Chapter 1182: At the End of the Footprints, the Weeping Emperor, Nowhere to Speak of Sorrow

The dam world has always been profoundly mysterious since ancient times.

Like the Boundless Sea, it has become a legendary existence.

It is also a region that only the strongest can set foot in.

And now, in the dam world,

Within Within Within Within Within Jun Xiaoyao actually saw a faint trail of footprints.

It is obvious that they belong to a human being.

Moreover, the rules of the dam world also differ from those of the immortal domain.

To be able to leave footprints here, and to have endured through countless ages without being worn away,

shows that the being who left these footprints is powerful beyond imagination.

"Could the being who left these footprints be the owner of that drop of perfect holy blood?"

Within Within Within Within Within Jun Xiaoyao couldn't help but speculate.

Of course, this is merely speculation.

These ancient great secrets are still too deeply hidden for Within Within Within Within Within Jun Xiaoyao.

Within Within Within Within Within Jun Xiaoyao lacks sufficient clues.

Now, Within Within Within Within Within Jun Xiaoyao faces a choice.

Should he leave directly?

Or should he follow this trail of footprints to seek some clues?

This trail of footprints continues extending deep into the dam world.

To say there is no danger is impossible.

And Within Within Within Within Within Jun Xiaoyao, almost without hesitation, directly proceeded along the traces of these faint footprints.

In his dictionary, there is no such word as fear.

Of course, Within Within Within Within Within Jun Xiaoyao is not a reckless bravo who merely has courage.

He acts this way because he feels confident in his ability.

Within Within Within Within Within Jun Xiaoyao advanced along the footprints, protecting himself with the Lord Gudi Sigil.

The deeper he went, the more he could feel the desolation and danger of the dam world.

It is hard to imagine who shaped this dam.

And what exactly is the Boundless Sea?

Within Within Within Within Within Jun Xiaoyao even had a wild thought: could the Boundless Sea be the inner universe of some unimaginably powerful being?

This world holds too many great secrets.

Even as clever as Within Within Within Within Within Jun Xiaoyao, he sometimes feels himself dull-witted, as if bound by an invisible framework.

This is also why Within Within Within Within Within Jun Xiaoyao seeks to ascend to the supreme peak.

He wishes to overlook all of ancient time and space, and unravel every secret.

As Within Within Within Within Within Jun Xiaoyao was pondering in his heart,

suddenly, he heard a faint, faint crying sound.

At first, Within Within Within Within Within Jun Xiaoyao thought it was an illusion.

After all, this is the dam world—how could a human cry suddenly echo here? It is too abrupt.

But the next moment, Within Within Within Within Within Jun Xiaoyao's expression tightened.

This was no illusion; he truly heard the crying.

The crying was low, muffled, and heavy.

It even seemed as if one could feel that indescribable pain and despair.

"What is happening? Could this be some kind of spiritual interference?"

Within Within Within Within Within Jun Xiaoyao immediately became alert.

After all, this is the mysterious and dangerous dam world.

A sudden cry like this would make anyone feel a chill down their spine, deeply unsettling.

Within Within Within Within Within Jun Xiaoyao focused his guard, ready at any moment to activate the Lord Gudi Sigil.

Finally, following the trail of footprints, Within Within Within Within Within Jun Xiaoyao saw the scene in the distance.

That was also the source of the crying.

Because of the distance, Within Within Within Within Within Jun Xiaoyao could only see a blurry silhouette.

That silhouette looked like an extraordinarily tall man.

His head was covered with long, grayish-white hair, disheveled and scattered.

From the silhouette alone, one could tell this should have been a remarkably heroic and robust man.

But now, before him, there was an ice coffin.

This man lay sprawled atop the ice coffin, emitting muffled cries of weeping.

It was as if, in the midst of the mortal world, a middle-aged widower who had lost his wife, lonely and desolate, sorrowful beyond measure.

"This is..."

Within Within Within Within Within Jun Xiaoyao was extremely astonished.

In this strange dam world,

At the end of this faint trail of footprints, such a scene actually appeared.

An extraordinarily downcast man, lying on a coffin and weeping.

If this were not the dam world, Within Within Within Within Within Jun Xiaoyao would truly have thought he had come into the mortal realm.

This is too bizarre.

"Could it be that..."

Within Within Within Within Within Jun Xiaoyao seemed to have thought of something, a flash of lightning in his mind, and an astonishing idea crossed his thoughts!

Even Within Within Within Within Within Jun Xiaoyao's breathing became slightly hurried.

He approached under pressure.

And when he got a little closer.

He then realized.

The scene before him was not real.

Where there is Dao, residual aura remains.

