The Emperor Road Appears, and Heavenly Talents Emerge
Rumble! Roar!
The present world shook violently. Ancient rainbow light appeared without warning, its origin unknown, piercing the universe, spanning the Three Thousand Worlds, and streaking across the myriad worlds of the heavens.
"A hundred years ago, the worlds trembled, and a phantom of the World Road briefly appeared."
"The Battle of the World Sons is a struggle for the fortune of the Three Thousand Worlds. Who can wield the Mandate of Heaven in this age, and who can sweep through an entire era and forge an invincible path? All will be revealed."
Old antiques and old monsters emerged one after another, gazing at the ancient road that pierced the Three Thousand Worlds, filled with emotion.
In an age of great strife, the World Road appeared, and the World Sons of the Three Thousand Worlds would battle to decide the sole bearer of the Mandate of Heaven. This was an ancient road of blood and chaos, filled with countless opportunities and fraught with dangers of every kind.
With the World Road's emergence, the present age was destined to be anything but peaceful. Countless heavenly talents would slaughter one another, while slumbering ancient freaks and ancient emperor's children would all emerge. Those monsters who had left their names in ancient history and stood invincible in their own eras would all set foot on the Emperor Road.
Since time immemorial, almost all who obtained the Mandate of Heaven and did not fall along the way became emperors. What a temptation that was! Let alone the present age, when the Dao was in decline-even in the most prosperous age of the Imperial Dao, it would have stirred up earth-shaking slaughter.
Under the gazes of the people of the Three Thousand Worlds, the legendary World Road slowly became real, descending from it stairways to guide heavenly talents into the struggle between worlds.
Hundreds of millions of world stairways descended across the Three Thousand Worlds, shimmering with golden light.
After this day, the Three Thousand Worlds would be silent no longer. The appearance of the World Road heralded the emergence of an emperor.
The slaughter of peerless prodigies, the blood and chaos, began today.
The Heavenly World, one of the Three Thousand Worlds.
"How could the legendary road to proving oneself an emperor be without me?"
"The Heavenly World ranks first among the Three Thousand Worlds, so the heavenly talents of our world should naturally rank first as well. Sweeping through all the worlds will be nothing to us."
One prodigy of the Heavenly World after another clamored, their gazes burning as they stared at the legendary ancient road, eager to charge onto it the very next moment and fight to their hearts' content.
The Zhou Clan, an imperial clan.
"The Emperor Road... I look forward to it. I hope there will be powerful opponents," murmured Zhou Jingyun, the Zhou Clan's emperor's child of the present generation. His hands were clasped behind his back, and with every gesture, three thousand points of light flickered around him. Each was an infinitesimally small star.
The Zhoutian Star Physique, a legendary supreme holy physique. Once fully developed, it could wield three thousand stars and shatter the sun, moon, stars, and rivers of stars with a wave of the hand. It was terrifying to the extreme.
The Radiance Hall, an ancient holy land.
"The strongest prodigies in the world are gathering. Emperor's children and ancient freaks will all emerge, and holy physiques and divine physiques will assemble in one place. How could such a glorious contest be without me?"
The Radiance Hall's heir of the present generation was brimming with heroic spirit. His presence soared, and the phantom of a great sun appeared behind his head, illuminating all directions.
A ruined small world lay desolate in every direction. Suddenly, brilliant light burst forth, and a naked youth broke through the ground and emerged.
He had a commanding bearing, with Chaos Qi swirling around him. His face appeared and vanished within it, astonishingly celestial-the very embodiment of handsomeness.
"In this age, may I not be left too lonely, without a single opponent." He stretched his limbs, and his crystalline body shimmered with the light of the Great Dao, which formed a golden robe to cover him.
One eye was gold and the other black, and he exuded a mysterious presence. He reached out a great hand and pressed it downward. A black longsword came whistling up from beneath the earth.
"Has the Heavenly Court vanished into the river of history? Even this small world has been overrun."
