Chapter 314: Human Hearts
Just at that moment, a middle-aged man clad in a black long robe rose into the air, his holy might surging as he stood in a distant confrontation with Ji Wuque.
His gaze was cold and severe, his voice like the clash of cold iron: "Ji Wuque, you feigned death and lay dormant; what kind of trick are you playing exactly?
"Now that the Great Zhou has already perished, you are no longer that Human Emperor whose word was law."
He sneered, his tone grim. "Back then, we could kill you once; now—we can do the same!"
As his voice fell, above the pavilions surrounding the Heaven Tablet Plaza, several majestic auras suddenly rose!
The Saint Venerables hidden in the dark no longer concealed themselves; waves of terrifying pressure, like deep abysses and prisons, locked onto Ji Wuque.
Facing such a formation, Ji Wuque merely smiled faintly. "Back then, I left you sects behind and did not wipe you all out in one stroke..."
His tone was plain, yet it revealed a domineering air that looked down upon all living things. "It was because I thought that one day, this world wouldn't be too uninteresting."
"Arrogance!" The middle-aged man flew into a rage. "Ji Wuque, who do you think you are?! Aside from you, there are still over ten Saint Venerables under heaven! One hundred thousand years ago, as strong as the Demon Venerable Pojun was, he could only be forcefully suppressed! How can you speak such shameless boasts here?!
Yet Ji Wuque did not even look at him, only sighing softly. "It is a pity that after so many years have passed... this world has instead become even more uninteresting."
He suddenly raised his eyes, his gaze like lightning, sweeping across the entire Heaven Tablet Plaza. "Therefore—I have decided to change the way we play."
In the next moment, he abruptly raised his hand, his palm facing the sky. A power as vast as a starry sea, no different from the clear light from before, began to rotate in his palm!
"This power, you have already personally experienced!" His voice exploded like heavenly thunder, shaking through the nine heavens. "And here with me—there is even more!
"Cultivation! Longevity! The Supreme Dao! Everything that you seek... I, Ji Wuque—can bestow it all!"
Boom—! The entire Heaven Tablet Plaza instantly boiled over!
Countless cultivators breathed rapidly, the light in their eyes blazing intensely. Although no one dared to rashly stand out, those scorching gazes were already like a prairie fire, itching to move!
Above the Heaven Tablet Plaza, the air seemed to freeze at this moment. And right at this moment, Chu Shanhe, the Patriarch of the Chu clan who had just achieved the Saint Realm, rose into the air, his holy might surging and his robes flapping loudly.
He had just achieved the Saint Realm, his momentum like a rainbow. Now facing Ji Wuque, fighting intent filled his eyes, without a trace of fear. "Ji Wuque!
His voice was like thunder, shaking the four directions. "Do not think you can delude the hearts of the people! My Chu family will be the first to not agree!"
Before his voice had fully fallen, he abruptly raised his hand. A resplendent sword light burst from his palm, pouring down like a river of stars, slashing straight at Ji Wuque!
However—Ji Wuque merely smiled faintly, not even moving his feet half a step. "Commendable courage."
He said softly, "Pity... you are foolish."
The next instant, he slowly raised his right hand, his five fingers gripping empty air, as if seizing some invisible power. "Return it."
—Buzz! Between heaven and earth, a strange buzzing sound suddenly rang out, as if some rule was being forcefully twisted!
Chu Shanhe's figure suddenly stagnated, the fighting intent on his face instantly freezing. He widened his eyes, looking down at his own body in disbelief—
He saw countless clear lights actually flowing out from his seven orifices! That light was like silk and thread, seemingly the most primal power within his body, yet at this moment, it was uncontrollably being stripped away, gathering toward the sphere of light in Ji Wuque's palm!
"No... impossible!" Chu Shanhe's voice trembled as he tried to operate his technique to resist, only to discover that he could not mobilize even a thread of spiritual power.
His skin lost its luster at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his Saint Realm aura, which was originally surging like the ocean, actually fell frantically like the receding tide!
Saint Realm... Quasi-Saint... Celestial Human Realm Peak... Falling wildly all the way!
In the end, his cultivation actually fell directly below the Celestial Human Realm, landing back in the Longevity Realm!
"Pu—!"
Chu Shanhe abruptly spat out a mouthful of blood, his figure swaying, nearly falling from mid-air. His face was ashen, his eyes filled with shock and despair, as if he had just experienced a nightmare.
And the entire Heaven Tablet Plaza was dead silent. Everyone held their breath, their pupils contracting as they stared fixedly at this scene.
—Chu Shanhe, who had just become a Saint, was actually knocked down to the mortal dust in the blink of an eye!
Panic spread like a plague. Some people's legs went weak, barely able to stand steadily; some subconsciously retreated, as if afraid they would be next. And even more, their faces were pale, their lips trembling, unable to speak a complete sentence.
At this moment, everyone realized one thing—Ji Wuque's power had long surpassed their cognition. He could not only bestow... but also—deprive!
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Subsequently, the aura around Ji Wuque was like an abyss and a prison, climbing step by step!
Every time he took a step, the void trembled a bit, as if this heaven and earth could no longer bear his existence.
The next moment, heaven and earth suddenly went dark! "Boom—!"
A vast pressure swept across the eight wastelands, and all cultivators present felt their souls trembling, as if they were being looked down upon by some supreme existence.
Even those Saint Venerables hidden in the dark now had drastic changes in their expressions, and the spiritual power within their bodies actually uncontrollably stagnated!
The middle-aged man's pupils abruptly constricted, his throat rolling as he difficulty spat out two words: "Immortal... Venerable?"
—Immortal Venerable Realm! The realm of absolute peak in this world, a supreme domain that no one in the lower realm has stepped into!
"Crack!" Above the firmament, a pitch-black crack suddenly split open, and a terrifying force of rejection poured down like a tide, wanting to forcefully expel Ji Wuque from this realm!
This was the natural suppression of the Heavenly Dao rules against the Immortal Venerable Realm, something that could not be defied!
However—"Get lost!" Ji Wuque abruptly raised his head, and a long cry shattered the nine heavens!
"Boom—!" That invisible force of rejection was actually forced back by the roar, and the crack in the firmament shook violently, as if encountering some irresistible shock, briefly stagnating for an instant!
Seizing this gap, Ji Wuque took a step out, the aura around him completely erupting, like a primordial divine mountain suppressing eternity. He suppressed everyone present until they could not move!
"Listen well—" His voice exploded like thunder, echoing deep within everyone's soul. "Power! Longevity! The Supreme Dao!
"Those who follow me—all of this will eternally belong to you! I, Ji Wuque—my word is the law, and I will never regret it for all eternity!"
As his voice fell, the void behind him suddenly twisted, and a huge transmission door blasted open! Starlight flowed within the door, as if leading to another world, mysterious and vast.
"Come! All come follow me!"
After a brief silence—"Whoosh!"
A figure flew out first; it was a Celestial Human Realm cultivator. With a fanatical expression, he rushed towards Ji Wuque without hesitation, bowed deeply, and stepped into the transmission door.
Immediately after, the second, the third... More and more cultivators rose into the air, like a hundred rivers returning to the sea, gathering beneath Ji Wuque's feet.
Some were excited, some were awed, some were struggling, but in the end, all chose to submit.
At this moment, it was as if it had returned to the time when he was still a Celestial Human Realm cultivator, creating the Great Zhou Immortal Dynasty with his own power!
The middle-aged man's face was pale. He wanted to stop them, but found that he could not even raise a single finger. He could only watch helplessly as figure after figure submerged into the transmission door, disappearing without a trace.
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