Martial Conquest of the Nine Desolates-Chapter 213 - 211 Fusion Emperor Road

The vast and desolate land was so quiet it seemed as if it had been silent for countless years.

However, at this moment, that silence was broken.

The void trembled and a ferocious rift appeared. A young man, shouldering a giant battle blade and carrying a huge bundle, walked out wrapped in intense light and landed on the ground.

Needless to say, this young man was Xiao Ye.

"Is this the Fourth Layer Heaven?" Xiao Ye set foot on the ground and looked around in all directions.

The Fourth Layer Heaven was too quiet—not only were there no ferocious beasts, there wasn’t even a single large tree, just a bare expanse that seemed to have no end.

"Where is the Empress Inheritance?"

Xiao Ye’s brow grew hotter, and somehow, it felt like a strange force was guiding him forward.

Before long, a golden and dazzling palace came into Xiao Ye’s view.

In this vast land, a palace stood out, looking incredibly abrupt and bizarre.

But as soon as Xiao Ye saw the palace, his brow felt as if it was about to catch fire.

"The Empress Inheritance must be there!" Xiao Ye’s face flushed with excitement as he rushed towards the palace.

The palace was built magnificently, giving off the feeling it resided above the Nine Heavens, like a divine temple, solemn and awe-inspiring, invoking a sense of worship.

The palace gate looked very simple, with no decorations, and a huge creature sculpture was placed at the entrance.

It was a ferocious beast, grand in size and resembling a tiger, a wolf, and a leopard all at once, its feet planted on the ground and its head reaching for the heavens, a monumentally large head roaring skyward, vividly lifelike.

The instant Xiao Ye saw the sculpture, it felt as if the beast had come to life, its roaring head causing the stars above to fall.

"Truly a work of godly craftsmanship." Xiao Ye’s complexion turned pale as he stepped back a few paces, snapping back to reality.

He felt that if he truly encountered this beast, he would be killed instantly, without a shadow of a doubt.

Xiao Ye then dared not look at the sculpture any longer and entered the palace.

The interior of the palace was simple, empty all around and fully visible at a glance, with only one large and one small stone platform in the middle.

"The Empress Inheritance must be there!"

Xiao Ye’s brow was scorching as he approached the stone platform.

"Huh? An egg and a crystal ball?" As he saw what was placed on both stone platforms, he was momentarily stunned.

"This egg is definitely not the Empress Inheritance; that leaves only this crystal ball." Xiao Ye turned his gaze to the crystal ball.

This crystal ball resembled the one he interacted with for the aptitude test before entering the Chongyang Sect, its interior shimmering as if filled with countless stars, four of which shone incomparably bright, outstanding among the rest.

Around the crystal ball, there were also many dried-up old skins, with strands of black and white hair fallen around.

"This must be left by the Old Madman," Xiao Ye realized suddenly.

Ten years ago, no one knew how the Old Madman, by his heaven-defying luck, reached the Fourth Layer Heaven and obtained the Empress Inheritance. As a result, he was deprived of decades of life, aging rapidly.

"I really wonder how the Old Madman actually came here? Did Ling let him in?" Xiao Ye muttered to himself and then stretched out his hand to pick up the crystal ball.

Boom!

As Xiao Ye’s palm barely touched the crystal ball, the entire great hall began to tremble, as if some unknown entity had traveled through the river of time to this place.

"After six thousand years, you have finally arrived."

A faint, ethereal sigh came from afar, causing Xiao Ye’s heart to pound.

Because it was clearly the voice of a woman, and given that this was the place of the Empress Inheritance, the answer was obvious.

The Supreme Empress was speaking to him!

Xiao Ye’s face was full of excitement.

He had formed a cause and effect relationship with the Empress, seen the Emperor’s Evil Fruit and the Empress during her youth, but those were only illusions and had never truly spoken to him.

"Junior Xiao Ye greets the Empress!"

Suppressing the excitement in his heart, Xiao Ye held the crystal ball and bowed towards the void.

At that moment, a hazy figure emerged from the void, descending into the palace.

"What did the Supreme Empress, who claimed the throne as a woman in the True Spirit Continent, look like?"

Xiao Ye quickly looked over and found that the Empress was shrouded in mist, he was unable to see her face clearly, which was somewhat disappointing for him.

"After six thousand years, a Martial Artist who truly stands in the domain of the Great Emperors has finally come. You have awakened this energy avatar I left behind," the Empress spoke.

"Energy avatar?" Xiao Ye said with a wry smile.

It seemed he had been too hopeful. This presence before him was also not the true Empress, but it did seem to possess considerable spiritual nature that allowed for conversation.

Xiao Ye decided not to dwell on these matters and quickly asked, "Empress, may I ask what exactly is your inheritance?"

The Empress was silent for a moment, and the atmosphere inside the palace became oppressively tense.

Xiao Ye didn’t dare to move, cold sweat forming on his brow, feeling the gaze of the Empress watching him constantly.

"Six thousand years ago, like you, I heard the deeds of the other three Great Emperors, and I admired them immensely, determined to walk the path of a Great Emperor."

"To become a Great Emperor, one must pave their own Emperor Road."

"I faced off against numerous enemies, and ultimately I forged my own path, approaching the realm of the Emperor with unrivaled strength, unmatched in that age of few Heavenly Prides, with no one left to be my opponent."

