Chapter 1641: Transcendent of the Second Era
There was nothing to be gained in attempting to make Ye Zichen doubt his companions.
But Demon Emperor Kui Lin had just been testing the waters. He naturally didnât think a few words would be enough to break up Ye Zichenâs alliance, but planting a seed of doubt was good too.
However, Ye Zichenâs relationships with the great emperors of the alliance were beyond the Demon Emperorâs expectations.
He clearly couldnât disrupt their bonds, so he lost interest in pestering Ye Zichen any further. He simply crossed his arms and walked up to the barrier at the foot of the mountain.
âSo, you realized youâre just inviting contempt, and now youâre running away.â Yang Jian glanced at the departing Demon Emperor. From the moment the Demon Emperor attempted psychological warfare, Yang Jian knew it would end like this.
Their alliance wasnât just about mutual benefit the way the Demon Emperorâs was. Their relationships were far more interwoven and complex than Kui Lin imagined.
If a few words were enough to break their bonds, their alliance would have crumbled a long time ago!
âDid you notice? Kui Linâs group seems to have lost quite a few members,â said Pu Jingwan, looking over the Demon Emperorâs subordinates.
Xuan Ji smiled indifferently. âThey most likely chose to remain in that paradise.â
âHe canât even manage his own subordinates properly, yet he wants to break us apart?â Biâan snorted.
Kui Lin naturally heard every word clearly, but he already had no interest in getting tangled up with Ye Zichen and his friends, so he didnât respond.
It was true that a portion of Kui Linâs subordinates had chosen to remain behind, but their ranks didnât include any of Kui Linâs closest confidants. It wouldnât hurt Kui Lin too badly even if all of them died here.
âOnly this many people came?â Suddenly, a transparent wisp of soul drifted into view at the foot of the mountain. When they saw it, everyone present grew solemn.
Barring unexpected circumstances, this soul fragment belonged to the Second Eraâs Master of the Stars and God Emperor.
The soul fragment sighed as he looked over the group gathered at the foot of the mountain. Indeed, this was the God Emperor buried here.
From the moment the mausoleum opened its doors, heâd sensed vast numbers of experts pouring in, but less than ten percent had made it this far.
âDid he keep the others back?â
He!
That was clearly referring to the remnant soul in the grassy paradise, the piece of the then Demon Emperor.
The group nodded faintly. Theyâd learned that the âGod Emperorâ theyâd met in that paradise was actually just a remnant of a former Demon Emperorâs soul. The newest arrivals, that group of imperial kings, were the only ones still in the dark, so when they saw the real God Emperorâs remnant soul, they seemed thrown for a loop.
It took them a moment to realize what was going on. They glanced back at the paradise through the barrier, their hearts palpitating with lingering terror.
âThatâs really a shame.â The God Emperorâs soul fragment couldnât help but sigh. Those whoâd entered the mausoleum were all peak experts of the upper Three Realms.
Staying behind with the Demon Emperorâs soul meat their fates were sealed. The era was nearing its end, and each of those titled emperor experts would be enormously useful on the battlefield.
To lose so many such warriors at a time like this? The compassionate God Emperorâs soul couldnât possibly bear it.
But even if he couldnât bear it, he had no means of saving those the Demon Emperorâs soul had ensnared. This was the agreement between them, and he couldnât break itâŠ
Besides, he was now just a wisp of soul. What could he even do?
All he could do was let his heart ache on their behalf!
âSenior, are you the God Emperor?â Even though he already knew the answer, Ye Zichen asked to confirm it.
The remnant soul glanced at Ye Zichen. He seemed to sense that there was something unusual about the youth speaking to him. A hint of a smile appeared on his ethereal face.
âThe God Emperor?â said the soul. âI havenât been that for a long time. Now, Iâm just a wisp of soul within this mausoleum, as well as a guide for you members of the younger generation!â
Although he said that, his words only proved that he was the God Emperor of his era.
Those gathered at the foot of the mountain lit up with varying degrees of delight. If theyâd met the former God Emperor, it meant they really werenât far from transcendent fortune.
âSenior, transcendent fortune is on that mountain, right?â asked an immortal king expert.
âIt is.â The God Emperorâs remnant soul nodded without any attempt to obscure the truth.
The immortal kingâs eyes lit up with increasingly radiant light. When Kui Lin saw this, however, he merely sneered.
He was still dreaming of getting his grubby hands on transcendence? Kui Lin didnât know whether to call him stupid or just naive.
âHoweverâŠâ The remnant soulâs words took a sharp turn, and the visibility excited imperial kings and lordsâ fervent gazes cooled down. They all watched the hovering spirit.
Something unexpected wasnât about to happen again, right?
The remnant soul had already said that transcendent fortune was waiting in the mountain before them. There was nothing they wanted to hear less than the word âhowever.â
Saying it meant that there was a problem.
âI can see youâre nervous.â The corners of the remnant soulâs mouth arched upwards, as if he were smiling. âYou neednât be. Actually, what Iâm about to tell you is this: yes, there is transcendent fortune here, but it canât just make your cultivation cross the threshold into transcendence. All its existence can do is make your cultivation, or your comprehension of your dao, deepen. Whether you can take that final step into transcendence is still up to you.â
âSenior, back when we were in that grassy paradise, the other remnant soul said that only the Emperor Star had a chance of transcendence. Was that true?â pressed an imperial king.
