Chapter 2496: Regret of the Lunar Yin Ancient Emperor

During the time when the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang fell into slumber once more, Shen Zhou again experienced countless springs and autumns.

Nearly sixty million years have passed.

If one were to look down upon the present Wu Jin Kong Kong, one would find it to be an era of extreme prosperity in the Shi Dao Gong Ye, with super teleportation arrays connecting every corner of Wu Jin Kong Kong, Shi Dao powerhouses emerging in abundance, and various miniature versions of super projects standing tall, pushing Wu Jin Kong Kong toward an era approaching the Silver Age.

Various Shi Dao Gong Ye, highly developed Shi Dao Gong Ye, the sacred lands and sects of the various Xianzong, and the wealth of Shi Dao powerhouses are abundant, far surpassing that of the war-torn era.

At this moment, the entire Wu Jin Kong Kong, under the command of the Gu Huang, has become busy once again.

All Shi Dao powerhouses are orderly, each performing their duties, busy within various formations, while in every great thousand worlds and star fields, the wealth accumulated by Wu Jin Kong Kong over sixty million years piles up, and all kinds of breathtaking heavenly treasures and earthly riches fill the eyes, refined into various formation components that are incomprehensible to behold.

"Begin!"

With a command from the Tai Shang Da Ri Tian Shu, Wu Jin Kong Kong stirred with wind and clouds, the sky changed, and various Dao anomalies appeared, as the three thousand great Dao successively emerged in Wu Jin Kong Kong, gradually revealing the profound mysteries of the origin of heaven and earth, driving Shi Dao technology to leap to a higher level.

How long has passed is unknown.

Boom!

Xin long long!

Various formation components worth sixty million years of output from all over Wu Jin Kong Kong shattered apart, countless Shi Dao powerhouses spat blood, their bodies more than half shattered, evidently falling into severe injury and near death, with who knows how many star fields and great thousand worlds implicated, similarly suffering damage, their spirit veins and earth veins suffering origin-level wounds.

"Alas!"

"After all, still————"

In the dim void, a soft sigh was heard.

Tai Shang Da Ri Tian Shu.

This human race heirloom heavy artifact once again descended with the arrival of the new emperor, accompanied by the wealth accumulated over twenty-five billion years, personally planted by the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang, and in this human race immortal dynasty era, it has not been renamed, always bearing this ancient name.

Now, this palace complex symbolizing the supreme authority of Wu Jin Kong Kong is everywhere in ruins, everywhere in debris, the ground littered with wreckage, as if it had undergone some great explosion.

Amid the wreckage, a woman of ethereal dreamlike beauty, beautiful to the extreme, stood dazed, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth.

At this moment, it seemed as if even Wu Jin Kong Kong began to feel heartache, grieving for her wound, as Shen Zhou passed from daylight into night, and the clear, round moon spread its light over the land.

"Your Highness, have you failed?"

"We can try again."

Several Imperial Realm Tushan maidens struggled up from the wreckage, speaking gentle words of comfort.

This time, the Second Tai Shang Da Ri Xian Chao, the Second Gu Huang era, conducted an experiment of the Nine Character Immortal Scripture, and the result, as shown before, was a heavy loss.

It bears no resemblance to the smooth first Nine Character Immortal Scripture experiment of the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang as recorded in history.

Not only did it consume more than three times the resources of the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang's first Nine Character Immortal Scripture experiment, but the gains were even smaller, the gap between them astonishing and hard to comprehend.

One must know, is the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang truly a poor person?

On the contrary, he is extremely wealthy; in clear historical records, one can hardly find a forbidden-zone emperor wealthier than him, all built brick by brick by his own hands.

The productivity of later generations cannot compare with his.

The productivity of the Second Tai Shang Da Ri Xian Chao, the Yue Yin Xian Chao, in Shi Dao is less than one-seventh of that of the First Tai Shang Da Ri Xian Chao during its sixty million years, and compared to the forbidden-zone emperor era, it is utterly incomparable; various super projects have never been fully restored, only reaching imitation versions.

Perhaps the productivity of the Yue Yin Xian Chao is even far less than that of the First Xian Chao's remaining glory taken over by the Sang Ji Zhen Xian Zi.

Now, a second immortal dynasty with productivity so relatively low has expended three times the resources of the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang's Nine Character Immortal Scripture experiment!

It can be said that, were it not for the accumulation of thirteen historical emperors and the twenty-five billion years of the Tai Shang Da Ri Tian Shu, the Yue Yin Xian Chao would not even have the qualifications to conduct the Nine Character Immortal Scripture experiment!

"Second Nine Character Immortal Scripture experiment?"

"Cough cough cough————"

The Yue Yin Gu Huang covered her mouth with her hand, opened her palm, and looked at the bright red blood in her palm, giving a bitter laugh: "No chance left, even if we improve the experiment plan again, the remaining resource gap remains as high as over fifty percent, all opportunities lost, I have no chance."

"Even if————there were a second chance, what then?"

"I fear, indeed some results could be obtained, but still hopeless."

The Yue Yin Gu Huang weakly raised her head, gazing toward Wu Jin Kong Kong, as if seeking something, yet never finding it, she sighed softly: "I need more, I need at least fifteen chances, only then would I have considerable confidence."

"If, if————in the Golden Great Age, I would surely succeed!"

"Surely I would!"

In the Golden Great Age, the difficulty of the Nine Character Immortal Scripture experiment would be greatly reduced, the consumption of heavenly treasures and earthly riches likewise greatly reduced, a fortuitous coincidence in the operation and circulation law of the endless universe star space, extremely suitable for the development of Shi Dao.

At this moment, the Yue Yin Gu Huang suddenly realized that in the past, the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang needed only one Nine Character Immortal Scripture experiment to have certain success in becoming a forbidden-zone emperor, while the remaining Nine Character Immortal Scripture experiments were merely for filling gaps and casting deeper foundations—such talent, how terrifying it was.

The forbidden-zone emperor, such a being of immense strength, hard to put into words.

The casual gesture of the Dao Founding Ancestor, in the eyes of later generations, seems like a myth, dreamlike and unreal, the records as if fabricated.

And according to historical records, the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang's talent and aptitude among forbidden-zone emperors was merely mediocre, compensated for by other advantages.

How would the talent and aptitude of the Nine Leaf Sword Emperor and other forbidden-zone emperors be?

This is an unattainable height; without corresponding talent, even given countless opportunities and countless heavenly treasures and earthly riches, it would be useless—only ever approaching, never truly reaching.

"Golden Great Age, Golden Great Age ah————"

The Yue Yin Gu Huang murmured to herself.

At this moment, she voiced the same longing as countless ancient emperors throughout history.

After an unknown time, she grew somewhat desolate, slowly walking back into the Tai Shang Da Ri Tian Shu, passing through every corner of the palace one by one, while repairing much of the wreckage and scattering various immortal seeds, setting up layer upon layer of nurturing formations, occasionally dazed, standing still.

In the past, at this moment, Your Majesty, what were you thinking?

Did you ever consider the future of the Tushan maidens in your heart? If not, that would be too heartless, needing correction.

"Your Highness————"

Countless Tushan maidens who witnessed this scene wept like rain.

At this moment, they understood: the ruler of the Tushan maidens, the Gu Huang who had ruled Wu Jin Kong Kong for sixty million years, was about to depart, just like all past Gu Huang, sinking into the long river of ancient time, awaiting the arrival of the Golden Great Age.