Chapter 1824 - 1807: The Tragic Unrivaled Emperor

The man in front of him bearing the attacks, Xiao Ye was all too familiar with—he was precisely the Unrivaled Emperor who had torn open the void alongside him to arrive in the Three Thousand Great Realms.

The other was honored as the first existence in the history of the True Spirit Continent to independently proclaim himself emperor, and he had opened the prelude to Martial Arts—how dazzling had he once been?

But at this moment, he was dressed in a gray long robe, his body covered in wounds, his aura restrained, looking extremely ordinary, like a completely different person. If not for the identical face, Xiao Ye absolutely wouldn’t have recognized him.

A once peerless Martial Arts genius had actually become like this. It was hard to imagine how much hardship the other must have gone through.

"Courting death!" Xiao Ye’s figure flickered, and he directly charged toward that stretch of plain.

Boom!

On the plain of the Ancient Star, a powerful surge of Spiritual Power shot straight into the sky. That young man clad in Spiritual Artifact Battle Armor had already struck again, sending the Unrivaled Emperor flying.

"Hmph, you stole my Great Clumsy Ancient Scripture inheritance, yet you only have this level of strength. You’re utterly useless!"

The young man strode through the air and once more attacked with cruelty.

Before him, the Unrivaled Emperor didn’t even have the chance to fight back, nor even a chance to dodge. He once again spat blood as he was blasted away, great sprays of blood exploding from his body.

"Sigh, looks like Spirit King Ling Huaqiu really holds a grudge against this guy. Every once in a while he comes here to vent his anger on him."

"If someone stole an inheritance of the Primordial Law Ancient Scripture from you, you’d do the same."

"Then why doesn’t Ling Huaqiu just kill him outright?"

"That’s where you don’t understand. The Great Clumsy Ancient Scripture is extremely extraordinary. Forget cultivating it—even getting the entry-level grasp is incredibly difficult. Spirit King Ling Huaqiu keeps this guy around to use him as a pathfinder."

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Behind that young man, the seven Spirit Rank Martial Artists chatted among themselves as they watched coldly, not a trace of sympathy or pity in their eyes.

Martial Artists like the Unrivaled Emperor were far too common in the Fengdu Star Domain. How could his status possibly compare to Ling Huaqiu’s?

"Hm? Look, quickly!"

Suddenly, the startled cry of one Spirit Rank expert drew the others’ attention, leaving them all dumbfounded.

At this moment, that Spirit King named Ling Huaqiu had already stopped attacking and was staring ahead, his gaze filled with doubt and alarm.

A young man in a gilded long robe had appeared in the field without a sound, coldly watching him. His entire body was suffused with a chilling killing intent that caused the surrounding temperature to plunge.

"You... who are you?"

Ling Huaqiu looked at Xiao Ye in the distance, a sense of crisis sweeping through his entire body.

He was a powerhouse of the Earth Spirit Realm, yet he hadn’t sensed anyone approaching at all. This level of technique was simply unfathomable!

"Xiao... Xiao Ye?"

The Unrivaled Emperor, who had been struggling to his feet in utter embarrassment, looked over. He was struck as though by lightning, his mind roaring, his expression turning utterly dazed.

The Xiao Ye he’d parted from more than twenty years ago was suddenly descending from the heavens? This was simply like a dream.

"Unrivaled, I’ve finally found you."

"But let’s catch up later. I’ll deal with this trash first!" Xiao Ye smiled faintly, then his eyes turned icy as he locked onto Ling Huaqiu.

Never mind that he and the Unrivaled Emperor shared the bond of master and disciple—even if it were just an ordinary Martial Artist of the True Spirit Continent, he could not sit idly by.

"Oh?"

"So you’re the one who shares a name with Xiao Ye Law Enforcement Officer of the Blue Demon Star Domain? You came here to rescue this piece of trash..."

"You’re saying my friend is trash?"

Ling Huaqiu let out a cold laugh, but before he could finish speaking, a terrifying wave of Spiritual Power cut across the sky, forming a dreadful palm wind that pierced through his defenses and slapped directly across his face.

Smack!

Ling Huaqiu’s entire face was distorted by the blow, blood spraying wildly as he screamed and was sent hurtling hundreds of miles away, crashing viciously into the ground, his bones feeling as though they’d shattered apart.

"You dog bastard..."

Stars danced before Ling Huaqiu’s eyes as he cursed furiously, but before he could even climb to his feet, another terrifying palm wind followed, ruthlessly striking his face. The defense he had just raised was swept aside like rotting weeds.

