The Human Emperor c1-2382

by Huangfu Qi (皇甫奇)

  Wang Chong raised his head and jeered at the Tianfu Divine Lord.

  Since he had found the Tianfu Divine Lord’s free ‘energy bag’, Wang Chong couldn’t just let it go.

  “Bastard!”

  The Tianfu Divine Lord’s face turned ashen and he gnashed his teeth in rage.

  “Brat, you really think this god can’t do anything to you?”

  The Tianfu Divine Lord’s eyes surged with killing intent and his body trembled as he readied to attack.

  “Divine Lord, please hold!”

  Suddenly, a figure shot out and blocked the Tianfu Divine Lord’s way.

  “Divine Lord, be careful! There’s something strange about this kid! He seems to be absorbing our energy. Divine Lord, you must not be careless. There is no harm in using swords instead of palms to deal with him. No matter how formidable he is, he can’t possibly be capable of absorbing and refining swords!”

  Wang Chong’s heart thumped, and as he focused, he saw that it was the black-robed monk who had appeared.

  This guy is rather smart!

  Wang Chong’s eyes widened, and his expression became more solemn.

  Formless Stellar Energy was completely different from corporeal swords and sabers. Although the Tianfu Divine Lord didn’t seem to be an expert in the use of such weapons, Wang Chong truly would find it hard to absorb the energy unleashed through such weapons.

  The monk’s warning allowed the Tianfu Divine Lord’s temper to cool.

  “Brat, just how did you manage to do it?!”

  The Tianfu Divine Lord was no ordinary individual, and once his anger was dispelled, he quickly noticed something strange.

  It was obvious now that Wang Chong was intentionally trying to provoke him into attacking, but the Tianfu Divine Lord couldn’t understand why. Subtle realm energy was not something to be lightly messed around with, and his energy was additionally imbued with highly destructive properties. Just what trick had Wang Chong pulled that allowed him to take several of his palms and emerge unharmed?

  “Heheh, to think of such a reason after not being able to beat me! The Celestial God Organization is truly disappointing!”

  Wang Chong scornfully smiled and jeered to avoid the question.

  They were enemies, and Wang Chong naturally wasn’t so much of a fool as to reveal his trump card to the enemy.

  “Hmph, seeking death!”

  The Tianfu Divine Lord’s expression chilled.

  “Even if you say nothing, it’s fine! This god has his ways of forcing you to talk!”

  Clang! A sword flew out of the black-robed monk’s hands and into the Tianfu Divine Lord’s. There was a crack of thunder, the flashing of a silver snake, and then the Tianfu Divine Lord was gone. This time, the phantom swords in the air made the situation appear even more dangerous.

  Danger!

  Wang Chong had an ill foreboding the moment the Tianfu Divine Lord vanished. While he seemed confident on the surface, every nerve in his body was tense.

  For the moment, Wang Chong’s strength still could not be compared to the Tianfu Divine Lord’s, and he was keenly aware of this. If the Tianfu Divine Lord combined his movement technique with a saber or sword, he would be simply impossible to deal with.

  Buzz!

  Time seemed to stop, all sound draining away. Wang Chong’s body trembled with tension, his Psychic Energy and Stellar Energy pushed to the maximum, the Trayastrimsa Heaven and the Great Yinyang Heaven Creation Art unleashed to protect his surroundings. Even so, Wang Chong did not let down his guard even the tiniest bit!

  Only by finding out where the Tianfu Divine Lord really was could he avoid a fatal strike. But all was empty, and he once more felt that familiar feeling. The Tianfu Divine Lord’s energy was everywhere and nowhere, spread thinly across every inch of space so that it was impossible to determine his true location.

  Where? Where?!

  As the seconds passed, Wang Chong continued to be in more and more danger. If he discovered the Tianfu Divine Lord’s sword too late, not even the golden seed and Stone of Destiny could save him.

  Thwish!

  At that moment, a sliver of Sword Qi many times thinner than a hair suddenly appeared in Wang Chong’s perception. With no time to think, Wang Chong lunged to the right with all his power, pushing the Greater Void Step to its limits.

  Boom!

