The Ancient Saint Emperor of the Heaven-shading

Chapter 293 Three Emperors Emerge, Six Emperors Battle!
They claim to be the founders and ancestors, and hold a position at the pinnacle of Taoism.

Quasi-Immortal Emperor is insufficient to describe it; even supreme beings pale in comparison; ultimate evolvers are too one-sided. Such an existence can only be described in two words:
Dao! Ancestor!
The ancestor of a path, the master of a way, the creator and founder of a system.

After many years, a new being has been born in all the heavens and myriad realms, a new Dao Ancestor since the fall of the Emperor.

Wang Hongwu stood tall in the heavens, with the Tai Sui medicinal tree swaying behind him. Each leaf held a cluster of universes, supporting a Dao fruit. The leaves were endless, constantly generating new ones, forming a multiverse. Within his body, the human body and the heavens roared, finally taking shape.

The Primordial Immortal Realm, the Dark Realm, the Three Tribulations Realm, the Annihilation Realm, the Soul Light Realm, the Chaos Realm, the Star Feather Realm, and the Realm Sea, among other great realms, emerged, connected by the Cycle of Reincarnation, reaching the Thirty-Three Heavens above and the Ancient Underworld below, forming the prototype of a human body-based universe.

As it is completed in the future, the Four Extremes Floating Soil, the River of Souls, the Burial Pit of the Heavenly Emperor, the Azure Sky, the Calamity Soil, the Sacrifice Sea, and so on will appear, making it truly complete. In Wang Hongwu's vision, it should form its own worldview, with its own origin and historical context, staging one magnificent epic after another, and the arrival of the protagonist of destiny, etc.

At this moment, the Great Dao was moved, and the rules resonated. In an instant, all the heavens were in harmony with him, shining with auspicious light and releasing peaceful energy in response to his birth, all celebrating the birth of a Dao Ancestor.

Throughout history, it has been rare for emperors to be born in the heavens, but when they do emerge, most of them are Dao Ancestors rather than Quasi-Immortal Emperors who follow the paths established by their predecessors. This is both a blessing and a curse.

But in this lifetime, things will be different, because there will be more than one Dao Ancestor!
At this moment, the Great Void Fire and the Ancient Universe Flame ignited around Wang Hongwu, fiercely burning and resonating with the Primordial Furnace, allowing the Mother Gold of All Things and the Mother Gold of Darkness in his body to merge into one, transforming into pure Origin Mother Gold. Its color was brilliant and dreamlike, and it was also surrounded by a circle of tribulation light, giving his body an additional layer of hazy light and shadow.

Not only his physical body, but also his human realms were covered with a layer of Origin Mother Gold, which was far more magnificent and powerful than the normal Great Realms. In a sense, each realm could be considered a weapon, a divine weapon forged from the Great Realms and Origin Mother Gold.

Boom! As Wang Hongwu stepped out of the Tongtian Land, the world trembled violently, the Great Dao roared, and countless rules appeared, spanning the long river of time from ancient to modern times.

"What happened?" "A grand welcome from all heavens, with all realms offering their rites?"

"Could it be that someone has broken the kingship and become an emperor?"

All realms trembled and trembled, an astonishing event.

Even a Celestial King couldn't know what had happened at this moment; he could only barely sense that an extraordinary figure had been born.

It seemed as if an imperial throne hung high above, illuminating all the heavens.

The next moment, Wang Hongwu raised his hand and summoned the primordial imperial fire from Shi Hao's body. An aura belonging to an emperor appeared on it, which was the contingency plan left behind by the person who fell from the imperial era.

His remains and his essence are both contained within, enabling him to return.

"You helped me refine the ancient artifact in the past, and now I am guiding you back. It is all cause and effect."

Wang Hongwu spoke, and he actually wove various Dao chains into clothes, covered in endless Dao fragments, bathed in a divine halo, and the river of time appeared beneath his feet, allowing him to cross it!
Surrounding him was the vast world, countless universes, endless Dao patterns, and rich time energy. He walked along the river of time, unharmed even as the heavens decayed and declined.

