Section 174

“In this life, I am a Great Emperor, and I shall seek a future for the Human Race, for all living beings, and for all eternity!”

“I, Void Great Emperor, exist in times of peril, rising when the Human Race is weak. From this moment forth, as a Great Emperor of the Human Race!”

“I shall suppress all treachery and evil, and Seal all ancient taboos!”

Void Great Emperor stood up, grasping his Extreme Dao Imperial Armament, and laughed uproariously towards the sky.

“Hahahahahahaha! What a joyful life I have lived!”

“You wish to live ignobly, but I seek eternity for the Human Race. Today, the Void transforms into Dao, to contend for a few more epochs for all living beings!”

The Void Great Emperor laughed, and terrifying, unimaginable Grand Dao burst forth from all around him.

He was seated at the Origin of the Grand Dao, and everything about these ten Origin Grand Dao changed and existed according to his will!

This was a Great Emperor, one who had completely mastered the Origin Grand Dao and could arbitrarily redefine the Dao!

Yet, such a powerful existence was, at this moment, willingly transforming into Dao!

Nothingness, Reality, Reversal, Subversion, Wind, Light—

The ten Origin Grand Dao completely collapsed and vanished at this moment. Void Great Emperor slowly dissipated amidst his wild laughter.

Only that broken brush remained.

Afterward, the perspective in the scene began to shift.

It was as if the All Heavens and Myriad Realms had transformed into a giant map.

Strands of eerie and terrifying red threads were spreading across the entire All Heavens and Myriad Realms at an extremely rapid pace.

Wherever those threads enveloped, whether it was a star or a world, an ominous and eerie aura emanated.

Through those threads, Su Zhou saw pairs of indifferent eyes, eyes that were turning scarlet.

They regarded the entire All Heavens and Myriad Realms as their sustenance.

And then...

As the Void transformed into Dao, brilliant and extreme Dao power, accompanied by the last remnants of their Dominator's thoughts, erupted wildly...

Sweeping across the entire All Heavens, deeply suppressing and annihilating that eerie and ominous presence!

“No! Void, you’re mad!”

“The laws of the world are changing, the Dao is evolving; if we don’t change, we will die!”

“We have long transcended everything, why should we be burdened by the mundane world?”

“Void! Void! You will destroy the Dao of future generations by doing this!”

One after another, maddened voices echoed within the Grand Dao.

“Future generations? If things continue this way, the so-called future generations will be nothing but your sacrifices.”

The Void’s clear voice formed a stark contrast with theirs.

Then, those brilliant streaks forcefully suppressed the terrifying and eerie presences.

Finally, they were suppressed in a place that was difficult for mortals to reach, yet was intimately connected to the mortal world...

The Dao!

They were forced to the end of the Dao by Void Great Emperor...

“Void! How long can you stop us? One hundred thousand years, two hundred thousand years?”

“Hehehe... What’s the use of suppressing us at the end of the Dao? We can still twist everything!”

“The living beings in this world are like Spirit Medicine; why can’t we pluck them? You are merely delaying the inevitable...”

Those twisted voices fell silent, their eyes now completely stained by the scarlet velvet.

They sat at the end of the Grand Dao, their cold and eerie gazes fixed on the mortal world, twisting the Dao and the laws, little by little.

“So that’s how it is...” Su Zhou looked at everything before him. He finally understood what was going on with those existences seated at the end of the Grand Dao.

They were all former Sages of the All Heavens and Myriad Realms, pioneers, beings whom Void Great Emperor could call Senior.

They might have been Ancient Ones, or even Great Emperors!

But they had all been twisted by some pure existence; they had fallen. They regarded the entire All Heavens as a dining table, and all living beings as blood sacrifices.

Void Great Emperor discovered this during his search for the path forward.

And he did not choose to join them, nor did he choose to escape like other Supremes. He chose the most arduous and sorrowful path.

He sacrificed himself to transform into Dao, using the power of the ten Origin Grand Dao he wielded to suppress these existences back to the end of the Grand Dao.

