Chapter 1813: New Emperor

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The withered and fallen remnants of the Azure Lotus lost their luster. The Heavenly Emperor let out a long roar, his voice shaking the universe. With his unparalleled magic power, he moved countless star fragments to bury this place.

The human world became dim for five hundred years. It was truly astonishing that the Azure Emperor reappeared in this era, attempting to traverse the path to immortality and leaving behind endless legends.

Many sighed, especially those on the Heavenly Pride Chart, who remained silent for a long time. Eventually, many of them vanished from this world, while others stopped sealing themselves away, peacefully spending their later years and dying with tranquil minds.

Overall, almost no one went to the Heavenly Court. Having once contended with the Heavenly Emperor for dominance and being considered peers, they were unwilling to seek his protection in this era.

Maple leaves turned red year after year, deep autumn came and went, and time flowed incessantly. Ye Fan contemplated the Samsara Seal, deciphered the Flying Immortal Waterfall, comprehended the mysteries of the Chaos Body, and researched all methods of longevity.

More than ten thousand years passed, and this era finally drew to a close. The great age was silent; though many exceptionally powerful quasi-emperors emerged, they all eventually perished with time.

This era was so brilliant, yet no one achieved enlightenment!

The Heavenly Emperor sealed Kou Xiaoxiao and others, standing alone at the peak. Looking back over these hundreds of thousands of years, he still saw no rival, and the world was once again silent.

Finally, as this era completely ended, Ye Fan fulfilled his promise, finding Duan De engrossed in digging a pit, and silently sat down beside him.

"Ghost!" Duan Fatty sensed something and screamed as he turned his head, saying, "Heavenly Emperor, you're really perverted!"

Ye Fan had only teased him with a remark back then, just a joke. Yet, as this great era withered, he felt a deep melancholy and truly sought him out to bid farewell.

The Heavenly Emperor pointed a finger, bestowing Duan De with the mark of his previous life, then kicked him into the grave hole and turned to leave.

"This humble Daoist will be back! Next life, I'll dig up your imperial tomb!" From deep within the mountain, Duan De's indignant cries echoed, gradually growing weaker.

Autumn winds rose, withered leaves drifted, and another golden age passed.

In the 138,000th year of the Heavenly Emperor's reign, Ye Fan's fourth life ended. He lived for fifty-six thousand years in this life, a lifespan that caused shock and uproar throughout the world.

Everyone knew that the Heavenly Emperor had walked extremely far on the path to longevity; people could no longer even see his back.

Although they were mentally prepared, people were still shocked. The Heavenly Emperor defied the heavens once more, living out his fifth life. This time, he pushed his laws and Dao to a glorious pinnacle, refining myriad scriptures and merging ten thousand Dao into one, astonishingly transforming into a Chaos Body!

Everyone was astonished: what kind of feat was this?

It was actually possible!

He was not originally of this constitution or bloodline, yet he transformed in such a way, becoming a Chaos Body, rarely seen throughout history. His power was truly unparalleled.

For the Heavenly Emperor himself, his fifth life was an era of ultimate brilliance; he remained a living legend.

"He won't let Empress Ruthless monopolize the glory," someone sighed softly.

Empress Ruthless had also gone through this process in the past, cultivating a divine embryo from her aging mortal body to become a Chaos Body. In fact, when Shaking Light contended with the world back then, similar signs had already appeared. Some paths in the world always intersect; it's not about who is higher or lower, but merely an occasional convergence.

In this life, Ye Fan began a long period of reclusion in the Undying Mountain. He created forbidden immortal arts and used two immortal artifacts, the Desolate Pagoda and the Myriad Things Mother Qi Cauldron, to suppress himself, remaining completely still. The flow of time seemed to slow down for him.

He would not affect others' enlightenment, as the Heavenly Emperor had sealed his own Dao with unprecedented celestial means, confining it close to himself.

Fifty thousand years later, in the 188,000th year of the Heavenly Emperor's reign, a special era finally arrived!

Long ages passed; countless heroes withered and died. For nearly two hundred thousand years, there had been only one Heavenly Emperor. Over such an ancient period, no one else had achieved enlightenment, making the brilliant era of the Heavenly Emperor and the dim age of myriad beings somewhat contradictory when compared.

Finally, this era changed.

This was a thrilling and magnificent era, with stars shining brightly and various bloodlines emerging. Emperor stars appeared one after another, mutually illuminating each other, and finally, there were signs of a new Emperor's impending arrival.

