A journey of survival starting from Zhetian

Chapter 623 This is reasonable.
Seeing the Emperor Chong once again seated atop the [Emperor Cauldron], watching them with great interest, the three Dark Immortal Emperors all wore extremely unpleasant expressions.

Si Wu's expression was unpredictable, and a deep resentment emanated from him. "Since we cannot use the power of the Ancestor to break through the barrier and destroy the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths in one fell swoop, then for the time being, we will follow the original method and gradually figure out the barrier so as to completely break its power."

"Although the Emperor has cultivated the Heavenly Emperor Dao Fruit, he is ultimately not Huang. Array formations are not his main path of cultivation. They are a barrier originating from his power, and one day we will thoroughly study them and break through this obstacle."

"Everyone, let's continue."

The Dark Immortal Emperor of the Ancient Underworld glanced at the High Priest, whose body was still covered with Dao wounds, nodded slightly, and took a step forward. He launched another attack on the barrier at the level of the End of the Path, unleashing one killing technique after another, discerning the barrier's power originating from the Emperor's law.

Now, unlike him, Si Wu did not choose to remain in eternal oblivion and then revive from the depths of the Calamity Land to return in perfect condition. Therefore, the Dao injury to the Emperor's body will require a certain amount of time to heal and slowly restore the depleted source of his Dao, thus overcoming the state of being lacking in combat power.

Although Si Wu did not explicitly state it, the Dark Immortal Emperor of the Ancient Underworld could glean some of the mysteries of the Emperor Venerable's Immortal Emperor Law involving time from the Time Dao wounds on his body, confirming the difficulty he would be after completely establishing himself in the End of the Road Domain.

Not only can it evolve into countless incarnations of time, dividing itself into different points in time, thus engaging in one-on-one duels with them, but the Time Dao wounds impaled on the Emperor's body, if not treated in time, will become increasingly severe over time, eventually forming a chain reaction with certain causal factors.

While this ability is not quite on par with "Otherworldly Freedom," it is still absolutely formidable.

After unleashing several attacks, the Dark Immortal Emperor of the Ancient Underworld looked at the Dark Immortal Emperor of the Four Extremes Floating Land with some doubt. "Fellow Daoist, why didn't you make a move? Didn't you just complete your revival with me in the depths of the Calamity Land, emerging from Eternal Silence? You should be in perfect condition."

Si Wuye looked at the Dark Immortal Emperor of the Four Extremes Floating Land with a puzzled expression, "Or is it that Fellow Daoist's mind is not yet stable, and you still need to adjust after the recovery?"

They secretly brought a wisp of ancestral power from the depths of the Calamity Land, and together they silently laid out a plan that had lasted for millions of years. However, it was thwarted by the Emperor, a being who had only been at the end of his path to the realm for less than ten thousand years. It is normal that he was unable to adjust his mindset for a while.

Si Wu's mind was not at peace with this.

After all, the Emperor was right under their noses, so how he was able to suddenly gain a firm foothold in the End of the Road was a complete mystery. If it weren't for the slightly "naive" aura of the Immortal Emperor surrounding him, they wouldn't even be able to determine the approximate time when the Emperor ascended to become a being at the End of the Road.

The Dark Immortal Emperor of the Four Extremes Floating Earth sighed slightly and said with a bitter expression, "When I stepped into the Heavenly Court and annihilated the array patterns of that Immortal Emperor's Grand Array, I was ambushed by the Emperor and banished to a strange region that resembled a 'Bridge of Life and Death,' leaving me to perish forever in the hands of a mad and irrational being at the end of the road."

"Furthermore, before my eternal annihilation, this mad and irrational being at the end of the road influenced my consciousness, and his chaotic and disordered 'Dao' and 'Dharma' were mixed into my Dao Fruit, causing my own power to conflict at all times."

"Right now, I am no longer able to fight at full strength and use the Immortal Emperor's techniques to fight against someone of the same realm. Even circulating the Immortal Emperor's power is stumbling. I have to face all sorts of random obstacles that occur within my body, which are extremely difficult to predict."

In an instant, the expressions of the other two Dark Immortal Emperors changed.

The Dark Immortal Emperor of the Four Extremes Floating Land had at least half of his battle strength reduced by the Emperor Venerable using a special method.

Although an Immortal Emperor can unleash combat power at the level of the End of the Path solely through their imperial body, the Immortal Emperor's Technique and Immortal Emperor's Mana are components of their combat strength. Once these two things become unusable, it means that the upper limit of their combat power is directly reduced by a significant amount, and the loss of combat power will be visibly obvious.

