Chapter 248

Boom

The void zone at the end of Chaos, four immensely powerful divine senses swept across heaven and earth, broke the self-sealed seal, and shook the river of time and space.

The war bodies of four venerables emitting terrifying aura tore through the boundless Chaos qi and arrived near the heavenly sacred objects.

They were not humanoid, yet each bore a hint of perfection, standing silently before the ninety-nine stone steps, gazing at the mysterious world beyond the steps.

Merely looking at these four figures, all living beings felt a soul‑shaking dread, like ants gazing up at a giant dragon above the Nine Heavens—a vast gap in the hierarchy of life.

Emperor!

And they are four complete Emperors!

Just as this thought arose in the hearts of many Kings, thunderous roars that shook the heavens rang out again.

Endless howling savage qi swept across Chaos; five primeval savage beasts trampled the world, shattered Chaos, and arrived before the ninety-nine stone steps.

And upon each of those five beasts sat a towering, statue‑like figure, whose aura was even more terrifying than that of the four Emperors before the stone steps.

Another five Emperors, and even among Emperors they are surely not weak!

At this moment, all the Stone Person Kings paying attention here felt somewhat lost.

Is this still the myriad heavens and worlds they know?

Just how many Emperors are hidden within the myriad heavens and worlds?

After appearing here, the nine Emperors exchanged a glance, as if they had reached some agreement; they did not attack, nor did they go to the mysterious world beyond the ninety-nine stone steps, but were waiting for something.

Seeing this, many Kings couldn't help but feel a hint of doubt.

Just then, an awe‑inspiring pressure suddenly appeared, as if coming from the origin source of the myriad heavens and worlds, causing the universe of time and space to tremble.

The next moment, the void barrier at an unknown height was suddenly torn open, revealing a vast, hazy world.

In a blur, the origin source of the myriad heavens and worlds seemed to be opened; a gate shrouded in countless Great Dao runes appeared at that unknown height, and was then forced open by a power several times greater than that of an Emperor.

This was the Emperors of the Sole True Realm setting aside their grudges, joining forces to open the barrier between the Sole True Realm and the Illusory Realm, and forcibly descending into the Illusory Realm.

More than a handful of Emperors joined forces; their aura was terrifying to the extreme, almost capable of wiping out the entirety of the myriad heavens and worlds together.

Boom boom boom

Beams of divine light piercing the heavens appeared, and more than a handful of figures directly manifested before the ninety-nine stone steps, each exuding an aura far surpassing that of a King.

Emperors, and yet more Emperors!

Gazing at the dozens of Emperor figures standing before the ninety-nine stone steps, the myriad heavens fell utterly silent, as if everyone had lost the ability to speak.

At this moment, the many kings felt that their selves across the endless ages were like clowns.

They originally thought these kings were already the strongest beings in all the heavens, standing at the pinnacle, watching the world's changes, but now it seems these emperors have merely hidden themselves, paying no heed to them, letting them jump about as they please!

"The waters of the myriad heavens are too deep for these kings to fathom!"

Each king felt a surge of emotion, and their former arrogance gradually subsided.

Before the ninety-nine stone steps, the emperors wore cold expressions, like the lofty Heavenly Dao, merely gazing with deep eyes at the Primal Source Ground at the steps' end, completely ignoring the other beings of the myriad heavens.

In their eyes, aside from the Sole True Realm, all other worlds are the Illusory Realm, and their inhabitants are merely a swarm of mosquitoes and ants, not worth any notice.

"I never imagined that the ancient schemes of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors would actually be the legendary Primal Source Ground!"

After a moment's observation, one emperor spoke: "It seems the earlier changes in the Illusory Realm's rules were related to the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, aiming to drive us into the Sole True Realm so we could not stop their scheming of the Primal Source Ground—truly a grand plan!"

"Hmph!"

Another emperor let out a cold snort and said: "Back when we sought to destroy the Illusory Realm and forge the Sole True Realm, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors openly opposed this plan, even willing to become enemies of us heavenly emperors; I thought they pitied the swarm of ants in the Illusory Realm, but never expected their aim to be the Primal Source Ground—truly laughable!"

