Chapter 802: Dark Figure

In an unknown land, a towering palace rose into the clouds, resembling the ethereal and elusive Xiangong of legend.

Inside the Xiangong, murals depicted strange events: giants like mountains driving divine oxen to plow the earth, sages splashing ink to create paintings and dotting the stars in the night sky, and gods descending to subdue demons and bring peace to the world... Thirty thousand years had passed, yet the murals remained as vivid as if they had just been painted and the artist had only recently left.

If any citizens of the Great Qian were here, they would easily recognize these events as legends passed down by word of mouth, and the protagonists of these legends were the Heavenly Gods and Immortals of the Great Qian Dynasty who possessed great merit.

And if one were to speak of the most prominent mural, it would be the Mid-Heaven Emperor standing above the Nine Heavens, holding the sun in one hand and the moon in the other, worshipped by the Heavenly Gods and Immortals.

And the true Mid-Heaven Emperor was still in this magnificent Xiangong.

The Mid-Heaven Emperor rested his head on one hand, sitting lazily on an immortal throne crafted from immortal gold.

This was an ancient book passed down from the ancient era, written in ancient script, which few in the world could understand. Only cultivators like the Mid-Heaven Emperor, who was born at the end of the ancient era and was closest to it, could fully comprehend ancient books.

The Mid-Heaven Emperor closed the book and scanned the ministers reporting below with cold eyes: "So, you still haven't found out who is using the Years Dao Fruit to perform time regression?"

The ministers were trembling with fear. They had been famous during the Great Qian period and were all cultivators of the faith lineage. As the destination of the Great Qian Dynasty's faith, the Mid-Heaven Emperor naturally possessed an extremely strong suppressive power over them.

"My Lord, it is truly because the number of tokens is scarce, making it difficult to track that person's whereabouts." One of the Half-Immortals boldly stood out and said bitterly. If the four ancient immortals were really that easy to find, they wouldn't have failed to find a single one in these thirty thousand years.

"Hmph."

The Mid-Heaven Emperor snorted coldly, feeling somewhat irritable. The clue to the Years Dao Fruit was right before his eyes, yet he couldn't find it no matter what.

Half-Immortals had no feeling for time regression, but he could perceive it clearly; time had been regressed over a hundred times in the past half year.

This was simply a blatant provocation right in front of him, and he had no way to stop it!

"What is the difference between using tokens to find the four immortals and looking for a needle in a haystack? Does the power of faith have such a big impact on intelligence?" A sudden voice echoed in the Xiangong, causing everyone to panic.

*How could someone dare to mock the Emperor? Are they tired of living? *

"Who is it!"

Hearing the voice, the Mid-Heaven Emperor stood up abruptly, his hair and beard fluttering like an enraged true dragon. A massive golden Dharma form of the Emperor appeared, holding a pitch-black vortex in its hand, making the entire space extremely unstable and ready to explode at any moment. Time also became extremely sluggish, nearly stopping!

This was the secret location of their Great Qian Dynasty. For thirty thousand years, only the Half-Immortals he authorized had the qualifications to know about this place. It was absolutely impossible for outsiders to know. Even if outsiders wanted to search their souls, the memories regarding this place would be wiped clean!

"Hehe, why be so hot-tempered?" The voice remained ethereal, unafraid of the Mid-Heaven Emperor who was concentrating and on guard, and unaffected by the slowing of time.

A figure shrouded in darkness appeared abruptly in the Xiangong. No one noticed how he appeared, not even the Mid-Heaven Emperor.

It was like a fantasy.

"Who are you! How did you find this place!"

Accompanied by the Mid-Heaven Emperor's angry shout, the murals on the dome around the Xiangong seemed to come alive, ready to step out from the walls and conquer the world.

A youth wearing ancient sacrificial clothing appeared, holding a bone staff covered in ornaments with various meanings.

The other immortal of the Great Qian Dynasty, Siming.

The Mid-Heaven Emperor and Siming stood side by side, watching the figure shrouded in darkness vigilantly.

The two had fought since the end of the ancient era, built the Great Qian Dynasty in the ruins, attained the Dao to become immortals, achieved Dao Fruits, and watched the passage of thirty thousand years. They had never encountered anyone who brought them as much pressure as this figure.

A formidable enemy!

An absolutely formidable enemy!

The dark figure chuckled, unable to be distinguished as male or female: "Who I am is not important. Or do you want me to fabricate a real identity so someone comes to hunt you down?"

"As for how I found this place." Although the Mid-Heaven Emperor and Siming couldn't see the dark figure's appearance, they could feel that he was smiling when he brought up this topic.

"I saw you opening up space and building the Xiangong; how could I not know about this place?"

The two immortals were both shocked. They were already immortals when they opened this place, yet they were observed by this person in secret without knowing it!

"Swallow Heaven and Destroy Earth!"

The Mid-Heaven Emperor launched a sudden attack. The Emperor's Dharma form swept across with immense force, leveling the world, and the vortex that swallowed everything instantly engulfed the dark figure!

The gods and sages in the murals really came to life, stepping out from the walls, holding various precious immortal treasures like gourds, stone tripods, and Dao swords, simultaneously besieging the dark figure.

This was a combat force capable of sweeping across all directions and pushing across the world, yet now it was all used to deal with the dark figure.

The dark figure let various attacks land on his body, and even the immortal beasts in the murals bit his body.

He shook his body slightly, directly bouncing the gods and sages away, back into the murals!

The originally brilliant murals turned blood-red; it was these gods and sages bleeding!

The dark figure was like a non-existent phantom, walking straight forward a few steps, ignoring the swallowing vortex.

He didn't care at all about the Mid-Heaven Emperor and Siming's sudden attack, sitting directly on the ground as if it were his own home, his posture lazy.

The dark figure waved his hand: "Relax, you and I are not enemies. I didn't come here to fight and kill you."

"Rather, finding the four immortals, seizing the Dao Fruits, and opening this boxed world is beneficial to me as well. I haven't seen the true starry sky in a long time."

"Why have you come here!"

Even though the dark figure stated his position, the two immortals still didn't dare to relax in the slightest. The other party's strength and knowledge were undoubtedly above theirs. Who exactly was this person!

*Are they the four ancient immortals? No, he even said that the Great Qian searching for the four ancient immortals is beneficial to him. Could it be... the other party is that mysterious existence who fought the four ancient immortals?! *

"I just saw that you were searching for the Years Dao Fruit with great difficulty, and I happened to know some things, so I came to tell you."

"What things?"

"Recently, a newcomer named Tang Chuanwu arrived at the Congwendao Sect of the Great Xia. The time regression over the past half year all stems from him."

"Would you be so kind as to tell us this?" The Mid-Heaven Emperor was suspicious. How precious was this intelligence? Would he tell them so easily?

"Didn't I say it? Our interests in finding the four immortals are consistent."

The dark figure stretched, disappearing in full view of everyone, leaving behind only the solemn Mid-Heaven Emperor and Siming, as well as the bewildered Divine Lords. ===== CHAPTER 803 =====