At the Academy of Mystics, the great halberd cleaved down, shattering the Five-Colored Altar before tearing through the void and vanishing without a trace.
From beginning to end, the great halberd paid no heed to the three elders, as though they were utterly insignificant and not worth striking at.
"It seems that Saint Body was no simple figure! He actually drew out an Ancient Emperor Weapon!" said the elder in golden feathered robes.
A young man whose cultivation was merely at the first level of the Immortal Platform Realm was not worth pursuing with an Ancient Emperor Weapon, no matter how monstrous his talent might be.
The Saint Body might have been one reason, but it was more likely that the Saint Body's identity was anything but ordinary.
After all, if they had not been mistaken, that Ancient Emperor Weapon had come from one of the Forbidden Zones of Life.
"We have done everything we could. What happens next depends on the Saint Body's own fate!" the elder in purple robes sighed.
Facing an Ancient Emperor Weapon, especially one that had awakened, they had no power to resist.
The only thing they could do was activate the Five-Colored Altar with all their strength, giving that Saint Body a slim chance of survival.
Yet the Starry Sky Gate had still been affected by the Ancient Emperor Weapon. Whether the path beyond the domain would encounter problems remained unknown.
Just then, the three elders simultaneously sensed a vast aura, and their expressions changed drastically.
"Th-This is a Great Accomplishment Saint Body?"
The three of them looked toward Undying Mountain at once. Terrifying blood energy pierced the heavens, while a vast aura shook the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands.
Such terrifying vitality and such a boundless aura could belong to no one in the present age but a Great Accomplishment Saint Body!
That day, rumbling continued within Undying Mountain. A terrifying aura spread throughout the entire Big Dipper Star Domain, leaving countless people horrified beyond measure.
On a desolate ancient star, Yang Qing patted the dust from his body. His face was pale, without the slightest trace of color.
Though he had not been struck by the Ancient Emperor Weapon, even the aura it leaked was enough to crush him until he could barely breathe.
"Undying Mountain, I'll remember this grudge. Once my divine arts are perfected, I'll come back and settle the score with you!"
Yang Qing could not help feeling fortunate. His instincts had been right—if he had been even a step slower, he would likely have died without any chance of survival.
He had guessed that Undying Mountain would send experts to hunt him down, but he had not expected those Supremes to be so utterly insane as to deploy an Ancient Emperor Weapon.
How badly did they want him dead?
He only hoped that his master would not act rashly after sensing the Ancient Emperor Weapon's aura. He wanted his master to live a few more years.
Just as he was about to inspect his surroundings, his expression suddenly changed. The air on this ancient star was poisonous, making even him feel dizzy and lightheaded.
Fortunately, with his current strength, breathing was not truly necessary. Otherwise, he might have perished on this ancient star.
He flew into the sky and looked into the distance. The surroundings were incomparably barren; not to mention living creatures, there was not even a blade of grass in sight.
After flying onward for some time, he suddenly saw a patch of golden light, incomparably brilliant, and immediately flew toward it.
When he saw the dazzling grove of Golden Trees, he froze. He seemed to know where he was.
"I actually came here? Was it because of the Ancient Emperor Weapon's interference?" Yang Qing muttered.
Although he had successfully entered the Starry Sky Gate before the Ancient Emperor Weapon struck and narrowly escaped death, it had still been an Ancient Emperor Weapon.
The might of an Extreme Dao Ancient Emperor suppressed heaven and earth. It was not impossible for it to affect the Five-Colored Altar and cause an error during his passage through the void.
Because of this, he had not set foot upon the Human Race's Strongest Trial Ancient Road and had instead accidentally arrived on an ancient star.
The universe was vast beyond measure. If this had been an unknown ancient star, figuring out how to continue onward would have been a difficult problem.
But the ancient star before him was different. For him, arriving here by chance was a blessing rather than a disaster.
After continuing onward for some time, he found a massive mountain. At its summit stood a one-armed old man.
The old man was arranging piece after piece of five-colored crystal, building them into a small Five-Colored Altar.
There could be no mistake now!
He had actually come by accident to the place where the Sun Human Emperor had fallen. The one-armed old man before him was the Divine Thought of the Sun Divine Emperor.
Divine Thoughts were terrifying things. The Sun Divine Emperor had been supremely divine and sacred in life, so the Divine Thought born after his death should have been supremely evil and sinister.
But the one-armed old man before him was different. Over the long years, he had nearly transformed into the Dao, leaving behind only the obsession of returning to his homeland.
When Yang Qing carefully approached the Five-Colored Altar, just as he had expected, the one-armed old man showed no reaction at all.
"Return to my homeland, cannot be buried in a foreign land..."
In the end, Yang Qing came before the one-armed old man. These words came from the old man's mouth, echoing over and over like a curse.
After studying the Five-Colored Altar for a moment, Yang Qing secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The altar had actually already been completed.
It was only because the Divine Thought had transformed into the Dao and retained nothing but obsession that he could not activate the Five-Colored Altar and open the Starry Sky Gate.
When Yang Qing injected a stream of divine power into the Five-Colored Altar, it immediately blazed with radiant light, and a small Eight Trigram Gate appeared.
He did not immediately step onto the Five-Colored Altar. Instead, he bowed respectfully to the one-armed old man and said solemnly:
"May the Human Emperor return gloriously to his homeland!"
If he wanted to leave this ancient star and once again embark upon the Strongest Trial Ancient Road, this Five-Colored Altar was his only opportunity.
But this Five-Colored Altar was the result of the Sun Human Emperor's Divine Thought laboring for countless years. How could he leave alone?
Moreover, during the Primordial Era, the Sun Human Emperor had risen to prominence and made outstanding contributions to the human race, his achievements overshadowing the ages.
After the Human Emperor's death, his remains had been left in a foreign land, unable to return to his homeland. How could any member of the human race simply stand by?
His master had passed down the True Scripture of the Sun to him. Perhaps fate had arranged for him to be stranded on this ancient star.
All of a sudden, two brilliant divine lights shot from the one-armed old man's eyes like twin torches. He seemed to have briefly regained clarity.
The old man reached out with one hand and instantly tore apart the earth, all the way down to the core of the ancient star, retrieving a sealed Stone Coffin.
The Sun Human Emperor's coffin!
Yang Qing stared at the Stone Coffin, his eyes filled with emotion. He knew full well that it did not contain the Sun Human Emperor's remains, but only a piece of Human Skin.
What exactly had happened back then, for the dignified Human Emperor to be left with nothing but a piece of Human Skin after death and even be stranded in a foreign land?
There had to be an enormous secret hidden within, perhaps one involving experts who stood at the pinnacle of the world.
His strength was still too low. When he reached the summit one day, perhaps he would be able to unravel this mystery.
With a deafening boom, five-colored divine light shot into the sky. Yang Qing and the one-armed old man stepped onto the Five-Colored Altar, taking the Stone Coffin with them as they disappeared into the Starry Sky Gate.
Yang Qing traversed the void once again, traveling through the desolate universe, but how to reach the Ziwei Star Domain became a problem.
There was no helping it! The Sun Human Emperor's Divine Thought had only obsession left and had no idea where the road ahead lay.
Relying on others was worse than relying on himself. At worst, he could cultivate for a while longer and cross the void on his own!
After Yang Qing cultivated for some time, the one-armed old man's gaze suddenly settled on him, divine light gleaming brightly in his eyes.
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