Chapter 576: Sweeping Through In An Unbeatable Manner
The Yin Yang Master was even more surprised that Li Qiye used an unbeatable weapon right from the start. The mirror was a weapon on the same level as Immortal Emperor True Treasures so its advance couldn't be stopped by the master's body no matter how powerful it might be, killing him on the spot.
Who would have thought that this might have happened? Until now, Li Qiye had never used a powerful weapon to kill his enemies, but now he had ended a Heavenly King with one move. If he didn't use the mirror this time, then perhaps the master wouldn't have lost his life right away.
This sudden change caused the spectators to be dumbstruck. Who would have thought that Li Qiye would kill someone right away due to a verbal quarrel? Such an action was quite taboo since this was akin to declaring war on the Yin Yang Gate.
After seeing the death of the master, the experts from the Ancestral City who were standing right behind him shouted: "Halt your assault!"
In just a split second, several dozen experts attacked with powerful treasures that all shot towards Li Qiye.
Li Qiye scowled in response as his twelve palaces roared while the Yin Yang Sea of Blood drowned the world. An incomparable blood energy empowered the mirror to sweep away all the attacking treasures. Meanwhile, his dual Immortal Physiques powered up to the maximum. Space suddenly fluctuated and in an instant, Li Qiye flashed across the cemetery to appear right behind these experts.
A spectacular scene appeared before everyone. With a flash from his body, all the treasures exploded like fireworks in the curtain of night, and the explosions were accompanied by the sounds of bones breaking. The moment Li Qiye's figure disappeared, the experts lost both their treasures as well as their own bodies. Flesh and blood flew everywhere as their bodies exploded.
Up above were the colorful fireworks of exploding treasures and down below were the experts' bodies becoming mincemeat everywhere on the ground. Such a scene was too stimulating to the senses.
With the dual physiques along with the light from the mirror, no one could escape their demise.
Li Qiye killed several dozen experts in an instant and was met by a cry from the camp of the Ancestral City: "Little animal, how impudent!"
This cry tore apart the world as dozens of old men rushed outside with bright lights flashing around their bodies as if they were deities. Their power caused others to shiver, and even Heavenly Sovereigns couldn't stand straight.
Li Qiye was the first to take action when these old men rushed out from their camp.
The mirror resonated once more as a bloody moon and golden sun appeared. His blood energy also reinforced his cultivation. At this moment, he held the mirror with both hands, and it became brighter than ten suns.
Its ultimate attack was comparable to a Heavenly Annihilation or even an attack unleashed by an Immortal Emperor with full strength!
A Heavenly Annihilation was a True Treasure's ultimate attack. Such an attack would turn Virtuous Paragons into ashes for they were helpless against it.
At this time, the mirror seemed to be opening a door to the immortal world with two True Immortals descending. One True Immortal was the supreme Righteous Yang while the other True Immortal was the unparalleled Mysterious Yin. The flame of the Yang immortal could scorch the nine heavens while the force of the Yin immortal could refine myriad worlds.
Under the pressure of this unbeatable strike, all Heavenly Kings and below were suppressed flat on the ground without being able to lift their heads.
The resonance of this strike alarmed all the realms. The other cultivators in the Prime Ominous Grave were scared out of their minds. The ancestors from the great powers could sense this world-destroying power and became extremely pale.
"This is insane. Is this an Imperial Massacre or a Heavenly Annihilation? Does someone want to shoot through the five realms?" An ancestor exclaimed in horror.
An Imperial Massacre was the ultimate attack of an emperor's Life Treasure while a Heavenly Annihilation was the ultimate blow of an emperor's True Treasure; both were unbeatable attacks, and it could be said that very few in this world could unleash the ultimate attacks from these weapons.
The arrival of the two True Immortals could annihilate everything before them. Who would be able to deter the Righteous Yang and Mysterious Yin?
"Resplendent Break — the unequaled attack of Immortal Emperor Fei Yang! Retreat!" The lord of the Ancestral City shouted in fear after seeing Li Qiye unleashing the strike from the mirror.
He had once heard of this attack. Immortal Emperor Fei Yang had used this move before to break apart the Ancestral Realm.