  There was a flash of light, and the place where Wang Chong had been standing exploded. Schwick! In a crimson burst of light, a string of bloody pearls splattered into the dust.

  As the Sword Qi dispersed, Wang Chong staggered out of the void a hundred-some feet away, a hand holding his left shoulder.

  “Impossible! How did you manage to dodge my Sword Qi?!”

  A cry of alarm came from Wang Chong’s previous position, and the Tianfu Divine Lord emerged from the void, sword in hand.

  His eyes were fixed on the distant Wang Chong in disbelief.

  Unlike the Goat, Deer, and Tiger Immortals, the Tianfu Divine Lord derived his power from the stars. Anywhere the stars shone their light upon was a place he could reach. Even Wang Chong had only been able to receive his attacks, never dodge them!

  What had happened just now was even more unbelievable and unacceptable than Wang Chong taking several of his palms and coming out unharmed.

  “Haha, Tianfu Divine Lord, it seems you’re out of tricks!”

  The flames of rage practically exploded out of the Tianfu Divine Lord’s head.

  “Bastard, you’re seeking death!”

  Even though he knew Wang Chong was intentionally provoking him, he still couldn’t help but take the bait.

  Clang! The Tianfu Divine Lord’s wrist shook, and the sword resounded through the air. The Tianfu Divine Lord disappeared once more.

  “Now is the moment!”

  As the Tianfu Divine Lord vanished, Wang Chong’s pupils constricted as he did the same.

  “Art of God and Demon Obliteration!”

  As he activated the Greater Void Step, he also pushed the God Demon Obliteration Sword Qi to its limits. A moment later, within the boundless void, Wang Chong sensed that silver of extremely fine and sharp Sword Qi within the Tianfu Divine Lord.

  Not even the Tianfu Divine Lord could have imagined that changing from palm to sword had actually left a massive flaw for Wang Chong to exploit. Although the Tianfu Divine Lord’s movement technique was extremely fast, when it came to the art of the sword, Wang Chong, as the inheritor of the supreme Art of God and Demon Obliteration, surpassed the Tianfu Divine Lord.

  Wang Chong still couldn’t sense the Tianfu Divine Lord’s aura, but he could sense his sword, thus allowing him to avoid its attacks.

  On the other side, the Tianfu Divine Lord remained unaware of the truth.

  “I’d like to see how many of my attacks you can avoid!”

  The Tianfu Divine Lord’s voice came from every direction.

  Even though Wang Chong had dodged two strikes now, the Tianfu Divine Lord did not care. His attacks came ceaselessly, each faster and more powerful than the last.

  Snick! Snick! Snick!

  As the sword sliced through the air, wounds were left on Wang Chong’s elbow, stomach, back, neck… Blood gushed out from the various wounds while vicious Sword Qi penetrated into his body.

  Though his mastery of the art of the sword allowed him to sense the Tianfu Divine Lord’s position through the sword, the Tianfu Divine Lord was still much faster. Wang Chong could sense his opponent’s attacks, but he couldn’t dodge them.

  The wounds began to pile up, and his situation grew increasingly dire. Wang Chong was blinking in and out, focusing only on running around to dodge the Tianfu Divine Lord’s attacks, but counterattack was impossible.

  Even so, Wang Chong was still doing his best to try and absorb the Tianfu Divine Lord’s energy.

  “Golden Seed unlocking 30%…… 31%…… 32%……”

  The Stone of Destiny’s voice was constant in his mind.

  The Tianf
u Divine Lord’s switching of attack method truly was having a significant effect on Wang Chong. The amount of energy he could absorb was extremely limited, and the unlocking speed of the golden seed had slowed to a crawl, even though Wang Chong was trying his best to convert the Sword Qi.

  No! Just sensing his sword isn’t enough to deal with this situation. He’s just going to keep cutting away at me until I’m dead!

  While constantly moving around with the Greater Void Step, Wang Chong tried to think of a way out, countless ideas and calculations running through his mind.

  He couldn’t last for long, and the current trend still pointed to his inevitable death.

  Chapter 1695 - The True World!

  Chapter 1695: The True World!

  This can’t continue. It seems like I’ll have to do that…

  An idea occurred to Wang Chong, but he did not deeply ponder it.

