Dominator Emperor

At this moment, Mei Suyao turned around, a devastatingly beautiful smile on her face. ”Brother Li,” she said, ”how about we study this rune together? It would be of great benefit to us both.”

”Is that so—” Li Qiye smiled, but before he could finish his sentence, a brilliant light suddenly erupted from between Mei Suyao’s brows. The moment the Immortal Light touched Li Qiye, he froze stiff.

In that instant, Li Qiye seemed to be petrified. He was fixed in place, unable to move a single inch.

Mei Suyao smiled. Her otherworldly, transcendent, and peerless beauty was enough to make anyone’s heart race. ”Brother Li,” she said with a smile, ”I have no wish to harm you, but I must take this rune. I can only inconvenience you for now. You’ll recover on your own after a short while.”

Having immobilized Li Qiye, Mei Suyao turned her full attention to the rune. She took a deep breath and shouted, ”Come!” As the word left her lips, her fingers spread wide, casting a net that could encompass the heavens and the earth.

As the worldly representative of the Long River Sect, Mei Suyao was extraordinarily skilled. Her first move was powerful enough to swallow the sky and devour the earth. Her slender palms could hold mountains and rivers, contain vast oceans, and pull the very world into their grasp.

But no matter how she channeled the Heaven and Earth’s Ten Thousand Laws or unleashed the world’s most powerful Cultivation Techniques, she couldn’t budge the rune. How could Mei Suyao give up so easily? With a soft cry, a boundless Emperor’s Power and Immortal Force erupted from her, as if an Immortal Emperor had personally descended. A weapon appeared in her hand, and she immediately used it to suppress the rune.

Without a doubt, Mei Suyao had brought an Immortal Emperor True Artifact. As the True Artifact pressed down, divine spirits would bow and all living beings would grovel. When an Immortal Emperor True Artifact appeared, it was peerlessly invincible, supreme for all eternity!

BANG! But then, the unthinkable happened. Mei Suyao’s Immortal Emperor True Artifact couldn’t suppress the rune either. On the contrary, it was thrown back!

”Using brute force like that isn’t necessarily the answer.” Just as Mei Suyao’s expression flickered and she recalled her Immortal Emperor True Artifact, a gentle, nonchalant voice spoke next to her ear.

Somehow, Li Qiye was now standing right beside her, watching her with a smile. It was as if he had been observing from the sidelines the entire time, as if he had been standing there all along.

The ever-transcendent Mei Suyao was aghast. Immortal Light bloomed from between her brows, but in that fleeting instant, Li Qiye unleashed a finger strike. This single finger seemed to transcend eons, moving so fast that even the Immortal Light couldn’t keep up. The light from her forehead was a Supreme Immortal Rule, but Li Qiye’s finger strike bypassed it with ease, hitting the most vulnerable spot on her Immortal Bone.

THUD! Mei Suyao was sent flying, crashing heavily against the wall. Her face went deathly pale, and blood trickled from between her brows. For a moment, Mei Suyao couldn’t even breathe. She tried to struggle to her feet, but Li Qiye reached out and instantly sealed her entire Dao Practice!

After a long moment, Mei Suyao finally managed to catch her breath. The ever-composed woman was now utterly horrified. Her face drained of color as she stammered, ”How is this possible!”

’I have an Innate Immortal Bone. The one in my forehead is arguably the finest in the world! I have absolute confidence in my Immortal Bone. Once someone is trapped by its Immortal Light, not even a Saint Emperor can do anything about it. I clearly immobilized Li Qiye, but now he’s completely unscathed.’

’What’s more terrifying is that his finger actually struck the most vulnerable point of my Forehead Immortal Bone. My Forehead Immortal Bone is known to be the hardest in the world, yet he struck its weakest spot. I was crippled in an instant, feeling like I was suffocating. I nearly died from that single finger strike.’

”What’s so impossible about it?” Li Qiye said with a casual smile. ”That immobilizing Immortal Light? I was just fooling a little girl like you. In my eyes, your Forehead Immortal Bone is nothing. Have you ever heard of a certain person? During the dark Ancient Nether Era, there was someone from the Ancient Nether Race far more incredible than you.”

”The legendary Invincible Immortal Bone!” Mei Suyao said, her expression shifting. Li Qiye’s words brought a legend to her mind—a once-invincible Immortal Bone!

Li Qiye said nonchalantly, ”That’s right. The Invincible Immortal Bone of that era. He was far more terrifying than you—he was born with a full set of Immortal Bones! Do you know what happened to him in the end? His Immortal Bones were dismantled, pulled from his body one by one!”

Mei Suyao’s expression changed drastically. She had heard of the Invincible Immortal Bone from the Ancient Nether Era. Legend said this person had the potential to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Immortal Emperor Tian Tu, but they had vanished without a trace in the end.

In that darkest of ages, two Immortal Emperors had brought a glimmer of dawn: Immortal Emperor Bu Zhan and Immortal Emperor Blood Seal. In that era, Li Qiye, as the Yin Ya, had single-handedly held everything together. He went to great lengths, working with Qi Bamboo Mountain, to cultivate Immortal Emperor Blood Seal. He laid out a grand stratagem, and the dawn for the Human Race was finally in sight!