In that long river, the marks and traces of the emperor were scattered. He existed and was not completely erased. The primordial mark appeared on Wang Hongwu's back, and he himself became the source of the Great Dao. He was defining time, weaving ancient history, and taking in those scattered marks, injecting them into the imperial fire.

"I will gather the essence of an era for you, so that your soul may return!"

Wang Hongwu remained calm as he made a grabbing motion towards the direction of the dark land. Runes flowed around his body, making him indestructible and exuding an overwhelming aura of the Great Dao. This caused many beings from the Boundary Sea to nearly collapse to the ground, wanting to prostrate themselves in worship. He had actually extracted an entire era from that realm and condensed it into a great medicinal herb.

That is a timeline, and also history. It is not a true disruption of time or a shift in spacetime, but rather a different kind of extraction, stealing the era and history of that world, which even affects living beings.

This herb, however, fell into the Emperor's Fire, saving him an entire era of recuperation.

Then, on the seawall, a line of faint footprints appeared, slowly walking from ancient times, until a hazy figure emerged, dressed in a blue brocade robe. He was handsome and refined, and sighed softly, "Thank you for your trouble, fellow Daoist. The Dark Land is more dangerous than I thought."

He had been on guard at the time, but he never expected that three emperors would appear. The end result was the fall of the emperors. This was the inevitability of history. It was already difficult to return with a backup plan. This was also because he had preserved most of his primordial spirit. Otherwise, even an era of recuperation would not have been enough to restore it.

“There is still one person who has not yet returned. Fellow Daoist, please go and wait.” Wang Hongwu nodded slightly, then took a step forward and descended into the Immortal Realm.

With a single sweep of his divine sense, he discovered that many ancient practitioners had been affected, corrupted by dark matter, and were about to be transformed into fallen beings.

"The cultivation system is indeed corrupted; the Azure Emperor's side is indeed connected to something ominous." Wang Hongwu smiled. Perhaps when he crossed the Boundary Sea and attacked the Four Emperors, ominous beings would appear.

The next moment, his system activated, and throughout the vast Immortal Realm and the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, wherever there was a temple dedicated to him, the statues within lit up, resounding with a grand voice:
"The Grand Duke Jupiter has a spirit, which is both whole and divided. All things have spirits, and it engraves the old stories of the heavens, so that all things return to oneness and it depicts the paths of all worlds."

In an instant, the Origin Mother Gold appeared throughout the temple, radiating brilliant divine light, benefiting both the two realms, absorbing all the dark matter within every living being, and even tracing it back to the world of the ancient magic system.

This is a realm invisible to ordinary people. Only pioneers, founders, and Dao ancestors can enter. Wang Hongwu immediately saw a mass of dark imperial blood enveloping the remnants of an ancient king from the Immortal Realm, which was the source of the pollution.

With a flick of the finger, a primordial furnace manifested, igniting the fire of the vast sky and the flames of the ancient cosmos, burning away this drop of blood and its remnants, thus eliminating the threat of corruption.

Now that they are both Dao Ancestors, Cang Di's methods are naturally no challenge for him. He can resolve them in the blink of an eye. That dark substance is troublesome for others, but for him, it is just a tonic.

"It's the Heavenly King! The Heavenly King's statue has manifested!" In the Immortal Realm, all the kings were shocked. They noticed this change and were even more excited because the power that had affected them had disappeared, and the system had returned to normal.

A cheer erupted throughout the heavens and earth. Everyone knew that the Heavenly King had returned. Shi Hao had risen to power and quelled the great calamity of corruption, and his return had resolved the hidden dangers.

"Has he become an emperor?" Qi Yu murmured to himself. With this premonition, and recalling the strange phenomena that had shocked the heavens before, he was most likely right.

Soon, news of the Heavenly King breaking the King's sight of the Emperor spread like wildfire, causing a huge uproar.

In the past, he was honored as the Father, who reigned supreme, and was called the King of Kings. Now, some people honor him as: God! "God" is the title for the ruler of the world, and "above" means above heaven, higher than heaven. Together they are called God.

"It's really come to this?"

In the Immortal Realm, King Liangtian and King Fudi exchanged a glance, feeling as if it were a dream. The Ming King who had once stormed into the Immortal Realm had actually become an Emperor.
On this day, the land connecting heaven and earth shone with a magnificent light, originating from another system: the Human Body Secret Realm Method.