Even some half-step Immortal Emperors who have stepped halfway into the realm of the End of the Path, after reaching the ultimate sublimation and temporarily establishing themselves in this realm, can temporarily suppress the Immortal Emperors of the End of the Path who cannot use Immortal Emperor techniques and Immortal Emperor mana to a certain extent.

Apart from Huang, a Celestial Emperor of the "outside the realm" level, they have never seen any other Celestial Emperor who has reached the end of the path, who can eternally annihilate a fellow Celestial Emperor with just his imperial body.

Si Wu looked at the Dark Immortal Emperor of the Four Extremes Floating Land and asked, "How long will it take for you, fellow Daoist, to remove the chaos within your Dao Fruit and unleash your full combat power?"

The Dark Immortal Emperor of the Four Extremes Floating Earth remained silent for a while before speaking, "For at least half a Great Era, I will be unable to use the Immortal Emperor's Technique and Immortal Emperor's Power."

“This is different from the decline in combat power caused by causal entanglements, which can be eliminated simply by using one’s own imperial power. Now, I want to straighten out the chaos within my own Dao Fruit, and the time required is hard to predict.”

Si Wu's face turned ashen. "The Emperor is really troublesome. He has already suppressed the combat power of one Immortal Emperor, and now he has forcibly removed half of the Immortal Emperor's combat power in this way. The time to break the formation will be delayed a bit more."

The Dark Immortal Emperor of the Ancient Underworld sighed softly, maintaining his offensive power, and began to analyze the barrier derived from the Emperor's law, saying, "The method of splitting the Immortal Emperor's formation with a wisp of ancestral power was not entirely useless."

"At least, it has given us a comprehensive understanding of the Immortal Emperor's grand array that constitutes this barrier. The Emperor's actions now are merely postponing that time again. Moreover, now that we know the array patterns inside the Heavenly Court, it will be much easier for us to completely destroy it when we step into it again in the future."

The Dark Immortal Emperor of the Four Extremes Floating Land remained silent, offering no comment. He quietly closed his eyes, gazing at the chaos within his Dao Fruit and the eerie figure parasitizing within it—a figure bearing an uncanny resemblance to himself, wearing a monocle.

He spoke solemnly, “You are conscious, not merely a reflection. I have traced back to many ancient eras and found some clues about your existence. However, these fragments describing you are full of contradictions and contain incomprehensible fallacies.”

"I have gathered some information and put it together, and even deciphered several different 'Tao' and 'Law', but none of them seem to truly point to you. They are full of unpredictability."

"What the hell are you?!"

As the Dark Immortal Emperor from the Four Extremes Floating Land finished speaking, he quietly stared at the reflection within his own Dao Fruit, a reflection that bore an extremely similar appearance to his own. It seemed that as long as he did not respond, the reflection would wait and see, no matter how long it took.

In fact, the same is true.

His combat power has now been reduced by more than half due to the existence of this reflection. The High Priest and the other Dark Immortal Emperor have already tacitly agreed that he can no longer provide strong support. Before he can sort out his own Dao Fruit and completely restore his combat power to its peak, there is very little he can do.

Therefore, he has time, a great deal of time, to wait for this reflection, which seems to have its own consciousness, to respond to him.

One year, ten years, a hundred years, a thousand years, ten thousand years, a hundred thousand years. Time began to flow by, bit by bit, until one moment, this reflection moved.

The Dark Immortal Emperor from the Four Extremes Floating Land gazed at the reflection whose face bore an uncanny resemblance to his own. He removed his monocle, produced a dark yellow cloth from somewhere, and slowly wiped it clean. Then, he put the monocle back on without a word. The Dark Immortal Emperor was beginning to lose his composure; his long-calm heart began to churn, waves of emotion surging within him.

He closed his eyes, took a slow breath, and then stared intently at the reflection that was almost identical to his own, shouting angrily, "What exactly are you? How can you grasp the 'Tao' and 'Law' that I have comprehended, and even directly influence my decisions?"

"answer me!"

The reflection blinked, seemingly mute, yet it appeared to be silently mocking and provoking something, causing the anger of this Dark Immortal Emperor from the Four Extremes Floating Land to surge wildly upwards.

Within the Dao Fruit, tranquility was no longer restored. The area filled with chaos seemed to shrink slightly, yet it also appeared to have become deeper and darker.

Just as this Dark Immortal Emperor of the Four Extremes Floating Earth was about to go berserk and could no longer endure it, a figure who looked extremely similar to him, wearing a monocle, slightly raised the corners of his mouth and let out a soft laugh.

