Chapter 195: Where is the Heavenly Emperor?

Boom!!!

A beam of fiery light suddenly shot down into the abyss.

The Bronze Ancient Hall immediately became as hot as a fireball, causing countless people to avert their eyes.

“It’s a lightning tribulation!”

A shout erupted from the crowd.

“Who’s attempting to undergo tribulation at a time like this? Are they seeking death?”

The power of the lightning tribulation continued to gather in the sky, enveloping everyone, making it impossible to discern who it was targeting.

Wang Lin’s eyes widened as he searched for the person undergoing the tribulation.

“Hah, after seven years, I’ve finally unlocked the knot in my heart.”

A calm sigh echoed, and a figure clad in a fiery robe stood proudly in the air.

“It’s him, the Lord of the Endless Flame Domain?”

Wang Lin was both shocked and envious. As a fellow quasi-Immortal Emperor, the Flame Emperor had surpassed him.

“Flame Emperor, how can it be you? Why!”

Cha Ziyan’s furious roar filled the Bronze Ancient Hall, her eyes blazing with anger. Her delicate hands had pierced her own palms with her nails.

“No, I won’t let you succeed.”

Her purpose today, aside from capturing Lin Ao Tian as per her master’s orders, was to deal with the Flame Emperor.

What was once love had turned into overwhelming hatred. Cha Ziyan’s face hardened as if she had made a final decision.

“Mother, will Father be alright?”

Yan Ling’er looked worriedly at her mother.

“Don’t worry, after today, the world will have another Immortal Emperor.”

Her long dress fluttered, her hair swayed, and her enchanting figure moved gracefully. Xiao Xun’er’s eyes burned with intensity.

After years of marriage, their love had long since turned into deep affection.

She knew her husband well, understanding the hidden burdens in his heart.

The rites of Zhou began with the human race, created by Duke Zhou.

Her husband, also human, naturally followed the rites of Duke Zhou.

Back when they followed the Master, Ji Dan treated him and their children as his own, teaching them many things.

After Duke Zhou’s disappearance, the Flame Emperor’s personality quietly changed, even forming inner demons. If not for the Master’s intervention, he might have fallen into the demonic path.

Today, with his inner demons cleared, he would ascend to the peak.

“This seedling is not bad.”

Watching the Flame Emperor in mid-air, Lin Zheng’s eyes flashed with approval. With a wave of his hand, a law of power separated the crowd from the Flame Emperor.

If the tribulation descended, with so many Immortal Kings and quasi-Immortal Emperors undergoing it simultaneously, even he would have trouble.

“What happened to Kunpeng? Did it fail to escape, causing the destruction of the Ancestral Star?”

Lin Ao Tian asked.

To be safe, Lin Zheng set up a few more formations before continuing.

“Kunpeng returned to the Ancestral Star as quickly as possible.”

“At that time, the Heavenly Emperor was discussing important matters with the human race’s top experts. Upon hearing the news, they immediately stopped what they were doing, fearing the situation would worsen.”

“The Heavenly Emperor quickly summoned the Dragon Guard, led by Yinglong, with Tanlang and the Fire Phoenix as his aides. They took all the dragons to the edge of the galaxy to prevent any further changes.”

In the darkness, in the Nine Nether Purgatory.

“The Heavenly Emperor, it really is you.”

The black-robed man trembled as he heard Lin Zheng’s words. His aura became chaotic, his hair stood on end, and his black robe disintegrated, shattering everything within hundreds of thousands of miles into dust.

Corpses littered the ground, countless dark beings vanished without even a scream, turning to nothingness.

Back then, he had tried to secretly spy on the Heavenly Emperor’s techniques, but a single glance from the Desolate Heavenly Emperor had nearly scared him to death.

Though hundreds of thousands of years had passed, hearing the name “Desolate Heavenly Emperor” again only increased his fear.

“What? This matter is related to the Heavenly Emperor?”

