36: One punch shatters a galaxy, words become law.
A towering humanoid phantom made of pure light, with an indistinct face...
He wore a simple, ancient imperial robe and a Pingtian Crown. Though he was merely a phantom, he exuded a supreme majesty that reigned over the world, enough to suffocate even a Saint King!
It was as if he had crossed the river of time spanning hundreds of millions of years, descending here from the distant Primeval Era.
Then...
He slowly raised his head.
Those eyes, composed of light and seemingly containing the birth and death of the entire universe, pierced through the barriers of space and the mists of time.
With precision...
His gaze landed on Su Jue.
Following that...
Within Su Jue's rapidly contracting pupils...
That stalwart figure opened his mouth toward him, silently.
A single syllable.
A word that Su Jue could not hear, but could clearly identify through lip-reading...
"Return..."
An ancient, desolate syllable filled with endless longing.
Although no sound was made, the moment the humanoid light-shadow formed that shape with his mouth, Su Jue's soul felt as if it had been struck hard by a bolt of creation thunder!
BOOM!!!
His mind went blank!
That word was like a rune possessed of infinite magic, deeply branded onto the origin of his soul!
He felt the wisp of golden thread that had just awakened in the deepest part of his bloodline seemingly boiling because of this word!
That was... a summons from the source of his bloodline!
And at that very moment!
"Weng—"
The humanoid light-shadow, along with the vast star map covering the entire room, flickered violently like a television screen being switched off, and then... completely vanished.
The wall returned to its mirror-smooth appearance.
It was as if everything that had just happened was merely a hallucination.
The entire law constant chamber fell back into a deathly silence.
"Gulp."
In the observation room, Ao Ning swallowed hard.
She felt her throat was so dry it seemed as if it might catch fire.
"Mo... Mother..."
She murmured to herself in a sleepwalking tone.
"That just now... was..."
"The Primeval Human Emperor..."
Elizabeth's voice was equally parched.
She slowly prostrated her massive dragon body, as if all her strength had been drained away.
The shock in her heart could no longer be described by any language.
The Primeval Human Emperor!
That mysterious legend that only existed in the oldest dragon records, mentioned only in passing!
Legend has it that in the distant Primeval Era, before the Dragon Race dominated the universe, the center of the universe was not Ten Thousand Dragon Fortress.
But a great civilization called the "Human Race."
Their leader was known as the "Human Emperor."
He was a supreme being who could truly stand on equal footing with the Ancestral Dragon Emperor of the Dragon Race, and was even superior in some aspects!
The records stated that the Dragon Race's "Path of Law" was an outward search—to perceive, control, and even embody the rules of the universe.
But the Human Race's "Path of the Human Emperor" was an inward search.
They relied on no external objects and did not seek to comprehend laws.
They only believed in themselves!
They believed that the human body itself was a perfect universe, containing infinite potential!
They called this power to unearth one's own potential—
Heart Power!
When Heart Power is cultivated to the limit, one can create ten thousand laws with a single thought, shatter galaxies with a single punch, and have words become law and actions become rules!
Its power was not at all inferior to experts of the Saint King Realm!
For some unknown reason, that human civilization, which had been glorious to the extreme, suddenly... declined overnight.
The Primeval Human Emperor also disappeared into the long river of history.
Only then did the Dragon Race rise to power, becoming the new overlords of the universe in this epoch.
The surviving humans also lost the cultivation method known as Heart Power. Their bloodline power regressed generation by generation, eventually becoming the "feeble" state they are in today in the eyes of the Dragon Race.
These records had always been treated as myths by the upper echelons of the Dragon Race.
After all, it was too inconceivable.
How could a race that was once so powerful decline so completely?
Until today!
Elizabeth had seen that star map with her own eyes!
She had seen that stalwart phantom of the Human Emperor with her own eyes!
Only then did she finally understand... those were not myths!
They were all true!
Humanity... truly had such a glorious past that even gods and demons would tremble before it!
And Su Jue... this human cub she had always regarded as a "lowly race"... within his body, there actually flowed the purest Source Blood... from the Primeval Human Emperor!
Elizabeth's heart was filled with mixed emotions.
Shock, absurdity, disbelief... and a hint of... jealousy that she herself was unwilling to admit!
On what basis?
Why could a human possess both the Dragon Race's Destruction and Life origins, and also bear such a great Archaic Human Race bloodline?!
This was simply... simply the biggest cheat in the entire universe!
At this moment, Su Jue was also in a state of immense shock.
He looked at his system panel, which was still stuck at "Downloading 1%," and his mind was a mess.
Primeval Human Emperor... Heart Power... Mythical Mecha... Ancestral Land... these fragmented, impactful pieces of information made him feel a sense of... pride in his identity as a "Human" for the first time!
So, I'm not from some weak race!
My ancestors were incredibly badass!
Then... a huge question arose in his heart.
Why would a civilization that was once so glorious decline?
What was the relationship between the Black Armor Army that wiped out his Su Family, the Wang, Li, and Chen families that carved up the Su Family's assets, the Lanxia Universe Federation they represented, and this Archaic Human Race civilization?
Were they inheritors?
Or... traitors who had stolen the fruits of civilization?!
Su Jue felt that his path of revenge seemed to have become more complex, and also... more interesting.
It was no longer just a simple family feud.
But... a huge mystery that might involve the rise and fall of an entire civilization!
He wanted to figure all of this out!
He would return to Blue Star, not only to make those enemies pay in blood!
But also... to uncover the truth that had been covered by the dust of history for hundreds of millions of years!
An unprecedented fighting spirit burned fiercely in his chest!
And just then.
"Gurgle..."
An untimely sound echoed through the deathly silent room.
Su Jue's eyes, which had just been filled with fighting spirit and fire, instantly deflated.
He looked down and patted his empty stomach.
Between awakening his bloodline, connecting to the database, and being stared at by the big boss's phantom... his energy was depleted.
He looked up toward the observation room.
There, Elizabeth and Ao Ning were still in a petrified state.
Su Jue blinked, then opened his mouth.
Using all his strength, he let out a cry in a childish voice: