Traveling across the globe for the first time

Zhang Haoran was absolutely certain that what was in front of him was not a clone or a projection, because the opponent was too strong!

The fact that the Heavenly Emperor could approach within a kilometer range silently could also be explained by his control over the seed projection and his utilization of the power of the rules here.

But the fact that the opponent can maintain an unaffected area within the realm of swordsmanship is a testament to their true strength.

Without immense strength, one cannot control such powerful laws.

Moreover, this Heavenly Emperor gave him a very dangerous feeling. His senses were stinging, and his martial artist's intuition was frantically warning him. Even the Immortal Sword Soul in his sea of ​​consciousness, which had reached the middle stage of the sixth rank, was constantly vibrating, showing a look of being on high alert.

This means that the opponent's strength is at least at the mid-stage of the sixth rank, and possibly even higher.

Zhang Haoran felt a chill in his heart and cursed inwardly, "Damn it, how can this old guy be so strong?"

I originally wanted to find an easy opponent to get used to my current strength, but now it's hard to say who will beat whom.

"I wonder if I were to use the sword escape technique modified by Su Xiao, burning my life force and my primordial Dao, would I have a chance to fight this old guy?"

"hehe!"

The Heavenly Emperor did not answer the question directly. His eyes held a strange look, as if he could see through what the man was thinking. He chuckled and said, "Didn't the little tree tell you the origin of this small world?"

He raised his chin, looking arrogant, and said, "This small world was created by me!"

Just as Zhang Haoran was about to refute the other party's boasting, the Heavenly Emperor changed the subject and said, "Hmm! That's not accurate enough. This small world was born by chance and was then modified by me. Otherwise, how could it be in its current state?"

It'll be like playing a video game, with each level giving you a reward. Once you've passed the first thirteen levels, you can challenge me, the final boss!

If you defeat me, you can seize the seed projection and take control of this small world.

Don't you think this is too much like a game?

"Hahaha!"

The Heavenly Emperor seemed to have thought of something, and laughed very happily.

Not getting a clear answer, Zhang Haoran was somewhat disappointed. After hearing these words, he remained silent. Had he never doubted why there were such rules within the boundary?
Of course I had my doubts!

Not only was he in doubt, but all the powerful beings who understood the rules found it unbelievable, and even the projections here were questioning the meaning of their own existence.

The Overlord Emperor had his doubts; if even this simpleton could sense something was wrong, the other projections must be even more suspicious.

I don't understand why this rule exists, or what its purpose is. Is it just to quickly cultivate a group of strong individuals?

This is a complete service, offering both advanced martial arts techniques and practical combat experience. It really does seem like a game of leveling up, where your strength increases with each level you pass.

Everyone believed that the final answer lay with the seed projection, but the power of the rules within the passage was very effective against the emperor's clones, so they could not force their way in and could only place their hopes on those who came later.

Most importantly, this was not planned by the Nine Emperors; they were also plotting against this special seed projection.

In the early days of martial arts, seed projections also appeared, but those projections were not as powerful; any energy released would quickly disappear.

Yang Shen gained his current strength by seizing a seed projection. He is weaker than the Heavenly Emperor but stronger than the Nine Emperors. Moreover, he is not subject to any constraints. If he hadn't been greedy and absorbed 30% of the energy left by the Heavenly Emperor's shattered primordial star, incurring too much karma, he probably would have left the Three Realms long ago to roam in the Chaos.

The seed projections here are even more special, as they can support a small world.

Zhang Haoran looked up and saw a vast sea of ​​life above the Heavenly Court, with seed projections resembling silkworms floating on it.

Now he no longer felt that it was a treasure worth fighting for. The Heavenly Emperor was so powerful, what kind of treasure was the seed projection? It would have been swallowed by the other party long ago. Why would they have the chance to come and snatch it?
This is probably just a tool he uses to control this small world.

Looking at the Heavenly Emperor who was still laughing happily, he also figured out some things. This small world was created by the other party, so it wouldn't be difficult for him to create a projection of the Heavenly Emperor. He probably created the projections of the Nine Emperors and Four Emperors as well.

Zhang Haoran thought of something else: in the original story, Fang Ping killed the Heavenly Emperor's projection and took the seed and the entire Heavenly Palace with him.

In order to cover Fang Ping's retreat, Zhan Tiandi used Linghuang and the three cats as arrows, piercing through the world barrier and severely injuring the Tiandi's main body at the center of the source land.

In other words, if the Heavenly Emperor's true form is still suppressing the source land, then what is this "Heavenly Emperor" before us?
With this old guy's strength, even the Nine Emperors combined probably couldn't defeat him.
Zhang Haoran deliberately treated it as the original body and asked, "So, you escaped the Emperor's surveillance and came out quietly, and what you are now in the center of the Origin Land is just an avatar?"

