Chapter 315: The Figure Walking Ahead of the Ruthless Great Emperor

"She, is she still alive?"

An Ancient Emperor whispered, filled with disbelief.

They had once faced the era when the Ruthless Great Emperor was King Over the World; the Ruthless Great Emperor was indeed unimaginably strong, even during the period when the Ruthless Great Emperor's might was at its most fierce and terrifying.

After the Ruthless Great Emperor forcefully leveled a Forbidden Zone, many Forbidden Zones took the initiative to retreat and vanished from between heaven and earth; only after a long passage of time, once they were certain the Ruthless Great Emperor had disappeared, did they return to the world.

Back then, they could not imagine why the Ruthless Great Emperor could be strong to such a degree, only believing that this figure's talent and brilliance were earth-shattering.

But looking closely now, one can once again feel the peerless grace of that supreme figure from these five coffins.

The more powerful a figure is, the more they can understand how terrifying a person capable of undergoing these five transformations is; that is taking five more steps on the path of a peak Great Emperor.

"No wonder she could be strong to such a degree."

An Ancient Emperor sighed with genuine sincerity, feeling that kind of power.

But after the sigh and exclamation, another Ancient Emperor whispered.

"But that's not right. The Ruthless Great Emperor is a figure from over two hundred thousand years ago. If she only underwent five transformations, then she should have ultimately failed."

"With five transformations, she should have lived between fifty thousand and one hundred thousand years; it is impossible for her to be alive now."

As Great Emperors and Ancient Emperors themselves, they are clearly aware of how long a Great Emperor can live by undergoing a transformation.

Depending on the sturdiness of their physique, a Great Emperor can usually live between ten thousand and twenty thousand years, typically around ten thousand years.

Some with more robust constitutions can live about twelve thousand to fifteen thousand years, usually not exceeding twenty thousand years.

Therefore, even estimating with the largest values, the Ruthless Great Emperor should only be able to live one hundred thousand years; she could not live until now.

"Could it be that this path ultimately cannot be traversed?"

Some Ancient Emperors and Great Emperors had faces full of regret, but at the same time, there were expressions of excitement on their faces.

At the very least, they knew that there truly was a figure who could walk very far on the path beyond the Great Emperor.

Even if it cannot yet be determined whether this path can be traversed, it is, after all, a brand-new path.

For them, this is a different kind of stimulation.

"It should be more than five times."

A figure with a clearer understanding of the Ruthless Great Emperor shook their head.

"The Ruthless Great Emperor did not bury the body of her first life; she refined it into the Heaven Swallowing Jar. If one were to add that life together, perhaps it is six lives."

They whispered softly, and the many figures present trembled once more.

This path is truly long to walk, and truly terrifying.

And after this figure added that, another figure added a sentence.

"Perhaps one more time should be added."

Facing the faces of many Ancient Emperors and Supremes, they calmly added: "Each of the coffins should be burying a body left behind after a transformation; I observed carefully, they should not be empty."

"But I think everyone present here has consumed Undying Divine Medicine, and using Undying Divine Medicine to live a second life actually does not require shedding an aging body..."

This Ancient Emperor and Supreme did not say more, but the meaning in their words was very clear.

Normally, every Ancient Emperor and Great Emperor has Undying Divine Medicine; it is no secret that the Ruthless Great Emperor possessed the True Dragon Undying Divine Medicine.

That is to say, the Ruthless Great Emperor should have consumed the True Dragon Undying Divine Medicine, thereby living one life.

If added up this way, in the most exaggerated scenario, the Ruthless Great Emperor might have lived seven lives.

"But even so, there is no way to live until now."

Someone said this with a face full of regret, but there were also Ancient Emperors looking at these five Red Wood Coffins with eyes full of longing.

"Continuously transforming for seven lives, to what degree could the Dao practice and realm of such a figure reach? Truly an unimaginable figure."

"No wonder she could resist the remaining plans left behind by the Nine Great Heavenly Venerables with the strength of one person, no wonder she left behind countless divine arts and techniques."

Hearing this, however, some Ancient Emperors shook their heads.

"It is not because she lived long that she could create such invincible secret arts, but because her talent and brilliance can be considered the first in history, and therefore she could live for such a long time..."

A group of Ancient Emperors and Great Emperors have always been defiant toward heaven and earth, but today, seeing the tomb of the Ruthless Great Emperor, they were indeed convinced.

And amidst their exclamations, the Great Accomplishment Saint Body calmly said a sentence.

"But the Ruthless Great Emperor has never truly died; she has always been alive!"

"What?"

