Is there any hope for me, who proposed to the world-destroying empress at the very beginning?

Tang Yuan climbed the snake onto the stick, calling out "Brother Su" as he rummaged through his "treasure bag," looking at the various strangely shaped and highly aggressive "toys." Su Liang's eyebrows twitched.

"That's right! You're the best at this, brother! Su Liang, I have a purple-gold soft armor here, it should be able to block a few blows for you." Tang Xiaolu's eyes lit up, and she reached for her jade-like neck, wanting to pull out the purple-gold soft armor.

Su Liang reluctantly stopped her, saying, "No need, Miss Tang. This imperial road is extremely dangerous. Your brother will feel at ease knowing you have an extra layer of protection."

Tang Xiaolu blushed and said shyly:

"Actually, Su Liang, you can call me Xiao Lu."

Looking at Tang Xiaolu, Luo Tian remained expressionless, only feeling a faint sadness, the taste of first love.

"Chief Su, if there's anything I can do to help you, I'll go through fire and water without batting an eye," Luo Tian said earnestly.

Su Liang was deeply moved. Look at Luo Tian! This is the right way to repay kindness! Although it really doesn't require going through fire and water.

"Then we'll head out first, Su Liang, see you at the finish line!" Tang Xiaolu waved goodbye by the Milky Way.

Chapter 941 Reincarnation Galaxy

Shaking his head helplessly, Su Liang stepped towards the Milky Way. At the edge of the Milky Way, he took out the Reincarnation Seal. The two yin-yang fish on the Reincarnation Seal seemed to come alive, slowly swimming back and forth on the Reincarnation Seal.

Su Liang stroked his chin and muttered to himself, "It seems there's something on the Emperor's Path that attracts the Reincarnation Seal?"

Su Liang stepped onto the starry river. "Boom!" With just one step, Su Liang felt an immense pressure suddenly descend upon him. It came too suddenly. Su Liang did not circulate his spiritual energy or activate his physique. The pressure pressed down on him, causing the surrounding space to shatter.

"So that's how it is? This is the fivefold test?"

this?"

Even though Su Liang didn't use his spiritual energy to activate his physique to resist the pressure, he couldn't withstand the pressure just by relying on his physical strength.

After considering for a while, Su Liang decided to conserve his spiritual energy for later use. He then activated his Divine Emperor Physique, causing his physical strength to surge once again, quickly reaching a terrifying level. The pressure of the Great Emperor surrounding him was directly suppressed by the Divine Emperor Physique, and Su Liang could no longer sense the pressure at all.

But an unexpected scene unfolded. The Emperor's aura seemed to be consciously provoked, and the pressure emanating from Su Liang increased again, causing Su Liang to feel a sudden, intense pressure.

Immediately, the Divine Emperor Body seemed to be enraged as well. Divine radiance flowed around Su Liang's body, but this pressure from the Great Emperor was dispelled and suppressed. As the two fluctuated, Su Liang was pleasantly surprised to find that his Divine Emperor Body had actually improved a bit.

The Emperor's oppressive aura and the competition between the Divine Emperor Bodies allowed Su Liang to reap the benefits. If Su Liang were to hone his Divine Emperor Bodies, he would likely only be able to gradually improve them through increased cultivation.

The contest between the two continued. Su Liang smiled and slowly walked forward, leisurely taking one step at a time.

After advancing only a few thousand meters, they saw a saintess from a small sect ahead. She was covered in sweat, and her willow-leaf skirt was already soaked through, revealing her graceful figure. Hearing the noise behind her, the saintess turned around and looked back. When she saw Su Liang strolling around like he was enjoying a leisurely stroll, her phoenix eyes, as clear as springs, were stunned.

This imperial road was vast and seemed to stretch endlessly. Every few hundred meters, the imperial pressure on her would increase. As a saintess of a sect that was neither large nor small, and with a cultivation level of only the third level of the Heavenly King Realm, it was already quite good that she had traveled a thousand meters.

Su Liang could tell at a glance that the Holy Maiden's spiritual energy was almost depleted and her physical body was on the verge of collapse, so he advised her, "Retreat."

After thinking for a moment, he took out a pill and fed it to the saintess.

The saintess was exhausted, her lips dry. She swallowed the pill with difficulty, regaining some of her strength. Her eyes were filled with spring, and she looked at Su Liang with gratitude.

