The Ten Spirits' Contingency Plan

The Western Heaven Brahma Court.

The emperor's aura slowly faded away.

At this moment, both the old God Emperor Yang Chu and the Brahma Ancestor had stopped fighting.

Both God Emperors seemed to be stunned at this moment.

They all looked in the direction of the Ghostly Dead Land.

"What exactly happened in the Ghostly Dead Land...? I felt an overwhelming terror."

The innate compassion on Brahma Ancestor's face had vanished, replaced by fear!

"My Dao Body was actually devoured by something..."

His eyes were filled with disbelief as he said:

"And has a terrifying world, surpassing even the Yang Realm, descended upon us?"

--The Brahma Venerable and the Old God Emperor have been in a standoff.

However, before the outcome was decided, they were startled by the terrifying aura emanating from the Dead Land.

In particular, Brahma Ancestor sensed that Dao Body in the Dead Land had indeed been eaten by something.

Then, it was as if an extremely terrifying world had descended upon the Dead Land.

That feeling is beyond the comprehension of ordinary cultivators, because it is beyond reality.

But as emperors, they Chang Ming that a terrible calamity must have occurred there.

And so, the two emperors stopped.

Until now.

"I saw that the ghost realm was empty..."

The Brahma Venerable, lost in thought, said:

"Reincarnation has already been decided, I... have failed!"

The Brahma Venerable appeared dejected, with a hint of resentment in his eyes, and the ushnisha on his head trembled slightly.

But the old god-emperor Yang Chu, at this moment, said in a daze:

"The cycle of reincarnation has begun, unleashing a massive upheaval..."

He looked at the Brahma Venerable and said:

"Brahma Ancestor, reincarnation is something you cannot be tainted by. Give up."

After saying that, he turned to leave.

Brahma Venerable suddenly looked at the Divine Emperor Yang Chu and said:

"God Emperor, is something terrible about to happen to this world?"

He was too perceptive; with the appearance of reincarnation and the emergence of power surpassing the divine path, he had an extremely bad premonition.

The Divine Emperor Yang Chu simply said in a soft voice:

"Is this the end of the world, or the beginning of hope...? Nobody knows, but I do know one thing."

"Doing your duty and fulfilling your responsibility is enough."

Brahma Ancestor remained silent for a long time before saying:

"I've heard that the bells have already tolled in the Imperial Court... Is someone about to return from this shattered and lost land?"

The Divine Emperor Yang Chu remained calm and resolute, saying:

"Non-Self die, they won't come back!"

The Divine Emperor Yang Chu has departed.

The entire Brahma Temple is only now slowly coming back to life.

The Brahma light emanated anew, and the chanting of sacred sounds continued.

It was a paradise in the Western Paradise, as if everything that had just happened had never occurred.

Several Venerable figures appeared before the Brahma Venerable, bowing respectfully.

"Brahma Venerable... what is the cycle of reincarnation?"

One of the venerable Venerable asked a question.

Just now, the entire Brahma Palace, including the Venerable, was in a deep slumber of life and death due to the confrontation between the two Emperors, and was completely unaware of what was happening outside.

Brahma Ancestor sighed:

"Reincarnation has already been decided."

"It's hopeless."

Upon hearing this, all the Venerable were startled.

What exactly happened...?

"Reincarnation is hopeless... then how can my Brahma Temple last forever?"

A venerable Venerable asked a question, trembling.

"Planning for millennia, yet all efforts were in vain..."

"Our Brahma Temple has sacrificed too much for the sake of reincarnation!"

These Venerable all harbored resentment.

After a long silence, the Brahma Venerable slowly spoke:

"That monkey at the Five Elements Mountain might be our only hope."

"It was once one of the Ten Spirits, the Divine Monkey, so there must be some connection between them. The story it told must also involve a supreme being..."

"I will personally refine its soul and burn its spirit. This time, even if it involves immeasurable karma, I, the ancestor, will disregard everything!"

His words were filled with unparalleled resolve!

Upon hearing this, the expressions of the many Venerable changed slightly.

The Six-eared Macaque Five Elements Mountain once caused chaos throughout the Six Realms. Even Brahma Ancestor had to expend considerable effort to subdue it...

