Ruthless, these two words had shaken the ages. This was a title that instilled fear in people. An unrivalled character from past to present was actually dismembered. No one dared to believe this.
Just how terrifying of an existence was that? The Merciless Great Emperor represented unparalleled power, and his battle prowess was unparalleled throughout the ages, yet he ended up like this!
"There are only a few pieces of his corpse, but the killing intent could penetrate through the ages. I believe that apart from Great Emperor Ruthless who had once bathed the world in blood, no other corpse could have such a powerful aura." Nan Gongzheng spoke.
They were all shocked at that time. After careful analysis, they concluded that it was the flesh of an ancient great emperor, and it might even be the illusory "immortal".
At that time, everyone was terrified to the extreme. An immortal or an ancient great emperor had been dismembered. Just who was it?
They carefully searched and finally found the devil face imprint. It seemed to be crying yet not crying, smiling yet not smiling, and there was radiance within the sorrow. It was incomparably lifelike, transcending the ancient era and directly entering everyone's hearts.
This was the symbol of Great Emperor Ruthless from over two hundred thousand years ago!
"It's just an imprint. Perhaps Great Emperor Ruthless took action and killed that existence, leaving behind an imprint there." Someone spoke.
Nan Gongzheng shook his head and said, "After careful investigation, we discovered that there was more than one imprint. It was clear that Great Emperor Ruthless had lived there before."
The corpse pieces were scattered all around Great Emperor Ruthless. All signs indicated that his flesh was separated when he was in seclusion.
"Are you really … sure … that it was Great Emperor Ruthless?" Someone's voice was trembling.
Just who was it that did all of this? Everyone felt their scalps go numb. Great Emperor Ruthless had no enemies? This was impossible!
"I am sure that it was Great Emperor Ruthless, because we also found traces of him planting divine medicines," Nan Gongzheng said.
"What?!" Many people cried out in shock.
Every great emperor had a stalk of immortal medicine planted, and their identities could be determined from the medicine alone.
"You guys obtained the immortal medicine?"
"Is it the legendary immortal treasure?"
Everyone's breathing became hurried, almost ignoring Great Emperor Ruthless' life and death as they looked towards Nan Gongzheng.
The ancient great emperors had already passed away, but the immortal medicine they planted was still alive in this world. This was the most precious divine object, and not a single person did not covet it.
This was especially true for the overlords present. Many of them were already close to two thousand years old. They didn't have much lifespan left and were about to enter a declining period.
"So many years have passed, and Great Monarch Ruthless has already passed away. How could his Undying Medicine still be there? It has already flown away." Nangong Zheng shook his head and shattered everyone's fantasies.
They could only see the hole where the Immortal Godly Herb had taken root, and traces of its aura left behind, but nothing else.
"Sovereign Monarch Vicious has been dismembered …"
"Even the Immortal Herb he planted has been confirmed, so it must be him!"
There wasn't a single person who wasn't shocked, and there wasn't a single person who wasn't horrified. Shock was written all over their faces. This was like a fantasy story that left them in disbelief.
A ruthless person who shocked past and present met his end just like that. No one knew who he died under, it truly was a type of sorrow.
"Even the Primeval Emperors ended up like this. How terrifying …"
"Are you sure that it's the aura of the Immortal Dragon Herb?" Some people didn't quite believe it and confirmed it again.
"Yes." Nangong Zheng nodded.
Great Monarch Ruthless's divine herb was something he had gotten from the Seven Great Forbidden Zones. It was similar to Great Emperor Wu Shi's Immortal Divine Phoenix Herb. They were the most precious ones.
Ye Fan was shocked. It was the Immortal Dragon Herb that used to belong to Great Monarch Vicious. He gawked and dropped his jaw.
Because he'd seen that divine medicine in the past, and it was in the northern territory right now!
Shi Yan, Pang Bo, and Tu Fei had gone deep into the ice plain. They had met in the Nest of Ten Thousand Dragons. At that time, the Immortal Dragon Herb was sleeping, and Shi Yan had almost caught it.
"I can't believe I had such an encounter with Great Monarch Vicious. I almost got his Immortal Herb!" Ye Fan sighed emotionally.
