Arc 54The Forbidden Emperor

Chu Qing destroyed the Heavenly Court Headquarters Continent, gained a Forbidden Title, and learned that the Twelve Thousand Path Creators’ curse could erase him from memory. Years later, he escorted Tian Buyu through a forbidden-zone trial and was sent a hundred eras into the past, where they faced Dongfang Weiwo and ancient warriors.

  • Chu Qing killed Allied Army leaders who challenged him, burned vast stores of blood to strengthen his Liuli Phenomenon, and announced he would destroy the Heavenly Court Headquarters Continent.
  • Chu Qing defeated hundreds of Realm Ancestors and top powerhouses, then used the Earth Mother Chapter to shatter the continent’s seals and free a headless body.
  • The world named Chu Qing Forbidden, causing most people to forget him, while Batian warned that the Twelve Thousand Path Creators’ curse could only be broken by destroying them and their paths.
  • Madam Shi teleported Chu Qing and his allies away as the Heavenly Court Headquarters Continent sank, and later historians recorded Forbidden XX’s role in its fall.
  • Chu Qing cultivated in seclusion as the New Heavenly Court attacked powerful organizations, while the Square Inch Gathering began calling him Emperor Qing and Tian Buyu trained for their journey.
  • Chu Qing joined Tian Buyu on an eighty-one-coordinate route through the forbidden zone, where they collected tokens and reached the gathering site from a hundred eras earlier.
  • At the gathering, Tian Buyu touched a stele that transported him and Chu Qing into the past, where Four Directions bound the future arrivals and set them against ancient contestants.
  • Chu Qing killed a twin-saber fighter with one strike, while Dongfang Weiwo killed a Mythological Creature from the future and more future arrivals died than trial participants.
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Ch. 1326Underground Seal

Chu Qing and the women continued saturating the Heavenly Court Headquarters Continent’s earth veins and discovered a vast ritual array sealing something deep in its center. After collecting strange treasures and ore mothers, Chu Qing decided to stop exploring and prepare to destroy the continent.

  • Allied Army legions ignored their orders, looted resources, and told their superiors that the wild Gods and Devils were stable while the higher-ups planned to blame Chu Qing and divide the continent.
  • After seven days, Chu Qing, Mingyue, and Consort Mei Zuo Yan had saturated four-fifths of the continent’s earth veins and advanced toward its center.
  • Consort Mei Zuo Yan recognized a pattern in the earth veins and concluded that an enormous ritual array was sealing something.
  • Strange treasures attacked the group, and Chu Qing suppressed them so Consort Mei Zuo Yan and Zuo Yan could claim a scissors-shaped treasure and an Oil-Paper Umbrella.
  • The group found ore mothers near the seal, but Chu Qing decided not to venture farther and instead gathered the women to return to Madam Shi and the Princess Consort.

Ch. 1327Martial Ancestor, the Gathering, Madam Shi Forges a Phenomenon

Madam Shi used her seven thousand two hundred undying Innate Gods and Demons to slaughter across the Heavenly Court Headquarters Continent and strengthen her phenomenon. Tian Buyu told Chu Qing about a mysterious gathering in the forbidden zone, and Chu Qing promised to escort him there.

  • Madam Jin, Cui Moyang, and the others left to organize resources and support Hong Yi, while Madam Shi stayed behind to forge a hegemon's phenomenon.
  • Madam Shi sent her seven thousand two hundred Innate Gods and Demons across the continent, where they slaughtered and absorbed powerful bloodlines despite local efforts to stop them.
  • Chu Qing asked Tian Buyu about his plans, and Tian Buyu said he intended to attend a mysterious gathering in the forbidden zone to fulfill an agreement with an old friend.
  • Tian Buyu explained that Martial Ancestors after Qiu Wudi were said to have attended the gathering, and described the dangerous route and its old requirements.
  • Chu Qing promised to escort Tian Buyu to the gathering once he was ready.

Ch. 1328How Can You Talk Like That?

