Imperial God Emperor

Chapter 320 – Elder of the Human Race

At the side, Little Nine and Little Silver were also screaming repeatedly.

This whole process lasted one full hour.

Ye Qingyu felt that the lightning was about to split his body into particles.

But unexpectedly, after an hour, the frightening deity-class rumbling of thunder suddenly disappeared.

Ye Qingyu was exhausted, floating in space.

Inside the palace, it was incomparably dim.

Rows of huge old stone bookcases loomed out in the dim light. The shelves were at least hundreds of meters high and all sorts of ancient books were densely packed inside. The spines were flickering with strange words and there was a bizarre and powerful aura coming from the books, as though every book had a terrifying and powerful devil sealed within.

The bookcases, tier upon tier, were endless, like it was a forest of bookcases.

Ye Qingyu could not see how big the palace was.

But he was certain that the bookcases, ancient books and the tens of thousands of books he saw were just a little section of it, like a grain of sand in a desert.

While he was gaping in astonishment, a figure appeared before his eyes.

A familiar figure.

A familiar scent.

It was the illusionary figure that he had come across in the mysterious cemetery of the Snow Dragon deep inside the snow dragon's den beneath the Explosive Snow Glacier.

It was the mysterious person that suddenly awakened from million of years of slumber, saw the abnormality within Ye Qingyu's body, and taught Ye Qingyu the profound meaning of the [True Will of the Sky Dragon] martial path. When he left, he said he was in search to find traces of the past, finding ways to restore his former strength.

This person was definitely an absolute expert of peerless strength.

Ye Qingyu already knew him from before.

But he did not think that he would meet this man again today at the Moving Imperial Palace of the [Formation Sovereign] Luo So.

"Elder, it's you?"

Ye Qingyu exclaimed.

"Little friend, we meet again." The mysterious person was much more real than the last time and not like illusory smoke that would be blown away by the wind at any time. He could vaguely see his face. He had an exceptional aura and there was a smile spread across his face.

"I didn't expect to see elder here, it really is…" Ye Qingyu, not knowing what to say, respectfully bowed before he continued, "Really is unexpected. It was elder that saved me?"

The mysterious person laughed, "Little friend is referring to the divine punishment of thunder and lightning?"

Ye Qingyu nodded.

"Not at all, I led it here for you." The mysterious man laughed.

"What does elder mean?" Ye Qingyu stared blankly at him.

"The power of the thunder and lightning of this imperial palace can strengthen the body. This is especially so for people at the Bitter Sea stage, it is the best object to strengthen the body. So after some thought, I led it here for you." The mysterious man's gaze flitted over Ye Qingyu, nodding satisfiedly. "Originally, I thought that to be able to master 60% of the [True Will of the Sky Dragon] in less than a year of time was already regarded as especially gifted, but I did not think that you were even more impressive and had comprehended it completely. Now, you can even enter into the form of the dragon."

He had seen Ye Qingyu's dragon form trying to escape the gate of the palace.

"Elder you flatter me. When I was in the 18th fog zone, I accidentally understood the true meaning of the [True Will of the Sky Dragon] by mistake and managed to transform into the dragon. I was going the wrong direction all along and had nearly disappointed elder," Ye Qingyu said in a low, ashamed tone.

"An opportunity is often gained through trial and error," the mysterious man stated. "But if there is no talent and understanding, one would never reach this step. You are very good."

Ye Qingyu thanked him again.

"In the cemetery of the snow dragon, I had observed your cultivation level, the growth of your inner yuan was obvious. And with the nameless breathing technique, there was no improvements needed, but you do not know the right way of strengthening and refining your body. The constitution of your body is rare, but without effective strengthening and refining you will not reach your full potential. So I taught you the first ancient technique of refining the body, the [True Will of the Sky Dragon], hoping to use the power of the dragon clan to pave the way for you. It is gratifying to see little friend's progress today."

The mysterious person nodded.

"Elder's kindness, I am really grateful." Ye Qingyu finally realized the reason the mysterious person taught him the [True Will of the Sky Dragon].

From the simple conversation back then, Ye Qingyu was able to feel the compassion and kindness of the mysterious person.

It was a real compassion for mankind, the image that an outstanding elder of the Human Race should have.

His care and help to him were like guiding the younger generation of the Human Race.

"If the Human Race wants to survive in this vast world, it needs more people like you." The mysterious man sighed. "On your way here, what had happened in the fog and at the foot of the mountain, I have seen it, and i thought it was very good. If not a person of kindness, tremendous courage and wisdom, one cannot set foot on the emperor's road. To revive the fortune of the Human Race, there must be a new emperor. Only then will there be a glimmer of hope."

