The Heaven-shattering: Starting from Simulating Becoming an Emperor

Chapter 174: Collect the Zhuxian Formation and the Four Lingbao Swords

In the deep mountains and large swamps, there are dragons and snakes.

Thousands of miles of barren land are covered with damp swamps, swallowing up all life and making it difficult to travel.

One day, a fat man with a full forehead suddenly rushed in, walked slowly in the dead wood and mud, holding a compass and adjusting his direction from time to time.

The fat man was Duan De, wearing a Taoist robe and looking naive. His every move gave people the impression of being honest and simple, but he had a dark heart.

At this moment, he was muttering to himself, looking around suspiciously, with a puzzled look on his face.

"Oh, this is strange. I was investigating this place, why is it a barren land?"

After searching the whole area, Duan De was out of breath and felt very confused.

He considered himself the greatest archaeological expert of ancient times. He had searched for the remains of the ancient sect that was destroyed by the Nine Saints countless times before he finally determined the destination.

But after arriving here, let alone the so-called secret treasure, I didn’t even find a single weed, and I also ate a lot of mud. What bad luck!

Where are the ancient relics and the secret treasures of the quasi-emperor? Damn it, could it be that I really made a mistake?
His fame is secondary; the main thing is his chance to become an emperor.

It is as sad to have set your sights on a treasure but not get it as it is to have it and then lose it. A trace of pain flashed across Duan De's face.

"It's a good thing that I came here alone. I didn't expect to come back empty-handed. All the previous preparations were wasted."

After a hundred years of "hard training", Duan De had reached the peak from the early stage of Saint King. He was only one step away from becoming a Great Sage, but was blocked by shackles.

To reach this level of a great realm, one must either slowly grind through it, or rely on external objects, such as natural treasures and other things that can break through the realm to advance.

For Duan De, who is keen on taking shortcuts, it is obvious that he firmly supports the latter.

Adhering to the principle of not suffering without hardship, he resolutely devoted himself to the cause of finding treasures that could break through the realm.

His fighting ability was not high, at least in the prehistoric times he was not able to compete with those great saints, so naturally the new treasures would not fall into his pocket.

But it doesn't matter, Duan De has his own method, a unique skill, and all the treasures on his body are obtained that way.

There are many sects in the Northern Territory, with vast land and many tombs, which is just right for his profession. Since ancient times, cultivators have been committed to martial ethics and would not easily dig up other people's ancestral graves. For Duan De, it is like heaven.

Among them, the Nine Saints Fighting for the Emperor and the secret treasure hidden by the True Saint Sihang are the focus of Duan De's investigation and also his goal this time.

He has already reached the pinnacle of the Saint King, and he only needs an opportunity to break through the shackles of the Great Sage. If he obtains the secret treasure of the Quasi-Emperor, he may be able to make a double leap and leap from a Saint King to a Quasi-Emperor level figure within a few hundred years.

But I came up empty-handed. It was really fate's trick.

"No, maybe there are points that I haven't discovered yet. How can it be so easy to obtain a quasi-emperor fortune, let alone a treasure that has been hidden from several great saints."

Duan De may not be very good at other things, but when it comes to archaeology, he is smarter than a monkey and has accumulated countless experiences.

After using various means to investigate step by step, he indeed discovered some traces that had been previously ignored or deliberately covered up!
Beneath the dark quagmire, there are many prohibitions that completely cover up the ancient ruins that should have revealed their aura. The golden law threads stretch for billions of miles, like a spider web, burying all traces.

Duan De, regardless of the mud and water on his body, immediately knelt down and observed every golden silk screen attentively.

"This is definitely a formation that only a Quasi-Emperor could have set up. Otherwise, my Yantian Compass wouldn't have been unable to deduce any traces and wouldn't have discovered it only now."

Duan De muttered to himself and shuddered. This was the law of the quasi-emperor. A single strand of it could send him to reincarnation. If he accidentally touched it, he couldn't tell how great it would feel.

"This is strange. True Saint Sihang was only a Great Saint until his death. This force has never produced a Quasi-Emperor. Where did this Quasi-Emperor power come from? Could it be that they have taken over the magpie's nest?"

Duan De didn't dare to think about it, he was silent as a cicada, and was scared by himself.

If a new emperor quietly occupied this place without telling anyone, then I would be trespassing into the other party's temple without permission, which is a big taboo.

He retreated step by step, trying to leave before the other party noticed, but before he took a few steps, he bumped into something from behind.

Looking back, I saw a creature whose face I couldn't see clearly. It was facing away from the sun, bathing in the brilliant light, like a descending god.

The aura emanating from his body was unfathomable. Just seeing him made one's heart tremble and one's spiritual sense ache, as if one was facing a god who was too powerful to look directly at.

Duan De's legs immediately went weak, he trembled, a chill rose to his head, and he almost fell to his knees.

