I Am the Fated Villain

Chapter 900: After burying layer after layer of heaven, can a Quasi-Immortal Emperor also be called Emperor?

To the external world, Nine Heavens had always symbolized mystery and legend. How many creatures had laid eyes on the elusive Nine Heavens throughout ancient times?

Qing Feng had initially presumed that locating the Nine Heavens would be a prolonged endeavor.

Encountering the ancient Xuanwu-like creature up close for the first time, he found it astonishing that it served merely as a conveyance for the cloud boat in front of the Heavenly Passage Waterfall. This revelation further heightened his amazement.

Despite the familiarity and the inexplicable feeling of having visited this place before, Qing Feng couldn’t decipher its reason. Subsequently, he rode the hornet beast, traversed the back of the aged white turtle, and descended on the blue-colored immortal boat.

The boundless Milky Way Waterfall descended with a staggering momentum, capable of quickening one’s heartbeat.

“Fellow Daoist, remain seated,” the old white tortoise instructed in a commanding yet straightforward voice. Its figure then leisurely stepped into the Xinghe Waterfall.

The blue cloud-colored flying boat, seemingly unadorned, featured a layer of immortal mist floating on its surface. Isolated from external forces and advancing against the waterfall, it remained remarkably composed, akin to an ancient boulder.

Despite the terrible force resembling a celestial descent, the old white turtle stood firm, attesting to the strength of its physical form. Qing Feng, seated cross-legged, observed the simple yet profound stars revolving beneath his feet, marveling at the legendary craftsmanship of Nine Heavens.

The blue-cloud-colored immortal boat boasted a majestic nebula, ancient wood beams of immortal gold, a body constructed of supreme immortal gold, and paddles emitting nine-colored immortal light. It exuded a sense of vastness and antiquity, evoking a feeling of navigating through the river of time.

What kind of place is the legendary Nine Heavens?

Master, Cen Shuang, you all must wait for me.

Qing Feng murmured, fixing his gaze on the expansive land beyond the waterfall. A profound shock suddenly gripped his heart.

The scene resembled traversing fragments of the ancient universe, with the long river of time stretching far beneath one’s feet, weaving through ancient and contemporary realms.

Fellow Daoist, what kind of place is the Nine Heavens?

Qing Feng struggled to compose himself, unable to resist posing the question to the old tortoise before him. In response, the old white turtle emitted a sound resembling a derisive snicker mixed with a hint of emotion.

“Since Fellow Daoist intends to reach the Nine Heavens, won’t you discover it upon arrival?” the old white turtle retorted.

A common belief held that the mysterious Nine Heavens served as the wellspring of immortals, the foundation of all dharmas, housing numerous opportunities and enigmas.

However, for the residents residing in Nine Heavens, it more closely resembled a prison or a cage. Trapped in perpetual reincarnation, life after life, they were bound to this place.

Why was it called Nine Heavens?

The nine heavens comprised layers of celestial realms, each concealing countless buried ancient histories. Even the old white turtle remained unaware of the contents within the nine heavens. Was it a heavenly resting place or a repository where each heaven buried its predecessor?

Simultaneously, the world surged in the borderland between the immortal domain and the foreign land, the river of time quivered, and the entire universe teetered on the brink of collapse. The endless star field struggled to withstand a daunting aura as if it sought to shatter the world.

Gu Changge’s figure materialized at the border, standing as if at the world’s edge, overlooking the vast foreign universe before him. Many shattered universes dotted the border between the foreign land and the immortal domain, remnants of conflicts that rendered them broken and nonexistent.

Few living creatures remained, all incomplete and deceased, reduced to a buffer zone during the ongoing war between the two realms.

With the arrival of Gu Changge, the barriers of the immortal domain reverberated. Above the foreign land, a terrible wave-like momentum swept through the sky, causing it to collapse and the earth to shatter, annihilating everything in its path.