Seeing that the Holy Maiden was unharmed, Su Liang passed her and continued forward. Looking at Su Liang's figure, the Holy Maiden felt a deep sense of admiration. She herself had already exhausted all her strength just by walking these few thousand meters. It was said that the difficulty of Su Liang's trial was more than five times that of hers, but now it seemed that Su Liang's strength was like a vast ocean, unfathomable.

On the other side, Yuqiu had already traveled tens of thousands of meters. At this moment, he had activated the Black Feather Transformation to its maximum, his whole body covered in black feathers, relying on the layer of black feathers on his body and the constantly churning spiritual energy within his body.

He was walking forward with a solemn expression. Apart from revealing his true form, he had used every means at his disposal. He felt as if he were carrying a mountain of immense weight on his back.

Not far from him, Xie Hong once again summoned a swarm of snakes to envelop himself and resist the oppressive aura emanating from him. However, before long, the snakes on his body would disappear completely, forcing Xie Hong to once again channel his spiritual energy to conjure up a swarm of snakes. The long-term depletion of his spiritual energy also made Xie Hong's face look grim, especially as he looked at the two people in front of him who were moving swiftly, his face filled with resentment.

Compared to the other two, Qingbi was much more relaxed. Relying on her innate divine power, the Azure Glow Divine Light, she resisted the pressure from all around. Most innate divine powers are things that one can comprehend on their own, and they consume less energy than cultivation techniques.

If it were merely a pressure, the three wouldn't be moving so slowly. However, the sight of gleaming metallic bodies on the Imperial Road was causing them considerable distress.

Ahead of the three of them, Wang Tian, ​​Han Bo, and others walked briskly.

Wang Tian was surrounded by a dense aura of coldness. The Emperor's pressure was frozen in space as soon as it approached, and the 'tigers' blocking his way were also turned into ice shards under Wang Tian's palm.

Hanbo directly withstood the pressure with his bare body and moved forward like an ancient bull or an armored tank, rumbling across the starry sky.

Soon, the two of them sped ahead, leaving the three behind far behind, and arrived at the 20,000 mark first.

At this moment, the pressure increased greatly, and the "tigers" blocking the way also began to transform. Even Wang Tian and Han Bo could no longer run rampant as before.

……

"what is this?"

After passing the Holy Maiden, Su Liang encountered many other geniuses from other sects and holy lands along the way. If he could help them, Su Liang would lend a hand.

He drifted away amidst their admiring gazes, and at this moment, the imperial aura emanating from Su Liang was already twelve times that of others! And it was still increasing.

Soon, at about eight thousand meters, Su Liang stopped because a figure blocked his way. It was humanoid, but its whole body gleamed with a metallic sheen, and its joints had metal parts.

"Puppet..." Before Su Liang could finish speaking, the puppet, wielding a sharp sword, charged towards him. Its movements were as swift as a swallow, and the sword in its hand flew out with astonishing speed.

"This is at least a low-level physique, and the sword techniques and skills? The sword in his hand is at least a mid-grade one, hmm? This aura looks like that of a third-level Heavenly King."

Su Liang was knowledgeable and experienced, and quickly figured out most of the details of the puppet on the other side.

Su Liang smiled with interest: "That's interesting. This Heavenly King level puppet, which is extremely rare in the outside world, is actually being used by the Reincarnation Emperor as a trial for inheritance? He's really rich and powerful."

Dodging the sword-shaped puppet's sword strikes with ease, Su Liang prepared to test it further. Without retaliating, the sword-shaped puppet's first attack failed, but its other sword was already poised to strike. With a step forward of its left foot, the sword's attack shifted, and the sharp sword thrust towards Su Liang.

Su Liang's eyes lit up.

He thought the puppet could at most roughly imitate the sword moves.

Unexpectedly, the puppet was incredibly agile, not only concealing its weaknesses but also coordinating with its movements. If one underestimated the puppet, it would probably have already been decapitated.

With a flick of his finger, Su Liang shattered the sword in the puppet's hand. He stared at the puppet with great interest, wanting to see what it would do next with its sword broken.

But to Su Liang's surprise, after the sword in the puppet's hand shattered into pieces, it looked down at them in a very human-like manner, then took off running! That's right! The puppet ran away!