"Before I even broke through, I was already invincible. Wouldn’t I be even more so upon claiming the title of Emperor?" The Empress said, her voice tinged with a hint of loneliness.

Xiao Ye’s eyes flickered; he could empathize with the Empress’s state of mind at that time.

To be invincible is also to be lonely.

"In search for an opponent, I had an epiphany, to test my might against the other three Great Emperors, but they had already vanished for many years. I had no choice but to travel throughout the True Spirit Continent, searching for the ruins they left behind, deducing their level of cultivation, and in my consciousness, I dueled with them."

This statement left Xiao Ye stunned and speechless.

Since the ancient times, each Great Emperor appeared only once every thousand years; it was impossible for two Great Emperors to duel.

Yet, the Supreme Empress had conceived such a method, to duel with them in her consciousness. This was incredibly bold.

"What does this have to do with the inheritance?" Xiao Ye waited for the Empress to continue.

"In these battles of will against them, I discovered the Emperor Roads they paved."

"At that time, I had a crazy idea: to merge the Emperor Roads of the three Great Emperors with my own, creating an unprecedented path of a Great Emperor," the Supreme Empress slowly said.

What!

Xiao Ye’s eyes widened in shock, dumbfounded.

The True Spirit Continent so far only had four Great Emperors, showing just how difficult it was to complete an Emperor Road.

To merge the Emperor Roads of four Great Emperors into a new one was an insane thought. Could someone really walk that path? freёweɓnovel_com

Adding what Old Madman had said earlier, Xiao Ye now understood that the Empress’s inheritance must be these four paths, no wonder the Old Madman said the Empress was a trickster.

He was certain that even if other Young Supremes from the Yulan Domain arrived, they would give up on taking this path.

Indeed, the Empress continued leisurely, "Even I dared not attempt this idea, because the possibility of completing this merged Emperor Road is nearly nonexistent, unless one has an endless expanse of time at their disposal."

"But even Great Emperors cannot live eternally, let alone ordinary martial artists."

"I was unwilling to let this idea fade away, so I came here to leave behind the qualification to embark on this merged Emperor Road."

Upon saying this, the Empress’s gaze turned toward Xiao Ye, "You, now have the choice to give up the inheritance, or to accept it."

Give up?

Or accept?

"So the so-called Empress’s inheritance is the qualification to embark on the merged Emperor Road," Xiao Ye fell silent.

The young Heavenly Prides of the True Spirit Continent, with countless combat techniques and cultivation techniques, asking them to abandon all of these for an unlikely merged Emperor Road is almost impossible. That’s why the Empress came to the declining martial arts realm of the Yulan Domain, he could understand that.

But this merged Emperor Road, even abandoned by the Empress, was undoubtedly difficult. It’s likely that he might die of old age without achieving much.

Similarly, if he truly managed to complete this Emperor Road and transform into a Great Emperor, he would definitely become the strongest Great Emperor in history, sweeping through all heavens without equals.

Time silently passed by, the palace remained very quiet, the Empress waited for Xiao Ye to make his choice.

"It seems I have no choice but to give up," said Xiao Ye, his face unwilling.

He couldn’t deny the great attraction of this merged Emperor Road. If there was any hope at all, he certainly wouldn’t give up.

"How strange, your talent is clearly not outstanding, yet you managed to cultivate the Four Tripod Heavenly Technique to such a level, standing within the realm of Great Emperors?"

At this moment, the Empress’s voice rang out, full of puzzlement.

Xiao Ye was inwardly startled, could it be that even the Energy Avatar left by the Empress couldn’t detect the existence of the Time Tower?

What kind of treasure is the Time Tower?

"Right, the Time Tower!" Xiao Ye’s body shook, his eyes suddenly shone with brightness.

He had the Time Tower in his possession; it doesn’t offer endless time, but at least it offered far more than anyone else.

"Empress, you just mentioned, if one had endless time, there’s a chance to complete this merged Emperor Road?" Xiao Ye hurriedly asked.

"Indeed, based on my deductions, if one had seven to eight hundred years, along with talent not inferior to Great Emperors, it’s indeed possible to complete this merged Emperor Road," the Empress replied.

"It is so!" Xiao Ye clenched his fists, his eyes shining with excitement.

If he enters the Fifth Floor of the Time Tower, seven to eight hundred years would only be a little over a hundred years for him. With the lifespan of a martial artist, it was entirely possible to live that long.

"Time Tower, oh Time Tower, it’s fortunate to have you, making it possible for me to hope to complete this merged Emperor Road!" Xiao Ye’s expression turned resolute.

"Empress, I choose to accept the qualification to embark on the merged Emperor Road!" Xiao Ye declared.

"Are you sure?" The Empress was surprised by Xiao Ye’s choice.

"Sure!" Xiao Ye nodded.

The Empress remained silent for a moment, then said: "Infuse your Martial Arts True Intent into the Inheritance Crystal Ball, and naturally you’ll obtain the qualification for the merged Emperor Road."

"You have already stepped into the Great Emperor Domain, you won’t suffer a backlash, you can accept it with confidence," the Empress’s words dispelled all of Xiao Ye’s concerns.

"Merged Emperor Road!"

Xiao Ye’s gaze burned with intensity, as seventy percent of his Flame True Intent materialized, surging toward the Inheritance Crystal Ball.

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