Invincible Dad-Chapter 552 Worthy of Giving Some Respect_1

"Come, Imperial Tribulation!!!"

Those three simple words caused the skies to change color and the mountains and rivers to roll backward; even the Heavenly Dao of the Universe thundered.

No matter where they were in the Immortal Domain, all Quasi-Emperors looked up in horror.

A Quasi-Emperor of the Nine Heavens was about to challenge the Emperor Realm!

This was a profound state that only Quasi-Emperors could sense. After stepping across the Nine Heavens, one only needed to take that final step—

—and survive the Imperial Tribulation!

Then, one could leave their own unique mark in the annals of history.

And all the prodigies and geniuses from the era of an Emperor would become mere green leaves, serving only to highlight this invincible existence. They wouldn't even be worthy of having their names remembered.

However, all of this was only happening in Shang Yuan's imagination.

He imagined the Imperial Tribulation descending and him using all the trump cards his father had left him to survive the heavenly ordeal. Afterward, he would ascend to the Emperor Realm and become a supreme Great Emperor.

At that point, the Yin Yang Clan would have two Emperors in its lineage, and none in the Universe would dare to disobey!

Yet...

The Imperial Tribulation did not appear.

In different corners under the starry sky, those Quasi-Emperors with horrified expressions all sighed softly at the same moment. There was complexity in their sighs, as well as pity and self-mockery.

"He's eighty thousand years too late."

An old man suffused with the aura of death stood at the edge of the Samsara Sea and murmured softly, "You are not the pitiful one. After all, I was only a thousand years late. Just a thousand years. A mere thousand years."

Merely. Just. Only. Three simple words that conveyed all the bitterness in his heart.

The old man's aura surged to its peak, his vitality roiling as he stepped into the Samsara Sea.

He sought to charge into the forbidden lands of the Immortal Domain like the Ancient Great Emperors of old, searching for a way to live a second lifetime or even achieve immortality!

But the terrifying seawater instantly swallowed him whole, leaving not a single bone behind. No one knew his name.

The sea churned silently. A Quasi-Emperor of the Nine Heavens had fallen, yet not even the phenomenon of an Immortal's Demise appeared.

The land of death was also the end of the return journey.

...

「Earth.」

Five hundred nautical miles from East Sea City.

With a heroic bearing, Shang Yuan stood with his hands behind his back. The sun and moon revolved in his eyes as the sound of the great Dao echoed behind him.

He was waiting for the heavenly tribulation to descend!

"My lord," the Faceless Spider spoke cautiously, "I'm afraid your Imperial Tribulation will not appear."

He was not a native of Earth, so he naturally knew that an Emperor Realm expert already existed in the Universe.

In other words, Shang Yuan was simply unable to trigger an Imperial Tribulation. The Nine Heavens of the Quasi-Emperor was his peak.

Unless the current Great Emperor died or severed their own Dao Fruit, Shang Yuan had no chance of becoming an Emperor.

"It's here!"

Shang Yuan ignored the Faceless Spider. A brilliant golden light shone from the sun and moon in his eyes as dark clouds roiled in the sky, crackling with lightning.

Soon, however, Shang Yuan's face filled with countless doubts.

This Imperial Tribulation... seems a little weak.

Shang Yuan was not a human. He hailed from the Yin Yang Clan, a race so scarce that even at its peak, its numbers never exceeded a mere hundred members. For them, sixty years of age was considered adulthood.

When Shang Yuan had been sealed by his father, he was already in the Divine Bridge Realm. He had a vague feeling that this Imperial Tribulation was even weaker than the heavenly tribulation for the Divine Bridge Realm...

Uncertain, Shang Yuan unleashed a dazzling holy light from his left hand, directly scattering the heavenly tribulation.

This descendant of an Emperor stared blankly at his left hand and asked in confusion, "Does this mean... I've become an Emperor?"

Why was there no blessing from the Heavenly Dao? Why did my Boundary not soar? Why is there not the slightest shred of joy?

As all kinds of questions flooded his mind, the Faceless Spider's knees went weak, and he fell kneeling to the ground. His voice trembled as he said, "My lord, eighty thousand years ago... someone already became an Emperor!"

