Chapter 287 - 164: The Tremor of the Book of Space-Time, Fighting Heaven (End of Volume)

Wang Xiao emerged from the Void, standing atop a mountain peak.

He gazed at the surrounding mountain peaks, some near, some far, and the figures upon them. A glint flickered in his eyes.

Judging by the auras emanating from these people, every single one of them was an Immortal Emperor.

The peaks varied in height, arranged like a host of stars paying homage as they circled a desolate, ancient road.

This road stretched endlessly upward, as if reaching for the very edge of the sky.

Even by extending his Divine Thought continuously, he couldn’t touch the road’s highest point.

The higher he looked, the more it seemed that Time and Space were being stretched to infinity.

Ordinary methods of detection were now useless.

’Is this the true Invincible Road?!’

Wang Xiao looked up at the sky.

He had already discovered that his own mountain peak seemed to be among the tallest of the multitude.

Very few could compare in height to his.

Even Mu Tiange’s was a good deal shorter.

Yet, his peak was still some distance from the Invincible Road that extended out of the Void.

Just as his Divine Thought was probing the Invincible Road,

a seemingly ethereal piece of information entered his mind through a peculiar ripple.

The information was as vast as a Celestial Sound, conveying a belief of invincibility.

’One person to one mountain, that is the way of immortals. To see Heaven, you must first become invincible!’

Wang Xiao mulled over the information transmitted by that vast Celestial Sound.

The meaning it conveyed was extremely simple and brutal.

Kill everyone else, and you could merge their mountains into the one beneath your feet.

By doing so, your own mountain would draw closer to the Invincible Road.

Once your mountain completely merged with the Invincible Road, you would be able to see the Heaven of this world.

This was the war to ascend to Heaven!

’So, the higher the mountain, the greater the strength it represents. Right now, everyone is just nourishment for each other, all for the sake of obtaining the qualification to ascend to Heaven!’

Wang Xiao narrowed his eyes.

This information must have been transmitted by this world’s planetary consciousness.

’But how could a planetary consciousness do such a thing?!’

A planetary consciousness, after all, was the collective amalgam of all living things.

It could be Time, it could be Space, it could be all things and all spirits, yet it could also be nothing at all.

It sounded mystical, but that was indeed the reality.

Everything it did was based on instinct alone.

It should never possess even the slightest shred of human-like self-awareness.

And yet—

the planetary consciousness’s current actions—opening the Celestial Gate, establishing the Invincible Road, and now making the Immortal Emperors fight each other—

all indicated that this planetary consciousness had truly gained self-awareness!

’This Heaven... it’s become a sentient being!’

Wang Xiao’s gaze was profound, his thoughts heavy. He made no move.

He couldn’t begin to imagine how terrifying it would be if ’Heaven’ itself possessed self-awareness.

"I didn’t expect Your Majesty to set foot on the Invincible Road after a sixty-year cycle. I presume Your Majesty has also perceived the message from Heaven?"

Just then,

Kong Xuansheng’s voice reached him.

Wang Xiao replied calmly,

"Is it really Heaven?"

Kong Xuansheng let out a breath.

"It is said that Heaven and Earth are unkind, treating all of creation as straw dogs. However, to be able to trap all of us Immortal Emperors here, and even allow the Immortal Emperors of the past to break the shackles of their lifespan and live to this day... I think only Heaven could truly accomplish that!"

He also hadn’t expected the Invincible Road to be like this.

It was as if ’Heaven’ had set up a prison for their group of Immortal Emperors.

Only by defeating all the other Immortal Emperors and ascending the Invincible Road could one earn the right to see ’Heaven’.

However,

even if the final victor truly did get to see ’Heaven’, what would happen then?

No one knew!

This was also why, for the past sixty-year cycle, almost no one had made a move.

Everyone was waiting for an opportunity to break the stalemate.

Wang Xiao said,

"It is silent and without form, yet it alone perceives all. It is the very foundation of the cosmos. Once Heaven has a purpose, a desire, a will... it is no longer Heaven!"

Not far away,

a man clad in blood-red robes, whose eyes seemed to contain a boundless, churning Blood Sea, laughed heartily.

"Hahaha, you are truly worthy of the name Celestial Destiny Emperor! Your insight is indeed extraordinary. But as for right now, what brilliant plan do you have to break this stalemate?!"

Wang Xiao looked toward the blood-robed man. He was one of the few Immortal Emperors whose mountain was equal in height to his own.

It was impossible to know if his mountain’s height was its original state, or if it had been raised by killing past Immortal Emperors and absorbing the mountains beneath their feet.

Either way, it meant this person’s strength was undoubtedly extraordinary.

Wang Xiao didn’t answer the blood-robed man, instead saying coolly,

"Legend has it that a million years ago, an Immortal Emperor emerged from the North Sea Islands. His name was the Blood Sea Ancestor. He practiced a Demon Technique, devoured nearly every Cultivator in an entire world-domain, and provoked a joint siege from other Immortal Emperors. Forced into a corner, he fled into the Invincible Road. I imagine that must be you."

Before entering the Invincible Road, he had, of course, read many ancient records.

He had a general understanding of all the Immortal Emperors throughout history who had stepped onto the Invincible Road.

Although this Blood Sea Ancestor was not the strongest among them, he was definitely the one who had caused the most slaughter.

It was precisely because of the Blood Sea Ancestor’s actions back then that the North Sea Islands remain in a state of chaos to this day.

The blood-robed man’s identity had been exposed, but he didn’t seem to mind in the slightest.

"Heh heh, I can’t compare to the Celestial Destiny Emperor. You attained the Dao of an Immortal Emperor in a mere hundred years and killed the current Sect Leader of the Chaotic Star Sect with a single sword strike. Such world-shaking divine might is rarely seen in all of history. We old relics on this Invincible Road were scared out of our wits watching you."

After they stepped onto the Invincible Road, they were cut off from the outside world.

However,

they could still occasionally perceive what was happening in the outside world.