However, it was all too late. The extreme Yin and Yang swept through them and turned everything into ashes. The dozens of old men from the Ancestral City were annihilated without leaving behind a trace.
After this strike, Li Qiye then entered the path of death with an incomparably domineering aura as if he was unstoppable in this world.
Many experts from the Ancestral City failed to stop him as he opened up a path of blood just like he said before.
"Little animal!" From within the camp came another furious cry.
A vast imperial aura appeared. An undying from the Ancestral City could no longer tolerate the humiliation and broke his seal. This character of the ancestor level rushed forward with a surging imperial aura. Clearly, he was carrying an emperor's weapon.
"No, let him go! It is not worth wasting your lifespan for a junior." The city lord immediately stopped the ancestor who held the emperor's weapon.
At this time, Li Qiye had already embarked on the path of death. He turned around to face the ancestor and the city lord with a relaxed attitude. He put away the mirror then gazed at the old ancestor before calmly speaking: "I'm temporarily occupied with the path of death and have no time to talk to you guys. I'll stomp on your Ancestral City once I return!"
The ancestor almost vomited blood from anger and had the impulse to rush forward. Li Qiye had killed almost one hundred experts from the city in a second, he didn't even spare peak Heavenly Kings, so how could the city not be furious?
However, the city lord was strangely calm and replied: "Ignore him. If he wants to enter hell, then let him be." He coldly stared at Li Qiye as his eyes were deriving a terrifying universal law. Ever since Li Qiye stepped onto the path of death, the city lord had been looking at him as if he was looking at a dead man.
Li Qiye's announcement caused everyone to be dumbfounded. He was arrogant to the point of saying that he would destroy the Ancestral City! Li Qiye was the only one in the current generation who would dare to utter these words.
Li Qiye was too lazy to look at his opponent any longer and disappeared inside the path of death.
"Go to hell. Don't come out or I'll send you back again!" The enraged ancestor cursed. He was shivering from anger but he didn't give chase after seeing Li Qiye going inside the path of death.
The city lord was very calm since in his eyes Li Qiye was already dead. In the endless river of time, no one had ever left the path alive; even Godkings would die inside.
As for the rest… His announcement earlier had already startled them, but now that they saw — with their own eyes — him enter the path of death, they became even more bewildered. Their first thought was that he was crazy, that there was a problem with his brain, or maybe he was tired of living.
"Is he insane?" A Heavenly King from the previous generation asked whilst in a daze.
They could understand if he chose the path of life. Surpassing all the trials inside was a symbol for an unbeatable and eternal genius. Di Zuo had once entered the path of life, so after beating him, it was understandable for Li Qiye to enter the path of life as well.
However, it seemed that he went crazy and ran into the path of death instead.
Everyone knew that the path of death had no chance of survival. People had never heard of someone leaving it alive, not even unbeatable Godkings. These were existences who could fight three hundred to five hundred rounds against an Immortal Emperor. Think about it, if even Godkings died on the path of death, then other people shouldn't even dream about passing.
This news quickly spread around, driving all the listeners crazy. His declaration of destroying the Ancestral City became insignificant compared to him entering the path of death.
"One can survive against the heavens but not themselves." A great character lamented after hearing this: "He was alive and well yet he chose to run into the path of death. What is the point outside of committing suicide?"
Many great characters from the human race sighed in regret.
"What is wrong with Li Qiye? Defeating Di Zuo and having twelve palaces already made him the number one in the Sacred Nether World, and becoming the Immortal Emperor in the future would definitely not be an issue. If he kept on going like this, then he would definitely achieve invincibility. Why enter the path of death now?" Another human expert added.
In a short period of time, many didn't understand his choice regarding the paths. They only came up with one possible answer: he was tired of living.
While the rest were confused, Li Qiye was walking on the path of death.
The path of death was silent and shrouded in a frightening mist. He slowly proceeded deeper as the corpses below his feet became more numerous. It was apparent that they were great characters when they were alive; even remnants of Virtuous Paragons could be found.
He marched through these white bones in this serene and dreadful atmosphere. The only sound that could be heard was that of his steps crushing the bones.
