Chapter 16 A Past Event

South Sea——

Originally, it was the Daoist temple of Emperor Shu Hu of the ancient times, but more than three thousand years ago, for some unknown reason, Emperor Shu suddenly left this vast South Sea alone and disappeared. No one ever saw him again. Occasionally, news would come that the then Emperor Xianming was drinking and singing wildly with a slovenly, short, and fat old man, their speed extremely fast, disappearing in an instant.

These are all legends of a bygone era.

The tyrannical and overbearing God of War, the Western Emperor, had already transformed into the dignified Queen Mother of the West.

The Mother Goddess Wa was missing, and Fuxi also appeared and disappeared intermittently. The ambition of the Great Wilderness, the Three Realms, the Eight Wildernesses, and the myriad worlds was resolved by the human race in the Battle of Zhuolu. And the heroes of the human race in those days had long since died, buried in the soil, only their heroic souls seemed to still be circling and roaring in the Nine Heavens, unwilling to rest.

After the North and South Seas lost the two Emperors Shu Hu, luck naturally chose a new Divine Emperor.

A vast and majestic aura soared into the sky, stirring the power of the South Sea, transforming into a long spear. Immediately, it swept horizontally with force. The tall man holding the spear had a calm expression, causing the entire South Sea for hundreds of millions of miles to seem to overturn violently, soaring into the sky and transforming into a terrifying phenomenon reaching the heavens.

The Xuanming of the North Sea looked on indifferently, a long sword in his palm swirling with aura.

In the depths of the North Sea, the Xuanwu, one of the Four Spirits, opened its eyes and slowly floated upwards.

In the West Sea, the unparalleled Rou Shou, skilled in attack and killing, wielded his sword, the concept of his myth having already been pushed to the extreme. Throughout his life, he had been violent and fierce, only losing to the Western Emperor once. At this moment, his ambition and will were far beyond what the decadent future self could compare to.

Behind the emperors of the three seas, the Wood God Jumang maintained them with healing power no less than the Shennong Whip.

The emperors of the four seas, plus one of the Four Spirits most skilled in defense.

All of these were top experts just below the Ten Great Peaks joining forces. Their opponent was only one person. Under the terrifying siege that was almost equivalent to the entire outer sea's luck of the God Era, a tall man in black robes stood with his hands behind his back, looking down indifferently at the four great emperors, and said in a calm tone:

"East Sea, West Sea... the emperors of the four seas are all here."

"A'Tao, what do you think of them?"

"Ah? You're asking me..."

A boy sitting cross-legged in the void scratched his head, wiped his hands, took out a fruit and took a big bite, and said, "They're very strong... the four of us might be killed in the blink of an eye, no no no, these four are too big, I can't eat them."

"Hmph! A fool who only knows how to eat!"

A boy swordsman in black coldly replied, holding a sword in his arms.

That was the remnants from forging the Xuanyuan Sword that flew out. After circling, he obtained it.

"Okay, okay, your dad is Xuanyuan, your dad is bigger than my dad, I'll listen to you, I'll listen to you."

The boy called A'Tao had a face full of 'ah yes yes yes', 'what you say is right' expression, and then continued to stuff food into his mouth, not stopping for a moment. The boy swordsman snorted coldly, although they were childhood friends, growing up together, he was unwilling to pay attention to him.

Next to him was a white-robed boy spearman, heroic and handsome.

Leaning close to him was a beautiful girl.

The girl's eyes were always fixed on the boy spearman, as if she could not tolerate anything else.

It was precisely Taowu and Qiongqi.

The boy Taotie could not help but shrink his neck. This man and woman always made him feel weird. That Taowu was in love with Qiongqi, but such a hot, fiery emotion made him feel that if Qiongqi ever let Taowu down, he would be skinned alive and swallowed.

This woman is evil...

The boy Taotie sat cross-legged in the void, using his buttocks to silently move himself further away.

Over there, Xuanyuanzi Hundun frowned and said, "The Venerable is asking you questions, why don't you answer?"

Taowu raised her eyes, her gaze falling on Hundun, but it was full of coldness. Hundun's right hand pressed on the hilt of his sword, until the heroic Qiongqi opened his mouth and said, "In my opinion, they are powerful, incomparably powerful, but also incomparably weak."

"Oh? Weak..."

The black-robed man was intrigued.

"Is suppressing the four seas and having monstrous flames weak?"

Qiongqi nodded and said, "Yes!"

He said confidently: "Because they are afraid."

"Those who have fear in their hearts, only have power, are just weaklings!"

The black-robed man laughed loudly: "Good, good, well said, those who have fear in their hearts are weak, only those who have no fear in their hearts are the foundation of the strong. Then, Qiongqi, tell me, why are they so afraid?"

Qiongqi replied: "Because you are stronger than them!"

The tall black-robed man stepped forward slowly and said, "Good, you four, open your eyes wide and look, look at these people, and then remember, never become such useless people like them."

