Chapter 605 357: I Am a Divine Being (The Grand Finale)

At this moment, Lu Mingyuan's Divine Sea was completely clear. A divine light surged in his eyes, and between his brows, a Flame Divine Pattern shimmered.

Lu Mingyuan felt the gentle Golden Light between his fingers and stepped onto the Ascension Platform.

Immediately, a thick, golden staircase appeared beneath his feet.

With every step, Lu Mingyuan could feel the Divine Power within him grow more solid, and his understanding of the Mysteries of Heaven and Earth continued to deepen.

His comprehension of the Realm also strengthened step by step.

Early Stage of the Fourteenth Realm.

...

Fourteenth Realm Perfection.

It was as if a force in the world was constantly guiding and helping him.

Making him stronger.

Each step of the staircase was immensely tall.

The closer he got to the sky, the larger Lu Mingyuan's body became. By the halfway point, he was already ten thousand feet tall.

Soon, with his final step, he arrived at the very top of the Celestial Gate. He saw the starry sky, adorned with countless stars.

He saw the magnificent Outer World Divine Stele standing tall at the edge of the cosmos.

The other side of the white mist was so full of the unknown.

Turning back, he suddenly realized he had reached the end of the world.

Above him were the heavens.

Below him were the myriad living beings of the Three Realms.

His eyes flashed with divine light as he scanned the many covetous subordinates of the Evil Gods in the Returning Ruins Silent Sea.

The entire Evil God Army on Ascension Island felt an intense sense of crisis.

A new god was watching them with cold eyes.

Lu Mingyuan clenched his massive hand toward the Mortal World.

Upon the earth, a magnificent Dharma Aspect, ten million feet tall, rose from the ground and shot toward the Yunxiao. Its vast Divine Qi was a crimson-purple, the same color as Thunder and Celestial Fire.

A colossal palm reached out from the clouds. The Dharma Aspect was brilliant and radiant, its dazzling Golden Light illuminating the Mortal World.

His ten-meter-long Emperor's Robe fluttered in the wind. A handsome young man with a Transcendent air stood tall in the sky, a Divine Seal on his forehead. With his arms crossed and his posture erect, his figure hovered in the air.

Everyone looked up, swallowing involuntarily.

On the ground, a Demon Soldier with a green face and red hair stared blankly at the sky as if stupefied.

The scene was like a mayfly gazing upon the vast heavens.

A Heaven and Earth phenomenon of this scale... with just the slap of a single palm, tens of thousands from the Evil God Army who couldn't escape were directly sent to their demise, their Divine Souls utterly annihilated.

The colorful, auspicious clouds in the sky let out a RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE. The army below quickly suffered heavy casualties.

Atop a mountain peak, the Night Shadow Emperor gazed at the sky. He felt a familiar aura from Lu Mingyuan, and a look of shock appeared on his face.

'This is... the aura of Haotian, Lord of the Celestial Court. But isn't he already dead?'

Haotian was the Lord of the Old Celestial Court from a bygone era, the first among the nine Great Emperors.

With the collapse of the Old Celestial Court, the nine Great Emperors either died or disappeared. He, the Night Shadow Emperor, was one of the few who had survived.

"I am the Human Emperor, and I shall protect the common people."

An ethereal, divine voice echoed between heaven and earth.

"The Central Plains World will not tolerate the trespass of Divine Beings."

As soon as the voice faded, the divine light on the Ascension Platform receded. At the same time, the Night Shadow Emperor's body began to turn illusory.

This meant the passage between the two worlds was rapidly closing.

His connection to his true body was being severed.

"No! I have plotted for a thousand years! It cannot end like this!"

The Night Shadow Emperor was extremely unwilling. Amidst furious roars, his figure vanished completely from this world.

The Celestial Gate of the Ascension Land had been closed by Lu Mingyuan alone.

Along with it, the many resurrected, bizarre Golems all ceased their movements.

As a ray of sunlight shone down, the entire world returned to tranquility once more.

...

「Fifteen years later.」

「The beginning of autumn.」

The autumn sky was high and clear. As night fell upon the Imperial City, thousands of palace lanterns were lit.

In the Great Yan Capital City, the imperial walls stood tall, their black eaves and glazed tiles perfectly aligned. This Imperial Capital, which had stood for eight hundred years, was as bustling as ever.

The only difference was a new, thousand-foot-tall statue of a man in an Emperor's Robe at the entrance of the Imperial City. His eyes were like stars and his expression was solemn, watching over the Great Yan Dynasty like a divine guardian.

In the Imperial Capital City, it was as if nothing had ever happened. The common people still lived and worked in peace and contentment.

Fifteen years ago, the reactivation of the Ascension Platform had shocked the world. The Three Religions had dispatched one Cultivator after another to Dragon Peak Cave Heaven to investigate, but all had returned empty-handed.

The world had since returned to its former tranquility. The common people lived in peace, while Cultivators focused on their arduous training, detached from worldly affairs. The disciples of the Sects lived quiet lives, minding their own business and causing no trouble in the Mortal World.

Within the Deep Palace, behind the vermilion walls, in a corner by a waterside pavilion's railing...

"These ministers are too audacious! If I ascend the throne, I'll have them all replaced."

A young girl with bright, spirited eyes spoke. She had elegant brows, a delicate nose, and skin whiter than snow. She wore a gorgeous, five-colored treasured robe that revealed her snow-white collarbones, and her hairpin was engraved with dragon patterns, exuding an air of nobility.

Around her neck hung a mottled, brown Turtle Shell pendant, which was particularly conspicuous.

She tossed her sword to a Guard, then strode into the pavilion.

"Your Highness, the Princess, wait for me!"

A young eunuch held onto his hat as he hurried after her, a helpless look on his face.

This Princess of his was someone who even dared to talk back to Chen Bansheng, the Chief Minister of the Cabinet.

One had to know, Chen Bansheng was a dear friend of the late emperor and a candidate for the position of Vice Sect Leader of the Confucian Temple.

She had been a little terror since she was a child.

At the age of eight, she had dared to furiously reprimand the court officials for their inaction.

At eleven, she snuck out of the Imperial Palace, slew a Mountain and River Great Flood Dragon, absorbed its Dragon Qi, and swallowed its Golden Core. This propelled her into the Middle Fifth Grade. She even subdued a Nine-Headed Profound Turtle from Eternal Mist Mountain to be her mount. It could be said she was blessed with continuous Opportunities and no small amount of luck.

And now, even more astonishingly, she wanted to dispatch troops to unify the Central Plains World and become the Central Plains Emperor.