Chapter 942 Heavenly King-level Puppet

Looking at the puppet that seemed to move with the wind beneath its feet, Su Liang's expression was strange. He stroked his chin thoughtfully and said, "Does it have sentience? And is it unaffected by pressure?"

Don't be fooled by how easily Su Liang dealt with the puppet. It's not that the puppet wasn't strong. Ordinary geniuses would have to withstand the pressure while dealing with a puppet that possessed magical artifacts and could control its techniques with ease. One wrong move and they would perish.

Then its figure disappeared, and when it reappeared, it was already in front of the departing puppet. Looking at Su Liang in front of it, the sword-shaped puppet did not hesitate and turned to run away.

Su Liang directly sealed the sword-shaped puppet with spiritual power. The sealed sword-shaped puppet darted around wildly in the sealed area, not caring when it bumped into the spiritual energy wall, and continued to change direction, going back and forth without stopping.

Su Liang sized it up, "It seems that it only possesses a little bit of spirituality, and can only instinctively use moves and run away?"

Su Liang tentatively extended a palm and struck the sword-shaped puppet. The puppet instantly turned to dust under Su Liang's palm. Recalling the feeling just now, he thought, "The physical strength should be around the fifth level of the Heavenly King Realm? Hmm?"

Su Liang shifted slightly to the side, and a white-feathered arrow flew past him, exploding right next to him.

Without hesitation, Su Liang dodged the arrow and raised his hand, forming a shield of spiritual energy to block the following arrows.

After estimating the direction of the arrow and the position of the archer, Su Liang directly unleashed a powerful palm strike of spiritual energy into the distance.

"boom!"

Shortly after a loud bang, there was a brief pause, and then a spiritual energy palm, which was four or five parts similar to Su Liang's giant spiritual energy palm, came crashing down on Su Liang from afar.

Su Liang's eyes lit up. "Interesting."

After casually blocking the attack, Su Liang immediately flashed to the vicinity of the bow and arrow puppet. What came into view was an appearance that was roughly the same as the sword-shaped puppet, but its aura was around the sixth level of the Heavenly King realm. It was holding a white feather bow in its left hand. At this moment, the bow and arrow puppet was raising its right hand, gathering its spiritual energy to prepare to unleash another palm strike.

Su Liang deliberately used the Heavenly Killing Technique, which had only one-thousandth of its power. This Heavenly Killing Technique was within the range that the bow and arrow puppet could withstand, so it wouldn't scare the puppet away immediately. As expected, after the bow and arrow puppet took the hit head-on, it only thought for a moment before using a move that was somewhat similar to Su Liang's Heavenly Killing Technique.

Su Liang watched the archery puppet mimic his moves throughout the entire process and quickly noticed the differences.

"Is this not learning, but just simple imitation? Is it because the materials used to make the puppet contain rare and precious materials that can record and imitate moves?"

As everyone knows, although Su Liang performed these two moves with ease and skill, and the spiritual energy river within his body remained as calm as ever without any depletion, the bow and arrow puppet, whose cultivation was only at the sixth level of the Heavenly King realm, froze in place after performing these two moves, and the two glowing eyes in its sockets dimmed.

"Is there no energy?"

Su Liang stepped forward to examine it. As soon as he got close, he noticed that the Reincarnation Seal was burning hot. After taking out the Reincarnation Seal, the two yin-yang fish on it eagerly flew out and slowly floated into the chest of the stopped bow and arrow puppet, before floating out again and returning to the Reincarnation Seal.

Su Liang discovered that after the Yin-Yang fish returned to the Reincarnation Seal, he could sense that the Reincarnation Seal and the bow and arrow puppet in front of him seemed to have formed some kind of connection. He tried to transport his spiritual energy into the puppet's body, and then Su Liang cautiously stared at the bow and arrow puppet.

Under his annotation, the two eyes of the bow and arrow puppet shone, proving that the bow and arrow puppet could indeed accept his spiritual energy. After the bow and arrow puppet was revived, it did not immediately launch an attack on Su Liang, but just quietly watched Su Liang.