Unlike in the past when external pressure was too great and the only way to fight was to brutally suppress the gods above one's head into one's body, this time Shi Hao evolved a more refined path, combining the laws of the heavens, the laws of the secret realm, and the laws of the mortal world, rendering these gods into a scroll that contained all his experiences, all his expectations, all his pursuits and ideals.

This painting depicts the vastness of the mortal world, the warmth of a stone village, the sea of ​​suffering as a prison where all beings struggle to cross, the lofty realm of immortals where kings shout at the pinnacle of enlightenment, and the hazy heavens overlooking the mortal realm as it faces calamity. From ancient times to the present, and even into the vast future, everything is presented within, continuously depicting a multitude of characters.

Every person, every realm, every ancient history, and every possible future can be derived from this, thus achieving the freedom of transformation and eternal freedom in all time and space!
This is the method evolved by Shi Hao, a scroll painting of all the heavens throughout the ages.

He is free to transform, he wields the brush, he splashes ink, creating eternity.

Wang Hongwu's "The Origin of the Primordial Heavenly King's Way" and "The Lord of Freedom Draws Cause and Effect," and Shi Hao's "There are gods three feet above your head" and "The Scroll of All Heavens Through the Ages," are all related to their beliefs and experiences, and even more so to their laws, representing their own paths.

The Immortal Emperor looked at them with great surprise, not expecting that the two Dao Ancestors of later generations would be so strong, with outstanding combat power from the very beginning.

"My two Taoist friends, I've been waiting for a long time."

In an instant, Shi Hao appeared outside the Immortal Realm, dressed in white, with heroic sword-like eyebrows and a powerful shoulder and waist. Behind him, a vast ancient scroll was faintly revealed.

The three Great Dao Ancestors coexisted in the same era!

This is an unprecedented spectacle of the heavens; it can be described as a miracle.

One is a Dao Ancestor who rose to prominence before the fall of the Emperors, another is a Dao Ancestor who traversed the ages to prove his Dao during reincarnation, and the third is a Dao Ancestor who soared to the heavens during the chaotic ancient era. All three possess the ability to suppress the world.

Together, they can easily eliminate the troubles on the other side of the border sea.

The Three Ancestors swept across the land, annihilating the Four Emperors!
"It's time." The Emperor of the Immortal Realm spoke. His name was buried in history. All that remained was a tower and a door. That door was later called the Primal Gate, but it was actually the tool he used to cross the Boundary Sea. The other side of the door was the Boundary Sea.

Therefore, he told the two of them to call him the First Emperor.

"Let's set off." Wang Hongwu nodded, his gaze fixed on the other side of the boundary sea, where he could feel the tremors.

Shi Hao nodded and made arrangements for the affairs of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. During this period, Meng Tianzheng also became a Celestial King and successfully walked the path of using his body as a seed. However, even so, there were no living beings in the world who could walk with them.

Only emperors can participate in this battle.

As the three walked towards the dam, the previously turbulent chaos in the Boundary Sea was instantly quelled. There were no more bloodshed among the Immortal Kings, and the peace was unbelievable. "Three Emperors have appeared out of nowhere."

"The most glorious years in history, worth remembering."

One of the Celestial Kings remarked that what was remarkable was that no one refuted it; since the era of the Fallen Emperors, no one had ever reached this point in recorded history.

Wang Hongwu, Shi Hao, and the First Emperor walked side by side, crossing the dike and heading towards the border sea. Time seemed to swirl beneath their feet, ancient history unfolded beneath their feet, and the future was paved before them.

Wherever the emperor went, all submitted.

Everyone was shocked; their very souls trembled.

On the embankment, three faint footprints appeared, clear and glaring to the kings.

The marks were very conspicuous. Although the footprints were faint, they were truly imprinted on the surface. It was difficult to find any other traces here!

Three rows of footprints? The group of people were stunned, then suddenly realized that only emperors could leave their marks!
Three emperors soared across the sky, crossing the boundary sea!

"The emperor of yesteryear, who failed to quell the rebellion after leaving the Immortal Realm, is now being guided back by the God of War. With three emperors joining forces, can they succeed?"

