97: Slay my Mingdao, and the Great Emperor will appear!

Gu Qingchen and Yun Guanwu both fell into the Void Realm temporal turbulence in the Heavenly Sword Abyss. Although she had a celestial venerable weapon protecting her, it wasn't 100% safe.

"In a sense, Yun Guanwu fell into the temporal turbulence because of me. No matter what, I must find her first.

However..."

Gu Qingchen's mind stirred, and he used the authority of the Reincarnation Immortal Seal to check the content of the upcoming trial.

"I can first see what the next assessment will be, so I can prepare for the next challenge."

The next moment, he captured a faint piece of information.

"The next stage is actually... the Transcendence Stage?"

Gu Qingchen was surprised.

According to the information, the Reincarnation Immortal Palace trials are divided into Great Dao trials and ordinary trials.

The trials An Zhiyu and Su Anning experienced were ordinary trials.

And what he experienced was the Great Dao trial!

Ordinary trials are divided into three stages: Combat Power Stage, Comprehension Ability Stage, and Primordial Spirit Stage.

Passing all three stages grants the qualification to participate in the Great Dao trials.

Gu Qingchen, however, participated in the Great Dao trial from the very beginning.

The Great Dao trials also consist of three stages: Combat Power Stage, Comprehension Ability Stage, and finally, the Transcendence Stage!

"Slaying Myself to Understand the Dao, Achieving Transcendence?"

According to the description in the information, in the Transcendence Stage, the trial participant must duel their 'Future Self'.

The Future Self perfectly inherits all of one's abilities and has no emotional weaknesses.

More importantly, since it's the Future Self, its strength must be even greater than the current self.

Not only is its cultivation Realm higher, but its understanding of Divine Ability, Cultivation Technique, and so on is also greater.

After the trial participant defeats the Future Self, they can devour and Fusion with the Future Self, gaining everything 'it' possesses.

"This..."

After understanding the requirements of the Transcendence Stage, Gu Qingchen was a bit bewildered: "An existence that perfectly inherits all of one's abilities, has no emotional weaknesses, has a higher cultivation Realm, and even a greater understanding of Cultivation Technique and Divine Ability?

How can that be defeated?"

With such requirements, no matter how much Gu Qingchen pondered, he couldn't think of any possibility of passing.

"Hoo..."

Finally, Gu Qingchen let out a long breath, shook his head, and said, "Let's find Yun Guanwu first. As for this Transcendence Stage, there's no hurry."

Currently, Gu Qingchen had basically taken control of the Reincarnation Immortal Palace.

Although he couldn't pack it up and take it away, he could hide it deep within the infinite Secret Realm of time and space, where even Great Emperor-level existences couldn't find it.

And he himself could return to the interior of the Immortal Palace at any time through the Reincarnation Immortal Seal.

So, this Immortal Palace could completely be considered his possession.

After making his decision, Gu Qingchen began to activate the Reincarnation Immortal Seal, preparing to hide the Immortal Palace deep within the infinite Secret Realm of time and space.

At the same time, he smiled at An Zhiyu and said, "Next, I'm going to look for Yun Guanwu. Do you want to come along?"

"Yun Guanwu?"

Hearing that name, An Zhiyu blinked: "Is that the Taixu Empress who was swept into the temporal turbulence with you, husband?"

"Empress?"

Gu Qingchen raised an eyebrow slightly, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

One must know that in this world, 'Empress' was not an ordinary title.

Only the direct daughter of a Great Emperor was qualified to be called an Empress!

"Yes, that's right."

An Zhiyu chuckled.

She leaned closer to Gu Qingchen and said, "What, husband, you're in such a hurry to save her that you don't even know her true identity?"

"Stop being cheeky."

Gu Qingchen smiled and tapped her smooth forehead: "She suffered misfortune because of me, so naturally, I can't just stand by."

"Awoo!"

After being tapped on the head, An Zhiyu let out a soft cry: "Husband actually hit me because of another woman, woo woo woo~~"

"..."

Seeing this, Gu Qingchen rubbed her head speechlessly: "Alright, alright, stop acting. Even a dog would shake its head at your acting."

"Hehe."

An Zhiyu gave a playful smile, reached out, and gently hooked her arm through Gu Qingchen's: "Alright, husband, I'll follow wherever you go. If you're going to look for Yun Guanwu, of course I'll help you find her."

...Meanwhile, outside the Immortal Palace.

The boundless sea of fire transformed from the Red Lotus Karma Fire gradually faded and extinguished, and the Demon Race armies who had survived were all greatly relieved.

However, the vast Immortal Palace, shimmering with immortal light, suddenly became illusory, then transformed into a phantom, growing fainter and fainter, until it completely vanished.

"What... what happened?"

"Where's the Immortal Palace? How did the Immortal Palace disappear?"

"Did the sudden disappearance of the Immortal Palace have something to do with the previous anomaly?"

"..."

At this, both the Demon Race from the Black Calamity Abyss and the Yin Soldiers and Bone Generals from the Netherworld Land were utterly astonished.

Lady White Bone even howled, "It must be that brat who entered the Immortal Palace! It must be him!

The previous sea of fire and the sudden disappearance of the Reincarnation Immortal Palace now are all caused by him!"

"Impossible!"

Heavenly Venerate Ling Ming still shook her head, denying it adamantly: "What kind of existence is the Reincarnation Immortal Palace? If one cannot pass the trial and gain control of the Immortal Palace, even a Great Emperor would be helpless against it!

And that brat you mentioned is only in the Dao-Peeking Realm cultivation, so how could he possibly pass the Immortal Palace trial?"

Having personally participated, she knew all too well the difficulty of the Immortal Palace trial.

"Perhaps he is a Prodigy of the Human Race?"

Buzz, buzz, buzz—

However, at this moment, this Void Realm suddenly boomed with myriad Daos.

Then, endless Netherworld Qi gathered like a tide, forming a majestic figure.

The moment this figure emerged, heaven and earth suddenly fell silent, as if even time itself had stopped at this instant.

The figure was towering, as if propping up the entire firmament, surrounded by boundless Chaos Qi, as if even heaven and earth could not bear its existence.

Just a trace of its leaked Aura caused the Void Realm to tremble like shattered glass.

"Great Emperor Incarnation!"

At this moment, whether it was the Yin Soldiers and Bone Generals of the Netherworld Land, Heavenly Venerate Ling Ming, or the countless Demon Race of the Black Calamity Abyss and Hong Mo Heavenly Venerate, all respectfully prostrated themselves in the Void Realm before that Incarnation.

While the two Heavenly Venerates felt dread, an infinite yearning also arose in their hearts.

"Great Emperor!

This is a Great Emperor!

Just an Incarnation formed by Netherworld Qi possesses such an Aura of being supreme among myriad Daos and invincible throughout the universe!"

There was only one major Realm separating a Heavenly Venerate and a Great Emperor.

But the difference in strength was like heaven and earth!

Even facing an Incarnation, there was a feeling of a tiny mayfly gazing at the vast sky.

That figure slowly opened its eyes, within which billions of stars seemed to revolve, profound as an abyss, cold as ice.

Wherever his gaze swept, the Void Realm shattered, Laws were annihilated, as if even heaven and earth trembled under his gaze.

"Where is the Reincarnation Immortal Palace?"

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