"Although our Human Race is now declining, but it is still regarded as one of the top ten races in the world. However, elder seems slightly pessimistic, what is the reason behind this…" Ye Qingyu cautiously asked.

From the words of the mysterious man, it gave the feeling that the Human Race was on the verge of impending catastrophe.

"In the future, you'll know…" The mysterious person shook his head. "Since awakening, I had observed the situation everywhere. The situation million of years ago, not only has not been restored, but has worsened. Back then, even the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors could not change the situation, and now the talents of my Human Race is declining, it really is… sigh."

As Ye Qingyu listened, he felt heart pounding-apprehension.

What situation?

The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors back then were known as invincible, roaming the universe, threatening million of races, and pressuring the other races to the point of being unable to breathe easily. The Human Race was mighty and powerful, what was the situation that not even the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors could resolve?

"Forget it, these past events, lets not talk about it." The mysterious man shook his head, his tone becoming relaxed again.

"Luo So's palace traveled through space and time and descended here, it is an opportunity. My arrangement before can also be considered as sowing some seeds and sparking fire for the Human Race of the Heaven Wasteland Domain. Luo So this old fool, back then, he liked to leave a number of suspicious palaces everywhere to deceive people. He was harsh and stingy, and the genuinely precious things he possessed, he would never give to other people so easily, so gradually no one played with him anymore. Haha in this false palace, there is no good things, only the deity punishment of thunder and lightning that the old fool obtained from the sea of thunder from the Deity Domain. It is beneficial in strengthening your body, and is also an opportunity."

Luo So this old fool?

Ye Qingyu was so startled that he almost bit off his tongue.

My heavens.

Since ancient times, who dares call the [Formation Sovereign] that?

Could it be that the mysterious man was comparable to the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors back then, or was he an old friend of the [Formation Sovereign] Luo So?

Although he already knew that the background of the mysterious person was astonishing, but hearing his tone of voice, he was still shocked.

And from his manner of expression and the fact that he could access the palace of the [Formation Sovereign], it was evident that he is very familiar with this place.

Ye Qingyu was more and more curious about the background of the mysterious person.

"Could it be that everything that happened was secretly arranged by you, elder?" Ye Qingyu captured a trace of information from the words of the mysterious man and respectfully asked.

"That's not it." The mysterious person smiled. "I just calculated the place that the moving imperial palace would appear and I heard that you went back in Deer City, so I thought that you may come here and take a look. And it just so happens that in this palace, there is something that I need for me to recover."

"Has elder been watching over me?" Ye Qingyu asked curiously.

"After I left the cemetery of the snow dragon, I traveled all over the world to look for old traces and to observe the new world. I wandered indefinitely, and it just happens to coincide with the opening of this false palace. I followed the traces, passed by Youyan Pass and stayed a few days there. I obviously heard news about you. Then you left the pass and at that time I also arrived at Deer City. When the palace gate opened and dense fog appeared, obviously all sides were alarmed. I thought that you would come here so I came here to provide my assistance."

The mysterious man smiled as he explained.

"I had to trouble elder to guide me, I am incredibly thankful." Ye Qingyu deeply bowed once again. Ever since the cemetery of the snow dragon, the mysterious person has been concerned about him, like a closely related elder.

"There's obviously a reason that I helped you. I hope you would be qualified to become a chess person, and not a chess piece. In the future, I hope you can be like the sages of the past, and continue to guide the Human Race," the mysterious man said in a hopeful tone, looking at Ye Qingyu with a meaningful glance.

"I will do my best," Ye Qingyu said solemnly.

"What you've done, I have heard. You've done well." The mysterious man evidently thought highly of Ye Qingyu. He not only thought highly of Ye Qingyu's ability, but Ye Qingyu's style of handling a situation and his nature. Of course, there were perhaps some other reasons.

"From elder's words, it seems you are particularly familiar with the palace. Could it be back then…" Ye Qingyu could not help asking after holding himself back several times.

"Back then, Luo So and I were friends, so I know a little about the old fool," the mysterious man explained.

"Just now, elder said that this is a false palace?" In Ye Qingyu's heart there were countless questions, but facing the mysterious man, he had the feeling of a junior confronting an elder and felt that he should not bombard him with questions. He had to consider which are reasonable questions before carefully putting them forward.

The mysterious person smiled, and with the flick of his long sleeve, the surroundings lit up. The entire shrine was bright and everything could be seen clearly.

The scene that Ye Qingyu vaguely saw before was indeed correct.

The interior of the shrine was much more wide and tremendous than the outside plaza, but was occupied by countless huge ancient stone bookcases, which were crammed with all sorts of books made from different materials. Within each book was a bizarre and majestic power gushing out…

Ye Qingyu had never seen such a huge library.