"Please spare my life, Quasi-Emperor. I have long heard of the name of this sect. I came here specially to surrender. I have been taken care of by the Great Sage Shihang. I am a half-disciple and have a close relationship with our sect!"

Before Zhang Huan could ask, Duan De told him everything, even revealing how he found this ancient relic in detail, and handed over a broken holy treasure.

According to Duan De, the remnant treasure was once the life-saving sacred weapon of the Great Saint Shihang. Before his death, the god entrusted the sect to Duan De, so he came to find it. Who knew that the sect already had a quasi-emperor?
"Humph, it turns out that they are the remnants of this sect. We must not let them go."

Zhang Huan snorted coldly and tricked Duan De. Based on his understanding of this fat man, the remaining treasures definitely did not come from a legitimate source and were most likely dug out.

"what?"

Duan De's face turned pale, he regretted his decision and really wanted to slap himself twice for talking too much and making a bet before confirming the quasi-emperor's position.

"My Lord, this is just a misunderstanding. I am originally from the Nine Sects, and I just said this because I had no choice. Since you also have a grudge against this sect, I will simply stop pretending."

Duan De took out another token with a desperate look on his face. It was the identity token of Kongxu Sect among the Nine Sects. The information on it was exactly the same as his own!

"Oh~ So you're from the Ninth Religion."

Zhang Huan nodded, his tone softening a little.

But before Duan Desong could even breathe, a strong pressure suddenly descended upon him!

"I wanted to trick you, but you turned out to be a spy of the Nine Sects! How dare you, a sinner of the Nine Sects, spy on the secret treasure of the Quasi-Emperor of our sect? Die!"

Zhang Huan shouted loudly, and his divine power caused the sky and earth to change color. There was a violent storm for thousands of miles around, like a punishment from God.

Duan De frowned into a bitter gourd face. No, that’s not okay, and no, that’s not okay either. They were making fun of him!

This quasi-emperor who showed up out of nowhere is so despicable. He took away his chance to be a quasi-emperor and was still so ruthless. My aunt can tolerate it, but my uncle can't!

"Damn Wuliang Tianzun, it's you who forced me to turn against you. He's just a quasi-emperor. I'll kill him today to show you!" There was a flash of madness in Duan De's eyes, and he completely broke off relations with him. He also had a trump card. If the quasi-emperor on the opposite side thought that he could take him down easily, he was very wrong!
Today, he not only wants to defeat the Quasi-Emperor, but also wants to kill the Emperor and make the other party spit out his chance of becoming a Quasi-Emperor from his mouth!

"The road to becoming an immortal is coming. I didn't want to expose it and become the target of public criticism, but things have gone against my wishes. I can't care about that anymore. Come out, the Immortal Execution Formation Diagram!"

As Duan De shouted, a battle formation filled with supreme imperial power slowly unfolded in the sky. It featured a scene of killing immortals, with numerous and gorgeous patterns, and full of murderous intent, emanating an aura that could shake the heavens and the earth.

Zhang Huan let out a sigh of relief. As expected, the Zhuxian Formation Diagram was in his hands.

Just after he came out of the ruins, he sensed Duan De and that almost invisible familiar aura, which originated from the Ghost and God Realm, so it could only be the Lingbao Formation Diagram!
"But why did it get together with Duan De? It doesn't look like it is sincerely acknowledging its master. It seems more like a strange relationship."

Looking at Duan De, who had been timid, then beaming with joy and then becoming rampant again, Zhang Huan was sure that there must be something else going on and that it was impossible for Duan De to subdue the Zhu Xian Formation.

“Haha, stop being so arrogant, little quasi-emperor. Hurry up and admit your mistake. This is the diagram of the Imperial Path Formation. It can easily kill a quasi-emperor like you in seconds!”

Duan De laughed loudly, put his hands on his hips and looked up, looking very dignified.

But the next moment, the killing array diagram poured a bucket of cold water on him, and a grand voice sounded from the sky.

"If you want me to take action, you need to exchange the same price. I will give you three drops of my true blood in exchange for the seventh-level peerless quasi-emperor. Do you agree to this?"

Duan De's smiling face froze in an instant.

"What? Three drops of true blood?! Is the other party a quasi-emperor of the seventh heaven?"

Duan De was stunned and regretted it a little. Three drops of real blood, how many drops can be squeezed out after squeezing all over his body? These are all the accumulation of his past lives, which should be used to do great things. How can he waste them in such a place?

"Don't you usually only need some precious materials? Why are you asking for such a high price this time?"

He said with some grievance.

"How can the request this time be compared with the petty fights in the past? A quasi-emperor of the seventh heaven is blessed by the aura of the supreme law. He must have an imperial soldier with him. To kill such a person, three drops of true blood are definitely not expensive."

After hearing this, Duan De took a deep breath. The other party also had imperial soldiers? Then what was this for him? Was he hitting a wall?
"No, can we make peace? I admit that I was impulsive. I really can't afford three drops of real blood. This is a serious matter."

