437: Chapter 437 The Heavenly Emperor (2)

Three Thousand Dao Provinces.

The Desolate Ancient Ye Family.

This was an ancient Imperial Clan that had existed since the Desolate Ancient Era, with a Legacy spanning endless years.

It was situated in a Great Province, and moreover, it had forcefully drawn out an independent Great World from the outside to serve as the living space for its core clansmen.

Immortal mountains stood tall, divine light pierced the sky, presenting a magnificent spectacle.

Today, however, this Imperial Clan, silent for tens of thousands of years, was enveloped in an atmosphere of tension and solemnity.

In the deepest part of the Ye Family Forbidden Ground, within an ancient palace surrounded by nine Dragon Veins, all the high-ranking members of the Ye Family were gathered.

They were all waiting for the birth of a new life.

The identity of this new life was too special.

He was the only descendant of the most astonishingly talented Great Emperor in the Ye Family over the last few hundred thousand years: the Desolate Heaven Great Emperor.

That Great Emperor, tens of thousands of years ago, had journeyed with the Emperors of the Three Thousand Dao Provinces to a Forbidden Land to fight, in order to quell a terrifying upheaval sweeping across the Three Thousand Dao Provinces.

Before leaving, he used supreme means to seal his only Bloodline in Divine Source, gathering the essence of Heaven and Earth from several Eras and the supreme Luck of the Ye Family, nurturing it day and night, solely to await the arrival of the most brilliant Golden Great Age.

Now, the time had come.

"Waa—"

A clear cry rang out from the deepest part of the palace, piercing through layers of Restrictions, announcing the arrival of a new life.

The Ye Family members waiting outside were instantly filled with ecstasy.

However, before their joy could spread,

A sudden change occurred.

Rumble!

The originally clear sky dimmed without any warning.

An oppressive and sorrowful aura enveloped the entire Dao Province.

Above the firmament, the Origin Laws of the Three Thousand Dao Provinces converged, surprisingly condensing into ten incomparably thick shadows of black shackles, as if they intended to pierce through heaven and earth.

The shackles were entwined with an ominous and cursed aura.

All living beings in the entire Heaven Province felt this inexplicable tremor. Countless old monsters who were in seclusion were awakened, staring in horror toward the direction of the Ye Family.

"What kind of anomaly is this?"

"It is not an auspicious sign, but an omen of great misfortune!"

Inside the Ye Family Forbidden Ground, the atmosphere of ecstasy was instantly swept away by this bizarre sight, replaced by endless doubt and unease.

Just then, deep within the Ye Family Ancestral Land, in that restricted area where even the current Family Head had no right to set foot,

Several ancient stone coffins, forged from Emperor Gold and where countless Eras had slumbered, suddenly trembled slightly.

Streams of ancient and vast Divine Thoughts awakened from within the coffins.

"It is the aura of the Imperial Son..."

"But this anomaly... is incredibly similar to when Desolate Heaven descended, yet it carries a trace more ill omen."

"Ten shackles hanging across the sky, the Great Dao itself cries out in sorrow... Could it be..."

An ancient voice echoed in the Void Realm, filled with worry.

"Let's hope... it is not that kind of Physique."

Another voice followed, its tone grave.

These old monsters who had lived for untold ages and witnessed the shifting of Eras had clearly thought of a certain possibility—a possibility that made even them feel troubled.

The younger generation of Elders might not know, but those beings who survived from the Desolate Ancient Era clearly remembered that sealed history.

The history of the Desolate Ancient Saint Body...

The Desolate Heaven Great Emperor had relied on a Major Achievement Desolate Ancient Saint Body, possessing an unparalleled Physical Body, to push unimpeded across the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, forcing the 'Great Terror' of that expeditionary land into repeated retreats.

However, precisely because he was too powerful, the 'Great Terror' severely wounded by the Desolate Heaven Great Emperor in that expeditionary land, before dissipating, exhausted its final Origin to cast the most vicious and unsolvable curse upon the 'Desolate Ancient Saint Body' Bloodline.