He was already astonished when he saw the outline before with the help of the light from the lightning, but now that he saw everything clearly he was speechless. The White Deer Academy library, which is known as the largest treasure of books in Deer City, when compared with this shrine, its collection of books was less than that on one bookcase.

Chapter 321, Great opportunity

"These are some scribbles of Luo So when he was bored. Before his Dao was truly complete, he lived here in seclusion for a period of time. Once he reached the pinnacle of his Dao, this place was abandoned so of course this is not his real palace."

The mysterious person explained and then as if he thought of something, he shook his head and smiled.

"But these books…" Ye Qingyu could clearly feel that in each book there was boundless power surging within, like a legendary level martial arts book.

The mysterious man nodded. "These books are the works of Luo So when he was at his most confused and lost time of his life. The content is incomplete and some of the things recorded in the books possess demonic attributes. If these were to circulate around or fall into a sinister person's hand, not only would it not benefit the Human Race, but would bring disaster to the people and endless terrible, consequences."

So this was it.

Ye Qingyu vaguely understood something.

"This palace is actually a land of death. After Luo So reached the peak, he planned to destroy these books, but they books are the fruits of his blood, sweat and tears. Unable to part with them, he set up a formation, stashed away these books and hoped that one day the formation martial path of the Human Race would flourish and the future generations would not need to rely on his research's success to dominate the world. At that time, these books can finally see the world and can be regarded as a stage of exploration and understanding. But now it seems that after Luo So, nobody of the future generations can reach his former glory. It seems that these books will have to be permanently stored here."

The mysteriously man did not hide anything from Ye Qingyu, answering his questions one after another very patiently.

"The land of the death? But along the way, we had not come across any killing formations, the plaza and…" Ye Qingyu was puzzled again.

The mysterious man smiled. "If I had not come, let alone the sea of blood, you would not have even passed the 18 fog zones," the mysterious man said, "On this road, there are death traps everywhere. Ordinary people would be left at the door and if someone forced their way in, they would be instantly crushed to pieces. There had been strong people from other tribes that followed the clues and forced their way in, but were ultimately left to disintegrate into bones in the sea of blood. I took a look at the hub mirror of the imperial palace. Ever since Luo So closed the palace, there has only been one person who has been able to enter so far and remain at the entrance to the divine palace."

Ye Qingyu listened intently, breaking into a cold sweat.

It turns out that there are such things behind the so-called gate opening of the [Base of the Formation Sovereign].

"The person that elder talked about had managed to enter the shrine?" Ye Qingyu asked curiously.

"On the entrance of the shrine, did you see two scarlet formation markings on the stone gate?" the mysterious man asked in response.

Ye Qingyu nodded.

"The person of a different tribe that broke into here was considered a brilliant genius, especially in the formation martial path. His talent and skills were not inferior to Luo So, but unfortunately when he attempted to enter into here, he had not yet reached his pinnacle. The death traps along the way had erased many of his skills and so when he finally arrived at the entrance to the palace, he could not break in and his path back was sealed. In despair, he engraved two blood demonic markings on the stone gate of the shrine, that could produce an endless stream of demonic beasts, but also with his own energy and blood as source, he reversed the order of [Fog of Annihilation] to constantly send out demonic beasts. He eventually died at the entrance of the shrine gate. "

The mysterious man explained.

Ye Qingyu suddenly realized something.

Although he had seen various runes markings along the way, he always felt that the two blood coloured rune markings on the stone gate exhibited a different strength and aura to the blue rune formation light markings on the public square. No wonder this was the case. They contained a strong stench of blood and decay. It turns out that they were not left behind by the [Formation Sovereign] Luo So himself.

That strong person of a different tribe is indeed a genius; he could combine his own blood with rune formations, engraving a rune formation marking that could produce an endless stream of demonic beasts. This method is like nature creating life from out of thin air, a skill only a supreme deity or genius demon possesses. It could be imagined what level of strength and cultivation this person had reached.

A genius like that was ultimately destroyed by the formation that the [Formation Sovereign] Luo So set up, which is enough to show how magnificent Luo So's skills were.

No wonder that the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, a total of eight existences, could support the existence of the Human Race in the huge world over thousands of races.

Thinking about the past, the ancestors of the Human Race were so accomplished and domineering.

But now?

Not matter how Ye Qingyu considered, there was another issue.

If this was the origin of the demonic beast horde, then why would they madly attack Deer City after leaving the 18 fog zones? Could it be that, hiding in Deer City, there is something related to the genius of the different tribe that the elder mentioned?

Moreover, that day when he was defending the city, the attack of the silver dagger from the demonic beast horde, what did it represent?

Ye Qingyu did not hide anything and spoke out all the confusions on his mind.

"Oh? That happened?" The mysterious person was also a little surprised to hear about this. "The dagger you talked about, do you have it? Let me take a look."