Chu Qing waited in the Heavenly Court treasury as Allied Army leaders arrived, then killed one who challenged his demand for respect. He left the others to choose their words while he prepared to detonate the continent, where a terrifying being was sealed beneath it.

  • Chu Qing complained that the Allied Army was rebuilding the Heavenly Court, and Tian Buyu explained that Heaven’s authority still made organizations preserve it.
  • When Allied Army leaders came to loot the treasury, Tian Buyu and his companions left after Chu Qing warned them that detonating the continent could release a dangerous sealed being.
  • Madam Shi Yu Ji stayed behind to watch Chu Qing’s planned fireworks, while the Allied Army leaders entered the treasury and found him there.
  • Chu Qing demanded that the leaders address him with respect, and one leader refused, insisting that Chu Qing was not invincible.
  • Chu Qing killed the defiant leader with a flick of his fingers and ordered the remaining leaders to choose their words again.

Ch. 1329Arrogant, Tyrannical, Brutal, Cruel, and Moody

Chu Qing killed Allied Army higher-ups who challenged him and waited at the treasury to confront the Allied Army’s top bigwigs. As their force arrived, Madam Shi dispelled their display of killing intent and joined Chu Qing, who ordered the bigwigs to sit despite providing no seats.

  • Chu Qing killed several Allied Army higher-ups for questioning his authority and declared that people had to speak to him based on their strength.
  • An Allied Army higher-up secretly contacted the top bigwigs, who gathered experts and elite troops to head for the treasury.
  • Chu Qing waited outside the treasury beside a chest containing one hundred thousand portions of Outsider's Blood.
  • Madam Shi watched Chu Qing and wondered if he planned to suppress the Allied Army and win the praise of all living beings.
  • The Allied Army’s top bigwigs arrived under a vast cloud of killing intent, but Madam Shi transformed into a great fish and swallowed the cloud.
  • Madam Shi transformed back beside Chu Qing, and he ordered the bigwigs to sit while offering them no seats.

Ch. 1330Open the Box for Me

Chu Qing confronted the Allied Army’s top-tier big shots, killing one after humiliating him and crushing another with his title power. He then ordered the survivors to open the box, and dozens scrambled to obey.

  • Chu Qing rebuked the top-tier big shots for hunting him and sent an Air Dragon at one who accused him of going too far.
  • Chu Qing attacked the Allied Army’s top-tier big shot, destroyed his defensive Exotic Treasures, and cornered him as Madam Shi’s Innate Gods and Demons sealed the space.
  • The top-tier big shot knelt before Chu Qing, who killed him by crushing his head and turning his body into a Blood Flower.
  • Chu Qing ordered someone to open the box, then killed another top-tier big shot who objected by making his realm collapse with title power.
  • Dozens of top-tier big shots rushed to open the box for Chu Qing, each trying to get there first.

Ch. 1331Chu Qing, What Are You Trying to Do?

Chu Qing used the Allied Army to gather vast quantities of Heart Blood and raise his Liuli Phenomenon, then addressed the entire Heavenly Court Headquarters Continent. He ended by announcing that he would blow up the continent, leaving the top-tier bigwigs alarmed.

  • Bai Zhengzheng and other Mythological Creatures pledged allegiance to Chu Qing in exchange for gemstones, and he accepted them.
  • Chu Qing used one hundred thousand portions of Otherkin essence blood and then one hundred thousand portions of Innate God and Demon Heart Blood to increase his Liuli Phenomenon.
  • Chu Qing ordered the top-tier bigwigs to obtain more Mythological Creature Heart Blood, and they repeatedly delivered massive quantities for him to burn.
  • After a top-tier bigwig pleaded for the living beings to recover, Chu Qing ordered a continent-wide ritual so he could address everyone.
  • Chu Qing declared that the Heavenly Court must fall and announced that he would blow up the Heavenly Court Headquarters Continent.

