Chapter 121: Wu Shi's Black History

In the Ancient Battlefield of Di Guan First City, Rui Zheng transformed into Dao and departed along with the light rain.

Within his Primordial Spirit Dao Fire, a black shadow twisted and struggled, like a soundless roar, transmitting a divine sense of extreme unwillingness.

He was the Lao Da among the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation.

This person was indeed powerful.

His Primordial Spirit had been slowly refined by Rui Zheng with Dao Fire for over a hundred days, which could be called the utmost pain, yet he still persisted, seeking a sliver of escape within the torment.

And even though Wu Shi's final strike completely extinguished his life force, it still manifested a final strand of unwilling obsession, which was that black shadow.

It must be said that while this person committed many evils, his powerful vitality and obsession far surpassed ordinary cultivators, moving everyone outside the battlefield.

It can be said that if not for meeting Wu Shi, he might not have been unable to monopolize the Emperor Pass Ancient Road, and perhaps even become a Great Emperor in the future.

However, his tragedy lay precisely in this.

In the present age, with an existence like Wu Shi, gods and ghosts recoil; dragons can only coil, and tigers must crouch.

Afterward, Kunpeng Quasi-Emperor and the Divine Race Quasi-Emperor both came to seek instruction from Wu Shi one after another.

They each burned their blood essence, activated their utmost combat power, and unleashed all forbidden secret techniques, yet still could not withstand ten moves, returning in utter defeat.

After this battle, Wu Shi completely established his unrivaled fame on the present Universe Xing Kong Ancient Road.

Emperor Road Contenders of the same era either died or were injured, or were clearly no longer his match.

And the glorious path of the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation was thus completely extinguished.

They once held the advantage like the Luan Tian Seven Heroes, were renowned for a time, and shook countless Xing Kong Ancient Roads.

However.

The ending was almost the same; the Luan Tian Seven Heroes did not achieve success, and the Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation ended in failure.

Such a path was proven still not viable, containing a great hidden danger.

And the Emperor Road is mostly walked alone.

Since ancient times, almost none who proved the Dao and became Emperor did not firmly believe in their own invincibility, and few won by numbers.

Therefore.

From the era after Wu Shi, combinations like the Luan Tian Seven Heroes or Eight Gods of Heavenly Desolation almost never appeared again on the Xing Kong Ancient Road.

……

Afterward.

Wu Shi stayed at the Di Guan Ultimate Land for several months, missing no Secret Realm, and left his name on the Crystal Wall.

He sat cross-legged on the high platform for half a year, sorting out his Great Dao realizations from roaming the domains for hundreds of years, and completely stabilized his realm.

Suddenly.

"Boom—rumble—rumble!"

Accompanied by a fierce thunderclap.

Above the Heavens, a boundless Thunder Pool was gradually forming, majestic and vast, shaking this expanse of Xing Kong.

"Not good, run!"

Exclamations came from the crowd.

In Di Guan Ultimate City, several people had followed Wu Shi's footsteps and walked through certain ancient cities together.

They had witnessed the frequency and violence of this person's Thunder Tribulation.

Once, a young Heaven's Pride refused to admit defeat, unwilling to lose the bearing of a strong one, and underestimated the terror and scope of Wu Shi's Thunder Tribulation.

Therefore, when Wu Shi's Thunder Tribulation appeared above his head, they did not fly away in time to avoid it.

But the consequences were naturally severe.

Even at the edge of the Thunder Tribulation, Wu Shi's Thunder Tribulation was not something they could withstand; they were scorched black, and even nearly fell.

"Oh no, save me..."

Not just one Heaven's Pride quickly abandoned their so-called strong bearing and let out similar screams.

This scene amused many cultivators outside, while the Heaven's Pride undergoing tribulation was both angry and bitter.

Fortunately, Wu Shi took action in time; while taking the Thunder Tribulation away, he also unleashed a wave, blasting these young Heaven's Pride peers out of the Thunder Tribulation range.

After this happened several times.

On the Emperor Pass Ancient Road, the fame of the white-clothed Holy Body of Burial Emperor Star had long spread, and people called him "Little Prince of Thunder Tribulation."

