199: Fallen obsession

Futuo Ancient Realm.

The scenes in the heart-peeping mirror were still unfolding.

After swapping their fates, Su Qianqian finally woke up. She didn't say any words of gratitude, but merely gave Su Quan a cold glance before leaving once again.

Without the shackles of the villainous fate, Su Qianqian's Dao Body reached Major Achievement, and her strength multiplied several times over. She displayed a terrifying talent that was invincible in the world, even using her Great Dao Bone to defeat a newly ascended Immortal Emperor.

The world's heroines and the Heavenly Prodigies of various major forces submitted in terror, no longer having the courage to fight her.

To live in the same era as such a Heaven-Defying Prodigy was a tragedy for countless Geniuses.

The name of The Peerless Maiden of the Su Family hung high above the dome of the Immortal Realm like a blazing sun, her Divine Might lasting for eternity!

Everyone took it for granted that she would be the next Immortal Emperor.

At the same time, Su Quan declined the Medicine Saint's request for him to stay. Instead, he headed north and joined the Creation Academy in the Jiuli Ancient Realm.

The Creation Academy held a transcendent status in the Immortal Realm. Since its founding, it had maintained neutrality and did not involve itself in power struggles. Thus, many forces were willing to send their Heavenly Prodigies and daughters there to study and seek the Dao.

Throughout its long history, more than ten thousand Immortal Kings and dozens of Immortal Emperors had emerged from there, earning it the reputation of being the cradle of Sky-Propping Powerhouses.

"Everyone, the following scenes may involve this Emperor's privacy, so I will skip them for now!"

The Yaochi Empress suddenly spoke.

Only then did many people remember that the Yaochi Empress seemed to have come from the Creation Academy. Calculating backward, her time there happened to overlap with Su Quan's timeline when he joined the academy.

With a wave of the Empress's slender hand, the following ten thousand years were cut off.

When the image reappeared, Su Quan was already standing on the Emperor Road.

In the eternal darkness of the starry sky, only the Emperor Road emitted a faint light. It hung high for ages, winding and twisting, desolate and barren, leading toward an unknown end in the darkness.

On the Emperor Road, yellow sands stretched endlessly, and blood stained the sky. Countless top-tier Immortal Kings were buried here.

Withered bones shone with golden light, remaining immortal even after hundreds of millions of years.

Remnant souls wandered, letting out bursts of cold roars, as if waiting to devour anyone who passed.

"Is this the Emperor Road?"

"How terrifying!"

"Where exactly does the end of the Emperor Road lead?"

"I don't know. It's said that no one has ever reached the end of the Emperor Road."

"..."

The crowd was in an uproar.

The Emperor Road looked ordinary and without any anomalies, like a simple picture, but it could easily stir the most primal fear in one's heart.

Even the Yaochi Empress, who had already braved the Emperor Road, still felt a slight chill when she saw it again.

At this moment, Su Quan in the scene was dressed in a black robe.

His face was still as handsome and peerless as before, but his clear eyes were gone, replaced by the vicissitudes of ages.

"Having just become an Immortal King, you dare come to the Emperor Road to seek death? It's a pity for that face of yours."

A woman's lewd laughter came from behind.

An Immortal King with a vast aura rushed over. She stood not far from Su Quan, crossing her arms as if sizing up an interesting toy: "How about this? Let this King have some fun before you die, and I'll give you a quick end!"

It's the Demon Lord of the Cloud-Azure Devil Cave!

Someone recognized the woman's identity.

She was a top-tier powerhouse who had dominated the Immortal Realm hundreds of thousands of years ago, rumored to possess Heaven-Defying combat power capable of fighting an Immortal Emperor.

"Hey, little man, are you mute? Scared witless by this King, ah..."

She frowned, only to see Su Quan slowly look up at her. Being stared at by those eyes, an intense coldness swept through her body, as if she had fallen into an ice cellar.

"You..."

Before she could finish, Su Quan simply waved his hand casually.

A fierce wind rose abruptly, whipping up a terrifying black turbulence that annihilated a powerful Immortal King into nothingness.

"How is that possible?"

"Didn't he give all his talent to Su Qianqian? How can he still be so powerful!"

"Did he find some fortuitous encounter in the Creation Academy?"

"..."

Countless people were dumbfounded.

To kill a famous Immortal King so effortlessly... even The Peerless Maiden of the Su Family probably couldn't do that, right?

The yellow sand blew past, erasing all traces that the Immortal King had ever existed.

Su Quan acted as if he had done something insignificant and continued walking deeper into the Emperor Road.

Slaughter, magical battles, life-and-death struggles... On this Emperor Road of eternal darkness, the powerful Immortal Kings who stood high above and controlled the lives of billions in the outside world were as fragile and small as ants. Their fall was silent, unable to stir even a ripple.

