The Human Emperor c1-2382

by Huangfu Qi (皇甫奇)

  Suddenly—

  Bang!

  As two different Halos of Spacetime clashed, tearing open a black fissure in front of Taiji Palace like the fabric of space was made of paper, and Wang Chong frantically tried to think of a plan, a familiar voice whispered into Wang Chong’s ear.

  “Wang Chong, can you hear me?”

  Chapter 2107 - : Grotto Heaven Battle! (III)

  Chapter 2107: Grotto Heaven Battle! (III)

  Translated by: Hypersheep325

  Edited by: Michyrr

  It was a voice so soft and inaudible as to be almost lost in the midst of the intense battle, but when Wang Chong heard it, he trembled in shock.

  “Your Majesty!”

  Wang Chong raised his head, his eyes scanning the air, as did Wang Chong’s three divine embryos.

  Crack! Another black spacetime fissure appeared, and as Wang Chong turned his attention to it, he glimpsed a yellow dragon robe for a split-second.

  Li Heng!

  Wang Chong’s brows creased as he recognized the robe.

  Li Xuantu was incredibly strong, and Grotto Heaven realm experts could open spacetime passages wherever they pleased. In order to prevent others from taking Li Heng from him, Li Xuantu had concealed Li Heng in one of these spacetime passages.

  In this way, not even Wang Chong could do anything.

  But over the course of Li Xuantu and Genesis Supreme’s battle, one spacetime fissure after another was being torn open through the battlefield, thus occasionally tearing open the spacetime passage in which Li Heng was hidden and giving Li Heng a brief opportunity.

  “Wang Chong, listen to me!”

  On the other side, noticing the four ‘Wang Chongs’ looking at him, Li Heng seemed to understand that Wang Chong had heard him and began to hurriedly speak.

  “What I have to say next is extremely important!

  “The Nine Heavens, Ten Earths, Three Emperors Formation beneath Taiji Palace hasn’t been destroyed at all!”

  “What?!”

  Wang Chong’s entire body shivered at this news.

  “How could this be?!”

  Wang Chong’s face was covered in shock and his mind was a sea of turmoil.

  Li Xuantu was a member of the imperial household and a former Crown Prince, so he knew the Three Emperors Formation like the back of his hand. This was precisely why Genesis Supreme had sought him out.

  …Even though Genesis Supreme had quickly set about dismantling the bridge after crossing the river.

  Earlier, Wang Chong had seen with his own eyes Li Xuantu punch at the ground and destroy the Three Emperors Formation, the Miniature Nine Provinces Domain with it. But now, Li Heng was telling him that the formation wasn’t broken? Wang Chong’s first reaction was disbelief.

  If the Three Emperors Formation wasn’t destroyed, why had the Miniature Nine Provinces Domain been broken?

  What had Li Xuantu done with that punch?

  That was just too unbelievable!

  But Wang Chong also knew that a sovereign did not speak lightly. Li Heng had once been Crown Prince, and now he was the Emperor whose words were law within the realm, and he was also a benevolent soul. There was simply no way he would lie about something like this.

  But Li Heng was only at the Saint Martial realm. How could he have seen something that Wang Chong had not?

  Li Xuantu and Genesis Supreme continued their battle. With one punch, Genesis Supreme blasted Li Xuantu back more than one thousand feet. The immense force which pushed Li Xuantu made the air explode like a giant wave, sending shockwaves throughout the palace.

  Li Xuantu sprang forward, unleashing a terrifying wave of Sword Qi that traveled toward Genesis Supreme with inconceivable speed.

  At this time, Li Heng spoke again.

  “I don’t know what’s going on either, but I sense that there’s some Dragon Qi in the Three Emperors Formation that’s resonating with me. I don’t know how to describe it to you, but I am certain that the Three Emperors Formation has not been destroyed!”

  Before Li Heng could finish, he grunted and vanished again.

  “If you don’t want to die, be a little quieter for this prince!”

  Li Xuantu coldly snorted, apparently sensing that Li Heng was up to something.

  Wang Chong mentally trembled. He could tell that while Li Xuantu had sensed Li Heng was trying something, he did not know what exactly Li Heng had said.

