Chapter 217: Imperial Decree (Thirty-Three)

Ye Liuli, after ten thousand years, finally awoke.
Within the Ye family compound,
Ten thousand years had passed, and many familiar figures were gone.
"How long have I been asleep?"
"Ten thousand years."
Ye Liuli looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar figure.
Now, he was the ruler of the entire universe.
"So ten thousand years have passed. No wonder you, Little Chen, are becoming more and more like a monarch."
Ye Liuli blinked.
In the entire universe,
perhaps only Ye Liuli could address a Great Emperor in such a way.
Su Chen smiled, finding a strange sense of warmth in Ye Liuli's address.
"This is a Supreme Pill, capable of helping you complete your Great Dao."
Su Chen handed the Supreme Pill to Ye Liuli.
He had instantly killed two unlucky Supreme beings.
Using the Dao of a Supreme being, he refined two Supreme Pills. He gifted one to Ji Changkong, and kept the other until now.
Using the Supreme Pill for alchemy
Only one person in the entire universe could accomplish this.
Ye Liuli awoke, refined the Supreme Pill, and her cultivation advanced further.
Su Chen, however, continued to leave the Ye family.
The Starfall Pavilion has now become a powerful lineage, belonging to the Myriad Laws Hall.
Besides, there are many other generals.
These are all Su Chen's former followers, but ten thousand years have passed, and most of them have grown old.
"My lord, if there is an afterlife, we will still follow you."
One by one, the followers left their last words, some choosing to seal themselves away, others choosing to accept life and death, passing away peacefully in the mortal world.
The departed friends are like leaves falling in the wind, gradually withering away.
Myriad Laws Hall
Ji Changkong's cultivation advanced further, stepping onto an alternative path to enlightenment. He chose to search for his lost memories, and following Su Chen's guidance, he returned to Falling Emperor Mountain.
He remembered everything, but ultimately chose to return to the Myriad Laws Hall.
Now, he is a completely new being.
Over ten thousand years, Yuan Ming, a Divine Source Master, harnessed the power of the universe to research entirely new Source Techniques, becoming the tenth Celestial Master in the history of Divine Source Masters. However, Yuan Ming did not continue his research on Divine Source Techniques; continuing would have brought about a great terror. He dedicated his life to perfecting the Myriad Laws Hall, his accumulated knowledge in one lifetime comparable to that of many lifetimes!
Ye San came from the Heaven-Slaying Sect, but like Ji Changkong, he chose to remain in the Myriad Laws Hall.
The Black Dragon Emperor further advanced with the help of the Myriad Laws Hall's fortune, stepping into the Quasi-Emperor realm.
Over ten thousand years, the Myriad Laws Hall has produced numerous geniuses. Besides the four Quasi-Emperors—Ji Changkong, Yuan Ming, Ye San, and the Black Dragon Emperor—a new Quasi-Emperor named Song Dao has emerged. In addition, countless other powerful figures have appeared.
Su Chen, presiding over the Myriad Laws Hall, witnessed the clash of geniuses over the millennia, the rise and fall of dynasties, and the demise of one lineage after another.
Gradually, for a long time, no race of beings saw that Emperor.
The order of all races returned to normal, but constant competition led to the emergence of countless heroes... yet in this great era, none could reach the pinnacle.
This era acquired a new name:
The Age of Myriad Laws
But there were no myriad laws, only one person dominating.
...
Another ten thousand years passed.
In a celestial realm,
Su Chen, without changing expression, easily suppressed Ye Liuli with a flick of his hand.
This wasn't the first time Ye Liuli had tried to ambush him.
But he was, after all, the current Emperor, controlling the universe. How could Ye Liuli's movements escape his notice?
Therefore, this wasn't the first time Ye Liuli had been suppressed.
"Little Chen, release me now! I'm still your ancestor!"
That made sense.
However, Su Chen wasn't buying it.
"Speak, what's the matter this time?"
Su Chen spoke calmly.
Ye Liuli's visits never brought good news.
Ye Liuli struggled for a moment, then gave up, collapsing to the ground without any grace: "Little Chen, you're now the current Emperor, don't you consider leaving behind an heir? That's an imperial heir! Recently, a peerless woman appeared in the Void God Palace, suppressing all the geniuses of the myriad races. Have you considered it?"
Ye Liuli was extremely worried about Su Chen's offspring.
Su Chen shook his head.
Ye Liuli turned around and sighed: "The emperor is destined to be lonely. You will watch with your own eyes the death of relatives one after another, the rise and fall of one Taoist tradition after another, and all the things you were familiar with will gradually disappear, and you will endure the loneliness that goes from strangeness to familiarity and then disappears one after another."
Su Chen looked at Ye Liuli, who looked unusually serious at the moment.
"Your life is short"
Ye Liuli didn't take it seriously. Twenty thousand years have passed and she is still as beautiful as ever: "I want to live out my third life. Then I will seize your throne and beat you up!"
Ye Liuli waved the talisman in his hand.
Living out the third life... Throughout the ages, how many people have been able to live out the third life?
Su Chen was silent, with a smile on his face, and nodded: "Okay, I'll wait for you."
Ye Liuli left.
Su Chen appeared in Wanfa Hall again.
At this moment, Yuan Ming was old and frail. Su Chen personally sealed him within the Divine Source. Ji Changkong and Ye San were also personally sealed into the Divine Source by Su Chen.
As for the Black Dragon Emperor... ordinary quasi-emperors have a lifespan of 30,000 years, while the Black Dragon Emperor, with his innate true dragon bloodline, has a lifespan of 50,000 years. Su Chen wasn't in a hurry to seal him away; after all, having another old friend on the path to immortality was quite beneficial.
Su Chen took Chi Yao back to the Yaochi Sacred Land.
Chi Yao's lifespan had also reached its end, but she didn't seal herself away. She was originally a fruit of the Immortal Tree, and now naturally, she chose to return to the Immortal Tree.
The two strolled beneath the Immortal Tree, amidst the vast starry river.
"Thank you so much for giving me the experience of being human, the joys and sorrows of a normal being, emotions, happiness, and understanding what it feels like to like someone."
Chi Yao looked at the figure before her, her eyes glistening with tears, and a hint of reluctance.
"Perhaps in some future life, we will meet again,"
Su Chen promised.
Chi Yao nestled beside Su Chen, listening intently.
The next life...the next life...even a great emperor cannot create reincarnation. Does this world truly have a next life?
Su Chen's answer was yes.
Chi Yao's answer was also one of belief.
Fallen leaves swirled, dyeing the world a crimson hue.
Su Chen felt the figure he was leaning on gradually become lighter, eventually transforming into a beam of celestial light.
Su Chen reached out to grasp it, but the celestial light pierced through him. Even with his flying immortal body's incredible speed, he couldn't stop the celestial light from merging into the immortal tree.
Su Chen stood beneath the immortal tree, gazing at the colossal tree that had spanned countless ages.
"In some future life...we will meet again."
Chi Yao's consciousness merged into the Immortal Tree.
Perhaps in ten thousand years, a million years, ten million years, the Immortal Tree will give birth to the will of a living being, transforming into an unparalleled immortal spirit, sweeping across the nine heavens, carving out of the universe, and shattering the myth of no one being able to transcend.
Perhaps, within that immortal spirit, Chi Yao's consciousness still resides.
Su Chen left the Yaochi Sacred Land.
Now,
he is finally a true 'Emperor'.