A secret spanning tens of thousands of years?
Yang Zhen curled his lip, a disdainful look on his face. Let alone a secret that's tens of thousands of years old, even a secret that's hundreds of thousands of years old wouldn't interest Yang Zhen.
Severing emotions and desires—though Yang Zhen didn't know the specifics, he could imagine it: it was simply about fulfilling human emotions and taking the natural order as one's guide. This would indeed reach the Heavenly Hearing, but as Yang Zhen said, what good would it do?
Yang Zhen didn't even know if these artificially created Emperor Realm experts from the Emperor Su Palace could still be considered human beings.
Without emotions or desires, and focused solely on the development of the Heavenly Dao, the Emperor Su Palace Emperor Su Palace be an extremely powerful driving force for it. No wonder that the Emperor Su Palace has remained as mysterious as ever for so many years, even after experiencing the Great Tribulation of Heaven and Earth, it can still ride the Heaven-Splitting Ox.
It's clear that the group on the Heaven-Splitting Ox are all at least at the level of the Nine Dragons Saint Venerable. Even the Empress who Final Step victory might be slightly stronger than the Nine Dragons Saint Venerable. Perhaps only the Empress Fengyu could defeat her.
Yang Zhen truly felt sorry for such a strong person who was about to sever all emotional ties and desires.
However, this was a matter concerning the Emperor Su Palace, and Yang Zhen had neither the mind nor the energy to concern himself with their affairs. Besides, the old woman's arrogant demeanor had already displeased Yang Zhen Yang Zhen, and the fact that he hadn't clashed with them on the spot was a testament to his State of Mind.
At this moment, the Shameless Cat sneered from the side, "Kid, don't look down on the methods of the Emperor Su Palace. The Emperor Su Palace has been able to survive for so many years; there's something to it."
Yang Zhen glanced at the Shameless Cat and said, "It's not that I look down on the Emperor Su Palace's methods, it's just that these methods are putting the cart before the horse."
The Shameless Cat let out a playful "Ooh," looking at Yang Zhen with amusement, and said, "You have a way to cultivate Emperor Realm experts like the Emperor Su Palace?"
Yang Zhen glared at the Shameless Cat, slapped it, and said, "Get lost! I didn't bring you here to argue with this Sage of Saunter."
The Shameless Cat chuckled slyly and said nonchalantly, "You'll understand when you reach this level. It's not that they want to abandon the essential for the trivial; they're forced into it."
"Who forced them?" Yang Zhen refused to believe it. If they weren't training Emperor Realm experts this way, would a large group of people be forcing them to do so?
The Nine Dragons Saint Venerable chuckled and said, "What that Shameless Cat said is not wrong. If a sect doesn't have an Emperor Realm expert at the level of the Emperor Su Palace, its status and mystique probably won't last long. The higher you climb, the colder it gets. Climbing up is not easy, and falling down makes it even harder to climb back up."
Yang Zhen knew this principle all too well, but there are always more solutions than people. Yang Zhen couldn't believe that the mighty Emperor Su Palace could be so helpless!
"Oh dear, Little Tuntun, fly slower! This place... seems a bit... unusual!"
Yang Zhen's eyes suddenly lit up. He looked around at his surroundings intently and grinned.
On the back of the Gale Ox, the old woman's face showed a hint of anger as she said, "Outrageous! Outrageous! Who knows what kind of background this boy has?"
The people around them looked at each other in bewilderment. They had been cultivating in the Emperor Su Palace and had never seen any "boys" Laozi" before. If it weren't for the information that there was Devil Emperor's inheritance on Slug Bank Mountain, they might not have been able to come out at all.
"Didn't you say Guanxi Sect?" a middle-aged man next to him said hesitantly.
The old woman snorted coldly and said, "Not a single word this little rascal tells the truth. I inadvertently revealed the secret of the Emperor Su Palace. Although it was only the surface, it's still infuriating. If I see this brat again, I will definitely take him back and lock him up properly."