Perhaps it was a massive outburst after a long period of suppression; this era resembled a gushing wellspring, with heavenly talents rising one after another, their brilliance blinding people.

On this day, Ye Fan was startled awake, sensing the rumbling of the Grand Dao and the harmonious resonance of myriad Daos. Someone was undergoing the Emperor's Tribulation, making even his confined Dao unstable, nearly causing it to surge forth and suppress the tribulation.

He immediately vibrated his cauldron, reining in his Dao to avoid interfering with the latecomer, allowing them to successfully become Emperor.

"Boom!"

The world trembled; countless people exclaimed and discussed, all thrilled and expectant. A new Emperor had appeared!

Half a month later, Ye Fan rose. When he walked out of the Undying Mountain and discerned who the new Emperor was, even he was momentarily stunned.

Di Que! It was he who had become the new Emperor!

Ages passed, severing too much; many had long forgotten this person's name, unaware that history once held such a peerless divine being who could contend with the Battle Saint Emperor as an equal.

In the late Ancient Primordial era, Di Que was the greatest rival on the Battle Saint Emperor's path to emperorship. The Saint Ape fought him, barely surviving with a lifetime of Dao injuries, and only then managed to emerge victorious.

In that era, Di Que was astonishingly brilliant, not inferior to the Saint Emperor in any way. He even lived out a second life, shaking the past and illuminating the present, and was believed to be destined to suppress the Monkey's father and become Emperor.

Although the final outcome was that Di Que lost by half a move, and the supreme being of the Saint Ape lineage became Emperor, this could not overshadow Di Que's astonishing brilliance; he remained a peerless divine being.

"Didn't he die?" Ye Fan murmured to himself, still remembering that Di Que's nephew, Grand Sage Kunzhou, had said his uncle had passed away from melancholia.

The Heavenly Emperor traveled the world and finally learned the truth.

In the late Ancient Primordial era, Di Que, whose cultivation had stagnated and who was like a walking corpse, was dragged by Kunzhou to face an enemy. He passively fought the Victorious Fighting Buddha, only defending and not attacking, then traveled far to another region and buried himself. No one ever expected that when he sought death, there was an abundance of divine source liquid there, which submerged him, causing him to fall into a deep slumber.

In this era, he was disturbed, awoke, surpassed everyone, and became the new Emperor.

Ye Fan sighed, lamenting that Ning Fei, Chuan Ying, Gai Jiuyou, and Di Que were all such divine beings, needing only an opportunity. But only Di Que managed to make up for a lifetime of regret.

In this era, heroes contended for supremacy, finally breaking the pattern of the Heavenly Emperor's sole dominance and no one else being able to become Emperor. It could be called a new epoch!

The only regret was that Di Que was not a hero of the current era, but an ancient one.

At the same time, Ye Fan also learned that the one who engaged in the strongest confrontation with Di Que was also an ancient figure, astonishingly the Imperial Son of the Light Clan.

When Ye Fan traversed the Path to Heaven back then, he had seen the God-Refining Pot and learned that the Imperial Son of this clan had vanished. He never expected that in this era, he would appear alongside Di Que and contend for supremacy.

With the emergence of the new Emperor, the Heavenly Emperor never appeared.

Di Que reigned for only eight thousand years because he had already lived two lives, consuming too much of his lifespan. He openly admitted during his lifetime that he was far from being a match for the Heavenly Emperor in a true confrontation.

It was rumored that he had once entered the Heavenly Court and briefly sparred with the Heavenly Emperor.

However, legends remained just that. Even after Di Que's passing, the Heavenly Emperor still did not appear, leading many to suspect he had assimilated into the Dao.

Another ten thousand years passed. After Di Que's Dao marks completely faded, signs of another Emperor's emergence appeared once more. People couldn't help but marvel that after so many years of the Heavenly Emperor's reign without a new Emperor, there was now a great reversal.

In this era, heroes contended for supremacy, and a hundred boats raced forward; myriad corpses lay on the path to emperorship. The final victor, to everyone's astonishment, was a God-Slaying Insect!

The God-Slaying Insect, when first born, was only thumb-sized and entirely golden, resembling a small dragon. It could gnaw through all things, indestructible. It was said that a true pure-blooded ancestral insect could even devour gods without error.

