Chapter 1450: Chapter 896: Emperor Gu_2

Soon, as they approached the vortex, the divine light converged, shimmering like rippling water.

A tall figure stepped out from it.

With sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes, he possessed an imposing presence, handsome and elegant, with hair like black satin and eyes like deep pools, radiating a bright and piercing light. His entire body’s majestic divine might was inwardly restrained, his tall and slender figure standing with one hand behind his back, like an emperor descending here.

“As expected, the adult’s divine foresight was right. The passage to Above the Upper Heaven lies in the deepest part of The Boundary Sea.”

Gu Chen gazed distantly at the ever-spinning gold, silver, and red tricolor vortex, and thought to himself.

After stepping into the Quasi-Immortal Emperor, Jiang Hui had revealed some more secrets to Gu Chen, including Above the Upper Heaven and the passage leading there.

These things would eventually be known to his disciples, but being a Quasi-Immortal Emperor was the basic qualification for the heavenly pride. Without reaching this level, telling them would just unnecessarily burden them.

Although he never had any noble ideas of sacrifice for righteousness in his heart, all he did was merely for survival.

But he couldn’t stop his disciples from having such thoughts; he did not oppose them but did not encourage them without sufficient strength.

“With my current strength, though I would be an intruder concerning this vortex, I could enter. However, the adult once mentioned certain things about Above the Upper Heaven. Though it was just a few words, it’s clear that even the adult regards it with great caution. Forcibly breaking in would be meaningless. But that one-eyed tiger can neutralize the Dao Fruit bombardment of the Heavenly Eye Divine Lion; its bloodline is extraordinary. It can be captured and hidden within Cave Heaven. Besides, the adult said my karma is limited, allowing me to block some peering…”

After a moment, Gu Chen retracted his gaze and, after hesitating for a while, headed straight towards the vortex.

The Quasi-Immortal Emperor was not his goal; he intended to reach the end of this path.

Gu Chen also believed that with his talent and intelligence, he had the strength and the right to go further.

After stepping into the Quasi-Emperor, he reversed all previous realms and found his opportunity for True Emperor achievement in the Cave Heaven Realm.

Others’ Cave Heaven Realm could have at most ten Cave Heavens, like Shi Hao, who merged ten into one, but he had as many as one hundred and eight Cavern Heavens.

Gu Chen used his vitality as a guide, the Emperor Road’s rules as his path, melting all into the one hundred and eight Cave Heavens, transforming them into cages.

Apart from the Ten Evil heavenly visions brought by his physique, he also needed to completely integrate various Ferocious Beasts’ Primordial Spirits into the remaining ninety-eight Cave Heavens. When all were filled, he could transform and step into the Immortal Emperor’s Realm.

The stronger the Ferocious Beasts he integrated, the greater the enhancement and the higher the probability of breaking through to the Immortal Emperor’s Realm.

He had traveled from the Immortal Domain, traversing All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds, and finally reached The Boundary Sea before discovering the perfect choice, one he naturally could not easily forsake.

…

Above the Upper Heaven.

Here it was desolate, shrouded in gray mist, like a cage never seeing daylight.

The lonely smoke from the desert stretched straight, between heaven and earth, vast and boundless.

Looking around, the ground was deep, empty, and silent, appearing exceptionally grand yet more so unspeakably desolate and bleak.

Here was chaotic, as the red earth was scattered with marks left by various weapons, the ground crisscrossed with ravines, not naturally formed, but torn open by tremendous power, like flesh shredded by sharp blades.

Especially at the horizon’s end, a line seemed to tear the flesh into two halves, whereby even The Boundary Sea was not one-tenth as enormous and rugged as that Abyss.

The Abyss was deep, pitch-black inside, even swallowing light, entwined with black mist at its mouth, like a giant bloody maw hidden in the dark.

“Rumble…”

Black flames erupted from the Abyss, like an unending volcanic eruption.

Above, black ashes flew, only to rain down again, like falling snowflakes.

If one passed through these black flames, they would see at the bottom of the unfathomable Abyss, a terrifying number of decaying corpses of various races, piled horrifically and sinisterly.

Corpses accumulated into mountains, some points even protruding above the surface.

