Chapter 42: Would You Rather Make Peace? 【Seeking Flowers, Monthly Tickets, and Reviews】
On the Wudang Golden Summit, Zhang San Feng sighed.
He was just a hair’s breadth away from breaking through that blurry, intangible membrane, but a voice seemed to call out from deep within his heart, urging him to stop.
The voice seemed to be his master, Jue Yuan, his disciples, his close friends, and even… Guo Xiang…
This moment of hesitation caused Zhang San Feng to withdraw from his enlightenment state, ultimately failing to break through the ceiling of the Divine Martial World.
His strength was slowly returning to its previous level.
While regretful of the lost opportunity, Zhang San Feng held no remorse.
He was a man of deep emotions and attachments. If he could have easily cast aside his connections and inner bonds, he wouldn’t be Zhang San Feng.
Witnessing Zhang San Feng’s failure to break through the ceiling of the Divine Martial World, Lin Yang and the Divine Martial Heavenly Dao in the shadows wiped a cold sweat.
It was close, they were almost finished.
As Zhang San Feng was tricked by the Divine Martial Heavenly Dao and Lin Yang, losing the opportunity to shatter the void and ascend to the Wild Heaven Realm, the phantom image of the Flame Thunder Emperor was solidifying.
The Eight-Heavens Quasi-Emperor, along with the one-Heavens Quasi-Emperor who had fallen to the Great Sage realm, vanished completely, becoming sacrifices for the manifestation of the Flame Thunder Emperor!
As everyone held their breath, ready to watch the phantom image of the Flame Thunder Emperor obliterate Ye Xuan with a single hand, Ye Xuan actually laughed.
“Strange, they’re facing death, yet Ye Xuan can still laugh?”
“Could Ye’s family’s Town-Suppressing Pagoda be on Ye Xuan?!”
“It’s unlikely, the Town-Suppressing Pagoda is an incredibly valuable treasure for Ye’s family. If it was here, then there wouldn’t just be Ye Xuan as a Quasi-Emperor.”
“That’s true, then why is Ye Xuan so confident?”
“I don’t know. This Heavenly Slaughter Pass battle is becoming more and more confusing.”
From the Heavenly Slaughter Pass ruins, Ye Xuan’s teasing voice rang out.
“Haha, so this is the Flame Thunder Emperor, manifested by your Extreme Dao Emperor Artifact, Flame Thunder War Staff?”
“Looks like your Flame Thunder War Staff won’t last much longer, the Emperor’s will within is about to be completely extinguished by your unworthy descendants!”
Before Ye Xuan’s voice faded, the faces of the three remaining Three-Heavens Quasi-Emperors of the Flame Thunder Dynasty changed drastically.
Because Ye Xuan was right!
Extreme Dao Emperor Artifacts were incredibly powerful, capable of fully awakening and even reviving the Emperor’s might.
However, this was only under one condition: the Extreme Dao Emperor Artifact still had sufficient Emperor’s will within!
Each time an Extreme Dao Emperor Artifact was activated, it would consume a portion of the Emperor’s will.
Once the Emperor’s will within the Extreme Dao Emperor Artifact was completely extinguished, it would cease to be an Extreme Dao Emperor Artifact, becoming a Quasi-Extreme Dao Emperor Artifact, or simply an Emperor Artifact.
A faction possessing an Extreme Dao Emperor Artifact was considered a super-faction, while those with only Emperor Artifacts could only be considered Emperor-Lineage factions!
(Here’s a patch, I forgot to mention this earlier)
This was why super-factions that possessed an Extreme Dao Emperor Artifact as their foundation would never fully awaken their Extreme Dao Emperor Artifact, unless it was absolutely necessary, to revive the Emperor’s might!
They’d prefer not to use it, even if they could.
The Three-Heavens Quasi-Emperors of the Flame Thunder Dynasty naturally understood this, but there was no other option.
The Flame Thunder Dynasty was a super-faction in the Central State, and they were surrounded by other super-factions of similar strength.
Sometimes, they had to maintain a half-awakened state of the Flame Thunder War Staff to deter their enemies.
Over time, much of the Emperor’s will within the Flame Thunder War Staff had been consumed.
Furthermore, during the Dark Calamity, they had repeatedly fully awakened the Flame Thunder War Staff to protect the Flame Thunder Dynasty.
As of today, there wasn’t much Emperor’s will left within the Flame Thunder War Staff.
If it was fully awakened, it might only be able to do so once. Even in a state as close to full awakening as today, they could only do it a maximum of three times!
Even so, Extreme Dao Emperor Artifacts were still invincible!
Thinking this, the Three-Heavens Quasi-Emperor quickly regained his composure and said calmly.
“You’re right, but so what? An awakened Extreme Dao Emperor Artifact is invincible!”
“Unless your Ye family is willing to awaken the Town-Suppressing Pagoda, you won’t be leaving alive today!”
