Chapter 567 - 339: I Am the Human Emperor, Willing to Watch Over the Common People

In the vault of the heavens, the void trembled.

A man with black hair and a green robe strode from one end of the sky to the other, arriving at the Ascension Mountain Peak. His body exuded a divine might as vast as an abyss.

His pupils were pitch-black, like two black holes reflecting the vicissitudes of time. In his palm rested the Evil Eye Heaven-Reaching Tower.

He was the first-generation king of the Middle Ages, the Eternal Emperor.

But now, he had been invaded by the remnant will of an Evil God’s Divine Soul and assimilated into a mere vessel.

At this moment, the Yuqing Ancestor Master stood atop an immense Three Treasures Jade Ruyi. A phantasmal image of the dualistic Yin-Yang Fish floated behind him, and golden Holy Qi flowed through the long ribbons of his robes. He formed a Gua Seal with one hand, his snow-white brows furrowed with a solemn expression, his gaze clearly heavy.

"An Old God from a bygone era, still able to cause such a stir?"

"It must be this Flesh Body that gives it the power to roam the world freely."

The one who replied was Bai Ze. He stood at the peak of a steep mountain, his hands clasped behind his back. His long, ink-black hair flowed freely, and his white robes had been shed, revealing an upper body that looked as if it were forged from steel, complete with an eight-pack of abs.

Though he appeared lean, every inch of his skin was perfectly defined and exceptionally powerful, like the most flawless body of the Human Race.

All sorts of intricate divine runes were arranged in an orderly pattern across his skin, emitting a faint white glow.

He tilted his head, which was adorned with white deer antlers, and his eyes glowed with a turquoise light, exuding an air of elegance and nobility.

"Humans and demons are supposed to be irreconcilable enemies, yet today you stand together against a common foe?"

The third to speak was a handsome, middle-aged man dressed in a black and white Confucian Shirt, the wind billowing through his wide sleeves. The Vast Energy emanating from him was as radiant as the great sun.

Qi Xingyan had been protecting the retreating Great Yan Cultivators and had not withdrawn himself.

Bai Ze extended a hand. Turquoise light from the surrounding world gathered, compressing again and again in his palm until it formed a terrifying suction force.

"In my eyes, there is no real distinction between friend and foe."

The Yuqing Ancestor Master narrowed his eyes. "Then what was your intention with what you said to Lu Mingyuan?"

"What did I say?"

Bai Ze asked with a smile.

"You know perfectly well."

The Yuqing Ancestor Master’s expression was indifferent; he seemed unwilling to waste more words on the matter. He turned his gaze to the Eternal Emperor before them.

This figure before him reminded him of a great personage who had been dead for a very long time.

"Cause and effect, Reincarnation... Retribution is truly relentless."

"To think that the once-great Eternal Emperor would become a Puppet for an Evil God."

As the three conversed, the Eternal Emperor felt ignored and flew into a rage out of humiliation, brandishing the Evil Eye Heaven-Reaching Tower.

In the blink of an eye, the Heaven-Reaching Tower swelled to the size of a mountain. Dense Demonic Qi billowed out from it, carrying a might that could blot out the sky.

"Let me see for myself just how powerful the Divine Techniques of ancient Divine Beings truly are."

The Yuqing Ancestor Master’s gaze was sharp as a knife. The dualistic Yin-Yang Fish behind him slowly rotated, releasing a torrential wave of Immortal Qi.

With a single finger, he commanded the formless, traceless wind, merging it with the Immortal Qi to form a colossal, sky-blotting hand. Wielding unparalleled divine might, it slapped straight toward the jet-black Heaven-Reaching Tower.

BANG!

Under the immense force, the Heaven-Reaching Tower was sent flying with a single slap.

The colossal hand still had power to spare, continuing to press down on the Eternal Emperor, no different from the legendary Five Finger Mountain.

’That’s Yuqing for you.’

Qi Xingyan was slightly astonished at the sight.

If a Fourteenth Realm Great Demon had faced that earlier attack, it likely would have been suppressed beneath the tower.

The Snake Consort, as a Throne Great Demon, was by no means weak, yet she had still been captured by the Heaven-Reaching Tower.

But before the Yuqing Ancestor Master, it was a problem solved with a single slap.

Though they were all in the Fourteenth Realm, the gap in their power was enormous, like a heavenly chasm.

The Eternal Emperor stomped his foot. The black Demonic Qi that had formed clouds and mists around his feet surged violently, transforming into a Giant Dragon that charged toward the Yuqing Ancestor Master.

To put it bluntly, the Evil God’s Will was the incomplete Divine Soul of a former Divine Being.

Therefore, after its revival, it cared only for slaughter, plundering the life essence of living beings without any regard for who its opponents were.

BOOM!

Although the Divine Power carried by the colossal hand was immense, it was instantly shattered upon impact with the Demon River.

Then, the Demon River’s might continued unabated, sweeping forward with unstoppable momentum.

The Yuqing Ancestor Master’s gaze was serene. Every strand of hair on his head rapidly enlarged, stretching for ten thousand miles like clouds hanging from the heavens. Each hair pulsed with golden Dao Scripture, dazzling to behold, like a legion of Divine Swords.

SWOOSH!

His hair slashed through the void, severing the river of Demonic Qi.

But in the next second...

The strange Demonic Qi that made up the Demon River seized the opportunity to latch onto his hair like maggots clinging to bone, impossible to remove.

At that moment, Bai Ze launched the small, turquoise ball of light from his palm. Its terrifying power ripped space asunder, and the strange Demonic Qi was instantly sucked into the void.

On the entire battlefield, only the figures of Bai Ze and the Yuqing Ancestor Master remained.

Qi Xingyan was watching from a great distance.

Everyone else had already withdrawn from the center of the Ascension Land, heading for the shore.

An immense and wide battlefield had been cleared out.

Most people were watching from hundreds, or even a thousand, miles away.

A battle between beings like the Yuqing Ancestor Master and Bai Ze was a rare sight, something one might not see for ten thousand years.

With their level of power, even a sliver of their released might was far more than an ordinary Cultivator could withstand.

...

However, at this moment, two conspicuous rainbow glints appeared from the direction where the Absolute Brewed Blood Spring had previously erupted.

They were incredibly abrupt.

Lu Mingyuan’s injuries from his Saint Tribulation had fully healed, and he had returned to his peak condition.

The moment he emerged, he felt the tremors in the void and the great commotion on the battlefield.

Instantly, his eyes fell upon the figure of the Eternal Emperor.

’What’s going on? The Eternal Emperor isn’t dead?’