576 Teaser [collapse]Chapter 577: Path Of Death
Cowards would wet their pants while treading on this path, but Li Qiye remained calm and relaxed as if it was a stroll in his own garden.
After reaching a certain depth, the mist slowly emitted a terrifying aura of death. One's skin would start to sizzle when met with this aura, and one’s muscles would quickly age until they became dozens or even hundreds of years older.
If they tried to block it with blood energy, then no matter how powerful this blood energy might be, it would still be withered by this powerful death aura. This corruption wouldn't stop until the person died.
Li Qiye felt this corrosive death aura and murmured: "Countless eras have passed, yet your death aura is still here. It seems that you are still not dead, what a relief."
Li Qiye carefully took out the lamp with the flicking fire in the center that seemed as if it would go out at any time. This little black flame seemed to be the death aura's nemesis. When the aura tried to approach Li Qiye, it would instantly be burnt away by the flame.
After sizzling noises arose, the aura was burnt by the flame into little patches of smoke. Li Qiye went even deeper inside and the aura, no matter how powerful, couldn't come close to him due to the black flame of the lamp.
The corpses that paved the path became fewer, but they were even more powerful than before. Prior to this, there were heaven-defying big shots, but Li Qiye didn't know them because people of that level couldn't enter his sight.
However, as he walked deeper inside, Li Qiye noticed a few characters among these fewer corpses.
An old man was lying on the path and had been dead for who knew how long. Although he was being corroded by the death aura, his corpse was not yet corrupted and decayed.
"All-Heaven Monarch, why didn't you just stay in the Stone Medicine World? Why run here to die?" Li Qiye looked at the corpse and muttered to himself.
He walked a bit further and saw a skeleton holding a stone bowl which triggered another response: "Endless Longevity Alchemy Emperor, did you come here to find an Immortal Medicine for everlasting life? What a shame… The Endless Longevity Bowl, such a supreme treasure was robbed of its divine intent by the death aura.
"Glorious True God — how arrogant was this little brat in the past? So after you lost to that brat Min Ren, you ran here… It must have been because you wanted that heaven-suppressing item to defeat Min Ren…
"Autumn Goddess, what a pity. The number one beauty of the Charming Spirit Race in the past; countless prodigies of the nine worlds swooned over your incomparable allure. However, no matter how pretty you might have been, you are nothing but a corpse now."
Along the way, Li Qiye recognized several famous people from the past. A few of them were his acquaintances when he was the Dark Crow, but all of these invincible existences eventually died inside the path of death.
Outsiders' hearts would stop if they heard the names of these characters. Among them were unbeatable Imperial Princes, unparalleled True Gods, and number one beauties. 1
No one knew how long Li Qiye had been walking for, but there were fewer and fewer corpses as the death aura became stronger. Eventually, Li Qiye followed a trail the length of a small bridge.
After making it through this trial, he arrived at a plain. This plain was even more terrifying with its thick death aura.
Red glares flashed inside this thick aura. With a closer look, one would find that these red glares belonged to invincible characters. They seemed like living people, but they were actually all corpses.
These corpses looked just like True Gods with invincible divine lights surrounding their bodies. Legendary masters would quiver in front of them while even eternal existences would feel dread. 2
Some of the corpses also resembled Godkings. Three of them wore crowns that were also True Treasures — real Godking crowns. The number of Godking crowns could be counted on one's hand in this world, but there were actually three right in front of him.
If others were here, they would understand why even Godkings died on the path of death. It was not just the corrosion of the death aura, they would also have to face a bunch of corpses as powerful as gods.
Li Qiye remained undeterred against these deity-like corpses despite the fact that the death aura coming from them could completely crush him. He quickly said: "The ninety-nine divine ghosts, so you guys really were here."
Right when the ninety-nine ghosts wanted to rush forward, Li Qiye took out a wooden ruler and raised it up high: "The Ghost's Origin Ancestral Key is here! Ninety-nine divine ghosts, stand down!"
The ninety-nine ghosts could tear Li Qiye limb from limb at any moment, but at this time, all of them stopped and gazed at the key with their red eyes.
