Chapter 2388

Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang vanished in an instant!

As the ancient emperor of the present age, he was in harmony with the heavenly Dao, and even the immortal scriptures were only beneath the forbidden zone ancient emperor; with the emperor's mark aiding his escape, he was virtually unstoppable—yet just as the Sun Ancient Emperor prepared to pursue, this man disappeared without a trace.

The intricacies here are far more complex than merely the present ancient emperor's emperor's mark!

From this, it is clear that the present human emperor must possess exceptional skill in concealment; even without the emperor's mark, he might still evade the Sun Ancient Emperor's lock-on.

If the Sun Ancient Emperor lacks a stable external environment, continuously deducing and locking on, relentlessly hunting for thousands or even tens of thousands of years, he would never hope to extract Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang.

However, this complete disappearance was only momentary; soon, Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang's aura reappeared as a faint trace.

Faint yet discernible, yet astonishingly real.

If the deduction continues, his form will surely be found.

"————Ah!"

Sun Ancient Emperor stood with hands clasped behind his back, sighing softly, yet did not pursue.

In fact, he had already anticipated this answer before acting; it was not overly surprising.

The present ancient emperor, as the most outstanding era sovereign beneath the forbidden zone ancient emperor, even without the emperor's mark's support, his chance to suppress Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang is at most ninety percent, with the remaining ten percent variable lying in the terrifying insight of sword cultivators between life and death—knowing that Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang has already reached the edge of the forbidden zone ancient emperor.

Adding the present ancient emperor's immense support, the chance to suppress the present ancient emperor has already dropped to just over twenty percent.

Every ancient emperor was once a present ancient emperor; no ancient emperor fails to understand the terrifying might of the present ancient emperor, destined to live an immortal life, and even more so, to let combat power surge dramatically.

Sun Ancient Emperor had already known this result beforehand.

Then why, still, forcefully act against heavenly principles?

Because of love for one's children.

As a father, how could one be purely cold calculation? How could one lack human emotion? To act despite knowing it is impossible, placing hope in a mere twenty percent chance—nothing more.

Sun Ancient Emperor's recovery from beginning to end was merely an instant, a single strike.

Regardless of success or failure.

"Your fate is ill."

"You may resign yourself to it—this is the path you walked yourself."

Sun Ancient Emperor gazed into the depths of the heavenly Dao, speaking coldly and indifferently.

The terrifying aura of heavenly pressure on his body gradually retracted, his form slowly fading; his final words were left for his four sons, tone devoid of much emotion, filled only with coldness.

This is his fourth son, likewise an ancient emperor, who should have been treated with courtesy by him as an ancient emperor!

Since stepping onto this path, unwilling to remain under his wings, one should accept such an outcome.

An emperor has an emperor's destiny.

"Father, take your leave slowly."

Ji Yan Gu Huang bowed in farewell, with no further words.

One father and one son bade each other farewell in relative calm, no tears, no sorrow, only a sense of melancholy spreading through the silent starry void, stirred by the cosmic dark yin gang wind currents.

"Wait!"

"Give it to me! Wait a moment!"

A figure of charcoal, forcibly suppressing anger, slowly appeared before Sun Ancient Emperor, saying: "Old thing, give this lord complete recovery!"

"Your chance to slay this lord is great!"

"Great!"

"Are you blind?"

"This is all fact!"

Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang!

This shapeless charcoal figure reappeared before Sun Ancient Emperor once more, actively seeking death, worthy of being called recklessly bold and mad, utterly devoid of reason.

He raved and ranted incoherently, unaware of what he was saying.

"Meeting again, Tai Shang Da Ri Dao friend."

"Your bearing still moves the heart, inspiring quiet admiration."

Sun Ancient Emperor's fading form did not halt, courteous and polite, as if the person before him were not someone he had beaten to a near-dead state, he smiled faintly and said: "Present age recovery is entirely a worthless loss-making bargain, regardless of victory or defeat, it is the same for this emperor; this emperor is also not a sword cultivator."

"The love for offspring is entirely contained in this single strike of recovery at this moment."

"Any more, and there would be none left."

"We, as fathers, ought to shield our children from wind and rain, give them love, plan deeply for them, but all things should have a bottom line, and there is the justice and righteousness of humanity."

Slaughter among human emperors, slaughter among immortal dynasties—struggle for profit is ordinary, as long as there is no mass slaughter of hostile immortal dynasty humans, this remains within the realm of human righteousness.

From this perspective, attempting to morally blame any ancient emperor is baseless, without reason.

"Furthermore,"

"We, as fathers, are likewise outstanding men of Shen Zhou, likewise have our own dreams to pursue; we cannot place our entire lives upon our children, completely overlapping, completely losing ourselves."

"Such is not the principle of raising and educating children."

Sun Ancient Emperor softly sighed: "Tai Shang Da Ri Dao friend seeks the Dao wholeheartedly, has no offspring, perhaps?"

"You may not necessarily understand this principle."

"If you someday have your own offspring, perhaps you will then comprehend what this emperor thinks and intends today."

"Let us part here today."

"Hope in the golden great age, we may meet again.

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"Then, hope we can first join forces with the human race's myriad emperors to slaughter all myriad tribes, exterminate all variables, and then within the human race contend for immortality's opportunities."

The echo lingered.

Sun Ancient Emperor's form vanished completely, all radiant light gone.

This premature recovery had a huge impact on him, exacting a great cost, and it was very likely to create some variables; perhaps in the future he would choose to recover in an era, devouring most of the foundation of the ancient emperors of that era to make up for it, then devouring the vast majority of the living beings' flesh and blood, refining their souls into the Solar Forbidden Zone.

The various horrors, cruelties, and bloodshed involved were truly difficult to describe even one ten-millionth of.

The ancient emperors who attained the Dao throughout the ages unanimously chose to wage war in the forbidden zones, and this was not without reason; the slumbering emperors were too greedy, and the harm they caused to Shen Zhou was too great.

The Solar Ancient Emperor departed.

Heaven and earth gradually calmed down, and the shattered starry sky formed by the slaughter on the emperors' battlefield was healing.

Between heaven and earth, only a terrifying living being like a lump of charcoal remained standing, its violent and icy killing intent spreading in all directions, countless outbursts freezing the entire expanse of heaven and earth.

"Paying respects, Senior Supreme Solar!"

In the Heavenly Dao, the apparition of the Ji Yan Ancient Emperor gradually emerged, condensing into a vague, indistinct form, and he spoke coquettishly.

He now resembled a ne'er-do-well, a wandering rogue of the jianghu, lacking even a trace of an emperor's dignity, truly leaving people stunned and unable to comprehend.

"Senior Ji Yan, you overstate it."

"No need for that."

Jiang Ding wearily rubbed his brow: "You are free now; go wherever you wish, as long as you do not destroy the Xian Dynasty, do whatever you please."

"Your nonchalance——————is admirable."

These words came from the heart, expressing a junior's respect for a senior.

In the absence of strong conflicting interests, Jiang Ding would not act against an elder; the Ji Yan Ancient Emperor's ability to take up and let go with such grace was even more endearing.

An ancient emperor, in such a predicament at the end of the road, Jiang Ding asked himself he could not do.

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