Chapter 275: Transcendence (Part 31)
Spirit Divine King fell into a deep struggle. He did not believe Su Chen had any good intentions. Yet just as Su Chen had said, he had no other choice. In the end, he could only choose to trust him.
Spirit Divine King's shoulders slumped, his spirit deflated. "You should know the legend of a True Immortal's fall."
Su Chen's eyes brightened. "Is this universe connected to a True Immortal?"
True Immortals were existences of unimaginable power.
Spirit Divine King shook his head. Su Chen suspected the man was toying with him.
"When that True Immortal fell, he left behind three thousand strands of Immortal Qi. Refining even one strand would allow one to gain a trace of Immortal aura. If someone could refine all three thousand strands, they might achieve immortality," Spirit Divine King continued.
Su Chen gave him a meaningful look. And he still claimed it had nothing to do with a True Immortal?
Spirit Divine King went on, "Long ago, a supreme expert rose to prominence. He was born with the Nine Revolutions Reincarnation Physique, undying and indestructible. He reached the peak of the Great Dao and collected one thousand eight hundred strands of Immortal Qi. Having comprehended the mysteries of life and death, he was on the verge of achieving immortality.
"But… he encountered a powerful enemy. On the eve of his ascension, he was besieged. Outnumbered, he ultimately perished, his body and Dao destroyed."
One thousand eight hundred strands of Immortal Qi and mastery over the secrets of life and death. Su Chen felt that Spirit Divine King perfectly matched this description.
Spirit Divine King smiled bitterly. "You think he was me? He was not me, and I am not him. That Reincarnation Emperor Lord created a heaven-defying method while comprehending life and death, hoping to be reborn from within death itself. He succeeded, yet he also failed. I possess some of his memories, but I do not consider myself to be him."
"As for this universe, it was once formed from a portion of his corpse—a forbidden universe with limitless potential. You were truly fortunate…" Spirit Divine King said with a mix of envy and jealousy. "This realm contains great opportunities and even greater secrets. I have reincarnated countless times yet never once touched the Universe Heart, only for you to obtain it in a single life."
Su Chen was surprised. He had not expected Spirit Divine King to possess such a background. His luck, however, seemed exceptionally poor. Time and again, on the path of refining universes, he had been defeated by others, his traces eventually erased.
This universe had actually been formed from a fragment of Spirit Divine King's corpse in his first life. Truly, fate played cruel tricks.
The peerless expert who had once gathered one thousand eight hundred strands of Immortal Qi must have been at least a Thirty-Five Tribulations Ruler or stronger. This was the true secret of this world.
In the Void Cosmic Sea, the origin of a universe was extremely important. One born from the body of a former supreme expert was undoubtedly among the highest quality. It could produce countless heavenly geniuses, accelerate one's own cultivation, and offer a far higher ceiling.
Su Chen kept his word. He severed Spirit Divine King's foundations and sent him into an untouched original universe.
It was a forbidden zone.
Accompanied by a miserable, blood-curdling scream, Su Chen thought to himself, "Truly an unlucky fellow."
Spirit Divine King met his end.
In that forbidden zone, a supreme expert lifted his head, a trace of curiosity in his eyes. The air today tasted rather sweet.
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Su Chen continued his cultivation.
With Su Chen's guidance and their own exceptional comprehension, Di Chan and Chi Yao—reincarnated at the Three Tribulations Ruler realm—quickly shattered their barriers and achieved transcendence. They both reached the Nine Tribulations Ruler realm. Nine-star talent was extraordinarily rare.
Di Chan joined the Dark Night Royal Court, a transcendent force that ranked among the most powerful organizations in the entire Flying Immortal Land. Chi Yao entered a native faction of the Void Cosmic Sea. After all, the Flying Immortal Land ultimately belonged to the Void Cosmic Sea's domain.
To Su Chen's surprise, the long-disappeared Qin Wujie had joined the Chaos God Hall. This was another powerful organization within the Void Cosmic Sea. Its members were few in number, but every being possessed a Chaos-type physique or talent, and all were at least Seven Tribulations Rulers.
A new vibration rippled through the mysterious space as another Ruler Battlefield opened. Su Chen entered the fray.