But what's most astonishing is that the Six-eared Macaque was able to achieve such remarkable success because it had heard a story...

In that story, a monkey once became sworn brothers with Demon Race lord, gathered followers on Flower Fruit Mountain, forged the East Sea's Sea Calming Divine Needle into an iron rod, and stormed the Heavenly Lingxiao to steal peaches of immortality and elixir of immortality...

The Six-eared Macaque, now imprisoned under the Five Elements Mountain, imitated the monkey in the story, and thus had a life that defied the heavens.

For years, the Brahma Temple interrogated the monkey in every way, but there were some things it never dared to investigate directly.

I fear infringing upon the supreme cause and effect!

But now, the Vatican has failed to seize reincarnation...

This Six-eared Macaque seems to have become the only hope for eternal life...

"Brahma Venerable be merciful!"

Many of the Venerable couldn't help but speak softly.

The realm of gods, the imperial court.

Dao Venerable Jing and the others remained on tenterhooks, waiting with trepidation.

They dared not make a move!

Because they knew that in the Western Heaven Brahma Court... a confrontation between emperors was highly likely to occur.

The Divine Emperor Yang Chu and the Western Brahma Emperor!

"I never expected that the Divine Emperor Yang Chu would still be alive and still possess such power..."

"If the Western Brahma Ancestor is truly still in the Yang Realm, that would be terrifying... According to the records, he clearly entered the ruined and lost land..."

"A conspiracy... it's all a conspiracy. Those emperors who went to the ruined and lost lands were, in a sense, tricked..."

"Alas, now in the mortal realm, reincarnation has manifested; in the ruined and lost lands, an emperor is about to return... The Yang Realm is about to change."

The many Venerable whispered among themselves, all filled with fear.

Dao Venerable Jing and the others were extremely uneasy!

They had originally planned to go to the Dead Land to support Venerable Tian Yue, the False King Yan, and other Venerable.

But now, they dare not move at all.

All the Venerable await.

A grand imperial road, paved with great righteousness, stretches across the heavens.

The Emperor Machine have reappeared!

Immediately, all the Venerable in the Imperial Court were startled and knelt down respectfully, extremely solemn, not daring to utter a word.

On that imperial path, an old man slowly walked over.

He looked so hunched over, no different from an old man on the verge of death, yet he commanded the utmost respect from countless Venerable.

The old man returned to the imperial court.

"The Imperial Court is the entrance to the ruined and lost land."

"From this day forward, the Imperial Court shall be locked, and all who come shall be blocked."

The old man spoke calmly.

Instantly, the entire Imperial Court seemed to be completely enveloped by some terrifying imperial aura.

It's like a world unto itself, detached from the Yang Realm!

At this moment, Thirty-Three Heavens of the Divine Realm were shaken to their core.

At this moment, countless divine palaces sensed it, Thirty-Three Heavens, the Imperial Court... vanished!

"What happened?"

"What happened to the Imperial Court? Why has the entire Thirty-Three Heavens disappeared?"

"Perhaps it hasn't disappeared, but rather been concealed by some supreme power, making it imperceptible and unapproachable!"

Countless god-kings were shocked and began to speculate!

No one knows what happened in the Thirty-Three Heavens.

But from this day forward, the Divine Realm... the Thirty-Three Heavens have completely vanished.

The world is in a state of panic!

In the imperial court.

Many Venerable, sensing the changes in the Imperial Court, all had their expressions change.

They knew that they... could no longer leave the Imperial Court.

I fear we will perish alongside the Imperial Court!

If the emperor returns from the shattered and lost land, the imperial court will be the first to suffer... and will be annihilated by a great calamity.

For a moment, all the Venerable were filled with panic.

But the old God Emperor remained so calm; he turned around and said:

"Come with me."

Not long after.

The old God Emperor led many Venerable to a secret location within the Imperial Court.

The secret place was completely empty, except for an ancient, Great Gate!

The Great Gate stood thousands of feet tall, as if it were the entrance to another world.

The ancient bronze Great Gate seemed to emanate an immense, unshakeable power, inspiring awe in all who beheld it.

"This place is the gate to the ruined and lost land."

The old God Emperor spoke slowly, and an ancient Yellow Bell appeared in his palm.