Behind the ascension of one Immortal Emperor lay the fall of ten thousand kings.

Su Qianqian's combat power was peerless, and her Great Dao Bone suppressed the ages. She was like a death god reaping lives; every time she struck, an Immortal King was bound to fall.

However, one could not replenish their own consumption on the Emperor Road.

Through battle after battle, Su Qianqian's immortal power was rapidly draining, but she didn't care at all.

Because she was proud, believing that even if she only had one percent of her strength left, it would be enough to suppress all the Immortal Kings on this Emperor Road and achieve the supreme throne of an Emperor.

However, a trap carefully planned for her was quietly closing in.

A total of thirty-six Peerless Immortal Kings.

Each one was incredibly powerful, all possessing the combat power to exchange blows with an Immortal Emperor.

They launched a siege against The Peerless Maiden of the Su Family deep within the Emperor Road.

This battle caused the heavens to collapse and the earth to rend, and the sun and moon to sink.

Precious God King essence blood soaked the Emperor Road beneath their feet.

"Impossible, impossible! I am The Peerless Maiden of the Su Family, who among you can kill me!"

Su Qianqian stood covered in blood.

Her Dao Body was shattered, and her Divine Soul was weak; she was already at the end of her rope, yet she still couldn't let go of her arrogance.

"Is this all The Peerless Maiden of the Su Family is capable of? It seems the Heavenly Emperor was making a mountain out of a molehill. I alone am enough to kill her!" One of the Peerless Immortal Kings laughed wildly towards the sky, holding a blood-stained war blade.

To personally kill the world-renowned Peerless Maiden was a stroke of good fortune worth boasting about.

"Be more sensible in your next life. Don't provoke people you shouldn't provoke!"

She lunged forward, her long blade like a bolt of lightning, reflecting Su Qianqian's despairing eyes.

"Impossible!"

"I am The Peerless Maiden of the Su Family, walking the path of invincibility. How could I lose?"

Su Qianqian fell.

She lay on the Emperor Road, her proud eyes still holding tears of unwilling resentment.

"Am I going to die?"

"If I die, how can my parents' great grudge be avenged? My enemies are still out there living happily."

"I really... am so unwilling!"

"Hahahaha! This King said it long ago. What 'Peerless Maiden of the Su Family'? It was all just hype from her father! In the face of my Heavenly Court, who dares claim to be peerless? Who dares claim to be undefeated? You're all just seeking death!"

A Peerless Immortal King gave Su Qianqian's body an insulting kick.

She lay face up, her eyes wide with rage, unable to rest in peace.

"Indeed. The Twin Emperors of the Su Family both died at the hands of the Heavenly Emperor. She was just a remnant; did she really think she could stir up any trouble?"

"Daring to fight against our Heavenly Court only leads to a dead end!"

"..."

The thirty-six Immortal Kings walked further and further away, leaving Su Qianqian's corpse lying there, gradually being buried by the wind and sand.

This was the foundation of the Heavenly Court!

Thirty-six Peerless Immortal Kings were sent to the Emperor Road without a second thought.

A moment later, the black-robed Su Quan appeared. Looking at Su Qianqian's corpse, a ripple of sorrow appeared in his desolate eyes.

"Little sister, brother has come too late!"

"Don't worry, the Su Family's vengeance still rests with me. You can rest in peace."

Su Quan's palm gently brushed over the girl's face, and then he prepared to give chase.

But just then, a faint remnant of a Divine Soul grabbed Su Quan's sleeve.

"Brother!"

The girl's translucent silhouette stood before him.

"Little sister, brother will take you out of here. I'll send you into Reincarnation; I won't let you be trapped here alone for the rest of your life."

Su Quan's nose felt a bit sore.

Remnant souls that died on the Emperor Road would not possess consciousness; they only had the obsessions they held before death.

"Brother, you will help me get revenge, right?"

"Is Xiao Qian dead?"

"Xiao Qian hasn't made her name known for eternity yet. Xiao Qian hasn't swept through the Emperor Road. Xiao Qian is The Peerless Maiden of the Su Family and Cultivates the path of invincibility. How can she die here so shamefully?"

"Brother, Xiao Qian is so unwilling!"

"So unwilling!"

"..."

A hint of warmth appeared in Su Quan's cold eyes.

The two had been childhood sweethearts and had relied on each other during the great catastrophe. He understood his sister's pride and obsession. He placed his palm gently behind Su Qianqian's face.

"The Peerless Maiden of the Su Family?"

Rip—

The girl's face was forcibly torn off.

With an expressionless face, Su Quan pressed his sister's face onto his own. "Su Qianqian" stood once again on the Emperor Road, a terrifying Evil Qi soaring into the sky, shattering time and space.

"To become famous for eternity—it starts today!"

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