"Nine Tribulations peak? You're actually a peak Nine Tribulations Ruler!"
Su Chen faced yet another ambush from his old enemies in the Main God Hall. This time, they had dispatched an elite team specifically to assassinate him.
Over ten million years, Su Chen's cultivation advanced from the Six Tribulations Ruler realm to the peak of the Nine Tribulations Ruler realm. He slaughtered his way through the battlefield, breaking through to the Ten Tribulations Ruler realm with ease and eliminating countless powerful foes. His name spread far and wide.
"Xie Liuyun has fallen?"
In the Ruler Battlefield, no being was safe from death—not even Immortal Spirits from the End Times Immortal Domain. Xie Liuyun had died inside the battlefield. Su Chen learned of this only after he had withdrawn.
The news drove Su Chen to train even more relentlessly. His cultivation reached the Twelve Tribulations Ruler realm, placing him among the mid-tier powerhouses of the entire Flying Immortal Land.
Unfortunately, ever since Su Chen's emergence, no new Immortal Spirits from the End Times Immortal Domain had entered the Flying Immortal Land. After Xie Liuyun's death, the number of End Times Immortal Spirits continued to dwindle. Su Chen had a growing sense of unease. This was no coincidence. Someone was deliberately hunting the Immortal Spirits of the End Times Immortal Domain.
Another ten million years passed.
Su Chen rampaged across the Ruler Battlefield, pushing his cultivation all the way to the Fifteen Tribulations Ruler realm.
"What? Dugu Wushuang is dead too?"
Su Chen was shocked. He knew Dugu Wushuang's true strength—he had been a Twenty-Seven Tribulations Ruler. His death dealt a massive blow to every Immortal Spirit in the End Times Immortal Domain.
Someone was systematically hunting Immortal Spirits!
Chapter 276: Transcendence (Finale)
Su Chen sensed the approaching crisis, but it was already too late.
All the Immortal Spirits of the End Times Immortal Domain discovered that they could no longer enter the mysterious space. The space itself had collapsed, severing all contact between them. It was only through that shared space that the End Times Immortal Spirits had been able to unite and stand against the Transmigrator Alliance, the Main God Hall, and other hostile organizations. Without it, they became scattered and disorganized.
"Has the Great Yang Emperor Lord fallen?" Su Chen thought in shock and confusion.
The Great Yang Emperor Lord was the strongest expert of the End Times Immortal Domain, a being who had lived through countless eras. How could he die so easily?
Though Su Chen refused to believe it, the collapse of the mysterious space meant that the Great Yang Emperor Lord's Dao artifact had been destroyed. He could no longer maintain the space. Su Chen had no choice but to accept the harsh reality. Even if the Great Yang Emperor Lord was still alive, his situation could not be much better.
Another ten million years passed.
Su Chen explored vast regions of the void, growing steadily stronger. He waged wars across many lands, uncovered numerous secrets, and even obtained a single strand of Immortal Qi. Using that strand, he shattered his shackles and surpassed the Twenty Tribulations Ruler realm. A Twenty Tribulations Ruler was already considered a powerhouse across the entire Void Cosmic Sea.
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"Di Chen, today is the day you die."
In the Myriad Realms Graveyard, countless powerhouses had gathered from all directions.
Ever since the Great Yang Emperor Lord's disappearance, Su Chen had encountered great opportunities and his cultivation soared. He devoured endless universes to form his own great realm, slaughtered Rulers from many factions, seized their foundations, and fused ten thousand Daos with the ambition of creating the Myriad Laws Immortal Body. Through his relentless efforts, he had thoroughly offended countless major powers and was now being hunted by their top experts.
The Myriad Realms Graveyard was a desolate wasteland where the remnants of countless destroyed universes converged, forming one of the most dangerous forbidden lands in the void.
High above the barren expanse floated a radiant sun. Within that sun stood a figure with calm, steady eyes. He seemed to have anticipated this scene long ago.
Su Chen reflected on the past years. To study the secrets of transmigrators, he had hunted countless members of the Transmigrator Alliance. To perfect his Myriad Laws Immortal Body, he had even slain Emperor Lord seeds who had passed ten layers of the Emperor Tribulation. To raise his cultivation, he had schemed against and eliminated Rulers from numerous factions.
