After the spiritual energy was restored: Goddess girlfriends came knocking.

Ao Tianxin didn't look to see what was inside.

Chao Cangli nodded.

"I agree. I will help within my ability."

The stone in Cang Li's heart finally settled with those three words.

Thank you.

Ao Tianxin turned around and handed the storage bag to Lin Chu.

Lin Chu glanced at it and then put it away.

Cang Li watched this scene, smiled, and said nothing.

He stepped back, returned to Qinglian's side, and took her hand.

Qinglian looked up at him, her eyes still a little red, but the corners of her mouth were already turning up.

Seeing the two of them acting as if no one else was around, Lin Chu coughed lightly.

"Well, Qinglian promised us that she would take us to find her young lady."

"That is, my sister."

A look of realization dawned on Cang Li's face.

No wonder Lin Chu and the others brought Qinglian along.

He tightened his grip on Qinglian's hand and spoke.

"I will go with you and escort you up there."

Lin Chu nodded: "That's even better."

Cang Li looked down at Qing Lian.

Qinglian looked up at her: "What's wrong?"

Cang Li glanced at Lin Chu.

Those eyes clearly said: Why aren't you leaving yet?

Lin Chu's lips twitched.

He waved his hand and led everyone out of the main hall.

They had barely stepped out when the palace doors slammed shut with a bang.

Lin Chu shook his head and chuckled, then released the phoenix carriage, which floated steadily in mid-air.

"We've traveled all the way and fought a battle, let's take a good rest."

……

Half a day later.

The palace doors opened again.

Cang Li changed into a black robe and led Qing Lian out.

Qinglian tilted her head back, her eyes crinkling into crescent moons as she smiled.

Ever since this girl found out that Cang Li was alright...

She regained that same boisterous and lively spirit she had when we first met.

"Young Master Lin! We've arrived!"

Her voice was clear and crisp, completely different from when she was first rescued.

Lin Chu stepped out of the phoenix carriage and glanced at her.

"Hmm, everyone's fully recovered?"

Qinglian blushed.

Jian Li walked over, looked her up and down, and teased, "Oh, not crying anymore?"

Qinglian chuckled and shamelessly hooked her arm around Jianli's.

"Sister Jianli~".

Don't give me that.

The two were making a ruckus outside the carriage.

Cang Li looked at him, and the lines on his face softened.

After a moment, he looked away and glanced behind him.

More than a hundred black-robed Devourer Clan members were already kneeling neatly outside the hall.

"Let's go."

Cang Li waved his hand.

The men in black robes rose in unison, transformed into black light, and landed neatly behind the phoenix carriage.

Lin Chu was filled with emotion after reading it.

There are over a hundred Devourers, which is neither a large nor a small number.

In the past, he would never have imagined that the final leg of his journey to becoming an emperor would be aided by a group of Devourers.

What's this called?

Good luck tricks people.

Cang Li waved his hand and summoned a chariot, which carried Qing Lian and the Phoenix Carriage side by side, followed by a group of black-robed Devourer Clan members, a dark and imposing mass.

"Set off."

……

The rest of the journey went even more smoothly than Lin Chu had anticipated.

With Cang Li, a Golden Immortal who transcended the limitations of the Emperor's Path, and hundreds of Devouring Clan members clearing the way ahead, the situation became much more promising.

Many challenges that would normally require considerable effort were overcome effortlessly.

In some places, they didn't even last until Lin Chu made a move before being wiped out by the black-robed Devouring Clan.

Upon reaching the forty-sixth floor, the group discovered that there were no trials on this floor.

There were no strange beasts, and no danger.

Even the oppressive feeling unique to the Imperial Road that permeated the air was so faint that it was almost imperceptible.

We sped along and arrived at the base of the Towering Tree without any problems.

"Look ahead."

Everyone looked up.

On the towering tree, several large characters are prominently displayed.

[An unknown person was here]

The carving is extremely deep, each stroke penetrating to the core, with a sword-like energy flowing between the lines that lingers for a long time.

Lin Chu and Jian Li Ao Tianxin looked at each other.

"The Emperor's Sword Technique"

Jian Li's eyes widened.

"Sister Tianxin, this..."

Ao Tianxin frowned and said, "I obtained this Human Emperor Sword Technique from the Dragon Court's ancestral treasury."

Lin Chu nodded.

He had previously thought that the Unborn Man was a mysterious figure in the Imperial Road.

I never imagined that I would have such a connection with it.

Cang Li stepped forward, a hint of awe appearing in his eyes.

"This senior, who is not yet born, is at least at the level of a Celestial Lord."

"It might even be stronger."

"I just don't know why we didn't continue going up."

Everyone fell silent.

Yes.

The fact that the entire 46th floor was cleared out indicates that the person in question was powerful enough to overwhelm this place back then.

But ironically, on the Imperial Stele, those who have not yet been born only stop at the forty-sixth level.

I have no clue.

"Keep going up."

The forty-six floors flashed by in an instant.

Forty-seventh floor, forty-eighth floor.

The higher you go, the stronger the suppression of the laws of the Emperor's Path becomes, and the danger level increases exponentially.

Two years later.

In front of the teleportation array connecting the 48th and 49th floors.

There were originally more than a hundred Devouring Clan members behind Cang Li, but now less than half of them remain.

Even with such a lineup, including Golden Immortals who exceeded the limits of the Emperor's Path, it still took them two years to get here, which shows how difficult it was.

……

Outside the Imperial Road.

In the past two years, every force in the Nine Realms that is qualified to know about the existence of the Emperor's Road has been discussing the same name.

Lin Chu.

Two years ago, when this name was mentioned, people would say "the third son of the Lin family".

First it was the Lin family, then it was him.

But now, who cares whether he comes from the Lin family or not?

Or rather, the situation has long been reversed: it was not the Lin family that made him memorable, but rather his name that gave the name Lin a greater weight.

"Forty-eight floors!"

"Lin Chu is still climbing!"

"This is absolutely outrageous..."

"Everyone on the Imperial Stele except him has stopped."

"The Glazed Sword Master stopped at the forty-fifth floor, as did Ao Tianxin."

"It's no wonder that Lin Zhentian and Ji Hongxuan have been visiting people everywhere these past two years."

Yes, ever since they started working with Cang Li, Jian Li and the others have been stuck on the forty-fifth floor of the Emperor's Stele.

Only Lin Chu is still climbing.

……

Inside the city of the beginning.

Deep inside, within the magnificent city lord's mansion.

City Lord Xiao Zhige sat at the head of the table, looking at the jade slip in his hand.

He was clearly burly and had a face full of fat, looking like a street butcher.

But he was holding a jade scroll in his hand, and his movements were very refined.

Two completely different temperaments are mixed together, yet no one finds it incongruous.

"Two years, forty-eight floors."

He chuckled softly and tossed the jade slip onto the table.

"This Lin family lad is really making quite a stir."

Below, a refined-looking middle-aged man stood.

His fingers trembled slightly.

Xiao Zhige looked up, glanced at him in surprise, and spoke.

"Yu Qian".

"What, you know this young master of the Lin family?"