The Human Emperor c1-2382

by Huangfu Qi (皇甫奇)

  “Master!”

  Wang Chong was surprised by these words. His master had sent him a message using the world of energy.

  But in order for the message to be so clear, he had to be extremely close. It was apparent that the shifting of the formation had pushed his master and the Formation Elder out of the Rest Gate and into the third or fourth layer of the formation.

  “Master, your disciple understands!”

  Wang Chong quickly focused and closed his eyes.

  As Wang Chong began to think, elsewhere, the Demonic Emperor Old Man opened his eyes and left the world of energy.

  Wang Chong’s guess had been correct. The Demonic Emperor Old Man and Formation Elder had been forced out of the Rest Gate and into the third or fourth layer of the Origin Immortal Formation. Endless stones, arrows, and flames were shooting toward them, but all of them would veer away at a distance of several dozen feet and strike another area.

  Wang Chong’s deriving of the Origin Immortal Formation model had opened the Formation Elder’s mind. He had developed an even greater understanding of the formation and was able to use more of its power.

  This region might have seemed dangerous, but the two of them were actually quite safe.

  The Demonic Emperor Old Man turned to the Formation Elder and asked, “Old scoundrel, what exactly did you intend with those words?”

  “How do I know? I was just speaking about some common knowledge when breaking formations. If I had known this was going to happen, I would have told him earlier!” the Formation Elder worriedly said.

  “As the formation still isn’t broken, I guessed that the kid definitely ran into some problem. The Origin Immortal Formation was left behind by the Origin Immortal Lord and is known as the number one formation, so the core is definitely surrounded by dangers and has many defenses. This is all I can do to help.”

  “What!?”

  The Demonic Emperor Old Man was alarmed by these words, his face paling.

  He had believed that the Formation Elder had some clear aim in this message, but it now seemed like the Formation Elder was just flailing around.

  This is going to be difficult!

  The Demonic Emperor Old Man turned solemnly toward the core.

  “Brother Zhang, don’t worry. That kid possesses incredible talent. The Origin Immortal Formation might be the world’s number one formation, but if he can comprehend that principle, breaking the formation is not out of the question,” the Formation Elder soothed, his voice timid.

  ……

  Meanwhile, Wang Chong had no idea of the ‘truth’.

  He stood in front of the golden sphere, his mind rapidly spinning.

  The Supreme Ultimate gives birth to Yin and Yang; the Yin and Yang give birth to the Four Images; all things are of one body…

  Wang Chong pondered the Formation Elder’s message.

  Countless images were flitting through his mind, but Wang Chong began to turn the Origin Immortal Formation model in his mind in a completely different way.

  He was trying to examine the formation from a completely different angle.

  The Supreme Ultimate gives birth to Yin and Yang, Yin and Yang to the Four Images… The metal ball at the core could just be a massive Supreme Ultimate!

  Wang Chong suddenly had an idea. A moment later, Wang Chong’s Origin Immortal Formation also underwent a massive transformation.

  Another formation appeared in his mind, but this time, a metal ball much smaller than the original appeared in the core.

  The moment the sphere appeared, Wang Chong felt like the formation gave off an entirely different feel. The model he had derived only had an eighty percent similarity to the real one, but now, it was at ninety percent.

  Wait! I’m still missing the stone pillars!

  He recalled those stone pillars he had destroyed earlier, and also those pillars of red crystal around the golden sphere. With a thought, these important parts were added to his formation model.

  As these stone pillars appeared, Wang Chong was inspired, and the formation began to turn in a completely different method.

  Yin and Yang to the Four Images, the Four Images to Yin and Yang!

  Wang Chong suddenly began to operate the tens of thousands of formation gates in the Origin Immortal Formation according to the Yin and Yang, which immediately caused a chain effect through the model.

  Only ten seconds were left now.

  Wang Chong’s mind was spinning faster and faster, the calculations in Wang Chong’s mind approaching the tens of millions.

  Seven seconds!

  Boom! The Origin Immortal Formation in his mind suddenly came to a halt. At that moment, Wang Chong could clearly see an ‘S’ curve running through the formation, the metal sphere as its center.

  From above, it appeared exactly like a Yin Yang diagram.

  Wang Chong suddenly understood.

  Hold on! The passage into the formation core isn’t those tunnels, but the places that ‘S’ curve in the Yin Yang symbol is passing through… There were never that many entrances into the core, only two of them!”

  Wang Chong’s eyes focused on the places in the golden sphere where the ‘S’ passed through.

  Two seconds!

  Wang Chong could sense that the Heavenly Mandate Battle Armor was rapidly weakening, and he could also sense that intense heat outside, so hot that even the toughest steel would melt.

  Without the Heavenly Mandate Battle Armor’s protection, he would immediately die the moment he was dumped into the sea of flames.

  One second!

  At that last moment, Wang Chong finally reached the part of the sphere that aligned with the ‘S’ curve.

  All he saw was a smooth metal surface with no passage at all, but Wang Chong charged at it without hesitation.

  Buzz!

  To his surprise, that tough ‘wall’ suddenly rippled like water.

  Wang Chong’s felt his body loosen as he charged in.