When the Great Yang Emperor Lord was still alive, these actions had not caused much trouble. But after his disappearance, Su Chen faced relentless ambushes and narrow escapes, eventually being driven to the Myriad Realms Graveyard.
"You want to kill me? With the likes of you?" Su Chen sneered.
Behind him, a colossal treasure wheel emerged, radiating trillions of laws in brilliant light. In a single instant, endless radiance swept forth. Tens of thousands of Ruler-level powerhouses died on the spot. Anyone below the Twenty Tribulations realm could not withstand even a single ray of light and exploded into nothingness.
"Di Chen, how dare you?!" Several peerless experts roared in fury. Indestructible wheels of light revolved around them, each aura powerful enough to destroy countless universes. They had yet to become Immortals, yet they already wielded such terrifying might.
Su Chen found their words laughable. They had come to kill him. What did he have to fear?
In this battle, he held nothing back.
"Twenty-six Tribulations! You've actually passed the Twenty-sixth Tribulation!"
In an unimaginably short period of less than a hundred million years, Su Chen had reached the Twenty-sixth Tribulation Ruler realm.
"Di Chen must die. If he lives, he will become the second Great Yang Emperor Lord!"
The battle nearly sank the Myriad Realms Graveyard. It raged for countless years. The mountains of corpses and broken blades turned the already desolate land into an even more terrifying forbidden zone.
This was a twilight of the gods.
Su Chen's physical body was shattered, and the treasure wheel behind him was smashed into countless fragments. His Emperor Soul was left incomplete. The heavens and earth darkened under the fury of the fight.
Through the chaos, Su Chen vaguely saw a figure walking toward him. When the figure became clear, he recognized the faded blue robe and the calm, tranquil eyes.
"As expected…" Su Chen murmured.
It was the Great Yang Emperor Lord. He had not died. While the outside world believed he had perished, he had simply vanished.
Su Chen suddenly felt at peace. He sat down cross-legged as his body began to sublimate.
"Why?" he asked.
Great Yang Emperor Lord answered calmly, "The End Times Immortal Domain has been destroyed."
Su Chen understood that he was not referring to the faction within the Flying Immortal Land, but the true End Times Immortal Domain guarded by a True Immortal.
"So it was you," Su Chen said. "You killed Xie Liuyun. You killed Dugu Wushuang. You killed all the other Immortal Spirits from the End Times Immortal Domain."The
Great Yang Emperor Lord did not deny it. He simply admitted the truth.
"The True Immortal of the End Times Immortal Domain is dead," he said. "Yet strands of his Immortal Qi remain within all of you."The
Great Yang Emperor Lord had faked his death so he could secretly harvest the Immortal Spirits of the End Times Immortal Domain and prevent the failure of his immortality plan. With the True Immortal gone, the karmic seat of immortality still existed. The chances of an End Times Immortal Spirit achieving immortality were far higher than for anyone else in the Void Cosmic Sea.The
Great Yang Emperor Lord wanted to become an Immortal.
"We both came from the End Times Immortal Domain. If I succeed, the End Times Immortal Domain will not truly perish," he said. "I believe you understand."
In the Great Yang Emperor Lord's eyes, Su Chen was already a dead man. Whether he agreed or not, he would become nourishment for his ascension. At their level, morality no longer existed—only self-interest remained.
Su Chen could understand the Great Yang Emperor Lord's transformation, but he refused to willingly become a stepping stone for him.
The light flowing around Su Chen's body transformed into an aura of deathly silence. He gave up the chance to overcome the Twenty-seventh Tribulation. His Emperor Soul decayed, and his body fell into extinction.
Great Yang Emperor Lord sighed. "Why bother?"
Su Chen would rather die and let his Dao perish than help him.
"This is my choice," Su Chen replied.
On that day, the Myriad Realms Graveyard became an even greater land of supreme terror.
In Su Chen's universe, all living beings wept.
...
Inside the Reverse Fate Space.
He had given everything he could in this life. Unfortunately, his backing had collapsed first.
The information the Great Yang Emperor Lord revealed was shocking. The End Times Immortal Domain had been destroyed, and even its True Immortal had died. This news would surely cause massive turmoil. However, that was no longer his concern. What he cared about now…