The Great Ruler: Starting from the Dark Ages

Chapter 177 Changing the Fate of the Fallen Emperor
The Corpse Immortal Emperor's chest was pierced, and his already damaged body was now even more mangled.

At this moment, the supreme and powerful force has already suppressed it.

Even his furious roar could not change his fate.

That incredibly powerful Emperor's Fist was something even an Emperor like him, who had achieved enlightenment long ago, could not withstand.

"You...you don't belong to this ancient history!" The broken corpse of the Immortal Emperor struggled to get up.

Feeling the vastness of the world, the great laws, principles, and order of the past and present, which once submitted to it, now all turn their spears against it, wanting to suppress and kill it.

This has never happened before.

Even a Celestial Emperor of the same level could not have done this.

The Corpse Immortal Emperor remembered very clearly that when his realm was not yet stable, and when those two strange Immortal Emperors descended, the laws of this world were helping him and repelling the other.

Now, all the laws of heaven and earth want to suppress and kill him, not even when facing those two strange immortal emperors.

The Corpse Immortal Emperor did not believe that this was due to his own fall into darkness.

Because that clear and intense killing intent was exactly the same as Xu He's.

"You are this world." The Corpse Immortal Emperor roared.

"When, when did you drag me into your world!"

Faced with the Corpse Immortal Emperor's roar, Xu He did not speak, nor did he want to explain.

In this world, he can do whatever he wants, something that the Heavenly Heart Mark cannot compare to.

This is who I am.

"Further words are useless; prepare to receive my Imperial Fist."

After speaking, Xu He threw another punch.

He and the Emperor Fist pushed forward together, and the Heavenly Emperor Fist reappeared in the world, causing the sky to collapse and the earth to crack, the boundary sea to shatter, and even the bones of the Corpse Immortal Emperor were blasted apart, with endless dark Emperor blood falling.

The black mist trembled continuously, and endless sources of darkness poured down.

In the past, contact with these dark institutions would have undoubtedly produced one after another fallen immortal king of the highest caliber.

But at this moment, the dense dark origin and the supreme Immortal Emperor runes were as weak as lambs to the slaughter.

Xu He merely stepped over from above, and the sacred and radiant divine light surrounding him evaporated and dissipated all darkness.

Xu He was supreme, incomparably glorious and majestic, while the corpse immortal emperor on the opposite side was utterly miserable and desolate.

The ironclad rule that the emperor is supreme seems to apply only to Xu He.

"If I die, you won't live either!"

The Corpse Immortal Emperor roared and howled, his remaining arm grabbing fiercely at Xu He. He was determined to fight to the death, to fight to the bitter end, and to never retreat!

His bone claws scattered with dark essence, making them incredibly ferocious and terrifying.

Unfortunately, Xu He, on the other hand, showed no fear whatsoever.

He coldly stared at the Corpse Immortal Emperor, and in the next instant, his unparalleled fist light shone brightly in the Boundary Sea.

The fierce wind from the punch swept across everything.

As the Emperor's Fist struck, the remaining arm of the Corpse Immortal Emperor shattered, causing him to lose his balance and collapse completely. He struggled for a long time but could not get up.

The radiance emanating from Xu He's body was truly terrifying.

Even he couldn't resist it.

From the very beginning of this battle, the divine radiance had been weakening him, and now, little of his dark essence remained.

It was almost at the point of exhaustion.

"Why is he so strong?" The Corpse Immortal Emperor looked at Xu He high in the sky in despair.

This is a way of looking up.

Ironically, not long ago, he sat on the imperial throne, coldly scrutinizing Xu He and even predicting his death.

Looking back, it's both laughable and embarrassing.

"If I were in my prime, you would never be my match." The Corpse Immortal Emperor looked down at Xu He and sneered.

Upon hearing this, Xu He merely sneered: "I can travel through time and the future and defeat you in any of your eras."

"The first time you see me, your strength will be closest to mine. After that, you can only look up at my back."

Xu He's words resonated throughout the past, present, and future, and the very laws of heaven and earth responded at that moment, as if acknowledging Xu He's words.

This enraged the Corpse Immortal Emperor.

He was the first emperor to create the world, an emperor of unparalleled power, with endless glory and pride. How could he be humiliated by Xu He like this?
He had originally given up struggling, but at this moment, he roared to the sky, wanting to rebuild his physical body. For this, he paid the price of having his primordial spirit burned, wanting to fight to the death.

Unfortunately, this was in front of Xu He.

It's all in vain. As long as it's on this battlefield, even Immortal Emperors of the same realm can only be crushed.

The Emperor's Fist struck again, shattering the Corpse Immortal Emperor's physical body and dimming his primordial spirit before it exploded completely.

