Chapter 860: "Coordinates"

Xuan-Yu Domain.

Dim clouds shrouded the sky above the vast domain. Under the hurricane surging from the Gray Realm, they floated silently in one direction, like a sea of clouds churning in the wind and waves, magnificent and vast.

And at this moment, above the city and the clouds, a white building with a silhouette resembling a diamond stood motionless, as if embedded in the sky.

That was the center of the Xuan-Yu Domain, and the only one among the nine major bases that occupied the sky—

The Xuan-Yu Base.

Forty seconds after the emergence of the Imperial Dao Ancient Treasury, alarm sounds echoed in every corner of the Xuan-Yu Base. Figures in white lab coats shuttled through it quickly, their expressions rarely solemn.

"...So, the news of the Imperial Dao Ancient Treasury's emergence has been confirmed?"

In the general dispatch room, a figure stood before a huge one-way glass, looking back.

"Yes, Professor." A young man holding a thick stack of documents said in a low voice, "The South Sea Domain confirmed it first and passed the intelligence to other domains immediately. The Tongtian Tower subsequently used the Star-Gazing Mirror to confirm it as well. The Imperial Dao Ancient Treasury has indeed emerged, right near the Wuji Domain."

"The South Sea Domain confirmed it first?" The Professor raised an eyebrow, then nodded slightly as if thinking of something. "That makes sense. The one from the Book God Dao is in the South Sea Domain... With the Imperial Dao Ancient Treasury emerging, he should have been able to sense it immediately."

After deep thought, the Professor asked again: "What is the reaction from the other domains?"

"The first batch of emergency meetings has been convened. The views of all domains are currently consistent: they believe the revival of the Emperor will cause a shock to the current human society... The situation we are facing is already severe enough; we must unite to fight external enemies, rather than letting a resurrected emperor stir up internal chaos."

The Professor nodded repeatedly. "Humanity has suffered so many hardships and barely survived until now... How could we kneel and kowtow to a feudal emperor again?"

"However, since the Imperial Dao Ancient Treasury has emerged, it means it is about to select the [Emperor] of this era..."

"Then, before the new [Emperor] appears, destroy him along with that ancient treasury," the Professor said calmly.

"Professor, that is the Imperial Dao Ancient Treasury... Even if it is abandoned and fallen, it cannot be destroyed just by saying so. If nothing goes wrong, there should still be the lingering thoughts of past emperors there," the young man said helplessly. "Among the current five major domains, who can destroy it?"

"What about the one in the South Sea Domain? Won't he take action?"

"The Book God Dao is also one of the fourteen God Daos and is suppressed by the Imperial God Dao... Even if he leaves the South Sea Domain at any cost and takes forced action, there is no guarantee he can destroy that place."

"...If the God Dao won't work, what about the Nine Lords? Lord Hongchen should..."

Before he could finish, the Professor shook his head to himself. "That won't work either... Lord Hongchen's injuries have not healed, and he still has to maintain the Hongchen Domain; he cannot leave easily..."

The Professor pondered for a moment, his gaze finally falling through the huge one-way glass onto the sleeping pod at the core of the Xuan-Yu Domain...

His eyes narrowed slightly.

"It seems Lord Xuan-Yu's judgment back then was correct..."

Seeing this, the young man was shocked. "Professor, are you planning to wake Lord Xuan-Yu?! But Lord Xuan-Yu has been in hibernation for so many years; if he wakes up, he will immediately enter a life countdown... There's no need to plunge the entire Xuan-Yu Domain into a desperate situation for an Imperial Dao Ancient Treasury!"

"I am not going to wake this Lord Xuan-Yu," the Professor paused for a moment.

"I am going to... ask for help from the future Lord Xuan-Yu."

"...What did you say?" The young man stood frozen.

"Lord Xuan-Yu controls the God Particle, which can impart mass to particles and perform time travel by creating wormholes... But before falling into hibernation, Lord Xuan-Yu said that he cannot distinguish the direction of time in a wormhole. Only by us firing 'coordinates' at him can he locate the corresponding timeline."

It was the young man's first time hearing about Lord Xuan-Yu's power, and his eyes were full of shock. He immediately asked:

"How do you fire coordinates?"

"Inject a sequence of particles into Lord Xuan-Yu's body," the Professor pushed up his glasses.

"It's like using a particle collider to leave a 'tattoo' on the current Lord Xuan-Yu; the corresponding mark will naturally appear on the future Lord Xuan-Yu. It's just that this 'tattoo' must be composed of specific particles to adapt to the wormhole and ensure it won't be interfered with...

But even so, he cannot guarantee that he will respond to the coordinates every time. According to him, the number of times he can open a wormhole is limited."

"But... but the particle collider should have been unusable three hundred years ago, right?"

The Professor stared through the one-way glass at the tall figure soaking in the sleeping pod...

After an unknown amount of time, he said slowly:

"Send an urgent telegram and ask the Master of the Tongtian Tower to come over."

……

Gray Realm.

"What the hell... what exactly is that thing?"

As the Imperial Dao Ancient Treasury rose into the sky, the earth finally stopped its endless shaking and cracking. Jian Changsheng stood on the broken earth, covered in dust, looking at the dazzling behemoth in the sky, his eyes full of shock.

Sun Bumian pushed his small round sunglasses and said with some surprise:

"Oh my, this thing actually came out... I thought it would disappear from this world forever."

"Stop keeping us in suspense, Brother Xing-Shi, what exactly is it?"

Before Sun Bumian could explain, Chen Ling slowly uttered a sentence: "That is the Imperial Dao Ancient Treasury."

"Imperial Dao Ancient Treasury?" Jian Changsheng was stunned.

Sun Bumian was also a bit surprised. He turned to look at Chen Ling. "You actually know it too? That shouldn't be... This isn't something from your era."

"I don't know it, but..."

Chen Ling stared at the Imperial Dao Ancient Treasury hanging high in the firmament, his right hand lifting involuntarily to rest on his hollow chest... He said slowly, "I can feel it calling to me."

Sun Bumian frowned slightly. He looked Chen Ling up and down several times, wondering what he was thinking.

Chen Ling was telling the truth. The second before the Imperial Dao Ancient Treasury rose into the sky, he had already felt it in his heart and looked sharply in a certain direction in the Gray Realm.

An unprecedented, strong sense of attraction made it difficult for Chen Ling to move his gaze away from the rising Imperial Dao Ancient Treasury, like two magnets not far apart, and Chen Ling was the relatively smaller one. In the dark, it was as if a force was constantly urging him to get closer.

Chen Ling didn't know what was going on at first, until he found the source of this attraction...

【Imperial Fate】.

"The Imperial Dao Ancient Treasury has emerged..." In Chen Ling's eyes, the young man he had seen in the era archive, who had left a deep impression on him, immediately appeared...

A hint of killing intent condensed between his brows,

"Are you there too... Ying Fu."