"Indeed, I said as an emperor, how could the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors pity that swarm of ants in the Illusory Realm? It turns out they had another motive!"

Upon hearing that emperor's words, another emperor chuckled and said: "Nevertheless, we should still thank the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors; after exhausting countless efforts, they ultimately served only as our bridal attire—once we master the Primal Source Ground, we can fully dominate the myriad heavens, and then destroying the Illusory Realm will be merely a thought."

Having said that, the emperor glanced at the surrounding emperors, smiled, and said: "Now the Primal Source Ground has emerged, and the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors have already entered it, seizing the initiative; according to our prior agreement, we shall first join forces to slay them, using their Imperial Dao origin order to forge the Primal Source Ground, after which we shall each contend according to our abilities—what do you think?"

"Yes!"

"Agreed!"

"Okay!"

The many emperors hardly hesitated, all expressing their agreement.

Although they spoke dismissively of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, all the emperors present clearly knew their strength, even harboring a hint of fear deep down.

They had to admit that, even among the emperors, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors were among the strongest beings, and no one felt confident facing them alone.

Now, taking advantage of this opportunity, we can gather all the emperors of the heavens, join forces to slay the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and let them fall completely.

Boom—

Just as the many emperors reached a consensus, the mysterious world at the end of the ninety-nine stone steps suddenly shuddered, within it faintly emanating a profound Dao rhythm that stirred the emperors' yearning, and the entire doorway seemed about to shut completely.

"What is this?"

"Not good!"

"Surely the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors are refining the Primal Source Ground!"

Cries of alarm rang out; the many emperors' faces shifted slightly, after exchanging a glance they hesitated no longer, instantly transforming into beams of radiant divine light that shot toward the end of the ninety-nine stone steps.

In the blink of an eye, all the emperors entered the mysterious world at the end of the ninety-nine stone steps, and the heavenly holy objects once again returned to tranquility.

The myriad heavens fell into utter silence; everyone stared blankly at that mysterious realm beyond the ninety-nine stone steps.

What sorcery does this world possess, that even the emperors covet it so greatly?

Within the Nine Provinces camp, Xiao Chen glanced at the Little Stone Emperor beside him and asked doubtfully: "Senior Little Stone Emperor, why do you seem utterly uninterested in the Sole True Realm?"

"The Sole True Realm?"

A hint of mockery crossed the Little Stone Emperor's face as he said: "That's not the Sole True Realm at all! Besides, I have other matters to attend to."

"'Other matters'"

Before Xiao Chen could continue his questioning, the Little Stone Emperor's silhouette suddenly vanished from his side.

Boom—

A tremendous roar sounded again, followed by a vast and boundless Sovereign's might that swept across the entire Chaos.

Still coming!

How many Sovereigns exist in the myriad heavens and worlds?

Many Kings' hearts trembled, and for a moment they felt weary.

As the might rose, a towering figure appeared before the ninety-nine stone steps—it was the Little Stone Sovereign, and in his hand he held two divine objects emanating profound light.

One resembled a tortoise shell, the other a book; ten black-and-white lights swirled around them, exhausting the yin-yang and five phases, revealing the fate's secret of the heavenly grand derivation.

"Hetu Luoshu."

Seeing the tortoise-shell and book object in the Little Stone Sovereign's hand, Xiao Chen let out a low gasp.

As one of the most important treasures of Fuxi, the Human Ancestor, he naturally recognized the Hetu Luoshu.

But how could this complete set of supreme treasure appear in the Little Stone Sovereign's hand?

One thought after another surfaced in Xiao Chen's mind, continuously chaining together, and suddenly a preposterous idea arose in his heart.

He vaguely felt that this so-called sole true realm before him was likely a scheme set up by Fuxi, the Human Ancestor, and the ancestors of the Nine Provinces—a scheme designed for the myriad Sovereigns.

No wonder the Little Stone Sovereign senior said this mysterious realm is not the legendary sole true realm!

"Little Stone Sovereign!"

And within the Primordial Heavenly Realm, seeing the Little Stone Sovereign's figure suddenly appear before the ninety-nine stone steps, each King's eyes showed a hint of bewilderment.

