Chapter 716 The Truth Revealed

Under the blood-colored twilight, on a desolate mountain of jagged rocks, black mist churned as a humanoid being lay back on a stone chair.

His entire body was pitch black and incomplete; half of his upper body was missing, making him look like a rotting corpse.

This was shocking!

Not just because of his bizarre form, but more so because he was emitting a dense dark matter Origin, the very source of the chaos in the heavens!

"This—"

Shi Hao was dumbfounded; what was he seeing? All the dark matter actually originated from a mangled corpse.

Was this the greatest secret of the Ultimate Ancient Land?

Lin Fan frowned; he knew that this was not a corpse at all, but a living Immortal Emperor.

The Corpse Immortal Emperor, also jokingly referred to by others as Brother Emperor Bone!

If he hadn't headed to the Heavens Above shortly after his Breakthrough to the Immortal Emperor Realm, before he could stabilize his cultivation, and been ambushed by an Immortal Emperor of the Weird Race…

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been eroded by darkness and trapped here, forced to sever and send away portions of his pure Primordial Spirit and Physical Body.

"This was once a powerhouse who protected the heavens. Unfortunately, he was schemed against and instead became the source of the chaos in the heavens!"

Lin Fan sighed in his heart.

Furthermore, he remembered that the passage to the Heavens Above was right behind the stone chair, and the Corpse Immortal Emperor was suppressing it with his own body.

"Boom!"

The two of them scrutinized further, their bodies radiating immeasurable light as they pushed their cultivation to the limit to observe carefully.

A being sat there; though he was motionless and appeared dead, the aura emanating from him was extremely terrifying.

"He has surpassed the Quasi-Immortal Emperor; he is a true Immortal Emperor!" Shi Hao was shocked.

The reason this land was contaminated by dark matter was due to the constant erosion from the black mist he emitted.

In addition, chains of order surrounded him, binding him to the stone chair and forming a light barrier restriction.

Unfortunately, that light barrier should have been divine, serving to suppress this place, but after endless ages, it too had been corroded by darkness.

One could only imagine how dense the Dark Origin here was; even a Quasi-Immortal Emperor would find it difficult to resist and would be assimilated.

This was also why the World-Ending Old Man, Emperor Yu, Emperor Cang, and Emperor Hong had massive amounts of that substance within them.

In the past, to become Immortal Emperors, the four must have lingered in this place for a long time, refining large amounts of dark matter.

"If we join forces to deduce and trace back to the source to recreate the scenes of the past, we will know everything!" Lin Fan said.

"Rumble!"

In the next moment, they acted. As if the heavens were collapsing and the earth was rending, fragments of time and space flew about, and numerous phenomena emerged.

However, because this place was too extraordinary and involved an Immortal Emperor, their deduction met with immense resistance.

Nevertheless, using peerless methods and matchless cultivation to trace back, they still saw some images, recreating the scenes of the past.

Hundreds of years ago, the Immortal Realm shattered into thousands of fragments, all caused by the breathing of the being before them.

This was terrifying, shocking both Lin Fan and Shi Hao!

The Corpse Immortal Emperor was indeed still alive!

Not long ago, he had awakened. In a single breath, he exhaled a massive amount of dark matter, which transformed into a runic storm and surged outward.

Then, this dark hurricane crossed the boundless Realm Sea in a grand manner, made landfall, and spread toward the All Heavens and Myriad Domains.

Then, when he inhaled, he took away a vast amount of essence from the Immortal Realm, the Foreign Realm, and the Burial Land, nearly causing the world to dry up.

"The truth is revealed; so that's how it is!"

The two were incredibly shaken and gasped, feeling their skin crawl; the might of an Immortal Emperor was truly inconceivable.

If a single breath held such power, how terrifying would it be if he actually fought?

Fortunately, there was only one breath rather than a continuous one; after doing all this, the Corpse Immortal Emperor returned to his slumber.