In the distance, several Immortal Kings from the Immortal Domain, including Immortal King Ao Di and Immortal King Xue Xiao, followed suit. All of them sensed the tremors and quivered in response.

Although ordinary cultivators couldn’t witness this scene, they felt the entire immortal domain trembling, with countless celestial bodies on the verge of plummeting from the sky.

“Who governs the foreign realm now?”

Gu Changge inquired indifferently, his body emanating hundreds of millions of chaotic immortal lights, dazzling and radiant. A supreme aura emerged in the foreign realm’s sky, akin to an unrivaled immortal ancestor awakening. The coercion enshrouded every corner of the world, throwing the universe into turmoil. Vast expanses of the incomplete ancient universe seemed to crumble and transform into ashes.

Such terrifying power prompted even the Immortal Kings to change their expressions, submitting and kneeling on the ground.

“It’s the aura from that day…”

In the broken universe of the foreign land, numerous powerful beings who had achieved immortality before the ancient era still lingered. At this moment, their souls involuntarily quivered, forcing them to kneel. They were overwhelmed with shock.

“This is undoubtedly the aura of the imperial clan’s ancestor level, and it surpasses even that…” Their voices trembled, expressing sheer fear.

“Could it be the one who obliterated the Immortal Palace, arriving here for a grand reckoning?”

“Has the grand reckoning commenced?”

They quivered, unable to resist speculation. In fact, after the fall of the four foreign kings many years ago, numerous speculations emerged from this realm. Many Immortal Kings from foreign lands grew restless, sensing imminent danger and fearing potential raids on their territories.

In this era, who could withstand and halt the presence of such an existence? Even King Ming, a figure they feared, sought refuge far away from the cave of the imperial clan’s ancestor. Furthermore, with the unification of the Immortal Domain and the Upper Realm during this period, that terrible power was transmitted across vast distances to the foreign realm.

Numerous foreign creatures sensed this fluctuation, experiencing suppression by the Dao-building expert once they approached the immortal domain, a severity surpassing anything felt before.

Faced with such pressure, they dared not set foot in the immortal domain again. Against the taboo entity that once laid waste to the Immortal Domain, could the current foreign realm possibly resist?

A calamity of epic proportions unfolded. The sky quivered; millions of paths descended in an orderly, resembling a waterfall, with the Dao-building expert resounding through the air. The world before the foreign realm collapsed, and a formidable aura spread, plunging everything into darkness.

Gu Changge acted swiftly, his enormous hand sweeping the sky, tearing the foreign realm’s heavenly and earthly barrier like a curtain. In the eyes of the universe’s residents, the world abruptly darkened.

A colossal hand, extending beyond sight, descended from the sky, enveloping big stars that appeared like minuscule specks of dust—too insignificant.

The Immortal Kings of our realm have already fled.

At this moment, even Immortal Kings can only face death.

Foreign creatures who had reached the immortal level quivered in fear beneath the aura of impending extinction, forced to tremble and kneel.

Fortunately, Gu Changge harbored no cruel intentions toward them. Breaking open the foreign realm’s sky, he extended his massive hand, causing countless territories to collapse and strike the territory cave of an Immortal King in the foreign land.

Yet, the cave stood empty, devoid of remnants—the Immortal King had long fled, abandoning his people and territory.

Gu Changge remained silent, his gaze cold and profound. Advancing, he reached the foreign realm. The Dao’s myriad restraints extended, materializing in the void and descending from the sky in an attempt to confine him.

However, his radiant body outshone the sun, and every cell expanded like an ancient universe. Tempered to the extreme and further elevated after refining the demon lord’s actual blood, his body had attained an unimaginable level of immortality, resilient against the world’s attempts to subdue it.

Click.

In an instant, the chains of Dao-building experts shattered, and Gu Changge remained unrestrained. As his body descended into the foreign realm, he stood tall between heaven and earth, seemingly causing the universe to strain under the weight of his presence. Countless foreign creatures observed this in horror, falling into a pit of despair.

