Two Emperors Meet

Gu Changge took in the silent probing between the two and the flash of realization in the eyes of the Lord of Annihilation, the faint smile on his lips deepening a fraction.

Although the Azure Profound Sect's breath-concealing art was exquisite, able to deceive ninety-nine percent of the cultivators in Profound Province, it ultimately could not block the vision of an Emperor-level expert.

It seemed it was time to upgrade the sect's martial arts library. He couldn't let his own sect's hidden methods be practically useless in front of true powerhouses.

Only then did he speak unhurriedly, breaking the brief silence: Senior Brother, Elder Annihilation has just arrived at Purple Bamboo Peak. My peak only has the simple bamboo dwellings built by Ruobai and Hanyu. I will have to trouble you to dispatch some capable hands from the main peak to build a residence for the elder.

Hearing this, Xuanyangzi instantly understood in his heart. He immediately patted his chest and agreed, his tone full of readiness: Rest assured, Junior Brother! Leave this matter to me! I will go arrange it right now!

The Lord of Annihilation nodded slightly: Thank you for your trouble, Sect Master Xuanyang. Annihilation is new to the Azure Profound Sect; I will need the Sect Master's continued care in sect matters in the future.

Haha, it's nothing! We are all family now, there is no need to be polite!

Xuanyangzi agreed with a smile, exchanged a few more pleasantries with the two, and then tactfully took his leave.

After Xuanyangzi's figure completely disappeared into the horizon, Gu Changge's gaze slowly swept over every blade of grass and tree on Purple Bamboo Peak. Finally, his eyes fell back on the Lord of Annihilation, a profound light flashing in his eyes, his tone carrying a bit more solemnity than before.

Although the Azure Profound Sect appears peaceful, it hides many secrets. Since you have entered under my command, in the future, besides protecting Purple Bamboo Peak, you should also keep an eye on the movements inside and outside the sect.

At this time, the light curtain at the entrance of the Eternal Prodigy Tower rippled again, and Ling Xi's figure stepped out from within.

At this moment, her hair was slightly messy, and her moon-white martial attire was stained with traces of energy annihilation left over from virtual combat. She even bore a few wounds on her body.

She stood outside the tower and did not leave immediately. Instead, she slightly raised her head, looking at this towering, ancient black tower. In those Emperor eyes that had once looked down upon eternity, there remained lingering shock, exhaustion, and a kind of almost burning excitement!

This time, she had gone in for an entire night, challenging the projections of three Great Emperors from different eras.

When fighting the Heaven-Burning Emperor, the opponent's Flame Emperor Dao almost burned away all the spiritual energy around her. She relied on the Heaven Swallowing Dao Art to withstand the burning before finding a flaw to counterattack.

Facing the Star River Great Emperor, the opponent used stars as weapons and the universe as a formation. She fell into desperate situations several times, barely escaping by relying on her past life's combat skills.

In her final duel with Ancient Sovereign Taiyin, the extreme Yin laws froze half of her meridians. She gambled her origin to activate a secret technique, only then managing a narrow victory.

Every battle was thrilling to the extreme, and every battle pushed her to the absolute limit of her current realm.

She won, but it was absolutely not an easy victory.

The spiritual energy in her body was nearly depleted, her divine soul throbbed with faint pain due to high-speed deduction and extreme focus, and her muscles and bones retained the soreness of high-intensity combat.

However, not only was Ling Xi not the least bit frustrated, but she slowly raised her hand, looking at her slightly trembling but tightly clenched fist. The corners of her mouth curled up uncontrollably, ultimately turning into a very light, yet incredibly satisfying sigh.

Exhilarating...

She could no longer remember how long it had been since she experienced such an evenly matched battle, one that required her to risk all her wisdom and strength to fight.

Having been invincible for too long in her past life, sparring with those of the same realm had long lost its meaning. And challenging those above her realm mostly relied on realm comprehension and absolute power suppression.

Only here, at the same realm, clashing with the projections of these supreme experts who had similarly stood at the apex of an era, could she experience the purest art of combat and the ultimate collision of Dao laws!

This tower was simply a supreme treasure on the path of cultivation!

It was not only a tempering of combat power but also a comprehensive refinement of Dao comprehension, battle awareness, and adaptability.

Every clash with an Emperor's projection allowed her to glimpse the flaws in her own cultivation methods and combat skills, even allowing her to absorb the opponent's unique understanding of the Great Dao and make it her own.

Under these repeated extreme squeezes, the Heaven Swallowing Dao Art seemed to become purer and more active. The newly learned Can't Beat Me and Can't Catch Me also gained deeper understanding in actual combat.

That feeling of constantly challenging her limits, breaking through herself, and absorbing nourishment intoxicated her.

She finally understood why Xiao Ruobai and Fang Hanyu's cultivation levels improved so rapidly and their combat power was so solid.

Tempered year-round in such an environment, it would be hard not to be strong!

Although I reached the peak in my past life, I lacked such tempering... If I had this tower earlier...

Ling Xi muttered to herself, then chuckled and shook her head, suppressing the hint of regret in her heart as her eyes became firmer.

Living another life and obtaining this opportunity is my good fortune! In this life, my path to the Emperor realm will definitely be more perfect!

She took a deep breath of Purple Bamboo Peak's extremely rich spiritual energy, feeling the rapid recovery of her body and divine soul. When her gaze turned back to the Prodigy Tower, it was already filled with infinite fighting spirit and anticipation.

There, even more powerful projections waited for her to challenge.

However, just as Ling Xi raised her eyes, her gaze directly collided with a figure standing quietly not far away.

The person wore dark clothes, the ink-colored fabric embroidered with a few dark gold patterns. His aura was peaceful and restrained like a deep pool, outwardly only revealing cultivation at the Heaven-Human Realm.

He stood quietly slightly behind Gu Changge, his posture respectful but not showing the slightest humility, as if he were just an ordinary elder attendant.

But Ling Xi's pupils contracted imperceptibly. In her past life, she had ascended to the Emperor's throne in the Heavenly Lan Great World, commanding the destiny of billions of living beings. Her sensitivity to auras had long reached the extreme. Even after reincarnating, this instinct carved into her Emperor soul had never dissipated.

The person before her seemed peaceful and placid, but beneath that peace seemed to hide a boundless, bottomless ocean.

That was not the foundation of an ordinary high-level cultivator, but a heaviness that carried the precipitation of eternity, a vastness that had once suppressed an era and looked down upon the heavens. Even at her peak, she might not have been able to completely see through this profundity.

Especially those eyes, calm like a solidified galaxy, yet hiding a faint phantom of reincarnation deep within, as if reflecting the birth and death of the universe and the flourishing and withering of all things, carrying the vicissitudes of looking down upon eternity.

This person... is absolutely not ordinary!

Ling Xi's heart suddenly chilled, her Emperor soul trembling slightly along with it.

When did such a terrifying existence appear beside Master?

She subconsciously recalled the Emperor projections she had fought in the Eternal Prodigy Tower earlier. This person's aura was even more real and majestic than those projections, as if a living Emperor was standing before her.

But the Black Yellow Great World had been without an Emperor for ten thousand years. How could such a figure submit to another and serve as an ordinary elder?

Just as Ling Xi was secretly shocked and countless thoughts flashed through her mind, the Lord of Annihilation's gaze also swept over lightly.

In the instant their eyes met, the air seemed to stagnate for a moment.