  Dragon Qi? The Three Emperors Formation contains the Dragon Qi of the Central Plains!

  Li Heng’s words allowed Wang Chong to come upon a stunning revelation.

  Even though Li Heng was weak, only at the Saint Martial realm, he was the master of the Central Plains, the Emperor of the Great Tang. The moment he inherited the throne, he had obtained the power of the Dragon Qi. If he was saying that the resonance of Dragon Qi indicated that the Three Emperors Formation was not destroyed, then it had to be the case.

  Besides, what Li Heng said, if true, would also explain why only Emperors and their chosen heirs could control the Three Emperors Formation.

  Li Heng was the Emperor, so it was only natural that he knew the truth behind the Three Emperors Formation.

  As a former Crown Prince, Li Xuantu also knew how to control the formation.

  Moreover, the Three Emperors Formation had a major connection to the ancient Yellow Emperor, Xuanyuan. As it had been laid down by an Emperor, it made sense for it to contain Dragon Qi. This would explain why, for thousands of years, only the Emperors had ever been able to control the Three Emperors Formation, with others not even capable of interacting with it.

  But why would Li Xuantu do such a thing?

  And Wang Chong had seen him break the formation firsthand.

  Wang Chong’s mind rapidly spun, and a few moments later, he understood.

  There are only two possible reasons the formation wasn’t destroyed. The first is that Li Xuantu intentionally did not destroy the Three Emperors Formation so that he could trap Genesis Supreme, or perhaps he wanted to keep it around so that he could use it for himself once he took the throne.

  The second possibility is that the Three Emperors Formation is far too powerful. Several thousand years of accumulation is impossible to destroy, and the formation was built by the Yellow Emperor himself, and it fused with the Dragon Qi of the Central Plains ages ago. It was already built with defenses to prevent its destruction. The users should only be capable of using it or shutting it off, not destroying it!

  As violent streams of energy howled around him, Wang Chong continued to think.

  For the first option, Li Xuantu was still a Crown Prince and extremely proud. He valued his word highly, and since he had agreed to help Genesis Supreme, he would not go back on his word and attempt to trap him.

  This left only the second option.

  It wasn’t that Li Xuantu didn’t want to destroy the formation, but that it couldn’t be destroyed. Li Xuantu had merely shut it off.

  If the Nine Heavens, Ten Earths, Three Emperors Formation had been that easy to destroy, it would have been lost at some point in its several thousand years of history.

  As Wang Chong pondered all of this, he realized that there was a chance.

  Both Li Xuantu and Genesis Supreme are threats to the empire. If I want to change this situation, I have to get the dragon token representing the Emperor from Li Xuantu. Then, through Dragon Qi and the token, I can reactivate the formation!

  An imperceptible light flashed in Wang Chong’s eyes.

  Wang Chong did not have imperial blood, nor was he the Emperor of the Great Tang. In normal circumstances, he should not have had Dragon Qi, but he recalled how, during his clash with An Yaluoshan at the feast of all countries, some of the Dragon Qi An Yaluoshan had been stealing had ended up in his body.

  In terms of Dragon Qi, Wang Chong naturally couldn’t compare to Li Xuantu, and certainly not Li Heng, but he truly did have a little.

  If Dragon Qi was the key to opening up the Three Emperors
Formation, then so long as he took back the token, he would have a minuscule chance of reactivating the formation.

  And once it had the energy of the Three Emperors Formation, the Miniature Nine Provinces Domain would reactivate, upon which everything would change.

  Wang Chong looked at Genesis Supreme with a completely different expression now.

  I have to find a way to get back the dragon token and save Li Heng from Li Xuantu!

  Wang Chong’s expression became resolved.

  At this moment, a groan came from above, and then the battle between Genesis Supreme and Li Xuantu took a turn.

  Bang!

  Genesis Supreme spread apart his feet, his robes flapping around him as his body exuded a divine white light. As he looked down upon the world, he fiercely punched.

  This one punch shattered all the pitch-black Halos of Spacetime around Li Xuantu, an enormous strength breaking through all barriers to slam into Li Xuantu’s chest.

  Li Xuantu could no longer hold on, and he shot down from the heavens like a cannonball.

