Shrouding the Heavens: The Ruthless Heavenly Emperor

Because the area surrounding the desolate forbidden land was submerged by an extremely terrifying law of time, and there was even a blade intent that made his skin sting.

That terrifying law of time could affect even an emperor, let alone an emperor in his later years.

He also tried to force his way in, but was told by a fully-formed, indestructible golden body that the two Heavenly Emperors had disappeared for 20,000 years.

The Great Emperor of Shenzhou guessed that the two people were probably already dead, after all, a full 150,000 years had passed since their time.

No matter how extraordinary they were, it would be impossible for them to have lived to this day. After all, even a great emperor who exhausts all his abilities can only live for more than 10,000 to 20,000 years.

He had no choice but to retreat, and eventually passed away peacefully.

Living to 20,000 years old is already his limit. This is only due to the benefits brought by his physique, as well as the collection of various divine medicines and rare treasures from the universe, which he used to refine a divine medicine that can prolong life.

Unfortunately, it still couldn't stop the erosion of time.

As for why the Supreme Being of the Forbidden Zone unleashed killing intent on the Emperor of Shenzhou, it was naturally because he was not friendly towards the Emperor of the Human Race, given the precedent set by the two of them.

They mistakenly believed that the Great Emperor of Shenzhou also wanted to emulate those two, and that since the turmoil had just ended, the Great Emperor of the Human Race must have come to the forbidden zone with the mission of quelling the turmoil.

This time, the Supreme Beings of the Forbidden Zone were united, collectively unleashing their killing intent towards the Emperor of China.

The Great Emperor of Shenzhou was also wronged; he traveled throughout the myriad realms but could not find a single elixir of immortality.

In the years that followed, the heavens returned to peace, and the dynasty of the Great Emperor of Shenzhou remained the most powerful divine dynasty in the world.

The several dynasties scattered throughout the Central Plains were all united into one, becoming the Divine Land, and the concept of the Central Plains ceased to exist.

There are almost no records of the Great Emperor of China.

Xu Changqing and the Empress continued their travels through the heavens, even intending to venture into the depths of chaos to search for treasures or relics left behind from the ancient chaotic era.

Once the idea was born, the two couldn't help but want to explore the depths of chaos, or perhaps break through the world barrier and play in a strange world.

In their first life, they were already able to vaguely sense the existence of a strange world; in their second life, that feeling became even clearer.

In the third life, everything became clear.

The Empress found the Immortal Treasure Map left behind by the Desolate Emperor and also learned that there was a problem in the Immortal Realm.

"The records of the Chaotic Ancient Era are too vague. We can only learn about some fragments from ancient history. No one knows what exactly happened back then." The Empress sighed. The last era was too chaotic and was called the Chaotic Ancient Era.

The Nine Heavens and Ten Earths were shattered, and the Immortal Realm also encountered problems, though they did not know what those problems were.

The Empress speculated that the Immortal Realm must have been destroyed, otherwise it would have been impossible to enter.

The Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin contained important information, but they already knew the information left behind by the Desolate Emperor.

But now the Nine Dragons Coffin can no longer be found; its whereabouts are unknown.

Xu Changqing quietly accompanied the Empress as they wandered through the starry sky, witnessing the world's hustle and bustle and its dazzling splendor.

The mortal world is draped over the body, and a yin-yang disc appears behind the head, recording the sunrise and sunset, the rise and fall of dynasties, and the cycle of life and death in all the heavens and myriad realms.

From the time Emperor Cheng was born until now, the two of them have almost...

They were rarely apart and always stayed by each other's side.

I didn't feel lonely.

After all, it's better than one person becoming emperor and the whole world falling silent.

Time passed, and ten thousand years later...

The disappearance of the Great Emperor of Shenzhou's Dao traces surprised the Empress and Xu Changqing, as their Dao traces took almost 30,000 years to disappear.

Even the Feathered Emperor disappeared after nearly 20,000 years, while the Divine Emperor disappeared after only 10,000 years.