Li Qiye obtained this key back at the Eastern Hundred Cities, but the world didn't know of its effect.
The ghosts continued to stare at the key while standing completely still.
"It seems like this thing cannot command you all, but luckily I am prepared." Li Qiye formally took out an item that caused the myriad dao to scream as the world became gray. Supreme universal laws that seemingly had their own conscience hovered around his palm.
"Dinnngg!" The hymn of the grand dao appeared as countless strings of universal laws interwove as an unparalleled spear appeared in his hand.
Li Qiye raised the wooden key with one hand and the spear with the other while he shouted with a loud voice: "The Origin Sealing Spear is here. Ninety-nine divine ghosts, stand down!"
The Origin Sealing Spear also had an unbelievable origin. It was a supreme treasure borrowed from the Ancestral Flow Master, a supreme mythical treasure that no one had seen before.
The ghosts looked at the key then back at the spear in Li Qiye's hands with fear in their reddened eyes before retreating to make way for Li Qiye.
Li Qiye smiled after seeing the ghosts withdraw and slowly said: "Millions of long years have passed. You guys have been dead for so long, yet you still linger on with regrets? If I am successful this time, then I might help you guys." 3
The ninety-nine divine ghosts were not living beings; they were once terrifying existences in a distant era, but they met their end millions of years ago and turned into evil spirits that guarded this place, waiting for a certain day to come. 4
The ninety-nine ghosts watched Li Qiye walk by, then they went back to the thick death aura like evil spirits as if nothing had happened.
Not long after Li Qiye infiltrated the path of death did a piece of news quickly spread throughout the Prime Ominous Grave and its five realms.
"What? The Divine Guard is descending? Is this true?" An ancestor of a great power shivered after hearing this news.
The messenger disciple reported in a serious manner: "Respectful Ancestor, it is one hundred percent true. First Uncle saw it with his own eyes since he was responsible for greeting the Divine Guard, so I came to report with full speed." The disciple guaranteed that it was from a trustworthy source.
The ancestor's expression greatly changed upon hearing this. Two days ago, the Yin Yang Master had brought this up, and many had heard of it as well. So within the last two days, many great powers and imperial lineages had many speculations.
But now, more information had come and the Divine Guard was actually descending, so how could these powers not be alarmed?
In fact, this news traveled very quickly and everyone received the news. The emperor's lineages found out even earlier than the ordinary great powers.
"It's so strange. The lord of the Ancestral City personally arriving is one thing, but now the Divine Guard is here as well." All the sects were very wary, and even the ghost race itself was on high alert.
An ancestor of an emperor's lineage placed great importance on this matter, so he solemnly asked the messenger: "Which character is descending this time?"
The messenger answered with absolute confidence: "Dear Ancestor, I heard that it is the captain himself."
The ancestor's face became a bit ugly as he said: "The older generation of the Divine Guard… Is it only because of the lost mythical island? Just what is on it?"
As the news continued to cause a storm, an expert was quite confused after hearing it: "Didn't people say that the portal to the Ancestral Realm only opened once every hundred years? It has not been that long since the last time someone came down to find a descendant, so how could it be opened once more this quickly?"
A ghost king who knew more sighed and said: "There are methods, of course, if the Ancestral Realm truly wants to send people down, but they have to pay a great price. This is absolutely a sky-shattering event for them to send down the captain of the Divine Guard himself. Usually, sending down a regular member of the guard would be enough to resolve all problems since they could just use the prestige of the Ancestral Realm to command the ghost race. But now, the captain is coming down, proving that this matter is of the greatest importance."
"The Ancestral City has never entered the grave before. First it was the lord himself, now the captain of the Divine Guard is coming as well." A great character emotionally wondered: "Could there really be an egg of a divine beast on the island?"
Imperial Princes are Immortal Emperor candidates, not actual princes. ↩ Undyings, legendary masters, and eternal existences are the general titles of strong people. ↩ The raw is one billion years when you count up the zeros, but it is also an expression for a long time. One billion sounds a bit too much so I chose millions. ↩ This sounds silly, I know, but remember ghosts in ED are more human than real ghosts. ↩