Chapter 1943: Chapter 1942: Shi Yan, Inside the Emperor’s Tomb
“I’m quite curious about these Heaven-reaching Steps. Regardless, let take a walk.”
said Xu Zii.
“Then I won’t disturb you any longer, Senior.”
“Please!”
The Old Turtle stepped back, indicating that Xu Zii could proceed.
“Is this legacy left behind by the Empress?”
Before leaving, Xu Zii asked one last question.
“I never said this place contains the Empress’s legacy. There might be a legacy in the Emperor’s Tomb, or there might be nothing at all.
I am just an Old Turtle guarding the gate. How could I know so much?”
The Old Turtle laughed.
“And these Heaven-reaching Steps weren’t specially set up either.
When the Emperor’s Tomb still existed, these steps were already here.”
“In fact, after the Empress left, she did not specially prepare anything for future generations.”
Xu Zii nodded.
This is the true mindset of a strong individual.
A Heaven Challenger, who would leave arrangents for themselves?
Even so, Xu Zii stepped into the air and started walking towards the Heaven-reaching Steps.
Once he stood among them, he could feel a distinct and clear force attempting to annihilate his consciousness.
Pulling him into another void.
Xu Zii did not resist.
He watched the void, filled with endless gods and Buddhas.
At this mont, he seed like a mortal, an ant crawling under the heavens and earth.
Facing the myriad gods and Buddhas with the body of an ant.
How many people could have such resolve?
Yet Xu Zii felt no fear. Even if he truly were a mortal, he would not retreat.
Because there are many things in this world more important than death.
Xu Zii strolled leisurely, hands behind his back, as if he were not here for an assessnt, but to enjoy the scenery.
His pace was neither hurried nor slow.
Walking on the Heaven-reaching Steps, he carefully experienced their strangeness.
The water of this Heaven-reaching River was not actual river water.
It was a form of Rule Power coagulated, making the Heaven-reaching River not just reach the heavens, but also penetrate deep into everyone’s heart.
Revealing your most terrifying and fearful places.
If you can overco it, then the Heaven-reaching Steps will send you soaring into the skies, entering the Emperor’s Tomb.
Finally, Xu Zii reached the hundredth step.
The step opened with invisible fluctuations, signaling that Xu Zii had passed this test.
His figure lifted, continuously ascending.
Everything in view was the water of the Heaven-reaching River.
The turbulent river waters surged, propelling Xu Zii into the Emperor’s Tomb.
……..
Long, long ago,
So far back that people almost forgot the passage of ti.
This place was once the core of the Nine Domains.
A symbol of all power and pinnacle.
This was the Emperor’s Tomb, where the Empress once founded the Heaven Challenge force.
This was once the most prosperous area of the Nine Domains, a Holy Land for countless martial path dreams.
Yet now, as Xu Zii revisits this place.
The past glory is rely a moon in the mirror and flowers in the water.
Everything has vanished into thin air.
The Emperor’s Tomb is not a palace but a realm unto itself.
It is a separate world within the Mountains and Rivers Society Diagram, where heaven and earth contain heaven and earth.
Moreover, this is not a small realm.
To create such a profound realm and have it remain stable for so many years.
Even after death, the world remains undestroyed.
It shows that the Empress had walked a path in the Space Domain that was unprecedented and unmatched.
Though called the Emperor’s Tomb, it’s filled with lofty mountains and ridges.
But these mountains and ridges are not on the ground; they float in the void.
Occasionally, several mountains rise to the sky, towering millions of ters high.
So ancient they can no longer be called ancient.
Xu Zii, like others, stood on a disk in front of the Emperor’s Tomb.
Before him were the ethereal mountains resembling distant peaks.
The white clouds seed right in front, within reach.
Golden sunlight pierced through the clouds, the sun clearly visible.
Spiritual Energy gathered densely in the void, the distant mountains like dust clouds, to be observed from afar but not to be played with lightly.
Xu Zii looked around.
Not many could reach here, whether they were Loose Cultivators, or mbers of the Faceless Clan, or the human race from Jiaqing.
Although all joined the pursuit of the Heaven-reaching Steps.
Very few could surpass the hundredth step.
And Loose Cultivators were even rarer.
Everyone remained vigilant, as those who could co here were almost all competitors.
Soon, the crowd split up.
The Faceless Clan ford their small team, the Longevity True Man from Jiaqing ford another, and the few Loose Cultivators ford yet another.
And Xu Zii stood alone.
“Oh, finally caught up, almost fell off.”
A voice rang out.
Breaking the tense silence among the crowd.
A strange Daoist holding an abacus fell from the sky.
The Daoist’s figure heavily landed on the ground, and everyone thought he would be smashed.
But unexpectedly, he was nimble, jumping up from the ground.
“Greetings everyone, a wandering Taoist, Shiyan, greets you all.”
The strange Daoist looked at everyone.
Upon seeing Xu Zii, his figure subtly stepped back a few paces before smiling and introducing himself.
“Taoist Shiyan, the true disciple of Heavenly Secret Holy Land?”
The Longevity True Man contemplated briefly before speaking.
Then laughed, “I heard that in every era, only one disciple from Heavenly Secret Holy Land would erge to walk the world.
It must be Taoist Shiyan then.”
“Since Taoist Shiyan is from the Heavenly Secret Holy Land, could you calculate how this journey will fare for us?”
“Can’t predict, can’t predict,” Taoist Shiyan quickly waved his hand.
“How could I possibly calculate matters of the Empress?”
“Everyone, the legacy is important.
If you ask , let’s set aside our grudges for now.
First, find the legacy, then rely on our skills.”
Among the Loose Cultivators, an elder spoke up.
This elder had white hair and beard, evidently respected.
The Faceless Saint King and Longevity True Man exchanged a cold snort.
“The Emperor’s Tomb is so vast, let’s each search our own way,” said the Longevity True Man.
He led the human race from Jiaqing towards the north.
The Faceless Saint King went south.
A few Loose Cultivators, feeling weak in numbers.
Soone still wanted to invite Xu Zii and Taoist Shiyan.
But both refused.
Loose Cultivators, with the weakest strength, naturally wanted to avoid encountering other forces, so they chose the west.
After everyone left.
Xu Zii smiled and looked at Taoist Shiyan, saying, “Taoist Priest, we must have a predestined bond!”
“Senior, don’t say such things carelessly, such words are deadly.”
Taoist Shiyan’s face changed dramatically.
He couldn’t help but widen the distance.
Crying out, “This humble Daoist has no bond with you, no bond at all.”
In Taoist Shiyan’s eyes at this mont, Xu Zii was forsaken by the heavens and loathed by people.
An anomaly of this world.
Touch it and die.
In fact, Taoist Shiyan had so unfinished words.
Such a view could only appear in one situation.
Xu Zii, like the Empress of old, was genuinely a Heaven Challenger.
Only a Heaven Challenger would be so detested by heaven and earth.
Otherwise, the Heavenly Dao, being fair, would not arbitrarily alter the world.
“Since you are so afraid of entangling with karma, why did you co to the Empress’s place?”
Xu Zii said.
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