"Then how did you manage to deceive the Nine Emperors?"

He needs to figure out the identity of this Heavenly Emperor first, and then see if there is a chance to kill him. If this is an avatar created by the Heavenly Emperor, then its strength will not exceed the middle stage of the sixth rank. If he really goes all out, he might be able to make a gamble.

If one abandons this body and then unleashes most of the indestructible power, there is still a chance to perish together with the opponent.

Although this would result in significant losses for him, as he would have to rebuild his golden body and jade bones from scratch, eliminating this potential hazard wouldn't be too bad a loss.

If the other party has a special identity and is not restricted by their cultivation level, then you should be careful.

He had only just entered the sixth rank, so to be able to take down a stronger opponent who was a rank higher than him was already incredibly difficult.

If the Heavenly Emperor's strength reaches the high level of the sixth rank, self-destruction can at most severely injure him, so there is little point in fighting back.

Losing the golden body and jade bones will inevitably result in a significant loss of strength, leaving little chance for a comeback.

To his surprise, the Heavenly Emperor answered the question directly this time, saying with certainty, "No! The one at the center of the Origin Land is the true body; I am merely an avatar."

Otherwise, even if we can fool those emperors, we can't fool the seeds.

You should know that I am the first protector of the seed, and there is an energy channel between us.

If the seed is willing, it can revive me after I am killed.

If my true form were here, the seed would have been discovered long ago.

But who says a clone can't be stronger than the original?

Zhang Haoran felt that this guy was fooling him again. He could only believe half of what he said. The one in the center of the source land might really be the Heavenly Emperor's true form, but the one in front of him was definitely not an avatar.

If an emperor is willing to pay a price, such as cutting off half of his origin and adding some treasures, the clone's strength can indeed surpass that of the original body, but not by too much.

And this clone...

Let's just assume he's a clone.

This clone is significantly stronger than the original.

Although the Heavenly Emperor possesses 300 million units of Qi and Blood, he is still only at the initial stage of the sixth rank. However, the strength of this clone is likely at the advanced stage of the sixth rank, spanning two major realms. This is absolutely impossible, otherwise the clone would have already backfired on the original body.

A sudden thought flashed through Zhang Haoran's mind, and he remembered Mo Wenjian, exclaiming inwardly, "It's a reincarnation of a spirit! Yes!"
That must be the case!
After a spirit is reincarnated, its cultivation will not be limited by its original body. In fact, it can even use the original body's cultivation and primordial Dao to quickly improve its strength.

The Heavenly Emperor has clearly been planning this for many years; this small world was probably created to hide his reincarnation.

With a sixth-tier main body as his backing, it's not surprising that his strength has increased so quickly.

As for why the other party didn't appear in the original work, it's likely that they had other plans, and they succeeded.

In the original story, Fang Ping transformed into a demon king, slaughtering the emperor's clones and attracting everyone's attention. He also destroyed a projection of the Heavenly Emperor here. Later, he fought the Heavenly Emperor and broke through the source land with his arrow, forcing all the emperors to return and guard it.

Fang Ping was also eager to return to the mortal realm, and no one had thoroughly explored the secret realm, which is why this reincarnated body was kept hidden.

The other party must have used a method similar to Mo Wenjian's spiritual reincarnation.

The original body remained in the center of the source land to attract the emperor's attention, while his spiritual consciousness had already been reincarnated and had been hiding in this small world.

Otherwise, with the strength of a reincarnated being, there's no way to hide it.

Now many of these issues can be explained.

There were some things he couldn't understand before: among so many powerful beings in the Three Realms, why was only Mo Wenjian able to reincarnate with his spiritual consciousness, while the other powerful beings couldn't?

Even the mighty Three Heavenly Emperors are at most reincarnations of the original essence, inheriting little power from their previous lives.

It seems that only Mo Wenjian can allow both his reincarnated body and his original body to coexist in the world.

Unlike clones, reincarnated beings are not limited by the original body, and it is not a problem for their strength to exceed that of the original body.

It must have been when Mo Wenjian was driven mad by the Heavenly Emperor that he unintentionally inherited this secret technique, which led to the current Jiang Hao.

This must have been an accident.

Otherwise, given the Heavenly Emperor's old-fashioned nature, if he were using Mo Wenjian as a test subject, he would have killed him long ago to silence him.

Moreover, the fact that the other party used terms like "game" and "boss," which these old fogies shouldn't even know, shows that the Heavenly Emperor is very knowledgeable about the human world.

The reincarnated body is no different from an ordinary martial artist; it can also have clones. Perhaps a certain human powerhouse is its clone. Zhang Tao needs to investigate this thoroughly.