Seeing that the Corpse Immortal Emperor was still struggling, Xu He merely snorted coldly:

“Every time you reorganize, I will suppress you.”

Having said that, he threw another punch, and the battle raged on for an unknown amount of time. Finally, the Corpse Immortal Emperor could no longer reassemble and was about to dissipate with his last breath.

The surrounding sea was completely shrouded in black mist, and the endless black blood and dark origins were still stubbornly trying to erode everything.

This is, after all, the origin of an Immortal Emperor. If it were to spread, the entire world would suffer a calamity.

Upon seeing this, Xu He once again shone brightly.

It is purifying everything.

At the same time, he reached into the river of time and took out the rotten wooden box.

He simply asked calmly, "How is it?"

The divine consciousness within the rotten wooden box was completely convinced.

"sharp."

Previously, he did not believe Xu He's outrageous words, until Xu He's outrageous words came true one by one.

All of this happened in a short period of time; for beings of their level, it was merely a fleeting moment in their long lives.

But that one moment turned his life upside down.

"It's not over yet," Xu He said calmly. "The end of this battle is just the beginning of the next one."

The divine consciousness within the rotten wooden box understood Xu He's meaning: "You mean, above the heavens."

In the past, he had glimpsed the heavens, but was then hunted down and ultimately corrupted by a drop of blood. Left with no other choice, he severed his remaining, uncorrupted body and sealed it inside a rotten wooden box.

As for the entrance to the heavens, he managed to block it before he was corrupted.

They gamble with their corrupted bodies, then bind them with the chains of divine order.

At this moment, the divine sense within the rotten wooden box looked at the remaining foundation stones of the imperial throne and said:

"Fortunately, you did not shatter them all, otherwise, this battle would have been discovered by the dark beings above the heavens long ago."

"It's alright, I'll get there sooner or later." Xu He simply replied to the divine thought within the rotten wooden box.

The divine consciousness within the rotten wooden box could only manage a bitter smile upon hearing this.

Is this easier said than done?
That's why he perished back then.

However, Xu He proved his own miracle and created too many miracles.

Even if they didn't believe it, the divine thoughts within the rotten wooden box dared not utter a sound.

Afraid of being slapped in the face.

Seeing the silence of the divine consciousness within the rotten wooden box, Xu He was unusually surprised but said nothing. He simply held the rotten wooden box and walked towards the Ancient Hall of Guidance.

These ancient temples, stretching as far as the eye can see, still house many celestial kings imprisoned. Some of them are not celestial kings from the celestial realms, the Nine Heavens, or the Ten Earths.

They are beings who have been imprisoned here for countless eons.

Xu He broke through these dark cages one by one.

To allow countless lives within to see the light of day again.

As endless years passed, some went mad during these long years, while many others were killed and devoured by their fellow prisoners.

It devoured them and transformed into something resembling a nineteen-headed monster.

Xu He did not hesitate at all to help those who had fallen into depravity and corruption to be redeemed.

As for the others, Xu He gathered them together.

Envelop them in imperial light, soothe their primordial spirits, and give them a chance to rediscover themselves.

As for the victims of this battle, Xu He used the "Scripture of Salvation" to help them pass on to the afterlife.

After doing all this, Xu He did not return to the Immortal Realm, but stayed in place, slowly comprehending the Immortal Emperor's Domain and repairing himself.

"You don't want to return to the Immortal Realm, is it because you don't want to experience the pain of separation again?" The divine thought within the rotten wooden box spoke at this moment.

Seeing Xu He remain silent, the divine sense within the rotten wooden box showed some curiosity.

These days, Xu He has been nourishing him with the Great Dao, keeping him alive. He never expected that this indifferent person would be unwilling to experience separation.

"I'm about to set off again, so why should I make another trip?"

Xu He spoke softly, then stood up and slightly raised his hand to summon the River of Time.

"Where are you taking me?" Seeing Xu He unleash the River of Time, the divine sense within the rotten wooden box also withdrew its thoughts and asked Xu He.

“I said I would change everything, including your fate,” Xu He replied as he stepped onto the river of time.

The river of time flows endlessly eastward, ceaselessly washing away everything in the world.

The divine consciousness within the rotten wooden box remained silent.

There was no intention to refute it.

Seeing that the divine thought within the rotten wooden box remained silent, Xu He did not speak again, but instead continued to swim upstream step by step.

In the Immortal Realm, all living beings witnessed Xu He's departure.

Everyone knows that the Heavenly Emperor has embarked on his journey once again, and he is about to fight for all living beings once more.