Of course, this was just a joke, and also represented the strong ones' recognition of Wu Shi's power.

And later, after Wu Shi proved the Dao and became a Great Emperor, no one dared mention such a nickname anymore.

Extraterritorial Starry Sky.

In the vast Thunder Sea, a thunder dragon spanning several Xing Xing slashed down, numbering tens of thousands, absolutely capable of suppressing all things.

Among them, Immortal Spirits seemed to flash; Divine Phoenix Burning Heaven, Qilin Leaping Strike, Peacock Spreading Wings... all transformed from Great Dao laws, with unrivaled killing intent.

A Quasi-Emperor Great Calamity of this level was absolutely rare since ancient times, with few examples throughout the ages.

In Di Guan Ultimate City.

Kunpeng Quasi-Emperor, Divine Race Quasi-Emperor, Sun Quasi-Emperor, and other strong ones stood quietly on the city gate, their eyes flickering, unknown what they were thinking.

Obviously.

They sensed the terrifying aura of the Thunder Tribulation; if they were beneath it, they did not know how many strikes they could withstand.

But Wu Shi rushed upward against it, using the Peerless Holy Fist to hard-clash with ten thousand thunder dragons.

He even drew lightning into his body to temper his golden body.

Such a performance was already not inferior to the Ancient Emperors and Great Emperors recorded in Ancient History, and even far surpassed them.

Many cultivators watched with dazzled eyes, as if they had already seen a supreme Great Emperor slowly rising.

Unknown how much time passed.

The thunder tribulation finally reached its end, the vast thunder pool gradually shrinking, returning to nothingness.

And Wu Shi ultimately crossed the great calamity, achieving the existence of a Quasi-Emperor Sixth Heaven.

In fact.

Divine rules coiled around his body, as if rendered by boundless divine light; ordinary cultivators fundamentally could not fathom his depth.

In the First City of the Emperor Pass, only a mere few such as the Kunpeng Quasi-Emperor and the Divine Race Quasi-Emperor perceived Wu Shi's current realm.

A minor realm lower than them, yet in combat power he could crush them!

This gap made them, who had lorded over hundreds of star domains, feel a wave of powerlessness; sharing an era with someone like Wu Shi inspires despair.

……

The tribulation ended, clouds scattered; Wu Shi sat cross-legged in the void, regulating his breath, recovering from his injuries.

In fact.

With his strongest spiritual awareness, he could already sense several powerful probing divine senses coming from the depths of the universe starry sky.

Needless to say, those were inevitably the ancient supremes who had self-sealed in the past.

Now, though he was merely Quasi-Emperor Sixth Heaven, he had already grown powerful enough to draw the attention of the Forbidden Zone Supremes.

Perhaps, in the coming days, he would face terrifying eradication just like those who would become Dao in the past.

However, what must come will ultimately come.

Wu Shi did not take it to heart at all; soldiers come, generals block; water comes, earth covers — he had long since made preparations in his heart.

Several days later.

He stood up from the void, left this First City of the Emperor Pass, and returned to the Beidou Ancient Star after many years of separation.

Eastern Wasteland, Yaochi Holy Land.

This also counted as one of Wu Shi's homes; after hundreds of years, he ultimately returned here.

When that strand of qi mechanism tore through the starry sky and appeared above Yaochi.

Above the firmament, the Immortal Tears Green Gold Pagoda that had always guarded the entire holy land trembled violently, automatically reviving; the might of an Extreme Dao Imperial Weapon surged boundlessly.

This was an extremely rare scene!

As the imperial weapon left behind by the Western Emperor, it would almost never act like this.

For tens of thousands of years, even when Yaochi Holy Land encountered powerful enemies or threats, the successive Queens Mother of the West activating the imperial pagoda never produced this degree of revival.

Now.

Wu Shi returned from the Star Sky Ancient Road, arriving at the forbidden ground in the depths of Yaochi; the Immortal Tears Green Gold Pagoda directly shrank down, descending from the firmament, and came into the forbidden ground together with the current Queen Mother of the West and the others.