Xu Changqing frowned slightly. If all the great emperors lost their Dao traces after ten thousand years, then in a period of hundreds of thousands of years, many great emperors could indeed be squeezed out.

They've all taken the elixir of immortality. Those emperors could only obtain it by living a second life on their own.

Even if you obtain the elixir of immortality, those elixirs are all undergoing nirvana.

There was no other way; most of the bodies and fruits of the dozen or so immortal herbs that were refined back then had been destroyed.

With the disappearance of the Great Emperor's Dao traces, the struggle for the Emperor's path begins once again in this lifetime.

However, this era is far less glorious than the previous one. Xu Changqing and the Empress deduced that no one should become an emperor in this era.

Three thousand years later, just as the struggle for the Emperor's Path began, a Supreme Being who came to the Primordial Ancient Mine suddenly launched a Dark Turmoil.

The heavens fell into deathly silence once more, and countless beings transformed into blood essence that seeped into the Supreme Being's celestial platform to repair the cracks.

At the critical moment, Yang An broke through the Immortal Source and, with his aged body, dragged the Supreme Being to death. He himself was also killed on the ancient star Yinghuo, and died with resentment as he looked at the bleeding heavens.

He was already on his last breath, barely clinging to life, unable to unleash his full strength, yet he still managed to kill a Supreme Being.

Xu Changqing speculated that Yang An was the divine thought of the Great Accomplished Holy Body in later generations, that is, the strongest Holy Body in history, who was almost about to become an emperor.

His strength is estimated to be roughly the same as Ye Fan's, who achieved enlightenment through unconventional means, with little difference between them.

He became an emperor in his physical body, but in his old age, his blood and energy weakened, his primordial spirit decayed, and his celestial platform cracked, making him far inferior to his peak period.

But it still exudes the aura of an emperor.

The world remained silent, thinking that no one would stop this turmoil. But unexpectedly, the Great Perfection Undying Golden Body, which had died tens of thousands of years ago, suddenly appeared and blocked the dark chaos.

This once again proves how terrible the darkness and turmoil are.

People recorded this dark turmoil once again in ancient history as a warning to future generations.

Xu Changqing and the Empress's third incarnation is also nearing its end. After all, they have lived for far too long in this life, almost 100,000 years.

They ignored the dark turmoil that followed; it was good enough that they didn't instigate any dark turmoil.

Xu Changqing knew the moral character of the world, but he did not have the character to care about the world; he simply observed from the sidelines.

The lives and deaths of the heavens are none of his concern, but if it were a terrifying dark upheaval like the Sacred Ruins, he would have no way to remain unaffected.

The Empress is the same; she won't interfere unless she's threatened.

Some people obtained her cultivation techniques and were hated and attacked by everyone on the Emperor's Road, so she didn't care about the destruction of the heavens.

Two thousand years later, an indestructible golden body, having reached its full potential, appeared on the Imperial Road, guarding all the heavens and myriad realms, and keeping a close eye on the forbidden zones.

This Great Completion Undying Golden Body comes from a family on the Emperor's Road, near the Hegemon Body Clan Star.

This indestructible golden body did not ascend.

One of them was so strong, though he didn't exude the aura of an emperor, he had still achieved great success and obtained a cultivation method exclusive to the Holy Body lineage.

When Xu Changqing and the Empress were 170,000 years old, they had already entered their later years.

Meanwhile, turmoil broke out again outside, this time during the dark turmoil that began when he was in his later years as the Great Perfection Undying Golden Body. He went to the Big Dipper to quell the turmoil and returned to the Imperial Road with his severely injured and dying body.

However, he was ambushed and killed by a supreme being with a powerful body named Canglan.

He died with resentment.

Inside the desolate forbidden land, Xu Changqing and the Empress's appearances had also changed, turning them into middle-aged people.

They could have maintained their youthful appearance indefinitely, but Xu Changqing was too lazy to change and let his looks change as they pleased.

