Chapter 15: Just right, the young master lacks a mount!

Heaven-Burying Ancient Land,

The foremost of the seven great life-forbidden zones of the Profound Heaven Continent.

It is said that this place was the battlefield of gods and demons of the previous epoch,

Burying not just one true god and demon,

Resentful Qi and deathly Qi intertwine,

Forming the most perilous dead zone of the entire continent.

Even before the outbreak of the dark turmoil,

This place is also the nightmare of all cultivators,

Even saints entering face the risk of falling.

And at this moment,

With the awakening of that terrifying aura,

The entire Heaven-Burying Ancient Land trembles violently.

Mountains upon mountains, formed from the skeletons of gods and demons, each ten-thousand-zhang tall, collapse with a roar.

On the dried, blood-colored earth, fissures open, one after another, bottomless abysses,

Endless dark deathly Qi surges out like a geyser from the abysses.

"Who… woke this emperor?"

That voice seemed to possess some kind of magic power,

Merely upon sounding, it lets all of Zhongzhou,

and even all surviving beings of the entire Profound Heaven Continent,

feel a shudder that springs from the depths of their souls.

Just because of the descent of the Heavenly Spear Legion,

while the natives of the Profound Heaven Continent who had just seen a glimmer of hope's dawn,

once again fall into boundless despair.

"Good heavens… what is that?"

"The Heaven-Burying Ancient Land… the thing in the deepest part of the forbidden zone has awakened!"

"It's over… everything is over! Just out of the wolf's den, and into the tiger's mouth!"

Countless cultivators' faces turn ashen, even those with weak resolve,

are directly overwhelmed by this aura, their souls and spirits collapsing, dying on the spot.

Even those who just obtained the Divine Fruit,

the youth Li Cheng, whose cultivation has greatly advanced thanks to his Human Emperor Body,

at this moment also has a deathly pale face, his body trembling uncontrollably.

"How… how terrifying this aura is! This… this is absolutely an existence surpassing immortals!"

His nearby guards,

are even more directly slumped limp on the ground,

lacking even the strength to stand.

Before this aura,

they feel like a tiny boat in a violent storm, liable to capsize at any moment.

Boom—

Under the terrified gaze of countless beings,

In the center of the Heaven-Burying Ancient Land, a colossal black stone coffin slowly rises from the ground.

Upon the coffin are etched the sun, moon, and stars, the scene of the cosmos's birth and extinction,

waves of terrifying aura so thick they cannot disperse emanate from it,

pressing so that the heavenly Dao of the entire world wails in lament.

"It is the Dark Ancient Emperor! The supreme existence slumbering in the deepest part of the Heaven-Burying Ancient Land!"

"It is said he was, in the previous epoch, the ruler who unified the Profound Heaven Continent; to seek longevity, he did not hesitate to cut himself with a blade and fall into darkness!"

"He… he is actually still alive!"

Some ancient monsters who have lived countless ages and know some primordial secrets let out despairing wails.

Quasi-Emperor!

In their view, the emergence of such a figure means the Profound Heaven Continent will have no trace of vitality left!

Crack!

The lid of the stone coffin slowly opens.

A withered, pallid hand, its nails black as ink,

extends from the coffin and rests on its edge.

Next, a figure clad in tattered imperial robes and wearing an imperial crown,

with a withered visage, slowly sits up from the stone coffin.

He merely performs a simple sitting-up motion,

and the void of the entire Profound Heaven Continent shatters like glass, inch by inch!

Countless Divine Chains of Law manifest around him, then instantly snap!

In his hollow eye sockets, two clusters of azure soul fire slowly ignite,

His gaze seems to pierce through time and space, instantly locking onto the skies above Luoyang Ancient City,

The aura of that group of gold-armored knights, which is out of place in this world, is on their bodies.

"Outsider……"

The Dark Ancient Emperor's hoarse voice sounded again, carrying a hint of doubt.

"Interesting, you can actually tear the world's barrier and descend to this emperor's sleeping place."

"You too, have you come for this world's matured origin?"

He slowly stood up, and a terrifying aura of looking down on all under heaven, supreme and alone, erupted explosively!

"Too bad, you've come too late."

"This world's origin belongs to this emperor!"

"Since you've come, become nourishment for this emperor's path to immortality together with this world!"

As his words fell, he raised that withered palm, gently pressing toward the direction of Luoyang City.