The Empress smiled slightly and shook her head, saying, "Mother-in-law, there's no need to be so angry. That person, who can ride Heaven-Swallowing Hou, must be no ordinary person. The Emperor Su Palace is going through a turbulent time right now; it's better to avoid trouble."
"Our Emperor Su Palace is in a time of great turmoil; how can we be manipulated by others?" the old woman sneered. "Once we find the Devil Emperor's Devil Pattern Origin, we might be able to solve the Emperor Su Palace's problems. At that time, the entire Great Wilderness will be ours to command. Why would we put up with the wrath of these Devil Cultivator?"
A hint of melancholy appeared on the Empress's face as she nodded and said, "Therefore, we must not allow any unforeseen complications this time."
The mother-in-law sighed, gave the Empress a meaningful look, and said, "I've made things difficult for you all these years."
The Empress smiled, shook her head, and said, "This is my responsibility!"
The mother-in-law opened her mouth, but couldn't utter a word.
Just then, someone suddenly exclaimed in surprise, pointing to a spot not far ahead, "Look! Someone has tampered with the environment here!"
Upon hearing this, everyone hurriedly looked in the direction the person was pointing, and were immediately taken aback.
Not far ahead, demonic energy surged, and mountains and rivers appeared in the distance. However, everyone present was a being with extraordinary abilities, and they could tell at a glance that the world here had been tampered with.
"This is... an attempt to deceive everyone?" The old woman sneered, saying, "A petty trick. The more the Devil Cultivator cultivators act in this way, the more it proves that this place is not simple. Please wait a moment, and watch me break through this illusion."
boom--!
The old woman leaped up, and a colossal wave suddenly erupted from her body. With a casual wave of her hand, a raging dragon roared and charged towards the mountains and rivers.
Terrifying shockwaves exploded outwards, causing the surrounding world to tremble.
Everyone gasped, watching the old woman make her move, their faces filled with horror.
The mountains and rivers were destroyed and fragmented, but they have not disappeared.
In an instant, mountains and rivers were shattered, and terrifying shockwaves surged forth in all directions, creating a series of terrifying void currents.
The entire world seemed to have fallen into chaos, returning to Savage Wilderness!
Everyone watched the scene unfold with grave expressions. Even the old woman's face showed horror. She let out a muffled groan, landed on the back of the Heaven-Splitting Ox, and said in a deep voice, "This person has impressive skills!"
"To deceive with deception, and to deceive with reality—such methods are clearly not something an ordinary person could devise," the Empress said softly. "I never imagined that, in order to stop us from entering Slug Bank Mountain, a powerful figure among the Devil Cultivator would actually move mountains and shift rivers. Truly a grand scheme."
The old woman's face flickered with surprise and uncertainty as she looked down at the back of the Heaven-Splitting Ox and said in a deep voice, "This is outrageous! It's bad enough that this person committed such a heinous act, but to have him cause this old woman to destroy our land is truly despicable."
"Empress, Mother-in-law, what should we do?" The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment, then asked, "Since it's about moving mountains and shifting rivers, should we just raze this place to the ground?"
"No!"
The Empress and her mother-in-law spoke in unison.
The old woman glanced at the Empress and said, "Moving mountains and shifting rivers is the purest technique in the Earth Treasury Technique, capable of destroying heaven and earth, but it will offend the heavens. If we raze this place to the ground, we will probably be blocked by heaven and earth before we even enter the Slug Bank Mountain, and may even attract Heavenly Punishment!"
What?
Upon hearing this, everyone gasped in surprise, staring at the chaotic world before them with expressions of astonishment and uncertainty.
"Where's that Heaven-Swallowing Hou?" The old woman suddenly exclaimed softly, looking around but not seeing it.
" The Heaven-Swallowing Hou... has gone inside," the middle-aged man said.
"Impossible!" The old woman shook her head, a look of surprise on her face. "If they went in rashly, they would definitely be trapped in the mountains and rivers, unable to extricate themselves. Heaven-Swallowing Hou couldn't do that. How did they get in?"
The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment, then stretched out one hand and made a sweeping motion, saying, "Whoosh, it's in!"
Mother-in-law. "???"