Chapter 70: At the End of the Immortal Road, Who Stands at the Peak?

A piece of broken jade appeared in his hand, engraved with a map of mountains, rivers, and earth veins; the patterns were muddled, who knew how many ten-thousands of years it had been passed down, emitting an ancient and vast aura.

On the broken jade was engraved a blurred ancient character — Emperor.

Wushi Emperor Jade!

This was obtained by Jiang Xuan when refining a wave of wandering bandits; all magic treasures were refined in an instant, only this Emperor jade emitted a faint glow, completely undamaged, quite extraordinary.

Zi Shan was originally the Undying Heavenly Emperor's dojo, occupied by Wu Shi; the Emperor jade is the key to entering and exiting Zi Shan. If one rashly intrudes without the Emperor jade, Source Master Zhang Lin, Gu Tian Shu, Jiang Taixu — how many outstanding figures over tens of thousands of years have served as cautionary examples.

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Inside Zi Shan, source qi and sha qi merge, peerless sword qi emanates; Jiang Xuan had no confidence to pass through safely. He needed the Source Stone Skin Clothes to protect his body to safely pass through that region. He read the memories of many wandering bandits and learned the whereabouts of the Source Heaven Master's descendants.

A single thread of sword light descended from the high sky, landing at the Stone Village entrance; the moment the sword radiance fell, everyone inside the Stone Village panicked.

"Quick, hide! New wandering bandits are coming, the divine light is bright red like blood!"

Many able-bodied men organized the women, children, and elderly to hide, while they grabbed tools and rushed to the front of the village.

"Damned wandering bandits, only know how to bully commoners. Why don't they go plunder those famous major sects? Cowardly dogs who bully the weak and fear the strong."

"This damned world, one wave of bandits is eliminated, yet countless more continue to plunder. This world truly doesn't give us ordinary people a way to live!"

Among the village youths, some were staunch, some sighed in despair, but regardless of emotion, at the moment they saw the red sword light, all charged forward without the slightest fear. Behind them was their homeland; they were prepared at all times to die protecting their homeland.

An old man pushed through the crowd and stood inside the Stone Village, looking at the newcomer. Sword-star brows and eyes, a green robe unstained by dust — not like bandits or wandering bandits at all. He secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

The old man stepped forward, cupped his hands, and said:

"This old man is Zhang Wu. Greetings, Immortal Master. I failed to welcome you from afar; please forgive the offense."

Jiang Xuan strode into the Stone Village, laughing:

"I observe the highest cultivation in this Stone Village is merely initial entry into the Sea of Bitterness. How do you survive in this Northern Domain land?"

The old man sighed, sorrowful voices unceasing.

"Northern Domain wandering bandits run rampant. For how many years, they plunder everywhere. What can a village do? Nothing but offer up almost all wealth, clinging to a wretched existence."

"Wandering bandits have no humanity. Whether resources, or talented children, or beautiful girls — all are targets of these damned bandit plunderers."

"Half a month ago, a divine furnace covering heaven and blotting out the sun appeared several times between heaven and earth in the Northern Domain. After that, coincidentally, the rampaging wandering bandits almost completely vanished. Truly Heaven has eyes; surely Heaven couldn't bear to watch and wiped out these bandits."

Grandpa Zhang Wu saw Jiang Xuan's temperament was gentle and dust-free, not like a bandit at all, more like a noble son. At once he opened his chatterbox and spoke for a good while, then realized he seemed overly verbose, and only then asked:

"Immortal Master forgive me. I wonder what business brings Immortal Master to Stone Village?"

"I wish to go to Zi Shan, and came here to exchange for an item."

Jiang Xuan smiled faintly, stated his purpose, waved a hand, and several hundred jin of Source were neatly arranged, glittering and translucent, flashing various strange lights in the sunlight.

Then a finger pointed, a stream of light entered Grandpa Zhang Wu's brow — techniques obtained from Qingxia Sect, Xuanyue Cave, and other sects. It wasn't that Jiang Xuan begrudged the Dao Scriptures and refused to pass them down; rather, for Stone Village, Dao Scriptures might bring disaster greater than opportunity.

Grandpa Zhang Wu instantly froze. Several techniques imprinted into his mind; the massive information left him a bit dazed.

"Immortal Master wants to go to Zi Shan — no, no, absolutely not. There is a Great Terror there." Grandpa Zhang Wu's face changed greatly; he shook his head like a rattle drum.