Wang Lin, also a member of the human race, had naturally heard of the Desolate Heavenly Emperor. In fact, the technique he practiced came from the Desolate Heavenly Emperor.

Though it was only a fragment, it had brought him to the peak of the quasi-Immortal Emperor realm, just one step away from becoming a god.

For years, he had searched for the rest of the technique, but despite scouring the universe, he found nothing.

Now, he focused all his attention on Lin Zheng’s words, hoping to glean some information about the Heavenly Emperor.

In the foreign realm.

“Isn’t the Heavenly Emperor our master’s master?”

An ancient supreme elder furrowed his brow, muttering, “Could it be that the Heavenly Emperor perished at the edge of the universe?”

For years, the foreign realm had invaded the human race but never dealt a fatal blow, always probing to see if the Heavenly Emperor still existed.

The Heavenly Emperor’s lifespan was as long as the heavens, so natural death was impossible.

Could it be that the Desolate Heavenly Emperor never escaped?

The supreme elder’s eyes lit up, and he rushed toward the foreign realm’s sacred land.

“What happened next?”

Lin Ao Tian asked.

“The Heavenly Emperor, along with his people, consulted the Heavenly Mechanic Master. After much discussion, they devised the ‘Flame of Hope’ plan, deciding to clone the Ancestral Star.”

“What is the ‘Flame of Hope’ plan?”

“They selected some mortals with exceptional talent from the Ancestral Star and sent them to 99 cloned Ancestral Stars, hiding them in the dark corners of the universe.”

“And what happened to those 99 cloned Ancestral Stars?”

“Only one in a hundred survived. The Heavenly Emperor foresaw this and secretly had the Heavenly Mechanic Master clone a hundred stars.”

“And where is the hundredth star now?”

“Heh, the Canglan Star we are on now is the hundredth star that the Desolate Heavenly Emperor secretly preserved.”

“To ensure its survival, the Heavenly Emperor had the Archer God shoot down a sun to provide light and energy. The Heavenly Emperor himself sealed it within the Three Lives Bronze Coffin.”

“Several other Immortal Emperors took the coffin to the abyss and entrusted it to the Nine Dragons.”

As Lin Zheng finished speaking, it was as if a thunderbolt had struck the crowd. Whether Immortal Emperors or commoners, everyone felt like they were dreaming.

Among them were powerful figures who had heard of the Desolate Heavenly Emperor. Their mouths hung open in shock.

Some ancient beings who had once sensed the Heavenly Emperor’s aura knelt in reverence.

The entire Canglan Star fell into a heavy silence, the atmosphere oppressive.

After a long pause, a sigh broke the stillness.

“Sigh.”

Lin Ao Tian shook his head repeatedly and asked, “Where did the Heavenly Emperor go?”

“The Heavenly Emperor.”

“Duke Zhou contributed greatly to the human race, even serving as prime minister, deeply trusted by the Heavenly Emperor. He handled all matters of the human race.”

“Naturally, the Heavenly Emperor took his people to the Swan Galaxy to rescue Duke Zhou.”

“And what about the Three Lives Bronze Coffin?”

“The Nine Dragons pulled the Three Lives Bronze Coffin into the void, hiding it in the cracks of the universe, constantly changing its location. After hundreds of thousands of years, the Nine Dragons perished.”

“Huh?”

“And who is the Heavenly Emperor? What was his final fate?”

“Who is the Heavenly Emperor?”

“Who is the Heavenly Emperor?”

At that moment, countless questions echoed through the sky. Even the Immortal Emperor’s lightning tribulation, which was bombarding the Flame Emperor, seemed to be startled by the name, as if it might dissipate at any moment.

…

In a desolate land of the Eastern Wilderness Ancient Continent.

Several ancient supreme beings gathered together. The Azure Dragon Supreme said, “Could the Heavenly Emperor have perished? After all, the universe is full of chaotic time streams.”