The Human Emperor c1-2382

by Huangfu Qi (皇甫奇)

  “Wonderful! It’s fine as long as he’s held down!”

  They still felt some lingering fear over the worst-case scenario.

  “Wang Chong!” At this moment, the Origin Immortal Lord’s voice rang out in Wang Chong’s mind. No one except him could hear it.

  “Senior!” Wang Chong trembled in shock and immediately replied.

  He had never imagined that the Origin Immortal Lord would get in touch with him at a time like this.

  “My Origin Heaven Demon-Sealing Stamp formation can’t hold him for long. I’ve lost too much energy over the last one thousand years, and my body can’t last for much longer.”

  The Origin Immortal Lord’s voice was tinged with exhaustion, and his words left Wang Chong shaken.

  “How could it be like this?”

  He had never envisioned this result.

  “Do you remember what I told you before? I don’t have much time left. I know what you want to say, but there’s no need to worry about me. Now that I was able to see you, I have no regrets. Remember to take care of the seed I gave you.”

  The Origin Immortal Lord’s voice rang out once more in Wang Chong’s mind.

  “In addition, I will do my utmost to buy time for you. In a little while, I will open up a path for all of you which you can use to get out. I will suppress True Lord Yellow Dragon during this time. But the path from here to the surface is dangerous, and you’ll have to rely on your own ability to get through it,” the Origin Immortal Lord sternly warned.

  “Hahahaha, Origin Immortal Lord, you can’t hold me! I’d like to see how long you can last!”

  The earth suddenly shuddered as True Lord Yellow Dragon’s voice rose from the fissure like an erupting volcano.

  Chapter 1559 - The Final Farewell!

  Chapter 1559: The Final Farewell!

  Translated by: Hypersheep325

  Edited by: Michyrr

  “Ah!”

  “How could this be?! Is the Origin Immortal Lord still no match for him?!”

  The martial artists instantly panicked. For this unsettled crowd, True Lord Yellow Dragon’s voice had a nightmarish tone to it, and they would not find the description of ‘monster’ for him to be an exaggeration.

  But True Lord Yellow Dragon’s voice resounded for only a few moments before an even more powerful energy quashed it. The earth once more calmed back down.

  Wang Chong couldn’t see what was happening down below, but the ‘aftershocks’ alone left him flabbergasted.

  “Senior, what’s your condition?” Wang Chong asked in concern.

  “I’m fine. His resistance is extremely fierce, but I’ve prepared these formations for a thousand years for this very moment. Although I can’t seal him here forever, it should be for long enough.”

  The Origin Immortal Lord’s voice came in bits and pieces, but his words still managed to soothe Wang Chong’s mind.

  “Back up a little. I will now help you get out of this place!”

  Wang Chong had barely taken a few steps back when a boundless stream of destructive energy exploded out of the fissure.

  Boom! Crack! The rock wall near the crowd suddenly collapsed in a great shower of stones.

  The easily-frightened crowd instantly scattered upon witnessing this sudden attack.

  “Look! What’s that?!” someone shouted.

  “Not good! There’s a crack in the rock wall! Is this place going to collapse?!”

  The martial artists were all panicked and fearful. This place was at least twenty thousand meters beneath the earth. If it suddenly collapsed, they would all be buried here and would only have death awaiting them.

  “Wang Chong, what’s going on here?!”

  Song Yuanyi strode over to Wang Chong’s side. While everyone else was in disarray, only Wang Chong continued to stand at his original spot, apparently extremely calm.

  Moreover, the wall had cracked open far too abruptly. If there was one person who knew the truth of it all, it was probably Wang Chong.

  Wang Chong had entered the Origin Immortal Palace, and he was the only one to have any connection with the Origin Immortal Lord.

  “Everyone, don’t panic. This is a passage the Origin Immortal Lord opened for us. True Lord Yellow Dragon might come out at any time, so we need to use this crack to return to the surface as quickly as possible.”

  Wang Chong’s voice resounded through the pit, and the panicked crowd instantly calmed back down.