"Even this won't do?" A divine radiance flashed in Jiang Xuan's palm; mysterious runes circulated and flickered, forming an Eight Trigrams Furnace.

"You are the divine person who purged the wandering bandits?" Grandpa Zhang Wu stared at the divine furnace in Jiang Xuan's palm, compared it with the Covering Heaven God Furnace that covered heaven and earth half a month ago, and discovered that aside from the difference in size, every other place was exactly the same.

"If it's you, then there should be no worry. Immortal Master, please wait a moment." Grandpa Zhang Wu ordered a strong young man to carry out a large wooden box from his room. The color was yellowed, full of rotten aura; at a glance it was an ancient object, extremely old.

Opening the large wooden box, inside was a stone garment, simple and unadorned, made of stone pieces strung together — precisely a stone garment made of Source Stone Skin.

Besides that, there was also a stone helmet, a stone knife, and a stone star disk. The four items had nothing strange on the surface, yet contained spirituality.

Leaving behind several hundred jin of Source, Jiang Xuan followed the direction Grandpa Zhang Wu pointed and walked toward a mine shaft near Stone Village — one of the entrances to Zi Shan.

Wearing the stone garment, head wearing the stone helmet, back carrying the star disk, hand gripping the stone knife, he slowly floated down from above the ancient mine. The pitch-black, silent ancient mine was filled with the aura of years. He descended a full thousand zhang, reaching the bottom of the ancient mine, and stepped forward.

Jiang Xuan operated the Eight Trigrams Furnace, initially fused with the Li Fire Divine Furnace. The Eight Trigrams Furnace emanated a faint Quasi-Emperor aura. Bagua Dao Patterns flickered around his body; divine light protected him. All the way, he did not encounter any strange creatures like Ye Fan did in the original trajectory.

Whether they had born wisdom or only biological instinct, all strange things, under the Quasi-Emperor aura, early on hid in terror. None dared show their heads.

Continuing forward several li, many stone carvings appeared on the mine tunnel walls. These engravings recorded the past events of Zi Shan.

In the Ancient Times, the Human Race declined. Ancient Creatures viewed the Human Race as blood food. Human Race cultivators' blood flowed into rivers, corpses piled like mountains — simply a human hell.

Until a figure shrouded in a halo of light was born into the world, his qi swallowing the universe, sweeping across the eight directions. With an invincible posture he suppressed the Ancient Creatures, and only then did the great earth return to its original appearance.

Jiang Xuan knew Zi Shan was originally the Undying Heavenly Emperor's dojo. The Undying Heavenly Empress and her Eight Great Divine Generals all transformed and resided in Zi Shan. Later Wu Shi suppressed the Undying Heavenly Empress, and Zi Shan was occupied by Wu Shi. These engravings recorded those past events, though not comprehensively.

Jiang Xuan paused for a long time, thinking of many things. A supreme Human Race Great Emperor who dominated ancient and modern times, ascended the absolute peak, his qi swallowing the Six Harmonies and Eight Wastelands, looking down on the Past Ages and standing alone in supremacy!

At the end of the Immortal Road, who is the peak? One sees Wu Shi and the Dao becomes empty. This isn't just casually spoken — it's because he swept away everything. What Dark Turmoil, what Supreme Existence — any who dared emerge were all suppressed and killed. Invincible in all directions, not a shred of suspense, making the Heavens tremble. All sources of calamity lay dormant. In his era, no great trouble emerged.

Mention other Great Emperors, and people might find they experienced bloody battles, had great enemies, their lives once threatened. Only Wu Shi — no matter who was his enemy, from start to finish no one ever worried for him. Hearing his past, observing his journey — truly crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood, sweeping everything, strong all the way to the end!

No matter whom he encountered, the Wushi Great Emperor swept them flat in a single battle. Fundamentally not a shred of suspense, suppressing to the end. In the end, mentioning Wu Shi became synonymous with invincibility. Unique under heaven and earth, sweeping the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. In the era he lived, no one dared oppose his edge. Even the Supremes in the Life Forbidden Zones all silently and properly guarded their own Meditation Grounds.

This is Wu Shi — a supreme Human Race Great Emperor who dominated ancient and modern times, ascended the absolute peak, his qi swallowing the Six Harmonies and Eight Wastelands, looking down on the Past Ages and standing alone in supremacy!

The ancient mine was pitch-black and silent. No sound at all around. Jiang Xuan continued forward, unhurried, crossing a patch of bone ash, treading over a hundred meters of dry bones.

Finally arriving at a region with extremely dense spiritual qi.

(Chapter End)