prehistoric aura also rose from within this Immortal-Asking Bell!

The firmament churned, blood qi exploded, and the universe turned upside down!

In this aura, there was also astonishing imperial qi; that was transformed by the vast will that transcended heaven and earth, that was condensed by the endless domineering intent that suppressed Wanggu, that was bestowed by the resonance path of the Wanggu Continent itself, and that was even more the aura of the Ancient Emperor.

But it was not Emperor Xuanyou, as the world believed.

This aura was even more ancient.

Emperor Xuanyou was not the first Ancient Emperor of Wanggu.

Before him, there were several Ancient Emperors of Wanggu, whether it was the Ancient Spirit Emperor or the Emperor who unified Wanggu born from other clans!

And at the very source, in mythological legends, after the Xia Immortal ascended back then, he had appointed an Ancient Emperor of the Wanggu Continent—the first one.

This Ancient Emperor was human.

This bell originated from him.

Thus, once this aura appeared, heaven and earth trembled, and Wanggu was shocked.

Yu Liuchen's expression also changed suddenly, and His raised footsteps paused!

The next instant, this Immortal-Asking Bell swayed in mid-air, and an ancient bell sound echoed in the ancient times; the long river of time fell into the present world, fell into heaven and earth.

While its sound was ancient and simple, it also contained a touch of sadness, as if calling out, as if asking those departed immortals when they would return.

It was precisely: "The bell sounds, heaven and earth are lonely; I stand in the human world, asking when the immortals will return."

Yu Liuchen's expression changed greatly, His whole body shook, and the blood-colored long robe that covered the earth on His body appeared with thousands of cracks amidst clicking sounds under this bell sound.

It was shocking to the eye!

His raised footsteps were also withdrawn at this moment, and His body retreated another ten zhang.

"What is this object?"

Even with the omniscience of the Divine Platform, He could not cover it.

It was as if it had been hidden in the years, hidden outside of cognition, just like Him, only appearing at the moment when the sun and moon intersected!

Not only was Yu Liuchen speechless, but at this time, the Burning Fire God, the Dark Night God, and the Sun, Moon, and Star Three Gods also had fluctuations in their hearts!

The human race indeed had no foundation left, because the foundation earlier than the Sword-Holding Great Emperor had already been hidden before the Ancient Emperor Emperor Xuanyou!

It was not until today, under an inexplicable opportunity, that it revived.

The Empress's expression remained as usual!

The Great Emperor also had no response!

As for Yu Liuchen, almost at the moment of the inner fluctuation, the Immortal-Asking Bell floating in the middle of the Imperial Palace shook again, emitting a second bell sound!

The vast sound echoed in heaven and earth: "Time passes, all things travel; I stand in my homeland, asking the immortals how desolate."

Yu Liuchen's whole body trembled violently, His expression changed even more drastically, and the injury on His chest tore open at this instant; the old injury was actually triggered under this bell sound.

His body could not help but retreat another step; this step was a hundred zhang.

Then, the Immortal-Asking Bell shone with ten thousand zhang of light, and amidst the magnificence, the bell sound containing a sense of sadness came for the third time!

It seemed to be the last question: "The immortal mountain road is long, life has no end; I stand at the peak of the world, asking where the immortal path is!"

Yu Liuchen's divine soul was in turmoil, and His body collapsed directly under this bell sound; although He recovered again in an instant, His footsteps retreated again and again!

Until He retreated a thousand zhang away, He stabilized His body and raised His head to stare fixedly at that bell!

The intent contained within this bell sound was terrifying to the extreme; that was the intent of seeking the path, that was the ambition of seeking immortals.

It seemed that there was once a person who, with the status of the peak of Wanggu and the cultivation of peerless world, knocked the bell under this bell to ask the immortals!

And Yu Liuchen knew clearly that just three sounds made Him like this!

Then one could imagine that if there were a fourth sound, I fear that some of the injuries He had finally recovered after countless years would completely return to the time of the heavy injury back then.

However, for such a terrifying object, He did not believe there was no price for ringing it; this price must be incomparably huge.

Therefore, whether this bell could be rung one more time was still unknown, but He did not dare to gamble.

If He gambled and won, with His current state, facing the Sword-Holding Great Emperor, He had no certainty!

If He gambled and lost, He would have even less certainty!

Thus, He fell silent!

And that bell, at this time, shook again in mid-air, as if it really wanted to ring the fourth time.

Seeing this, Yu Liuchen suddenly spoke:

"This deity is only here to watch the ceremony today!"

Once the voice came out, the Immortal-Asking Bell paused in mid-air!

