Chapter 2538

The Great Sun Forbidden Zone.

"Heaven and earth are growing ever more turbulent—"

"Will a present-day ancient emperor be born?"

Jiang Ding's fingertips brushed a stray ray of sunlight that had chanced to enter the forbidden zone, and he gazed upon the scenes painted upon it, watching this single ray of sunlight from its birth to its arrival here, his whole life, murmuring to himself.

In these scenes, the prodigies of the Boundless Starry Sky slaughtered each other with ever greater cruelty and ferocity; from time to time, a peerless prodigy would be born whose very presence made his own light pause, sweeping aside all opposition, his talent and strength surpassing even the true immortals who had contended for emperor in the Tai Shang Da Ri Immortal Dynasty era, even granting the forbidden zone's ancient emperor some insight.

As the era drew ever closer, heaven and earth's imprisonment of the historical emperors weakened; now the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang could already gaze upon parts of the Boundless Starry Sky's starfields, silently observing all.

"Perhaps the inheritor of the forbidden zone's ancient emperor has no fate with the present-day ancient emperor of the Golden Age?"

After examining many cases, Jiang Ding reached a conclusion.

After the passage of many years, once the inheritance underwent spontaneous mutation during transmission, the forbidden zone's ancient emperor's inheritance could likewise give birth to an ancient emperor, but many experiences show that this influence still persists, even if only a trace.

For eras outside the Golden Age, such influence might perhaps be insignificant, still allowing one to be invincible under heaven and to proclaim oneself emperor of the age.

But in the Golden Age, this trace of influence is fatal.

The prodigies and outstanding talents of this era are too many, all too dazzling; even a mere hair's breadth of difference will not cease to be magnified, ultimately leading to failure at the brink of success.

"However, this is not necessarily so."

"Perhaps one will be born who, despite innate deficiency, can still rise to conquer all the prodigies of the world?"

Jiang Ding murmured: "Moreover, is this truly an innate deficiency? The foundation of the forbidden zone's ancient emperor's path can grant one a tremendous first-mover advantage, crushing the myriad grassroots prodigies; it is only later that a slight difficulty arises, and this slight difficulty may not necessarily be leveled by the early advantage."

"Can the inheritor of the Tai Shang Da Ri Dao Tong become the present-day ancient emperor of the Golden Age?"

"If this is truly so, then I can lend a hand; after sweeping away all powerful foes under heaven, I will then engage in a life-and-death battle with him, free of resentment, free of hatred—such a battle may not be impossible."

Yes.

The Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang prepares to intervene in the mortal realm.

The primary goal is naturally to defeat the present-day prodigies and give birth to the present-day ancient emperor; the secondary goal is naturally to pave the way for the present-day ancient emperor's birth by accumulating heavenly treasures and earthly riches, and stockpiling talent.

The abundance of resources in the Golden Age needs no doubt; even in an age where non-emperors cannot utilize the entirety of the starry sky's resources to attain the Dao, ruling a single region can still greatly replenish the forbidden zone's foundation.

Secondly, the stockpiling of talent is likewise of extreme importance to the Tai Shang Da Ri Dao Tong, for this path requires many talents.

If cultivation is only undertaken when needed, it will likely delay the opportunity.

At this stage, nearly all forbidden zone ancient emperors have reached a consensus.

That is, when the Golden Age ancient emperor is born and attains the Dao, all will fully recover, advance toward the Eight Characters Immortal Scripture, and then live out a fourth life by defying heaven.

No one spoke of it, nor was there any alliance or coordination.

Yet many forbidden zone ancient emperors already knew this would certainly happen, just as the aging beings like the Qingfeng Qingfeng Beidou Ancient Emperor are not uncommon.

Boom—

Boom boom boom—

At this moment, the Boundless Starry Sky suddenly trembled without cease; the three thousand great Dao manifested, intertwining and coiling; the light of myriad stars shone forth in mutual reflection; moreover, golden lotuses surged from the earth, heavenly flowers rained down, immortal cranes danced in the void, and all manner of portents appeared, violently affecting the Boundless Starry Sky.

