Chapter 510 - 508: Gate of Time, the Ancient Emperor’s Trap
Divine Hall of Stagnation, Inner Hall.
Chu Sheng placed the Time Trace Hourglass, which emanated strange temporal fluctuations, into his Lifebound Space. A great weight was finally lifted from his heart.
He used Instant Teleportation to return to Gu Yuexi’s side. With a flap of his wings, he was ready to grab her and make a run for it.
"BUZZZ (Got it, let’s scram!)"
"Wait a moment."
But Gu Yuexi stopped him.
She looked at the vast, empty Divine Hall, a glint in her eyes.
"The core Power of Space-Time within the Divine Hall has been almost completely absorbed by that Time Trace Hourglass. The passage to the third floor should be opening now."
She paused, her tone becoming complicated—a mixture of anticipation and a trace of regret.
"I don’t have the strength left to go in. Besides, I’ve told you before, the opportunity on this third floor belongs to you!"
"Inside, it’s very likely... that it holds the secret of your existence!"
The moment her words fell.
RUMBLE...
The entire Divine Hall of Stagnation began to tremble violently.
On the empty ground not far in front of them, countless golden rays of light appeared out of thin air. They intertwined and converged, slowly outlining a simple yet mysterious stone gate.
Gu Yuexi’s eyes lit up, and she urged him on immediately, "That’s it! Go, quickly! That door only allows one person to pass through each time it opens, and it will close right after!"
In her past life, she had missed her chance with this door because her power was exhausted, failing to enter the third floor.
But she always had a strong premonition that behind that door lay the greatest opportunity of this Secret Realm—and perhaps even of this entire era.
Chu Sheng’s heart stirred when he heard this.
’The secret of my existence?’
He no longer hesitated. With a powerful flap of his wings, he transformed into a streak of light and shot straight toward the slowly forming Gate of Time.
However, at the very same moment he moved!
BZZZT—
All around him and Gu Yuexi, a blindingly brilliant light erupted from the ground without any warning—an Array!
Chu Sheng’s high-speed charge came to a dead stop, as if he’d flown into an invisible spiderweb. A dense cluster of golden runes suddenly appeared before him.
The runes instantly wove themselves into a massive net of light that brutally threw him back, sending him crashing onto the cold ground!
’Damn it!’
’What the hell is this!’
Chu Sheng instantly sprang up from the ground, his compound eyes, now crimson, scanning his surroundings vigilantly.
In the glow of the Array, Qin Wudao’s figure slowly materialized. His face was a mask of smug pride, radiating the confidence of someone who had everything under control.
"Heh heh, little mosquito, don’t be in such a rush. Just stay here obediently."
"And you, Sister Gu. I really must thank you both for helping me open this Gate of Time to the third floor."
Looking at Qin Wudao’s punchable face, Chu Sheng’s anger flared. Without a word, he unleashed hundreds of Soul Burst Feather Blades and charged at Qin Wudao once more.
But this time, he had barely charged a few meters before the giant golden runic web reappeared, blocking all of his attacks and his path forward.
Chu Sheng snorted coldly in his mind. ’You think this little trick can trap me?’
’Boundless Wings, activate!’
His figure instantly vanished.
The Instant Teleportation was successful.
But when he reappeared, he found himself still trapped within the massive runic light web!
It was like Sun Wukong somersaulting a hundred and eight thousand li, only to open his eyes and find he was still in the palm of the Buddha.
’How is this possible!’
For the first time, a sliver of shock appeared in Chu Sheng’s heart.
After his Boundless Wings had evolved, it was impossible for anyone to trap him except for a true Emperor Realm expert or a handful of those at the Peak of Emperor Realm who specialized in Space Law!
’What in the world did this Qin Wudao use to lay such a bizarre Array!’
’From what I remember, there’s no way Qin Wudao has this kind of power!’
Meanwhile, Gu Yuexi also stood up. She dusted herself off, her cool eyes fixed coldly on Qin Wudao.
"Speak. Who are you, really?"
Hearing Gu Yuexi’s question, the smug look on Qin Wudao’s face deepened. He chuckled softly and admitted his identity in a matter-of-fact tone.
"I am not this body’s original owner, that unambitious piece of trash."
He spread his hands as if trying to recall something.
"However, as for my name... it’s been too long. So long that even I can’t quite remember it."
"I am a Great Emperor from the Divine Revelation Era. I fell in a great battle and, as a last resort, used a final Secret Technique to seize a new body and be reborn."
"I never expected that when I awoke this time, tens of thousands of years had passed. Even my memories are significantly fragmented."
He glanced around, his tone tinged with disgust.
"And the Spiritual Qi in this era... it’s actually this scarce!"
"I had already resigned myself to never recovering my Emperor Realm cultivation in this lifetime. I never thought a Divine Hall from the lost Ancient Times would appear here."
As Qin Wudao spoke, his gaze became incredibly fervent.
Then, his eyes fell upon Chu Sheng.
"And you, little mosquito... If I’m not mistaken, your body carries the Bloodline of the legendary Mosquito Daoist from the Ancient Times, doesn’t it?"
’What the hell is this guy babbling about? Mosquito Daoist? Ancient Times, Divine Revelation Era...’
Chu Sheng was speechless.
He didn’t have some random, convoluted Bloodline. When he was first reborn into this mosquito’s body, it was just an ordinary White-striped Aedes Mosquito with a Lifespan of only six days.
「On the other side.」
Gu Yuexi, upon hearing Qin Wudao’s words, felt a storm raging in her heart.
Even though she had long seen that the Qin Wudao of today was no longer the original person, she never would have imagined his origins were so immense!
He was an Ancient Emperor from the Divine Revelation Era, from tens of thousands of years ago!
There were no official historical records about the Ancient Times or the Divine Revelation Era; it was as if that part of history had been deliberately erased.
But in her past life, she had stumbled upon an ancient, tattered scroll that contained fragmented descriptions of these two eras.
The Divine Revelation Era, tens of thousands of years ago, was the most prosperous and glorious period of the Human Race’s cultivation civilization!
In that era, members of the Human Race could even cultivate to become gods! And legend had it that beyond the Divine Realm, there were even higher, more incredible realms!
The Ancient Times, however, preceded the Divine Revelation Era. It was an even earlier, and even more terrifying, age.
In that age, it was said that the world was roamed by Primordial Giant Beasts, innate deities, Human Race Saints, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches... Every one of these beings possessed the terrifying power to destroy heavens and earth.
And among them, the name Mosquito Daoist had been specially marked in that ancient text with blood-red characters!
It was an innate Fierce Beast born from a sea of blood in the Early Stage of the Primordial Era! A being of such infamous notoriety that even Saints dared not provoke it easily!
’Does that damn mosquito... really have the Bloodline of the Mosquito Daoist?’
’If that’s true, then it’s far beyond what any Emperor-level Bloodline could compare to!’
’Forget Emperor Level—even the legendary Bloodline of a Divine Beast would be utterly incomparable to an innate Fierce Beast like the Mosquito Daoist!’
’But... is it really true?’