295: Chapter 295 The Shock of an Old Friend

Everyone looked at Long Hao's appearance and laughed, "Good, good, good, it is indeed something to be proud of."

The atmosphere was cheerful. At this time, Feng Xi leaned in and asked curiously:

"Great Emperor, Great Emperor, who is that Great Emperor of Creation? Is she a female emperor?"

Jiang Hao nodded: "She is a female emperor. Her name is Yun Li. She is a very powerful person who has reached the Peak of the Great Dao of Creation and lived for several lifetimes."

Feng Xi's eyes shone brightly: "Wow, so powerful? Then I must work harder. I want to become a female emperor too!"

"Keep it up, I have high hopes for you!"

Feng Wu glanced at her niece, her eyes filled with smiles.

Little War Emperor was there counting on his fingers:

"Great Emperor of Creation, Great Emperor Qiankun, Kylin Great Emperor, Monster Emperor, Heavenly Horse Saint Emperor, Great Emperor Qianyuan, Great Emperor of Yaochi, Emperor Yuan, plus Uncle Jiang, that makes eight. I didn't expect our Desolate Ancient Era to already have eight Dao Provers. That was fast."

"Indeed." Everyone nodded upon hearing this, feeling deeply moved. After an Awakening, the world had changed so much.

Jiang Hao looked at them and smiled slightly.

"Actually, there are more than eight."

Everyone was stunned and looked at Jiang Hao. More than eight? There are more?

"Actually, there is another Great Emperor known as the Devil Emperor, but he is already dead."

Dead? Everyone was full of doubt. What happened?

Battle Saint Venerable asked directly: "Devil Emperor? That title doesn't sound quite right. How did he die?"

Jiang Hao picked up his teacup, took a sip, and slowly began to tell the story.

"The Devil Emperor, Fang Yuan, obtained a Demonic Technique when he was young. To Cultivate, he killed all his relatives."

Everyone's expressions changed. Killing one's own relatives for the sake of cultivation? Is this something a human can do?

That's far too heartless!

"Later, on the path to prove the Dao, he killed many Prodigies, including his close friends and people who loved him."

"Killing friends and those who loved him? This Devil Emperor is too perverted, isn't he?" Feng Xi looked shocked. Could someone like this actually prove the Dao and become an emperor?

Everyone nodded. They neither understood nor approved of the Devil Emperor's heartless actions.

"But he didn't kill ordinary people," Jiang Hao continued.

"He only killed Prodigies to plunder their Origin, eventually succeeding in proving the Dao. After he proved the Dao, he became arrogant and wanted to move into the Heavenly Court!"

Everyone's eyebrows twitched at his words. Challenging the Heavenly Emperor? He was indeed arrogant. Everyone was speechless; as expected of the Devil Emperor, he was certainly brave.

"And then?" Little War Emperor's eyes widened, full of curiosity.

"Then one of my Incarnations severely wounded him with a single saber strike, and he became well-behaved."

Everyone: "..."

Just as they thought. They guessed the Devil Emperor would suffer a setback, but they didn't expect it to end with just one strike.

"Later, he went to the forbidden zones and killed several Forbidden Zone Supreme Beings," Jiang Hao said.

"After returning to his palace, he passed away shortly after."

Everyone was silent for a while.

Battle Saint Venerable was the first to speak, his tone unpleasant: "Killed his own relatives? And his friends? Is he even human?"

Long Hao also frowned: "Even a Demonic Technique shouldn't be practiced like that, right? Killing relatives and friends—what's the point of this cultivation?"

Ancient God Child said slowly: "The title of Devil Emperor is well-deserved; his actions were indeed too extreme."

Luo Hongchen sighed softly: "If one stops being human while practicing the Dao, then what Dao is there to practice?"

Feng Wu said softly: "Those relatives and friends, how innocent they were."

Feng Xi nodded vigorously.

Little War Emperor scratched his head: "But he killed the Forbidden Zone Supreme Beings in the end, so that counts as doing something good, right?"

Chu Changge spoke up, a rare occurrence, his tone calm: "Human nature is complex. Good and bad people sometimes cannot be clearly distinguished."

Everyone fell silent again.

Yes, human nature is complex.

A man who killed his relatives and friends ended up killing several Forbidden Zone Supreme Beings who plagued all living beings.

To say he was bad, he was indeed rotten to the core; to say he was good, he indeed performed a good deed.

