534: Chapter 534 So Big

The Emperors Path has appeared.

It emerged in the starry sky beyond the domains, a long river paved with Dao stars spanning across the Chaos, magnificent and mysterious.

However, that path has not fully manifested; it remains indistinct, as if it still lacks the final key to be completely opened.

Countless living beings look up, choosing to watch and wait for the right moment.

Meanwhile, the Immortal Domain is now a different scene.

The Immortal Lord sacrificed herself, using her own body as the price to sacrifice the Void Abyss and her own Dao to open the Emperors Path, but the Immortal Domain collapsed.

The world structure of the Immortal Domain was in great turmoil. Ninety percent of the Spiritual Qi was devoured by Source Beasts, and the Spiritual Qi was exhausted, along with countless living beings being devoured.

Mountains and rivers crumbled, Immortal cities fell, and blood flowed like a river.

This once infinitely glorious world is now, to the naked eye, a scene of doomsday.

In this catastrophe, countless True Immortals were devoured, and even two Immortal Kings fell.

Immortal King Bai, Feng Daoxian.

The moment the news of the two Immortal Kings' consecutive falls spread, the entire Immortal Domain was shaken.

The Bai family was divided and annexed by various forces, while the Feng Family sealed themselves within the ruins, isolated from the world.

"Damn it! To think I was deceived by that bastard Void Abyss!"

On the ruins of the Taishang Immortal Sect, Immortal King Jun Juechen looked at the devastated mountain gate, his face pale, and he could not help but curse loudly.

"A beast is a beast, with no credibility whatsoever!"

It was so difficult to merge the two sects, and they were about to reach the pinnacle of the Immortal Domain... In the end, it was all destroyed. It was all for nothing; everything became empty.

He was silent for a long time, finally letting out a long sigh.

"Forget it."

"Break and then establish."

He raised his head and looked at the faint Emperors Path in the starry sky beyond the domains, light reigniting in his eyes.

"The Emperors Path has appeared; why is this not an Opportunity?"

The Taishang Immortal Sect is devastated, but isn't the Immortal Alliance the same? Among the other powerful Noble Families and sects, who has escaped this catastrophe unscathed?

Especially the Immortal Alliance.

With the Immortal Lord gone, several Immortal Kings will surely fight openly and covertly for the position of Alliance Leader, and the vast Immortal Alliance may fall apart.

The Emperors Path has not yet opened, but the Immortal Domain is already in Chaos.

...

On the other side.

The Five Domains and Two Heavens.

After confirming that Chu Yuehua and the others had safely left the Immortal Domain, Qin Wushang and his group bid farewell to the Desolate Master and returned to the Great Chu Academy.

"Junior Brother, I did not expect that after we left for a while... the Academy would remain the same."

On Qijian Peak, Ye Hongfu leaned against the railing and looked into the distance, gazing at the layers of palaces and pavilions below the peak, and sighed with emotion.

The Great Chu Academy is still that same Great Chu Academy.

But its status in the entire Five Domains and Two Heavens is no longer what it used to be; it has risen significantly.

There is no other reason.

It is only because his third uncle, Qin Zhanzhou, has unified the entire Five Domains and Two Heavens during this period.

The Great Chu Empire has leaped from an Empire that dominated one side to a super imperial dynasty that rules over all directions.

And the Great Chu Academy has naturally become the supreme Holy Land for cultivation in the hearts of countless young people.

"Yes. Everything is still the same."

Qin Wushang stood beside her, his gaze sweeping over the familiar peaks and palaces.

"But the youth of that year is no longer the youth of that year."

The Prodigies of the same batch as him have left, died, or gone missing.

Those who are still alive are currently sparing no cost to break through to the Saint Venerable Realm.

All for that Emperors Path in the starry sky beyond the domains that is about to open.

"The Emperors Path..."

Qin Wushang murmured these two words.

"I do not know what kind of place that is."

Ye Hongfu looked at him and spoke slowly.

"The Emperors Path, according to those ten thousand years of memories, is the top trial ground for the myriad races of the heavens."