The pagoda body trembled, seemingly emitting a qi mechanism of joy and delight.

Its owner's only blood-related child had now grown to such heights, powerful enough to approach the former owner; this made it genuinely rejoice and feel comforted.

"Imperial Son……"

The current Queen Mother of the West was stately and peerlessly beautiful; her two junior sisters were likewise of unmatched grace, already experts at the Saint King Realm.

Looking at the white-clothed Quasi-Emperor before them, their mood was equally excited as the imperial pagoda's.

And Wu Shi had long since reined in his qi mechanism, for their current cultivation was far too much lower than his.

Wu Shi showed a gentle smile in response, yet within it there was faintly a trace of awkwardness.

Because in earlier years, when he was still a child of five or six.

The current Queen Mother of the West's two junior sisters truly adored this pink-and-adorable Imperial Son too much; they dressed him up as a cute little girl.

Although later, the Queen Mother of the West stopped it, it still became a black history for Wu Shi.

"Junior sisters, your guts are too big; the Imperial Son may be young, but he is still your little ancestor!"

These were the Queen Mother of the West's original words when she "rebuked" the two junior sisters back then.

But in fact, when the Queen Mother of the West herself saw this scene, she was also moved beyond measure.

However, she was the sect master after all; her heart still retained a final thread of responsibility and bottom line.

A generation's Great Emperor, the Western Emperor's Mother, passed the inheritance down generation after generation into her hands; she truly could not bear in her heart to dress the Great Emperor's blood-related child as a girl, no matter how pretty……

Fortunately, few people knew of this matter.

Otherwise, letting the world learn that the later Dao-proving Wushi Great Emperor actually had such a side, who knows what expressions they would have.

In Yaochi Holy Land, Wu Shi paid respects to his parents, and also left behind several ancient scriptures for the holy land.

Among them were the Ancient Emperor Scriptures he obtained from traversing the Star Sky Ancient Road, as well as his own cultivation insights and comprehensions; some were not much weaker than the former.

This is a terrifying thing: without having proved the Dao and become Emperor, his insights have already approached the ancient provers of the Dao.

But the Queen Mother of the West and the others who knew his true identity felt not the slightest surprise, only because he is Wu Shi, the unique Innate Holy Body Dao Embryo of ancient and modern times!

After staying briefly in Yaochi for a period, Wu Shi once again set foot on his journey.

The Queen Mother of the West and the others, though filled with ten thousand reluctances, could only let go and support.

The Imperial Son's path ahead was already destined to be incomparably brilliant.

Not to mention a mere Yaochi Holy Land, even the entire Eastern Wasteland, and even the whole Beidou Star Domain, would merely be a small part of his tempering journey.

Eastern Wasteland.

This was the first region Wu Shi stepped onto after returning from the Star Sky Ancient Road.

For tens of thousands of years, relying on Holy Emperor Gu Xuan, the Void Great Emperor, the Chaos Ancient Emperor, and generation after generation of emperors suppressing the era, the Forbidden Zone Supremes were unable to successfully launch the Dark Turmoil, and were suppressed down.

Therefore.

The current era, compared to the original spacetime trajectory, preserves the universe's vital energy much better.

And coupled with this being a golden age, talents emerge in droves on the land, and among the ten thousand races numerous Heaven's Prides have appeared.

Among these, the demon race can be said to be a major race.

This is related to the former generation's Demon Emperor Xue Yue Qing.

That was a man in white clothes purer than snow, transcending even gods; in his era of suppressing the world, he struck up at the gods upon the Nine Heavens and suppressed down the corpse chaos beneath the Nine Serenities, his bearing peerless, unmatched in the world.

From a tiny, weak snow rabbit, he advanced step by step, ultimately becoming the Yao Huang at the extreme peak of the Ji Zhi, causing all gods to tremble!

Even if in his old age he warred on the Immortal Road and fell short at the last moment, he still lost none of his world-covering divine aura!

The Yao Huang's existence laid the foundation for the demon race's rise.

And later generations of the demon race were also not incompetent; relying on the legacy he left behind — including various Ancient Scriptures and Secret Books suited for demon cultivation, and even the legendary Demon God Flower — they continuously developed and grew stronger.