"This is, the scene from ancient times, which has remained until now!"

Within Within Within Within Within Jun Xiaoyao took a deep breath.

Because the rules of heaven and earth in the Dam World differ from those of the Immortal Realm.

As long as one can leave a mark, it is difficult to disappear.

This is a once-real scene that has been imprinted, forming an indelible mark.

To this day, the scene still remains, never vanished.

That is to say, the scene Within Within Within Within Within Jun Xiaoyao sees before him.

Is something that happened here long ago.

The reason Within Within Within Within Within Jun Xiaoyao is astonished is because he thought of someone.

He thought of a great hero who shook ancient and modern times, whose name is recorded in the annals of the Immortal Realm.

Wu Zhong the Great Emperor!

Wu Zhong the Great Emperor was once a Saint Body of the Desolate Ancient Era, cultivating to near perfection.

He and Yaochi Xi Wangmu were the Dao companions envied by all in the Nine Heavens Immortal Realm.

Later, the Immortal Realm erupted in a terrifying turmoil.

Wu Zhong the Great Emperor wished to ascend to the Nine Heavens to quell the chaos.

Xi Wangmu refused, wishing to go with him, sharing life and death.

Afterwards, Wu Zhong the Great Emperor compromised, saying they would retreat together, and after breaking through, they would ascend to the Nine Heavens.

But the result was that Wu Zhong the Great Emperor deceived Xi Wangmu.

Leaving behind the words "I owe nothing to heaven and earth, nor to you," he alone ascended to the Nine Heavens.

But afterwards, above the Nine Heavens, a mutilated corpse fell down.

Xi Wangmu's hair turned white overnight; for love, she defied heaven and sacrificed herself.

With her twelve-aperture Immortal Heart, she seized life from heaven.

She forcibly saved Wu Zhong the Great Emperor.

From then on, the world lost one loving couple.

But gained one supremely powerful innate Saint Body Dao Tai.

Wu Zhong the Great Emperor sealed Xi Wangmu in a ten-thousand-year ice coffin.

Carrying the coffin, he slaughtered his way to the Nine Heavens, pacifying a generation of turmoil.

It is heard that after that, the Nine Heavens Forbidden Zone suffered heavy damage, and for several epochs, there was no further movement.

This is something known to all beings in the Immortal Realm.

They also revere Wu Zhong the Great Emperor as the hero who saved the Immortal Realm.

But Wu Zhong the Great Emperor ultimately departed carrying the coffin, his whereabouts unknown.

A generation of hero, he saved the Immortal Realm's myriad beings.

In the end, he was lonely and desolate, with nowhere to express his sorrow.

Now, if there is no accident.

The imprinted scene Within Within Within Within Within Jun Xiaoyao sees before him.

Is precisely the former Wu Zhong the Great Emperor!

This is somewhat beyond Within Within Within Within Within Jun Xiaoyao's expectation.

In the eyes of the world, Wu Zhong the Great Emperor is a hero, a god-like existence.

He has great love, universal love, saved countless beings, and fulfilled the mission of the Saint Body lineage.

But now.

What appears before Within Within Within Within Within Jun Xiaoyao's eyes.

Is not that towering, god-like hero.

But a man prostrate on the ice coffin, silently weeping, a fallen figure.

Can even an Emperor weep?

Within Within Within Within Within Jun Xiaoyao was momentarily dazed.

It can be said that those who cultivate to the Emperor stage, without saying they are devoid of feeling, at least have a perfected Dao heart.

Any emotion can be easily controlled.

Because they have seen through much worldly falsehood and point to the true essence.

All seven emotions and six desires, various feelings, for Emperor-level beings, can be felt, but can also be easily severed, even discarded.

This is also why some supreme beings slumbering in the Nine Heavens Forbidden Zone will stir up endless calamity and turmoil.

Because for them, they have long discarded the various emotions of sentient beings.

Only the ruthless pursuit of longevity and immortality remains!

And now, Within Within Within Within Within Jun Xiaoyao saw an Emperor weeping in sorrow.

This is a Great Emperor!

Moreover, the Wuzhong Great Emperor is an Innate Huanggu Huanggu Shengti Dao Embryo; his true strength is absolutely not merely that of a Great Emperor.

The so-called Wuzhong Great Emperor is merely a title, and his cultivation is not limited to the Great Emperor level.

Yet now, this being, who in the ancient history of the Immortal Realm could be ranked among the strongest,

is weeping like a child in grief.

This contrast leaves one silent.

Within Within Within Within Within Jun Xiaoyao then saw, beside him, a stone tablet.

On it were two lines of characters left in blood.

This journey has no return date.

Life and death are both vast and boundless.