"It's up to you. It's just an equal exchange. Whether you pay the price or not is up to you."

The sound of the killing array diagram gradually faded, and the majestic figure began to dim, but before it disappeared, Duan De's anxious speech was heard.

"No, don't leave yet. What will I do if you leave?"

Duan De was so anxious that he was about to jump up and down. If he didn't pay something, no one would bother to care about him. There was also a powerful enemy above who was suspected to be holding the imperial soldiers. If the killing array diagram ran away, what could he do to resist?

"That's none of my business."

The killing array diagram was fading and was about to disappear, but at this moment, a deadly light wave came bombarding, and the array diagram was forced to respond and summon back its dissipated energy.

The formation is huge, flowing with the glow of Taoism, erupting with murderous intent that covers the world, and the laws of the highest order are bursting out.

"Taking the initiative to attack, are you trying to make me your enemy? No, this aura is not right."

The Zhu Xian formation diagram was silent. This extremely similar aura of the highest order dissipated around it without any cover. When I felt it, I already understood what was going on.

“So that’s how it is. You are the young man who used the Lingbao Sutra to awaken me in the Ghost and God Realm. You are very lucky. You survived the disaster and even refined a broken Jidao secret weapon.

I remember that your realm was only half-saint at the beginning. After more than a hundred years, you have reached the seventh level of Quasi-Emperor. With the protection of the Ghost Realm, your future is promising. "

Memories seemed to be evoked, and the Zhu Xian Formation Diagram recalled the scene of that day.

After being awakened, it understood everything in the ghost realm, including the method used by the boy to awaken it. In order to give the few people a chance to survive, it blocked the core area and dealt with the Ghost King and the underworld alone.
With the help of other means left by Lingbao, it successfully defeated the two monsters, but it also caused the ghost and god realm to be destroyed, and the underworld took the Ghost King away in a hurry.

In order to prevent the Ghost King from falling into the hands of the underworld, it chased into the starry sky and started another great battle with the underworld in a certain star field.

It seemed that the Ghost King could be suppressed, but unfortunately the Underworld had no moral principles and threatened him with many ancient stars of life. With the support of old-fashioned celestial weapons such as Tongtian Lingbao, he had to give up in the end.

The number of imperial weapons in the underworld is greater than the Four Swords of Zhu Xian, and it also possesses many imperial forbidden weapons, as well as formations, talismans, and other items. Even the emperor of the time needs to treat them with caution, not to mention that it is a formation diagram that really makes the gods powerless.

Returning to the primitive times, the realm of ghosts and gods mysteriously disappeared. It guessed that someone had refined it, and also captured a fat man hiding in the dark with evil intentions.

The god was a little puzzled. It could not see through the mere Saint King. It was not until it controlled the man and gained a deep insight into him that it understood part of the truth.

From then on, it followed this person, exchanging what it needed based on the principle of equal exchange. It also needed to replenish energy to recover, as it had suffered severe losses in the battle with the Ghost Emperor and the Underworld.

Machines also need oil maintenance to stay vibrant, let alone the Jidao Royal Soldier. Without the Jidao family’s maintenance, you can only find a way yourself.

So it took a fancy to Duan De. This boy was no ordinary person. He was suspected to be an ancient celestial being who was experimenting with the method of immortality. The Emperor Scripture he practiced was of unknown origin. Just the feeling of it made it feel that it was extremely profound.

Especially the true blood hidden deep in the body, which is definitely the essence of the emperor. A few drops are enough to keep it in its peak state for a long time.

Although it had its eyes on Duan De's good things, it was not like the characters in the underworld who would kill and rob. It just followed the laws of nature, was not affected by cause and effect, treated everything equally, and exchanged with Duan De on the principle of equivalence until today.

When the god recognized Zhang Huan, it was at least a little surprised. It had never seen such a stunning person before. If he had not died young, his future achievements might have surpassed his master.

"You are carrying the complete spiritual treasure inheritance, and you may be the last person in the world who has inherited it. Remember not to let it fall into the hands of the Netherworld, otherwise the evil spirits will cause chaos and there will be no peace in the world."

The gods gave a serious and meaningful warning that if the spiritual treasure was inherited by the underworld, it would cause endless disasters. Perhaps in the distant future, some kind of counter-restraint against the Du Ren Jing and other evil-exorcising nerves would be developed.

Even if it doesn't happen, the fact that the Lingbao inheritance, the supreme book of exorcism, is in the hands of the underworld is a very bad situation for all living beings in the world.

If that happens, the evils of the Yin Corpses will resurface, and without Lingbao's knowledge, it will be difficult to suppress them as in the past.

We cannot expect another Lingbao to appear in the world. That is a luxury. The life trajectory of Lingbao cannot be replicated.

"I don't want to give it, but the underworld can't take it away."

Zhang Huan said it easily; he had the confidence.

"It's not accidental that I came to you this time. I have an important matter to do, which is also related to the underworld. Are you interested?"

(End of this chapter)