Lu Yang soul-searched the Imperial Crown Youth.
He had no choice. Although the other party was Foundation Establishment Perfection, his entire foundation was established on Lu Yang's blood, basically equivalent to his sea of consciousness being open to Lu Yang from birth.
It would be impolite not to soul search.
And after soul searching, all sorts of things about this world naturally entered Lu Yang's heart, including the identity of the Imperial Crown Youth and the cultivation system of the entire world realm.
After a moment, Lu Yang retracted the big hand pressing on the Imperial Crown Youth's head.
The latter only felt a burst of dizziness, then quickly forgot about it, not feeling anything wrong either. Just turned and left like this, leaving Lu Yang standing alone.
"This place is named Supreme Imperial World."
"Due to the special time concept of this world, for me, it was only a few years ago, but for the living beings of this world, it has been one hundred thousand years."
"One hundred thousand years ago, fire fell from the sky."
"At that time, the human race of this world was still in the period of drinking blood and eating raw meat, bullied by fierce beasts. After the heavenly fire appeared, the first to benefit were vegetation and wild beasts."
"In that period, the human race was almost exterminated."
"Until the tribal leader of the first human tribe, with heaven-gifted aptitude, comprehended the method of absorbing blood qi and tempering the body, gradually changing the current situation."
"The leader of that human tribe was named [Tai], and was also the first Imperial Venerable since the recorded history of one hundred thousand years. Sweeping across past and present times for ten thousand years, many cultivators regard him as the First Imperial Venerable. For the next ninety thousand years, an Imperial Venerable was born in every generation, dominating the world alone for ten thousand years."
"However, Imperial Venerable are not invincible."
"Because after every Imperial Venerable approaches their end of life, they will choose to bury themselves, turning into a Forbidden Zone... These Forbidden Zones are the great enemies of the contemporary Imperial Venerable."
"Over one hundred thousand years, there are nine Forbidden Zones in the world."
"As for the contemporary Imperial Venerable, that Imperial Crown Youth is named [Yi], called Imperial Venerable Yi by the world. It has been three thousand years since he achieved the Dao, and currently at his peak state."
After briefly browsing the history of the Supreme Imperial World, Lu Yang quickly locked onto the target: "Successive Imperial Venerable turning into Forbidden Zones is all because of a world change one hundred thousand years ago. It is said that the Immortal World opened and the Immortal Road appeared. [Tai] risked his life to seek immortality, failed, and thus the Flint Fire Forbidden Zone came into being."
Immortal World opening?
Bullshit!
I have already viewed this world thoroughly. Where is any Immortal World? The Supreme Imperial World is the only world realm around. Either this record is an eternal scam—
Or...
Thinking of this, Lu Yang's gaze moved slightly, looking at the shadow area he hadn't dared to rashly enter all along. Does the so-called "Immortal World" refer to that place?
Not impossible.
After all, Foundation Establishment Perfection can already break the void and roam the outer heavens. And the Supreme Imperial World is so close to the shadow area; it's very easy to go there.
The problem lies in—
Inside the shadow area, how can one return after going there?
If the record was that [Tai] risked his life to seek immortality and disappeared thereafter, Lu Yang could understand. After all, the other party most likely died violently after crashing into the shadow area.
But [Tai] came back!
Not only came back but also opened up a Forbidden Zone.
This is very interesting.
With the gravity of the shadow area, a mere half-baked Foundation Establishment Perfection cannot possibly return after going there... There must be a secret in this!
Thinking of this, Lu Yang immediately drove a streak of light.
Supreme Imperial World, Flint Fire Forbidden Zone.
From the outside, the Flint Fire Forbidden Zone was a giant mountain burning with flames all year round. Cultivators below the Imperial Venerable would inexplicably self-combust just by approaching.
However, at this moment, the fire extinguished.
Lu Yang's divine sense descended from the sky. Not intentionally, just pure stature suppression made the divine fire of this Forbidden Zone dissipate completely into nothingness.