  “Lord Marquis saved us, so we’ll listen to your orders!”

  The martial artists began to call out, their eyes gleaming with respect.

  “This place won’t last long and might collapse at any time.” Wang Chong suddenly turned to Song Yuanyi and asked, “Alliance Lord Song, please lead everyone out of here!”

  Song Yuanyi merely gave Wang Chong a profound glance before turning back around.

  “Guangting, Black Yin Ancestor, you lead the way. Bone Devil, the Demonic Emperor, and I will hold the rear.”

  Under Song Yuanyi’s command, the group began to make their way past the rocks and bones, entering that pitch-black crack which was thirty-some meters tall and around five meters wide.

  Song Yuanyi’s built-up prestige in the martial arts world ensured that the group departed in an orderly fashion, and it took only a few moments before they were all gone.

  Once everyone was gone, the Demonic Emperor Old Man and Wushang Village Chief turned to look at the motionless Wang Chong and called out, “Chong-er, we’ll wait for you! Come as soon as you can!”

  Seeing Wang Chong nod, the two of them entered the crack without hesitation.

  Bang!

  Not long after they left, a massive boulder came from above and smashed into the ground not far from Wang Chong’s feet.

  As more time passed, the surrounding rocks began to tremble, and more and more rocks and dust came down.

  Buzz!

  Wang Chong’s eyes flashed. Suddenly, the bones and rocks vanished, and Wang Chong emerged in a vast white world.

  Fog permeated the place, and Wang Chong could see two straight chains in front of him that stretched to the other side. There, a familiar figure was silently watching him. He had apparently been waiting for some time.

  Origin Immortal Lord!

  Wang Chong instantly recognized the elder.

  This place was very similar to the white world he had traversed before entering the Origin Immortal Palace, but Wang Chong was aware that all of this merely an illusion.

  The Origin Immortal Lord had pulled his mind into this place.

  “Senior!”

  Wang Chong began to walk over to the Origin Immortal Lord.

  The Origin Immortal Lord who had appeared before him was dressed in a simple Daoist robe, and his face was ruddy and energetic. He appeared better than he had at any time before, but this only made Wang Chong uneasy.

  Through his Psychic Energy, he could sense a deep-rooted weakness in the Origin Immortal Lord’s body.

  A soul echo!

  A thought occurred to Wang Chong, but he did not dare to continue thinking about it.

  “The time for us to part has come!”

  The Origin Immortal Lord gently smiled at Wang Chong. A gentle breeze blew past, caressing his hair and adding to his aura of otherworldly transcendence.

  “I have finished my mission. This world will have to rely on you now.”

  “Senior, can you really not suppress him? Can you not leave with us?” Wang Chong asked.

  The Origin Immortal Lord shook his head.

  “You know the answer!”

  Wang Chong instantly fell silent.

  “I have one more important thing to tell you that you must remember. Once you leave, in the part of the year when the scents of autumn are the strongest, you can go and find someone. He will help you in my place, but he will only appear on one day every year. You must display utmost respect to him, and he will answer many of the questions on your mind. There are some questions he can a
nswer that even I cannot. He will tell you the truth that you so ardently wish to know!”

  The Origin Immortal Lord smiled.

  “The truth?”

  Wang Chong’s heart thumped as he raised his head, but what welcomed him was a rapidly approaching palm.

  Before Wang Chong could react, the Origin Immortal Lord had placed his palm on Wang Chong’s shoulder.

  “Senior, you…!”

  The world began to spin around Wang Chong, and before he knew it, he had been forced out of the vast whiteness of the Origin Immortal Lord’s mental world.

  On his last glance, Wang Chong saw the Origin Immortal Lord’s gaze, bursting with hope and expectation.

  Bang!

  When his vision returned, Wang Chong realized that he had been pushed out of the abyss and into the pitch-black crack.

  Rumble! A moment later, a large chunk of rock and metal ore came down from the ceiling, closing off the crack that the Origin Immortal Lord had just made.

  “Wang Chong, remember! You must find that man no matter what. I’m giving this to you, but remember, you can’t open it until the time has come.”