With a single thought, the Yellow Bell flew out, magnified countless times, and hung in front of the Great Gate.

"Let's wait..."

The old God Emperor stood with his hands at his sides.

When the Yellow Bell tolls, and then tolls again, it means someone is approaching...

"One of the Ten Spirits left a contingency plan in the shattered spacetime, waiting for future generations... But all Ten Spirits have perished, so that contingency plan..."

"It probably disappeared along with it..."

The old God Emperor murmured and sighed, but then his eyes were filled with determination.

"Ten elders have passed away, Ten Spirits have perished... but this Old Soldier remains..."

"This place, this door... is my battlefield, my frontier!"

"I will fight to my last breath!"

A burning flame of war raged within him!

And at this moment.

In some lost and desolate place, the light and shadow of time keep turning, as if countless fragmented moments of time are superimposed.

Those who enter this space will likely lose their way and, in each fragmented spacetime, completely lose themselves.

But at this moment, a pitifully shaped spotted dog comes rushing out from the fragments of time!

This spotted dog is huge, like an elephant, but it has almost lost all its fur and its skin is covered with wounds and scars.

The spotted giant dog was incredibly fast, and exhausted, its mouth gaped open, revealing its missing teeth.

It was none other than the Demon Emperor of the Demon Race Clan— the Heavenly Dog Great Emperor!

Countless ages ago, it entered the ruined and lost land with the Demon Emperor, the Reincarnation Great Emperor, the Celestial Master Dao Ancestor Emperor, the Ghost Emperor, and others, in search of fortuitous opportunity to transcend the divine path.

But they lost their way, and their vitality was almost completely drained away!

Fortunately, in this life, it was awakened and found its way home.

It was the fastest and arrived first.

Now, it sensed a familiar presence.

"This Emperor is returning to the Yang Realm..."

The Heavenly Dog Great Emperor was extremely excited. As long as he returned to the Yang Realm, even if he had no hope of surpassing the divine path, he could still live for tens of thousands more years.

The thought of all the suffering it had endured over the years in that dilapidated, secret chamber made it want to cry!

Damn it, this isn't some place of fortuitous opportunity; it's clearly Forbidden Land. Even emperors would only face certain death here.

It vowed that when it returned to the Yang Realm, it would behave like a good dog and never think about such things again!

Gradually, it seemed to see a Great Gate appearing in some spacetime ahead...

It became even more excited. The Great Gate... that was the gate to the world of the Yang Realm!

I'm finally going back...

But just as it was getting excited, a low bark, like that of a dog, suddenly rang out in the space-time where the bronze Great Gate was located.

"Woof..."

Upon hearing the bark, the Heavenly Dog Great Emperor felt every hair on his body stand on end!

It was so terrified that it lay prone on the ground, too afraid to move!

It clearly saw a huge black dog seemingly slithering past in the space-time of the bronze Great Gate ahead!

What kind of giant dog is that, guarding the gate?!

The Heavenly Dog Great Emperor was terrified, utterly terrified!

Although it was only a fleeting glimpse, it sensed the immense power of this giant black dog...

Absolutely surpasses the divine way!

If I get any closer...

A single glance from the other party could destroy me!

Right now, the black dog doesn't seem to have noticed it yet...

The Heavenly Dog Great Emperor hurriedly lay down on the ground and shuffled backward step by step!

Only when he was far enough away did the Heavenly Dog Great Emperor feel a sense of relief.

"This terrifying dog wasn't here when we arrived... Why?!"

The Heavenly Dog Great Emperor growled, "Does this mean I can't return to the Yang Realm?"

No...

I'm not reconciled!

The Heavenly Dog Great Emperor was filled with extreme resentment!

"Perhaps... the only option is to try the Soul Guiding Technique..."

"Send a message to this Emperor descendants, asking them to guide my thoughts back to the this Emperor..."

"Even if my physical body dies here, as long as a wisp of my spirit returns to the mortal Yang Realm, this Emperor, can rise again!"

"Woof! This Emperor is not so easily killed!"

The Heavenly Dog Great Emperor gritted his teeth!

I'm working overtime today, so it's late. I'm currently writing the second chapter as fast as I can.