After all, he is the true [Heavenly Fire].
What was more terrifying was that, despite such a violent world change, no one in the entire Supreme Imperial World noticed the anomaly around the Flint Fire Forbidden Zone.
Except for the Master of the Forbidden Zone himself.
The next second, a voice capable of shaking heaven and earth, causing the universe to resonate, and suppressing the thoughts of all living beings with a single thought, drifted from the Forbidden Zone:
"A long dream of tens of thousands of years. Has another Imperial Venerable emerged in the mortal world?"
Rumble!
At this moment, ripples appeared abruptly in the void. In the deepest part of the Flint Fire Forbidden Zone, a tyrannical will revived rapidly, like a scorching sun gradually rising into the sky.
The will had no sorrow or joy. All thoughts seemed to dissipate under the grinding of time, leaving only the coldest rationality. The invisible heavy pressure contained in the voice spread with a boom, instantly making the mountain body of the entire Flint Fire Forbidden Zone shake. Earth dragons turned over, cracks appeared, almost shattering apart.
"But even an Imperial Venerable cannot lightly offend this place!"
As the voice fell, the void rippled like a bright mirror. A coffin was reflected in the mirror, inside which a young man lay quietly.
The young man had his eyes closed tightly. Not tall, appearance not handsome, even somewhat ordinary.
However, at the moment he appeared, anomalies such as flowers, birds, fish, insects, mountains, rivers, sun, moon, and ten thousand races of heaven and earth emerged rapidly with him as the center.
Like stars surrounding the moon.
Just the aura of this young man completely overrode the entire Supreme Imperial World. The magnificent blood qi filled the void, heavy and vast.
In the next second, the young man opened his eyes.
Instantly, electricity was generated in the void. The young man's gaze was sharp to the extreme, and also domineering, as if all things in heaven and earth were to be stepped under his feet.
This was his second emergence since establishing the Forbidden Zone.
The reason was simple. After tens of thousands of years, a new Emperor dared to provoke him in later generations. He felt he should give the other party a little respect.
Then he saw a big hand.
Smack!
With a light sound, the big hand passed through the void, grabbing the young man's head, dragging him out of the coffin, and then smashing him onto the ground.
Bang!
Until his vision went black, the solid sound of his face colliding with the ground came, along with the ensuing severe pain, the young man still hadn't reacted.
"Ah?"
What happened?
For a time, the young man felt like he was in a dream. Only after a good while did he come back to his senses, finding himself lying on the ground, with a young man squatting in front of him.
"You are [Tai]?" Lu Yang said casually.
"This Emperor... I... This lowly one is."
In just one breath, the young man changed his self-address three times, finally reacting. Intense fervor burst out instantly from his dull eyes: "May I ask Your Excellency... are you an Immortal!?"
He must be an Immortal!
The young man was extremely certain. Even though the person he met on the Immortal Road back then defeated him with three swords and almost killing him, he could sense that the other party belonged to the same realm as that person—terrifyingly strong. If not an Immortal, it would be impossible to suppress him so easily.
One who can do this must be an Immortal!
"Hmm..."
Facing the young man's fervent gaze, Lu Yang frowned slightly, starting to browse the intelligence obtained by soul searching while grabbing the other party out of the coffin just now.
Then he was stunned.
The good news is, the so-called Road to Immortality is real.
In the young man's memory, Lu Yang saw the scene of the other party breaking into the Road to Immortality in the past. He almost succeeded, but met a person halfway.
That was a white-robed young man, wearing a sword at his waist.
And after seeing the young man, the other party was stunned first, then revealed a furious expression: "Bold! Although this place is not in Jiangnan, it is already under my protection. Idle people are not allowed to enter!
A local rogue cultivator like you dares to trespass?"
This is the bad news.
Lu Yang recognized that white-robed young man. The other party's tone and words also fit Lu Yang's stereotype of the power behind him very well. Almost certain: "Sword Pavilion, Perfected One Subduing-Spirit?"
(End of Chapter)