Chapter 257 - 154: Clash of Immortal Emperors, The Strongest in This Realm

’By my calculations, the Celestial Gate should fully open in another two or three years!’

Wang Xiao’s mind raced with thoughts.

More than one hundred and ten years had passed since he was born into this world.

That meant he could stay in this world for about another one hundred and thirty years.

One hundred and thirty years wasn’t a long time, but it wasn’t short either. It would be enough for him to explore the Celestial Gate.

He could even take a look at the Invincible Road inside the Celestial Gate—a path with a fatal attraction even for Immortal Emperors!

’I haven’t been back in forty years. I wonder how the Yongchang Kingdom is doing. It’s time to go back.’

Wang Xiao let out a breath and was about to put away the Celestial Destiny Sword.

But his eyes suddenly flickered, and he looked up at the sky.

The sky, once filled with a blizzard, was abruptly torn open.

Two figures slowly stepped out from the void.

The moment these two figures appeared,

the swirling snow and wind froze, suspended in mid-air.

It was as if time itself had stopped flowing.

The sky’s transformation from extreme motion to absolute stillness created a bizarre, contrasting scene.

The two figures, a man and a woman, looked to be only in their twenties.

The man was handsome, the woman graceful, like a Golden Boy and Jade Girl.

The auras they exuded were immensely powerful, suffused with the overwhelming presence of a Great Dao!

This presence was almost comparable to his own Destiny Great Dao.

These were two Immortal Emperors!

The woman stepped forward, bowed, and said,

"An Ruosu of the Taiyi Dao, it’s a pleasure to meet you, fellow Daoist."

The man followed, his voice low and gruff,

"Ye Wanzhou of the Taiyi Dao. Greetings, fellow Daoist."

Wang Xiao’s eyes twitched slightly.

"I assume you two are the Saint Son and Saintess of the Taiyi Holy Land. To what do I owe the pleasure of this visit?"

In all his years of traveling across the Four Great Realms and visiting various Immortal Sects, he had never once set foot in a Holy Land.

Before forging the Celestial Destiny Sword, he had no desire to get too involved with other Immortal Emperors.

He hadn’t expected someone from the Taiyi Holy Land to seek him out.

Over the years, he had heard occasional news about the Master of the Taiyi Holy Land, Mu Tiange.

This Mu Tiange was hailed as the strongest Immortal Emperor.

The one considered most likely, in all of history, to reach the end of the Invincible Road and attain the rank of a venerable one!

This was because he was the only Immortal Emperor to have comprehended two Immortal Emperor’s Laws.

In the past, the Taiyi Holy Land had always been quite mysterious, rarely making an appearance in the world.

However, since the dawn of this great era, the Taiyi Holy Land had once again become the focus of the Cultivation Immortality Realm.

The reason for this was that the Holy Land’s Saint Son and Saintess had also attained the rank of Immortal Emperor after the great era began.

Just like that, the Taiyi Holy Land had three Immortal Emperors.

Even in this current age of burgeoning great fortune, they were practically an invincible power.

An Ruosu got straight to the point.

"My senior brother and I have come to invite you, fellow Daoist, to become an Elder of our Taiyi Dao and explore the Celestial Gate together."

Wang Xiao’s gaze was calm.

"An Elder of the Taiyi Dao?"

He knew that the Taiyi Dao only had four members in each generation: the Taiyi Saint Master, an Elder, a Saint Son, and a Saintess.

The Elder was, in reality, the Guardian for the Saint Son and Saintess.

Their cultivation was usually at the Earth Immortal level!

Wang Xiao hadn’t expected the Taiyi Holy Land to actually want him to be their Elder.

An Ruosu said,

"The previous Elder passed away not long ago. The Sect Leader said that you, fellow Daoist, are the perfect fit to be our Taiyi Dao’s new Elder, which is why the two of us have come to extend this invitation."

"If you agree, fellow Daoist, the Sect Leader will act on your behalf once inside the Celestial Gate."

"Furthermore, the Sect Leader also mentioned that your use of your Immortal Emperor’s Law is too crude. It’s constantly burning at its limit, harming others but also yourself. If you use it a few more times, I’m afraid your life won’t last much longer. As long as you join our Taiyi Holy Land, the Sect Leader can teach you the correct way to use an Immortal Emperor’s Law."

Wang Xiao’s eyes flickered.

’It seems this Mu Tiange has also mastered a way to correctly use Divine Techniques and reduce their cost.’

He couldn’t help but ask,

"And if I refuse?"

Ye Wanzhou’s voice was low and menacing.

"The Sect Leader said that if you refuse, fellow Daoist, then the two of us can use you as a whetstone to temper our own Immortal Emperor’s Laws!"

Wang Xiao stared at the Saint Son and Saintess of the Taiyi Dao, his tone flat and devoid of any emotion.

"A whetstone? Interesting. I have no interest in being an Elder. However, if your Sect Leader were to abdicate and let me be the Sect Leader of the Taiyi Dao, I might consider it!"

Ye Wanzhou’s eyebrow shot up.

"Insolent! How dare you disrespect the Sect Leader?!"

As his voice fell, the space between his eyebrows trembled, and he formed a seal with his hands.

RUMBLE!

In an instant, a Treasure Tower that seemed to encompass the entire universe appeared in the sky.

The moment the Treasure Tower appeared, the surrounding void was locked down. Then, it tore through space, appearing almost instantly above Wang Xiao as it pressed down on him!

Space collapsed in an instant, forming countless cages that trapped Wang Xiao within.

’Hm? Space again?!’

Wang Xiao’s eyes twitched.

He had already discovered that this Treasure Tower was incredibly hard and powerful, and it pulsed with immense spatial fluctuations!

This was just like the power emitted by the Heaven-Caging Drum.

However, the power of this Treasure Tower far surpassed that of the Heaven-Caging Drum.

Its manipulation of space was also far more exquisite!

"You dare act so presumptuously before me with such a crude use of space?!"

Over the years, Wang Xiao had, of course, analyzed the Space Great Dao hidden within the Heaven-Caging Drum.

Even though he hadn’t condensed a Space Dao Fruit, his understanding of space was much deeper than before.

Looking at the Treasure Tower hurtling toward him,

Wang Xiao’s Gang Qi surged like a tide. At the same time, within his Inner World, the Destiny Dao Fruit trembled, emitting immense Dao Power that coalesced upon the Celestial Destiny Sword.