There was no earth-shaking might, nor any heaven-destroying portent.

But under this press, the whole of Zhongzhou's heaven and earth,

seemed to be grasped by an invisible giant hand,

everything—space, time, law, vital energy—was collapsing inward and annihilating!

Everyone felt a choking sensation!

However, just when all the natives of the Profound Heaven Continent thought the apocalypse had arrived,

a burst of laughter filled with fervor and excitement,

suddenly rang out from the ranks of the Heaven Spear Army,

directly overwhelming the Dark Ancient Emperor's pretentious aura.

"A mere Saint Realm, and you dare call yourself an emperor?"

Gu Xue Dao stepped out from the military formation,

his fighting spirit erupted like a volcano!

He gazed at the pressing dark hand,

not only showing no fear, but trembling with excitement all over.

In the next instant, his body swelled wildly at an unimaginable speed!

A thousand zhang! Ten thousand zhang! A hundred thousand zhang!

In the blink of an eye, Gu Xue Dao transformed into a colossal dharma body tens of thousands of zhang tall, head touching the heavens and feet on the earth.

His entire body burned with golden qi-blood flames,

every inch of his muscle brimming with explosive power,

a terrifying supreme might surged skyward,

directly scattering the Dark Ancient Emperor's proud aura into disarray!

"What?!"

In the Dark Ancient Emperor's hollow eye sockets,

two clusters of soul fire violently jumped,

obviously startled by what lay before them.

Equals in strength!

Moreover… the opponent's qi-blood vigor and law refinement seem… even superior to his?!

How is this possible?!

He is the strongest!

How could such a powerhouse be born in the outside world?!

Before he could comprehend it, Gu Xue Dao's fist, larger than mountains,

already bore the terrifying might of rending heaven and earth as it came crashing!

"Break it for me!"

A roar rang out, shaking heaven and earth!

Boom——!!!

Two supreme forces collided explosively in midair!

The imagined scene of heaven collapsing and earth splitting did not occur.

The Dark Ancient Emperor's dark hand, capable of annihilating a realm of heaven and earth,

before Gu Xue Dao's pure-to-the-extreme violent fist,

was as fragile as paper, shattered in one blow like rotting wood!

The golden fist's wind did not diminish,

directly slamming into the Dark Ancient Emperor's body.

17th Saint Realm and 18th Supreme Realm,

though they differ by only one realm,

that is the vast gap between the Saint Dao domain and the Immortal Dao domain!

Moreover, Gu Xue Dao is no weakling among the Supreme Realm.

"Pfft!"

The Dark Ancient Emperor's indestructible quasi-emperor body,

like a torn sack, flew backward directly,

crashed hard into the depths of the Burial Heaven Ancient Ground,

The huge mountain formed from countless god and demon skeletons was smashed to pieces!

One punch!

Just one punch!

The Dark Ancient Emperor who made the entire Profound Heaven Continent despair was blasted away!

The entire Profound Heaven Continent,

All beings watching this battle were dumbfounded.

Li Cheng stared with his mouth open, feeling his brain couldn't keep up.

Those old monsters who had just been ashen-faced,

now also looked dazed.

What... what is happening?

This isn't how the script was supposed to go!

Inside the Nine Dragon Sandalwood Palanquin, Gu Yuan watched this scene and also curled his lip.

"Third Uncle is still this violent."

"Obviously it could be resolved with Law Divine Ability, but you insist on using fists."

He muttered to himself, then casually picked up a spirit fruit and took a bite.

"Huh? Who are you?!"

In the ruins of the Burial Heaven Ancient Ground,

The Dark Ancient Emperor scrambled up in a sorry state,

A huge fist imprint sank into his chest, his imperial robes shattered, and the crown on his head was askew.

His deep blue soul flames,

fixedly stared at Gu Xue Dao's heaven‑standing Dharma Form,

his voice filled with shock and incredulity.

"You're not of this world! Your laws and your Dao are utterly incompatible with this realm!"

"Are you people from the Immortal Realm?! Why have you crossed over?!"

He finally realized.

【146) These people simply aren't of this world!

These people simply aren't from this world!

"What a lot of nonsense!"

Gu Xue Dao picked his ears, showing an annoyed expression.

He looked down on the Dark Ancient Emperor from above,

like looking at a chicken awaiting slaughter.

"Stop yelling, quickly show your true form for me!"

"My young master just happens to need a draft beast, and I think you're perfect!"