Chapter 96: Half-step To Great Emperor, I Am Invincible

In that moment, countless humans had hot tears in their eyes, or tears streaming down their faces.

The human race was like ants.

Even though many human cultivators did not regard human life as valuable.

But now, someone had finally spoken up for the humans!

He had given the true words of the heavenly way, blessing the humans with boundless intelligence!

May my human race, may every human be like a dragon!

Those words were a great gift from above!

“We bow down and greet the ruler of humans!!!”

Countless people had tears in their eyes.

They gazed across their ancestral land of the East Sea as they knelt to worship and let out those loud cries.

Loud cries calling the one who had exalted himself and granted boundless wisdom to the humans the “ruler of humans”, a show of endless respect to him from the ambitious cultivators watching on.

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Outside the mirror, the cultivators were incredibly silent.

Nobody had expected Gu Changqing to be able to say such words.

The boundless wisdom and resilience it contained was like the true words of the heavenly way, words that truly shook one’s mind!

All the cultivators reacted to these words!

Right now, Ye Chen’s expression was extremely gloomy.

Wasn’t only the one blessed by the heavens deserving of veneration by human beings?

Then why, even though he had led the Justice Alliance to suppress the greatest, most evil person in the universe, the Heavenly Emperor.

He had done something so earth shattering, he had done a great thing to rid the world of evil, yet he had never received such glory before.

Why was the Heavenly Emperor able to be so glorious?

Why did he get the worship of all people, the respect and admiration of everyone?

The Heavenly Emperor was now shining as brightly as the blazing sun!

Jealousy could really drive a person mad. Ye Chen was like that now. The flames of jealousy had begun to burn fiercely.

He was now also trying his best to find some true words that contained equally great wisdom and ambition, but even after trying hard for a long time, he couldn’t think of anything.

So, even he had to admit.

The impact on the soul that Gu Changqing’s words had.

It was as though these were words that a mere human should have been able to utter!

He couldn’t win this battle, but Great Emperor Ye was best at mockery.

After thinking about it for a while, Ye Chen looked toward the emotional cultivators and said, “Hey, don’t the rest of you think that the Heavenly Emperor is being very hypocritical by saying such things?”
“He is now giving the human race true words of the heavenly way, blessing them with boundless will, turning them into his tools for real cultivation. But don’t forget, before long, he’s going to start slaughtering the humans.”

Hearing these words, the cultivators were immediately enlightened.

“That’s right. If the Heavenly Emperor is really going to slaughter the humans, then what he’s saying now is really way too hypocritical.”

“Every human like a dragon! I was truly astonished by these words! But after hearing what Emperor Ye said, I’m shuddering all over! The Heavenly Emperor is truly too hypocritical!”

“That’s right! He actually used these words to gain the favor of the people, to turn these people into his tools for cultivation! He’s really inhumane!”

Seeing that the direction of their comments had changed in an instant, Ye Chen couldn’t help the corners of his lips lifting slightly.

Right now, he began to look forward more and more to the time when the Heavenly Emperor slayed the human race.

…

Gu Changqing raised the seal of the ruler of humans, standing proudly between heaven and earth.

His aura was growing more and more terrifying.

The sheer weight of human will was as deep as the ocean, drowning the skies. The universe shook and all of Nine Skies was shaking too!

The long river of dao that belonged to human dao wound itself around his body.

In that moment, he met with that glorious levelling up process.

Everything felt like he had gone back in time, like he had been reincarnated.

From having nothing to having it, everything suddenly increased in one moment.

Each step he took, he would level up by one realm, and his aura would become even more terrifying.

He went from Qi Refining, Spirit Condensation, Palace Tempering, Great Power, Half-Saint, Saint King…

He walked in that space under the skies with such ease, as though it was a walk in the park.

Supreme!

Next step, Quasi-Emperor!!

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In that moment.

Every powerful cultivator outside the mirror was rooted to the ground. Their eyes were filled with astonishment and bewilderment.

They knew that Gu Changqing would definitely get a huge upgrade after climbing to the peak of Shouyang Mountain.

But they never expected this upgrade to be this insane!

One step, one realm!

And there was barely any pause in between.

Just this speed of cultivation alone…there was probably no other talented cultivator who could achieve this!

“This universe often describes the talented as people who can cultivate as easily as drinking water. But I never thought that there could literally be someone who can cultivate as easily as one drinks water!”

“I don’t even think cultivating like drinking water would be this fast either!”

“A mere mortal could cross the border between one realm to the next with just a thought. That’s really crazy!”

“The Heavenly Emperor can’t be human! He can’t be!”

All the cultivators cursed and swore inwardly.

It was absolute silence outside the mirror. Pin drop silence.

Everyone’s eyes were wide, their gazes filled with nothing but disbelief.

Never in their wildest dreams! This couldn’t be true!

Nobody would have dared to even imagine that the Heavenly Emperor would have climbed up the cultivation levels of human dao at such terrifying speeds, to become one of the most powerful beings in all of Beixuan Continent!

…

After Gu Changqing reached Quasi-Emperor.

His aura had become strong. And now, he was slowly lifting his leg.

In that moment, a terrifying imperial power began spewing and gushing from his body.

In that moment, everyone could sense that after this one step, Gu Changqing was going to become a Great Emperor that had never existed before in history.

But just then.

A low but loud roar suddenly resounded, shaking the Nine Skies and sending the seas into turmoil.

“Gu Changqing, how dare you!!!”

“If you dare to take that step, I will smite Changxi immediately!!”

That roar shook everyone so hard, every living creature trembled.

Gu Changqing focused his gaze on the peak of Taixing Mountain, which was where the voice had come from.

And he put his leg back where it had come from.

He murmured to himself, “I’ve come to half-step to Great Emperor, so I’m already invincible. Killing you would be like killing ants!”

…

Outside the mirror.

The cultivators were in shock again.

Yet again.

This Heavenly Emperor had stopped himself from reaching the Great Emperor realm again.

The last time, it was because of that sea of lightning.

This time, it was actually for a woman!!

In the face of attaining absolute power and absolute status, this Heavenly Emperor had actually held himself back!

The cultivators were really shocked.

“I thought the Heavenly Emperor had no feelings for the Moon Goddess?”

“If he didn’t, why would he stop himself at such an important juncture?”

“Exactly! He could give up his Great Emperor dao fruit for a person. That proves that person’s position in the Heavenly Emperor’s heart!”

The cultivators were shocked into stunned silence!

They felt utterly embarrassed that they had viciously mocked the Heavenly Emperor earlier!

Was there anyone in this crowd who could refuse the temptation of becoming Great Emperor for another person?

Even if that person was their closest relative, nobody in this crowd would be willing to give up their Great Emperor dao fruit!

Ye Chen’s heart was in chaos.

If Gu Changqing had taken that next step into Great Emperor, he would feel awful inside.

But now, Gu Changqing had stopped at Quasi-Emperor for the Moon Goddess. That made him feel even worse!

“Heavenly Emperor!!”

In that moment, this man blessed by the heavens, started gnashing his teeth in anger toward Gu Changqing.

As for Changxi, she felt like her entire worldview had been turned upside down. Her heart was in chaos too.

“How did this happen?”

She looked utterly bewildered!

She had never known that Gu Changqing had given up becoming Great Emperor for her before!

That man had never told her about it before.

“Does that mean that you have me in your heart??”

“Then why did you trap me, why did you torture me for 3,000 years without even so much as giving me a reason?”

Changxi was beginning to doubt her very life itself.