All of a sudden, he remembered everything in the Nest of Ten Thousand Dragons. Besides the precious Divine Origin Blocks, he had seen an ancient coffin floating!
Great Emperor Wu Shi had been there. There was an ancient Five-Colored Sacrificial Altar there. However, he didn't choose the Nest of Ten Thousand Dragons. Instead, he went to the Purple Mountain and didn't touch anything there.
Ye Fan shuddered. He didn't continue to think about it, returning to reality.
"Guys, perhaps we've made a mistake. The Great Ancient Emperors didn't have a rival, especially the ruthless one. How could he have been cut into pieces?" Nan Gong Zheng said.
"What do you mean?" Many people didn't understand.
"Don't forget the experience of the ruthless one. After he had proven his Dao, he created the Undying Heaven Technique in his later years!" Nan Gong Zheng looked at the Saint Sovereigns and said, "Actually, to solve this mystery, you guys just need to tell us the truth."
Everybody was startled. They followed his line of sight and found that they all had a big background. They were from the strongest holy lands in the Eastern Barren Territory.
The Jiang family, the Jade Pool, the Ji family, and the Alkaid family — the four Great Sage families — all had holy weapons. Even if the other ancient inheritances were destroyed, they could protect themselves.
Three of their families had warriors who had proven their Dao and become Great Emperors. They were considered to have the most profound and immeasurable inheritances. People didn't know what the three Great Ancient Emperors had left for them.
"I'm not the only one who came out of the Bronze Immortal Palace alive. Someone had done it a long time ago …" Nan Gong Zheng said slowly.
Suddenly, people thought of a legend. Countless years ago, someone had brought out an immortal corpse from the Bronze Immortal Palace. He died after coming out.
According to the legend, that immortal corpse was divided equally by the Great Sage. It could be said that it was an example of the existence of immortals in this world!
However, the Great Sage all denied it. They all said that they had never seen an immortal corpse and that everything was just a rumor.
"It's been who knows how many tens of thousands of years. Saint Sovereigns, can you tell us now?" Nan Gong Zheng said.
"That's right. Your holy lands have obtained enough benefits and have already digested them. It's not a big deal to say it now."
"It's time to reveal the truth."
Everyone spoke up, asking for the truth to be revealed.
That was an example of coming into contact with an immortal. Even though the Great Sage denied it, everyone knew that they had obtained an immortal corpse.
"That was something from 70,000 years ago. Since fellow daoists want to know, we might as well say it," Western Queen Mother of the Jade Lake said.
"At first, we really did treat it as an immortal corpse, but later on, we discovered that we might be wrong …" Ji Clan's Saint Lord said.
Back then, there were six Great Sage's who divided the immortal corpse. Other than these four clans, there was also the Eastern Wasteland's oldest Wind Clan, as well as the Heavenly Jade Holy Land that had been destroyed 6000 years ago.
A peerless expert came out alive, and he brought out a broken and badly mutilated corpse that exuded a peerless killing intent!
That cultivator suppressed the Eastern Wasteland 70,000 years ago. Some people said that he had already become an existence comparable to an ancient saint. However, after coming out with the corpse, he turned into a bloody paste.
"Now that I think about it, that should be the corpse of a Great Emperor …" The Saint Lords sighed softly. One could speculate that their clans had obtained great benefits from it. The corpse of a Great Emperor could be refined into an extreme holy weapon.
They divided the flesh equally, so it must be a priceless treasure. No wonder they denied it at that time. Such a large amount of immortal burial needed time to be digested.
Western Queen Mother, Jiang Clan's Saint Lord, and the others described the appearance of the immortal corpse recorded in the ancient books and compared it with Nan Gongzheng's description. Everyone was shocked to find that the so-called immortal corpse was most likely Ruthless!
"Many crucial parts are missing, so we only divided one-third of the corpse …"
"According to the wounds on the corpse, I think Ruthless was too terrifying. He most likely wanted to live for a third or even a fourth life!" Nan Gongzheng's words were earth-shattering.
Ruthless first created the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art. He killed all the kings and stepped on the corpses of countless heroes to become a Great Emperor.
However, he shocked both the past and present. In his later years, he created the Undying Heaven Art. He got rid of his demonic body and gave birth to a divine embryo, cutting off all karma.