  That tough metal wall had been an illusion!

  Rumble! As Wang Chong passed through the final barrier, the Heavenly Mandate Battle Armor disappeared, and he rolled into the core.

  “!!!”

  At that moment, the three figures watching from the air were struck dumb.

  ……

  After what seemed like both a moment and like countless epochs, Wang Chong opened his eyes and saw the core of the world’s number one formation.

  The golden sphere’s insides were much emptier than Wang Chong had imagined.

  In comparison to the flames and poisonous smoke outside, this place was an oasis of solitude. Wang Chong saw an altar in this space, and a yellow war banner had been thrust into this altar.

  Chapter 1412 - Breaking the Formation!

  Chapter 1412: Breaking the Formation!

  Translated by: Hypersheep325

  Edited by: Michyrr

  The war banner was only three-some feet tall. The banner itself was made of some unknown material, and several ancient words had been written on it in a bold and flourishing style.

  Wang Chong did not recognize these ancient words, but from their shape, he could understand their meaning.

  ‘Origin Immortal War Banner’!

  As he gazed at this banner made of unknown material, a thought flitted through Wang Chong’s mind.

  The Formation Elder had once said that all large, powerful formations had a special object serving as their formation core, just like the Nine Dragon Blood War Banner. The core of the Origin Immortal Formation was clearly this war banner.

  If I pull out this banner, I should be able to break the formation, Wang Chong remarked to himself.

  After consuming so much energy, he had finally reached this place.

  Boom!

  At this moment, a massive boom resounded.

  The ground began to shake as a dreadful energy exploded out from beneath the altar.

  This energy poured into the banner, causing it to swiftly transform. The red crystal pol
e soared to a height of twenty feet and the thickness of the rim of a bowl. Even the triangular yellow banner swelled to several dozen times its original size.

  Bang!

  Immense energy began to pour off the Origin Immortal War Banner, shooting into the sky as a pillar of light.

  A moment later, Wang Chong could sense this frightening energy splitting off into thousands of different streams that flowed to the outer parts of the formation.

  Rumble!

  As this energy erupted, everyone else in the formation once more heard that familiar rumble, and the power of the formation strengthened once more.

  “It’s over! We’re doomed this time! The formation has gotten even stronger! It’s impossible for us to survive!”

  In a certain part of the formation, an unaffiliated martial artist got down on his knees and looked in despair in the direction of the rumbling and buzzing.

  “Am I really going to die here? I don’t want to! Someone, come and save me! I don’t want to die!”

  Elsewhere, a martial artist covered in wounds got down on his knees.

  “It’s gotten stronger! We’re all going to die this time!”

  Thump! Thump! Thump! More and more people dropped to their knees with despair in their eyes.

  After this long battle, they had consumed vast amounts of Stellar Energy and used up all their medicines. The constantly increasing power of the formation was something they were no longer capable of standing up to.

  “Ancestor! Those bugs are coming again!” a hoarse and fearful voice called out.

  In the third layer of the formation, wounded experts of the Five Ancestor Alliance fearfully stared at the golden beetles flying toward them.

  In front of them, Black Yin Ancestor Luo Qiyin seemed to have seen nothing at all. His robes flapped around him as he solemnly stared at the center of the formation.

  Although these Golden Armor Stellar-Piercing Beetles were formidable, for the Black Yin Ancestor, the true danger was at the core of the formation.

  It’s too powerful! This sort of formation can’t be destroyed by anyone! I was thinking too simply! the Black Yin Ancestor berated himself.

  Even a titan of the evil path like him had consumed a significant amount of energy in traveling from the outer ring of the formation to this place. The constant attacks of the formation gates had made the Black Yin Ancestor feel for the first time like it was impossible to win.

  If the outer ring of the formation was this powerful, the Black Yin Ancestor found it difficult to imagine how dreadful the core was.

  Song Yuanyi, breaking the formation… were you not able to do it either?

  As the Black Yin Ancestor turned his head in another direction, countless thoughts ran through his mind.

  ……

  At the very same moment, elsewhere, Song Yuanyi was also looking silently at the core.

  “Alliance Lord, our brothers have suffered many injuries. We can no longer keep advancing!” a Righteous Alliance expert behind Song Yuanyi sorrowfully said.

  Song Yuanyi had led his group into the second layer of the formation. Only a little more was needed until they reached the core, but his group was on its last legs.

  The various formation attacks were constantly getting stronger, and even though Song Yuanyi was leading them, they had reached their limit. Even if they could hold on until they reached the core, they would probably be wiped out to the last man.

  Song Yuanyi said nothing, only stared inscrutably into the depths of the formation.

  Chirping could be heard around them as the golden beetles danced in the air, some of them even gnawing away at Song Yuanyi’s Eternal Spring Stellar Energy. But these frightening beetles that seemed to counter martial artists gnawed through Song Yuanyi’s Stellar Energy very slowly. It was as if they weren’t eating the Stellar Energy they so enjoyed, but a piece of stone or metal.

  This was the first time these golden beetles had met such a tough opponent. This feat alone was enough to make countless martial artists of the world sigh in praise.