This sentence was very calm, but it undoubtedly stirred up monstrous waves in the hearts of the Ancient Emperors and Great Emperors present.

The one they considered invincible, a figure so terrifying that no opponent could be found in heaven or on earth, a figure who surpassed all Ancient Emperors and Great Emperors on the path of Chang Sheng, was actually still alive.

This made them feel it was unbelievable, but at the same time, it made them feel incomparably excited.

Because this figure being alive means that this path can be traversed, it means the Immortal Path is truly not in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, but in the heart of every person, under their feet.

This news was more shocking than anything else in the past.

Knowing there is a path ahead versus having no path ahead and needing to explore blindly are two completely different things.

"Who do you think is the other person in the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land besides me?"

Many Ancient Emperors and Supremes were shaken, and then in an instant, their eyes became incomparably bright, but someone still asked with slight confusion.

"But that figure's aura and Dao Fruit, no one can judge; it is different from any known one."

"True, their own Dao Fruit has changed many times; continuously transforming five or seven times, such a figure cannot be judged by common sense..."

There was no need for others to respond; they refuted it themselves.

Throughout history, it is not that they have not seen other peerless powerhouses; some supreme figures could live a second life before becoming an Emperor, writing a legend, and after cutting away all their Origin, their aura was different from before.

And the records regarding the Ruthless Great Emperor are even more special; first, she practiced the Swallowing Heaven Demonic Art, becoming the Swallowing Heaven Emperor.

Then, in her later years at her absolute peak, she walked out of her aging old shell as a newborn Divine Fetus, achieving the Chaos Body.

In such a situation, not only was her Origin changed, but even her original Dao Fruit was changed.

The Ruthless Great Emperor was originally like this.

Therefore, for the Ruthless Great Emperor to maintain her original Origin all these years is actually a peculiar thing; having had many changes would have been more normal.

Sometimes, knowing there is a goal ahead and not knowing are two completely different concepts, just like the later Ye Fan, who walked very far even within the Great Emperor realm.

As a result, he still had doubts about whether there were true Immortals between heaven and earth, and only after going into the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land and seeing the Ruthless Great Emperor did he truly and firmly make up his mind to walk a path different from the masses.

Between existence and non-existence, just knowing this point makes a huge difference, just like knowing that as long as you keep walking forward, you will definitely be able to reach the destination.

But if you have no idea where the destination is, not knowing if it is in front or behind, to the left or to the right, or where it is, in the midst of a long journey, this silent torture is the most painful thing.

"The path is right under our feet, the path is right under our feet, we were wrong, we were all wrong."

Even that Human Race Great Emperor was whispering at this moment, appearing to cry and laugh, having received a great shock.

Gai Jiuyou was also stunned, staring at those five Red Wood Coffins, looking at them not as if looking at five corpses, but as if looking at supreme holy objects.

Many figures felt their hearts trembling.

Zhang Xuan, however, did not have much of a ripple; from beginning to end, he knew that walking forward meant there was a goal, and he had never doubted it.

Of course, the fact that many Ancient Emperors and Great Emperors present had fallen into a rigid state, being very firm yet very doubtful of themselves, also slightly stimulated him.

It made him understand that while some things he knew by nature, for the many figures present, it was a very, very great shock.

"Has the Ruthless Great Emperor become an Immortal?"

After a long while, someone asked this; the Great Accomplishment Saint Body was stunned for a moment, opened his mouth wanting to answer, but could not, and he could not help but look at Zhang Xuan.

And Zhang Xuan calmly shook his head.

At this, the many figures present were stunned once again.

Zhang Xuan, however, was not stunned, but calmly responded: "The Ruthless Great Emperor has walked very far on the Immortal Path and is almost at the end, but she has not truly reached it yet."

"Then how can one be sure that it can truly be reached? Might it be another illusory dream?"

An Ancient Emperor whispered; in his heart, he was extremely eager for everything to be real, but reality made him feel afraid, as they had failed too many times, far too many, and they truly could not bear it anymore.

And Zhang Xuan chuckled: "Because someone has walked it through before."

"Hmm?"

Zhang Xuan answered very easily and briefly, yet the hearts of the many figures present were simultaneously stirred into raging waves.

To them, the Ruthless Great Emperor was already the number one in talent and aptitude throughout history.

As a result, the Ruthless Great Emperor had not yet truly walked through this path, yet someone had walked through it before her; this was very subversive.

They had just learned a part of the Ruthless Great Emperor's situation and were already full of admiration for her.

Now, hearing that in the ancient history there was still someone walking in the forefront, they immediately felt something different.