Ye Xuan didn’t argue, he merely nodded.
“Theoretically, once an Extreme Dao Emperor Artifact is fully awakened, it can revive the Emperor’s might. Even in this near-fully awakened state, it possesses the might of an Emperor, capable of sweeping away all enemies below the Emperor level in theory.”
“Since that’s the case, then prepare to die!”
The Three-Heavens Quasi-Emperor sighed in relief. It seemed like Ye Xuan was going to give up?
“But I’m outside the theory!”
Ye Xuan sneered, his Divine Power erupted, Divine Light surged, and his Divine Eyes glowed like two suns, dazzling and bright.
Suddenly, the three-legged, two-eared cauldron that was suppressing the endless Abyss of Annihilation appeared above Ye Xuan’s head. Countless streaks of Primordial Yellow Mother Qi descended, creating earth-shattering fluctuations that swept across the entire Wild Heaven Realm!
“It’s an Emperor Artifact!”
Countless people were dumbfounded.
Are you kidding me? The Ancient Ye family actually has a second Emperor Artifact?!
If Ye Xuan possesses an Emperor Artifact, coupled with his own combat strength, he might actually be able to contend with the phantom image of the Flame Thunder Emperor, manifested by the near-fully awakened Flame Thunder War Staff!
“This is impossible!”
The Three-Heavens Quasi-Emperor of the Flame Thunder Dynasty roared, his voice filled with anger.
He was about to cry.
The Ye family actually had a second Emperor Artifact, and this Emperor Artifact was in the hands of that freak Ye Xuan. Why didn’t he bring it out earlier?
If he had brought it out earlier, our Flame Thunder Dynasty would have been crazy to pick a fight with your Ye family!
This is messing with people!
Looking at the Three-Heavens Quasi-Emperor of the Flame Thunder Dynasty, Ye Xuan smiled.
“What’s impossible?”
This three-legged, two-eared cauldron was crafted by Ye Xuan based on the Emperor Artifact of the protagonist Ye Tian Di from a novel he had read in his previous life, called “A Leaf Covering the Heavens.” Even the materials used were the same: Primordial Yellow Mother Qi!
As for the name, he simply copied it too, calling it the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron!
Of course, with Ye Xuan’s unparalleled comprehension, the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron was made even more perfect.
The Heavenly Emperor Cauldron was now a genuine Quasi-Immortal King Artifact!
If not for Ye Xuan suppressing it, just the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron alone could crush the entire Wild Heaven Realm!
Quasi-Immortal King Artifacts were no joke!
“So what if you have an Emperor Artifact! It’s still no match for a fully awakened Extreme Dao Emperor Artifact!”
The Quasi-Emperor of the Flame Thunder Dynasty roared at Ye Xuan.
The eyes of everyone in the Wild Heaven Realm were fixed on him.
“It seems the Flame Thunder Dynasty is preparing to fully awaken the Extreme Dao Emperor Artifact, the Flame Thunder War Staff.”
“I wonder if the Emperor Artifact in Ye Xuan’s hand is an Extreme Dao Emperor Artifact or a Quasi-Extreme Dao Emperor Artifact. If it’s also an Emperor Artifact, then the fun will be enormous today!”
“I’m guessing it’s a Quasi-Extreme Dao Emperor Artifact. If it was an Extreme Dao Emperor Artifact, then unless it’s a direct blood relative, it wouldn’t be possible to activate it.”
“Even then, I’m guessing the Flame Thunder Dynasty is in trouble this time. The Emperor’s might of an awakened Extreme Dao Emperor Artifact is time-limited, while Ye Xuan doesn’t have that restriction.”
“That’s true.”
The gazes of countless people in the Compendium Martial World were also focused on the Quasi-Emperor of the Flame Thunder Dynasty.
Unexpectedly, the three-legged, two-eared bronze cauldron Ye Xuan was playing with earlier was actually an Emperor Artifact. They thought it was a Quasi-Emperor Artifact.
“I wonder if the Ancestor Xuan will be a match for the Extreme Dao Emperor Artifact.”
“Of course, an Emperor is invincible, and the Extreme Dao Emperor Artifact can revive the Emperor’s might, so the Extreme Dao Emperor Artifact is definitely superior.”
“It’s hard to say, you forgot that the Ancestor Xuan just destroyed the so-called Heavenly Slaughter Emperor Formation, an Emperor killing formation. Maybe the Ancestor Xuan can create a miracle, after all, there are precedents!”
“I admit that the Ancestor Xuan is indeed very powerful, but to say that he can be compared to the Primordial Emperor, I don’t agree.”
“One means there will be two, maybe the Ancestor Xuan is the second Primordial Emperor!”
“Let’s just watch, I don’t believe the Ancestor Xuan will be the second Primordial Emperor!”
Under the gaze of countless people in both realms, the Quasi-Emperor of the Flame Thunder Dynasty finally spoke.
“How about we stop and make peace?”
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