The Netherworld Realm was in turmoil.

The current Great Emperor had descended upon the Netherworld to settle old grudges and had ruthlessly slain one of their supreme experts. Even though they possessed a foundation capable of contending with a Great Emperor, the Netherworld did not dare to turn hostile easily. They knew they were in the wrong.

"This matter was our Netherworld's fault. We will investigate it thoroughly."

The Netherworld chose to yield.

Facing a young and vigorous Great Emperor, they had no desire to fight to the death. Even after losing one of their foundations, they still backed down.

Su Chen stared at the four remaining experts, causing their scalps to tingle.

Fortunately, Su Chen had no intention of continuing the slaughter. He did not attempt to eradicate the Netherworld entirely. Instead, he took out a list.

"Hand over the mastermind behind the curse…"

When they saw the contents of the list, the four Netherworld supreme experts' expressions changed dramatically. They gritted their teeth and continued reading.

"No…"

One of the supreme experts flared with rage and was about to refuse when he looked up and met Su Chen's emotionless eyes.

A chill ran down his spine.

The person standing before them was a true Great Emperor. Did they really dare to bargain with the current Great Emperor?

The fact that this Great Emperor was willing to give them a way out was already an act of Emperor mercy.

Enduring the pain as if their hearts were bleeding, the four supreme experts agreed. This time, the Netherworld was destined to suffer a massive loss.

Su Chen left the Netherworld Realm. This left the world speculating that the Netherworld would have to pay an enormous price.

Su Chen did not destroy the Netherworld. After annihilating so many forces in succession, his own strength had already weakened somewhat.

However, Su Chen was not anxious. He was still young and had a full hundred thousand years ahead of him.

Su Chen had always been generous. As for the so-called promise of a Great Emperor… He did not seem to have promised that he would spare the Netherworld if they obediently handed over the resources.

Su Chen returned to the Ye Family.

A steady stream of resources poured into the Ye Family.

The sheer volume of treasures filled the entire Ye Family small world, driving the clan elders into a frenzy of delight.

Su Chen cared little for ordinary resources. At the level of a Great Emperor, only items on the level of an immortal divine medicine held any meaning. Other cultivation resources had no effect on a being of his life level. What truly interested him were the Emperor Scriptures and secret scrolls, as they were related to perfecting his own path in this life.

Inside the Ye Family small world.

Memories regarding Great Emperors surfaced one after another in Su Chen's mind.

"What is this? A Great Emperor's guide?"

Every Great Emperor was less a mere cultivation realm and more a monarch chosen by the will of the universe from among the countless geniuses and monsters of all races. They wielded supreme authority, and a Great Emperor's power was tied to the prosperity of all races in the universe.

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He needed to maintain balance among the various races, allowing more races to flourish in the universe. Only by enabling the world to reach unprecedented brilliance and fierce competition of the Great Dao before the arrival of the Dharma-Ending Age could he grow stronger.

That era, however, might very well be the Dharma-Ending Age itself. This monarch's term lasted ten thousand years. If one possessed an immortal divine medicine or could live a second or even third life, the term could be extended. Then there were the forbidden zone Supremes and the forbidden zones themselves.

The forbidden zone Supremes were tumors upon the universe. They occupied positions without dying, clinging stubbornly to life. When a Great Emperor killed a Supreme, he earned great merit. The power of the fallen Supreme would return to the universe, which would then nourish the current Great Emperor. The more Supremes he killed, the stronger he became. This made Su Chen think of the Invincible Great Emperor. The number of Supremes who had died at his hands had long exceeded the fingers of both hands. Just how terrifying must his strength have been? It was a pity he had never fought him.

In this era, a Great Emperor was destined to walk a path of solitude.

As for the forbidden zones where Supremes resided, they were tumors among tumors. Originally, the universe could accommodate two, three, or even more Great Emperors. These forbidden zone Supremes had carved up the universe, forcibly creating independent small universes and setting themselves up as kings.

