The Human Emperor c1-2382

by Huangfu Qi (皇甫奇)

  “What a powerful formation!” Li Xuantu spoke up, a deep shock in his voice. “It’s able to bind everyone’s Grotto Heaven energy. You were right. Everyone here has underestimated Luo Supreme. It’s impossible to imagine all the tricks he’s laid out in this place in these several thousand years.” There was no doubt that he had also been greatly weakened by Luo Supreme’s formation.

  Li Xuantu was a very experienced Grotto Heaven realm expert and had an abundance of knowledge and skills. But this was the first time he had encountered a formation that could bind Grotto Heaven energy.

  This sort of power left him deeply shaken.

  At that moment, Li Xuantu felt great apprehension for both Essence Supreme and Luo Supreme.

  He had believed that their side had the advantage in numbers, but it now seemed that they were actually the weakest side.

  If Luo Supreme wanted to avenge An Lushan, then he and Wang Chong might really find it difficult to leave.

  Buzz!

  Just when Li Xuantu was growing wary of the other two parties in this conflict, a hand lightly pressed on Li Xuantu’s back.

  “Don’t panic! Let’s wait and see!”

  An invisible energy surged into Li Xuantu’s body.

  A moment later, Li Xuantu felt the shackles in his body shatter and his powers return.

  Though Li Xuantu was surprised, he quickly understood what was going on. Nodding, he said no more.

  On the other end…

  Bang!

  As the formation activated, energy surged in from all sides and formed a giant bronze arm above Luo Supreme, which viciously snatched at Essence Supreme’s personal ritual tool.

  With a massive boom, the two energies canceled each other out. With the power of his formation, Luo Supreme managed to easily block this attack.

  “Bastard! He managed to succeed with it!”

  Grand Supreme, Radiance Supreme, and Essence Supreme nastily scowled.

  Between above and below was called a room!

  Between past and present was an eon!

  A room was space, and the eon was time!

  The Decalight Universal Dampening Art was an idea Luo Supreme had proposed before his rebellion as a method for suppressing the strength of a Grotto Heaven realm opponent in a fight so that one could rise above other experts of the Grotto Heaven realm.

  Before the rebellion, Luo Supreme, Essence Supreme, and the other Supremes were very friendly with each other, and they would often discuss ways of breaking the shackles of the Grotto Heaven realm and reaching an even higher realm.

  Once one reached the Grotto Heaven realm, one hit an invisible barrier, a formidable bottleneck. Farther above was the Divine Martial realm represented by Heaven.

  But Heaven had been able to become a supreme expert of the Divine Martial realm due to many coincidental factors, and his path could not be replicated. Thus, the twelve Supremes were essentially ‘imprisoned’ in the Grotto Heaven realm, leading to their numerous discussions.

  Binding one’s foe was one of the ideas Luo Supreme had proposed, though everyone had laughed at it back then.

  This was because each of the twelve Supremes was an existence who had lived for several thousand years, even many epochs. They were all heavenly prodigies with a mastery of spacetime.

  The spacetime that mortals could never reach was a plaything in their hands. For Luo Supreme to try to bind them, make them slaves to spacetime once more, was simply laughable.

  With a Grotto Heaven Core, one was essentially their own domain and unaffected by external influences.

  Luo Supreme’s idea was a delusion that had no chance of happening.

  But after so many years of Luo Supreme researching the question alone, he had turned his delusion into reality!

  Essence Supreme looked at Luo Supreme and sternly said, “Luo Supreme, I truly underestimated you. After so many years, you even managed to bring this idea to life! It seems that you were already anticipating your betrayal all those years ago!”

  He waved his hand, upon which the Supreme Essence Compass shrank into the size of a fist and fell back into his palm.

  “Essence Supreme, you are willing to serve Heaven, but that does not mean that everyone is. No one is born a King, and I am only pursuing my desires.

  “To reign over the land as King is always better than being a servant or slave. Alas, after so many years, you decided to come to my doorstep,” Luo Supreme coldly said.

  “If Heaven’s original body had come, I might have been a little afraid, but just you three want to take my life? You overestimate yourselves.”

