Chapter 562 - 337: The Underground Ruins Collapse, the Evil God Is Born, Leaving the Grotto Heaven

As an Emperor of his generation, Emperor Changming possessed an unyielding pride.

Even when his Divine Soul was shattered, he did not choose to die on his knees. Instead, he unleashed the final sliver of his radiance.

Lu Mingyuan wondered, ’Am I the one responsible for Emperor Changming’s death?’

But the truth was, regardless of whether he had entered the Bronze Hall, the Evil God’s thought had never disappeared. It had remained sealed beside the corpse, waiting for someone to discover it.

Even if he hadn’t come, Emperor Changming would have eventually touched the strange Divine Thought in his attempt to retrieve his former Treasure.

The two of them were blasted out of the great hall.

However, two items appeared in the void, glowing brilliantly.

One was the Human Emperor Tripod.

It was a Celestial Destiny Divine Artifact from a bygone era, a Magical Treasure of the Human Race nurtured by Celestial Destiny and Fortune. A symbol of the Celestial Mandate’s authority, it had been lost for over ten thousand years.

The other was the All Emperors Martial Scripture.

It contained five Great Divine Techniques passed down through generations of Human Emperors. Mastering even one was enough to contend with Divine Beings.

"Now these are some real treasures."

Without a second thought, Lu Mingyuan swept his hand out and pocketed both Treasures.

RUMBLE.

A world-shaking sound erupted from the direction of the spatial wormhole leading to the underground ruins.

The Ascension Mountain Peak trembled slightly. In the Returning Ruins Silent Sea, waves tens of meters high surged, and all of nature’s spiritual energy within a radius of tens of thousands of miles began to vibrate.

’What’s happening?’

"Could some Demon from the Middle Ages have revived in the ruins?"

The Cultivators from the Great Yan Camp immediately left their caves and moved to higher ground, gazing toward the underground ruins.

The sound had indeed come from the direction of the underground ruins.

Suddenly, dark clouds appeared on the horizon, forming a giant, demonic face.

More and more Cultivators fled from the underground ruins, transforming into streaks of light as they escaped for their lives.

A colossal wave of Demonic Qi surged skyward from the entrance.

Those who had yet to emerge were doomed to become wandering souls in this place.

More and more creatures from the icebergs, influenced by the Demonic Qi, began to reawaken and mercilessly slaughter the living beings in the area.

High above the clouds, within the Nine Heavens.

The ten-thousand-meter-tall Confucian Saint Dharma Aspect blazed like the sun, and from the black clouds, two figures emerged.

Dragon Halberd and Snake Consort were both in a sorry state.

Qi Xingyan was not much better off. His aura was considerably weaker than before, and the glow of his Vast Righteous Qi had dimmed significantly.

Neither side could gain the upper hand over the other.

Dragon Halberd and Snake Consort were top-tier Great Demons among their kind, possessing numerous methods. Even for a Confucian Saint, it was difficult to fight two of them at once.

"There’s no other way. We have to use the Demon Ancestor’s techniques to deal with him."

Flames blazed in Dragon Halberd’s eyes. He would wait no longer. Just as he was about to order an attack, the sky above the Ascension Mountain Peak suddenly turned pitch-black.

Layer upon layer of black clouds appeared, roiling across the sky. Even the light emanating from the massive stone mountains floating mid-air grew somewhat dim.

"What’s happening?"

Snake Consort wore a baffled expression, not understanding why day had turned to night in an instant.

Above the ruins, Snake Consort stopped. She instinctively sensed a dangerous presence and widened her serpentine eyes, staring at the black clouds above.

RUMBLE.

From within the black clouds, a Heaven-Reaching Demon Tower, swirling with dark-green energy, flew out and descended from the sky.

A look of terror filled Snake Consort’s eyes. She immediately reverted to her true form—a massive, coiling, winged serpent—and tried to flee with all her might.

The Heaven-Reaching Demon Tower, like an immense mountain peak, struck her body and pinned her beneath it.

HSSS—!

Snake Consort let out a furious roar. She beat her wings with all her strength, shaking the several-hundred-mile-long island so violently that the very ground cracked, yet she could not escape.

A figure emanating a cyan brilliance descended from the sky like a Celestial God. He stood in the void, his long black hair swaying in the wind, exuding an aura of absolute dominance over the world.

He was an exceedingly handsome young man. His skin, including his cheeks, was covered in strange, pitch-black runes. His gaze was profound, his expression cold, and his pupils were exceptionally bizarre.

He had only black pupils, with no whites to his eyes.

His pair of pure black eyes were incredibly unsettling.

If Lu Mingyuan were here, he would have been utterly astonished.

Because this person was none other than Emperor Changming from the Bronze Hall. He hadn’t died after all and had even walked out of the ruins.

However, his appearance suggested he had been corrupted by darkness and had become a Puppet of the strange Divine Thought.

Emperor Changming stretched out his hand. The Heaven-Reaching Demon Tower, which was covered in sinister eyes, gradually shrank until it was only half a foot tall, landing in his palm.

BANG! BANG!

Sounds of resistance and impacts against the tower’s walls came from within.

All the living beings in the Ascension Land were stunned into silence. A Fourteenth Realm Great Demon from the Wilderness World, one of the Demon Race’s supreme overlords, had been effortlessly suppressed and sealed in a tower by this man.

’Just who is this man from the Human Race standing in the void?’

"The Dragon Peak Cave Heaven has become a place of peril. I urge all Human Race Cultivators to cease their search for Treasure and leave at once."

A vast, boundless voice suddenly rang out, reaching the ears of every Human Race Cultivator.

’It’s the Yuqing Ancestor Master!’

Many people finally realized who was speaking.

They had never expected that even the Yuqing Ancestor Master would personally intervene this time. ’Just how powerful must the enemy be?’

Dragon Halberd’s wide sleeves fluttered as he stared gravely at the strange Human Race man in the center, his heart still pounding with lingering fear.

He felt that even he would have found it difficult to resist the power of the Heaven-Reaching Treasure Tower just now.

It was a profound, ancient, and indescribable power.