Chapter 118: Witnesses of the Times (XV)

Su Chen returned to the Wang family and informed them of Wang Yunfei and the Zhushen Palace.
With the Wang family's power, they quickly investigated the Zhushen Palace in the starry sky... This was a top-tier power that had long since ascended to the path of enlightenment, founded by a group of ambitious geniuses. Two Great Emperors who reigned supreme over the universe had even emerged from within the Zhushen Palace!
The Zhushen Palace had five Palace Masters, each a renowned top genius on the path of enlightenment. Some were invincible in this era, while others had once contended with ancient Great Emperors, only to be defeated and then secluded themselves for generations. These individuals were far superior to the former invincible figures of the Tianxuan Domain. Those so-called invincibles were at best invincible within the Tianxuan Domain; the Zhushen Palace possessed monsters who had truly competed with Great Emperors for the Dao!
Su Chen narrowed his eyes. The information the Wang family had received included Lin Zhan, one of the hall masters of the God-Slaying Hall. Although Wang Yunfei hadn't killed Lin Zhan, he had killed another ancient prodigy who had resurrected during a great era within the God-Slaying Hall. This Saint-level being had defied a Saint King and escaped unscathed from the God-Slaying Hall's encirclement.
However, the Wang family wasn't worried.
On the Imperial Palace side, some former geniuses who had once embarked on the path to enlightenment had begun to attack the God-Slaying Hall. This power, which had once produced an Emperor, naturally possessed a foundation far beyond what ordinary people could comprehend. On that path, there were also prodigies who had contended with Great Emperors.
"Trying to force Wang Yunfei to appear using my life... Was this Lin Zhan's doing?"
Su Chen hadn't expected that Lin Zhan, the man of immense fortune who couldn't even conceal his true intentions, would become so ruthless... Su Chen felt no regret. Facing the ruthless and unscrupulous Lin Zhan, Su Chen felt as if he were looking at a meticulously crafted work of art. He had utterly destroyed everything Lin Zhan had. In this battle against the chosen one of destiny, thousands of years later, he hadn't lost, and Lin Zhan hadn't won either.
Su Chen resumed his seclusion. In other eras, the Nirvana Realm was undoubtedly a powerful figure, but in this Golden Age, those who weren't saints were nothing but ants.
Fifty years later, earth-shattering news came from the depths of the starry sky: Wang Yunfei had broken through to become a Saint King and killed another Palace Master of the God-Slaying Palace. Two of the five Palace Masters of the God-Slaying Palace had been killed, enraging the God-Slaying Palace, which was determined to kill Wang Yunfei.
Even the Second Palace Master, Lin Zhan, from the depths of the starry sky personally intervened, but was stopped by a formidable enemy.
Three hundred years passed in the blink of an eye.
Su Chen's cultivation had reached its peak. His blood and true essence had been honed to their limits, and his body, seated cross-legged, resembled a majestic Mount Tai.
"It's time to become a saint."
Su Chen sensed the opportune moment had arrived. He no longer suppressed his aura. The once clear sky instantly crackled with thunder, and bolts of saintly tribulation descended from the heavens, seemingly cleaving the world apart and restarting chaos. The surrounding land, spanning thousands of miles, transformed into a sea of ​​lightning.
Two figures appeared in the heavens, their auras unfathomable. This was the foundation of the Wang family—two Saint King level experts.
After the appearance of the two Wang family patriarchs, the covetous auras from all directions vanished completely.
"My Wang family will soon have another sage."
"Indeed, although Wang Chen is not as dazzling as his brother Wang Yunfei, he still possesses the potential of a sage king. Even after we old folks have passed away, he can ensure the prosperity of my Wang family for thousands of years."
"A pair of brothers, truly the best gift bestowed upon my Wang family for its rise in this great era."
"..."
Su Chen was bathed in the lightning tribulation, the heavenly tribulation relentlessly bombarding his body, turning his original form into a blackened charcoal.
As the heavenly tribulation gradually subsided, Su Chen's blackened body began its transformation.
One year later
Su Chen emerged from seclusion, his body swirling with Daoist energy. With every gesture, heaven and earth seemed to tremble... This time, his breakthrough to Sainthood was without great turmoil; everything unfolded naturally, achieving Sainthood in five hundred years.
Saints possess a lifespan of five thousand years.
Su Chen used less than a tenth of his lifespan to become a Saint, becoming a top figure in the Five Realms of Tianxuan.
He succeeded as the current head of the Wang family.
In this great era, who will rise and fall?
Su Chen gazed towards the distant heavens. He could feel that terrifying suppression... growing weaker. When that suppression disappeared, the most terrifying thing would arrive.
Recorded in history with just a few strokes, yet permeated with the blood of countless lives, countless lives and tears converged into four words:
【Dark Turmoil】
Only when Su Chen became the head of the Wang family did he realize that such terrifying things existed in the world. Some of the ancient 'Emperors' had not truly died. They severed their own paths, erased their own marks from the world, willingly falling from their supreme realms, just to gain hope of survival... They lingered on, not appearing in the world while the current emperor still existed. When the emperor grew old or died, these former 'Emperors,' once revered by all, would become executioners of humanity.
Such terrifying beings were not only the legendary fallen 'Emperors,' but also those decaying 'Saints' who refused to die. Although they could not exist forever, they were willing to use any means necessary to survive.
Upon learning this incredibly cruel truth, Su Chen felt both confusion and anger. If more and more 'Emperors' were unwilling to die, clinging to life, this world would inevitably decline and perish.
"Why couldn't these once invincible Emperors even see life and death clearly? Or was there some temptation that compelled them to live on, life after life?"
Su Chen began to feel lost. Having become a Saint, he suddenly realized that this world was never as simple as he had imagined.
Another three hundred years passed.
Su Chen often looked at the starry sky, sometimes wanting to embark on that path.
However, in this great era, the Wang family's prodigies were in dire straits.
The prodigies who had fought Wang Yunfei in the past were now entering the Saint Realm. Saints were emerging frequently in the Tianxuan Domain, vying for the world's fortune... but the Tianxuan fortune was concentrated in the Central Continent, while the fortunes of the other four domains were scarce. For the next generation of prodigies, except those from the Central Continent, breaking through to the Saint Realm was extremely difficult.
The other four domains also noticed this situation. A powerful elder from the Northern Domain, along with other strong individuals from the four domains, exerted pressure on the Central Continent, forcing the Imperial Palace and various forces within the Central Continent to redistribute their fortunes.
Many powerful forces from the Central Continent were present, including Su Chen, the head of the Wang family.
"Today, we must divide the five domains equally!"
"Your Central Continent monopolizes ninety percent of the world's cultivation paths, leaving no place for the cultivators of the other four domains?"
The leader of the Northern Region, Sheng, spoke with a powerful and menacing voice, his face revealing a fierce expression: "Otherwise, even if it means an imperial war breaks out and the Central Continent is shattered, we will not hesitate!"
Su Chen's heart skipped a beat.
This day had finally come... No one wanted to sit idly by and wait for their doom!