The Empress saw that Xu Changqing had not maintained his youthful appearance, but she herself had not changed either. Her figure was still as good as ever, only her thick black hair was mixed with a few white hairs.

She had some wrinkles on her face, and exuded a dignified air, like a woman.

"I'm about to begin my transformation into a Chaos Body," Xu Changqing said to the Empress, his face showing a hint of solemnity.

Although I am quite confident, I still need to be cautious.

The Empress nodded; she too would begin studying the Dao Fruit and the method of transforming obsessions into sentient beings.

They went into seclusion, while dark turmoil occurred from time to time in the outside world, a phenomenon that had not occurred for thousands of years.

The Supreme Being of the Forbidden Zone launched four Dark Turmoils in total; two were blocked by someone, and two were not.

This plunged all the realms into panic.

"Aren't the artifacts of the Ruthless Heavenly Emperor and the Southern Ridge Heavenly Emperor in the Big Dipper? These two Heavenly Emperors must not be able to bear seeing the heavens fall into panic, so they are praying to the supreme powerhouse to go to the Big Dipper to retrieve the artifacts!"

"Why don't the descendants of the Great Emperor of Shenzhou come out to quell the rebellion? With their imperial artifacts and bloodline advantages, they should be able to hold them off!"

Countless beings across the heavens cried out in this way, for there were ancient legends that during the reigns of the two Heavenly Emperors, the forbidden zones vanished, and the heavens were filled with peace and unparalleled glory.

What if we get their weapons?

With supreme experts wielding their weapons, would they be able to defy the chaos of darkness?

With this idea emerging, some surviving quasi-emperors also began heading to the Big Dipper Star Region.

Unexpectedly, their first stop was the Daoist temple of the Heavenly Emperor of Nanling, where they were trapped and died.

Some people came to Nanling in search of the Daoist temple of the Ruthless Heavenly Emperor, only to be torn apart by a terrifying light, their primordial spirits exploding.

In this era, the world is filled with fear, but a powerful figure named Jiuli rises up. He conquers all directions, wielding a divine map, and plunges into the depths of the Emperor's Road, shattering the primordial universe and blasting open the heavens and earth.

Because the Dark Turmoil had only lasted for three thousand years, there weren't many powerful beings in the heavens at that time, so he had traveled quite a distance.

No one came out to stop him when he was undergoing the tribulation to become an emperor.

In this life, there was a Great Emperor.

Known as the Great Emperor of Jiuli, he divided the Divine Land in the Big Dipper Star Region, transforming it into the Jiuli Dynasty.

Chapter 145 The Fourth World

Outside the world, the name of the Nine Li Emperor once again resounded throughout the starry sky. After establishing the Nine Li Dynasty and leaving behind the Nine Li Divine Map, he traveled alone to explore the starry sky.

He did not enter the restricted area, nor did he even pay attention to it, but if the Supreme Being of the Restricted Area were to launch a dark upheaval, he would quell it.

After all, even if they die, they will be remembered for eternity, just like those two perfected and indestructible golden bodies; reputation is very important.

Unlike the Great Emperor of Shenzhou, who is almost entirely undocumented, even after tens of thousands of years, people only know of him as a person, but not what he did.

"It's a pity that the forbidden zone is so quiet." The Nine Li Emperor felt a little regretful, after all, who wouldn't want the opportunity to be remembered for eternity?

Moreover, even if he achieved the pinnacle and became an emperor, although the heavens offered their congratulations, it was as if there was a deathly silence.

It seems that having one more emperor wouldn't make much difference, because there weren't many amazing talents in this era, and even divine bodies were few and far between.

Xu Changqing and the Empress were deducing the Great Dao, comprehending the Dao, and studying various scriptures and cultivation methods.

They are already in their twilight years.

Ten thousand years later, the Nine Li Emperor perished, and the Supreme Being of the Forbidden Zone remained completely silent, still not launching a dark upheaval, which relieved the people of all the heavens and myriad realms.