  Song Yuanyi’s Stellar Energy had enveloped the Righteous Alliance experts behind them, baiting away all the golden beetles.

  But even though he could regard these dangerous beetles as though they didn’t exist, Song Yuanyi’s heart was heavy. He could deal with the golden beetles, but he could do nothing against the endless stream of attacks from the formation.

  As they had passed through the endlessly shifting formation gates and been thrown into the Alarm Gate, Pain Gate, and even almost the Death Gate, Song Yuanyi’s Righteous Alliance force had suffered grievous casualties. The ground was speckled with blood while the pale-faced Righteous Alliance experts gasped for breath. It was obvious that they could no longer continue.

  Song Yuanyi could abandon them and go alone, but this would sign the death warrant for the Righteous Alliance experts here.

  This titan of the righteous path was facing an intense dilemma.

  Is there really nothing to be done…

  Song Yuanyi placed his hands behind his back and muttered to himself, his eyes fixed on the core.

  For the first time, he found it difficult to make up his mind.

  ……

  Boom!

  The earth trembled as energy erupted out of the core and spread out over the rest of the formation.

  A deathly stillness gripped the formation as everyone, their hearts heavy, awaited the final judgment.

  ……

  Buzz!

  As everyone’s resolve was failing and they awaited death, a slender and vigorous palm gripped the Origin Immortal War Banner atop the core altar.

  “It’s time for everything to end!”

  Wang Chong stopped in front of the altar and placed his other hand on the Origin Immortal War Banner as well.

  Now that the wave of energy had ceased to erupt, everything had gone back to normal, and the Origin Immortal War Banner had shrunk back down. Without the slightest hesitation, Wang Chong fiercely tugged on the Origin Immortal War Banner.

  “Mm? I can’t pull it out!”

  Wang Chong raised an eyebrow in surprise. Despite the strength he exerted, the war banner hadn’t even moved an inch. It appeared to have taken root in the altar. After a brief moment of thought, Wang Chong exerted more strength.

  Eight hundred jin, five thousand jin, ten thousand jin… the power in Wang Chong’s wrist constantly increased, but the final result remained the same.

  Wang Chong changed his strategy, bringing out the energy of the Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art, the Fire of Mara, the Fire of Lu Wu, and even the Art of God and Demon Obliteration and his other arts. Finally, he heard a clack from the base of the altar, and the Origin Immortal War Banner slightly swayed.

  Wang Chong immediately increased the power, and the banner began to sway more heavily. Boom! With a massive explosion, the banner came loose and a massive fissure cleaved the altar in two.

  As the altar fell apart, a deafening boom of thunder emanated from the core of the formation.

  “What’s going on here?”

  This thunderous boom made all the martial artists in the formation look upward in alarm.

  No one knew what had happened, but they could sense that with this thunderous explosion, a tear seemed to have opened up in the sky, allowing the energy of the outside world to flow inside.

  Not only that, they could sense that the formation had suddenly gotten much weaker, and was continuing to weaken by the second.

  “What happened? Did someone break the formation?!”

  Everyone proceeded to turn in the direction of the core.

  The formation would not weaken without reason, and this was certainly not how everyone had expected things to turn out a few moments ago.

  At the same time, Song Yuanyi, Luo Qiyin, and Myriad Ghost Ancestor Pei Luanchang turned to look at the center of the formation. Unlike the others, these three were absolutely certain that someone had entered the core and destroyed the formation. />
  “So fast! Just who could have been so formidable as to reach the core so quickly?!”

  At this moment, all three of them were alarmed and confused.

  They understood how exceedingly difficult it was to get into the core. Even if Song Yuanyi’s Stellar Energy could ignore the golden beetles, he had still been unable to reach the first layer of the formation, let alone anyone else.

  “Could it have been the Myriad Ghost Ancestor?”

  Song Yuanyi thoughtfully narrowed his eyes.

  In all the Five Ancestor Alliance, if there was one person who could break the formation, it was Pei Luanchang, who, though rather inconspicuous, was actually even stronger than the Black Yin Ancestor.

  Song Yuanyi had not seen him since they had entered the formation.

  “Could it be that fellow, Song Yuanyi?”

  At the same time, the Black Yin Ancestor suspected that it was Song Yuanyi.

  Chapter 1413 - Harvest from Breaking the Formation!

  Chapter 1413: Harvest from Breaking the Formation!

  Translated by: Hypersheep325

  Edited by: Michyrr

  In all the martial arts world, the only person the Black Yin Ancestor knew to be capable of destroying the world’s number one formation was Song Yuanyi.

  As for the Demonic Emperor and his disciple, both Song Yuanyi and Luo Qiyin had chosen to forget about them.

  How could the Demonic Emperor, who had stirred up countless storms of blood and killed people like they were flies, destroy the formation for the sake of others?

  The two of them would never believe such a thing was possible.

  But a moment later, for these titans of the martial arts world, the unbelievable occurred.

  With a great rumbling, the core began to radiate endless light. As the light began to shift, the back of a familiar youth appeared in the sky of the Origin Immortal Formation.

  There was a war banner in his hand that he was apparently pulling on.

  Although they couldn’t see his actual face, everyone instantly recognized him.