Although this still couldn't prevent them from twisting the Dao of the world, it could prevent them from directly intervening, buying a few more epochs for the living beings of the world...

“In the end, I was useless...”

Just as Su Zhou was pondering, a gentle voice suddenly sounded.

Su Zhou looked up and saw a thin, middle-aged figure appear before him.

“Void Great Emperor...”

Su Zhou murmured softly, the figure before him was indeed Void Great Emperor.

“I am not him; I am merely a shadow born from his reflection a hundred thousand years ago...”

“We cannot completely resolve everything; we can only Seal them at the end of the Dao, but they will eventually return...”

“I know that in the future, the Dao will be wrong and the laws flawed, but... I am powerless to change it. Yet, I saw a glimpse of the future: someone will walk ahead of all eras.

They will walk a uniquely correct path... Future generations... May I see your path...”

The shadow of Void Great Emperor looked at Su Zhou.

Su Zhou felt admiration and respect for this Great Emperor who had sacrificed everything for the All Heavens and Myriad Realms.

“Good!” Su Zhou assented.

Then, streaks of blazing suns appeared on his body, and the power of the Three Thousand Origin Grand Dao emerged at this moment.

Following that, behind Su Zhou, an even more majestic figure appeared, holding a phantom resembling a lampshade in his hand.

He enveloped each blazing sun, which had transformed from a Grand Dao, within it.

All Three Thousand Grand Dao were held in his hand.

“Good! Taking the embryonic form of the Grand Dao as the foundation, re-nurturing it within the body, mastering the Grand Dao with the Divine Soul as the core, and taking oneself as the restraint, transforming into a divine lamp, illuminating with the Dao!”

“Your path is very strong! If it were in ancient times, you would have been a formidable foe on my Emperor Road!”

The shadow of Void Great Emperor looked at Su Zhou’s path and couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration.

This was the Covering Sun Realm that Su Zhou had reshaped!

He walked alone in the darkness, the Three Thousand Grand Dao nothing more than the lamplight in his hand!

“When living beings face trials, your lamplight will become the sole illumination for everything...”

The shadow’s voice was somewhat ethereal.

“My uselessness aside, everything I leave behind will assist you, future generations. Your Dao Heart is unprecedentedly ancient and incredibly firm; no one can dictate your path!”

“I never thought of saving the world, saving all living beings...”

Su Zhou spoke truthfully; he did not want to deceive a Great Emperor who had dedicated everything to the Myriad Realms just to gain these Legacies.

“If, in the future, living beings face trials, and it is within your power, you can illuminate the direction for the Human Race.

I am the Emperor of the All Heavens, but also a small Cultivator who emerged from the Human Race...”

The shadow of Void Great Emperor said.

Upon hearing this, Su Zhou narrowed his eyes slightly, then nodded solemnly.

When his strength reached a certain level, he could do things that were within his reach.

But if it was impossible... As the Clan Chief of the Su Clan, the Su Family is also part of the Human Race, so protecting the Su Family is equivalent to protecting the Human Race... The logic holds!

Su Zhou thought this.

“Good! In that case... Void thanks Fellow Daoist!” The shadow slowly performed a Daoist bow towards Su Zhou.

Su Zhou also seemed to sense something, and he returned the bow, his voice solemn: “A later generation Cultivator respectfully bids farewell to Void Great Emperor!”

Buzz!!!

The next moment...

Five incomplete Grand Dao appeared before Su Zhou’s eyes, and boundless insights surged madly into his mind.

These were the five Grand Dao that remained from the ones Void Great Emperor had once wielded.

Each one possessed extremely profound Dao rhythm and principles. Observing their Dao was no less than directly listening to a Great Emperor expound on the Dao.

Su Zhou sat cross-legged, as if myriad truths appeared in his eyes.

Among the three thousand lamps, five of them became exceptionally vibrant.

If one were to compare the Three Thousand Grand Dao mastered by Su Zhou to bottles, then the Grand Dao Su Zhou currently mastered were empty bottles with the name of Dao.

They only had the vessel, but not the true meaning of the Dao, and the true meaning was the water poured into the bottle.