The Great Ruler: Starting from the Dark Ages

Chapter 115 Immortal Monk
Duan De followed Xu He's fingertip and saw a pool of blue blood and a blurry mass of flesh suddenly appear, which was extremely out of place with the surrounding environment.

Although his face and race were no longer discernible, his clothing caught Duan De's attention.

"Clothing from the Chaotic Ancient Era?" Duan De murmured, his eyes narrowing slightly.

He turned his head to look at the gap in the edge of the universe, and his pupils immediately contracted. He exclaimed, "Could it be that they have returned to fight again?"

For some reason, a projection of the Immortal War suddenly appeared in Duan De's mind.

It was a harvest of one era after another, a great purge, filled with blood and chaos. Not to mention the supreme beings of humanity, even the powerful immortals perished in it.

The starry sky exploded, and the universe was reversed.

That was true darkness and turmoil, that was true eternal day and night.

A catastrophe struck all the realms, countless star fields were shattered...

"Wake up!" Xu He shouted, heading towards Duan De, who was muttering to himself and had a strange expression.

"I..." Duan De's eyes finally regained their former clarity, and he continued to breathe heavily.

"It seems like I'm missing a part of my memory."

This feeling couldn't be wrong. He was also a representative of emperors and sovereigns, and now he could sense something gradually disappearing from his mind like flowing water.

He tried hard to recall, but the harder he tried, the more blurred his memory became. He wanted to reach the truth, but it seemed that he was forever separated by a layer of fog.

Xu He narrowed his eyes slightly. Not only him, but several Supreme Beings had also sensed the strange state of Duan De.

This is absolutely not the behavior expected of a great emperor who has lived through several lifetimes.

Unless... this involves some real secret.

"Do you still remember the Desolate Emperor?" Xu He asked.

Duan De was taken aback. The fog in his mind seemed to dissipate at this moment, gradually revealing a tall, upright, and incomparably majestic figure.

“I remember, I once shared a drink with him.” Duan De seized the fleeting moment to speak.

As soon as the words were spoken, the Azure Emperor, the Spirit Treasure Celestial Venerable, and the mysterious new emperor all showed a jolt of surprise.

The legend of the Desolate Emperor is so ancient that very few people in the world know about it.

But as emperors and sovereigns, they had heard some of the secrets.

There were doubts and questions, but one thing was beyond question: the Eastern Wilderness Divine Artifact, the Desolate Tower, truly existed, and it was indeed a celestial artifact, an object that absolutely transcended the level of human life. There was no possibility of it being faked, and they would never be so blind as to misidentify it.

Now, the Tribulation-Crossing Celestial Venerable has revealed the greatest secret in nearly a million years.

The Azure Emperor's expression was somewhat strange. He knew the name of the Desolate Heavenly Emperor, but he still had a strange feeling in his heart.

For some reason, he always felt that he had a past relationship with the Desolate Emperor, or that he owed the Desolate Emperor a great favor.

But he was also quite certain that he had never met the Desolate Emperor.

"Could it be that it has awakened memories of a past life?" the Azure Emperor wondered.

The mysterious new emperor also looked intently at Duan De. He knew that the person in front of him was the Heavenly Venerable of Tribulation, and even knew that this person had actually been the Underworld Emperor.

I thought that creating the mythological era and establishing the underworld was already extremely mysterious, but I never expected that this mythological celestial being actually had connections with mythological figures.

Lingbao Tianzun gave Dujie Tianzun a deep look.

The two knew each other before and had even sat down to discuss the Dao, but Lingbao Tianzun had only ever regarded him as a senior and a fellow Daoist. He never imagined that he would actually know the legendary Desolate Emperor and even share drinks with him.

This is enough to illustrate the mystery and antiquity of the Heavenly Venerable of Tribulation Crossing, but he was even more curious about something else.

All the secrets we see today were revealed to us through the patient guidance of one person. The emperors all knew this, and at this moment, all three of them were looking at Xu He.

He can revive the Heavenly Venerable Emperor, knows secrets of the past and present, and possesses extraordinary cultivation abilities.

Heavenly Emperor, Heavenly Emperor, how many more mysteries have you yet to unveil?
"What did you see after the Imperial War?" Xu He didn't notice the burning gazes of the emperors, or perhaps he did, but didn't care.

"After the war between emperors... the Immortal Realm was shattered..." Duan De's eyes were filled with confusion and unease, and he lost the divine aura of his former Heavenly Venerable.

"A step too late... the dark army... burial ground..."

Although it was incredibly slow, Duan De did manage to utter some useful information, and Xu He, seeing this, did not wake Duan De up.

Because there are very few records of what happened after that battle, the real gap is only in the phrase "the Heavenly Venerable who transcended tribulation created the mythological era".

"I understand." After muttering for a while, Duan De's eyes regained their clarity. He looked at Xu He for a long, long time before finally speaking softly:
"Perhaps you are not him, but you are definitely the one I'm waiting for."

Perhaps this is the first time in Duan De's history that he has been so certain.

He had indeed lost a piece of his memory, or rather, if his memories of the Desolate Emperor hadn't been so deep that digging into the Desolate Emperor and the Taiyin Jade Rabbit had become an obsession, he might have truly forgotten the Chronicles of Chaos.

But he is now absolutely certain.

The world is broken, and so is the Immortal Realm. The Desolate Emperor has the ability to repair it, but he went to the heavens alone.

Duan De did not believe that someone like the Desolate Emperor could die, and thought that he must be waiting for something.

There's only one possibility: he's waiting for someone who can stand out from the crowd.

Now, based on all of Xu He's previous achievements and the countless secrets he knew, he had a general idea.

In the end, Duan De only gave Xu He a deep look, without uttering his thoughts, and instead looked at the shapeless blue creature and said:

"I saw similar attire when I went to the Immortal Realm, so I suppose it was also worn by cultivators from the Immortal Realm during the Chaotic Ancient Era."

"As for the aura emanating from him..."

Duan De carefully sensed the eerie and sinister aura, and slowly spoke:

"Was it the work of the Dark Army? Or perhaps, after that, another crisis erupted in the Immortal Realm?"

The supreme beings remained silent, as still as a stagnant pool of water.

Xu He remained calm and composed. Everyone present was interested in the hooks that Duan De was selling, but since Duan De was unwilling to talk about it, Xu He didn't bother to ask.

At that moment, he reached out to grab the pool of blue flesh and blood that still emitted black energy.

As soon as he made a move, Lingbao Tianzun's expression became tense.

He recalled the Emperor's actions in the past, and for a moment he was in a daze. Then he resolutely took action and interrupted Xu He's unfinished movement.

"The Heavenly Emperor must not."

Lingbao Tianzun was about to say something to persuade them, but before he could organize his thoughts, the blue creature suddenly began to move.

The black energy erupted at this moment, becoming increasingly dense, shaking out an eerie and sinister aura that reverberated throughout the heavens and the earth.

Finally, it transformed into a human form and broke free from the pool of blue flesh and blood.

All the emperors were on high alert at this moment. This sudden change was unprecedented, and the discomfort they felt almost made them take action.

"Don't kill him. My 'Scripture of Salvation' seems worth a try."

(End of this chapter)