  Luo Supreme’s face chilled, his words spoken without the slightest courtesy.

  Chapter 2316 - Heaven’s Essence Blood!

  Chapter 2316: Heaven’s Essence Blood!

  From the moment he had rebelled, Luo Supreme had spent every moment planning for this scene. Heaven was far too powerful, so powerful that no one could stop him. But to have him yield to Heaven and serve as his slave for the rest of his life? That was simply impossible.

  He had already followed Heaven for an extremely long time, but he preferred to be the leader of the chickens than the tailfeather of a phoenix. He would prefer death over living the rest of his life like that.

  Luo Supreme was extremely apprehensive of Heaven, so he had been very inconspicuous in his actions over so many years, even allowing his entire religion to seemingly decline. But Luo Supreme was only afraid of Heaven’s sealed body, not the likes of Grand Supreme, Radiance Supreme, and Essence Supreme.

  These people didn’t have the right to make him afraid!

  Whether it was Luo Supreme or Essence Supreme, they had all essentially forgotten Wang Chong at this point. Wang Chong didn’t make any noise and continued to silently watch from the sides.

  “Hahahaha!”

  Loud laughter rang out. Essence Supreme didn’t seem angered by Luo Supreme’s words, and there was even a hint of derision in his eyes.

  “Luo Supreme, what does it matter that you laid down this formation? After so many years, do you really think that Heaven didn’t know what you were up to in the outside world? In the end, everything you’ve done was within Heaven’s expectations. A moth falling into a dusty spiderweb might be able to escape for a few moments, but only that.

  “And even if you’ve managed to succeed in developing a formation that can seal Grotto Heaven Cores, so what? You’re still alone and trying to fight against three of us. Perhaps the strongest of us, Unity Supreme, might have been able to do this, but you? You are still a little lacking,” Essence Supreme coldly said.

  “Unity Supreme?”

  Li Xuantu had no reaction, but Wang Chong immediately raised an eyebrow.

  Unity Supreme was the High Monk of the Great Snow Mountain Holy Temple, the existence who had singlehandedly created the civilization of the plateau.

  Wang Chong didn’t understand Unity Supreme very much, only that Origin Supreme and Unity Supreme weren’t separated by much of a distance.

  Wang Chong had believed that Unity Supreme was basically the same as all the rest, but it now seemed that this one in the Great Snow Mountain Holy Temple was actually the strongest of the twelve Supremes.

  “Who said that Divine Father was alone!?” A voice rang out. Luo Supreme’s two half-step Grotto Heaven realm sons could no longer stand the arrogance of Essence Supreme.

  “Don’t waste time talking with them. The Decalight Universal Dampening Formation has already been activated, their strength has fallen to the middle level of the Grotto Heaven realm, and they have many impediments. Second Brother and I will use the formation’s power to hold them down while the rest of you swiftly kill them!”

  There was one thing that Essence Supreme was wrong about. While they only had one Grotto Heaven expert in Luo Supreme, far more than just one was capable of fighting against Grotto Heaven realm experts.

  The Decalight Universal Dampening Formation only affected Grotto Heaven realm experts, so the brother
s and the divine warriors were free from its influence. Moreover, when the formation activated, the Stellar Energies of the brothers became linked to the formation. Not only were they not weakened, they were bolstered by the formation and could borrow power from the entire dimension to unleash power far above the half-step Grotto Heaven level.

  If they worked together with Luo Supreme, they had the strength to at least not lose to Essence Supreme’s group.

  “Everyone, follow me!”

  The Decalight Universal Dampening Formation once more trembled, and streams of energy exploded out from it like erupting volcanoes, surging into Luo Supreme’s two sons. With the help of the formation, the two of them were able to reach the strength of a basic-level Grotto Heaven realm expert.

  Rumble!

  With a furious roar, the two of them unleashed a tsunami of energy at Essence Supreme’s group.

  “King of Foreign Lands, didn’t you say you wanted to work with us? This is the best moment!” As they took action, the two of them didn’t forget about the spectating Wang Chong.

