Chapter 714: Tomb of the Immortal Emperor (1/2)

The fact that Chen Xiao and Qing Buyi had become void-ascended immortals in only a few days made everyone incredibly uncomfortable.

“Heh… heh heh… it was just a joke, just a joke!” Zhao Shenguang twisted in mild discomfort at the sight, then snuck a look at Qing Yu before hurriedly turning away. Murder was written all over Lu Yun’s face, causing the new Nephrite celestial emperor to shrink in even further on himself.

When stuck in the Ancient Tree of Life, Zhao Shenguang had experienced firsthand how ferocious Lu Yun could be, but the Nephrite heavenly mandate connected to him told him more than that: there was something monstrously terrifying inside the other youth. If unleashed, even a noble celestial emperor would be annihilated in a mere instant.

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All sorts of immortals streamed into the now-open central world. They’d originally been in the dark, but the various emperors and moguls gathered in Destiny City over the past couple of days hadn’t exactly kept the topic of their discussions a secret.

Well, it was more accurate to say that there was no way of keeping it a secret in the first place. The primordial immortal emperor’s treasure had appeared! It could very well be the key to the primordial immortal court—and indeed, power over the entire world!

This particular piece of news caused great excitement far and wide, and immortals and cultivators flocked to Destiny City once more. That last bit was no more than hearsay, of course; unsourced gossip that eventually became completely hyperbolic.

Nevertheless, its lack of truthfulness didn’t curb the enthusiasm of the thrill-seekers in the slightest. When the sovereign world opened during the Sovereign Ranking last time, countless cultivators had obtained ancient heritages within. A mere few years later, many had become void-ascended immortals.

Even if the primordial immortal emperor’s treasure were a lie, there were plenty of immortals still interested in exploring the central world. The restriction there meant that dao immortals couldn’t enter, making the situation relatively safer for them.

In just a few days, over a million immortals entered the central world in order to explore it. Those fortunate enough to obtain the heritages of primordial immortals were rapidly strengthened by their discoveries.

Quite a few Dusk citizens were among their number.

The Lin brothers were champing at the bit for a second plunge. They’d been conned into joining Lu Yun’s banner in the central world last time, abandoning a sovereign-grade combat art—‘Sword Atlas’—in the process. Hence, they burned with the desire for more loot.

There was less than a month before Qing Yu’s tribulation, but neither she nor her dao partner was concerned. The two of them had already planned for her to undergo her tribulation within the central world!

Since the immortal restriction over the central world prevented dao immortals from entering, that was the safest place to undergo any tribulation. Furthermore, Qing Yu could make use of the tribulation to refine the central world into the world of the heavenly palace.

On the seventh day after the central world opened, Lu Yun and Qing Yu finally disguised themselves and entered that grand realm.

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The central world was gigantic, far greater in size than any of the other facets. The Sovereign World revealed last time had only been a tiny corner of the central whole. The sky was covered in a gray haze, and the earth underfoot cracked and barren. Burial mounds of all sizes littered the horizon.

“My cultivation’s been restricted to the true immortal realm.” Lu Yun frowned slightly.

He was here in his own body. After the nascent spirit of his replica fused with his own, the Tome of Life and Death had bolstered his cultivation to that of Xing Chen’s level, to arcane immortal. After arriving in the central world, however, that boost was nowhere to be found.

This wasn’t due to any outside interference; the immortal dao itself imposed the limitation. After the first Sovereign Ranking and the opening of the central world, the immortal dao began to encroach upon these lands.

On their last journey here, they had come with bodies forged from life glyphs. Returning here with their real bodies gave them new insights.

“I feel it!” Qing Yu visibly brightened. “The origin of this world… its heavenly mandate, is calling to me. If I refine the heavenly mandate using the heavenly palace, I’ll be able to turn the central world into the world of the heavenly palace.”