Luo Qingyu was also frightened by the scene before her. She stood frozen, unable to recover for a long while.
Although she had come to loathe Luo Yan beyond measure, seeing him die so horribly before her left her with a jumble of emotions.
When she saw Su Changge look toward her, she trembled all over and hurriedly said, "Divine Son, I won't tell anyone in the sect..."
Luo Qingyu felt a little cold and afraid. She knew that if Su Changge wanted to silence her by killing her, she would have no power to resist.
"Of course I trust you, but there's one condition."
Hum!
Suddenly, Su Changge flicked a finger, and a streak of light shot from his fingertip straight into Luo Qingyu's sea of consciousness.
"You... what did you do to me?"
Luo Qingyu's face turned pale. She had just felt a slight ripple in her sea of consciousness, as though something had been added to it, yet also as though nothing had.
She had never seen such a technique before. It was very strange.
"Just a little trick."
"If anyone asks, please come up with a good explanation, Holy Daughter."
"If a second person learns of this, I'm afraid such a beauty will be reduced to an idiot."
In fact, Su Changge had planted a strand of Godslaying Sword Intent inside her.
The Godslaying Sword Intent was incomparably profound. It could be said that no one in the world other than Su Changge could detect it, so long as he did not actively control it and expose it.
Luo Qingyu's face was pale. She knew that from this moment onward, her life was in someone else's hands.
"Don't look so miserable."
"As long as you cooperate obediently, you can still be your sect's Holy Daughter."
He paid her no further attention.
Su Changge turned his gaze toward the enormous stone doors before him.
"To think I can sense a familiar aura from these stone doors."
"It seems only someone who has received Heaven River Great Emperor's inheritance can push these doors open."
Su Changge placed his hand on the doors and activated the Carefree Concentration Art.
Hum!
At that moment, the enormous stone doors began to glow.
As the qi and blood circulated within his body, dazzling bursts of divine light erupted, like stars spinning in their orbits.
Changes began to appear on the enormous stone doors.
Runes intertwined, shimmering with flowing colors.
Soon.
A gap slowly opened between the enormous stone doors.
An ancient, boundless aura emanated from within, and terrifying emperor's might shook heaven and earth.
Wisps of spiritual energy between heaven and earth surged from the tomb, vanishing without a trace like stones sinking into the sea.
At the same time, murmurs echoed through the void, sorrowful and despairing.
"Where has the true Heavenly Dao gone?"
"The Immortal Domain has shattered..."
"Is everything over?"
"I cultivated for a thousand years to become a Great Emperor. To be defeated like this-I cannot accept it! I cannot accept it!"
Grief flowed backward into a river, surging out from beyond the doors in a boundless torrent!
Not only Su Changge, but even Sage Gui Ying was shaken to his core.
That vast tide of grief struck straight at their minds, as though stirring the pure sorrow deep within their hearts!
Something was not quite right.
"Divine Son, something isn't right beyond these stone doors."
Sage Gui Ying's expression was grave. That sorrow seemed to contain a dense dark aura, making it all the more eerie.
"Divine Son, we should stay out. There may be something truly terrifying inside..."
Yun Xinyan also tried to dissuade him.
Leave...
Su Changge pondered for a while. The situation before him was indeed strange, but was he to give up such a Great Emperor's opportunity?
Just then, the system's voice rang out.
[Ding! New choice mission detected. Option one: enter the depths of the Great Emperor's Tomb, Mending Heaven Divine Stone fragment. Option two: give up on entering, teleportation talisman.]
A teleportation talisman?
Good grief, this system was teasing him again!
If he gave up, it had even bought his ticket, ready to send him straight home!
Besides, he had the many protective secret treasures bestowed by his ancestor. Taking a trip inside was no great matter.
"We've already come this far. It would be too much of a pity to give up now."
Su Changge pushed the enormous stone doors open after all. Beyond them was pitch darkness, with an ancient road paved in gray bricks stretching beneath his feet into the depths of the dark.
"Divine Son..."
Yun Xinyan's mind grew even more unsettled. The black mist that spread and intertwined beyond the enormous doors made her heart palpitate.
It even left her somewhat breathless.
"Gui Ying, take the two of them back outside first."
"What about you, Divine Son?"
"Don't worry. I received part of Heaven River Great Emperor's inheritance earlier. This can't affect me much."
"Besides, I have the protective secret treasures bestowed by my ancestor. I'll be fine."
Sage Gui Ying hesitated for a moment. If anything happened to the Divine Son, not just the Heaven River Realm-even the entire North Abyss Dao Domain would likely be shaken.
But he could also sense that Su Changge had not been greatly affected. Besides, this Great Emperor's Tomb could be considered a rare opportunity.
"Please be careful, Divine Son."
"If you encounter danger, please put your own safety first."
Sage Gui Ying said his farewell and left with Yun Xinyan and Luo Qingyu.
"Let's see just what secrets this tomb holds."
Su Changge looked straight into the darkness before him and stepped inside.
The depths of the Great Emperor's Tomb held none of the natural treasures he had imagined, standing in stark contrast to the swirling divine light outside.
Black tides churned within. The surroundings resembled a stretch of ruins, presenting a scene of utter decay.
The road seemed endless, with nothing but darkness.
Fortunately, Su Changge had comprehended Heaven River Great Emperor's Concentration Freedom Art. Perhaps it had a suppressive effect, for that inexplicable sorrow did not affect him.
He did not know how long he had walked.
At the end of the darkness lay a mass of dense, pitch-black mist. Several chains of golden runes extended into it, as though binding something.
When Su Changge looked toward the black mist, he sensed a gaze within it watching him as well.
Rumble!
At once, the ground within the tomb shook and the mountains rocked. The eerie blackness churned like towering waves that could shake the heavens.
That obscure, ominous aura even caused the temperature of this stretch of heaven and earth to plummet.
Su Changge frowned slightly, and the vast power of his Innate Saintly Body Dao Embryo's blood and qi erupted.
The Purple Mansion World within his body roared. With Su Changge at its center, dazzling light spread throughout the entire tomb.
The divine light shone with boundless brilliance, dazzling heaven and earth. At that moment, Su Changge resembled a banished immortal bathed in immortal light.
The five-colored divine light descended like heavenly troops, constantly shattering the surging dark tide.
[PS: Great Emperor is only a cultivation realm in this world. There are higher Immortal Domain settings beyond it. Su Changge's parents being missing at the start is actually foreshadowing, and it is also connected to the Immortal Domain. This will be written about later.]
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