Has the Immortal King not come to greet me?

Gu Changge’s calm and indifferent voice echoed throughout the universe, sending shivers down the spines of countless foreign beings.

With a raised palm and a subsequent press, a vast and terrifying aura swept once more. Gu Changge’s move unleashed a bone-chilling, cold energy from all corners of the universe, carrying supreme murderous intent. The affected world appeared as though it had been torn apart by an unfathomable force, resisting any attempts at healing.

Even the Immortal Kings of the Immortal Domain, including Immortal King Ao Di, Old Immortal King Gu Xuan, and others, observed from a distance, were shocked beyond words.

Despite their imposing presence and the thousands of troops at their disposal, their significance appeared minuscule in this situation. If an actual conflict erupted between the foreign realm and the immortal domain, the consequences would be immeasurable, with the universe and the lives entangled in it facing unimaginable devastation.

The cold aura of death flourished in the expansive darkness, establishing an immortal silence in the universe, one destroyed piece after another, losing its color forever.

Fellow Daoist, what is the meaning of this?

Puff!

The heavens and myriad realms trembled as the aura of death swept across the sky and earth, instilling terror in all living beings. Finally, a supreme being from a foreign realm descended, sighing deeply as he gazed at Gu Changge.

This powerful entity was surrounded by endless fragments of time, surpassing the Immortal King in magnitude. It felt as though the Immortal King and this being belonged to entirely different levels of existence. The aura emitted by this Quasi-Immortal Emperor was profound, dark, vast, and terrifying to the extreme. Under full awakening, the being exuded a boundless momentum.

Behind this supreme being, King Ming and several other immortal kings from foreign lands also appeared. With him as the focal point, they all observed the unfolding events with fear and trepidation.

From the moment Gu Changge broke open the heavenly gate of the foreign land, traversed the many universes between the two worlds, and arrived at this place, only a few breaths of time had passed.

The laws of heaven and earth in the foreign lands proved powerless against Gu Changge, collapsing and splitting apart upon contact with his body. This level of strength surpassed the speculations of even an Immortal King.

“Are you the awakened ancestor of the imperial clan in the foreign land?

It’s a pity that there is only the realm of the quasi-immortal emperor. Before reaching the immortal emperor, countless epochs have passed. Can the ancestor of the imperial clan in a foreign land be a quasi-immortal emperor?” Gu Changge’s voice remained flat and devoid of any fluctuations.

Observing the quasi-immortal emperor before him, he felt a tinge of regret. At the height of the foreign realm’s power, the ancestors of the imperial clan reached the realm of the immortal emperor, with some even surpassing it and touching the threshold of detachment. Now, affected by various circumstances, the quasi-immortal emperor stood as the ancestor of the imperial clan.

Gu Changge was unsure whether the true patriarch of the imperial clan was hiding or had genuinely fallen to such a state. His decisive actions, venturing directly into the foreign realm and destroying universes adjacent to the immortal domain, did not prompt any action from the foreign land until the current appearance of the imperial family’s ancestors. This stirred a sense of regret in Gu Changge.

“I, Emperor Yi, have met fellow Taoists,” said the ancestor of the imperial clan.

Gu Changge’s response was a shake of his head and a laugh that Emperor Yi perceived as mocking or emotional. The complexions of immortal kings from other lands changed drastically. Emperor Yi was the backbone of the foreign realm, and their allegiance rested with him.

“Even the quasi-immortal emperor now dares to call himself emperor?” Gu Changge’s words elicited a further shake of his head and a mocking laugh.

Emperor Yi, while maintaining his composure, felt a tinge of anger. He emphasized that the world had changed, questioning whether Gu Changge still thought he could act as he pleased, as in the past.

Though angry, Emperor Yi did not let his emotions disturb his mental state. Inwardly, he wished to test the strength of Gu Changge, the demon lord who had once troubled the heavens and was the chief culprit in the destruction of the immortal palace.