Chương 235: The Undying Nether Emperor (Part 16)

Five hundred years had passed in the blink of an eye since Su Chen had been hunted. His exceptional nature eventually drew the attention of Feng Jiu, an unparalleled genius of the Phoenix Clan who sought to curry favor with Princess Huangyue. As the ninth son of the Phoenix Clan, he was named Feng Jiu. The two agreed to battle outside the realm. The Nether Crow slew Feng Jiu in a single decisive fight, then devoured even his corpse, turning it into nourishment.

"That Nether Crow is simply too powerful… even Feng Jiu was no match for him."

"This time, the Phoenix Clan is truly enraged. Not only was their clansman killed, but his body was eaten. Even a Great Saint Ancestor has been roused from seclusion."

"..." Su Chen felt rather speechless. Still, he had to admit that phoenix heart tasted excellent.

"Yao Tianxin… Heavenly Heart Great Emperor. Sooner or later, he will become a disaster," Su Chen sighed inwardly. Heavenly Heart's own achievements were not bad, but he had far too many wives and concubines, and far too many descendants. None of that concerned Su Chen for now. He began searching for the traces he had left behind in his previous life. He had built an Emperor Tomb in his last life.

Although he had not placed his Emperor weapon inside it, the tomb still contained his own Emperor corpse and the body of the Supreme who controlled the laws of time, along with countless supreme treasures.

"Could the great battle have knocked the Emperor Tomb off its intended spatial trajectory?" Su Chen wondered. He followed the remnants of his past traces but failed to locate the tomb. Even so, he remained calm.

"Even if it deviated, it couldn't have drifted too far or too deep." Su Chen continued searching for another five hundred years. Then one day, his figure suddenly vanished.... Inside the Emperor Tomb, terrifying auras still lingered, undiminished even after tens of thousands of years. The residual pressure inspired awe in all beings, like mayflies gazing at the vast blue sky. Yet this power that could destroy everything posed no threat to Su Chen.

Upon the supreme Emperor throne sat a withered, ancient corpse bearing a name that could shake all races:'Myriad Laws Great Emperor.' Su Chen looked at his own corpse from his previous life. With his current strength, he still could not touch an Emperor corpse—even if it was his own. Within the starry sky created by the Emperor Tomb, the corpse of Eternal Light Supreme was nailed to the void by a sword. It was the Emperor Dao sword Su Chen had forged in his past life.

Though inferior to the Flying Immortal Sword, it was still a half-step Extreme Dao Emperor weapon. He could not touch either corpse yet. Su Chen had long anticipated this. Within the Emperor Tomb lay countless secret realms filled with the heavenly treasures he had stored away—enough to allow a sufficiently talented prodigy to cultivate all the way from mortal to Quasi-Emperor. If you come across this story on Amazon, it's taken without permission from the author. Report it.

He simulated his old aura and casually opened one of the secret realms. Only tens of thousands of years had passed since his death in the previous life. The heavenly treasures remained perfectly preserved, completely unchanged. Spiritual liquid formed vast seas, and rare medicinal herbs were arranged like stars, including many saint medicines. And this was merely one of his many treasure vaults. In just two thousand short years, Su Chen's cultivation reached the peak of the Saint King realm.

He had even accumulated enough energy for his fifth Nirvana. He began his fifth Nirvana. No one knew how much time passed—perhaps a thousand years, three thousand, or even ten thousand… Su Chen successfully completed his fifth Nirvana. His bloodline underwent a profound transformation, as if he had become a supreme deity. Black flames fell like sparks from the heavens. A single spark could burn the skies and boil the seas, its power in no way inferior to heavenly fire.

Most importantly, Su Chen discovered he had grown a third leg. Though still small, it contained terrifying power and nurtured an extremely fearsome divine ability.

"What is this? Am I a Golden Crow now?" Su Chen felt rather strange. He was clearly not a Golden Crow—those creatures were covered in brilliant gold. He, on the other hand, was entirely black. He had called himself the Nether Crow, and now he had truly become one. After breaking through to the Great Saint realm, Su Chen did not leave the Emperor Tomb immediately. He continued cultivating, preparing for his sixth Nirvana. Fortunately, he had the vast resources left behind from his previous life.

Otherwise, no matter how high his comprehension was, he could not have reached the peak of the Great Saint realm so quickly and begun his sixth Nirvana. What Su Chen did not know was that four thousand years had passed in the outside world while he remained inside the Emperor Tomb undergoing seclusion and Nirvana. Holy dynasties rose and fell, sacred lands shifted and changed. The deeds of the peerless black crow gradually faded into legend. However, a major event had recently shaken the world.

The Heavenly Secret Pavilion had observed signs that an Emperor Tomb was about to appear. An Emperor Tomb was the burial ground of a Great Emperor. It might contain an Emperor's inheritance, divine medicines, or even traces of an Emperor weapon. Every major power was stirred into action. Even many ancient forces that had sealed themselves away sent their strongest experts, all hoping to claim a share of the spoils. Powerhouses gathered and prodigies flocked together.

The light covering the star domain began to reveal its traces.

"This is truly the tomb left behind by a Great Emperor! And it remains perfectly intact!"

"Who exactly was he? He swept across the world unhindered, invincible in his era, and attained the Dao to become Emperor. Even the sublimation of the Supremes could not stop him. He stood against the entire world as its enemy… an enemy to all!"

"All races submitted to him, and even the forbidden zones were like unguarded lands to him… I know who he is. He is the Myriad Laws Great Emperor. This is the Emperor Tomb of the Myriad Laws Great Emperor…"

"It is said that the Myriad Laws Great Emperor cared deeply for the common people. When his lifespan was nearing its end, he built this tomb to lure out a powerful Supreme. In the end, he used his final breath to perish together with that Supreme. Unfortunately, the terrifying battle also caused the Emperor Tomb to vanish without a trace."

"Heavens… a peerless Quasi-Emperor from the Myriad Laws Palace has emerged from a divine source despite exhausting his lifespan. He must be here for the Emperor Tomb of the Myriad Laws Great Emperor."

"..." Countless powerhouses waited in eager anticipation. When the Emperor Tomb finally opened, and all the experts surged inside, they discovered something shocking. The Emperor Tomb was completely empty. Every secret realm had been stripped clean—not a single item remained. The indelible traces of battle proved that two supreme existences had once fought a heaven-shaking battle within the tomb. Yet the corpse of the Myriad Laws Great Emperor had vanished, along with the body of his great enemy.

All the gathered forces left empty-handed. The mastermind behind everything, Su Chen, had already left the Emperor Tomb long ago. He had completed his seventh Nirvana and consumed every last resource inside the tomb. As for the Supreme's corpse and the corpse of the Myriad Laws Great Emperor, he had refined them both into his own weapons. The Myriad Laws Nether Blade. The Eternal Light Pagoda. And the Emperor Dao Sword. Four thousand years had passed. Su Chen returned to the demon nation.

"Master… is that… you?" Jin Da stared at the figure that had been gone for forty thousand years. He knew he could not be mistaken. Yet for a moment, he wondered if he truly was. He had imagined many possibilities, but he never expected the man to nod with a faint smile.

"It's me. I'm back."