The next instant, an indifferent voice came from within the Sword-Holding Palace!

"Scram!"

Once the word came out, heaven and earth collapsed!

It was not just directed at Yu Liuchen, but echoed in the sky, roaring in all directions, exploding the universe like heavenly thunder, forming rolling giant waves that swept everything to cleanse the firmament.

For a time, one after another, the divine senses of all parties that had landed here in various ways to observe the Human Emperor becoming a god instantly hid and chose to leave.

The human race's Sword-Holding Great Emperor, regardless of whether He truly had the power of a sword, they did not dare to gamble.

And that astonishing bell made all parties even more worried!

As for Yu Liuchen, His gaze fell on the Sword-Holding Palace!

After a few breaths, His body blurred and finally disappeared into heaven and earth!

He also chose to leave.

The divine fire of the Ancient Emperor Star became even more vigorous!

And at the same time, within the Saint Lan Great Domain, which was extremely far from the Human Race Imperial Capital Domain, in the northern part of Fenghai County.

In that plain land, snow was fluttering; amidst the goose-feather snow filling the sky, one could see a giant pillar that shook heaven and earth, standing on the ice field, surrounded by countless tents, forming a gathering place like a city.

That pillar was precisely the Taichu Liyou Pillar!

A small part of it was submerged in the ground!

There was a mysterious ghost cave there!

At the end of the cave, there existed a giant eye.

This eye was now closed, motionless.

And above the eye, hung a pentagonal wooden house, suspended by five iron chains, connected to the surrounding rock walls!

The five corners of the wooden house had five-element talismans!

Inside the house, a lamp was lit!

That was a life lamp!

Through the window paper and gaps, one could see a woman wearing a red bridal dress sitting there silently.

She seemed to be a mortal, with no fluctuations of cultivation in her body, nor any aura of a god.

As for her appearance, it could not be seen clearly, but through the shadow on the paper window, one could see that she had spat out three mouthfuls of blood in this short period of time.

Her blood strangely turned into paper money, drifting out from the house, spreading upward in the ghost cave, causing countless ghosts to scramble and devour it.

And the time the fresh blood was spat out coincided with the three bell sounds of the Immortal-Asking Bell in the Human Race Imperial Palace.

"The deal has been completed!"

"But it is not yet time for me to leave," after a long while, the woman wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth and murmured softly.

Then, like the eternal singing of this place, it continued to drift away.

"Past lives do not come, rebirth is always present, cutting off lovesickness to paint the dust!"

"Wandering in this life, the rest of life buried long, who is waiting in the cycle," following the singing, the five-element talismans outside the pentagonal wooden house shook!

At the same time, there was also chanting similar to singing echoing within the Swallowing Heaven Domain!

In a short period of time, under the invasion of the Candlelight, and with the firmament shrouded by the Candlelight Divine Realm, the living beings of the Swallowing Heaven Great Domain had already been blood-sacrificed.

Regardless of cultivators, regardless of mortals, regardless of any clan!

This was the Candlelight erupting with all its might; this was the first comprehensive descent of all the hidden powers of Crown Prince Ziqing!

Therefore, the death brought to this great domain was like a thunderbolt and was unavoidable.

Thus, countless corpses and countless flesh and blood, centered on the Swallowing Heaven Imperial Palace, permeated this land!

Fresh blood dyed the soil red, and the souls of the dead filled all directions!

And the slaughter was still continuing!

But these slaughters were no longer the point!

At this time, on the Swallowing Heaven Imperial Palace filled with fresh blood and corpses, a vast ceremony was underway!

That giant meatball from the Divine Realm floated in mid-air.

Around it were five whirlpools, and within each whirlpool sat a corpse cross-legged; those were the past Swallowing Heaven Emperors!

Looking at it, this scene was exactly the same as the ceremony currently unfolding in the Human Race Imperial Capital.

It was the same Imperial Capital, the same Imperial Palace; the meatball was like the Ancient Emperor Star, and the corpses in the whirlpools were like the past Human Emperors.

There was even an illusory projection covering heaven and earth revealed here!

Inside the projection, it was precisely the scene of the current Human Emperor becoming a god.

Everything was arranged and overlapped here.

Countless Candlelight cultivators in all directions, as well as mysterious black-robed ones, were all kneeling and worshipping, the white light extremely hot!

The sound of chanting was also echoing!

"The supreme yang qi of the two rituals merges with the ancient eye of the god, becoming the light of the starry sky shining on Wanggu!"

"The souls of the four directions of the netherworld drink the water of time, creating the dream of Wanggu to awaken in the present!" ===== CHAPTER 903 =====