  With these two taking action, the balance between the three parties was shattered.

  “Hmph, two reckless brats! Since you want to die, I’ll fulfill your wish!”

  Essence Supreme’s eyes flashed with anger.

  Each of the twelve Supremes was an aloof and proud existence. It would have been another thing if Luo Supreme had said it, but his two sons? They clearly didn’t know what being a Supreme meant, and seemed to lack knowledge of how high the heavens were.

  “Grand Supreme, Radiance Supreme, begin the plan! Kill them all!”

  Boom! Essence Supreme flicked his wrist, sending out the Supreme Essence Compass once more. It once more expanded to the size of a mountain and descended upon Luo Supreme and the numerous divine warriors.

  Behind him, Grand Supreme and Radiance Supreme also struck.

  Crack!

  Grand Supreme and Radiance Supreme each wore a mysterious bronze bracelet on their left and right hands respectively. At this moment, a needle protruded from these bracelets and stabbed into their wrists.

  Within the bracelets was a drop of dark golden blood that was injected into their bodies.

  Rumble!

  With a roar that transcended time, two savage, one-armed giants appeared above the heads of Grand Supreme and Radiance Supreme, joining Essence Supreme’s compass in smashing down at Luo Supreme’s men.

  “Something’s up!”

  Wang Chong, still a spectator to all this, couldn’t help but widen his eyes at this sight.

  This operation was clearly led by Essence Supreme, with Grand Supreme and Radiance Supreme in supporting roles. Moreover, Grand Supreme and Radiance Supreme were clearly weaker than Essence Supreme. But when these two bronze bracelets broke open, Wang Chong could sense a transformation in these two.

  This was because Wang Chong could faintly sense Heaven’s aura on these two, greatly boosting their strength.

  “It’s Heaven’s essence blood!” Li Xuantu said, his expression extremely grave.

  “What?”

  Wang Chong was taken aback. If he recalled correctly, Li Xuantu had never interacted with Heaven before. How did he know that those two had Heaven’s essence blood?

  “When I was imprisoned beneath the imperial prison, Genesis Supreme granted me a drop of Heaven’s essence blood that was refined into Sealbreaker Blood. The energy from their bodies is similar to the Sealbreaker Blood, but it is much stronger. It might have been directly removed from Heaven’s body,” Li Xuantu sternly said.

  It was clear that Essence Supreme’s group had amply prepared for this journey. Doomsday Insignias were extremely important to Heaven, and he would permit no mishaps, so even Grand Supreme and Radiance Supreme had been endowed with greater strength.

  These drops of essence blood were clearly meant to be used against Luo Supreme’s group.

  Meanwhile, the situation became extremely dangerous. Luo Supreme’s sons going on the offensive meant that there was no room for negotiation left between Luo Supreme and Essence Supreme.

  The wave of Grotto Heaven Stellar Energy unleashed by Essence Supreme, Grand Supreme, and Radiance Supreme was sweeping toward Luo Supreme. At this moment, he let out a harsh whistle and flew through the air. The fabric of space shuddered as tens of thousands of Halos of Spacetime emerged.

  Through these Halos of Spacetime, the vast amount of energy that Luo Supreme had accumulated in this dimension over thousands of years instantly converged on Luo Supreme.

  While Essence Supreme’s group had their own preparations, Luo Supreme had also been readying himself for this moment over the years.

  A single man had their limits, and even a Grotto Heaven realm expert could only take in so much Stellar Energy. Until he could break through the barrier and reach the Divine Martial realm, Luo Supreme’s best method of increasing his strength was to use that vast Stellar Energy in formations and laws to reinforce this dimension. Once the battle began, through various external methods, he could combine this power with his own strength and unleash it all at once.

  Though this method of borrowing external energy could not compare to a martial artist who had cultivated to the Grotto Heaven realm, it was enough to greatly boost the strength of a Grotto Heaven realm expert.

  Boom!

  With a massive boom, the two Stellar Energies clashed, the impact destabilizing the dimension and making it seem like it was about to tear apart.