"You four were cultivated by Guixu, in the future, you must create a reputation that surpasses these four gods!"

Hundun, Qiongqi, and Taowu all replied solemnly.

The reason why they were able to stand out among the human race was because they had some kind of adventure and obtained the qualification to go to the Guixu small world to train. Four people in a group, they created the reputation of the Four Fiends, of course, this reputation was like a newly born tiger cub, baring its fangs and claws in a childish voice, not worth mentioning in the eyes of true experts.

It was not until long years later that they finally became peerless experts who shook one side.

Rou Shou was enraged and said, "Presumptuous!"

The Geng metal Dao suddenly erupted, every drop of water in the West Sea seemed to transform into boundless sword energy and sharpness, erupting overwhelmingly. The other three great emperors did not retreat half a step, their boundless power causing the world to tremble, smashing down towards the black-robed man.

The latter stood with his hands behind his back, his expression indifferent.

Facing the emperors of the four seas alone, he suddenly threw a punch.

Return of All Laws to the Void! (Wanfa Guixu!)

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The battle ended in a short time.

The earth-shattering spiritual energy fluctuations dissipated without a trace. The collision of rules and concepts brought residual effects that caused many disorderly collisions of rules to appear in the outer sea of this God Era, forever changing the environment here.

Leading to countless laws and rules gathering here, colliding into embryonic forms of small worlds.

The characteristics of the outer sea in later generations were born from this battle.

One against five.

Blood flowed from the corner of Xuanming's mouth. Although the conceptual defense had not been broken, his entire aura had been greatly reduced, and it was obvious that he had suffered great damage. Rou Shou's sword was broken, but he was still furious, wanting to fight. The emperors of the four seas were all extremely disheveled, and even Xuanwu was sunk into the seabed.

And the black-robed man looked indifferent, one hand pinching the neck of the Emperor of the South Sea, and said:

"Do you submit?"

The tall ancient emperor spat a mouthful of blood towards the Lord of Guixu with a sneer, and then dissipated without a trace. The black-robed man said: "Stubborn resistance, unable to see the situation clearly."

"Do you think this seat will not kill you?"

The Lord of Guixu exerted force with his five fingers, the laws changed, and the power of the Return of All Things to the Void erupted.

Rou Shou watched his friend, the Emperor of the South Sea, turn into powder, directly killed here.

The South Sea Heavenly Dao suddenly burst into a violent backlash.

The black-robed man sneered: "Just a consciousnessless rule, yet dares to be presumptuous!"

He smashed out with a punch, and the instinctively retaliating South Sea Heavenly Dao was directly shattered and sunk. After being reorganized again, it fell into a state of dead silence and darkness. With a rustle, the Lord of Guixu's robe shook, and he said, "A thing like a pig or dog, yet dares to retaliate against me?"

"Now, he doesn't obey me, what about you?"

The man's eyes stared at the remaining three sea emperors. Xuanming closed his eyes for a long time, then slowly withdrew his hand. Jumang did the same. And the most fierce and unyielding Rou Shou glared at the tall man standing in front of him, as if he wanted to darken the world. He should have drawn his sword and risen up, not fearing death!

But at this moment, the scene of his friend being killed in front of him appeared.

Rou Shou finally heard himself say the words——

"…Okay."

The black-robed man laughed loudly, and the broken sword in Rou Shou's hand finally shattered, his state of mind stagnated, no longer the original unstoppable sharpness. In the years that followed, he gradually indulged in pleasure, losing the true spirit of the original Geng metal's uprightness.

When he looked up, the Lord of Guixu had already disappeared.

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Three masked figures appeared in front of the Lord of Guixu.

The black-robed man glided away.

At present, except for Xuanwu, all of the Four Spirits have been forcibly subdued by him. Now he conquers the four seas, and controls the Guixu of the East Sea Grand Canyon, the land of myriad law tribulations. In the future, with countless small worlds, he will select the elites of many worlds to enter the death trials, and finally select the 【Four Fiends】.

Those many small worlds are like the Zhou Tian Star marks of Emperor Jun.

They are His marks.

The black-robed man closed his eyes and pondered the arrangement.

When a new Emperor of the South Sea appears again, when the four seas are in hand, and the Four Spirits and Four Fiends are all under his command, he can gather the power of the four seas, open the Húntiān Secret Treasury, the Húntiān Road, which was born before all things. And His direction is the East Sea Great Ravine, devouring myriad laws, and there is a way to refer to it.

What he wants to gather is these four types of power: the Four Spirits, the Four Fiends, the Four Seas, and Húntún.

Only then can he break through the barrier of the Ten Great Peaks with one foot.

Then he can achieve it in one go, ascend to the heavens in one step, directly approaching Emperor Jun's foundation.

It is also for this reason that he has always suppressed his realm, without taking the final step.

He who can endure great suffering can obtain the great Dao.

Only then can he be a hero.

