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281: Human Emperor’s Evil BodyThree months later, Western Region, Wind Sea Great Grassland

The endless grassland was covered in a layer of emerald green grass, which remained lush and verdant all year round due to the climate.

”Grandpa! Look! What is that!”

A little girl with pigtails pointed towards a slightly elevated mound in the distance. Not far from her, a dozen or so cattle and sheep grazed. An old man with a stooped back and a basket strapped to his shoulders stood up.

When he looked over and saw the distant scene clearly, his face turned fearful. ”The God of the Grassland! The God of the Grassland is showing his might! Quick! Quick, kneel and kowtow!”

The old man shouted in panic, rushing over to press the little girl down. The two knelt on the ground, kowtowing incessantly.

A few breaths later, a gentle breeze swept across, stirring up a murky, yellowish airflow.

All the grass withered in an instant, its dried leaves carried away by the gentle breeze, and the airflow grew even more turbid.

The old man paused for a moment, cautiously raised his head, and then couldn’t help but slump to the ground, despair washing over his face as he wept silently, dropping his sickle powerlessly.

The once emerald grassland had vanished, replaced by desolation. The dozen or so cattle and sheep were now nothing but piles of bleached bones.

A lifetime’s effort, gone just like that.

”Grandpa, Grandpa, look over there.” The pigtailed girl tugged at her grandfather’s sleeve, pointing into the distance.

The old man looked and saw a figure walking from afar. The murky yellowish airflow halted before him and began to surge back in the opposite direction.

The barren grassland also began to reappear in the wake of that figure’s passage.

The figure walked past the two of them, paused slightly, gently stroked the little girl’s head, and then continued onward.

As he passed where the cattle and sheep had been, the bones revived, and the livestock reappeared.

Only after the figure had walked far away did the little girl tug on her grandfather’s sleeve again. ”Grandpa, he’s gone.”

The old man snapped back to reality. ”The God of the Grassland! It was Lord God of the Grassland!”

He couldn’t help but try to kneel and bow in the direction the figure had left, but found he couldn’t kneel down no matter how hard he tried.

At the center of the Wind Sea Great Grassland stood a massive gate. It had no door, only a pitch-black vortex that released dense Nether Qi, staining the surrounding grassland black.

Beyond the blackness, a flowing breeze swept across the barren ground.

Suddenly, a touch of emerald green rose from the earth, blades of grass sprouting one after another, restoring vitality.

A figure walked from the distance, driving away the desolation.

Standing before the gate, Qin Jiang gently raised his hand. A circle of white-gold array patterns gathered the surrounding Nether Qi and confined it within the gate.

”Whoosh!”

The Emperor Ancestor Sovereign appeared beside him, silently watching as Qin Jiang completed the Formation’s layout.

”Ling Mountain, the Myriad Demons Kingdom... after I’ve weathered the Immortal King Tribulation, we’ll find a pretext to eradicate them. This continent has been in chaos for too long; it’s time for unification.”

Qin Jiang spoke, his voice flat, devoid of any discernible emotion.

The Emperor Ancestor Sovereign nodded slightly upon hearing this. ”Very well.”

Dao Lands like those, which only know how to plunder resources and care nothing for the lives of the common people under their rule, might as well be eradicated. They are, after all, merely two Dao Lands that have never produced an Immortal King.

But unification...

Admittedly, an Immortal King possesses the strength for it. However, after an Immortal King ascends to the heavens, who else would be qualified to manage the entire continent?

”Before I ascend, I will leave behind some measures, sufficient to suppress the Immortal Kings of this era,” Qin Jiang stated.

The Emperor Ancestor Sovereign’s expression changed slightly. ”You... you can know what I’m thinking?”

How could this be possible?!

He had already achieved a true Seven-Colored Immortal King Body! There should be no power in this world capable of peering into his thoughts!

”I won’t be able to see once you truly prove your Dao and become an Immortal King,” Qin Jiang said.

The Emperor Ancestor Sovereign fell silent upon hearing this and said nothing more.

Qin Jiang slowly continued laying down the Formation. He had already sensed an Immortal King-level presence beyond this gate, but couldn’t discern exactly how many there were.

This gate was imbued with the power of the Earthly Dao, capable of blocking even the prying eyes of his Array Dao Vision.