Zhang Haoran felt a chill run down his spine; he desperately wanted to draw his sword and kill the old silver coin.

However, whenever such a thought arose, his intuition would start to frantically warn him, as if he would perish the moment he dared to make a move. The difference in strength between the two sides was too great. Even if he could be resurrected through the power of immortality, it would be useless. Once he was instantly killed, resurrection would only make him die a few more times.

What's the use of guessing the other party's identity? If you can't beat them, you still can't beat them.

This made him even more gloomy, while the surrounding weather became even brighter. After laughing for a while, the Heavenly Emperor shook his head and sighed again, "You've come too early!"

"What do you mean?"

Zhang Haoran said warily, "Old man, I've already guessed your background. Just say what you have to say, don't keep me in suspense."

He said this on purpose to see the other party's reaction and to confirm his guess, but unfortunately he was far too inexperienced when it came to old silver coins and couldn't tell anything at all.

"Hey!"

The Heavenly Emperor sighed and said, "I have been watching you ever since you entered the boundary point and have given you a lot of help. Otherwise, why do you think the Beast Emperor projection could be resurrected so many times?"

And why are you and the town able to summon a void gate here?
Haven't you thought about this question?

If one can summon a void gate here, where does the Dao Tree's plan to break through three gates come from?

Upon hearing this, Zhang Haoran suddenly remembered that the Dao Tree had stayed at the boundary point for a full 100,000 years, not only to obey the God Emperor's orders, but also because of its own ambition.

Dao Shu's original plan was to first let the Origin Dao reach the True Gate, then return to the Three Realms, break through the Three Gates and the True Gate in one go, and use the powerful energy feedback to allow him to go further after becoming the Empress, thus escaping the fate of a pawn and no longer being bound by the God Emperor.

If all you want is to prove your Dao, then it's really not that difficult for the Dao Tree. Don't forget that deep within the Heavenly Tomb, several top-tier beginner martial artists, including the Fist God, are suppressed.

As long as he crosses the boundary, he doesn't even need to go far to kill these martial artists and use their energy to prove his Dao.

But what's the point of proving the Way in that way?
He could never escape the control of the God Emperor, and might be killed by the God Emperor at any time to perfect his own Great Dao.

Dao Shu was nurtured by the God Emperor. Since the God Emperor dared to let him enter the boundary, he must be confident that Dao Shu would not betray him. This so-called plan to break through the three gates must have been influenced by the Heavenly Emperor.

Not only Dao Shu, but Zhang Haoran was the same; he had overlooked many issues before.

When he summoned the Void Gate, he felt it was perfectly natural, and even the Heavenly King of Zhen didn't suspect anything.

This suggests that, as the Heavenly Emperor said, we were being watched by the other side from the moment we entered the boundary, and were even affected by it.

If the Heavenly Emperor can control the power of rules here through the seeds, it wouldn't be difficult for him to find some laws similar to the Ghostly Sword Path. To be precise, the other party has already done it, which is the murals in the Heavenly Emperor's Palace.

He just didn't expect that his mental strength would undergo a second qualitative change so quickly, allowing him to discover the opponent's methods in advance and avoid being caught off guard.

Thinking about this, Zhang Haoran's mood grew even heavier.

He always relied on his advantage of having read the original work and having foresight, and did not take the natives of this world seriously, thinking that they were just stumbling blocks on his way forward.

Once I improve my strength, I can easily crush them.

The Heavenly Emperor's current behavior is deviating from the script, leaving him somewhat at a loss.

The other party clearly has some shocking conspiracy.

The thought of learning various secret techniques while clearing levels, and rapidly improving one's strength with the secret help of the opponent, is compelling.

The result is obvious: the Heavenly Emperor wants to promote a group of powerful individuals so that he can then reap the rewards.

The other party's claim that he arrived too early was referring to his reluctance to attain enlightenment. Once he attained enlightenment, his Dao fruit would fall into the source land, where it might be controlled by this old guy.

He remembered a saying that the Heavenly Dao of this world was not the seed but the Heavenly Emperor. This saying might be somewhat wrong, but it was not impossible. The Heavenly Emperor should have usurped some of the seed's authority, just like he was controlling the seed projection now.

The source rifts that those emperors have been suppressing might also be the Heavenly Emperor's doing. Perhaps all the energy that was absorbed ended up in this old guy's stomach.

Don't forget that the Origin Dao was created by the Heavenly Emperor and has a very high authority within the Great Dao Universe. Moreover, it has always been located at the center of the Origin Land. Is it really suppressing the Origin Land?

Could it be that the original body was used as an intermediary to transfer the energy absorbed from the emperor to this reincarnated body...? (End of Chapter)