  The Origin Immortal Lord’s voice came from deep underground. Wang Chong lowered his head and saw that there was a small wooden box in his hand. It appeared very unremarkable, but it felt heavy in his hand.

  Wang Chong didn’t think too much before putting the box away. Meanwhile, the Origin Immortal Lord’s voice was getting weaker and more distant.

  “Yellow Dragon, my time has come. It’s time for us to settle our accounts.”

  There was one last shout, like a distant peal of thunder, and then silence. Wang Chong could sense his energy no more.

  Wang Chong stood in front of the now-closed crack, a complicated expression in his eyes. He didn’t know what would happen to the Origin Immortal Lord, but there was no doubt that this was their last meeting.

  “Senior, my utmost gratitude. This junior will forever remember your gifts. I hope that I can accomplish both your and my mission!”

  Wang Chong slowly bowed in the Origin Immortal Lord’s direction, then stood back up, took a deep breath, and began to leave.

  The passage was dark, but it was much wider than he had imagined. Looking around, Wang Chong saw that the rocks had a metallic luster to them. It seemed like the Origin Immortal Lord’s strike had even blasted through the ore vein.

  Whoosh!

  The earth trembled and a shower of rocks and dust came from the ceiling. Wang Chong didn’t know how long this passage went, but there was no other path available to him.

  At this moment, he heard a familiar voice from up ahead. “Young Patriarch! Over here!”

  “Chief!”

  Wang Chong looked over in surprise and saw the Origin Immortal Chief standing there.

  “Why are you here? Didn’t I have you leave with the others?”

  “I was here waiting for Young Patriarch.”

  The Origin Immortal Chief shook her head and gently smiled.

  “This place is dangerous and might collapse at any time. That Righteous Alliance Lord called Song Yuanyi has already led the rest of them out. I remained to receive the young patriarch. Let’s go!”

  The Origin Immortal Chief pointed in a direction, and Wang Chong nodded, grabbing the Origin Immortal Chief and then charging forward.

  Chapter 1560 - Hastily Escaping!

  Chapter 1560: Hastily Escaping!

  Translated by: Hypersheep325

  Edited by: Michyrr

  The passage the Origin Immortal Lord had created using his divine abilities was rather twisted and winding, and there were even some places where only one person could pass at a time. But these were not major problems for martial artists.

  As Wang Chong climbed and crawled, he had lights to lead his way. Song Yuanyi had ordered martial artists to leave luminous pearls at set intervals precisely to guide Wang Chong.

  “Master!”

  After traveling some several thousand meters, Wang Chong managed to rejoin the Demonic Emperor Old Man, Song Yuanyi, and the others.

  “It’s fine as long as you’re back! We were just waiting for you!”

  The Demonic Emperor Old Man and Wushang Village Chief breathed a sigh of relief, their expressions relaxing.

  Song Yuanyi suddenly spoke up. “It’s about time. The shaking is intensifying and this passage could collapse at any time. Let’s hurry.”

  Wang Chong nodded, and the group began to rapidly advance.

  Crsssh! Crush! Tremors emanating from deep within the earth occasionally shook the walls of the passage. Everyone knew that True Lord Yellow Dragon was struggling with all his might.

  Their hearts nervous, they hastened their advance. As they traveled farther and farther, the passage began to widen and more branches began to appear, but all the earth shuddered more and more intensely.

  “Run!”

  Wang Chong was holding the rear. Suddenly, he thrust his hands at the sides of the passage, sending powerful streams of energy into the earth.

  Wang Chong’s Stellar Energy was able to stabilize his shaky surroundings.

  Boomboomboom!

  At almost the same time, Song Yuanyi, the Black Yin Ancestor, and the others did the same. The weakening of the tremors calmed everyone down and allowed them to move even faster.

  As they advanced, the earth suddenly swayed and an incredibly brash and arrogant voice resounded through the underground world. “Haha, Origin Immortal Lord, take this attack!”

  At the same time, an immense energy began to strengthen, rapidly expanding in their senses.

