Chương 182: The Life-Slaughter Demon Lord (Part 22)

The Emperor Path was glorious. Countless heavenly geniuses charged forward wave after wave. Supreme geniuses fought all the way to the end of the universe, waiting for the Ancient Emperor Realm to open so they could seize heaven-defying opportunities and change their fates against the heavens. Then, a tremendous tremor shook the cosmos. The impassable Sea of Chaos split open, revealing a passage.

On the other side of the chaotic sea, a vast continent could be faintly seen—boundless and endless, with immeasurable divine light spilling forth from it. Countless people were stirred by this sight. Even monsters from long-sealed Emperor-level orthodoxies emerged one after another.

"It's the Ancient Emperor Realm… The Ancient Emperor Realm has appeared!" Inside the Ancient Emperor Realm were countless traces left behind by past Great Emperors before they proved their Dao. These had turned into Dao marks that manifested the Great Dao itself. It was the greatest opportunity in the entire universe. Some supreme monsters even wanted to walk the Emperor Path again and again across lifetimes, enter the Ancient Emperor Realm, and prove a different path to longevity. Powerhouses gathered in droves!

However, just as some heavenly geniuses rushed toward the Ancient Emperor Realm, a sudden change occurred. In a desolate region, an extremely terrifying killing formation suddenly rose!

"What audacity! Someone actually dares to set an ambush here for us!" A heavenly genius who looked like a god roared in fury. The killing formation surged. Someone had laid an ambush here in advance, intending to slaughter everyone! This scene happened far too suddenly. The god-like heavenly genius shouted and tried to break the formation, but in the next instant he turned into a mist of blood. A supremely powerful existence had died just like that! Chaos erupted across the Emperor Path!

Someone was trying to pit-kill over a thousand heavenly geniuses and monsters in one go! The incident even alarmed the taboo-level existences who were rushing here. They wanted to see exactly what kind of person had the audacity to attempt something like this! Yet when they arrived, they found only the remnants of a battlefield. Every living being was dead. Not even bones or broken weapons remained!

"An ultimate fiend has emerged, wanting to use the origins of heavenly genius as the foundation for an ultimate leap!" Killing over a thousand heavenly geniuses in one breath—this kind of move shocked the entire Emperor Path! Some were intrigued and wanted to find this great fiend to fight him. Others wanted to slay him, knowing that leaving such a being alive would become a future disaster! Several years later, near the end of the ancient path, the crowd discovered a dead-silent territory.

A terrifying existence inside was on the verge of transformation. All life force in the surrounding star domains had been completely plundered by the horrifying being within that territory! Many supreme heavenly geniuses rushed over upon hearing the news. You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story.

"This place… should be where that peerless fiend who massacred over a thousand heavenly geniuses several years ago is located!" Such a terrifying aura could not be wrong! Only a being capable of creating such a horrifying phenomenon would have the qualifications to slaughter over a thousand heavenly geniuses and achieve an ultimate leap! A streak of divine light tore through the sky. A figure walked out from it and stepped directly into the dead-silent territory.

"Who is that? So bold as to charge straight in!" Someone asked in astonishment, only to be met with a disdainful retort from a nearby heavenly genius.

"You don't even recognize the successor of the Nine Suns Emperor Palace, the Young Emperor Wang Yunfei? He is a taboo-level monster who has swept through an entire era without a single defeat!" Someone sighed with regret, "Such a terrifying figure with unparalleled talent still failed to become Emperor. I wonder if he can take that final step in this life!" Soon, another supreme figure charged into the territory.

"It's Tang Wentian, the successor of the Four-Emperor orthodoxy, the Heaven's Pavilion. Another unrivaled taboo-level heavenly genius. He must have taken a liking to the hunt. That terrifying being who wants to achieve the ultimate leap has probably become Tang Wentian's prey." Someone recognized the identity of that supreme figure and felt bitter in his heart. He was the number one genius of his world in the past hundred thousand years, yet on the Emperor Path, geniuses like him were everywhere.

Those taboo-level existences were truly despair-inducing! … Tang Wentian had just stepped inside when another terrifying pressure descended. A giant dragon forged from pure gold overlooked the crowd. As a resounding dragon cry echoed, the gazes of countless heavenly geniuses converged on the peerless woman standing atop the dragon's head. A flash of amazement appeared in their eyes.

"That is the successor of Falling Emperor Mountain, Nangong Yunshu. She possesses two monstrous talents. An unparalleled figure once commented that she is too monstrous—monstrous to the point where she cannot prove the Dao. Yet Nangong Yunshu refuses to accept fate. Since stepping onto the Emperor Path, she has never suffered a single defeat. Her strength is unfathomable, and she has likely already touched the taboo level… Even the Dragon named Long Aotian beside her possesses heavenly king-level strength.

He once swallowed a heavenly king alive in battle. Truly terrifying!" One after another, terrifying heavenly geniuses who shook the Emperor Path stepped into that forbidden zone. Not long after, a supreme pressure erupted from within. A taboo-level existence was awakening, and it seemed enraged. A great battle broke out! The battle lasted for several years, raging all the way to the Sea of Chaos. No one knew the final outcome.

They had all entered the Ancient Emperor Realm in search of that world-shaking opportunity. Meanwhile, in this universe, the life of a Great Emperor… had reached its end! He could no longer protect the myriad living beings! The myriad races mourned. Although the Emperor had not appeared for tens of thousands of years, there were still people calling out his name, yet they received no response. The Dao pressure had not dissipated. No one could become Emperor.

However, what shocked the world was that in this era, not a single forbidden zone Supreme emerged. Normally, when a former Great Emperor passed away and a new one had yet to appear, it was the best time for forbidden zone Supremes to plunder living beings and replenish their vitality. This had never changed throughout history… Yet in this era, things were different! All the forbidden zones remained as silent as the dead. Not a single Supreme emerged! Time flew by. Two thousand years passed.

The heavenly genius who had entered the Ancient Emperor Realm and survived gradually stepped out. They began cultivating, hoping to be the first to take that final step and become an unrivaled Emperor! However, one piece of news shook the myriad races: the Azure Nether Dao Domain, one of the nine great human domains, was actually going to attack a forbidden zone. Two peerless Quasi-Emperors with great completion divine bodies had joined forces, carrying an Emperor Weapon, and declared war on a forbidden zone!

In the current era, two Quasi-Emperors with great completion divine bodies, armed with an Emperor Weapon, were approaching a forbidden zone—this was an extremely rare major event throughout history! Inside a forbidden zone, a terrifying existence opened its eyes. The auras of the two great completion divine body Quasi-Emperors pressed down upon the starry sky.

"It's you!?" A low voice came from within the forbidden zone. The owner of the voice murmured, "I let you escape back then, and now you've actually grown some ability. You've delivered yourself to my door today. Are you here to become great medicine and help me prove the Dao?" A deep, powerful voice resounded, filled with endless killing intent.

"Lin Zhan, I spared your life back then. Today, that life of yours is destined to be buried here!" In an instant, an aura began to sublimate within the forbidden zone. A great battle erupted in full! …