He looked around at the broken walls and ruins, his face full of bewilderment. The last time he had awakened, the ancient Heavenly Court had fallen into decline, but it had still been a Dao lineage with several Saints.
How long had passed? What had happened?
"Very strange. It should not be like this!" He frowned, full of questions.
Boom!
The ruined small world shook violently as a terrifying presence filled heaven and earth, transcendent and holy. A figure came through a crack in the small world, walking with steady steps, as though coming upstream against the river of time.
The face was identical to his own, but the eyes were lifeless. This was his second body, which he had severed from himself during the Chaotic Ancient Era-a body at the Great Saint realm.
He reached out his right hand, and the Great Saint body made the same movement. The laws of a Saint manifested in full, and the utterly ruined small world could no longer hold. The void shattered inch by inch, leaving vast stretches of nothingness.
So powerful was he that he employed a heaven-defying method to retrace the years of this place.
The backlash from this method was too great, and blood began to seep from the corner of his mouth. He saw only a great hand coming from beyond the heavens, blotting out the sky and earth and suppressing the sun, moon, and stars as it struck. This small world of the Heavenly Court, where remnants of the ancient Heavenly Court still lingered, vanished like smoke in an instant. Everything collapsed, and all living beings perished.
He wanted to continue tracing further back, but ultimately stopped. An immense terror lurked unseen; it most likely involved an emperor, and the karma was overwhelming.
If this ruined small world had not possessed the ability to steal the heavens and swap the sun, he would likely already have been sensed and erased by his opponent.
Even so, he could not continue tracing the past. His body could not withstand such karma; it would sever itself and dissolve into heaven and earth.
"Let me go and see whether there is a single heavenly talent in this age worthy of my notice." After a long silence, he took control of his second-life body and left the small world once known as Heavenly Pole.
He was the Heavenly Emperor's third son,
Dugu Baitian, the foremost Chaos Physique since time immemorial!
The Imperial World, one of the Three Thousand Worlds.
The True Dragon Small World.
"My clan has been invincible since ancient times. Now that I have emerged, I shall naturally be invincible and sweep away everything."
Golden light blazed, and golden dragon scales contained a mysterious Dao charm. This was a pure-blooded True Dragon, young and powerful. He shouted aloud, making a vow of invincibility: he would go to the Emperor Road and suppress everything.
"The world has countless heavenly talents. You must keep a level head and face your enemies with care. Do not be arrogant," the aged old Dragon King reminded him from afar, warning him against arrogance and rashness, and telling him not to look down on everyone.
The old Dragon King fell silent. The Dragon Clan was already the strongest race in the world, unmatched in both talent and physique. Given the added peculiarity of Ao Jue's physique and bloodline, he did not know how to refute him.
"What of emperor's children? What of divine physiques and holy physiques?"
"Now that I have emerged, they will all be stepping stones, means for me to make my name. They are destined to fall to my hand."
The golden dragon soared above the clouds and swam freely through the sea, speaking with utter conviction.
The Divine Phoenix Cave, an emperor's Dao lineage.
"The golden age has arrived. We respectfully welcome the young master's awakening!"
An Ancient Sage of the Taotie Clan activated the formation and knelt outside.
Sleeping here was the direct child of Great Emperor Divine Phoenix, a Divine Phoenix with an unparalleled bloodline.
As the formation activated, the Divine Phoenix Cave shook violently, rubble flew, and terrifying runes trembled incessantly.
A moment later, a woman of aloof, peerless beauty and extraordinary bearing emerged. Scorching fire formed a close-fitting long dress around her shapely body, and terrifying flames spilled out with her every movement.
"Such thin Spiritual Qi. Is this the final moment of glory that Imperial Father spoke of?" A cool voice rang out as the Divine Phoenix Maiden's dark brows knitted slightly.
With the appearance of the World Road (Emperor Road), peerless prodigies rubbed their fists and palms in anticipation, and ancient freaks awakened one after another. The curtain rose on the most glorious, most dazzling struggle for supremacy.