"What?!"

Struck as if by lightning, Shang Yuan demanded, "Then that heavenly tribulation just now..."

"That was me," the Heavenly Dao said, scratching his head sheepishly. "A Quasi-Emperor of the Nine Heavens deserves some face."

"..."

Shang Yuan closed his eyes and remained silent for a long time. However, his trembling body was enough to show that his emotions were not as calm as his expression suggested.

He was furious. Furious to the absolute extreme.

"Someone has already become an Emperor and stolen my Emperor Realm Dao Fruit! Who was it... WHO WAS IT!"

Shang Yuan threw his head back and roared. The frozen sea around him churned, throwing up waves thousands of feet high.

Xu Lai waved his hand, and the waves calmed. He had no desire to see a tsunami sweep through East Sea City, not while his wife and child were there.

"It was Emperor Qingfeng," the Faceless Spider said cautiously. Then, as if suddenly remembering something, he pointed at Xu Lai and added, "My lord, he claims to be in the Emperor Realm and said he killed over a dozen Quasi-Emperors..."

WHOOSH—

Shang Yuan's gaze snapped toward Xu Lai.

Xu Lai stood with his hands behind his back and said calmly, "In deference to the fact that you are a descendant of the Great Emperor Yin Yang, I will not kill you. Get off Earth."

It was difficult for those in the Emperor Realm to have children. The Great Emperor Yin Yang from forty-three eons ago had managed to find a Tree of Eternal Life and seal his just-matured son within its canopy, allowing him to luckily escape the fated early death that loomed over such offspring.

As an Emperor Realm expert himself, Xu Lai was naturally willing to give some face to the long-deceased Great Emperor Yin Yang.

"HAHAHAHA!"

Shang Yuan laughed maniacally toward the heavens, the sun and moon in his eyes exploding in a terrifying and indescribable display. His laughter gradually subsided, his face turning frosty. "You say you won't kill me? We'll see who kills whom!"

Without any more pointless words, a radiant, blazing sun and a pristine, flawless new moon rose behind Shang Yuan, as the Yin Yang Laws swirled around him.

He threw a punch.

The black and white Yin Yang Laws radiated a terrifying aura, spinning like a grindstone as if to grind Xu Lai into dust.

"Run!"

Seeing that a great battle was about to break out, Sikong Jiu, the Heavenly Dao, turned to flee. He was terrified. A battle between a Quasi-Emperor of the Nine Heavens and an Emperor Realm expert—was that something a small fry like him could get involved in? Of course not!

But the Heavenly Dao quickly grew desperate, because he could not escape.

The space around them was torn apart, and they were directly transported into the Vast Universe, with endless stars visible in the distance.

So the Heavenly Dao can actually leave its home planet.

Xu Lai gave the Heavenly Dao a deep look. His original intention was simply to move the battlefield to the universe; he hadn't expected to learn something so incredible by accident.

Sikong Jiu was completely dumbfounded. Steeling himself, he muttered, "Y-Yes, that's right... Why can I leave Earth? That shouldn't be possible."

Xu Lai paid him no mind.

Instead, he formed a sword with two fingers and slashed at the Yin Yang Laws encircling him. As expected, he cleaved through them with ease.

"You really are in the Emperor Realm!"

Shang Yuan's eyes flickered. He stood at the very pinnacle of the Quasi-Emperor Realm; an ordinary Quasi-Emperor could never have broken his Yin Yang Laws so casually.

He's Emperor Qingfeng!?

The Faceless Spider was so scared he nearly died on the spot. Especially when he remembered that he had tried to get Sea Demons to attack the Emperor's daughter, the Faceless Spider felt as if he had been plunged into a cavern of ice.

But Xu Lai couldn't be bothered with such a small fry.

His gaze remained calm as he looked at Shang Yuan. "I respect your father for being an Emperor. Don't refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit."

Shang Yuan smiled.

He actually reached up to his own eyes and, with a vicious tug, gouged them out.

His real eyes remained in their sockets.

But the two bloody eyeballs that appeared in his hand were another matter. The moment they appeared, they caused hundreds of thousands of stars in the depths of the universe to shatter.

It was... an Emperor Artifact