In this current era, a powerful Heavenly Demon Body has even appeared, who thousands of years ago clashed with the Dacheng Holy Body Xu Lie.

He also once set foot on the Star Sky Ancient Road and returned safely; this alone represents a certain formidable strength.

Over these years, he has always secluded himself deep within the Heavenly Demon Palace, rarely showing himself; occasionally terrifying, boundless great Thunder Tribulations would be heard, and by now no one knows to what profound realm he has reached.

There are rumors saying he has already achieved Dacheng in the Heavenly Demon Body, and may even have a thread of possibility to prove the Dao.

Besides that, many other great demons also roar wildly between heaven and earth, unrestrained and arrogant.

Therefore, across the entire Donghuang Dadi, the demon race and the human race often erupt in great battles; consequently, Wu Shi, who was tempering himself here, suppressed these great demons one by one.

"Please, Ancestor, come out of seclusion and uphold justice for us."

Several Great Sage-level great demons came to the Heavenly Demon Palace and knelt before that towering, magnificent Heavenly Demon Hall.

Inside the hall, a figure surging with demonic qi sat cross-legged on a futon.

It was precisely the current era's Dacheng Heavenly Demon Body!

His gray hair cascaded like a waterfall, his face ancient and weathered; when his eyes opened and closed, they were unfathomably deep, as if sun, moon, and stars flickered into existence and faded within them — truly the demon race's most outstanding expert since history began, second only to the former Yao Huang Xue Yue Qing!

In fact.

There was no need for these great demons to do so; the current Dacheng Heavenly Demon Body had already been stirred to action.

Because his grandson, an outstanding talent of the demon race's younger generation, had also been suppressed by Wu Shi, locked beneath a Divine Peak where he was temporarily residing.

And ever since the Dacheng Holy Body Xu Lie disappeared without a trace back then, the Heavenly Demon Body had not exchanged moves with a worthy opponent for a very long time.

Except for that peerless prodigy of the Nine Li Imperial Dynasty in Central State, with whom he once fought a battle over a hundred years ago, neither winning nor losing.

He never expected to now encounter a Wu Shi; it is said he also returned from the Star Sky Ancient Road, and is very powerful.

This gave rise in the Dacheng Heavenly Demon Body's heart to the thought of meeting him in battle.

He is not the reckless sort who rejoices at hearing of war.

In fact, having reached his current realm, his thoughts and concerns have long far surpassed ordinary people, and he is all the more cautious toward a great battle of this level.

Because to speak bluntly, he is now the demon race's Ancestor, counted as the demon race's greatest reliance; every word and deed must be thrice-considered.

But on the other hand, he is also a cultivator, aspiring to advance one step further.

And sitting withered in Enlightenment all day is also not suitable; now is also the time when he should make a move.

Finally.

"Boom!"

This figure surging with demonic qi shot out from the Heavenly Demon Palace, soaring into the sky; with just one step out, he arrived above the Divine Peak where Wu Shi was.

Nothing more to say; after a brief exchange of a few words, a great battle erupted.

This great battle fought from the Donghuang Dadi all the way to the Border Wilderness Star Domain outside the domain; otherwise it would absolutely have brought immeasurable destruction to the entire land.

And even after Wu Shi left the Divine Peak, the other great demons still had no one who dared go remove the seal he left behind, to rescue the Dacheng Heavenly Demon Body's grandson and the others.

"Rumble—!"

That great battle outside the domain alarmed who knows how many powerful Dao Orthodoxy on the land, and the various powerful clans in the universe likewise, all activating their arrays to watch this battle.

It was actually the current era's Dacheng Heavenly Demon Body appearing in the world, and his opponent was the Wu Shi who once stepped onto the Star Sky Ancient Road and has now returned.

On the Donghuang Dadi, numerous Holy Lands were shocked.

This battle is a clash between the previous generation's peerless expert and the new generation's human race Peerless Heavenly Prodigy!

Who is weak, who is strong?

Everyone is extremely excited, eyes unblinking as they watch this battle between two supreme peak experts.

(Chapter End)