Ch. 1332This Man—Was Beyond Godlike

Chu Qing threatened to destroy Heavenly Court Headquarters Continent and began a countdown, prompting desperate evacuations and an attack by Realm Ancestors. He killed one Old Ancestor after another, and the world received a rapid stream of announcements confirming his victories.

  • Chu Qing declared that he would blow up Heavenly Court Headquarters Continent, blaming the Allied Army and Heavenly Court for denying it to him.
  • A family head evacuated with the relatives willing to leave, while his son chose to remain rather than lose his resources.
  • Chu Qing began a countdown to detonate the continent, and the Allied Army's leaders stayed silent as people across the continent protested and fled.
  • Several hundred Realm Ancestors charged at Chu Qing after an Allied Army leader ordered them to attack.
  • Chu Qing killed Old Ancestor Yin Feng and then rapidly slew or suppressed more Realm Ancestors, with announcements of his victories reaching martial artists across the world.

Ch. 1333Between Killing and Not Killing

Chu Qing slaughtered more than four hundred Realm Ancestors in ten minutes, terrifying martial artists across the paths and undermining their confidence. He then attacked the top powerhouses who had secretly opposed him, while their would-be rescuers refused to risk their weapons and resources, and ended by threatening the survivors with continental-grade fireworks.

  • Chu Qing's slaughter of more than four hundred Realm Ancestors left martial artists across the paths terrified and questioning whether their paths were worth pursuing.
  • Chu Qing ordered Yu Ji to seal the space and attacked the top powerhouses who had secretly opposed him, collapsing their foundations and smashing their exotic treasures.
  • The Otherkin Heavy Cannon Corps and the War Platform commanders refused to risk their weapons and resources to rescue the top powerhouses.
  • Chu Qing crushed one top powerhouse after another, killing them regardless of how they answered his question about whether he would spare them.
  • Chu Qing pretended to spare the remaining top powerhouses, then threatened to unleash continental-grade fireworks on them.

Ch. 1334A Not-So-Glorious Page

Chu Qing destroyed the Heavenly Court Headquarters Continent by unleashing its earth veins, breaking the seals beneath it and freeing the headless body that had belonged to Overlord Heaven. Four Directions named Chu Qing Tyrant for the destruction, but his phenomenon immediately crushed the title, leaving everyone stunned.

  • Chu Qing activated the Earth Mother Chapter and made the Heavenly Court Headquarters Continent erupt inward in a chain of explosions.
  • The earth-vein power shattered layers of seals beneath the continent, but the sealed creature weakened the final ritual and escaped as a headless body.
  • The freed body recognized Overlord Heaven’s Head and gaped at the continent’s destruction and the looters harvesting its debris.
  • Four Directions praised Chu Qing’s destruction of the continent, declared that he had earned the title Tyrant, and announced that his phenomenon had crushed the title.

Ch. 1335Forbidden! Forbidden! Forbidden!

Chu Qing received a new Forbidden Title after the Liuli Anomaly empowered him, causing the world to lose the ability to remember, record, or speak his name. The chapter ended with martial artists of different ranks experiencing the title’s effects in increasingly incomplete ways.

  • The Liuli Anomaly recognized Overlord Heaven's Head and body as the beings she had once beaten, then inspected Yu Ji and approved of Chu Qing's choice.
  • The Liuli Anomaly breathed a multicolored aura into Chu Qing, causing his Profession Slot to tremble as the world's voice began forging his new title.
  • The first twelve thousand Path Pioneers emerged and cursed Chu Qing, but his Profession Slot stopped trembling and the voice declared him Forbidden.
  • The world's voice named Chu Qing the Terror Ancient God of the Emperor's Seat, Reflection Emperor Liuli, Demon, and Forbidden, then vanished along with three minutes of humanity's voices.
  • Ordinary people and martial artists below the First Limit forgot Chu Qing, while stronger martial artists found gaps or blurred names in their memories and records.

