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Chapter 578B – Large and Soft

Chapter 578B – Large and Soft

A light sound came from the bronze coffin. The lid was pushed open and a pale palm stretched out, slowly grabbing onto the edge and lifting itself up.

A middle-aged man rose up from the coffin. He wore an imperial crown on his head and nine dragon robes. His open eyes surged with divine light and when he moved his arms he seemed as if he could step through the stars in the sky.

There was unexpectedly a great emperor buried in this bronze coffin. Although the aura of death wreathed his body, he actually retained a trace of vitality.

The auras of life and death were mixed together. Although they were diametrically opposed to each other, they freely flowed around in a stable and continuous system.

This was incredibly strange and eerie.

The man’s eyes fell on Zhan Lingtian and Lin Weiwei. His pupils flashed and he said, “How many years has it been since the founding of the nation? How is the strength of the empire now?”

Zhan Lingtian was beyond excited. Although he found it hard to accept, he already realized that this great emperor who seemed both alive and dead was actually the founding emperor.

The portrait of the exalted one in the ancestral temple and the image that was stored in the inheritance jade slip were all completely the same as this person in front of him. Moreover, it was impossible to fake this aura of a true emperor, one that stood atop the highest heavens and suppressed the world!

“Reporting to great ancestor, it has been 76,250,000 years since the founding of the Zhou Empire. The empire collapsed 40 million years ago and the royal bloodline is on the wane. All that is left is a single city territory region with fewer than a trillion subjects.”

Bang –

The altar shook and the skies changed color. Fog tumbled around as if a million divine mountains were suddenly falling down together.

Zhan Lingtian trembled and spat out a mouthful of blood, his face deathly pale.

The founding emperor had a furious look. “When I was buried, I had already passed down an imperial edict to keep as a legacy through the nation. If society is unstable, you may awaken me from my deep sleep. How dare you not respect it!”

Zhan Lingtian didn’t argue back. He simply acknowledged his sins. Luckily, the heaven-suppressing aura soon vanished.

The founding emperor had a cloudy expression. “Tell me exactly what happened.”

There must have been an accident somewhere.

Zhan Lingtian suppressed his discomfort. He respectfully said, “40 million years ago, chaos and smoke rose in all areas of the empire. The ancestors of the clan wished to summon the founding emperor to stabilize the destiny of the nation. No one knows the specifics of what happened, but to my knowledge the summoning was not successful. Before it could be completed, all of the ancestors that participated in this matter suddenly died a violent death.

“The empire was already standing atop the winds and waves, in a precarious position. After this attack they were no longer able to recover. A million years of war followed and the empire’s territory was divided into seven…”

At this time, the history of how the current seven great empires in the Land of Divinity and Demons came to be was suddenly revealed.

After speaking, Zhan Lingtian cautiously looked at this silent great ancestor. His heart was in chaos. The Emperor’s Seal that had been passed down generation through generation in his clan was actually the great founding emperor himself…during the past when the world had been in chaos and the nation was teetering on ruin, if the great ancestor had been smoothly awakened would the great Zhou Empire have managed to be preserved?

But this hypothesis no longer mattered. No matter what the reason was, Great Zhou had already fallen over 30 million years ago.

The silence continued for a long time. Then, the founding emperor looked up. His pupils surged with divine light, as if he were looking across the endless river of time towards events from long ago.

Then, he finally sighed, as if he had become aware of something.

“I went to war for 10 million years, finally ruling over the world and establishing the greatest undertaking of all time. I gathered the destiny of the nation unto my body and suppressed all sides! Because I had a feeling to avoid catastrophe, I went into deep sleep while on the edge of life and death…even so, I couldn’t preserve the imperial clan and help our inheritance continue onwards.”

His eyes moved. “Rise. The two of you awoke me from my deep slumber and have done a great deed for the imperial clan. You will be rewarded in the future.”

Zhan Lingtian and Lin Weiwei quickly fell to their knees and profusely expressed their gratitude.

The founding emperor flicked his sleeves. An invisible strength wrapped around the two people. Then, along with the bronze coffin, they all vanished from sight.

Ying Capital.

Great Chu, Emperor’s Palace.

The emperor stood alone in a chamber, looking at the celestial chart above him. As he stared at the shining stars, his eyes were filled with dignity.

There were seven emperor stars in the world, but now an eighth had appeared. Moreover, it was so bright that the moment it appeared its light nearly covered the entire celestial chart.

The world’s eighth emperor…no, perhaps he could be called the number one emperor of all eternity!

The ancient rumors were indeed true. The person who founded the great Zhou Empire and once ruled over the entire world was still alive.

Although he was already prepared, when he saw this sight in his eyes, endless waves still appeared in the emperor’s formidable heart.

After a long time, Mi Ganyuan took a deep breath and suppressed the surging emotions in his heart. A formidable self-confidence burst out from his eyes.

Who cared if Great Zhou’s founding emperor was known as the Eternal Emperor? The current world was no longer the territory of Great Zhou. Right now, he was the most formidable emperor in the world!

If things went well, he would be able to borrow the power of purgatory to suppress the founding emperor and then refine his flesh and blood, seizing his emperor’s destiny. If so, he had a chance of becoming a transcendent emperor, obtaining the approval of the world.

At that time what would he need to care about the Immortal Sect or Demonic Path?

Ruling the world would be within his reach!

On the long snake stone tablet, black flames suddenly lit up in the skeleton’s eyes. He was silent for a long time before he finally sighed.

“He is indeed worthy of being the Chu Empire’s great emperor. He actually has the courage and bravery to do something so extraordinary!”

The 12 stone tablets had appeared. He could sense everything in the Sea of Purgatory.

“In order to carry out their great cause, even the solemn Chu Empire is willing to do something so dangerous. Since I know about it, how about I lend you a helping hand?”

How could the stable and peaceful Land of Divinity and Demons accommodate a clan that had been expelled for millions upon millions of years?

Only when the world was in disarray and everyone felt that they were in danger would no one care about them anymore.

The Chu Emperor had made his opening move in this great chess game. He wanted to add fuel to the flames and wouldn’t miss out on this heaven-sent chance.

The skeleton lifted a hand and thrust out. The stone tablet beneath him trembled. The 12 stone tablets connected together and their auras suddenly erupted.

Originally, he thought about covering up this aura. But now he no longer held back.

Deep within the Sea of Purgatory, some sort of extremely terrifying yet extremely enticing aura spread out in all directions.

Of course, not everyone had the qualifications to touch upon this aura.

Only those whose strength had reached a certain level and dove straight to the source of the world would be able to discover its existence.

Within the darkness, profound eyes opened one after another. Some were shaken, some were puzzled, but without a doubt all of them were filled with joy.

No matter what the reason was, this would speed up the process. Hadn’t they painstakingly endured waiting through the endless years for this time?

Bang –

Bang –

Aura after aura erupted throughout the Sea of Purgatory. All of these auras seemed solidly tangible, shooting up into the skies like pillars of smoke.

All of the life forms within the Sea of Purgatory began to tremble. Infinite fear rose up in the depths of their souls.

After the moves of the Chu Emperor and the mysterious skeleton, genuinely great waves had begun to roar!

Countless people felt fear and panic, their complexions paling. Although they had no idea what to do, all of them were left horrified.

Because they could sense that any one of these auras could easily crush them to dust!

In his temporarily carved open cave dwelling