Su Liang tried issuing a command to the left, and the puppet faithfully complied. Su Liang tried a few more commands and tested them. The results were gratifying. The bow and arrow puppet that had been floated by the Yin-Yang fish now had full control over the Reincarnation Seal, and Su Liang, who held the Reincarnation Seal, was now the master of this puppet.

In addition, there was another encouraging discovery: Su Liang found that he seemed to be able to retract the puppet into the Samsara Seal. In other words, even if he withdrew from this inheritance, he could still take this puppet, which was at the sixth level of the Heavenly King realm, with him when he left.

Su Liang concluded: "If I'm not mistaken, these puppets must be using some rare and precious materials that can conjure up opposing techniques. It seems this isn't the first time this forbidden zone of reincarnation has been opened. The weapons these puppets wield should be those used by those ancient geniuses, and the techniques should have been confiscated from them, which means..."

In this test, he might encounter an ancient genius!

You might even encounter the youngest sons of ancient emperors or the direct descendants of great emperors!

With a bit more luck, becoming a young emperor or even an ancient emperor isn't out of the question!

Even if the opponent doesn't have all of Su Liang's strength, but only half of it, Su Liang would be very satisfied.

Discovering this truth might be devastating for other prodigies, but for Su Liang, it might not be so.

He was genuinely curious about the strength of those ancient prodigies and freaks, even though this forbidden area...

There were five hidden geniuses among them, whose strength had been sealed away for a long time. They were freaks to the geniuses of this generation, but in Su Liang’s opinion, they were really not qualified.

Feeling much better, Su Liang led his newly acquired puppet underlings on their journey.

Along the way, he discovered puppets of considerable strength, around the sixth level of the Heavenly King realm. They wielded swords and knives, and some even fought bare-necked, but in the end, they were all knocked down by Su Liang with a single punch and eventually controlled by the Reincarnation Seal. Su Liang's team quickly grew in size.

At 9,000 meters, there are very few people left to see. Those who have managed to get this far are basically geniuses cultivated by powerful external forces.

Yu Tianhua held a sword in his left hand and wielded a spear in his right, struggling to defend against the attacks of the puppet opposite him. Coincidentally, the puppet opposite Yu Tianhua was also using a sword and a spear.

Yu Tianhua came from a supreme sect in western Qin. All the disciples in the sect practiced sword and spear techniques. As the senior disciple and the strongest disciple of the sect in this generation, his sword and spear skills were superb.

Yu Tianhua thrust his sword at the sword-and-spear puppet, quickly followed up with his right-hand spear, his attacks relentless. Swords and spears could easily overwhelm an enemy, but unfortunately, this time he encountered a puppet.

The puppet that Yu Tianhua was fighting against had a cultivation level of seven Heavenly Kings, making it an unapproachable existence among the younger generation who came this time.

Faced with Yu Tianhua's sharp attacks, it directly shot out a spear like a meteor, cutting off Yu Tianhua's two consecutive attacks. Yu Tianhua had no choice but to hastily receive the move, retreating rapidly. After adjusting his posture, he breathed heavily and looked bitterly at the sword and spear puppet opposite him.

Along the way, Yu Tianhua relied on his superior strength to almost effortlessly clear the path, with few puppets able to withstand a single blow from him, until he encountered this sword and spear puppet in front of him...

Chapter 943 Puppet: The Ancient Emperor's Youngest Son

In their first encounter, Yu Tianhua was at a disadvantage. Because his internal energy was nearing depletion, he desperately unleashed his sect's ultimate move in an attempt to turn the tide.

The goal was achieved: the sword and spear puppet was nearly killed in one blow. Then, to Yu Tianhua's astonishment, the sword and spear puppet unleashed the same killing move as him, completely stunning him.

Only then did he realize that these puppets could actually mimic martial arts techniques, and his act of sending them away directly dragged him into the abyss.

Now Yu Tianhua can only barely keep up with the attacks. In his despairing gaze, the wounds on the sword and spear puppet are healing at a visible speed, while his condition is deteriorating.

What's the point of fighting someone who can imitate your moves, has higher cultivation and a stronger physique than you, and also possesses a bunch of ancient techniques from who-knows-where?

"Whoosh!" A white arrow flew from the distant horizon, heading straight for the sword and spear puppet. To Yu Tianhua's astonishment, several other puppets, armed with weapons, rushed forward and engaged the sword and spear puppet in battle.