Invincible Dad-Chapter 688: Emperor Wanyun_1

"Who are you waiting for?"

The being within the Bronze Coffin did not respond to Xu Lai’s question. Only the steady beat of a drum echoed through the frozen stellar space. This was a Quasi-Emperor Artifact that specialized in attacking the Divine Sense. A Quasi-Emperor below the Fifth Heaven would have likely suffered a collapse of their sea of consciousness under its assault, and even those above the Fifth Heaven would find it incredibly difficult to bear.

"Still refusing to show your true face?" Xu Lai narrowed his eyes. "If you’re unwilling, then I’ll help you!"

"Slash!"

Xu Lai’s fingers formed a sword as he unleashed three consecutive strikes. They were as gentle as a light breeze, without a hint of murderous intent, yet they caused the hair of the person in the coffin to stir as if touched by an unseen wind.

BOOM!

The small Quasi-Emperor drum and its drumstick exploded. The ninety-nine chains of unknown material tethering the coffin snapped.

The first sword strike destroyed the Quasi-Emperor Artifact.

The second severed the chains.

The third was aimed at the coffin itself.

He intended to cleave the massive Bronze Coffin open and reveal the person inside. In this, Xu Lai was both successful and unsuccessful. The Qingfeng Sword Intent penetrated the bizarre runes etched upon the coffin’s surface, causing it to tremble violently.

Amidst the trembling, a gap about ten centimeters wide appeared between the coffin and its lid. Through this gap, Xu Lai saw a woman’s face—a face that could only be described as absolutely beautiful. Even though Xu Lai had seen countless women over the past 100,000 years, the one lying in the coffin still qualified as exquisite.

Her cold, moon-like eyes gazed at Xu Lai. Though it was only for an instant, he still discerned a hint of surprise in her eyes; clearly, she hadn’t expected anyone to actually be able to break her seal. The woman’s face lacked any flush of color, possessing instead an unnatural pallor. It wasn’t unsettling, however. On the contrary, it exuded a kind of sickly, peculiar beauty. For a fleeting moment, even Xu Lai felt an impulse to pity her.

The only disappointment was that Xu Lai hadn’t managed to split the coffin open, but had merely created a fissure. The durability of this coffin was likely even greater than that of an Emperor Artifact!

Xu Lai fell silent. The woman inside the coffin was silent as well.

After a long while, Xu Lai finally spoke. "You’re not bad looking."

The woman in the coffin did not grow angry at his words. She simply said softly, "Even Ah Qiao has never seen what I look like now."

"Spare me any talk of offering yourself in marriage. Have some self-respect." Xu Lai discreetly took a step back.

"..."

The woman finally showed some signs of life. Xu Lai couldn’t see the expression on her face, but he could sense the change in the surrounding Spiritual Energy. The woman was furious.

Spiritual Energy surged like the sea, coalescing into a bizarrely shaped heavy hammer. It was gripped tightly by two pale hands and brought smashing down.

"This..." From a distance, the observing Divine General Taotie’s expression shifted slightly. He’s fighting The Supreme Emperor. If it were him, he probably would have crumbled under the sheer pressure the moment the Spiritual Energy hammer materialized. He wouldn’t have even lasted a single exchange.

Combat at the Emperor Realm was terrifying; every second was a vortex of life and death, where a single moment of carelessness could lead to doom.

Nevertheless, Taotie had immense confidence in Xu Lai. He was the first Divine General to follow Xu Lai, and one could say that they had built the foundations of the Heavenly Court together. From the day they met until the day Xu Lai became an Emperor, he had fought in 79,453 battles, many against prodigious talents and the Saint Heirs of prestigious Sect Gates. Yet Xu Lai had never once been defeated.

Taotie believed that The Supreme Emperor would naturally not be defeated this time, either.

At first, he could still sense the clash between the two Emperor Realm experts. But as they fought, they gradually vanished from this Dead Realm. He, a powerful Quasi-Emperor of the Fifth Heaven, couldn’t find a single trace of them!