He said, "You should know very well who I am."

"This is your Immortal Emperor Dao Fruit. Without interference from any other supreme 'Dao' and 'Dharma', you should be omnipotent."

He paused, then said in a somewhat mocking tone, "You just want to get a name from me that you're absolutely certain of, but that you absolutely don't want to admit."

The Dark Immortal Emperor from the Four Extremes Floating Lands changed his expression and exclaimed, "Even the Primordial Ancestor couldn't have so easily invaded my Immortal Emperor Dao Fruit! The only thing that could be born within my Dao Fruit is the Impossible!"

"You are the Emperor."

Before the Dark Immortal Emperor could finish speaking, the reflection that looked remarkably like him put a finger to his lips and struck a quiet pose.

The next instant, this space within the Dao Fruit truly fell silent, without a single sound. It was as if some kind of "authority" regarding the "Dao" and "Dharma" of sound, flowing around them, had been silently stolen and completely lost.

The Dark Immortal Emperor's expression froze completely.

A moment later, the reflected finger moved away from its lips, looking with interest at the slightly dazed Dark Immortal Emperor, and said softly, "Why are you in such a hurry to deny it? You clearly know very well who else could appear within your Dao Fruit and possess the same Immortal Emperor Laws as you?"

He paused, then uttered the words he didn't want to admit at all, "The only possibility... 'I' am 'you'!"

The reflection's lips curled up slightly, its smile exceptionally bright. "The one who once sacrificed himself for his homeland, a world on par with all the heavens and myriad realms, the supreme 'original self,' are you unwilling to admit that another 'self' will appear within your Dao Fruit?"

"As the chosen one of the calamities of the land, after becoming a supreme Dao Ancestor and being unable to advance for several eras, he decisively sacrificed his parents, wife, daughters, and even his own lineage, using this as power to ascend to the supreme realm of the End of the Road."

"Under certain special circumstances, it is quite reasonable that the dark matter within you has quietly coalesced into a new consciousness."

The consciousness of the Dark Immortal Emperor, originating from the Four Extremes Floating Land, became hazy.

Although a slight ripple stirred deep within his heart for some unknown reason, and the Immortal Emperor's Dao Fruit trembled slowly for some unknown reason, he felt that this reflection made sense.

As a Dark Immortal Emperor, with dark matter flowing within his body that can be called the "source of darkness," why couldn't he, under certain extremely special circumstances, aggregate a new consciousness?

This is reasonable.
This is indeed reasonable.
The Dark Immortal Emperor's eyes cleared slightly, and he murmured, "Yes, this is perfectly reasonable. As a supreme being at the end of the path within the Calamity Land, I possess dark matter within me. Under certain special circumstances, it is perfectly reasonable for a new consciousness to emerge within my Dao Fruit."

Looking at the Dark Immortal Emperor muttering to himself, and that reflection that was so similar to his own, he slowly took off the monocle he was wearing, took out a small towel, wiped the beads of sweat that had appeared on his forehead without him noticing, and then put the monocle back on, maintaining his usual smile.

After waiting for the Dark Immortal Emperor to regain his senses, he adjusted the monocle that faintly reflected light on his face. "So, as the 'original body,' do you understand what I mean? There's no need to be wary of me. As a consciousness newly born within your Dao Fruit, although I have some opinions that differ slightly from yours, we are ultimately the same 'person.'"

"So, who am I?"

"And who are you, the 'true self'?"

The Dark Immortal Emperor regained consciousness. He looked at the reflection within his Dao Fruit, slowly nodded, and said softly, "As an existence born within the Dao Fruit, 'you' are naturally 'me.' And 'I'..."

He hesitated for a moment, a subtle turmoil stirring within him, but he continued, following the flow of his thoughts, "And 'I' am the supreme darkness of the Evil Land, a being who calls himself 'Eternal Jade' at the end of the road."

As soon as he finished speaking, the "Dao" and "Dharma" that filled the entire Dao Fruit began to subtly shift without Yongyu's notice.

Under the influence of "Tao" and "Dharma", Yongyu's appearance is becoming more and more like that of a certain "Celestial Venerable".

In a daze, the reflection of the person wearing a monocle solidified completely, walked up to Yongyu, and revealed a very sincere smile.

“Hello, ‘this one’. To distinguish myself from ‘you’, you may address me as ‘Mysterious Lord’.”

"After all, it's reasonable for the 'original body' and the 'newborn consciousness' to have different names."

(End of this chapter)