Dominator Emperor

”What could happen to me?” Li Qiye said with a smile and a shrug. ”Dealing with them was a piece of cake.”

Seeing Li Qiye safe and sound, Li Shuangyan and Chen Baojiao couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief. The Zero Domain Void Wheel had dragged them into the Zero Realm, and they had been certain they were doomed to be trapped there forever. They never imagined the Four-Battle Copper Vehicle would be so much more powerful than they thought, managing to fight its way out of the Zero Realm and even subdue the Zero Domain Void Wheel.

”The Four-Battle Copper Vehicle!” At this moment, the Middle Continent Princess stared coldly at Li Qiye and his group, her gaze fixed on him.

Li Shuangyan and Chen Baojiao snapped back to their senses. When they saw the Middle Continent Princess standing in the void, their expressions changed. They had met her during the trade that day and never expected to see her again today!

”Hasn’t he told you?” The Middle Continent Princess, her eyes closed, seemed to look right at Li Shuangyan and Chen Baojiao as she spoke. ”He is the most conniving liar in this world! Be careful, or one day you’ll find he’s sold you off without you even knowing who he really is!”

Hearing the Middle Continent Princess’s words, Li Shuangyan and Chen Baojiao couldn’t help but glance between Li Qiye and the princess. Li Qiye looked a bit awkward and just gave a dry laugh without saying a word.

Li Qiye’s reaction struck Li Shuangyan and Chen Baojiao as very strange. ’Why would the Middle Continent Princess call our Young Master a liar?’ Although they had traded for the Central Continent Ancient Country’s supreme treasure, the transaction had been consensual!

The whole affair felt bizarre to Li Shuangyan and Chen Baojiao, but since Li Qiye said nothing more, they didn’t press the matter.

A great battle had come to an end. Through Li Qiye’s deliberate scheming, not only had Young Emperor Nantian fallen, but even the heaven-defying Old Undyings from the Jiangzuo Family and Nantian Country had died tragically. In the end, even the eighth-generation ancestor of the Qingxuan Ancient Country—a being who had swept through the world and was considered unrivaled—had been reduced to ash!

This outcome was utterly terrifying. The entire Nether River Crossing fell into a horrifying silence. At this moment, regardless of their heritage or sect, whether they were a Sect Leader or an Old Undying who had been buried for several eras, everyone felt a chill crawl up their spines.

In their eyes, although this Little Ghost’s Dao Practice was shallow, he was more frightening than a King and Marquis True Master or even an Ancient Saint. He possessed two peerless, invincible skills. But what was truly terrifying wasn’t his Heavenly Destiny Secret Skill or his cultivation of a Supreme Immortal Body Technique; it was his schemes!

In terms of Dao Practice, it didn’t matter if the Little Ghost cultivated the Heavenly Destiny Secret Skill or the Supreme Immortal Body Technique; he was simply no match for an existence like the eighth-generation ancestor of the Qingxuan Ancient Country. Before an invincible being like that ancestor, this Little Ghost was like an ant that could be crushed with a single hand!

It could even be said that, based on Dao Practice alone, it wouldn’t have been difficult for the likes of the Jiangzuo Six Emperors or Nan Tian Hudu to kill him! And yet, today, he was the one who had slain the Jiangzuo Six Emperors and Nan Tian Hudu, and even annihilated Old Undyings like the Great Divine Demon and Xianwang’s Grandson!

He had used the demons of his Body Tribulation and the lightning punishment of the Underworld to slaughter the Jiangzuo Six Emperors and Nan Tian Hudu and annihilate the Great Divine Demon and Xianwang’s Grandson! Even the eighth-generation ancestor of the Qingxuan Ancient Country had fallen into his trap. These invincible figures, who had once dominated their eras, ultimately became pitiful wretches caught in his tribulation—tools for him to transcend!

At this thought, countless people shivered, their blood running cold. This Little Ghost was just too uncanny. He was clearly only fifteen or sixteen, yet he was as cunning and calculating as an old fox!

”He’s been suppressing his Body Tribulation this whole time! He was waiting for this exact opportunity!” Saint Child Bao Zhu, who had achieved Emperor Body Great Success, muttered, his gaze turning icy. A chill went through him. He had already gone through his own Body Tribulation and knew that the sooner one faced it, the easier it was to overcome. And yet, Li Qiye had been deliberately suppressing his! ’Perhaps he had been waiting for the Nether River to appear, intending to use the Nether River Water all along!’

Thinking of this, Saint Child Bao Zhu felt his blood run cold. ’This Little Ghost will definitely be the greatest rival of my life!’

After everything had settled down, Chi Yun of the Nine Saints Demon Gate emerged from a corner of the beach at the Nether River Crossing. He walked over and said to Li Qiye in a low voice, ”Young Master Li, the Elders of the War God Hall wish to see you.” As he spoke, he couldn’t help but glance at Li Qiye again, his heart filled with dread and immense fear.

He had witnessed the entire battle firsthand and felt that Li Qiye was simply too terrifying for having schemed against Old Undyings from the Jiangzuo Family and Nantian Country. When Li Qiye’s gaze swept over him, he couldn’t help but shudder involuntarily!

Li Qiye nodded and followed Chi Yun.

There was a cove at the Nether River Crossing, and at the far end of it, amidst a cluster of messy rocks, the Elders of the War God Hall were hidden. They had set up an array formation and established a camp there, keeping themselves far away from the cultivators of other sects.