"Does bullying the weak by relying on your higher Realm give you a great sense of achievement?"

In front of Xiao Ye, Ling Huaqiu had no power to fight back at all. He was sent flying again and again by those slaps, unable even to get a word out.

Xiao Ye’s figure flickered, and his feet descended from the sky, stomping down on Ling Huaqiu. The ground rumbled instantly as the entire land of the plain shattered into countless pieces, and even the whole planet trembled.

When the boundless rolling dust finally dispersed, the seven Spirit Rank experts were dumbstruck, terror spreading across their faces.

Xiao Ye stood with his hands clasped behind his back, feet planted on Ling Huaqiu’s body. Even the Spirit King Battle Armor had been crushed beneath him. The ground at his feet was fractured inch by inch, forming a pit thousands of meters deep.

As for Ling Huaqiu, trampled beneath his feet, his aura had become exceedingly weak, blood flowing across the ground.

"Heavens, what kind of monster is he!"

Seeing Ling Huaqiu, whose strength ranked fairly high in the Fengdu Star Domain, being crushed like a baby before Xiao Ye, the seven Spirit Rank experts’ throats bobbed as their bodies trembled, almost unable to remain standing.

The speed of Xiao Ye’s attacks was too fast for them to see clearly, and the aura he erupted with was simply too terrifying.

Could this youth actually be a Heavenly Spirit Realm powerhouse?

"Run!"

The next instant, they all bolted in wild flight, not daring to linger in the slightest.

As for those seven Spirit Rank experts, Xiao Ye couldn’t be bothered to give chase. He simply grabbed the half-dead Ling Huaqiu and walked over to the Unrivaled Emperor.

"Unrivaled, what exactly has happened to you all these years?" Xiao Ye asked.

From the moment he saw the Unrivaled Emperor, he had sensed numerous hidden injuries on the other’s body.

Most importantly, he discovered that the Unrivaled Emperor’s current Realm was actually only the Mid Stage of Spirit Transformation!

One must know, back ten thousand years ago on the True Spirit Continent, the Unrivaled Emperor had already initially stepped into Spirit Transformation. He merely lacked a Spiritual Grade Cultivation Method, and thus had failed to condense a Spirit Seed.

After being suppressed for ten thousand years, stepping into the Three Thousand Great Realms should definitely have ushered in an explosive growth.

Yet after more than twenty years, the Unrivaled Emperor was only at this Realm. This was far too abnormal, especially considering that the Unrivaled Emperor had supposedly gained an inheritance of the Primordial Law Ancient Scripture.

"Xiao Ye, this Ling Huaqiu is a descendant of Fengdu Star Domain’s Law Enforcement Envoy Ling Yun. You should leave quickly, or you’ll bring death upon yourself..." The Unrivaled Emperor’s face was filled with complicated emotions.

He was utterly shocked that Xiao Ye could easily defeat Ling Huaqiu.

At the same time, Xiao Ye was standing up for him, and of course he was moved.

But this also planted the seeds of disaster.

"No need to worry. In the Fengdu Star Domain, no one can touch me. Our True Spirit Lineage’s Martial Artists must not be trampled on at will." Xiao Ye said with a calm expression.

The Unrivaled Emperor was stunned at these words. Only after Xiao Ye repeatedly pressed him did he finally recount his experiences over these years.

Xuanlong had arranged for someone to send the Unrivaled Emperor into the Fengdu Star Domain.

At first, the Unrivaled Emperor’s days were relatively peaceful. But ever since he chanced upon and obtained the Great Clumsy Ancient Scripture inheritance, everything changed!

Within the Fengdu Star Domain, the Unrivaled Emperor had almost become the target of all. He was subjected to constant rejection and bullying, with Ling Huaqiu being the worst of them all.

"The Fengdu Star Domain’s Law Enforcement Envoy Ling Yun actually planted a Prohibition in your body, so that once your cultivation in the Great Clumsy Ancient Scripture bore fruit, he could have you let Ling Huaqiu devour your Spirit Body?"

After hearing the Unrivaled Emperor’s account, a blazing chill burst from Xiao Ye’s eyes.

Vicious!

Utterly vicious!

"Come, let’s go pay this Ling Yun a visit!"

Xiao Ye swept his palm, using Tai Chu Spiritual Power to wrap up the Unrivaled Emperor and the unconscious Ling Huaqiu, then shot into the boundless starry sky.