These bodies were in tragic states, some with missing limbs, blood and flesh blurred, as if having endured endless torment; some with twisted faces, eyes wide open, staring at the sky, seemingly narrating their fear and unwillingness before death.

They died with unresolved intentions, as if waiting for something, the cold wind whispering eerily, as if it were scraping skin, a voiceless scream of hopelessness and despair permeating throughout the Abyss, chilling to the bone.

As one went deeper, the gray mist thickened, to the point where even for an Immortal Emperor, it became impossible to see clearly, obscuring vision.

However, as one went deeper, the number of corpses visually decreased.

Nonetheless, among those qualified to fall here, the lowest were Immortal Kings, and there was no shortage of Supreme Giants, some even having condensed a trace of Quasi-Immortal Emperor’s aura.

Even in demise, they were still not something to be directly observed, as the Great Taoist Rules still circulated over the remnants.

Yet, no matter how glorious or powerful these corpses were in life, now they were just passing spectacles, forgotten in time.

At this time, amidst the gloomy mist, heavy footsteps approached.

In the next moment.

A dazzling cold light flashed from the sky, slicing through the thick, impenetrable gray mist like a curtain.

A mighty figure from the Human Race arrived here, seemingly having undergone unimaginable battles, covered in blood, their once precious armor now tattered and torn.

“Kill!”

At this moment, the mighty figure from the Human Race suddenly shouted, then fiercely swung the Curved Blade King Sword forward.

The blade light, like a dragon, tore through the gray mist, carrying an unyielding will, determined to clear the way ahead.

Once again, the gray mist gathered from all directions, gradually forming into substance, with heavy breathing emerging faintly, like an ancient beast awakening from slumber, exuding a daunting majesty. Then a blood-red flaming figure emerged from the mist, immense in size like a small mountain frantically moving, fierce and cruel, eyes shining with bloodthirsty cold light, pouncing out from the mist.

It was none other than the One-Eyed Giant Tiger.

The presence of this One-Eyed Giant Tiger was exaggeratedly potent, not at all weaker than the mighty individual from the Human Race, perhaps even slightly dominant.

Simultaneously as it charged out, the One-Eyed Giant Tiger’s tail, like a steel whip, twisted wildly like a viper, hissing through the air as it struck at the thrown Curved Blade King Sword.

“Clang!”

The crisp sound of metal clashing rang out, as if iron was wailing in a fierce skirmish.

Instantly, sparks flew, the King Sword and the tiger’s tail clashed, erupting in brilliant sparks. Although the King Sword was sharp, in front of the tiger’s tail like steel, it seemed feeble, directly shattered and thrust into the ground nearby, trembling slightly, then broke.

“Boom!”

At this moment, the Human Race mighty figure punched out, fist winds like dragons with a mountainous force, striking towards the side of the tiger. However, the One-Eyed Giant Tiger seemed to anticipate this in advance, sidestepping easily to dodge this attack. At the same time, it swung its sharp claws, as swift as lightning, towards the mighty figure’s chest.

The Human Race mighty figure reacted quickly, retreating violently, yet despite this, the front of his clothing was still torn by the tiger’s claws, blood streaming out like a fountain.

In the end, he was swallowed whole by the tiger, disappearing into the gray mist.

The One-Eyed Giant Tiger licked the blood at the corner of its mouth contentedly, then turned and vanished into the depths of the mist, leaving behind a void of silence and endless despair.

Such occurrences were no longer surprising to it.

Throughout the ages, stubborn beings had attempted to resist their rule, to stop the ancestors from sacrificing lives, sacrificing All Heavens, but they were no more than ants trying to stop a chariot.

But at this very moment.

The One-Eyed Giant Tiger’s expression suddenly changed, its originally scarlet fur standing on end like static.

Dust sprayed on the ground as the giant tiger sensed an immense danger and leaped to the side at the first opportunity, but midway, its figure abruptly halted as if suspended in mid-air.

A set of long fingers gripped its head tightly, a vast force directly slamming the tiger’s body onto the rocky ground below.

“Boom!”

In an instant, the spot where the giant tiger landed seemed to have exploded violently, uncountable rocks shattered, leveling the area, and the tiger’s body broke apart under the impact, with blood and flesh flying. Its Primordial Spirit had just attempted to make an escape under the cover of the dust but was caught by an invisible giant hand and pulled back after just a hundred meters.