"Divine General, where is The Supreme Emperor...?" A childish yet sneaky voice emerged from within the Dead Realm.

Taotie turned his head and saw Heavenly Dao. Taotie didn’t respond to Earth’s Heavenly Dao, whose origins were a mystery and who exuded an eerie aura. The main reason was that he simply didn’t trust him.

"Divine General, I’m on your side. Emperor Qingfeng even wanted to adopt me as his godson."

"..." Taotie’s brow furrowed deeply. "Is that true?"

Heavenly Dao Sikong Jiu didn’t answer, instead changing the subject. "Divine General, you first. Tell me about the woman in the coffin."

"I don’t know." Taotie shook his head. How could a minor Quasi-Emperor like him possibly track the movements of two Emperor Realm experts? 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

"Sigh." Sikong Jiu, despite his childish appearance and red bellyband, sighed with the maturity of an old man. "The Fallen Emperor Epoch is about to begin..."

"What else do you know?" Taotie stared intently at Heavenly Dao.

Sikong Jiu hesitated, but the thought of that corpse wanting to blow up Earth filled him with anger. He declared, "Jing Ke is searching for the key to enter the Nine Kings’ Palace so he can resurrect the woman in the coffin and send her on the path to eternal life."

"Her name is Wan Yun."

Seeing the confusion on Divine General Taotie’s face, Sikong Jiu added, "She has another name: Emperor Wanyun."

Emperor Wanyun?!

Taotie’s pupils shrank violently, and he nearly stumbled to the ground. Emperor Wanyun was the paramount figure of the Immortal Domain’s 77th epoch, hailing from the Yun Clan. The Yun Clan was a people cursed by heaven and earth. Throughout the more than 70 epochs of their recorded history, the Yun Clan had produced 23 Quasi-Emperors, four of whom had even reached the Nine Heavens of the Quasi-Emperor. But every single one of them had perished during the great calamity at 100,000 years of age. None could escape it.

But one Yun Clan cultivator had overcome that curse, stunning everyone in the Immortal Domain at the time! That woman’s methods were astonishing. She gathered the fate of myriad clans to overcome her own personal tribulation.

When the various Holy Lands learned that their Sect Gates and Tao Lineages had their fortune stolen, they were all enraged. But before they could come seeking retribution, someone in the starry sky passed the Emperor’s Tribulation, self-proclaiming the title of Emperor Wanyun!

However, historical records about Emperor Wanyun were scarce, as this Emperor had never appeared in the Immortal Domain before her ascension. Then, less than 50,000 years after becoming an Emperor, at the age of 140,000, she suddenly vanished. From that day on, no one ever saw Emperor Wanyun again.

Afterward, another 400,000 years passed. A cultivator at the Nine Heavens of the Quasi-Emperor sensed the Emperor Realm Dao Fruit returning to the world, and only then did the cultivators of the Immortal Domain realize that the Emperor of that era had fallen.

"She is Emperor Wanyun, the Emperor from 23 epochs ago... and she’s still alive," Taotie said in disbelief.

"There are plenty more who are still alive," Heavenly Dao Sikong Jiu muttered under his breath before adding, "Actually, it’s not quite accurate to say she’s ’alive.’ Her natural lifespan ended long ago. She only managed to cling to a single breath by sealing herself in that coffin, and that coffin... is very sinister."

"If you knew all this, why didn’t you say so earlier?" Taotie’s gaze burned as he stared at Heavenly Dao.

Sikong Jiu gave a sheepish laugh. "I had amnesia. I just now remembered."

"I understand," Taotie nodded.

Before Sikong Jiu could even sigh in relief, he heard the First Divine General continue, "So, all we have to do to restore your memory is destroy Earth."

Damn! He really is a brainless brute!

Sikong Jiu almost spat blood. He said urgently, "Divine General Taotie, we’re on the same side! Why would our own people attack each other? Please, don’t let the flood wash away the Dragon King Temple!"

"You’re not the Dragon King, and I don’t use water-based Divine Skills."

"..."