Ch. 1336Audience with the Forbidden Emperor Liuli

Chu Qing gained the Forbidden Title, which made his name dangerous to think about or speak without permission while granting benefits to those he allowed to praise him. After he authorized the Square Inch Gathering to use his name, its members greeted him as the Forbidden Emperor Liuli.

  • At the Square Inch Gathering, Luo Tian explained that Chu Qing’s forbidden name caused anyone who mentioned it to suffer a backlash, and Second Generation Bi Luo vomited blood when she tried to say it.
  • Luo Tian revealed that the Harvesters were the Twelve Thousand Path Creators, who had survived by harvesting lives.
  • On the collapsing continent, Chu Qing read the Forbidden Title’s powers and wondered why history could not erase him despite his name being forbidden.
  • Chu Qing permitted Madam Jin, the Princess Consort, Nangong, Cui Moyang, and the members of the Square Inch Gathering to speak his name.
  • The Square Inch Gathering greeted Chu Qing as the Forbidden Emperor Liuli, and Second Generation Bi Luo vomited blood when he told them to call him by his name.

Ch. 1337The Name Is Too Long, Use a Shorter One

After explaining the Forbidden Title, Chu Qing granted the Square Inch Gathering members permission to improve their cultivation by chanting his name. When a mysterious body approached, Chu Qing left the gathering, and the others began discussing a shorter way to address him.

  • Luo Tian and Mythology explained the Forbidden Title’s combat effects and its potential to attract followers who could improve by chanting Chu Qing’s name.
  • Second Generation Bi Luo, Second Generation Moon God, and the other members asked Chu Qing for permission to chant his name.
  • Chu Qing studied the title and granted the Square Inch Gathering members permission to receive one-tenth of his cultivation enhancement and the title’s strongest strike against enemies who heard his name.
  • Heavenly Court told Chu Qing that a mysterious body was absorbing magma and calming the continent, and suspected it might be another body of Batian.
  • Chu Qing sensed the body approaching and withdrew from the Square Inch Gathering to meet it.
  • Second Generation Bi Luo proposed changing how they addressed Chu Qing, and Luo Tian suggested using a shorter name.

Ch. 1338How to Break the Curse of Forgetting

Chu Qing questioned the Overlord Heaven Body, who recognized the Liuli Phenomenon and warned him that the Twelve Thousand Path Creators’ curse would erase him from history. Batian explained how to break the curse and promised a future reward, but accidentally demonstrated that Chu Qing’s title could make people forget him even faster.

  • Chu Qing summoned the Liuli Phenomenon, and the Overlord Heaven Body said it resembled a woman who had once grievously injured him.
  • The Overlord Heaven Body offered Chu Qing a reward, but could only provide more than a hundred drops of blood essence because his heart was sealed elsewhere.
  • Batian warned Chu Qing that the Twelve Thousand Path Creators’ curse would cause the world to forget him and said breaking it required killing them and destroying the Twelve Thousand Paths and their continents.
  • Batian told Chu Qing to find him in the restricted zone later and explained how to contact him.
  • Batian began to say Chu Qing’s name, then realized the title Chu Qing had chosen could make people forget him even faster.

Ch. 1339That What's-His-Name? What Was He Called?

Chu Qing watched Madam Shi absorb the Overlord Blood while the Heavenly Court’s destruction sent rival organizations into chaos. Their leaders tried to learn the name of the man who destroyed the continent, but saying Chu Qing’s name injured them so badly that they could not remember it.

  • The Overlord Heaven Body gave Chu Qing several hundred drops of essence blood, then fell into the Endless Sea and was swallowed by Emperor Kun Peng.
  • Madam Shi chose to consume the Overlord Blood to strengthen her Gods and Devils form, gaining stronger transformations and more transformation slots.
  • The leaders of dozens of top organizations argued over the loss of the Heavenly Court Headquarters Continent and considered how Heaven might respond.
  • The leaders questioned who had destroyed the continent, and a powerful boss warned that the person’s name was taboo.
  • When one boss said Chu Qing’s name, a terrifying force made him spit blood and suffer grievous injuries, while the other leaders were also hurt.