Donât be fooled; although imperial kingsâ cultivation seemed weak in here, and although some of their questions seemed stupid, this particular question was what just about all of them wanted to hear the answer to.
None of them were the Emperor Star, but they still longed for transcendence.
âYou could say that, but itâs not an absolute truth.â
No matter whose question he answered, the spiritâs response was friendly.
But his answer prompted Ye Zichen and Gu Li to look at each other. The great emperors of the alliance looked at each other too.
Not an absolute truth!
Didnât that mean that, even if they werenât the Emperor Star, they still had a chance at transcendence?
Then why was it that, back in the Outside, Han Nan had told him only one person could transcend, and that only one chosen by the Emperor Star could succeed. Could it be that the First Era, which successfully transcended, was mistaken?
Ye Zichen couldnât remember Han Nan, but he could remember that conversation.
As the crowd was shaken, the God Emperorâs remnant continued tirelessly, âThe true meaning of transcendence is transcending the world, and no longer being subject to its Laws. Given your cultivations, I imagine you ought to understand what Iâm getting at, especially those of you whoâve mastered your domains.â
The group nodded, and the remnant continued, as if he were a school teacher giving them a lecture. âThe Emperor Star is the.heavensâ chosen master. Everything, from living beings to the Laws themselves, is inclined towards him. This is heavenly fate. Whatever the Emperor Star does will flow as smoothly as water, and as he cultivates, he will encounter no shackles. This is the grand fortune inherent to the Emperor Star. Thatâs why, when the Emperor Star attempts transcendence, he has an advantage. His odds of success are far higher than those of an ordinary person.â
âIf you really want to get technical, transcendence isnât really a cultivation level; it transcends all that. A transcendent can look down upon all of creation, as if he were its creator. If you can take that final step and break through your restrictions, anyone can transcend.â
When they heard this, the crowd gnashed their teeth hatefully.
Everyone present was a chosen of heaven, a rare talent, yet even so, when they encountered the shackles restricting their cultivation like that, they couldnât just bust through them.
But the Emperor Star didnât even run into shackles, and the Laws were slanted in his favor.
This was blatantly unfair.
But then, âabsolute fairnessâ had never existed to begin with. The God Emperorâs remnant had said it himself: this was fate.
This was the Emperor Starâs destiny!
But the God Emperorâs remnant had just said that the Emperor Starâs transcendence wasnât absolute. That meant that ordinary folks like them were starting from the same place as the Emperor Star. At most, success would be far more difficult for them, but it wouldnât be impossible.
âSenior, might I ask on what basis you say that?â Gu Li suddenly stepped forward. He normally wasnât that type of person, but the remnantâs words overturned everything he knew.
Only the First Era had successfully transcended!
Why would this remnant soul, someone whoâd failed to transcend, know something that the Outsider Gu Li didnât?
âOn what basis?â The remnant glanced at Gu Li. He could naturally tell that Gu Li carried imperial celestial fate.
He instantly understood that the Third Era had twin emperors, but what really surprised him was that the two of them stood here together, peacefully coexisting in one place.
Choosing two emperors was naturally to make them compete for the throne, then choose the better of the two.
But then, he was just a remnant spirit. He had no desire to ponder Ye Zichen and Gu Liâs relationship, nor did he particularly care. His mission, his reason for lingering within the mausoleum, was answering the trial-takersâ questions, as well as opening the mausoleumâs final barrier.
âThe Second Eraâs failure to transcend is the best possible proof!â said the remnant.
Theyâd failed to transcend, yet this was supposed to be âthe best possible proofâ?
These seemingly nonsensical words threw everyone for a loop. Even the loli and her stalwart companion frowned as they looked at the floating wisp of soul.
The God Emperorâs remnant was clearly responding to Gu Liâs question, which was essentially asking if any non-Emperor Star transcendent existed.
But now he was saying someone had, and yet, the Second Era failed to transcendâŠ
âYe-zi, youâve got a good head on your shoulders. Do you know what heâs trying to say?â Yang Jian didnât understand at all, so he couldnât help but reach out to Ye Zichen through a divine sense transmission.
âI donât get it either!â Ye Zichen looked completely baffled. The Second Eraâs failure to transcend was the best possible proof? He had no idea what that meant!
When he saw that the great emperors were conversing with one another, and that all of them seem confused, the wisp of soul let out a very human-like laugh.
âThe Second Era could have transcended, except that I snuffed out that hope personally.â These words were still unclear, but it made everyone visibly start. Ye Zichen, whoâd been pondering the God Emperorâs remnant soulâs words, seemed to recall something.
These words were just as confusing and impenetrable to most, but a few peopleâs expressions visibly changed. Ye Zichen, whoâd just been pondering the remnantâs words, suddenly recalled something. He then turned and looked at the paradise theyâd left behind, then back at the God Emperorâs remnant soul.
Snuffed out!
In life, this God Emperor had only âsnuffed outââŠ.
âThatâs right. The Second Eraâs Demon Emperor transcended. He wasnât even an ordinary star bearer. He was just an ordinary demon whoâd never so much as condensed a godhead. I saw it with my own eyes. Heâs the very proof Iâm referring to!â
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