Chapter 595 353: Pacifying the Sea and Suppressing the Celestial Gate (Part 2)

A peerless, silver-white edge slashed out, indestructible. It was like the arrival of light, tearing through the darkness.

Golden runes transformed into a Black Gold Sky-Reaching Pillar.

It bore down upon the sea.

CRACK.

Space immediately cracked open, revealing an endless, dark void. Even the Dark Cage was torn open along with it.

The power of this slash seemed unrelated to Emperor Yu's Sea Stabilization Technique, but it was nonetheless terrifying. It was capable of truly cleaving open space, reaching straight into the void with horrifying piercing power.

Moreover, the appearance of the Black Gold Sky-Reaching Pillar immediately changed the situation on the battlefield.

This rod, formed from golden runes, was planted in the sea before them.

In an instant, everything fell deathly silent.

The towering waves, the turbulent surges, the roiling demonic clouds, the endless darkness... all of it was suppressed on the other side of the Black Gold Sky-Reaching Pillar, unable to advance another step.

It was as if all the wind and waves in the world were held back on the other side.

Time itself seemed to stand still.

But in reality, it hadn't.

Everything happened in a flash, so quickly that the Three Great Demon Generals had no time to intercept.

"What a Human Emperor! To think he could break the Dark Cage in an instant. We've all underestimated him!"

Life and Death Yama's expression turned grim.

Lu Mingyuan was the first person to ever break the Dark Cage so easily.

Ye Mingzi furrowed his brows slightly. "For some reason, this move looks very familiar. This technique undoubtedly shows that he has cultivated spatial Divine Techniques to an extremely high level. If he's determined to leave, we simply can't catch him. I feel like I've seen this move ten thousand years ago. Didn't the Eternal Emperor use it once?"

Life and Death Yama recalled, "This is Emperor Yu's Sea Stabilization Technique. It comes from an Ancient Human Emperor and is rumored to be a Divine Technique capable of suppressing everything in the world. How does he know this move?"

"Isn't it obvious? This man is the Eternal Emperor's successor. He must have inherited a vast number of Divine Techniques. If we don't eliminate him, he will become a disaster." A terrifying killing intent surged in the Blood Scorpion Demon Monarch's eyes.

"No," Ye Mingzi said. "Our current objective is to use the Divine Power from the statues in the Ascension Land to maintain the spatial rift, using human lives as sacrifices to open the Celestial Gate. We can't kill this Human Emperor for now, but what can he do to us?"

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"What a powerful Divine Technique, to be able to suppress even the dark matter. He is truly worthy of being the Eternal Emperor's successor."

Seeing Lu Mingyuan shatter the Dark Cage, the Giant Spirit Human King's eyes showed his astonishment.

The Female Imperial Tutor smiled. "What did I tell you? I said long ago that with his abilities, there was no way he would fall so easily to the Three Great Demon Generals."

Evidently, she was very pleased with this outcome.

Yao Yang Human King's gaze hardened slightly, and he spoke in a neutral tone, "Although Lu Mingyuan has escaped disaster for now, he has already been targeted by the Outer Realm Divine Beings. If he doesn't leave the Returning Ruins Silent Sea, he probably won't be so lucky next time."

"It's a good thing to have Lu Mingyuan attract the attention of the Four Great Demon Generals. If we were to make a move, the outcome would be even more favorable for us," a Human King from an ancient tribe said in a deep voice.

This was the Human King of the Beidou Tribe. He wore a wide, black robe, his face was stern, and a fearsome, murderous aura emanated from him. On his forehead was the mark of the Big Dipper, which twinkled with faint starlight and exuded an ancient, weathered aura.

The Giant Spirit Human King frowned slightly. "The Human Race is too weak right now. Besides Lu Mingyuan, there are no other truly powerful figures. Even if we gather all the experts in the Returning Ruins Silent Sea, it probably won't mean much."

"No, the Human Race is not as simple as you think. I'm certain that Lu Mingyuan isn't the only one to have come to the Returning Ruins Silent Sea. If the Outer Realm Divine Beings are too careless, they might just suffer a considerable loss," the Female Imperial Tutor said meaningfully.

Unlike Yao Yang Human King and the others, the Female Imperial Tutor had come into contact with this world later than the leaders of these ancient tribes. She had seen and heard far more. She had personally witnessed the founding of the Eternal First Celestial Dynasty, and because of this, she never underestimated the power of the Human Race.

The Beidou Human King said, "Regardless, we must hurry to the starry sky. The Outer Realm Divine Beings are coming in force this time. They've mobilized many Celestial Soldiers and Generals, and it seems even the Night Shadow Emperor has come."

