Perfection: The Eastern Emperor Bell manifests, I am the Golden Crow Heavenly Emperor

Chapter 91 The Emperor's Past
The nameless Quasi-Immortal Emperor nodded slightly, not pressing Lu Xuan about his origins. Instead, he spoke calmly, as if he had encountered a rare person with whom he could have an equal exchange.

"Your path is quite unique. It is based on chaos, with the spirit of battle as its core, and it also contains a kind of meaning that... cuts through illusion and reveals the true self. In this end times, it is a fortunate thing to see such a new path full of infinite possibilities."

He actually became interested in Lu Xuan's Chaotic Battle Immortal Path and the method of severing the three corpses.

The two then began a discussion that transcended time and space, separated by a distance outside the sea dike.

The nameless Quasi-Immortal Emperor expounded on his understanding of annihilation and the Path of Destruction that carried the endless blood feuds of the Xuanhuang Great World. As his Daoist aura unfolded, it was as if Lu Xuan had personally witnessed the collapse of a glorious Great World, the wails of billions of living beings, and the hatred and killing intent that had accumulated over countless eras.

It was a terrifying path that had reached its extreme, a path destined for destruction.

Lu Xuan, on the other hand, demonstrated his own Chaotic Battle Immortal Path, evolving the profound mysteries of Chaotic Encompassment, Conquest and Opening Up, and the Return of the Three Corpses to One.

His path also contains destruction, but after destruction comes rebirth, the reshaping of order, and the eternal illumination of one's true self.

Two completely different yet subtly interconnected profound meanings of the Great Dao intertwine and collide at the edge of this desolate boundary sea.

There is no distinction between victory and defeat, only mutual verification and enlightenment of the understanding of the Great Way.

The nameless Quasi-Immortal Emperor seemed particularly interested in the concept of "creating new life from destruction" in Lu Xuandao's teachings, and remained silent for a moment.

The discussion gradually subsided, and the atmosphere returned to silence.

Lu Xuan gazed at the boundless darkness behind the dam, which seemed capable of burying everything, and then looked at the lonely and resolute Quasi-Immortal Emperor before him.

A strong thought surged into his mind—he knew what this nameless Quasi-Immortal Emperor would face in the darkness after stepping into the dam!
Those were four Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperors of the same level!
That was a doomed fate!

He couldn't bear to watch this man, who had once saved the Imperial Front and was burdened with a blood feud yet was still admirable, head towards the already known tragic end!

Lu Xuan took a deep breath, his gaze fixed intently on the nameless Quasi-Immortal Emperor, attempting to remind him: "Emperor! Beyond the dam lies..."

However, just as he was about to utter the words "Four Dark Quasi-Immortal Emperors"—

“Boom!!!!”

An indescribable divine thunderbolt, whose color, shape, and power were beyond description, struck down without warning from the most ethereal source of the Boundary Sea!

It wasn't aimed at Lu Xuan's physical body, but rather directly at his concepts of cause and effect and existence!

This divine lightning contains the supreme power of the Great Dao rules, as if it were the self-protection mechanism of the entire universe and spacetime, strictly prohibiting any usurper from revealing heavenly secrets that could overturn the course of ancient history!

"puff--!"

Lu Xuan was struck hard. Even with his Immortal King body and Chaos Battle Immortal Dao Fruit, he was no match for this power!
He suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood that glowed with chaotic light, his soul trembled violently, and the warning words were forcibly blocked back. Even the related thoughts became blurred, as if they had been forcibly erased by an invisible hand!

His face was pale, his eyes filled with shock and resentment. He looked at the void where the supreme divine lightning had struck, and then at the nameless quasi-immortal emperor on the dam.

The nameless Quasi-Immortal Emperor watched all this quietly, his hazy face showing no surprise whatsoever.

He saw Lu Xuan's urgency, the supreme divine thunder that stopped Lu Xuan from speaking, and even more so, the unspeakable yet incredibly sincere... dissuasion and compassion in Lu Xuan's eyes.

He got it.

He raised his hand and waved gently at Lu Xuan.

It was a simple gesture, yet it contained so much unspoken information.

There was gratitude for Lu Xuan's attempt to warn him, an understanding of his own fate, a resolute "no need to say more, I already know," and even a hint of... "This is my way, I will have no regrets even if I die."

He stopped Lu Xuan from continuing his impossible attempt.

Lu Xuan watched his waving hand, watched him turn around again, and once again face the endless darkness behind the dam.

That lonely figure seemed to merge with the eternal boundary sea and the destined tragedy.

All words have lost their meaning.

Lu Xuan stood there, letting the deathly wind of the Boundary Sea brush against his body, his heart filled with endless complexity and heaviness.

He knew the ending, but he was powerless to change it.

This is perhaps the greatest tragedy of time travelers, and the helplessness of all beings being like chess pieces under the rules of the Great Dao.

"Since you know my past, do you know what happened after I became a giant?"

The nameless Quasi-Immortal Emperor's voice remained calm, yet it seemed to be recounting an epic tale unrelated to himself, yet deeply etched in his memory.

Lu Xuan remained silent. He only knew of the infamous reputation of this Quasi-Immortal Emperor upon his return, and knew very little about the long years after he became a giant.

The nameless Quasi-Immortal Emperor cast his gaze toward the boundless darkness behind the dam, as if retracing the ancient era that had been sealed away.

"I became a giant, swept across the Boundary Sea, and slew all my enemies... At that time, I once thought that my power was enough to look down on all the heavens, and that there was nowhere I couldn't go, no matter how vast the Boundary Sea was."

His voice carried a barely perceptible hint of reminiscence, perhaps the only trace of "confidence" he possessed in his dark life of endless revenge.

"So I ventured deeper into the Boundary Sea to search for the legendary... secret of breaking through the King and becoming an Emperor."

His tone gradually became serious.

"However, the deeper I went, the more alarmed I became."

The nameless Quasi-Immortal Emperor's voice seemed to carry a hint of chill from the depths of the Boundary Sea.

"The darkness there is incomparable to the scattered filth at the edge of the Boundary Sea. It is... a living, willful, all-consuming ultimate abyss!"

"I witnessed with my own eyes how an ancient world, no smaller than the Immortal Realm, was seized by a gigantic hand, wreathed in ominous runes, emerging from the deepest darkness! The barriers of that ancient world were as fragile as an eggshell. Before the cries of billions of beings within could even be heard, the gigantic hand, along with the entire world, was instantly refined! It was transformed into the purest dark matter and twisted creatures, merging into that eternal darkness!"

Even with Lu Xuan's current state of mind as a Celestial King, hearing this description still sent a chill down his spine.

Refining a vast realm with bare hands?
What a terrifying power this is!

"I knew it at that moment."

The nameless Quasi-Immortal Emperor's voice carried a heavy weight, as if he had seen through the truth.

"The 'Emperor'... exists. And he is far more powerful and cruel than I ever imagined."

Since then, he has abandoned simple revenge and sweeping away, and instead embarked on a longer and more dangerous journey—to explore the root and essence of darkness.

He was like a solitary hunter, or a persistent scholar, navigating the most dangerous areas of the Boundary Sea, battling various terrifying dark creatures, analyzing their composition, tracing the source of their power, trying to find the weakness of darkness, and... a way to surpass the Immortal King.

(End of this chapter)