Ch. 1340Before Long, Forbidden XX Descended

Top-tier leaders feared Chu Qing’s relentless rise, while Madam Shi teleported him and his followers away just before mysterious severed remnants ravaged the Heavenly Court’s headquarters. Historians recorded the Heavenly Court’s fall and the arrival of Forbidden XX, whose identity was tied to Chu Qing.

  • Top-tier leaders debated how to curb Chu Qing, then admitted that Heaven would blame them for the catastrophe rather than him.
  • As the Heavenly Court’s headquarters continent sank, Madam Shi sensed danger and teleported Chu Qing, his allies, and the remaining essence blood away.
  • A severed hand and a heart-pierced spine appeared where Chu Qing had been, slaughtering living beings and devouring their blood mist.
  • The Heavenly God celebrated the Heavenly Court’s destruction, and Heavenly Court arranged a feast on his behalf.
  • Historians recorded how the Heavenly Court fell after Forbidden XX descended upon its headquarters continent.

Ch. 1341History, Heavenly Court Biography, Future

The chapter recounted Chu Qing’s destruction of the Heavenly Court and showed historians preserving records of his deeds. One hundred eras later, researchers studying Chu Qing discovered a strange biography of [Heavenly Court] that appeared to describe someone else.

  • Forbidden XX led the Allied Army against the Heavenly Court, destroyed its War Platform, killed four hundred and sixty Realm Ancestors, and brought down the Heavenly Court Headquarters Continent.
  • Top historians recorded Chu Qing’s role in the war through many accounts, while Madam Shi and Yu Ji returned to Stone Ridge Mountain with him and the others.
  • One hundred eras later, a growing research team that included Phoenix Emperor and Shitian Emperor investigated Chu Qing and uncovered records about the Heavenly Court.
  • A top tomb raider presented an ancestral Golden Silk White Jade biography of [Heavenly Court], and the researchers debated how its square brackets distinguished the person from the organization.
  • The tomb raider read a biography describing a peasant who forged the Forbidden title and destroyed the Heavenly Court Headquarters Continent, prompting a historian to question whether it was really [Heavenly Court]’s biography.

Ch. 1342Finding His Name

Historians deciphered a Heavenly Court biography that described a Forbidden being whose name could not be remembered or recorded, and discovered that he had traveled to the future. They resolved to search for him and his associates, hoping to learn his name and contact him across time.

  • Historians debated why a Heavenly Court biography left the Forbidden being’s name blank, and an Official History scholar explained that his Forbidden Title made him impossible to describe, mention, think of, remember, or speak about.
  • A tomb raider read a record saying the Forbidden being had visited the future and predicted he would meet Phoenix Emperor one hundred eras later.
  • Phoenix Emperor laughed at the record, while Shitian Emperor called the Forbidden being an old lecher.
  • The gathered researchers decided to search for the person who had sealed himself away for two hundred eras and investigate the Forbidden being’s history.
  • The director of a historical archive added Mythology, Luo Tian, Bi Luo, the Heavenly Court, and Miracle Palace to their search, and ordered them to perform a ritual to contact the Forbidden being if they found his name.

Ch. 1343Plotting the New Realm, Emperor Qing, the New Heavenly Court

Chu Qing settled Stone Ridge Mountain’s forces around its outskirts and began deducing a New Realm while wars spread across the world. As the Square Inch Gathering named him Emperor Qing and the Second Generation Yin Tianzi tried to retrace his path, the New Heavenly Court arose as a powerful force challenging the top-tier powers.