For this trip to bury someone on the Netherworld Ship, the War God Hall, a veritable behemoth, was acting unusually low-key compared to the other Great Teaching Territories. They showed no hint of arrogance. Without a doubt, the person they intended to bury was extremely important, with an astonishing background. They did not want anyone to guess the identity of the person they were interring!

In fact, for the War God Hall, the person being buried was tied to the rise and fall of their entire sect. Thus, they had to be cautious.

Inside the camp, the Elders of the War God Hall all sat on the ground. They were uniformly dressed in black robes and long hoods that concealed their entire bodies, making their faces impossible to see.

The Elders sat in a circle on the ground with an Ancient Coffin placed in the middle. The coffin didn’t seem particularly high-grade; it looked like a casket for an ordinary disciple of the War God Hall. This was likely a deliberate move by the War God Hall to lower its apparent quality, hoping to prevent anyone from guessing who was inside.

When Li Qiye entered, Chi Yun withdrew. Even as a Supreme Elder of the Nine Saints Demon Gate, he had no place to speak here.

After entering, Li Qiye glanced at the Elders of the War God Hall seated on the ground. Each one was shrouded in mystery. They had intentionally suppressed their Blood Qi, doing their best to hide the surging, roaring power within them.

”Low-key indeed.” Li Qiye scanned the War God Hall Elders before his gaze landed on the ordinary-looking Wooden Coffin. ”Let me guess who’s in the coffin,” he said. ”You claim you’re here to bury an Elder Ancestor, but I’d wager one of your Elder Ancestors is sitting right here! The story about burying an ancestor is just bullshit. Given the War God Hall’s usual style, if I’m not mistaken, the person lying in this coffin is either your War God Hall’s Guardian God or that old man from the Hidden Immortal Hall!”

The moment Li Qiye finished speaking, the gazes of the seated Elders instantly fell upon him. If looks could be swords, then the gazes of these Elders were more terrifying than a Divine Sword.

”Looks like I guessed right. More than one of your War God Hall’s Elder Ancestors came!” Li Qiye said with a leisurely smile. ”Your War God Hall really has a lot of treasures for extending one’s life. So many old men who should have long been in their graves managed to hold on until now!”

If Chi Yun had been here, he would have been terrified by Li Qiye’s words. The Elder Ancestors of the War God Hall were legendary, invincible existences. And there was more than one of them! They had lived for countless years; some were even sealed away in a very distant era and had only emerged now! Who wouldn’t be utterly respectful before such figures? Yet Li Qiye treated them as if they were nothing.

”The younger generation is to be feared!” At that moment, a voice finally sounded from within the coffin. It was ancient and distant, as if it had traveled from a primordial era to the present.

The ancient and distant voice continued, ”With such methods, you need not worry about finding a place for yourself in this world. Lun Ri truly has a keen eye for people. It was not without reason that he found you.”

”So it’s the old man from the Hidden Immortal Hall.” As soon as Li Qiye heard the voice, he knew who it was. In this era, besides the people from the War God Hall themselves, there was probably no outsider who understood them better than he did.

Li Qiye said leisurely, ”You really know how to stay alive. Even Old Man Mu couldn’t endure the merciless passage of time, yet you managed to pull through. I have to admit, you’re a real survivor!”

At this, the gazes of the seated Elders grew terrifying. Among them were unworldly Elder Ancestors of the War God Hall who had come to escort the coffin. To do so, these reclusive ancestors had not hesitated to emerge from their Time Blood Stones to see the coffin off!

Li Qiye had exposed the War God Hall’s secrets the moment he opened his mouth. If it became truly necessary, they would not hesitate to kill him to silence him. After all, the existence of the Hidden Immortal Hall was of utmost importance to the War God Hall; it was one of the reasons their Battle Hall had been able to stand for millions of years.

”Don’t even think about killing me to keep me quiet,” Li Qiye said, perfectly calm and composed. ”I know you’re here to see this coffin off, and that a few nearly-dead men crawled out of their graves for it. But if you know what’s good for you, you’d best not provoke me! Otherwise, I might consider flipping your War God Hall upside down, even if that old man from the Hidden Immortal Hall manages to live on forever!”

At that, one of the men in black stood up. To him, Li Qiye simply knew too much.

”Don’t be rash.” The ancient, distant voice from the coffin sounded once more. The old man who had stood up heard this and silently sat back down, not having said a single word from beginning to end.

”That’s more like it,” Li Qiye said with a smile. ”You old men have endured since Old Man Mu’s era. You’ve eaten more salt than I have rice!”

Li Qiye’s words left even the Elders of the Battle Hall speechless. This Little Ghost was just outrageously arrogant, so arrogant it made them want to go mad. Muzhan God was one of their most powerful ancestors! Yet this kid had the gall to just call him ”Old Man.”

”The Four-Battle Copper Vehicle is said to be a supreme mount. I once heard a legend that in the Pioneer Era, when the Four-Battle Copper Vehicle appeared, the gods would retreat and Immortal Emperors would come to welcome it...” the ancient, distant voice from the coffin began.

Li Qiye cut him off coldly. ”Don’t try to sound me out,” he said flatly. ”The War God Hall’s foundation may be incredibly profound, but there are some taboos in this world that are best left unknown!”

With Li Qiye’s words, the voice in the coffin fell silent. He had been guessing, or one could even say, he had been probing.