Since then, every Prodigy in the Three Thousand Dao Provinces who awakened the Desolate Ancient Saint Body would be entangled by the curse the moment they awakened.

Within their bodies, ten Law shackles would naturally form, tightly locking the Saint Body Origin, which was sufficient to look down upon all ages, preventing it from sensing the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi or absorbing the essence of the sun and moon, making them no different from a Mortal.

To break these ten shackles and tread the path of cultivation again required not only massive resources and Heaven-Defying Comprehension Ability, but also the ethereal and unpredictable Heaven-Defying Luck in the netherworld.

Over countless years, several astonishingly talented Desolate Ancient Saint Bodies had been born in the Three Thousand Dao Provinces. Their clans even poured all their resources into nurturing them, but without exception, they all exhausted their Lifespan under those ten shackles and ended their lives in disappointment.

The glorious Saint Body had become the most malicious curse.

At this moment, inside the newborn's sleeping chamber, the Divine Thoughts of several Ancient Ancestors converged.

One Ancient Ancestor, whose aura was the most ancient, seeming to share the same Lifespan as this world, his Divine Thought transformed into an illusory large hand, cautiously probing toward the infant in the swaddling clothes.

He intended to personally investigate and confirm the worst possible scenario.

The Divine Thought carefully entered the infant's body.

A surge of boundless and mighty Qi and Blood instantly fed back, causing even the Divine Thought of this Ancient Ancestor to momentarily pause.

"Such strong Qi and Blood!"

This Ancient Ancestor exclaimed internally.

This level of Qi and Blood was even superior to that of some juvenile Vicious Beasts.

However, when his Divine Thought continued deeper and touched the Saint Body Origin, which lay dormant in the deepest part of the sea of Qi and Blood and shared the same root as the Desolate Heaven Great Emperor, he fell silent.

It truly was... the Desolate Ancient Saint Body.

The result was relayed to all the high-ranking members of the Ye Family who were monitoring the situation.

The younger Elders who did not understand the truth, after a brief moment of shock, immediately erupted in ecstasy.

"It is the Desolate Ancient Saint Body!"

"Heaven bless my Ye Family! The Great Emperor's Bloodline is indeed extraordinary! My Ye Family is set to prosper!"

They seemed to already envision the Ye Family achieving new glory under the leadership of a new Desolate Ancient Saint Body.

However, contrasting sharply with their ecstasy was the collective silence of those few Ancient Ancestors.

They said nothing, but the oppression caused by their silence made the atmosphere in the sleeping chamber extremely heavy.

The laughter of those younger Elders gradually faded; they finally sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere.

And in this silence,

The anomaly happened again.

As if stimulated by the Ancient Ancestors' Divine Thoughts, the Saint Body Origin within the infant in the swaddling clothes was completely ignited.

A pure, domineering, and primal Saint Body might violently erupted from his small body.

Simultaneously, the power of the curse originating from the 'Great Terror' hidden in the deepest part of his Bloodline was instantly triggered.

On the infant's fair and tender skin, visible black curse runes emerged as if they were alive.

They quickly intertwined and outlined themselves, finally transforming into ten small chains, pitch-black like ink, exuding an ominous aura.

The chains tightly wrapped around his limbs, torso, and even his brow, as if intending to completely seal him.

Finally, the ten chains slowly faded and disappeared into his flesh and blood.

The infant's originally loud and powerful cry abruptly stopped.

The boundless and mighty Qi and Blood power on his body was completely suppressed and dissipated.

The Saint Body might that had made the Ancient Ancestors take notice vanished without a trace.

At this moment, he was no different from an ordinary Mortal infant.

In the sleeping chamber, there was dead silence.

Everyone's ecstasy and expectations were shattered by reality at this moment.

After a long, long time,

The most ancient Ancient Ancestor let out a long sigh, his voice filled with powerlessness and sorrow.

"In the end... we could not escape this destined curse."