"The Night Shadow Emperor."

Hearing those four words, everyone present couldn't help but pale.

The Night Shadow Emperor was a leading figure of the Old Celestial Court, one of the nine Great Emperors, and the master of the endless night. He was once called the most powerful of the Divine Beings in the Celestial Court's hundred-thousand-year history.

According to legend, the Night Shadow Emperor once accidentally entered an extremely terrifying forbidden land in the starry sky. Not only did he survive, but he also obtained a great Opportunity there. His Divine Body reached Great Success, and he even fused with a mass of exceedingly bizarre dark matter that could corrode anything.

The Night Shadow Emperor had always lived in seclusion, appearing extremely mysterious.

'Could it be that this time, the Night Shadow Emperor will personally lead the charge and descend upon the Central Plains?'

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After flying for tens of thousands of miles, the Three Great Demon Generals finally disappeared from Lu Mingyuan's sight.

Only then did he slowly descend from the sky.

With a wave of his hand, the black warship appeared on the surface of the sea.

What surprised Lu Mingyuan slightly was that the purple-robed woman from the Tri-Eyed Race was also on the warship.

"Why are you following us?"

A flash of displeasure crossed Lu Mingyuan's eyes.

He had been locked in a fierce, inseparable battle with the Three Great Demon Generals earlier. If the purple-robed woman had been willing to help, he might have been able to make them suffer a major loss and prevent their escape. But she had simply stood by and watched.

Because of this, it was naturally difficult for Lu Mingyuan to have any favorable impression of her.

The purple-robed woman naturally sensed Lu Mingyuan's displeasure. She couldn't help but say, "The sea region where the Middle-Age Awakened are is extremely special; it's difficult to reach without a guide. This isn't the time to get bogged down in fights. We have to use every second we have to close the spatial rift left behind from the Middle Ages. That's why I have to be the one to take you."

At the same time, Yun Qinghe secretly sent a mental message to Lu Mingyuan, relaying everything the purple-robed woman had told her earlier.

Hearing this, Lu Mingyuan was shocked. He hadn't expected the situation at Dragon Peak Mountain to be so critical.

This allowed him to learn the internal secrets of the Grotto Heaven and the truth of the Middle Ages.

Back in the era of the Eternal Emperor, after countless great wars and the successful acquisition of the Ascension Platform, the Celestial Destiny Dynasty had finally established a firm foothold.

However, as a contingency, the Celestial Court faction, led by the Abandoned Celestial Emperor, fell into the Mortal World's Lower Three Realms and launched another great war against the Eternal Emperor, attempting to seize the Ascension Platform.

The scale of this war was in no way inferior to the battle for the Ascension Platform.

To prevent the shattered Celestial Court from obtaining the Ascension Platform,

The Eternal Emperor sacrificed himself to seal the Ascension Platform within Dragon Peak Mountain, preventing anyone from getting it.

The root of the problem was that the Outer Realm Divine Beings' malicious ambitions never died.

After the War of Ascension, the Nine Directions Heaven and Earth shattered, the Celestial Court was destroyed, and the Nine Realms were split apart.

The Mortal World's Lower Three Realms, through the efforts of the Human Race's ancient sages, merged with the Middle Three Realms to form a new Mortal World. Meanwhile, the Old Celestial Court's ruins, which represented the Immortal Spirit Land of the Upper Three Realms, were forever cut off from the world and exiled to the Land of White Mist.

To reclaim the Six Realms and restore the former glory of the Ancient Nine Directions Heaven and Earth, the Divine Beings have always been scheming to infiltrate the Mortal World.

"The nine Great Emperors... roughly how strong are they?" Lu Mingyuan asked.

The purple-robed woman pondered for a moment. "During the Age of Gods, at the peak of the Celestial Court, every Emperor governed a corner of heaven and earth, ruling over myriad living beings and the order of the Six Paths of Reincarnation. By achieving Integration with an entire world, they possessed attainments of at least the Fifteenth Realm."

Lu Mingyuan frowned upon hearing this.

'Doesn't that mean every single Celestial Court Emperor is even stronger than the Yuqing Ancestor Master? They're terrifying existences at the Taoist Ancestor Level.'

'Even with his terrifying strength, the Yuqing Ancestor Master was only at the Half-step Fifteenth Realm.'

'It seems I was incredibly lucky to have been able to kill that wisp of the Abandoned Celestial Emperor's malevolent will.'

"This World Origin you mentioned... what exactly is it? Why would the Evil God Race go to such great lengths to seize it?" Lu Mingyuan asked with an extremely serious expression.

'Since I have to thwart the Evil God Camp's schemes, it's essential to clarify a few important things first.'

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