By now, people know a lot of things, all of which were revealed by Shi Hao. When they think of these things, their hearts sink. They failed back then, but will they succeed now?

With all three emperors present, there should be no danger, right?

In fact, not to mention this era, even looking across the past and present, no one has been able to stand at that height since the era of the fallen emperors, and now we have reached the pinnacle.

The Boundary Sea, this vast world, could hardly affect them anymore. It was directly absorbed by Wang Hongwu with a flick of his finger. Strictly speaking, if they didn't care about the Immortal Kings in the Boundary Sea, they could have easily slapped them to pieces and then stepped across or leisurely crossed it. However, due to the special nature of the human body and the heavens, there was no need for that.

"The Emperor has arrived! We are invincible! Run!"

The Boundary Sea was in chaos. Upon learning of this, all the powerful figures fled in panic, much like cattle and sheep fleeing the birth of a dragon. They dared not linger.

Ignoring the chaotic fleeing creatures, the Three Emperors descended upon the other side of the Boundary Sea. Here, spacetime was disordered, and the years changed, as if it did not belong to the human world. There was the light of the future shining, and fragments of the past flowing, beyond comprehension.

There, a gray dike appeared, stretching across the horizon, truly bringing us to this side of the world, with what seemed like a vast and boundless land behind us.

However, it was pitch black there, and even an emperor could only see a blurry outline. The laws here were different and very complicated.

"Emperors! Three emperors?"

In the distance, a group of old-timers stared wide-eyed in astonishment, their faces filled with shock, finding it all unbelievable.

They endured countless hardships and tribulations, like a hundred lifetimes of reincarnation, to reach this point. What was the purpose? Wasn't it to go further, to break through the dark land, and ultimately become an emperor?

As a result, three beings who had broken through to become emperors suddenly appeared from outside the Boundary Sea.

The secret to breaking through the king's grasp and meeting the emperor lies not on the other side at all, so what's the point of their miserable lives?
A deep sense of frustration welled up in their hearts. Before they could think any further, two figures appeared in the distance, protected by imperial light. They were the butcher and the chicken farmer.

They came here hoping to lend the three a hand, but Shi Hao shook his head and said, "You can't help with this battle. Go back and protect the various realms."

The two nodded, then looked at Wang Hongwu with complicated expressions. The fake medicine seller had indeed succeeded. Even the battle of the Fallen Emperor could not stop him. When they met again, he had indeed broken through the King and become the Emperor.

"It is fate that we meet." Wang Hongwu raised his hand and pointed, and the secrets of breaking through the King's throne were imprinted in the minds of the two men. It would be good to have more helpers.

In the distance, another Immortal King caught his attention. It was none other than the Lucky Immortal King from back then. He had not died and had even managed to come to the vicinity of the dam.

"Pharmacist, as you know, I am incredibly lucky." King Hongyun gave a wry smile. When it comes to combat techniques, he is not outstanding, but his royal method specializes in the way of luck, and he is truly lucky.

"Good, see you another day." Wang Hongwu nodded slightly, bestowed upon him an eternal spiritual light to protect him, and then looked into the depths of darkness.

After doing all this, the three of them stepped onto the embankment on the other side without looking back.

The Dark Land is truly different; the laws are different, and the Great Dao is strange. It is pitch black, with no end in sight, as if we have arrived at the edge of the universe.

This is a desolate land, permeated with black death energy. There are also some ribbon-like black mists swirling around a longevity herb, which is also jet black and exudes an eerie aura, completely darkening the landscape.

The three looked down and saw that the vast black land was boundless. There were no plants on the road ahead, it was barren and there was no sign of life. The First Emperor said that only by crossing the dark land could they see the ultimate ancient land.

In the pitch-black ancient land, only the three of them traveled together. Dressed in white robes, green robes, and purple armor, their three colors became the dazzling center of attention, captivating the eyes of all the kings within the dried-up sea. They too wanted to know the final development and outcome.

Finally, they arrived at a group of buildings, magnificent and enormous, built in an unknown era. Their imposing presence was awe-inspiring, and any king who came here would be overwhelmed and unable to resist submitting and bowing down.