  “Not good!”

  Wang Chong was stunned. His plans could not keep up with the rapidly shifting situation.

  Li Xuantu had clearly reached the end of his rope.

  If Li Xuantu fell, the dragon token and Li Heng would fall into Genesis Supreme’s hands, leaving Wang Chong alone to fight against Genesis Supreme.

  Genesis Supreme would defeat both of them, one after the other!

  “Li Xuantu! In opposing us, you’re truly seeking death!”

  As Li Xuantu plummeted from the skies, a bone-chilling voice came from Taiji Palace. Behind Li Xuantu, a figure appeared like a ghost, joining with Genesis Supreme to attack Li Xuantu from both sides.

  The Tianfu Divine Lord!

  Wang Chong’s pupils constricted.

  Everyone had been completely focused on Li Xuantu and Genesis Supreme during this battle. As for the Tianfu Divine Lord, he had been a spectator for so long that even Wang Chong had stopped paying him much attention.

  But the Tianfu Divine Lord had not been as much of a bystander as he appeared. He had been seeking an opportunity this entire time, and he now seized it to attack Li Xuantu.

  In the past, the Tianfu Divine Lord would have been far too weak to do anything to Li Xuantu. But Li Xuantu was now badly injured and completely suppressed by Genesis Supreme. A sudden attack from the Tianfu Divine Lord at a time like this was unquestionably lethal.

  I can’t let him succeed!

  Wang Chong’s expression turned grave.

  Whoosh!

  A gust of wind blew past, and at that very moment, Wang Chong and his three divine embryos disappeared.

  Chapter 2108 - Southern Dipper Holy Spear!

  Chapter 2108: Southern Dipper Holy Spear!

  Translated by: Hypersheep325

  Edited by: Michyrr

  Winds howled in front of Taiji Palace as a figure plummeted to the ground.

  Li Xuantu was in a disastrous situation. Despite his shocking cultivation, he was no match for a man who had lived for thousands of years. Not only that, the intense clash of spacetime laws had had an enormous impact on Li Xuantu’s Grotto Heaven Core.

  “Southern Dipper Holy Spear!”

  A furious roar erupted from behind Li Xuantu, and a powerful energy locked onto him. Spacetime trembled as a dark spear that glistened with starlight, its handle embedded with a formation representing the six stars of the Southern Dipper, emerged and shot toward Li Xuantu.

  The dark spear flew forward with immense force, packed with pure destructive might!

  As the spear flew forward, invisible energy sealed Li Xuantu’s surroundings.

  “Obliterate!”

  The Tianfu Divine Lord’s gaze was sharper and fiercer than the edge of a sword.

  The Southern Dipper Holy Spear was a divine weapon meant for the six Divine Lords of the Southern Dipper, and it was only used when fighting extremely powerful opponents.

  This divine weapon was extremely exhausting to use, and as its use involved law energy, each time it was used, a Supreme needed to consecrate it with their Grotto Heaven Core, and one needed to expend a significant amount of Stellar Energy and essence blood. Thus, it was normally left at the ‘main church’.

  Not even the Tianfu Divine Lord dared to use it carelessly!

  It consumed a truly astonishing amount of energy!

  Simply carrying it around constantly consumed his Subtle realm Stellar Energy!

  However, after consecutive defeats at Wang Chong’s hands, the Tianfu Divine Lord was forced to mobilize this holy spear that had taken the combined might of six Divine Lords to forge.

  After a basic consecration from Genesis Supreme, the Southern Dipper Holy Spear had been restored to its original and awesome might!

  The Tianfu Divine Lord had been waiting a long time to unleash this one spear.

  There was no way Li Xuantu could block this abrupt attack!

  We’ll kill you first, and then that brat will join you! the Tianfu Divine Lord mentally spat.

  The Southern Dipper Holy Spear was originally meant for Wang Chong, but it didn’t matter now. If Li Xuantu died, Wang Chong, this renowned ‘War Saint’ of the Great Tang, would be nothing but an ant for Genesis Supreme.

  The spear shot out as quickly as lightning!

  Facing this attack from behind and Genesis Supreme’s oppressive attacks from the front, even Li Xuantu grimaced.