"Venerable, that child has been brought..."

A tall Guixu expert appeared beside him, his aura extremely deep, a direct descendant of the Guixu lineage. And under his arm, he was carrying a handsome boy, that boy kept his eyes tightly closed, seeming to be honest.

Guixu has always been plundering the elites of various races in an extremely overbearing manner.

If there are tribes that do not obey, the Lord of Guixu will issue a Soul-Seizing Order, ordering his army to annihilate them all. And it is rare for a child who needs Him to personally order, at this moment, the black-robed man looked down at the handsome boy, sensed his cultivation, and laughed loudly.

"Good! Good! Not bad!"

He stretched out his hand, intending to carefully examine his cultivation, but unexpectedly, upon touching him, the handsome boy suddenly opened his eyes, and in an instant, burst out with hundreds of times his original aura. Even if it was just a fleeting moment, it was still extremely rare. Taking advantage of the other party's lack of preparation, he forcibly broke free from the Guixu expert and turned into a stream of light, rushing forward.

The Four Fiends of their youth all made their moves.

But that handsome boy's movement was extremely strange, sometimes as swift as lightning, sometimes slow and unhurried.

He actually managed to bypass Hundun, Qiongqi, and Taowu.

And when he reached Taotie, although he avoided Taotie, he was also exhausted. The young Taotie in green clothes behind him only needed to make a move to kill him, despair also appeared in the handsome boy's eyes. But unexpectedly, that Taotie did not make another move, allowing him to leave.

"…Thank you."

"If in the future, you and I are enemies, as long as you can break through my blockade, then I will not continue to hunt you down, returning this favor..."

The handsome boy, in a disheveled state, looking like a little beggar, whispered, his voice gentle but with a natural arrogance and coldness.

But in an instant, he changed his breath, the power of Divine Speed erupted again, and in the blink of an eye, he flew out. Seeing that he was about to leave, he suddenly felt the space solidify, even time slowed down. The boy's expression slightly condensed, and he had already been picked up by the Lord of Guixu. The black-robed man, as if he had obtained some kind of treasure, said, "Divine Speed Years!"

"The Emperor of the South Sea is the Land of Manifestation, the Emperor of the North Sea is the Realm of Darkness, the combination of the two is the power of Years, hahaha, 【Hou Tu】 actually gathered this power in your body, what is your name!"

That stubborn boy simply did not want to answer.

But after the black-robed man asked, he could not help but answer:

"Ye Ming!"

"Oh? A strange name, why did you come?"

The boy could not help but answer according to what the gentle woman had said:

"Heaven is the highest, from great, take One as the character, speak it out with the mouth, saying the Heavenly Dao is Ye."

"The four directions are chaotic and dark, there is the sound of a sword, rising from the four great regions, clear and melodious is Ming!"

"Oh, I see, so it's a name taken to commemorate Húntiān and another person..." The black-robed man nodded, and then said without any doubt: "Then I won't give you another name, still keeping the name Hou Tu gave you, wandering the myriad worlds, in the future, you will follow me, you will be the leader of the Four Fiends!"

"You!" The handsome boy said angrily: "Dream on!"

"Who knows?"

The black-robed man said calmly, "Húntiān is dead, Hou Tu is missing, although this world is big, you have nothing to rely on, and this place of mine is already a place to return to. In any case, I can give you the opportunity to become stronger, the possibility of survival, and..."

"A way to find Hou Tu's whereabouts."

"No matter where she is, when you already have a reputation that shakes the Three Realms and Eight Wildernesses, she will definitely know your whereabouts."

"And I can give you this opportunity!"

The boy Ye Ming opened his mouth, the heart of resistance weakened.

The black-robed man left with this handsome boy. At this moment, the general trend has been established, the Four Spirits, Four Fiends, and Four Seas are all in his grasp, only the last step remains, to break through the barrier. Even such an overbearing hero could not help but have lofty ambitions, and with a long howl, he transformed into a light and flew away.

The four directions trembled, and the waves of the sea rose.

The Zhou Tian small worlds rose and fell.

And the phenomenon of myriad laws being extinguished and returning to the Great Void has also been created, unparalleled, and unstoppable!

While in the light, the Lord of Guixu suddenly felt a wisp of aura locking onto him. He slightly raised his eyes. This place was the extreme west, the outer sea was turbulent, the world was vast. A swordsman in white robes stepped forward, unhurriedly. For some reason, a feeling of oppression heavily fell, as if a sense of suffocation filled this world.

Ye Ming, not knowing what to choose, subconsciously raised his head.

He saw the figure of the Taoist in plain white robes, with a wooden hairpin tied in his hair, saw the sword hanging at his waist, his eyes closed, and the white robes decorated with golden patterns, the white hair at his temples slightly raised, and then, he heard——

An incomparably clear sword cry that pierced through the four domains!

Immediately, an indifferent voice fell.

"This road, human territory."

"All evils, retreat."