Chapter 264: Transcendence in This Lifetime (Part 20)

In another space.
Su Chen and Qin Wujie broke through the spatial barrier.
“Is this another world?”
Qin Wujie looked around; it was all desolate.
“No, this is just ruins.”
Su Chen shook his head, looking around.
It was a bleak scene, as if a devastating war had erupted, causing the extinction of all life, leaving only desolation.
Su Chen and Qin Wujie began searching for traces, trying to figure out what had happened here.
Over the past few years, Su Chen and Qin Wujie had become certain of one thing: there were no survivors here; everything had been wiped out.
Su Chen had a vague idea of ​​what was going on.
"In the battle of transcendence, though not truly transcending, the barrier was breached, causing another world to gradually merge with the original."
"This world was discovered by the Netherworld Immortals, who sacrificed the entire world, consuming all its inhabitants to extend their lifespan!"
The Netherworld Immortals lived for millions of years not only by consuming the inhabitants of the original world, but also, by chance, sensed the barrier breached by the Undying Nether Emperor. On the other side of this barrier, another world was being gradually drawn by the universe, and the two worlds were about to merge.
That world was discovered by the Netherworld Immortals, and to extend their own lifespan, they sacrificed all its inhabitants.
The masses believed that the Netherworld Immortals breached the barrier, becoming the first transcendent being of the new era.
However, this is not the case. The Netherworld Immortals never transcended; they merely entered another world. All the powerful emperors who would later emerge were prematurely killed by the Netherworld Immortals. The other emperors were not qualified to sense the other world, thus weaving a millions-year-long deception of transcendence.
However, neither Su Chen nor Qin Wujie found any trace of the Netherworld Immortal.
Su Chen did not give up.
Finally, after the first century, Su Chen and Qin Wujie discovered clues.
"Here... there's actually another space!"
Su Chen sensed the fluctuations of a battle between powerful beings. Together with Qin Wujie, they entered another world once more.
......
I am the Netherworld Immortal, but I have a name.
Heavenly Netherworld Child
Compared to this name, I prefer all beings to call me the Heavenly Netherworld Emperor.
I am destiny itself.
I have existed since before the Mythical Era. The essence of the Netherworld's fortune over tens of millions of years has gathered within me, destined that my birth would sweep away all great enemies and attain transcendence.
When I gained sentience, a small incident occurred. A contemporary emperor called the Great Emperor of Ten Thousand Laws wanted to investigate the secret of my birth, leading to the destruction of the Netherworld. Although I escaped by chance, I suffered a great loss of energy and had to go into hiding.
I secretly vowed to eradicate all traces of the Emperor of Ten Thousand Laws.
But I was far too naive.
Before I could recover my energy and be reborn as a living being, a great upheaval occurred. Supreme beings, bathed in the Emperor's blood, unleashed a dark turmoil. Faced with its terrifying power, I was forced to slumber, awaiting its end.
But I was wrong again.
The Dark Ages ended, ushering in an even more terrifying era. A raven swept across the heavens and earth, ending the Dark Ages. It fed on supreme beings, and even great emperors were merely playthings in its grasp, to be devoured at any moment.
That raven seemed to be searching for something...
Since then, Tianmingzi fell into a deep slumber.
Even though that raven didn't appear for a thousand years, ten thousand years, a million years...
Tianmingzi didn't emerge.
He knew that the raven was still alive, and if he were to emerge, he would only become its prey.
He waited for an opportunity.
He waited and waited, ten thousand years after ten thousand years, then a hundred thousand years, then a million years.
A tremor that shook the universe roused him.
He discovered... that raven, having failed to transcend, was finally dead.
Tian Mingzi decisively chose to transform into a living being and transcend the tribulation. That era was filled with many prodigies, but Tian Mingzi easily swept them all away, becoming an emperor in one lifetime, revered by all races.
Having survived the nine heavenly tribulations, Tian Mingzi devoured all the remaining supreme beings, further advancing his cultivation.
He sensed an existence beyond this world. Although the Undying Underworld Emperor hadn't transcended, he had caused another world to merge with this one. Tian Mingzi decisively chose to invade that world. He succeeded, becoming the first transcendent being in history, but he also failed. That other world wasn't the legendary Immortal Realm, but another universe.
Tian Mingzi encountered a formidable enemy, besieged by powerful beings from another universe. However, as a great emperor who had undergone nine tribulations, even with a relatively short time of attainment, he easily slayed these so-called great emperors. Tian Mingzi killed and refined all the beings in this world, ultimately discovering a shocking secret:
The 'Heart' of the Universe
This is the secret of transcendence.
Throughout history, those who have transcended the cosmic order have failed not because they were insufficiently powerful, but because they lacked the approval of the 'Heart' of the Universe, thus lacking the right to survive in the Void Sea of ​​Time and being annihilated.
To obtain the 'Heart' of the Universe, one must possess one of the nine innate treasures... only then can one gain the 'Heart's' approval. Tian Mingzi happened to possess one of them.
However, just as Tian Mingzi was preparing to return to the universe, an unexpected event occurred. In this world, there was a transcendent who had refined the 'Heart' of the Universe. Upon discovering the destruction of his world, he immediately began hunting down Tian Mingzi.
Tian Mingzi was forced to simultaneously engage this terrifyingly powerful being, preemptively eliminate the Great Emperor of the original universe—who possessed limitless potential and could locate this world—to replenish his life force, and simultaneously intercept that terrifying being to prevent him from entering the original universe to slaughter living beings and refine the 'Heart' of the Universe.
.......
"It's you!?"
Space shattered.
A void, containing endless space, where even the river of time had been severed and sunk.
Two incredibly terrifying beings have clashed here for millions of years.
Now, this opportunity has been shattered.
Two more figures have entered.
The terrifying being, shrouded in darkness and whose form was obscured, seemed to recognize the two figures.
“Who exactly are you, Wanfa?”
“Why do you still possess the Undying Nether Blade?”
The supreme being, exuding an aura of darkness, was none other than Tianmingzi.
His expression was grim.
Su Chen looked at Tian Mingzi and said calmly, "The Great Emperor of Myriad Laws was the founding ancestor of the sect. As for the Undying Nether Blade, that's the legacy of the Undying Nether Emperor."
"You come from the lineage of Myriad Laws! Damn it, I should have erased all traces left by Myriad Laws back then!" Tian Mingzi's tone was filled with regret.
For millions of years, he had almost forgotten about the Great Emperor of Myriad Laws. If it weren't for the familiar aura emanating from Su Chen, he might not have remembered this at all.
The lineage of the Great Emperor of Myriad Laws, having survived the Imperial Era, has actually produced another supreme powerhouse!