  “A true talent! Alas, you insisted on opposing this god!”

  Genesis Supreme’s cold voice rang out in his ears.

  Boom!

  A massive torrent of Stellar Energy descended from the heavens, and a giant, white-gold halo, its surface covered in complicated inscriptions, appeared next to Li Xuantu and enclosed him.

  This was not a simple Halo of Spacetime!

  It was a ‘Halo of Binding’!

  This was a technique Genesis Supreme had developed specifically to use against Grotto Heaven realm experts.

  Genesis Supreme had not developed it for use against Li Xuantu, but at this time, it was the ideal move.

  Heaven’s plan could not be altered!

  An Yaluoshan was the chosen master of the world, the future supreme Emperor of Humanity. Genesis Supreme had never been sincere when he promised that he would help Li Xuantu onto the throne. Killing him first would be removing this problem ahead of time.

  “A mortal trying to oppose a god? Truly not knowing your own strength and seeking death!”

  Genesis Supreme’s body radiated cold energy, and his eyes looked at Li Xuantu as if he was already dead.

  If his Grotto Heaven Core was sealed, Li Xuantu would be no different from an ordinary human and would pose no threat.

  Just when it seemed like Li Xuantu was going to die to the combined assault of Genesis Supreme and the Tianfu Divine Lord—

  “Mm?”

  Genesis Supreme felt a strange situation, and his eyes widened as he turned in the direction he had felt this peculiarity from.

  As if sensing Genesis Supreme’s movement, a familiar and jeering voice exploded in his ears.

  “Hmph! Genesis Supreme, I truly overestimated you. Colluding with Li Linfu is one thing, but you even need to work with your subordinates to deal with Li Xuantu!”

  One person, though he came as four people, suddenly emerged from one of Genesis Supreme’s Halos of Spacetime and appeared next to him.

  “Impossible!”

  Genesis Supreme turned around to take a glance, and then his body trembled.

  Wang Chong!

  The one intervening in this battle at this moment was none other than Wang Chong!

  The ones stepping out of the Halo of Spacetime were four identical Wang Chongs!

  For Wang Chong to appear like this was something that not even Genesis Supreme had expected!

  Genesis Supreme would not have been at all surprised if Wang Chong had traveled through the earth, flown through the air, or even used some pow
erful ritual tool to approach, but he had never expected Wang Chong to use one of his own spacetime passages.

  Genesis Supreme had not opened up any spacetime passages near Wang Chong, and his surroundings were full of the fierce and dangerous laws of the world. Even someone with a body of diamond would be cleaved apart by this invisible barrier.

  But Wang Chong had managed to avoid it and enter a Halo of Spacetime through some inconceivable method.

  This was not something a Subtle realm expert could do.

  Trying to force one’s way through without forethought would result only in death!

  Only someone who had comprehended at least some of the laws of spacetime could accomplish this!

  But how could Wang Chong have done this?!

  As these thoughts flew through his mind, Genesis Supreme quickly took action, his left hand extending forward and attacking Wang Chong. Ripples appeared in the air as ten-some white-gold Halos of Spacetime of various sizes appeared, and swiftly worked to grind Wang Chong into dust.

  At Genesis Supreme’s level of cultivation, complicated techniques were no longer needed. A simple Halo of Spacetime was imbued with enormous power, whether it was for slicing or crushing. A small Halo of Spacetime had power equal to the full-strength strike of an average Subtle realm expert, and this was even greater for a large Halo of Spacetime!

  The annihilating power of spacetime had always been the greatest!

  But while Genesis Supreme had reacted quickly, Wang Chong had reacted even more quickly. Before Genesis Supreme’s attack could hold him, Wang Chong’s original body, Divine Embryo 1, and Divine Embryo 2 used the same technique that had been used on Firmament Supreme.

  “Heaven and Earth created as one, the myriad things annihilated together!”

  Bang!

  Two pairs of suns and moons appeared, one on the left and one on the right. After that, another sun and moon appeared, with this final pair serving to link the two other pairs, exploding with light!

  As the three pairs of suns and moons fused together, they fiercely exploded.

  Bang!

  With an enormous boom, a destructive wave of energy engulfed the region.