"This is a form of exchange—exhaling his own dark matter to absorb the holiest and purest essence to cleanse his physique."

They continued to watch; the images were intermittent, so they didn't see everything, choosing to peer selectively into past events.

Before long, Emperor Yu's figure appeared, followed by Emperor Cang, bringing massive amounts of pure power here to offer as sacrifices in exchange for the Immortal Emperor Scripture.

This also led to the creation of a large number of Dark Denizens and row upon row of ancient palaces to imprison the Primordial Spirits that were guided here!

Lin Fan and Shi Hao felt a headache coming on; they also saw Emperor Hong and the World-Ending Old Man doing the same thing, which was a shocking sight!

These four old geezers, in order to continuously obtain the Immortal Emperor Scriptures, even treated the other side of the sea like a harvest of leeks.

Every once in a while, they would launch a Great Dark Liquidation, taking away a batch of the strongest beings while leaving the small fry behind for the following years.

Not to the point of exterminating the heavens all at once, allowing for sustainable development, but this was even more loathsome—what did they take all living spirits for?

"Domesticated pigs?"

During this time, the four Quasi-Immortal Emperors would also slumber and rest, silently Cultivating and comprehending the Dao runes they had obtained.

At the same time, they had also attacked this place, wanting to seize the corpse and end things once and for all, but they failed.

That was why these fellows chose to launch one Dark Unrest after another.

"Even an Immortal Emperor has fallen into darkness; what exactly happened back then?" Shi Hao's eyes were deep as he pondered for a long time.

However, the events occurred too long ago—as far back as the beginning of creation, measured in units of hundreds of millions of years—making it difficult for them to deduce further.

"I think… the great luo sword embryo and the rotten wood box are related to him. No wonder you didn't let me bring them."

Shi Hao thought to himself. He turned his head to look, only to find that Lin Fan had already begun to Cultivate, obtaining the Immortal Emperor Scriptures.

This was a crisis; a slight lapse could cause one to fall into darkness, but it was also an Opportunity that helped one become an Emperor!

Subsequently, Shi Hao said no more, refining some dark matter at close range before walking into the distance.

Just like that, the two of them settled down here.

However, they did not act like the World-Ending Old Man, Emperor Cang, and the others, using unscrupulous means; they only refined a small amount each time.

At the same time, the two went into seclusion here to comprehend the Dao, attempting to Breakthrough their original Realms.

However, they weren't blindly imitating the path the Corpse Immortal Emperor had walked; the few scriptures were only for reference, as they ultimately had to forge their own Dao.

One year, ten years, a hundred years…

In a flash, nearly a thousand years passed. The two of them were in seclusion here, Cultivating and comprehending the Dao, thinking about making another Breakthrough.

They also combined the paths walked by Emperor Cang, Emperor Hong, Emperor Yu, and the World-Ending Old Man. Coupled with their frequent Dao discussions and mutual encouragement, they were greatly inspired.

One person's strength is like crossing a river by feeling the stones; two or three people are different and can speed up the process.

Drawing inferences from one instance!

"Boom!"

Now, Lin Fan and Shi Hao absorbed the strengths of many schools and observed the Profound Truths of the heavens, beginning to deduce their own Dao techniques.

At this moment, both of them gained a great deal, constantly perfecting themselves on the path of the Quasi-Immortal Emperor and walking further and further.

To the point where they both stepped into a marvelous Realm and took another small step forward, their bodies now carrying the aura of an Immortal Emperor.

Now, if they were to fight the four Quasi-Immortal Emperors again, the battle would certainly not be so arduous as to last for thirty thousand years.

Unfortunately, although the radiance of an Immortal Emperor was upon them, they were still a bit away from truly taking that step.

Perhaps it was the lack of a catalyst, a lack of accumulation, or perhaps a reason concerning the Primordial Spirit; they had not yet reached Perfection.

But the two were not discouraged, believing that the day of success would eventually come!