Chapter 214: Imperial Decree (Thirty)

After leaving the Divine Race, Su Chen did not return to the Ye Family.
During his ascension to the Dao, remnants of powerful races from various clans besieged him. Su Chen addressed these old scores one by one, eliminating the weaker ones, confiscating their property, and exterminating their entire clans. The powerful races, like the Divine Race, sacrificed a branch to preserve themselves.
And Su Chen treated them the same way he treated the Divine Race.
Extorting a hefty sum was enough to cripple them.
Su Chen traveled to various places and finally arrived at the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion.
The Heavenly Mystery Pavilion was a legendary place, extremely difficult to find, but for Su Chen, the Great Emperor of this era, it was no secret.
On a celestial island.
An old man dressed in a simple Daoist robe sat cross-legged, two cups of tea laid out on a stone table before him.
A figure appeared before them, seemingly effortless, yet the moment he appeared, the entire world seemed to revolve around him. A single glance was enough to inspire submission; he was the ruler of heaven and earth!
Su Chen looked at the old man; this was the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion Master he had met in his childhood. However, the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion Master's eyes were now permanently devoid of color, unable to perceive the outside world.
Su Chen accepted the tea offered by the old man and said softly, "Old man, why did you do this?"
Only the Emperor himself could have divined the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion Master to such an extent, causing such injury.
The Heavenly Mystery Pavilion Master sighed, "This old man has offended the Emperor's majesty... but this matter concerns the survival of my Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, and I had no choice but to divine."
"It's all my fault for being curious back then, casting a divination for the Emperor, revealing heavenly secrets, almost causing a catastrophe, leading to the Emperor's assassination attempt in his youth, nearly resulting in his demise."
The Heavenly Mystery Pavilion Master's words were nothing short of astonishing.
Back then, the Master of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion cast a divination for Su Chen at the Ye family. This divination... revealed a glimpse of the future. Even though he shielded himself from the heavenly secrets, a trace of his destiny was still detected, causing an unknown entity to target Su Chen's fate, intending to curse and kill a future Great Emperor!
"Tell me his whereabouts!"
The Master of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion, driven by curiosity, nearly caused a catastrophe. However, thanks to the secret techniques of time, and his desperate calculation of the crisis, even though Ye Liuli appeared, his actions were considered to have offset his mistakes. Su Chen didn't make things difficult for this old man with limited time left. His target was the person behind the curse.
The Master of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion seemed to have anticipated this.
He directly revealed the location of the person who cast the curse.
Su Chen didn't stay long at the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion and left.
The Master of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion stared silently at the shattered cup on the table for a long time.
......
The Underworld
Here resides one of the most powerful Daoist lineages in the world.
The one who initially attempted to kill the young Su Chen was not the gods, the demons, or any other alien races, but rather the powerful force of the Underworld. Having remained hidden for many eras, a great figure within the Underworld was there to discern the secrets of heaven and preemptively curse Su Chen's demise.
Yet, unexpectedly, Su Chen survived.
A pair of enormous hands tore through the void of the Underworld, and an immensely colossal figure poked out half its head. Its pupils, gleaming like the eyes of heaven, gazed upon the entire Underworld.
Imperial might swept across the entire Underworld, causing countless beings to tremble in fear.
Within the Netherworld, a myriad of auras revived, as if facing a formidable enemy.
The current Great Emperor reigns supreme over the Netherworld!
"It's the Great Emperor... He's come to the Netherworld again. Is he here to settle scores with the Netherworld?"
"The Netherworld, this is a super lineage. From the ancient era to the present, it has produced at least four Great Emperors. Its foundation is profound. The Netherworld even existed in a more distant time. Great Emperors have tried to uncover its secrets, but ultimately failed!"
"..."
The Netherworld is undoubtedly a terrifying force.
Su Chen sensed several terrifying auras reviving within the Netherworld. Five figures appeared at once, wielding supreme imperial weapons, manifesting in the sky above the Netherworld.
Without exception, these five figures were the foundation of the Netherworld, the cream of the crop among quasi-Emperors. Unable to achieve Dao, they chose to seal off the Netherworld, protecting it generation after generation. Now that Su Chen has come with ill intentions, the entire foundation of the Netherworld has been mobilized.
The crowd was horrified.
"Five Emperor-level weapons... I thought I overestimated the Underworld, but I underestimated its power... What are they trying to do? Hiding for generations!"
A supreme expert observing from the shadows was filled with horror. An ordinary race producing even one Emperor already possessed considerable resources... but the Underworld had produced five Emperors, and this was just one force! How terrifying was that? It's no exaggeration to say that even a Supreme Being would die if they came to the Underworld, and even a Great Emperor would have to retreat.
The five figures wielding Emperor-level weapons were descendants of former Great Emperors. They possessed the ability to awaken the remnants of their former Great Emperors' souls. The awakening of five Great Emperors' remnants was enough to severely injure a true Great Emperor! It could annihilate an era!
"Great Emperor of this era, the Underworld has never provoked you. Why have you come to our Underworld?"
One of the Underworld's strongest experts spoke, showing no fear.
They had their resources and were certain that Su Chen wouldn't dare to directly confront the Underworld.
Otherwise, it would only result in mutual destruction!
Looking at their expressions, Su Chen smiled. He indeed couldn't do anything to the five remnant souls of Great Emperors, but... would the Underworld summon five remnant souls of Great Emperors to contend with him?
No, no, once the trump card is played, it's gone. The Underworld's countless years of accumulation, the foundation of the five Emperors—countless forces would covet it!
Su Chen reached out and grabbed the Underworld Supreme who had spoken.
The expressions of the other four changed drastically.
"The current Great Emperor, do you want to start a war with my Underworld?"
The four shouted, their auras rising, but they still couldn't awaken the remnant souls of the former Great Emperors.
The Underworld Supreme being held by Su Chen looked terrified. Su Chen's speed was too fast, his attack too sudden; he had no time to react!
"The Underworld once cursed and killed this Emperor!"
The Underworld Supreme being in Su Chen's hand instantly turned into a bloody mist.
Su Chen's gaze made the other four tense.
In the starry sky, a powerful figure, upon hearing this, seemed to realize something and murmured, "No wonder the current emperor came to the Underworld... They actually dared to curse and kill the future emperor, they truly have enormous audacity!"
"They have violated the taboo, and now they are facing retribution."
The four from the Underworld also understood the reason for Su Chen's arrival, their expressions turning grim.
Cursing and killing an emperor who has not yet grown up is a grave taboo!