Wasn't the Little Stone Sovereign already fallen at the hands of the Xi Sovereign?

How has he reappeared in the world now?

In everyone's doubtful gaze, the Little Stone Sovereign's Sovereign Dao primal order turned, and his vast and boundless qi fully merged into the Hetu Luoshu in his hand.

The Hetu Luoshu rotated and transformed incessantly, at times becoming an exquisitely profound yin-yang eight-trigram diagram, at times turning into a river of fate formed by countless black-and-white lights flowing.

The originally reassembled treasures of the myriad heavens instantly scattered, all merging into the Hetu Luoshu and falling together toward that mysterious realm, as if forming an unfathomably great formation that completely enveloped it.

Hum

An exalted undulation flowed, and the whole world fell silent; the gate of the mysterious realm closed, utterly vanishing from heaven and earth, as if it had never existed.

Only the Little Stone Sovereign's figure remained where he stood; he glanced at the spot where the mysterious realm had vanished and murmured, "One battle to slay all Sovereigns, Fellow Daoist Fuxi—I am inferior to you!"

Within the Ancient City Universe.

Upon entering this realm, all the Sovereigns' minds and spirits shuddered, feeling as if they had stepped into a brand-new myriad heavens, and sensed that the rules of the Great Dao around them had completely changed.

Their gazes shifted slightly, and before the Sovereigns' eyes lay a vast and boundless universe, seeming even larger than the entirety of the myriad heavens.

At the universe's very center lay an intertwined Yi Dao Taiji, while in the infinite heights above hung eight radiant, clear light halos, slowly turning; together with the Yi Dao Taiji they formed a perfect whole, emanating a faintly exalted qi that surpassed the Sovereigns.

"Is this the primordial source land?"

One Sovereign gazed somewhat obsessively at the endlessly rotating Yi Dao Taiji and the eight surrounding light halos, as if beholding the fountainhead of the Great Dao and the path above Sovereigns, his heart stirred with an ineffable palpitation.

The other Sovereigns also felt greed arise, desiring to immerse their minds and spirits completely into this universe to comprehend the exalted Dao rhythm permeating it.

This is the instinct of seeking the Dao!

Boom

At that moment, a tremendous roar rang out, instantly startling all the Sovereigns awake.

They abruptly turned their gazes and discovered that the entrance through which they had come had vanished; the entire universe seemed completely sealed, even spacetime sundered.

Even though these Sovereigns could initially penetrate the river of spacetime, they could no longer sense the external Great Dao's laws.

"Wrong. Where are the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors?"

Many Sovereigns' minds and spirits cleared, as if a dust layer had been brushed away, and their greed vanished instantly.

Only then did they suddenly feel something amiss, and a hint of unease arose in their hearts.

Hum

Then, a barely perceptible undulation flowed through heaven and earth, and figures appeared one after another in the cosmic starry sky.

"Fuxi, Pangu, Suiren."

Gazing at the familiar figures appearing in the cosmic starry sky, especially the central Fuxi, many Sovereigns' faces changed, and their unease grew stronger.

The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors had not actually refined this primordial source land; instead, they seemed to have been waiting for us all along!

However, considering that nearly all Sovereigns of the myriad heavens have gathered here and have already united, even if the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors all attack, they need not fear, and many Sovereigns regained their confidence.

In that thought, a Sovereign stepped forward and snorted coldly: "Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, thank you for your efforts throughout the ages; you built the road leading to this primordial source land and paved a broad, smooth road for us to control the myriad heavens."

In the starry sky, Feng Yi gazed with indifferent eyes at each Sovereign's figure, paying no heed to their united posture nor to that Sovereign's words, and calmly said: "Fellow Daoists, after ages untold, you have clung to life for so many years; it is time to thoroughly return to the Great Dao!"

"Heh heh, ridiculous."

A cold laugh rang out, and an Innate Holy Sovereign exuding powerful aura stepped forward, a hint of self-attuned Dao in his brow: "Fuxi, do you think things are still as they were before? Now all of us Sovereigns have united; even if you Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors are stronger, could you still oppose all of us Sovereigns?"

