Dominating Martial King-Chapter 1555 - 532: Heavenly Dao Stone Forest

"This is incredible. It’s merely the twenty layers of Ruyi Heavenly Rule, and it has already become the seventh candidate of this rule. Once he further elevates his Heavenly Rule Martial Intent, what will happen then? In this world, another East Emperor must never emerge!"

"Ruyi Heavenly Rule was created by Long Xi, but it was perfected in the hands of Long Xi’s son ’East Emperor’. Not only were Pangu’s Twelve Ancestor Gods no match for him, but the leaders of other hundred clans also couldn’t rival him. If he hadn’t overly trusted the Feather Clan in the past and been plotted against by the ’Nine Phoenix’, he could have suppressed heaven and earth single-handedly."

"Ha! What’s there to fear, the ’Eastern Emperor Mirror’ was already destroyed in ancient times. Even if another East Emperor emerges in this world, it’s impossible for them to possess the divine might akin to the Eastern Emperor."

Amidst the gods’ discussions, a woman in white with an extraordinary presence suddenly appeared before the ’Ruyi Stele’.

This was an extremely powerful deity, and when she appeared, most of the starlight here was driven away.

After manifesting, she raised her head to look at the list on the ’Ruyi Stele’.

On the list, there were twenty-seven true spirit candidates.

The top twelve all had names and were all surnamed ’Shen’.

Their Heavenly Rules levels had all reached above thirty-five layers.

However, the seventh place was listed as ’Nameless’, and the Heavenly Rules level was ’twenty’—

The Lord of Pure Shen Jingli’s dignified and beautiful face suddenly turned extremely gloomy.

"This is truly interesting! Your divine seat is on the verge of collapsing."

The gods with their thoughts descending here dared not speak loudly, and yet a female voice let out a mocking laugh: "I’ll keep an eye on this matter and await eagerly."

Shen Jingli’s expression turned cold.

This woman was Tai Chu Xuan Nu, a presence whose divine power surpassed her own.

In the past, Shen Jingli had competed with her for the position of ’Master of Thousand Plots’, almost achieving it.

However, Tai Chu Xuan Nu in the face of dire circumstances cunningly colluded with Emperor Xuanhuang of the Human Clan, causing her efforts to fail.

They have been mortal enemies, having battled numerous times since ancient times.

"Begone!"

Shen Jingli raised her hand and swept out a flash of pure light, completely dispelling Tai Chu Xuan Nu’s divine intent and star power.

Though Tai Chu Xuan Nu’s power surpassed hers, without physically arriving here, she was not Shen Jingli’s match.

Shen Jingli then frowned: "Putian, did you sense anything just now?"

She was asking the ’Master of All Heaven’ Shen Puzhao, another powerful deity whose strength surpassed even the upper Star Gods.

"No!"

Shen Puzhao’s voice was calm and steady: "My light of universal illumination shines upon the Mortal World, and I found nothing related to changes of the ’Ruyi Stele’. You’ll have to investigate this yourself, Shen Jingli. There are many places in the Mortal World that I cannot illuminate."

Shen Jingli frowned deeply.

There are many places Shen Puzhao’s illumination cannot reach, including the Four Great Divine Mountains of the Giant Spirit, numerous Holy Lands and Secret Realms in Central Earth, and Daning’s Wang’an City, the Six Great Divine Sects, and the Five Great Demon Sects, making the search akin to finding a needle in a haystack.

However, this ’Nameless’ is likely a member of the Human Clan. The search range could be narrowed to areas near the Divine Continent.

——Among the Central Earth’s Four Great Divine Mountains’ slave tribes occasionally arise masters. But their Ruyi Heavenly Rule would never be recognized by the Heavenly Rules Law.

Someone raised like livestock from a young age, how could they cultivate supreme confidence and freedom to do as they please?

Shen Jingli said with a cold expression: "I will descend to the mortal realm again, you must assist me!"

Shen Puzhao’s voice, however, sighed with helplessness: "I’ll try my best, but you should know, Burial Sky is nearing his last days, and he will inevitably devour Luo Hou within two years; he has no other path. I must keep an eye on Tai Chu Xuan Nu and her ’True Gate Master’, leaving little time for other matters."

Shen Jingli couldn’t help but turn her head to gaze at the two steles standing at the stone forest’s center.

One was the ’Heavenly Creation Stele’, which bore no names; the other was the ’Pangu Stele’, displaying the stewards of the twelve Pangu essence souls and numerous candidates for the Pangu essence souls.

