The Great Emperor Arrives in Person, I Have High Hopes for You!

Xuanqing Sect, Quiet Reflection Pavilion.

The heavens and earth in this region suddenly saw clouds gathering and churning, with all sorts of bizarre celestial phenomena appearing simultaneously.

A suffocating, heavy aura pressed down from above.

Qing Province!

At this moment, sects within a radius of several hundred miles all sensed it.

The sect masters and elders of every major sect flew out, ascending to high vantage points to gaze in the direction of the Xuanqing Sect.

Some wore grave expressions, shaking their heads and sighing to themselves!

Others gloated with schadenfreude.

A withered old man looked at the strange celestial phenomena and sighed, "The Xuanqing Sect is undergoing Tribulation Transcendence!"

"If they pass, they will soar into the heavens; if they fail to endure it, they will vanish into smoke and dust."

Suddenly, a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering roar came from the distance.

The terrifying fluctuations were so powerful that even cultivators above the Spirit Transformation Realm, despite being hundreds of miles away, could feel their astonishing might.

All kinds of incomparably powerful techniques collided in the air!

They erupted into waves of heaven-shaking storms.

There were techniques of Thousand-Mile Ice Seal and Ten-Thousand-Mile Snowfall, as well as divine abilities of Heaven-Burning Sea-Boiling.

Amidst that brilliant radiance, what radiated out was lethal power.

Even if a Spirit Transformation cultivator were to touch a sliver of it, they would perish on the spot!

Inside the Quiet Reflection Hall.

Yan Changkong sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, his slightly plump body trembling as he wanted to pop a few more medicinal pills.

Only to find they were gone.

Nothing remained but an empty bottle.

But he knew that he had no way out now; he had to hold on until the end.

The fact that no one has managed to break in even now proves that my line of reasoning is correct!

Yan Changkong held his breath and focused, struggling to calm himself down.

He simply stopped overthinking and waited quietly.

At this moment, a voice suddenly rang out from outside, its tone overlapping and difficult to distinguish as male or female, sounding like both an interrogation and a confession:

"The secret of the Immortal Great Emperor—who wouldn't want to know it? Why must we fight to the death?"

"How about we just perform a soul search right here and share it among ourselves?"

At this moment, the fiercely colliding techniques ceased, and the earth grew somewhat quieter.

Yan Changkong's heart leaped into his throat again, and he muttered to himself, Don't scare me, I'm about to wet myself!

After a moment of silence.

An aged voice rang out: "The Immortal Great Emperor once bestowed a favor upon my sect; tonight, no matter what, we will not let you harm a single person from the Xuanqing Sect."

Zhao Shanhe of the Liyue Immortal Dynasty stood atop a Black Bird, holding a blood-colored long saber, and shouted sternly: "The Black Bird Guard of the Liyue Dynasty will defend this to the death!"

Simple and brutal, not caring in the slightest about revealing their identities.

At this time, the voice of Liu Piaopiao also rang out calmly: "The Jade Pool Holy Land shares this sentiment!"

Following this, there was another bout of silence.

Above the sky, after the successive fierce battles just now, both sides had figured out the bottom line of their targets.

They quickly split into two camps.

They stood in a standoff against one another.

For a time, they were evenly matched, and neither could do anything to the other.

"Phew..."

Hearing this, Yan Changkong let out a heavy sigh of relief, his hands shaking incessantly.

But for now, he was temporarily safe.

Seeing that they could not reach an agreement, the opposing sides each erupted with their own momentum once more.

A murderous aura soared into the sky.

After a brief pause, an even more heaven-shaking storm began to brew and form once again.

However, just at this moment, a sudden mutation occurred!

Both camps were shocked, looking up toward the sky.

They saw the moonlight being completely obscured!

Boundless black mist churned, directly transforming the land where the Xuanqing Sect was located into a place of endless darkness.

There was not even a sliver of light!

Someone screamed in shock, "This aura, it's a Great Emperor!"

A Great Emperor was not merely a title.

Only cultivators who had reached the Tribulation Transcendence Realm were qualified to be called a Great Emperor.

A Great Emperor was the strongest existence on this land!

The world was suddenly plunged into an endless, boundless darkness, devoid of even a single ray of light.

Even the flames emitted by the Mystic Bird could not illuminate a single inch.

Immediately after, a pair of eyes appeared within the darkness.