As a result, the heavenly laws became incomplete, allowing at most only one Great Emperor to exist at any time. And these were precisely the duties of a Great Emperor.

To grow stronger. To advance further. To achieve transcendence.

Su Chen finally understood why every Great Emperor relentlessly targeted the forbidden zones, and why every Great Emperor—regardless of the race or being that attained the realm—had always treated all races equally. It was all tied to their own path of cultivation.

Even so, since the Mythical Era, transcendence had become an unreachable legend that countless martial artists could only dream of. Even if the beings in the forbidden zones waited generation after generation, they could never obtain a concrete answer. They wanted to forge a different road, yet their very existence had become the greatest obstacle blocking the path of all living beings.

After learning everything, Su Chen began to dismantle the Emperor Weapons he had obtained. He recast the Flying Immortal Pagoda and the Hundred Battles Golden Armor, restoring them to their flawless, perfect condition.

He left the Flying Immortal Pagoda in the Myriad Laws Hall, while the Hundred Battles Golden Armor was sent back to the Ye Family ancestral land to be nourished.

Su Chen then devoted himself to comprehending the other Emperor Scriptures, using them to perfect his own path.

Three thousand years passed.

Su Chen fused three million scriptures and ten Emperor Scriptures into the Myriad Laws Emperor Scripture. His strength grew even greater.

Su Chen left the Ye Family. His footprints appeared across the major forces of the universe. He began to "visit" the various orthodoxies, seeking the wisdom of all living beings. Among them were former opponents and old friends alike.

Heavenly Profound Domain.

Su Chen had not returned to the Heavenly Profound Domain for a long time. The domain had changed dramatically. The Prison Suppressing Sacred Land—no, it should now be called the Prison Suppressing Emperor Palace—had become the most powerful force in the Heavenly Profound Domain. The Fang Family had become the Emperor lineage of the Prison Suppressing Emperor Palace.

This outcome was already quite good. Yet too many forces had vanished into the long river of time. Their former territories now bore unfamiliar names. The Azure Jade Sacred Land, the Heavenly Ruins Sacred Land… these once-ancient orthodoxies had all been buried by history.

In the Western Domain, Su Chen revisited old places but found no traces of his former acquaintances. He then headed to the Central Continent.

In the Central Continent, the Wang Family had not perished. They had risen and fallen over the years and had even produced a Great Saint during a prosperous era. Wang Yunfei, however, had never returned to the Wang Family. The old friend had passed away, and he now belonged to the Nine Suns Emperor Palace.

Inside the Nine Suns Emperor Palace.

If Wang Yunfei could choose again, he would never have challenged a Great Emperor. He deeply regretted it.

Su Chen showed no mercy. Wang Yunfei could only endure the beating like a sandbag. The experts of the Nine Suns Emperor Palace watched the scene in silence, all holding their breath with lowered heads.

Wang Yunfei crawled out from the ruins.

"The Great Completion Martial God Body is truly extraordinary," Su Chen could not help but praise.

After becoming a Great Emperor, such sparring sessions had become extremely rare.

Wang Yunfei's face darkened. He always felt that Su Chen harbored ill intentions. Recalling how he had once taken the initiative to challenge Su Chen, Wang Yunfei decided that he would rather stroll through a forbidden zone than ever challenge a Great Emperor again. He had been treated purely as a sandbag, with no power to fight back.

In the following years, every time Su Chen visited the Nine Suns Emperor Palace, he failed to see Wang Yunfei. This left Su Chen rather disappointed. He left the Heavenly Profound Domain and headed toward the Azure Nether Dao Domain.

At this moment, powerful auras were rising throughout the Azure Nether Dao Domain as countless experts gathered.

Su Chen halted his steps. He did not release his Great Emperor aura. Instead, he looked up toward the distance.

The Azure Nether Dao Domain was currently launching a counteroffensive against the Black Nether Demon Domain. The two mighty great domains had been locked in endless war for tens of thousands of years.