The first and second names among them were Long Xi and Diwa; the eleventh and twelfth were ’Xuanhuang*True’ and ’Xuanhuang*Chan’.

Shen Jingli squinted her eyes.

In days past, Emperor Xuanhuang for unknown reasons inherited the legacy of the Ninth Generation Heavenly Emperor, rising in the Divine Continent within just a century and becoming a strong presence equal to past Heavenly Emperors.

Not long after, he also obtained two Pangu essence souls, accomplishing Creation Sovereign.

This greatly alarmed the heavenly gods, prompting them to jointly create the ’Heavenly Gaze’ to release it upon the Mortal World.

’Heavenly Gaze’, that beast is specifically designed to counter the Human Clan’s bloodline, as strong as Emperor Xuanhuang, he too was injured by ’Heavenly Gaze’ under the restraint of many half-step creations.

Unable to dispel the divine curse poison inflicted by ’Heavenly Gaze’, Emperor Xuanhuang personally revived ’Li Tan’, fostering this mortal enemy’s ascension to become the ’Lord of Ten Thousand Soldiers’.

He further split off ’Xuanhuang*True’ and ’Xuanhuang*Chan’ two primordial spirits, each holding a Pangu essence soul to establish the Chanzhen Sect, maintaining order among mortals in the Divine Continent. His consciousness self-sealed somewhere in the Divine Continent due to the curse poison of ’Heavenly Gaze’.

The astonishing part is that ’Xuanhuang*True’ and ’Xuanhuang*Chan’, despite having no self-awareness, were able to continually steward the Pangu essence souls, leaving even many powerful half-step creations unable to seize them.

The Chanzhen Sect used ’Chanzhen Technique’ as bait to tempt mortal martial cultivators to join, continuously enhancing the martial force of the Human Clan.

However, thirty-two thousand years ago, the Master of Thousands of Deceptions infiltrated the ’Chan Sect’, cunningly usurping this avatar of Emperor Xuanhuang.

Nevertheless, the true sovereign ’Xuanhuang*True’ was always in the hands of Tai Chu Xuan Nu.

The ’True Sect’ created by Emperor Xuanhuang, though having been penetrated like gauze by the heavenly gods, has never seen the gods covet the supreme authority held by Tai Chu Xuan Nu.

This is the reason Tai Chu Xuan Nu has remained unharmed for thirty-six thousand years, unafraid of the gods, and the biggest variable in the matter of ’Burial Sky’.

In the past, Emperor Xuanhuang, with the assistance of Tai Chu Xuan Nu, helped Burial Sky stabilize his primordial spirit.

Though Emperor Xuanhuang is no longer present, it’s hard to say the Nine Heavens Mysterious Woman will not secretly assist the Human Clan once again.

Shen Puzhao, too, was gazing at the Pangu Stele, expressing with a sigh: "It’s said the decline of the Human Clan is inevitable, yet of the twelve Pangu essence souls, they still hold four. Among the twelve Pangu Clan lineages, they are uniquely favored by heaven."

"Possibly five!"

Shen Jingli stared at the list on the Pangu Stele: "Don’t forget, there’s still the thirteenth essence soul not recorded on the stele—the Eastern Emperor Essence Soul! It is said that in the days of old, the Eastern Emperor’s Dao realm had entered the Pangu domain, infinitely close to surpassing creation."

"Eastern Emperor?"

Shen Puzhao’s tone showed surprise: "That shouldn’t be possible? His power was merely at the level of Creation Sovereign, far from reaching Pangu’s level, how could it transform into a Creation Essence Soul?"

"I hope so too!"

Shen Jingli sighed: "But you should know, I’ve been researching the Ruyi Heavenly Rule, collecting everything left by the Eastern Emperor and Long Xi. The more I study, the more extraordinary the Eastern Emperor seems. Tai Hao underestimated the Ruyi Heavenly Rule. The stele’s position is wrong; it should be in the deepest part of the fifth layer, infinitely close to the sixth layer."

"Perhaps." Shen Puzhao gave a noncommittal reply, clearly unwilling to believe.

His tone started becoming cold: "But whatever the case, this Ruyi Heavenly Rule must not fall back into the hands of the Human Clan. This is the will of all the gods!"

Shen Jingli’s expression slightly stiffened: "In the world, besides me, no second person will become the Ruyi True Spirit, become the Ruyi Sovereign."