  Swish!

  On the other side, a sliver of Sword Qi thinner than a hair was slicing through the air toward Wang Chong.

  This attack was so fast that not even thoughts could keep up. If it struck true, Wang Chong would be dead.

  “Brat, let’s see how you dodge this one!”

  The Tianfu Divine Lord’s chilly voice was constantly moving around, and it rumbled like thunder in Wang Chong’s ears. The Sword Qi suddenly exploded in power, pushing its speed to new and terrifying levels.

  At this moment, the sliver of Sword Qi turned from a tiny rivulet into a surging torrent, and the entire world seemed to pale.

  Boom!

  By this point, the Sword Qi was already right in front of Wang Chong’s face, illuminating it into a ghastly white.

  The Myriad Stars Holy Judgment!

  The Tianfu Divine Lord was not a master of the sword arts, but in the supreme art of the Six Stars of the Southern Dipper, there happened to be a powerful sword technique. Paired with the Tianfu Divine Lord’s peerless movement technique, it was simply unavoidable. The Tianfu Divine Lord had used this move to kill numerous powerful foes.

  This move was extremely taxing, and its use showed just how badly Wang Chong had enraged the Tianfu Divine Lord!

  “This kid is doomed!”

  The men in black all saw this sight and recognized the Tianfu Divine Lord’s supreme skill. They had followed this man for many years and had long ago heard of its legendary power.

  It was rumored that when this move was used, the Tianfu Divine Lord was issuing his holy judgment. Countless opponents had been turned to dust under this attack, not a single one surviving.

  Buzz!

  As Wang Chong sensed the sword intent of this attack and its unparalleled speed, his hair stood on end and goosebumps rose on his skin.

  A tide of sword intent was rushing toward him, countless slivers, one for each of his pores and acupuncture points. Simply sensing this destructive Sword Qi was enough to make a person freeze, their brain grind to a halt.

  I can’t block it!

  This was what Wang Chong’s intuition told him. His blood ran cold as a sense of unprecedented danger seized his heart. If he didn’t block this attack, he wouldn’t be coming out with just a simple wound. He would be coming out as a corpse.

  “Stone of Destiny, exchange all my Destiny Energy to completely unlock the seed!” Wang Chong bellowed in his mind at this crucial moment, immediately connecting with the Stone of Destiny and the golden seed.

  After what seemed like a brief moment but also countless eons, the Stone of Destiny spoke.

  “Request received! Exchange confirmed!”

  At the same time, an immense energy surged into the golden seed.

  “Unlocking 39%…… 46%…… 57%…… 79%…… 100%!

  “Seed has been unlocked. User has obtained Golden Seed (Basic)!

  “Description: This is a seed of limitless possibility, inextricably linked to this world. It is hoped that user will treasure this seed and constantly nurture it. In addition, this seed is linked to user’s ultimate fate. If it is constantly nurtured and raised, when the final moment comes, user will obtain an unexpected harvest!

  “Golden Seed’s abilities unlocking! 45%…… 98%……. 100%!

  “Congratulations to user for obtaining the Basic ability: True World!

  “Description: With the seed, user can more clearly see the origin of the world. This ability is far greater than any other observation ability and can be considered an advanced form of seeing into the world of energy!

  “Analysis of Golden Seed in progress…”

  Thunder pealed in Wang Chong’s mind as a torrent of information swept over him. Heaven-shaking transformations took place as the brand-new energy erupted from the golden seed and filled his mind.

  After more than one thousand years, the golden seed the Origin Immortal Lord had given to Wang Chong had finally emerged from hibernation. It was unsealed and had reached its basic form.

  The golden seed was a half-complete product created by the Origin Immortal Lord after a long period of thought and contemplation. It represented limitless possibilities, but it was incomplete. Even a divine figure like the Origin Immortal Lord had not been able to complete it, so Wang Chong believed that his own chances were one in ten thousand.

  But not even the Origin Immortal Lord could have imagined that Wang Chong would unlock the seal and complete the seed through such a method, and so soon after his death.

  Unlocking the golden seed had required an astronomical one million points of Destiny Energy, an almost impossible mission for Wang Chong. But by borrowing the power of the Tianfu Divine Lord, he had found the simplest and fastest shortcut.