"What kind of person could still walk ahead of her? We have some understanding of most of the many Ancient Emperors and Great Emperors throughout history, and we have never heard of such a figure."

"Even Changsheng Tianzun of the Mythological Era did not walk too far on this path; what kind of person could go further? Could it be the Luan Gu Era of an even more distant age?"

Someone was whispering in doubt, thinking of the Luan Gu Era at the first moment.

But at this moment, the Great Accomplishment Saint Body and Gai Jiuyou did not; they thought of the Undying Emperor that Zhang Xuan had mentioned before.

They looked at each other, and Gai Jiuyou spoke first.

"Is it the Undying Emperor?"

"Hmm?"

The eyes of the Qilin Ancient Emperor and the Wanlong Emperor surged with brilliant light, and terrifying power flowed within them.

Both were stunned, then sighed in unison.

"Yes, if there is anyone who could walk ahead of the Ruthless Great Emperor, it could only be him."

The two of them sighed earnestly, while the other Ancient Emperors and Great Emperors did not have such a sense of agreement.

"Hmm?"

"What is so special about the Undying Emperor? And by what right could he walk before the Ruthless Great Emperor?"

"He is very special; his name had already spread in the Mythological Era, and he once worked with many of the Nine Great Heavenly Venerables."

"He was the most outstanding successor of the Heavenly Venerable of the Mythological Era and was once regarded by the Heavenly Emperor as the most suitable successor."

"And that period of the Mythological Era was an era where many Emperors coexisted; in such an era, he could be named successor by the Heavenly Emperor, and others did not exclude him, so one can imagine how terrifying he was."

The Emperors of the Ancient Myriad Tribes were not strangers to the Undying Emperor, because the Undying Emperor was once the God of the highest status, revered by all their tribes.

His status was unimaginably and incredibly high.

That was the most peculiar and profound existence between heaven and earth.

"And combining the current information, he is very likely a pure-blooded Immortal Phoenix that fell from the Immortal Domain; this talent and background are incomparable."

"Is it him?"

Several Ancient Emperors and Great Emperors asked, their eyes shining, thinking it very likely.

Both the Qilin Ancient Emperor and the Wanlong Emperor felt a sense of pride.

Having witnessed a Human Race figure who was invincible in heaven and earth, and having seen how far he had walked on the Immortal Path, they felt somewhat inferior.

Especially since they were stepped on by Zhang Xuan, a human, and although they were convinced in their hearts, there were still times when they were a little bit unconvinced.

But if the God revered by their Myriad Tribes was also on this path, and had walked out millions of years earlier, then who was higher and who was lower was not necessarily certain.

Zhang Xuan listened to the discussion of the many figures but shook his head.

"The Undying Emperor did indeed walk very far on this path, but whether he walked further or the Ruthless Great Emperor walked further remains to be debated..."

This point was indeed something Zhang Xuan could not grasp.

But he could be certain that the Undying Emperor did not walk very far on this path, even if he had started millions of years earlier.

It was mainly because the Undying Emperor did not like to attack head-on, always preferring to sneak attack from the shadows.

Most of the time, he relied on sneak attacks, ambushing Great Emperors in their twilight years when their blood and Qi were weak to plunder their Heavenly Heart Imprint and essence blood, in order to undergo Nirvana and extend his lifespan.

If one really had to say it, he walked very far on the path of Chang Sheng, but how far he walked on the Immortal Path is truly hard to say.

After all, when Ye Fan later achieved the status of Heavenly Emperor, in the Heavenly Emperor's twilight years, the Undying Emperor still had to rely on sneak attacks, and had to do it when the Heavenly Emperor was at his weakest, and even then, he did not let Ye Fan die.

It can only be said that in this regard, Undying Emperor is truly quite pathetic.

On the other hand, this reveals how pathetic Undying Emperor is, and also reveals how formidable Wushi Dadi is.

Wushi Dadi attained the Dao over eighty thousand years ago, or perhaps one hundred thousand years ago.

Yet Wushi Dadi was able to face Undying Emperor head-on, and has been trading blows with Undying Emperor ever since.

Even after entering that Strange World which possesses abundant Immortal Material, Wushi Dadi has always been in a one-versus-two state, dealing with two Red Dust Immortals by himself.

Because those who came later surpassed their predecessors, one can imagine how powerful Wushi Dadi is; of course, this also reflects from another angle how trashy Undying Emperor is.

Of course, achieving the status of a Red Dust Immortal only happens after hundreds of thousands, or even millions of years.

"It is not him?"

The hearts of the many figures present all trembled.

"Then who else could there be in this world?"

(End of this chapter)