Ye Qingyu took out the small silver sword and handed it over.

The little sword was suspended in front of the mysterious man.

In his eyes, there was a strange light roaming around, before falling on the body of the little sword.

Very quickly, the mysterious man shook his head and said, "It's just an ordinary spiritual weapon, the casting technique is peculiar, but it should be the works of a modern casting master. The several rune formations on the inside are the most suitable to launch a surprise attack. It's not an ancient object, and should have nothing to do with the demonic beast horde. It's possible that someone is using the demonic beast horde as cover to do something secretly."

He finished speaking, then the small silver sword slowly floated over to in front of Ye Qingyu.

Ye Qingyu withdrew the dagger, nodding, "Thank you for elder's guidance."

The insight and judgment of the mysterious man would not be wrong.

Then that meant the origin of the silver sword was not related to the demonic beast horde. It was just that someone used the demonic beast horde as a cover to do some dirty things, but to be able to use the berserk demonic beasts as a cover and to silently do something like this, then the strength of this person must be strong. He should not be underestimated.

As for the battle when his parents died defending the city, the trail seemed to have been broken at this point.

He thought that he would be able to discover the truth regarding the death of his parents from the [Base of the Formation Sovereign], but it seems that Ye Qingyu was misled from the very beginning. This place and the death of his parents were not related at all.

Knowing this, Ye Qingyu did not know whether he was disappointed or relieved.

"Little friend, time is almost up, there is one last opportunity. I protected you and obtained this opportunity. This place is about to once again escape into another time and space," the mysterious man stated.

Ye Qingyu looked puzzled. "Last opportunity? Elder means…"

The mysterious man gave a slight smile, pointing to behind Ye Qingyu.

Ye Qingyu turned around, but could only see Little Nine and Little Silver floating silently in the space of the shrine, two of the most noisy fellows looked to be in a deep sleep, calm and peaceful, eyes closed and breathing steadily. But what was the most surprising was that strands of light yellow vapour that were visible to the naked eye were flowing out from the books on the forest-like bookcases and silently penetrating into their bodies.

Ever since entering the palace, Ye Qingyu had repeatedly encountered unexpected things and was frequently astonished, especially after seeing the mysterious person he was too excited that he was unaware of the two little guys' unusual condition.

"These books, although they are the works of Luo So before he reached mastery, but Luo So's strength at that time was already at the level of a miracle. Even if he left just a scrap behind, it would hold the essence of the Dao. It has drifted in the waves of time and space for countless years. It has passed countless places of densely concentrated natural yuan qi, and obtained the natural Spirit qi from that domain. For a martial cultivator, such a power is perfect. It was the thing most suited and was known as the Origin Crystal of the books. If you were able to absorb just a tiny bit of it's power, you were sure to benefit,"he mysterious person said.

Ye Qingyu's heart was suddenly pounding with excitement.

This was indeed a great opportunity.

The books in the shrine, which had existed for at least millions of years, had almost become spiritual beings. The spiritual energy inside, whether in force or thickness, is far beyond the power of ordinary crystals. If you can absorb this energy, it is basically equal to obtaining the [Formation Sovereign] Luo So's inheritance. It is absolutely the dream of countless people, but…

Ye Qingyu took a deep breath and said, "Elder, if I can further the level of yuan qi another step that would be the best, but my inner yuan cultivation is already not stable, it is as though I had taken a shortcut to arrive at this level. Previously, I already felt that the strength of my body could not match the inner yuan. If I take another shortcut at this time, most likely… most likely my foundation would be unstable, and will inevitably, inevitably…"

"Hahaha." The mysterious man laughed. "Good, to be able to keep your true heart when facing this opportunity, it is rare, but had you forgotten that at the beginning of entering the shrine, you had endured the wrath of the deity punishment of thunder and lightning? What do you think that is for? Test your physical strength now."

Ye Qingyu was shocked.

It was only now that he had realized the changes within his body. He slightly moved his limbs and immediately there were the crackling and booming sounds of thunder coming from his bones and muscles, as though there was a steady flow of thunder and lightning roaming around his body. A kind of weak and numb feeling emerged, but immediately faded away. Moving his fists and feet, there was a feeling that he only felt before when he transformed into the sky dragon.

But this time, he did not transform into a dragon.

It turns out that the deity punishment of thunder and lightning was to enhance his physical strength.

He suddenly realized why the mysterious man said that there was one main reason for him to come to this moving imperial palace this time. It was for him. Indeed, this time was the same as the last time in the cemetery of the Snow Dragon when he obtained the [Supreme Ice Flame], that if not for the help of this mysterious elder, he would have been reduced to ashes by the deity punishment of thunder and lightning, and it would not have been so easy for him to strengthen his body.