  Rumble!

  As the golden seed erupted with golden light, a faint and indescribable ripple radiated from Wang Chong and swept through the world.

  This ripple was so weak that it was undetectable to the normal person, but it triggered a massive shift in the world.

  Buzz!

  In a place extremely far away from Wang Chong and the Tianfu Divine Lord, a figure was seated cross-legged, but when the golden seed was unlocked, this figure trembled as if they had been struck by a lightning bolt. Raising their head, they looked in the direction the ripple had come from.

  “What in the… How could this be?”

  The mysterious figure was brimming with unbelievable power, but at this moment, their eyes were stricken with extreme shock.

  And this figure was far from the only one startled by this ripple.

  In the night, under a starry sky, mysterious and powerful figures were disturbed by the World Origin energy and emerged from their various hiding places. As they turned in Wang Chong’s direction, countless thoughts ran through their mind.

  But Wang Chong knew nothing about any of this.

  Buzz!

  Wang Chong’s eyelids trembled as the golden seed was unlocked, and when he opened his eyes, that new energy poured into them, opening a new world to him.

  There was no rainbow of pure energy. This was a world that Wang Chong had never interacted with before.

  There were no mountains, no rivers, no houses, nothing at all. Rather, everything seemed to be rendered in black ink.

  Wang Chong looked up and saw that, without the cover of the dark clouds, he could see the vast sky of stars, but these stars were no longer stars. They were illusory points of light, and from these points of light were tiny threads less than a ten-thousandth the thickness of a hair. They protruded from the stars and, through some bizarre method, converged around the Tianfu Divine Lord.

  At this moment, Wang Chong finally saw the Tianfu Divine Lord’s secret. Around the Tianfu Divine Lord was a force field made of countless star threads that revolved around him and drew in the power of the myriad stars.

  This is the ‘True World’?

  Upon seeing this strange sight, Wang Chong had a flash of insight.

  At this moment, Wang Chong saw that sword strike. At the very beginning, this attack was moving faster than lightning, impossible to dodge and imposs
ible to predict. But when he opened his eyes again, in an almost dream-like fashion, he could see it clearly.

  Not only did Wang Chong see that this attack was formed from countless almost crystalline shards of starlight, he saw that it was dragging tens of thousands of threads behind it, and could clearly see how the energy within it came together. Moreover, the sword attack seemed to slow to a crawl as Wang Chong examined it, though this did not change its incredible speed and the impossibility of dodging it.

  Buzz!

  Wang Chong suddenly moved to the right, not in a vigorous lunge, but a small nudge, one that was repeated several times, with minor adjustments to angle and position. As his body moved forward and backward, his Stellar Energy also worked in an orderly fashion, erupting and receding in tune with Wang Chong’s movements.

  This time, Wang Chong’s Stellar Energy was not erupting like a volcano, fiercely expanding in every direction. Each burst or retraction was focused on a particular location or region.

  Boom!

  The majestic sword intent swept unstoppably through the King of Foreign Lands Residence, creating a wave of energy several hundred feet high. As the void itself was sliced through, the explosive peals of thunder could be heard for ten-some li.

  As this attack struck, the surrounding men in black stared expectantly at where Wang Chong was standing, but when the scene cleared up, they all cried out in dismay.

  “Ah! How could this be?! He dodged the Myriad Stars Holy Judgment!”

  “That can’t be! No one has ever blocked the High God’s attack before!”

  At the center of the attack, Wang Chong was smiling, standing motionlessly atop the ruins of a fake mountain.

  His clothes were in tatters, the left sleeve of his robe obliterated, revealing the tough and sturdy arm beneath, but Wang Chong did not appear like someone who had been injured.

  All the men in black were stunned. The Tianfu Divine Lord’s speed was so fast that the other High Gods found it difficult to dodge his attacks, let alone mere mortals. If Wang Chong had displayed some inconceivable ability and completely left the zone of the Tianfu Divine Lord’s attack, they could have somewhat accepted the present situation, but Wang Chong was standing in the very center of the impact zone, completely unharmed. For the men in black, this was simply inconceivable.