  • Chu Qing introduced the Chief Subordinate to Tang Wuming and ordered them to stay outside Stone Ridge Mountain, then told the mythical creatures they had no need to guard anything there.
  • Mingyue took the mythical creatures to meet the Demon Race so she could study whether the two groups could produce offspring, and some creatures from dwindling species agreed to try.
  • Chu Qing resolved to deduce a New Realm and cultivated in seclusion, while wars erupted across the continents and the Square Inch Gathering discussed his titles and achievements.
  • The Square Inch Gathering began calling Chu Qing Emperor Qing, and the Second Generation Yin Tianzi launched a plan to retrace his path and reproduce his rise.
  • Tian Buyu repeatedly delayed attending the gathering while training, and Chu Qing continued cultivating as the Emperor Qing Path progressed.
  • The New Heavenly Court emerged with former Heavenly Court remnants, Emissaries of Heaven, Heavenly Calamities, and Rōnin, then began attacking the top-tier powers, which sent spies to investigate its strength.

Ch. 1344Interlude: Morning Star, Tian Buyu

Seven years later, Chu Qing left Stone Ridge Mountain with Tian Buyu, but a spatial distortion sent him into the past to the Morning Star people’s camp. There, he tried to convince them to reveal the cleansing scriptures before the evil army arrived.

  • Chu Qing prepared to leave Stone Ridge Mountain with the injured-sounding Tian Buyu and entrusted the mountain’s affairs to those who managed it.
  • Chu Qing toured the expanding Miracle Palace with Madam Jin and the others before Madam Shi transported him to Tian Buyu’s coordinates.
  • Chu Qing waited for Tian Buyu, but the surrounding space twisted and drew him into a tribulation from his past.
  • Chu Qing recognized the Morning Star people and warned them that an evil army was pursuing them for the box containing a book of cleansing scriptures.
  • The Morning Star people doubted Chu Qing, so he threatened to kill them and split the ground to prove his power.

Ch. 1345Seeing Morning Star Again, the Black Robe, Tian Buyu Grows Stronger

Chu Qing learned that the Black Robe organization had betrayed Morning Star and intercepted humanity’s hope, then discovered new properties in the scripture’s candle flames. Tian Buyu arrived with greatly increased strength but a listless spirit, leaving Chu Qing to wonder how he had grown so powerful.

  • Chu Qing memorized more of the Morning Star Scripture while using sound waves to destroy approaching evil, but the Morning Star members realized they had died before their spark reached humanity.
  • Chu Qing told the dying Morning Star people that humanity had survived later attacks from the restricted zones, and the female warrior revealed that the Black Robe organization had killed them.
  • The female warrior began to explain what the Black Robe had on the backs of their heads, then collapsed before she could finish, and Chu Qing returned to the real world.
  • Chu Qing recited the scripture and found that its candle flame contained layered patterns resembling the Others’ restrictions and could burn for ten years without his support.
  • Tian Buyu arrived several times stronger than before but with a listless spirit, and Chu Qing checked the back of his head before asking how he had improved so much in seven years.

Ch. 1346Tian Buyu, the Ruthless One

Tian Buyu told Chu Qing how he had spent seven years forging an Exotic Treasure Realm with hundreds of thousands of female Otherkin, then led him toward a gathering that required eighty-one tokens. They reached the first coordinate point, where a trial began, leaving them poised to fight for its token.

  • Tian Buyu explained that he had imitated Chu Qing by cultivating the Clone Path and forging an Exotic Treasure Realm, but kept his Overlord title secret.
  • Tian Buyu showed Chu Qing a route with eighty-one coordinates, explaining that they needed to collect a token at each one to open the gate to the gathering.
  • Chu Qing and Tian Buyu entered the forbidden zone, where darkness retreated from Chu Qing, and began racing toward the first coordinate point.
  • As they traveled, Tian Buyu recounted how the Third Limit Martial Ancestor had turned the tables on him, forcing him to flee to Heavenly Court and become part of its foundation.
  • Chu Qing and Tian Buyu reached a pitch-black valley, where Tian Buyu performed a ritual and a voice challenged them to fight their way to the altar and claim the token.

Ch. 1347Third Limit Martial Ancestor

Chu Qing and Tian Buyu explored the gathering’s coordinate points, finding starving evils and learning that no one had walked the path since the Third Limit Martial Ancestor was born. They reached the gathering site from a hundred eras ago, where Tian Buyu was excited to find it still there and Chu Qing frowned as he examined it.