How long has it been since that battle between the Immortal Emperors?
It hasn't even been a thousand years.

Everyone understood that the Heavenly Emperor did not return to the Immortal Realm because he did not want to experience another separation.

But how could these people stop missing the Heavenly Emperor just because he left without saying goodbye?
"Heavenly Emperor, slow down!" At this moment, a Celestial King from the Celestial Realm soared into the sky, shouting loudly in the direction of Xu He.

"Heavenly Emperor, there are no familiar faces ahead, proceed slowly!" The Immortal King Wuzhong also appeared at this moment, how much he wanted to fight alongside the Heavenly Emperor.

"The Heavenly Emperor's journey is not yet over. I can't remember anything else, but I remember one sentence: 'We'll meet again after ten thousand ages!'" Qi Yu soared into the sky, shouting loudly as he looked at Xu He's retreating figure.
"Heavenly Emperor, we must reunite after countless ages!"

At this moment, all living beings are crying out.

How much they wished the Heavenly Emperor could stay; how much they wished they could reunite after countless ages.

Even the hard-hearted Ren Xuhe had to stop at this moment. He looked back and saw familiar and unfamiliar faces.

Finally, he spoke up:
"Eternity later, we will surely meet again!"

The words, once spoken, resonated through the ages and into the future, etched into the eternal blue sky.

The words echoed through the heavens, reverberating in everyone's minds.

"Crash!"

The river of time ripples and surges, creating countless waves.

Xu He's figure disappeared, completely moving towards the past!

Only a series of forlorn figures remained, murmuring incessantly:

"We must meet again after all eternity."

On the long river of time, the creature in the rotten wooden box carefully savored the scene it had just witnessed.

He had also experienced the scene of being protected by all the heavens and races and worshipped by all living beings, but he was not as devout and sincere as Xu He.

At this moment, he was the one who felt the most lost and dejected.

"What, are you thinking of the day when you protected all living beings?" Xu He finally found an opportunity to retaliate.

Unexpectedly, the divine thought within the rotten wooden box did not refute, but merely snorted coldly:

"What's the use of thinking about it? Aren't we just hanging on by a thread because of you?"

As he spoke, he seemed somewhat suspicious:

"How can you mock me like this, considering I'm your senior?"

Seeing Emperor Bone's attitude, Xu He chuckled and said, "I'll give you a chance to protect all living beings. Will you take it or not?"

"Let's do it!" The divine sense within the rotten wooden box answered without the slightest hesitation.

Xu He nodded and continued walking upwards along the river of time:

"Then come with me, and I will take you back to the peak of yesteryear."

At this moment, the divine sense within the rotten wooden box seemed to realize something, looking at Xu He and guessing a possibility.

"You want to change my fate?"

Xu He shook his head, stopping somewhere along the river of time:

"Not only that, but also his fate."

Seeing Xu He looking out, the divine sense within the rotten wooden box also looked over.

Outside, it was still the border sea, and still the dike.

However, this time, the myriad realms were eerily quiet.

On that embankment, a person was walking, leaving behind a line of shallow, yet incredibly striking footprints.

"It's him?"

The divine consciousness within the rotten wooden box also gained enlightenment at this moment.

The ending that Xu He wants to change includes the Footprint Emperor!
The divine sense within the rotten wooden box had indeed not witnessed the footprints left by the Footprint Emperor, but it had seen them from afar in the Boundary Sea. Furthermore, after the Footprint Emperor died in battle, a portion of his physical body was sacrificed.

During his countless years of wandering in the Boundary Sea, he had heard of the "Era of the Fallen Emperors" and knew a little about these things.

"The Age of Fallen Emperors, the Age of Fallen Emperors. If the Emperors didn't die, would there still be an Age of Fallen Emperors?" The divine thought within the rotten wooden box spoke at this moment.

"Who knows? How will things develop in the future?" Xu He spoke up at this moment, as if answering the divine thoughts in the rotten wooden box, or as if talking to himself.

"However, if there is a causal law to settle accounts for, then let it be placed on my shoulders alone."

Xu He smiled and walked off the river of time without a care in the world.

He carried the rotten wooden box and followed the footprints of the Emperor.

"Wait." Xu He's voice rang out at this moment. Although he did not deliberately show his imperial aura, it was still extremely oppressive.

The Footprint Emperor, who was walking in front, felt a pressure being placed on him.

Could it be... that the turmoil has emerged from the Boundary Sea?

Footprint Emperor's face turned cold. He turned around and saw a figure carrying a rotten wooden box walking towards him.

And those footprints were much deeper than his own.

But when he saw the face of the person carrying the rotten wooden box, he froze on the spot.

"It's you?"

(End of this chapter)