  “Not good!”

  Everyone instantly paled. They had to start from twenty thousand meters beneath the surface, and though the Origin Immortal Lord had done his best to open a path for them, this path was extremely unstable and incapable of enduring a blow from True Lord Yellow Dragon.

  “Everyone, hurry!” Wang Chong bellowed, and cries of alarm came out of the darkness as everyone began to frenziedly advance.

  Even though Wang Chong and the others had tried to stabilize the passage, in this brief moment of time, the intensity of the shaking had rapidly multiplied.

  Before the group could run very far, boom! A terrifying energy slammed into the earth like an erupting volcano.

  Crack! There was a deafening boom, and though the group couldn’t see anything, they could determine from the echoes that the abyss that the group had been in was finally beginning to collapse.

  Rumble!

  At this moment, another boom came from above, swiftly followed by panicked cries.

  “Oh no!”

  “It’s collapsed up ahead!”

  “Everyone, run!”

  As martial artists shouted in panic, Wang Chong borrowed the light of the luminous pearls held in the hands of various martial arts and observed that a massive fissure overhead had divided the group into two. Both the upper and lower parts of the passage were beginning to cave in.

  “Everyone, be careful!

  “Pay attention to the rocks overhead and get over quickly!”

  Song Yuanyi’s voice rang out over the panicked cries, calming the crowd.

  Boom! An imposing stream of Stellar Energy blasted through the air, opening a passage for the martial artists to flee through.

  “Run!”

  The martial artists were excited by this passage and hastily began to flee through the new crack.

  Everything around them was swaying and could collapse at any time. Song Yuanyi himself was just about to leave when he heard panicked shouts coming from below.

  “Alliance Lord, save me!”

  “We’re about to fall!”

  Those voices were brimming with the fear of death.

  “Not good!”

  Song Yuanyi grimaced, instantly recognizing the voices of several Righteous Alliance disciples.

  This passage was in such chaos that Song Yuanyi had failed to notice that the ground beneath several Righteous Alliance d
isciples had caved in, causing them to plunge downward.

  This entire region was in the middle of collapse, and to fall at this time was to surely die.

  With no time to think, Song Yuanyi headed down the new hole.

  Crash! Crush! Large piles of dirt and stone came down from above, but Song Yuanyi didn’t care. Entering the hole headfirst, he thrust his left hand into the rock wall. His Stellar Energy surged, turning from milky-white to light green as it flew out of his fingers.

  Swish! Swish! A few seconds later, a green vine emerged from his body and shot down toward the source of the noise.

  Swoosh! Ten-some meters below Song Yuanyi’s position, the green vine wrapped around a falling Righteous Alliance disciple and suspended him in the air.

  And this was only the beginning.

  One vine, two vines, three vines…

  The green vines manifested from Song Yuanyi’s Eternal Spring Stellar Energy caught onto those ten-some martial artists who had fallen down the hole.

  The deepest martial artist had already descended sixty to seventy meters, but just when he thought that he was dead, Song Yuanyi’s green vine managed to save him, suspending his large body in the air.

  The constant collapse of the earth had caused a massive pit to appear below him, but even this massive pit was extremely unstable and on the verge of crumbling.

  Even worse was that the martial artist couldn’t even tell how deep this pit went.

  Whew! “I almost lost my life. Thank goodness for Alliance Lord Song!”

  The martial artist wiped the cold sweat off his face, though the fear of death still lingered in his eyes.

  But at this moment, at the entrance to the hole, no one could see that Song Yuanyi was pale and his body was shivering, completely different from the calm and assured leader he played for the others.

  To think that I still haven’t recovered!

  Song Yuanyi instantly recalled the figure of True Lord Yellow Dragon.

  When True Lord Yellow Dragon first appeared, Song Yuanyi had taken the greatest pressure. Ever since he had reached major understanding in the Eternal Spring Mantra, no one had ever been able to shatter his Eternal Spring Stellar Energy, but that mysterious True Lord Yellow Dragon had succeeded in dealing Song Yuanyi a bitter defeat.