Moreover, he used this to live another life, and it was a frighteningly long time!
He was the only person who created two ancient scriptures, which made people feel that it was almost illusory and unreal.
"Everyone says that the Bronze Immortal Palace is terrifying and is the graveyard of peerless experts. However, from what I saw, Ruthless was in seclusion there for a period of time …" Nan Gongzheng's words shocked everyone.
He and those living fossils observed carefully and thought that Ruthless had lived there for a long period of time. Otherwise, he wouldn't have planted the immortal herb in the bronze palace.
"We think that he cultivated the Undying Heaven Art there to get rid of his old body and give birth to a new divine embryo!"
"What?!" Everyone sucked in a breath of cold air, and their eyes were filled with shock.
"Humans can't go against the heavens. He used the Undying Heaven Art to give birth to a divine embryo and become a Great Emperor twice. It's already comparable to the secret history of deities. It's impossible for him to live for another life!"
Living for another life was as difficult as descending to the Celestial Realm. That belonged to the category of deities. Even if he created the Undying Heaven Art, he could only transform once.
It was like having the immortal herb in hand. Every Great Emperor had one, but it could only extend his life for one life. It wouldn't be as useful for the second life.
"The Heaven Devouring Demonic Art proves the dao and is extraordinary for one life. The Undying Heaven Art gives birth to a divine embryo for another life. He used the immortal herb to extend his life for a third life … Heavens!"
Someone couldn't help but cry out in alarm. It was because according to what Nangong Zheng said, Great Emperor Ruthless was going to give birth to a divine embryo again and might be able to live for a fourth life!
Ye Fan's heart jumped. If he calculated it like this, the amount of time Ruthless had lived in this world was terrifyingly long!
At the side, the monkey almost jumped up. His old father's power shook the archaic era. The old Battle Saint Emperor only lived for one life because of the immortal peach.
Yes, even the old Saint Emperor couldn't live for two lives because he encountered a problem while comprehending the dao and almost died. He only managed to complete that life thanks to the immortal herb.
"Even if he lived for a long time, his combat prowess might not necessarily be the greatest since ancient times." The monkey consoled himself. His old father hadn't lived for a long time, but he was publicly acknowledged to be unrivaled under the heavens.
"If Ruthless lived for a fourth life, he would definitely meet the Great Emperors of the later generations!" Someone suddenly cried out.
"He might even meet more than one Great Emperor of the later generations!"
Everyone was stupefied. If they thought about it carefully, this was just too shocking and unimaginable.
Two Great Emperors had never appeared in the same era before. They could only appreciate each other through time and space, evaluating each other through the passage of time.
"We don't know how many lives Ruthless lived, but there was definitely a problem when he transformed the divine embryo for the last time …" Nangong Zheng spoke his final judgment.
He and a few living fossil level characters carefully observed and believed that Ruthless was cultivating in seclusion. In the end, he failed on the verge of success and his unmatched Emperor Body exploded. It was just that they didn't know if the divine embryo came out or not.
"Ruthless killed himself for the sake of living for another life …" Everyone was horrified.
"There are still people here who entered the Bronze Immortal Palace." Nangong Zheng said.
"What?"
"Who?"
Everyone was shocked and looked at each other.
"Behind the Bronze Immortal Palace's Door of Profundity, that world is extremely mysterious. We didn't reach the end, so we don't know if Ruthless stood at the end."
Speaking up to here, Nangong Zheng looked at Ye Fan and said with a smile, "Little friend, you should have entered the Immortal Palace before, right?"
"What? It's him?" Everyone was shocked.
The saint children and saintesses couldn't enter. They could only stand at the entrance of the palace, feeling a wave of shock.
Meanwhile, in the Heavenly Palace, many eccentric people also stared at Ye Fan. Even the various Great Sage lords revealed strange expressions.
"Little friend, your origin root of all life energy must have been obtained from the Bronze Immortal Palace, right?" Nangong Zheng asked.
"That's right." Ye Fan calmly nodded.
When these words were spoken, everyone was in an uproar. They didn't expect him to actually obtain a sacred object exclusive to a Great Emperor from the Bronze Immortal Palace.
"Little friend, do you know that you have formed a great karma with Ruthless? The origin root of all life energy was found by him."
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