In the dim void and within the Dao itself, furthermore, a crown slowly condensed.

Someone is claiming emperorship!

After the emperors' road had been opened for ten million years, at last someone defeated the Boundless Starry Sky's prodigies, began the path to emperor, and his momentum far surpassed that of the former Qingfeng Qingfeng Beidou Holy Maiden!

Cry!

Accompanying a long cry, a golden-yellow, scorching illusory figure appeared in the starry sky.

Within those layered Dao and the emperor's crown now condensing, there was indeed a figure resembling a three-legged golden crow about to burn up all the heavenly stars!

He was born in the Golden Age, using divine fire to burn through the prodigies on the emperors' road, invincible all the way, his talent and quality rare since ancient times; he finally arrived at today, causing many races' powerhouses to startle, many slumbering ancient emperors' hearts to tremble, awakening from their slumber one after another, regarding the starry sky with wary eyes.

Could it be that the Golden Crow Immortal Clan will leap ahead of the true dragons and true phoenixes, the Boundless Starry Sky's human race, and other starry sky overlords, seizing the initiative in the Golden Age?

As everyone knows, the Golden Age's great emperors are almost the most likely to become immortals in this era!

How could this not shock people?

Perhaps, from now on, the Golden Crow Immortal Clan between heaven and earth will completely overshadow many overlord races, becoming a singular existence, to be revered and worshipped by all beings of heaven and earth.

Yet only the many historical ancient emperors felt their spirits shaken and even startled.

The forbidden zone ancient emperors, however, reacted with indifference, each deducing the heavenly Dao, future, regarding such a scene with indifference, as if nothing unexpected had occurred.

In the Great Sun Forbidden Zone, the Tai Shang Da Ri Gu Huang instead turned his gaze toward that place, carefully contemplating the Golden Crow Immortal Clan's solar Dao, collecting various immortal Dao data.

"The Eight Characters Immortal Scripture?"

"His talent is somewhat mediocre; the Golden Age's Dao and rules are too heavy, the Eight Characters Immortal Scripture cannot bear this era's crown."

Jiang Ding spoke lightly.

The Golden Age's great emperor must certainly be a forbidden zone ancient emperor!

This is not merely a demand of talent, but also a demand of heaven and earth; without the forbidden zone ancient emperor's original ancient canon, one fundamentally cannot bear the weight of this era's emperor's crown.

And the forbidden zone ancient emperor, even in the Golden Age, cannot be mass-produced.

One must wait for a qualified person to appear, and upon birth he must immediately become a forbidden zone ancient emperor; such a person's existence is random, and the Golden Age will not necessarily have such a person appear; one must wait for the passage of time, amidst countless variables and chance, to give birth to such an unparalleled prodigy.

The fate of the Golden Crow True Immortal has long been seen clearly by many forbidden zone ancient emperors.

He is indeed astonishingly talented and dazzling; even before truly attaining the Dao, he has already touched the edge of the forbidden zone ancient emperor; after attaining the Dao, he will certainly be able to quickly ascend to forbidden zone ancient emperor, worthy of the Golden Age's unparalleled prodigy who fought his way out from among countless prodigies' corpses.

But,

not enough is not enough; although he is already astonishingly talented and dazzling, he still has a considerable gap to bridge before attaining the Dao and becoming a forbidden zone ancient emperor.

How great is this gap?

Many forbidden zone ancient emperors made no preparations for the Golden Crow's attainment of the Dao, just as no one would expend great manpower and material resources, laboring hard to prepare for something with zero probability.

Crack!

Crack crack crack crack—

"No!"

"Impossible—no—"

Under the gaze of numerous forbidden-zone ancient emperors, Jin Wu Kong Kong let out a mournful cry as the golden crow's crown, blazing like the sun and about to solidify, shattered, the entire three-legged golden crow split apart, transforming into countless heavenly fires that rained down upon Shen Zhou, forming permanent seas of magma upon the earth.

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