  • Tian Buyu entered a valley filled with frail evils that crumbled at his touch, then found a crowned evil on an altar that begged to be killed and was starving.
  • Chu Qing learned the evils had been trapped for ages and that one of the last outsiders had become the Third Limit Martial Ancestor; after Chu Qing killed the old evil, Tian Buyu found its scepter had turned into a key.
  • Chu Qing and Tian Buyu visited more coordinate points, finding either no creatures or evils that longed for death, and learned no one had walked the route since the Third Limit Martial Ancestor was born.
  • Chu Qing and Tian Buyu arrived at the gathering site from a hundred eras earlier, where Tian Buyu saw that the gathering was still there and Chu Qing examined it with a frown.

Ch. 1348Azure Gold Flying Snow, Retracing Time and Space

Chu Qing and Tian Buyu arrived at a gathering place in the Forbidden Zone, where Azure Gold Flying Snow explained that the gathered contestants were taking part in a trial. When Tian Buyu touched a stele bearing a message from a woman who had waited for him across eras, the stele transported him and Chu Qing into a phenomenon that seemed to retrace time and space.

  • Chu Qing and Tian Buyu landed on the inverted mountain platform and found its young inhabitants unusually powerful.
  • A young man challenged their right to be there, but Azure Gold Flying Snow introduced herself as a qualification contender from the Ninth Major Region and welcomed them.
  • Azure Gold Flying Snow told Chu Qing that the gathered creatures were competing in a trial to qualify as Forbidden Zone Masters or giants.
  • Tian Buyu read the stele’s message from a woman who had waited for him across eras and said he had to find her.
  • Tian Buyu touched the stele, which lit up and swallowed him and Chu Qing as strange streams of light enveloped the platform.

Ch. 1349If I Blew the Third Limit Martial Ancestor to Death

Chu Qing and the other future-era contestants were transported a hundred eras into the past, where the Four Directions made them a trial for ancient geniuses. As the ancient figures gathered, Azure Gold Flying Snow boasted that she could kill the Third Limit Martial Ancestor with one breath.

  • A strange darkness attacked the contestants, dissolving one young woman and a new Tian Buyu, until Chu Qing summoned platinum candle flames that drove it back.
  • The contestants failed to contact the giants behind them, and Tian Buyu’s stone stele crumbled to ash.
  • Ancient-era warriors and creatures emerged from the darkness and gathered on the platform, where Tian Buyu recognized Ru Yan and Dongfang Weiwo, the Third Limit Martial Ancestor.
  • Chu Qing realized they had crossed a hundred eras into the past and become a trial for the ancient geniuses, and the Four Directions confirmed his suspicion.
  • Azure Gold Flying Snow dismissed the Third Limit Martial Ancestor as an easy opponent and wondered whether killing him would alter humanity’s future martial path.

Ch. 1350Becoming a Whetstone

Four Directions sealed the strength of Chu Qing, Tian Buyu, and the other future arrivals, then forced them to fight experts from the past. Chu Qing killed his opponent, but the battle ended with more Future People dead than trial participants, and he recognized how formidable the gathering’s experts were.

  • Four Directions bound the future arrivals in chains that suppressed their powers, prompting Tian Buyu to wonder whether they had been brought back as whetstones for Dongfang Weiwo.
  • Chu Qing and the others faced Dongfang Weiwo’s group, and Four Directions ordered each side to choose an opponent, with the defeated dying.
  • Tian Buyu tried and failed to communicate with Ru Yan, while Chu Qing and other future arrivals stepped forward to fight.
  • Chu Qing adapted to the Third Limit and killed a woman wielding twin sabers with a single strike.
  • Dongfang Weiwo killed a Mythological Creature from the future, and the battle ended with more Future People dead than trial participants.
Arc 54 of 85
Arc 54 of 85