A pair of pale purple pupils gazed coldly down at everyone below, their deep, profound gaze soul-stirring.

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"Everything belonging to the Immortal Great Emperor can only be destroyed by me!"

"Get lost!"

"Otherwise, there will be no mercy!"

That voice, brimming with murderous intent, struck everyone's hearts like a crashing mountain.

On a mountain peak hundreds of miles away.

A youth dressed in white robes with a face as handsome as jade watched this scene, shaking his head with a bitter smile:

"Master left behind too many debts of the heart; this is troublesome!"

He hesitated for a moment, but decided not to intervene.

Overall, everything was still within a controllable range.

A Great Emperor had descended in person.

This was something no one had expected; without much hesitation, both opposing sides retreated sensibly.

A Great Emperor was not someone they could contend with.

Just a moment later, the various phenomena above the Xuanqing Sect vanished, revealing a sky filled with twinkling stars.

Everything returned to normal.

As if nothing had ever happened, it was just a peaceful night.

The forces that had originally been guarding the Xuanqing Sect also dispersed.

They all understood that the Xuanqing Sect was considered saved; if that Great Emperor had wanted to capture Yan Changkong to search his soul, he could have done so with a flick of his finger.

Why wait until now and descend in person?

Liu Piaopiao flew away, frowning as she said, "When did such a Great Emperor appear in this world? Strange!"

She pondered for a moment but still had no impression, assuming they must have broken through recently.

Suddenly—

Liu Piaopiao felt something, and as she looked back, a flash of sword light erupted from the darkness!

A long sword tore through space and shot downward!

It headed straight for the valley of the Xuanqing Sect's outer sect, the location of the Former Residence of the Great Emperor.

The long sword hovered above the Former Residence of the Great Emperor, its sword qi rampaging!

This sword was clearly a Dao-grade magical treasure!

"Immortal Great Emperor, this is what you owe me!"

An angry shout rang out, echoing for a long time between heaven and earth, clearly audible to everyone in the Xuanqing Sect.

Inside the Quiet Reflection Hall.

Yan Changkong's heart was thumping wildly, and large beads of sweat appeared on his face.

He looked at the person before him with a face full of horror.

To be precise, it was a mass of black mist, but within that black mist, those pale purple pupils were heart-stopping.

How could Yan Changkong not know that the person before him was a Great Emperor!

Moreover, it seemed there was some deep-seated hatred between this Great Emperor and Lin Feng.

Is it impossible to escape death after all?

Yan Changkong's face turned deathly pale, his heart prepared for the worst.

However, after a moment of silence.

From within the black mist came a sentence that left him in disbelief; although the voice was cold, it carried no murderous intent:

"Work hard, I have high hopes for you!"

After a pause, the person in the black mist added, "Before he returns, you must protect the sect well, understand?"

"If any powerful cultivator attacks, my sword will protect you!"

Yan Changkong had already closed his eyes, waiting for death, but after a moment of stunned silence, he suddenly snapped them open.

However, the space before him was completely empty.

That mass of black mist had long since vanished without a trace.

"This..."

It took quite a while for Yan Changkong to recover his senses, and he murmured in a low voice, "Could it be they weren't enemies? How bizarre! They nearly scared me to death."

Just then, the sun rose in the east, and a ray of light pierced through the window, landing upon him.

Yan Changkong took a deep breath, feeling the faint warmth, and experienced a sensation of being reborn.

"Haha, I'm finally alive!"

At this moment, the sound of footsteps came from outside the door, and Great Elder Chen Xiu rushed in with a group of people.

"Sect Master!"

"Are you alright?"

Upon seeing him, Chen Xiu and the other Xuanqing Sect elders wore expressions of pleasant surprise and cried out in joy.

Yan Changkong put on a stern face: "What could possibly be wrong with me? Rushing about in such a panic, what kind of decorum is this? Stay calm!"

Chen Xiu and the others felt secretly ashamed, their admiration for the Sect Master growing even deeper.

In such a dangerous moment, Yan Changkong had actually been able to remain so composed, sitting there without moving an inch.

This level of composure alone was worthy of admiration!

Chen Xiu said shamefully: "Since the Sect Master is fine, we shall take our leave."

"Wait."

"Help me up; I took too many medicinal pills, and now I can't stand."

Chen Xiu: "..."