”Immortal Lord Qin, do you... do you feel that you’ve changed?” the Emperor Ancestor Sovereign couldn’t help but ask.

”Changed how?”

”You seem... somewhat akin to the Heavenly Dao.” ”The Imperial Venerable no longer addresses me as Fellow Daoist. Is it because you think I’ve forgotten my original intent?”

”Have you not forgotten?”

Qin Jiang fell silent upon hearing this, looking at his own palm. ”I know I haven’t forgotten, but I cannot express this feeling. It’s as if I’ve turned into a piece of stone.”

The Emperor Ancestor Sovereign looked at Qin Jiang but dared not harbor any thoughts. The current Qin Jiang actually made him feel a sense of fear.

”When do you plan to undergo the Immortal King Tribulation?” Qin Jiang asked.

”Barring any unforeseen circumstances, three months from now,” replied the Emperor Ancestor Sovereign.

”I will act as your Protector.”

”Good.”

After a moment of silence, as the array patterns were completed, the Emperor Ancestor Sovereign couldn’t help but ask, ”And you? Are you still not ready to undergo the Immortal King Tribulation?”

Qin Jiang turned to look at him, his all-seeing eyes like whirlpools. ”The time is not yet right.”

Nine months later, Chang Sheng Sword Sect.

Qin Jiang sat quietly in the courtyard. Xu Yanran was nearby, brewing tea, its delicate fragrance wafting through the air.

She poured a cup of fragrant tea and handed it to Qin Jiang, who accepted it and took a light sip.

”You’ve worked hard during this time,” he said.

Xu Yanran trembled upon hearing this. ”Husband, what do you mean by that?”

As her words fell, a dark light suddenly flashed on the distant horizon. A luminous figure holding a book appeared, followed by a ten-thousand-zhang-tall Golden-Furred Giant Ape wielding an immortal staff, pouncing to attack.

Elsewhere, a blurred beastly silhouette materialized, burning with black flames, roaring towards the sky, its cry shattering stars.

The Emperor Ancestor Sovereign, holding the Emperor Ancestor Immortal Seal, soared into the sky, sweeping the Beastly Shadow away into the depths of space.

Boom——!!!

A violent explosion echoed. In the direction of the Western Region, Hellfire surged upwards, accompanied by fragments of shattered array patterns.

Qin Jiang put down his teacup and looked at Xu Yanran. ”After today, I will return.”

With that, he silently recited in his heart, ’Great Wind Book’.

Instantly, heavy thunderclouds enveloped the entire Eastern Region. Everyone heard the world-destroying sound of thunder.

Qin Jiang stepped into the air. Bolts of lightning struck down one after another, igniting flames around his body, wispy and threadlike, like fiery red feathers.

The Law of Time boiled, and fifty beams of Profound Truth of Time light flew to him out of thin air.

This was the key to forging Immortal King Dao Principles: using one’s own Great Dao to smelt the power of time. From then on, one could freely tread the past and glimpse a sliver of the future.

Of course, with his current strength, even without proving his Dao as an Immortal King, he could still accomplish this, albeit facing greater rejection.

Using the power of the Great Wind Book to draw in and smelt the Profound Truth lights, as the lights vanished, terrifying Immortal King Dao Principles gradually revealed themselves.

The pressure shook the cosmos. Even in broad daylight, stars flickered, their dazzling starlight turning the sky into night, an endless starry sea faintly discernible.

The Emperor Ancestor Sovereign, who had already departed, couldn’t help but look back, his pupils filled with shock.

Late Stage Immortal King?!

To directly enter the Late Stage upon Breakthrough! It was simply unheard of!

He himself had only just stabilized his Early Stage Immortal King Realm!

Qin Jiang’s figure was projected towards the Wind Sea Great Grassland, paving a golden road. His true self stepped onto this road and arrived.

Infinite Hellfire scorched the great grassland. From within the Gates of Hell, Devilish Qi billowed forth, surging wildly towards the surroundings. The increasingly close roar of a dragon could faintly be heard from inside.

Finally, the Devilish Qi within the Gates of Hell erupted violently, accompanied by a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering dragon’s roar.

Roar——!!!

A Pitch-Black Dragon charged out from the Gates of Hell, Devilish Qi flowing over its body, eroding the earth.

The Human Emperor’s Evil Incarnation, devoid of reason! (End of Chapter)