Chapter 2533 - 2498: The Era of Great Emperors, the Ancient Emperor Era Has Already Passed

Jiang Ding sank into a bout of reminiscence.

Primary school, middle school, high school—everything from his hometown, Rongcheng City, had already grown somewhat indistinct. If he did not deliberately call up the memories hidden in the deepest corners of his Immortal Soul, he could hardly recall them anymore.

All kinds of weak emotions rose up, then gradually sank back down.

In their stead,

a sheet of ice‑coldness.

"In the Endless Starry Sky, aside from the Immortal, there is nothing that can be eternal!"

"This era should be precisely the era that I, this Lord, require."

Jiang Ding looked somewhat coolly toward the myriad things within the Endless Starry Sky: "I, this Lord, am but a mortal of the Human World, not transcendent. I equally must struggle and slaughter within the Human World for the things I desire. Compared to any mortal or any common beast, I am not particularly noble or aloof. I am not a god—I am human."

"And to be born as a human—if one loses one’s humanity, one will lose much."

"If one loses one’s beast nature, then one will lose everything!"

"This era... is truly a beautiful era."

The Great Sun Forbidden Area lay in deep slumber, yet that did not mean it had done nothing. It was a giant ship sailing upon the Time River of ten thousand ages, always possessing its own goal and mission.

Since this giant ship chose to awaken in this era, that signified it had already passed through countless screenings.

In other words,

this era harbors a target that accords with the moral view of the Supreme Great Sun Ancient Emperor!

"Let me take a look..."

For the first time, Jiang Ding’s gaze fell upon the living beings of the Human World.

This Forbidden Area Ancient Emperor was too ancient. He had always been focused on matters of the essence—cosmos, Great Dao, Star, world—and paid very little attention to the creatures of the Human World, for their Life was far too brief, almost incapable of exerting any influence upon the cosmos.

"The previous era seems to have been the Human Race Immortal Dynasty."

"Now, however, numerous Alien Race, Divine Dao True Fairy have emerged—more than twenty in number... Among them, at least half of these True Fairy, True God Son were not born within any Emperor Secret Realm, but are heroes that naturally appeared in the Endless Starry Sky itself."

"Indeed, it is an age where heroes gather!"

Jiang Ding spoke in praise.

In his era, where were the material conditions to give birth to so many True Fairy?

Even during the Second Supreme Great Sun Immortal Dynasty, when a total of forty‑five True Fairy emerged, they were not born from the then‑present Endless Starry Sky, but were the concentrated eruption of the accumulated foundations of many historical Ancient Emperor.

As for Great Emperor and Emperor Secret Realm—this was merely a matter of nomenclature.

A somewhat archaic mode of speech.

The Ancient Emperor Era was in the process of receding into the distance; now lay a crossroads. The living beings of the Human World were accustomed to addressing Ancient Emperor as Great Emperor, Great Emperor who suppressed an entire generation and stood invincible under heaven. They resembled the Ancient Emperor of the Ancient Emperor Era, and there was a certain flavor of aesthetic retro Reincarnation.

If time continued to drag on, if dozens or hundreds more eras passed, most likely within the Ancient Emperor Era, aside from a few Forbidden Area Ancient Emperor, all Ancient Emperor would perish, just as in the Ancient Emperor Era of old.

In that Ancient Emperor Era, it seemed that only a single Beidou Ancient Emperor was rumored to have survived. Now, it is unknown whether he has died out completely.

Jiang Ding carefully scrutinized each True Fairy in the Endless Starry Sky.

"Two of the Human Race, two of the True Dragon and True Phoenix... These two Endless Starry Sky Dominator races are indeed strong—True Fairy and Ancient Emperor emerge generation after generation, present in every Great Epoch."

Jiang Ding voiced another praise.

"There is also a True Fairy of the Green Bull Immortal Clan... the legendary mount race of the Immortal, with Innate Sacred Beings born among Immortal Gold itself; a True Fairy of the Three-legged Golden Crow, and even an Immortal King Ant? This race has not gone extinct yet? ... Truly a fertile soil, a variety of races never recorded in the annals."

"It can be stated plainly: among the Emperor who will be born from these True Fairy, their average quality will certainly surpass that of our era."

"At the very least, they will not be Ancient Emperor of only ninety‑odd Word Immortal Scripture."

"This is precisely the importance of the Immortal Path environment. This era is far superior to ours; it is much easier for the strong to be born."

"Though it still remains far from reaching the degree of a Golden Era."

Jiang Ding’s gaze fell upon each True Fairy in turn, carefully discerning their Dao. Study and contemplation had suffused his entire Life; he did not despise these True Fairy because of their weakness.

"Not bad. These Dao are all quite interesting."

"What is even more enraging—what enrages one is that these Alien Race True Immortal Fairy are all slaughtering the multitudes of the Human Race. Upon the body of each True Fairy lie the blood and tears of trillions of Human Race living beings. This is excellent."

"Excellent."

"Righteous cause..."

Jiang Ding’s gaze was indifferent as he murmured, "The Human Emperor of the Human Race must necessarily occupy the righteous cause. We are born to stand upon the side of justice. By this, we mobilize the greatest number of people to participate in our own Great Dao, the greatest number of myriad‑race living beings to become embellishments upon our Great Dao, in order to construct the ladder to becoming Immortal."

"Righteous cause, righteous cause, banner."

"We orthodox Human Emperor are precisely like this."

In the end,

this ancient Forbidden Area Ancient Emperor cast his gaze upon the final True Fairy.

The central hub of this True Fairy’s rule was Xianmen’s Mother Planet—the Solar System. A Formation Method as radiant as gold spread outward in all directions with Blue Star as its core, layers upon layers overlapping like mountain chains.

An entirely new Immortal Dao Civilization stood upon this land where several Ancient Emperor had once achieved the Dao.

At the center of these layers of golden radiance, a golden light point fine as dust dwelt at the heart of Endless rules. If one magnified it, one would discover that this was an ant whose entire form seemed cast of pure gold—extremely minute, yet seemingly infinitely vast. Every golden ant in the four directions was a part of his will and body.

The Golden Devouring Path Ant race, the True Fairy—Devour!

This was the True Fairy of the End of Dharma Path, a True Fairy born from a collective race. His Dao title as True Fairy was a single word. In the unseen, there existed a destiny that resembled coincidence.

In truth, this was no coincidence.

This land had given birth to multiple Ancient Emperor of collective will. After generation upon generation of modification by a certain collective Immortal Path civilization, it had become inherently suited for the birth of such collective races. The temperament of this Star Domain was precisely so: collectivist races possessed greater advantage within this Starry Sky environment and found it easier to grow.

Moreover, the ancestral source of the Golden Devouring Path Ant had, in fact, some connection with the Xianmen Sect.

"Devour, Devour—this is a name worthy of my remembrance."

"Devour Friend,"

"Did you know? You possess the bearing of a Forbidden Area Ancient Emperor."

Jiang Ding let out a low, muffled chuckle: "In the destiny I behold, it is thus. I cannot call it certain, but the probability is above eighty percent. After multiple computational errors across Golden Era, I no longer can affirm things as I once did."

"When you, Fellow Daoist, attain the Dao, we shall truly meet."

The Great Sun Forbidden Area sailed upon the Time River of ten thousand ages. It had indeed perfectly fulfilled its mission, having found an exceedingly suitable temporary berthing and resupply point.

Only, this resupply point was somewhat too suitable.

Just like the Ancient Emperor of the Sun and the Nine-leaf Sword Emperor of those years, there was the possibility of confronting a Forbidden Area Ancient Emperor head‑on.