Most strikingly, in front of that building stood a monument, dripping with blood, inscribed with two large characters: Heavenly Court!
The blood was black, and the stone tablet bore fragments of runes from time, flowing with the power of the dark origin.

As they approached the central hall, a commotion arose. A voice suddenly rang out, ancient, weathered, and yet compelling: "Pilgrims, devout and sincere, have come from the other side of the sea, bowing with every step, just to pay homage to me. You are disrespectful, arriving with murderous intent!"

The voice was terrifying, like an invincible emperor questioning and looking down upon his beings, enough to make all living things tremble, their very essence turning to dust in the blink of an eye.

"A court audience? What a joke! Emperor Cang, as a fellow Dao Ancestor, you stand at the pinnacle of all heavens. Who dares to put on airs and display your majesty?" The First Emperor rebuked, directly exposing the speaker's identity and background.

"Those who speak falsely are blaspheming the Emperor and defying His command, and will be condemned to the sea of ​​sin; their names will be branded on the execution platform, their bodies will be beheaded and their paths destroyed, and their sins will be redeemed in the fires of the underworld; only by chanting my true name can one attain eternal life in the cycle of reincarnation." Wang Hongwu spoke, his voice booming, breaking through time and space, accompanied by the power of the ages, as if it had come from billions of years ago.

"Who claims to be invincible? Who dares to say they are undefeated! None have seen them throughout the ages!" Shi Hao, dressed in white, walked arrogantly, looking down on the Dark Heavenly Court and disdaining the Azure Emperor. His voice carried an invincible sharpness that resonated through the ages.

Suddenly, the First Emperor sensed something was wrong. He turned to look at the two of them and was about to say something when a voice rang out again from within the Dark Heavenly Court.

"If you do not bow to the Emperor, you have already lost your true destiny. Your name is on the Reincarnation Stele. Bow with each step, and your sins will be halved on the road to rebirth, protecting your true spirit."

The figure of the Azure Emperor appeared from the throne of the Heavenly Court. He had a full head of gray hair, and even the whites of his eyes were gray. His imperial robes were old and ancient, but they looked loose and baggy on him. He also wore an imperial crown on his head, which flowed with nine-colored light, illuminating all living beings. However, black aura was also intertwined in the nine colors, which was thick and terrifying.

"One century, one autumn, all the heavens are like fallen flowers, withered and fallen; countless eons turn to dust and fall in a flurry, who will remain after a thousand autumns?"

The next moment, at the edge of the horizon, a purple-gold road appeared, rumbling and booming, surrounded by golden lotuses, divine birds flying, and the vast world trembling.

A being appeared, wearing a purple-gold crown, with a purple-gold face and a tall figure. Around him, celestial marks appeared in profusion, so oppressive that people felt suffocated.

A new Dark Dao Ancestor has suddenly appeared!

"Hongdi, you've arrived." Cangdi spoke, looking at the tall figure wearing a purple-gold crown. This being was revered as Hongdi and was also one of those who besieged and killed the First Emperor in the past.

"Where is the last one?" the First Emperor asked calmly. He had been defeated by three opponents when he was fighting alone, but things were very different today.

"Emperor Yu, come quickly and kill this anomaly!" At this moment, Emperor Hong spoke, his killing intent extremely strong, seemingly even more terrifying than that of the gray-haired Emperor Cang.

Then, deep within the ancient land, blazing light filled the sky, sacred and dazzling, illuminating eternity, cleaving through the river of time, and revealing the imperial might.

"You disregard the will of Heaven, disturbing my slumber!"

A deep voice shook the heavens and earth, and then, an unparalleled being was born. An ancient chariot, pulled by nine ancient beasts, arrived at breakneck speed.

On the chariot, holy light rained down, and an emperor stood up, looking down in this direction. He had a pair of holy wings on his back, and his whole being was powerful and holy, like a flawless supreme being, who had evolved to the most perfect state.

The third Dark Dao Ancestor!
Three emperors against three emperors!
At the same time, in a distant land, the long-abandoned cycle of reincarnation also reacted, violently shaking as living beings crossed over to this realm.

(End of this chapter)