Chapter 202 -114: A Different Human World

After the calamity at the Celestial Gate, the entire Imperial City was left in ruins. The Ancient Cultivators had also suffered devastating casualties.

Fortunately, the invading Outer Heaven Immortals had all been repelled.

Then, under the expectant gazes of the crowd, the Immortal Gate, formed by the convergence of the Three Fortunes, completely solidified and revealed itself before the eyes of the mortal world.

“By pushing open this gate from within the Palm of the Human World, one can be teleported to any location in the Human Realm Mountain Sea Boundary East Domain.”

Void explained.

However, the surviving Ancient Cultivators had long since lost their earlier enthusiasm.

This battle had scared them witless!

So the true Human World was this terrifying.

‘Like ants, could we truly survive there?’

But still, someone stepped forward and walked toward the Celestial Gate.

“My cultivation in the Human World has reached its peak. I must naturally go to the true Human World to see if there is a Path of Cultivation beyond the Innate Realm…”

Mr. Sword, his white hair flowing, crossed through the gate like a streak of light.

Next was the Great Yu Pill Immortal. Draped in a black robe that obscured his face and carrying a Pill Furnace on his back, he said little. He merely cupped his hands in salute to Void before pushing open the gate and departing.

The Great Yu Sword Immortal, however, glanced back at the Imperial City with a hint of regret, searching. But alas, he could not find the figure who had stood tall amidst the wind and snow.

‘What a pity.’

He too departed.

Afterward, of the remaining Ancient Cultivators, some gazed at the Immortal Gate only to turn away in sorrow. Others, their faces fraught with conflict, still chose to push open the Celestial Gate and gamble on their future.

“Aren’t you leaving?”

Great Yu Yue asked, glancing at Void.

“Wait a little longer.”

“I am the Emperor. I must at least see that the realm is in order before I can leave…”

Void remained in the Imperial City.

He gazed out at the mountains and rivers of the realm, as if seeing countless subjects craning their necks, hoping that he, their Emperor, would stay.

But he had waited a thousand years for this one chance to go home.

He had to go back, no matter what. Besides, he still had to take Zhuo home…

“Emperor?”

Great Yu Yue, the last Emperor of the Great Yu Dynasty, was baffled. He couldn’t understand. ‘They are nothing but a swarm of worthless ants. Why should they matter?’

‘If they die, they die.’

‘The Immortal Arrival.’

‘Going to the true Human World—that’s what’s truly important, isn’t it?’

“Suit yourself.”

Great Yu Yue left with those words, taking the core legacy of Great Yu with him as he departed.

Only Void remained, master of the Imperial City, tasked with rebuilding the capital that Su Chen’s One Sword had nearly reduced to rubble.

「In the blink of an eye.」

Spring passed and autumn came.

「Fifth Year of Daqian. All was settled.」

「Before the Palace Gate.」

Void, dressed in the Black Dragon Emperor Robe, was waiting just as he had years ago.

Unfortunately, he had still not seen Su Chen’s return.

“Your Majesty.”

“The cost of restoring the Imperial City has been too great. It has nearly emptied what little was left of the national treasury. Why not simply move the capital to the Old Zhou Imperial City…?”

A court official asked.

Void didn’t answer. He just didn’t want his friend to wake up and discover that the Imperial City where he had lived for over thirty years was gone.

‘It is time.’

‘Time to leave!’

That night, Void shed his Black Dragon Emperor Robe. Seeing the gate begin to destabilize, he went to the Abyss beneath Heaven-Ascension Tower and retrieved the Black Coffin that held Zhuo.

He pushed open the Immortal Gate and was gone.

「Fifth Year of Daqian.」

「Winter.」

A New Emperor ascended the throne.

He was the son of Princess Yunyang.

His name was Jue!

With Void’s departure, the Celestial Gate dissipated, and the Three Fortunes returned to the world. By then, all those who were destined for the true Mountain Sea Realm had long since departed.

Those who did not dare to venture forth had little lifespan remaining; many had already passed on.

By all rights, the Human World should have been free of any new Immortal Footprints, returning to an age of Mortal Cultivation.

Except, on Cloud Concealment Peak.

At the entrance to the Immortal Pavilion, five prodigies from major sects had used it as a path to re-enter the Palm of the Human World. Even the Earth Spirit fell silent as it watched these five, who shone as brightly as stars.

After the Celestial Gate closed, the Three Fortunes were supposed to flow into the true Human World, taking this Small Human World with them to merge into the Mountain Sea Realm and become a part of it.

But after the heavens were sundered, there was no longer a Celestial Will. The Earth Spirit and the Treasure Tree in the Daqian Imperial Palace, which bore the fortune of humanity, had together seized a portion of heaven’s authority.

They had reached an agreement, both unwilling to perish. So they had made the Three Fortunes return to the world and settle within the Palm of the Human World, keeping it isolated and preventing it from merging with the Mountain Sea Realm.

Since then, this Palm of the Human World had been constantly expanding.

‘Unfortunately, things hadn’t gone according to plan.’

‘Are these Immortal Demon Prodigies here to slay me?’

“Everyone, for what purpose have you come?”

The Earth Spirit asked.

“To kill!”

“No!”

“We should say, to slay a dragon!”

“If it doesn’t merge with the Mountain Sea Realm, so be it! It’s not like the Eastern Domain is short on territory, hahaha…”

The five prodigies laughed, cackling without a care, showing no respect for the Mountain Sea Earth Spirit, one of this realm’s strongest powers.

They had all reached the Foundation Establishment Great Realm, and every one of them had achieved it through Spirit Mark Foundation Establishment—the strongest method.

It was unknown what treasures they possessed that allowed them to avoid this world’s suppression, enabling them to continue their cultivation and grow, reaching the Foundation Establishment Middle Realm and even the Later Realm…

They had come to hunt an Extreme Realm True Dragon!

And that wasn’t all.

Beneath Heaven-Ascension Tower, in the Bottomless Abyss that Void had left, a figure appeared. Holding four Treasure Pearls, they came to this place and headed into the darkness, in the opposite direction of the Bronze Gate.

Here, she found an abyss within the Abyss, a place shrouded year-round in a dense, black mist.

“I was abandoned, wasn’t I?”

“Since that’s the case.”

“Shall we make a deal, you and I?”

The figure lifted her gaze, revealing a face that, despite the passage of years, remained beautiful. It was Princess Le of Qii.

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