Unfortunately, a member of the Ancient Nether Race, born with a full set of Immortal Bones, emerged in that era. He swept through the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, slaying the geniuses of the Nine Realms wherever he went. Many of the Human Race’s most promising young talents, blessed with incredible Creation, died tragically at his hands.

This genius of the Ancient Nether Race was born with a full set of Immortal Bones, making him invincible from birth. In that era, the countless dynasties of the Ancient Nether Race placed immense hope in him, believing he would become the second Immortal Emperor Tian Tu. Innumerable dynasties acted as his protectors on the path of the Dao!

With his invincible body of Immortal Bones, he swept through the Human Emperor Realm, leaving a trail of sorrow and despair in his wake. Countless promising youths of the Human Race died tragically at his hands. This matter enraged Li Qiye, who was the Yin Ya at the time. He unleashed his full power, striking the Nine Heavens above and wiping out dynasties below. He sacrificed countless War Generals and fought back the innumerable dynasties of the Ancient Nether Race that protected him, ultimately succeeding in capturing this Invincible Immortal Bone alive!

”You were born with a Forehead Immortal Bone.” Li Qiye glanced at Mei Suyao and said with a smile, ”It’s true that among all Immortal Bones, the Forehead Immortal Bone is the rarest and most precious! But to me, it’s nothing. If I truly wanted to kill you, it wouldn’t matter if your entire body were made of Immortal Bones. I would still be able to overcome it!”

After capturing the Invincible Immortal Bone alive back then, Li Qiye had studied it thoroughly. As for the process... there’s no need for details. One can easily imagine it.

Mei Suyao was utterly shaken. This was the first time since she began her journey that she had felt a true threat. Even against a Divine Being like Ji Kong Wudi, she had absolute confidence. But today, she felt a terrifying sense of dread. Her intuition told her she had met a terrifying nemesis.

Li Qiye ignored Mei Suyao and turned his attention to the ancient rune. He slowly circled it, observing it carefully.

”Do you know what this is?” Seeing Li Qiye circling the ancient rune, Mei Suyao calmed herself. Having recovered her graceful bearing, she spoke.

Li Qiye chuckled. ”What’s this? You’re at my mercy, yet you’re still trying to pry information out of me?”

”If that is what Brother Li thinks, then there is nothing I can do,” Mei Suyao said. ”I can share everything I know about the Void Gate with you. This rune is the key to opening it. Only with this rune in hand can one truly control the Void Gate.”

Li Qiye laughed and shook his head. ”Little girl, you don’t know very much. When it comes to understanding the Void Gate, you’re still far too green.”

Mei Suyao was rendered speechless. She was clearly older than Li Qiye, yet he kept calling her ”little girl.” It left her at a loss for words.

After making a full circle, Li Qiye stroked his chin, his gaze fixed on the ancient rune.

”This rune is one with the gate. Trying to remove it is harder than ascending to the heavens,” Mei Suyao said to Li Qiye. ”How about we work together, Brother Li? I have an Immortal Emperor True Artifact and a Supreme Secret Technique. Only by joining forces will we have a chance of taking it. Otherwise, I fear we will both return empty-handed.”

Li Qiye looked back at Mei Suyao and smiled. ”Little girl, an Immortal Emperor True Artifact isn’t always the answer. Watch closely and see how I’m going to take this down.”

As he finished speaking, a Stone Egg was already resting in his palm. Staring at the ancient rune, Li Qiye’s eyes narrowed as he bellowed, ”Go—” The word had barely left his lips when he hurled the Stone Egg forward with all his might!

BOOM—! With a deafening crash, the Stone Egg slammed heavily into the ancient rune. The entire portal immediately began to shake, its light flickering erratically. As the Stone Egg struck the ancient rune, the unthinkable happened—the impossibly ancient rune was actually sent flying!

”Absorb—!” Li Qiye bellowed. His Life Palaces opened wide. In an instant, six of them lined up, forming their own domain that immediately enveloped the flying rune. In that same moment, Li Qiye’s Main Destiny Palace opened like a world-devouring maw and swallowed the rune whole. It vanished instantly inside the vast expanse of the Main Destiny Palace!

This scene left Mei Suyao completely dumbfounded. She had used an Immortal Emperor True Artifact to suppress this ancient rune, yet it hadn’t budged at all! It had even repelled her True Artifact!

And yet, Li Qiye had sent this ancient rune flying with just a Stone Egg. Just what in the world was that Stone Egg?!

Unfortunately, her Forehead Immortal Bone was sealed by Li Qiye at this moment. Otherwise, with its Divine Techniques, she might have been able to see through the mysteries of his Stone Egg.

At that moment, inside Li Qiye’s Main Destiny Palace, a Pillar of Life shot up with a deafening BOOM.

The ancient rune had been swallowed by Li Qiye’s Main Destiny Palace, where the Pillar of Life now towered. At this moment, a strange phenomenon occurred with the Four Symbols of his Destiny Palace. In an instant, the Pillar of Life acted like a magnet, drawing all things in creation toward it. With a BUZZ, it pulled the rune straight to it.

The rune instantly attached itself to the Pillar of Life. At that moment, all the Dao Patterns on the Pillar of Life lit up. As if they had come alive, the countless Dao Patterns all burrowed into the rune.