Long Hao flicked his tail and sighed: "Forget it, forget it, let's not talk about him anymore. The man is dead; there's no use talking about it."

Battle Saint Venerable nodded: "Right, let's stop talking about him. Let's chat about something happy."

Feng Xi also leaned in and said with a giggle: "Great Emperor, Great Emperor, tell us something else? Are there any other interesting things?"

"Later..." Jiang Hao paused, "A True Immortal came from the outside world, wanting to refine the Origin Realm."

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire hall fell silent.

A True Immortal?

A True Immortal from the outside world?

The teacup in Battle Saint Venerable's hand stopped in mid-air, Long Hao's dragon tail froze, and the hand Feng Wu used to hold her teacup tightened slightly.

Feng Xi and Little War Emperor's eyes widened, and Chu Changge's eyes flickered violently.

"A True Immortal?" Battle Saint Venerable's voice was tight. "Truly one of those legendary existences?"

Jiang Hao nodded: "Yes, the Realm that all living beings in the Origin Realm have been desperately seeking, the True Immortal Realm. A True Immortal named An Qiong wanted to refine the Origin Realm and enslave all living beings."

"Hiss!"

Everyone instantly gasped upon hearing this.

A True Immortal coming from the outside world to refine the Origin Realm and enslave all living beings—just hearing about it, they could feel the despair and pressure felt by the living beings of the Origin Realm at that time.

"And then?" Long Hao hurriedly followed up.

Jiang Hao smiled: "Naturally, I killed him."

The hall was quiet for a moment.

Then, it erupted.

"Killed him?" Long Hao jumped up. "That was a True Immortal, a legendary immortal. For real?"

Jiang Hao smiled: "Of course it's true. An Qiong's corpse was later used to evolve the world."

Now, everyone didn't know what to say.

Killing a True Immortal.

They wouldn't even dare to imagine such a thing.

Yet their own friend in front of them had not only done it but also spoke of it so nonchalantly.

Feng Wu looked at Jiang Hao, her heart aching.

Her current feelings were complex: shock, pride, and even more so, heartache.

Killing an immortal surely wasn't easy. How many injuries must he have suffered?"

"Great Emperor, what happened after that?" Feng Xi continued to ask curiously.

"After that..."

Jiang Hao continued, "That An Qiong had a grandfather named An Ming, who was also a True Immortal and even stronger. He was in another place called the Dao Xuan Realm, where he had refined the Dao of that world to use for healing his injuries."

"Spirit Treasure, Yuanshi, and I went to the Dao Xuan Realm, stripped him from the Dao, and then killed him."

Everyone fell silent once more.

Killing one True Immortal wasn't enough; he killed another?

And an even stronger one? Is that even possible?

Long Hao swallowed: "Old Jiang, you can kill True Immortals. What Realm are you actually in now?"

Jiang Hao thought for a moment and said: "Still in the human dao domain, but it's enough to kill a True Immortal."

"..."

Everyone looked at each other in shock. Still in the human dao domain, but enough to kill a True Immortal.

These words sounded contradictory and shocking. If anyone else had said them, Feng Wu and the others certainly wouldn't have believed it.

But now, they believed it.

Because the person saying this was Jiang Hao, someone who had always been creating miracles.

"After killing An Ming, we brought the Dao Xuan Realm back and performed a Fusion with the Origin Realm."

Jiang Hao continued, "With the Fusion of the two Realms, the world evolved, and then you all woke up. That's about it; nothing special."

Jiang Hao spoke nonchalantly, but everyone present knew how difficult each of these steps must have been.

Sorting out the Great Dao of heaven and earth, establishing the Heavenly Court, opening the ascension passage, slaying True Immortals, evolving the Origin Realm...

Every single one of these things, if placed on any other person, would be a great achievement worthy of being recorded in history and praised for eternity.

And Jiang Hao had done them all.

And he had done them so quickly and so well!

Feng Xi looked at Jiang Hao with adoration: "Great Emperor, you are too amazing! Killing True Immortals, evolving the Origin Realm—I wouldn't even dare to dream of these things!"

Little War Emperor nodded and followed, "Uncle Jiang is invincible!"

Chu Changge didn't speak, but the look in his eyes as he watched Jiang Hao was full of reverence.

"It's alright, it's alright."

Jiang Hao quite enjoyed the adoration of the younger generation. As long as one is human, they will enjoy the feeling of being admired; everyone is the same.

Not to mention the adoration of talented juniors.