As his words fell, each Sovereign showed a delighted smile and spoke in turn:

"Not bad, Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Pangu; today is the day you will utterly fall!"

"Heh heh, back then you chased me with no way to heaven or earth, forcing me to hide in the void at the end of Chaos; did you ever imagine today would come?"

"You schemed through the ages, but in the end you were merely making wedding dresses for us!"

Feng Yi calmly regarded the excited Sovereigns, as if looking at a troupe of jumping clowns; waiting for their voices to completely fade, he then lightly said: "Indeed, to utterly annihilate you now would still fall a bit short; thus, it is also the moment for me to break through the Sovereign realm!"

"'Break through the Sovereign realm?'"

Many Sovereigns couldn't help but stare, wondering what this meant.

"Fuxi, aren't you a Sovereign?"

Hum

Before their thoughts could settle, Feng Yi fully released his aura; an exalted, inscrutable aura rose from his body, instantly sweeping the entire universe and resonating with the universe's primordial source.

"How is that possible?"

Many Sovereigns stared in shock at the figure before them, their eyes filled with disbelief.

Only then did they discover that the true cultivation hidden within Fuxi was merely at the King's Realm, yet the aura emanating from his body was terrifying to the extreme, even stronger than these Sovereigns of theirs.

How could there possibly be such a powerful King in this world?

At the same time, they belatedly realized that Fuxi now seemed different from what he was hundreds of millions of years ago.

Meanwhile, at the moment he completely released his inner aura, intricate mysterious order patterns intertwined across Feng Yi's body, carrying the intent of eternal indestructibility.

At the same time, his primordial spirit burst forth with immortal divine light, bearing the intent of indestructible form and spirit, impervious to all laws.

The shadow of Change Dao Supreme Ultimate flowed beside him, forming a deep resonance with the origin of the entire Ancient City Universe; balance laws emerged, thoroughly connecting his primordial spirit and physical body, becoming the foundation for the perfect fusion of body and spirit.

Boom

A phantom roar echoed within Feng Yi's body, as the indestructible physical power of eternal kalpas merged with the impervious immortal primordial spirit, integrating the supreme principle of Change Dao Supreme Ultimate, forming a higher-level origin order.

This is the Imperial Dao Origin Order, the fundamental basis of the Sovereigns in this universe.

Only when both primordial spirit and physical body are perfected, simultaneously possessing the realms of Stone Person King and Supreme Ancestral God's great completion, and then using one's comprehended great Dao principles to merge the supreme power of primordial spirit and body, can one condense the exclusive Imperial Dao Origin Order and achieve the Sovereign's Realm.

The path Feng Yi walks is his own created special way of transforming realms into cities; at the instant he completed his transformation and successfully emerged into the world, he had already achieved the realm of perfected primordial spirit and physical body.

After years of secluded cultivation and Dao comprehension, having understood many great Dao insights and cultivation systems, plus comprehending the breakthrough process of the Little Stone Emperor, Feng Yi has fully grasped his own path to Sovereignty.

For him now, achieving the Sovereign's Realm is merely a matter of course.

Therefore, Feng Yi's breakthrough process seemed to take a long time, but actually occurred in just a brief moment.

Before the thoughts of the many Sovereigns had fully settled, Feng Yi's cultivation directly surpassed the King's limit, ascending to an entirely new level.

Sovereign's Realm, achieved!

Boom

With the breakthrough to the Sovereign's Realm, a vast, sea-like lofty aura rose from Feng Yi's body, accompanied by an overwhelming, heaven-covering terrifying pressure that made many Sovereigns feel unable to bear it, involuntarily lowering their heads.

This is unimaginable!

Knowing that they are the Sovereigns at the pinnacle of the heavens, capable of destroying boundless worlds with a thought, yet now they involuntarily lower their proud heads merely because of the pressure emanating from Fuxi at this moment!

At this moment, many Sovereigns feel Fuxi is like the sole entity in the universe; merely standing there, he presses them, fellow Sovereigns of the same rank, so they dare not move for a while.

Is this a Sovereign?

(End of Chapter)