Nine Heavens Martial Emperor

The starry Ancient Roads stretched for who knows how many tens of thousands of miles. Each one contained mountains and rivers, pavilions and towers, and even ancient streets.

You could say that each Ancient Road was a world unto itself.

At this moment, three separate worlds were evolving within the old man’s eyes, and everything happening on the Ancient Roads was reflected within them.

One young man after another zoomed into focus and then flashed past in his vision.

Finally, only one person remained in his sight.

Lin Hao!

In the old man’s eyes, Lin Hao’s every move was exceptionally clear.

After a few minutes, the old man abruptly stood up.

The moment he rose, the clothes on his body disintegrated into ash.

However, he seemed completely unaware.

’I actually misjudged him.’ The old man stared into the void. ’To possess two Emperor Arts simultaneously... and while his Elemental Realm Cultivation Technique isn’t an Emperor Art, it’s not far off—practically a quasi-Emperor Art. This little fellow has some profound fortune.’ In his eyes, the image of Lin Hao was actually undergoing a strange transformation.

Scenes from Lin Hao’s past began to appear in the old man’s eyes.

Lin Hao’s battle with two sealers on the Ancient Road, the skirmish in the gorge, the sight of him tearing a ferocious fowl apart with his bare hands...

Lin Hao’s every action on the Ancient Road flashed rapidly through the old man’s vision.

And in the next moment, something even more terrifying happened.

Events that had occurred before Lin Hao even entered the Ancient Road also began to surface in the old man’s eyes.

Everything Lin Hao had done in Imperial City appeared, one event after another, in perfect detail before the old man’s eyes...

At the same time, on the Ancient Road, Lin Hao, who had been focused on the ferocious fowl, suddenly shuddered. The hair on his entire body stood on end.

In the next instant, Lin Hao’s eyes shone as he stared into the void. An aura capable of suppressing the heavens across all ages surged from within him.

At that very moment, on the Ancient Road where Lin Hao stood, every Martial Artist and Devil Beast was frozen by a mysterious power, an overwhelming urge to prostrate themselves in worship rising within them.

In the mystical lands of the Heaven-Breaking Pavilion, the vision in the old man’s eyes abruptly vanished.

THUD, THUD, THUD!

He stumbled back several steps, blood actually trickling from his eyes.

A look of shock crossed the old man’s face. It took him a long moment to recover before he spat out two words: "Emperor’s Might!"

As he spoke those two words, the old man’s expression shifted repeatedly. Finally, he noticed that his clothes were gone.

’Even my Celestial Silkworm Shirt, which lasted three thousand years without decaying, turned to ash. Alas.’ The old man sighed, his words carrying an indescribable emotion.

But a moment later, the old man once again looked toward the void.

This time, however, no vision appeared in his eyes.

’A pity. I am in the Divine Demon Destruction Domain... I so wish I could visit the lower realms, but alas, I am powerless. What is to be done...?’ the old man muttered to himself before falling into deep thought.

This old man had actually witnessed a phenomenon on an Ancient Road in the Celestial Yang Continent from all the way within the Divine Demon Destruction Domain!

A pair of eyes that could see through the ages!

Absolutely terrifying!

Now that he had taken an interest in Lin Hao, it was impossible to say whether it was a blessing or a curse.

The old man didn’t ponder for long. Soon, he beamed with joy. ’I’ve got it...’

Back on the Ancient Road, Lin Hao was naturally unaware that a terrifying existence had taken an interest in him. He was also muttering to himself, ’Strange. I clearly felt like I was being watched just now. Why did the feeling disappear?’

Lin Hao couldn’t figure it out, so he decided to put it out of his mind.

He hadn’t forgotten that he still had a ferocious fowl to deal with.

But when Lin Hao’s focus returned to the ferocious fowl, he was taken aback.

Lin Hao saw the fowl cowering behind a large boulder below, staring at him and trembling uncontrollably.

’What’s going on?’

Lin Hao felt like his brain couldn’t keep up.

"Sigh..." Staring at the fowl, Lin Hao shook his head. ’This thing is too strange. It seems I overestimated it.’

Lin Hao’s reaction enraged the fowl below. It was about to act, but then it remembered the aura from just now and shrank back again.

However, after staring at Lin Hao for a while longer, its own aura gradually began to intensify.

And its eyes, the size of blood moons, shifted from their initial fear back to ferocity.

The next moment, it shrieked and shot toward Lin Hao like a bolt of lightning.

With this charge, the ferocious fowl soared straight up, just like a Golden Roc.

At the same time, its body turned completely red, its aura becoming terrifyingly powerful.

It was fast, but Lin Hao was no slower.

Facing the fowl’s charge, Lin Hao stomped down with his foot.

In the next instant, the two collided.

The entire area was rocked by a massive tremor.

Hundreds more meters of the already broken bridge were obliterated into ash from their collision. Boulders rolled down from both sides with a thunderous roar as the mountains themselves collapsed, like an apocalyptic catastrophe.

At this very moment, Lin Hao was not faring well.

The moment he collided with the ferocious beast, Lin Hao realized just how formidable it was.

Everything had seemed normal before, but the instant he made contact with its body, it was as if it had transformed into a peerless furnace, the temperature frighteningly high.

Lin Hao had a feeling that if he hadn’t refined his body with the Flowing Light Divine Flame, he would have been turned to dust just by getting close to this beast.

Because while he hadn’t been turned to dust, his body was currently withering.

This was the result of the peerless furnace, manifested by the ferocious beast, melting away Lin Hao’s vitality.

Having landed a successful strike, the ferocious fowl’s confidence soared. It let out another joyful cry, its body glowing an even deeper red as it soared upward. It was trying to melt Lin Hao completely.

The fowl’s cry, sharp enough to pierce gold and shatter stone, traveled a great distance, so far that many Martial Artists on this Ancient Road heard it.

The Martial Artists who heard the sound looked toward its source and saw a great ball of red light shooting toward the sky at an incredible speed.

Many of them focused their vision, trying to see clearly what was happening.

But the red light was moving too fast; they couldn’t make out any details.

However, even though they couldn’t see, they could feel that aura from a great distance.

As a descendant of a Divine Phoenix, the ferocious fowl was now using a Secret Skill. Even from afar, one could feel its suppressive aura that seemed to press down on all creation.

"Heavens, don’t tell me that oppressive might from before came from that thing!" someone cried out in shock.

"To think such a powerful ferocious fowl exists on this Ancient Road. Thank goodness we didn’t run into it." Another person spoke with a look of lingering fear, the expression of someone who had just survived a disaster.

"Go, let’s go! Some unlucky bastard must have provoked it. I can feel its rage! After it deals with that fool, it definitely won’t stop there!" Yet another person, realizing this possibility, immediately began to rush forward.

Meanwhile, in the area of the red light, Lin Hao let out a cold snort.

’This fowl wants to melt me alive? It’s looking down on me too much.’

The next moment, Lin Hao activated both of his Emperor Arts at once. The worldly essence in the sky began to surge madly into his body.

In almost an instant, a terrifying phenomenon occurred above Lin Hao’s head.

The worldly essence condensed from the void into a tangible form, creating a massive funnel that poured into Lin Hao’s body with the force of a surging river.

When this phenomenon appeared, every Martial Artist on the Ancient Road was left completely stunned.