  As the Stellar Energies viciously clashed, Essence Supreme’s voice rang out. “It’s useless, Luo Supreme. Even if you use all your strength, you’re still no match for us.

  “Heaven-Earth Life Refining Art!”

  With a sharp shout, Essence Supreme once more unleashed his potential. The flames on his body rose from a height of one hundred feet to nearly one thousand.

  With the potential fully unleashed, that silver-eyed youth within the flames rapidly aged, black hair turning white, smooth skin growing wrinkled.

  Luo Supreme had known about the Heaven-Earth Life Refining Art, but he had never realized that he had only seen a small portion of its power.

  Not only could this technique consume ninety-nine percent of one’s life force, unleashing all of a Grotto Heaven realm expert’s potential and converting it into terrifying power, it could burn it up to an even greater extent so that all this energy could be unleashed within the span of one hour.

  While this meant that this silver-eyed youth’s perfect body would completely vanish after an hour, the amount of power unleashed was tremendous.

  Chapter 2317 - Alpha Supreme!

  Chapter 2317: Alpha Supreme!

  Rumble!

  Essence Supreme formed seals with both hands, and Stellar Energy surged into the Supreme Essence Compass. With this immense energy, the compass once more expanded, and it descended with even greater speed toward Luo Supreme and his divine warriors.

  Luo Supreme and Essence Supreme’s group had been evenly matched, but when Essence Supreme burned up all his life force, this balance was broken.

  “Not good!”

  Everyone was aghast at this sight, all of them feeling a great peril descending. If the Supreme Essence Compass were allowed to make impact, they would probably all be crushed into powder.

  “Everyone, hear my order! Use everything you have!” Luo Supreme’s two sons roared, and as they cried out, they led all the divine warriors in a charge, unleashing one hundred and twenty percent of their power. Countless streams of Stellar Energy flooded out like numerous giant dragons.

  All of them could sense the great calamity descending on their heads.

  But the divine warriors had barely attacked when a torrent of greenish-black Grotto Heaven Stellar Energy on par with Luo Supreme’s appeared within the dimension.

  Before anyone could react, this energy took the form of a giant palm and swung at the combined Stellar Energy of Essence Supreme, Grand Supreme, and Radiance Supreme.

  Rumble!
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  With one strike, that greenish-black energy obliterated the combined attack.

  “Ah!”

  With bitter screams, the three of them were knocked away. No matter how strong Luo Supreme was, his strength was ultimately limited, and he could not possibly hold off the combined assault of Essence Supreme, Grand Supreme, and Radiance Supreme. But with this additional ‘Luo Supreme’, everything changed.

  “This is impossible!”

  As he was knocked away, Essence Supreme’s eyes flew open in disbelief.

  When that greenish-black Stellar Energy surged out, he had clearly seen a familiar figure in that Stellar Energy.

  Rumble!

  The three of them were blasted to the ground, their attacks collapsing. In this one clash, Essence Supreme’s side was actually the loser. No one had expected this result.

  “How could this be?”

  Wang Chong and Li Xuantu almost instantly turned in Luo Supreme’s direction.

  Luo Supreme was extremely shrewd and had been preparing for several thousand years. For him to slightly suppress Essence Supreme’s group by himself was not a big surprise to Wang Chong and Li Xuantu, but they had never imagined such a one-sided result.

  However, this was far from the only shocking thing. Essence Supreme had not seen wrongly. At the moment the battle ended, a greenish-black figure appeared at Luo Supreme’s side.

  This person wore a greenish-black robe of an extremely ancient style that seemed to have been plucked straight out of an ancient era. His hair was disheveled, obscuring his face.

  Even so, this man still exuded a heaven-engulfing energy on par with Luo Supreme.

  Let alone Essence Supreme, even Wang Chong and Li Xuantu were flabbergasted. They knew that Luo Supreme had to be hiding something, but no one had expected it to be another peerless expert.

  Only a scant few in the world could reach the Grotto Heaven realm, and even fewer could reach the level of Luo Supreme. However, neither Wang Chong nor Li Xuantu had any impression of this mysterious expert.

  “Alpha Supreme!” someone cried out in alarm.