"Entering there, you either become a king and dominate, stepping on the bones of enemies to reach the absolute pinnacle, or you become a pile of dry bones under someone else's feet, ignored by all."

"There, there is no background, no family, no one cares whose son you are, whose Disciple you are..."

"Only the strong are the only truth."

Qin Wushang was silent, his gaze cast towards the distant horizon.

Ye Hongfu continued, "The Emperors Path is not a road, it is a span of time."

"Those who walk on that road are either crushed by time or grow within time."

"Time is like a blade that slashes at Prodigies; throughout history, how many brilliant and talented people have fallen on this road."

She paused and added, "The rules on the Emperors Path are also very simple: if you do not advance, you retreat; if you do not retreat, you die."

"Every step forward requires stepping on the bones of countless Prodigies of the same rank."

"Everyone who walks on the Emperors Path has no friends, only enemies; no allies, only opponents."

"Even if you are brothers today, facing a Heaven-Defying Opportunity, tomorrow you might be at each other's throats."

Qin Wushang did not reply.

He knew that the Emperors Path was a road of no return.

Either walk to the end or die on the way.

...

Days passed one by one.

Qin Wushang and Ye Hongfu stayed on Qijian Peak and did not go anywhere.

In the early morning, the two watched the sunrise over the sea of clouds together.

Ye Hongfu leaned on his shoulder, her long hair tousled by the morning breeze; he did not rush her, reaching out to tuck it behind her ear.

During the day, Ye Hongfu practiced sword techniques on the peak, and he watched from the side, occasionally offering a few pointers.

When she was tired from practicing, she would rest, leaning on his lap to drink spiritual wine; the wine would trickle down the corner of her mouth, and he did not remind her, just watching.

At dusk, the two sat side by side on the cliff edge, watching the sunset dye the whole world golden.

Ye Hongfu would lean her head on his shoulder, her fingers drawing circles in his palm, saying nothing.

At night, the mountain breeze was cool, and she and he used the sky as a quilt and the earth as a bed, engaging in a wild battle.

A month or so passed just like that.

No cultivation, no fighting, no messy schemes and disputes.

Only two people, one peak, and the sunrise and sunset every day.

This was probably the most peaceful period of Qin Wushang's life.

This morning, as the two had just sat down by the cliff, a streak of light broke through the air from afar and landed on Qijian Peak.

"Junior Brother! There is movement in the Seal of Emperor Mountain!"

Qin Wushang raised an eyebrow.

Emperor Mountain.

That was the Forbidden Ground of the Great Chu Academy and the place where Chu Yuehua was in seclusion.

As soon as they returned, it was shrouded by a great formation, and even Qin Wushang could not enter.

"Is Revered Master coming out of seclusion?"

He whispered and stood up.

Ye Hongfu also stood up, straightened his collar for him, and then gave him a gentle push.

"Go."

"I also need to go into seclusion to advance my Dao of the sword further."

Qin Wushang looked at her, nodded, and turned to step into the air and leave.

...

Emperor Mountain.

Qin Wushang returned to the front of the wooden house.

He stepped inside, just about to speak, when he froze in his tracks.

On the bamboo bed, a woman sat cross-legged.

She was wearing a plain white bodice, the thin fabric barely covering the curves of her chest, with large areas of snow-white skin exposed.

It was not Chu Yuehua!

If it were Chu Yuehua, Qin Wushang would not have been so moved!

It was!

The Immortal Lord.

She just sat cross-legged on the bamboo bed, her posture lazy and casual, as if this dilapidated bamboo hut were a heavenly palace, and she were a Fairy of the Nine Heavens untainted by the mortal world.

Qin Wushang stood frozen at the doorway, looking at that perfect delicate body, unable to help swallowing his saliva.

"So big!"

"Hum!"

Suddenly, an incomparably cold aura emerged, instantly locking onto him.

The Immortal Lord opened her eyes!

A pair of beautiful eyes looked over, meeting his gaze, the snow-white peaks on her chest heaving violently.

"Bang!"

Before Qin Wushang could react, he was blasted away.

"No! Why are you so unreasonable?"