The God-Slaying Emperor rose from the insect nest, evolving bit by bit into an ancestral insect. He fought great battles on the ancient starry road, slaying all competitors, and then, with a final leap, became Emperor.

This was a bloodthirsty Great Emperor, ruthless and awe-inspiring. Wherever he passed, all races in the universe fell silent; people feared him to their very bones.

Because this race was too terrifying, inherently merciless!

The God-Slaying Emperor was truly terrifying. During his reign, various races in the universe trembled in fear. However, he was ultimately a Great Emperor and did not indiscriminately slaughter the innocent.

Eight thousand years passed in this manner. He was at his zenith, his lifespan only halfway through, at the most glorious point of his existence. He made a decision that shocked the world: he intended to take control of the Heavenly Court.

This was already the 215,000th year of the Heavenly Emperor's reign. The Heavenly Emperor had been gone for sixty or seventy thousand years, unseen by two successive Great Emperors. Everyone believed he must have passed away and ended his legendary life.

The God-Slaying lineage migrated as an entire race. Endless swarms of insects, like a golden ocean, swept across the universe, surging towards the South Heaven Gate.

"Since the Heavenly Emperor has vanished, the Heavenly Court is now vacant. As the current Great Emperor, I shall preside over the rise and fall of the human realm. The Heavenly Court shall be my imperial palace from which I rule the world and patrol all directions, and from today onward, it shall be known as the Divine Emperor's Residence!"

Rolling thunder shook the universe, and the supreme imperial voice spread throughout all races. People were shocked. The God-Slaying Emperor intended to take control of the Heavenly Court; would the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals agree?

People sighed once again, realizing that there were no immortal divine dynasties, nor eternal authority; all things eventually come to an end. To think how astonishing the Heavenly Emperor was, living five lives against destiny, invincible above and below, yet in the end, his lineage was still destined to decline.

"The Heavenly Emperor's residence, not to be offended!"

Two hundred thousand years had passed, yet the Heavenly Court's pride remained. Everyone roared in defiance, refusing to submit, even when facing a Great Emperor!

"I have no intention of slaughter, I merely wish to reside in the place where a true Emperor should be. You all, quickly withdraw." The God-Slaying Emperor appeared, looking down upon the human realm, his entire body radiating golden light, his blood qi soaring, causing souls to tremble.

Behind him, endless golden God-Slaying Insects covered the sky and earth, almost submerging the starfield.

He ascended forcefully; the Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals were either sent flying or collapsed to the ground, utterly incapable of resisting a Great Emperor of the current era. With his hands clasped behind his back, exuding unparalleled dominance, he was about to step into the South Heaven Gate.

However, at that very moment, a colossal Chaos Finger suddenly appeared, immeasurably vast, overshadowing the entire starfield. It descended with a rumble, like a pillar supporting the heavens collapsing.

The God-Slaying Emperor's expression changed. He let out a long roar that shook the universe, resisting with all his might.

The result shocked all heavens and myriad domains: as the Chaos Finger descended, it directly sent the God-Slaying Emperor spitting blood and flying horizontally, shattering countless stars before he crashed into the desolate edge of the universe.

"Heavenly Emperor!" The God-Slaying Emperor was shocked.

A mere flick of a finger!

At this moment, the entire universe was in an uproar. All experts who comprehended the situation felt their souls tremble, terrified and disbelieving.

The Heavenly Emperor was still alive! After two successive new Emperors, though he had not appeared, he had always remained high above, looking down upon the human realm. No matter how powerful the new Emperors were, they could not compare to him.

From then on, the God-Slaying Emperor stayed far away in the desolate edge of the universe, never setting foot in any important starfield for the rest of his life, until his passing.

The Heavenly Emperor, already invincible in his own eyes and heart, paid him no mind.

In the 216,000th year of the Heavenly Emperor's reign, Ye Fan reappeared in the human realm, having completed another heaven-defying transformation.

For a full century, that starfield was filled with surging primal chaos, with myriad Dao intertwining and rumbling. He made a leap, emerging from the Chaos Body, shedding this form, and returning to his original essence.

This time, he lived out his sixth life.

Fourteen thousand years later, in the 230,000th year of the Heavenly Emperor's reign, another splendid grand era arrived. A startling event occurred: a congenital Chaos Body manifested in the human world.

That year, Ye Fan awakened and unsealed his infant daughter, Ye Xian, preparing her to enter the world.