Chapter 861: Attraction

One of the eleven who obtained the Red Star fragments in the era archive; the only [Emperor] of this era, riding above the fourteen God Daos...

Back then in the era archive, if Chen Ling's archive hadn't reached its time limit, he might have truly been hunted to death by Ying Fu. It was thanks to later releasing the [Mockery] calamity that he had barely escaped a disaster.

Even though he had only met him once, Chen Ling would never forget those deep and sharp eyes, and the unique imperial aura he possessed that suppressed everything.

Chen Ling knew that the one he encountered in the era archive was the future Ying Fu, and now, he seemed about to become a witness to the emergence of the [Emperor]...

If nothing went wrong, Ying Fu was in the Imperial Dao Ancient Treasury right now!

And, he shouldn't have officially become the [Emperor] yet, or had just become the [Emperor]... In short, the current Ying Fu was like a newborn baby, without any "ministers," unable to use any other God Dao abilities, and at most, he was third-rank.

Now was the best time to nip Ying Fu in the bud.

Chen Ling changed direction and walked straight toward the Imperial Dao Ancient Treasury hanging in the sky.

"No... Red Heart, what are you doing?" Jian Changsheng's heart skipped a beat when he saw this. "Don't tell me you're going to join in on this..."

"Yes," Chen Ling nodded straightforwardly.

“……”

"You're going to grab the [Emperor]'s position?" Sun Bumian asked in surprise. "If that's the case, you can give up... We all have God Daos, so it's impossible for us to become the [Emperor]. It will only choose ordinary people who don't belong to the fourteen God Daos."

"I don't intend to grab the [Emperor]'s position..." Chen Ling said faintly,

"I am going to kill the [Emperor]."

【Audience expectation +3】

【Current expectation: 41%】

Jian Changsheng's mouth twitched, and he silently gave Chen Ling a thumbs up behind his back...

As expected of you, Red Heart 6!

"You're going to murder an [Emperor] inside the Imperial Dao Ancient Treasury?" Sun Bumian was shocked. "Not to mention whether you can succeed, even if the Imperial Dao Ancient Treasury has fallen, it's not a place just anyone can enter..."

"I want to try."

Chen Ling's tone was very calm, so calm that it drove Jian Changsheng and Sun Bumian crazy.

In their view, Chen Ling had simply lost his mind. They had been walking to the Wuji Domain easily, everything was fine... Even if the Imperial Dao Ancient Treasury emerged on the way, it had nothing to do with them. It would be better to just stand on the sidelines and watch the show.

The emergence of the [Emperor] was something for the human domains to worry about. Why were they, a group of Twilight Society rebels, getting involved in this?

But they weren't Chen Ling, and they didn't have [Imperial Fate]... They couldn't feel the call of that ancient treasury, nor could they feel his killing intent toward the [Emperor].

One era, one world—there shouldn't be two [Emperors].

Perhaps from the moment Chen Ling drew the [Imperial Fate], he and Ying Fu were destined to meet and kill each other under the push of fate, until one of them died...

But Sun Bumian didn't want to go to the Imperial Dao Ancient Treasury. Self-preservation had always been his life motto. He didn't invite disaster, and disaster didn't invite him...

Seeing Chen Ling insist on going, he simply used [Divination of Fortune and Misfortune] and calculated:

"Red Heart, the Imperial Dao Ancient Treasury has emerged. The human domains cannot sit idly by. It will be chaotic there. Why should we wade into these muddy waters... Besides, there is a sign of great misfortune ahead."

Sun Bumian tried to persuade him earnestly, and Jian Changsheng nodded like a chicken pecking at rice on the side.

"Then you two can go to the Wuji Domain first," Chen Ling said without looking back.

Sun Bumian and Jian Changsheng were stunned. They didn't know if it was an illusion, but as the red opera robe moved away, the wind in the Gray Realm blew more sharply... With Chen Ling gone, their protective umbrella in the Gray Realm was gone too.

Sun Bumian silently calculated the fortune and misfortune of the two of them crossing the Gray Realm by themselves...

Yeah, ten deaths, no life.

"I suddenly feel that the Imperial Dao Ancient Treasury is quite interesting too." Sun Bumian coughed twice and hurried to catch up with Chen Ling. "I've never been there, so I'll go with you this time."

"With Brother Xing-Shi there, I'm very relieved," Jian Changsheng echoed from the side.

Chen Ling: ...

The three figures headed straight toward the brilliant light and shadow in the distance.

……

Meanwhile.

At the entrance of the Imperial Dao Ancient Treasury.

Two figures appeared out of thin air, one after the other, silently.

Bai Ye looked around. This seemed to be the very bottom of the pyramid. A stone platform extended out, upon which stood ninety-nine coiled dragon pillars, giving a sense of inexplicable magnificence and tragedy under the lead-gray firmament.

"It really is the Imperial Dao Ancient Treasury." Mo Lian looked at the giant pillars around him and said in surprise, "It's just a pity that this place has become a ruin, and the dragons carved on the pillars are all incomplete..."

"The Imperial God Dao has been in decline for hundreds of years. It's already quite good that a part of it has been preserved," Bai Ye said faintly.

"So, the residual power in this ancient treasury should be quite weak, right?"

Hearing this, Bai Ye turned his head to look at him. "What do you want to do?"

"Don't forget, we are Thief Saints... Isn't this Imperial Dao Ancient Treasury a huge imperial mausoleum that gathers all the emperors from ancient times to the present?" Mo Lian seemed a bit excited.

A mausoleum and thieves... well, Mo Lian's idea was indeed reasonable for the Thief God Dao.

Bai Ye looked at the magnificent ancient treasury before him, and a faint smile curled at the corners of his mouth. "...You're right, this is indeed more interesting than killing people."

As the Red Heart Q of the Twilight Society, Bai Ye naturally couldn't be a person who followed the rules. With such an Imperial Dao Ancient Treasury full of unknowns and surprises before him, it was impossible to say he wasn't tempted at all.

Bai Ye walked straight along the coiled dragon pillars. A magnificent stone gate stood at the end of the stone platform; it was the entrance to the Imperial Dao Ancient Treasury.

Mo Lian glanced at his feet, as if he had noticed something, and gently rubbed the residual dust on the ground with his fingertips.

"Someone has been here, and quite a few... It should be that group of children."

"I guess they triggered the emergence of the Imperial Dao Ancient Treasury," Bai Ye said thoughtfully. "It seems there is someone among these people who has a connection to the Imperial Dao."

"Interesting... Then let's steal their opportunity, and kill them while we're at it, so we can report back to the King."

Mo Lian didn't say a word, stepped forward, and pushed hard, but no matter how hard he pushed, the stone gate didn't budge.

You have to know, he was a seventh-rank Thief Saint. Although he wasn't good at strength, he shouldn't have been unable to push such a door at all... Just then, Bai Ye said unhurriedly:

"How could the dead emperors let thieves enter their mausoleum through the front door? Mo Lian, I think you're getting worse as you get older."

"...Tsk."

Mo Lian stood up slowly, his black cane tapping the ground gently. As the sound echoed in his ears, he seemed to have captured something, his gaze looking sharply at a certain position above the ancient treasury...

"The flaw is there."