Only I am Venerable

Qin Li was still savoring the sensation—the feeling of wielding such vast, unparalleled power. It was simply too wonderful!

Qin Li felt that his power had entered a new realm, but it clearly wasn’t the Thunder Tribulation Realm! It was as if, from that moment on, his strength had set out on a completely new path!

The transition from Pill Nascent Soul Transformation to the Thunder Tribulation Realm was a change in realm, a qualitative leap. But after absorbing the immense power from this throne, Qin Li’s accumulation of sheer quantity had reached a terrifying level!

Because Qin Li felt that now, even without using the Treasure Seal hidden in his Dantian, he would feel no fear when facing a Super Martial Artist of the Thunder Tribulation Realm!

As this crossed his mind, Qin Li caressed the armrest of the throne. It was slightly cool to the touch, yet incredibly smooth. ’How could a throne made of some unknown material possess such magical energy?’ he wondered.

Just then, Qin Li’s gaze sharpened. Seated on the throne, he looked toward the entrance of the tunnel, more than three hundred meters away, where a group of figures had appeared.

Everyone’s gazes passed over the miniature yet realistic mountains and rivers in the Earth Palace, landing on the high throne... and the young man upon it!

He Wuya’s eyes flickered, and a greedy thought surged in his heart. ’This throne... it’s been my dream for so long!’

Countless times, he had entered this Earth Palace alone, his heart filled with immense desire as he faced the throne shimmering with purple light. ’If only I could sit in that position,’ he thought, ’I would be the true leader of the Purple-eyed Race!’

After all, Lengqiu Palace was the largest power of the Purple-eyed, but by no means were all Purple-eyed people in Lengqiu Palace! Only by truly becoming the king of all Purple-eyed could one command the world!

Only then could one possess true... supreme... power!

Unfortunately, every time He Wuya had entered the Earth Palace, passed through its dense, bone-chilling air, and arrived here, he would be blocked by an invisible force emanating from the throne, completely unable to take a single step forward.

He Wuya had also fantasized about trying again once he broke through to the Thunder Tribulation Realm. After all, he was considered a genius among the Purple-eyed Race. To be frank, much like Venerable Kuang Lei, he didn’t hold the Purple-eyed Emperor Ancestors in high regard. He believed they had only reached their current realm by slowly grinding away over immense spans of time.

The hateful thing was, that seat was now occupied by... a young man he didn’t even know! ’And,’ he fumed internally, ’it’s very likely the same person who just caused trouble and started the fires!’

This gave He Wuya a very unsettling feeling. Anyone in the Palace Master’s position would probably think the same way; not only did a Supreme Emperor suddenly appear above him, but this person also didn’t seem very friendly...

As these thoughts ran through He Wuya’s mind, he saw the five Purple-eyed Emperor Ancestors actually... slowly... kneel before the young man on the throne!

He Wuya was filled with immense hatred, but at this moment, he couldn’t show any sign of it. Although he didn’t respect these five Purple-eyed Emperor Ancestors, his strength was ultimately a level below theirs. With their influence, it wasn’t entirely impossible for them to depose him as Palace Master.

So, He Wuya could only grit his teeth, endure it, and kneel along with them. He closed his eyes and thought, ’I’ll just pretend I’m kneeling to the throne!’

Venerable Kuang Lei was also feeling extremely disgusted. He didn’t believe in any ancestral prophecies at all. Of course, if the throne had chosen him, he naturally would have believed.

But now the throne had chosen a ridiculously young stranger. He was equally unwilling to suddenly have such a king appear out of nowhere.

Sharing the same thoughts as He Wuya, Venerable Kuang Lei also knelt.

Once these men knelt, the dozen or so high-ranking members of Lengqiu Palace behind them, all Purple-eyed of the Supreme Elder Level, also knelt.

At the end of the Earth Palace’s tunnel, a large crowd of people knelt, forming a dense mass.

Qin Li stared in a daze. His Divine Sense wasn’t very useful here, and he had just been immersed in the joy of his power-up. So, by the time he saw the group, they had already entered.

Qin Li had already been preparing to take the chance to flee, but he never expected them all to kneel before him. A completely absurd feeling rose in his heart. ’Don’t tell me that just by sitting here, I’ve become the king of the Purple-eyed?’

’How... is that possible?’

Among the Purple-eyed Emperors, Mo Li, the third-generation Palace Master of Lengqiu Palace, was prostrated on the ground. With a pious expression, he slowly said, "We respectfully welcome the King’s arrival!"

The other four Purple-eyed Emperor Ancestors all spoke at the same time, "We respectfully welcome the King’s arrival!"

He Wuya, Venerable Kuang Lei, and the dozen or so Supreme Elders of Lengqiu Palace behind them—the absolute highest echelon—exchanged glances, and there was a slight, subtle pause.

Mo Li turned, glanced at the group impassively, and He Wuya and the others felt a jolt in their hearts. They quickly said in unison, "We respectfully welcome... the King’s arrival!"

Qin Li’s astonishment was beyond description. He stared, jaw-dropped, at this group of Purple-eyed people, especially the few old men in the lead. They all had ink-black wings growing from their backs, and each feather on those wings was as sharp as a blade, glinting with a cold light.

"You... must have made a mistake, right? I’m not one of the Purple-eyed!"

Sitting on the throne, Qin Li blurted it out. The moment he finished speaking, he felt a pang of regret. ’I should have tried to trick these old guys first. If they get angry and rush up here to capture me, escaping from so many experts would be a real hassle.’

He Wuya’s head shot up. ’Brat, you’re asking for death, admitting you’re not one of the Purple-eyed!’ He suppressed the urge to speak, wanting to see how the Purple-eyed Emperor Ancestors would react.

There wasn’t a trace of surprise on Mo Li’s face. He raised his head, his pair of purple pupils flashing with light, and looked at Qin Li, saying respectfully, "My King, this is the prophecy passed down from the ancestors of the Purple-eyed Race. Whoever can sit upon this throne is the king of the Purple-eyed Race..."

As Mo Li spoke, an extremely ancient image surfaced in his mind. The image was already somewhat blurry, but certain fragments, even after more than a hundred thousand years, remained deeply etched in his memory.

It was the several hundred ancestors of the Purple-eyed Race who came to the Celestial Essence Continent back then. Every one of them possessed the power of an Earth Immortal; they could cross the cosmos and tear open the void. They were the pioneers, the true ancestors, of all the Purple-eyed on the Celestial Essence Continent today!

Back then, it was those several hundred incredibly powerful Purple-eyed Ancestors who each extracted a certain amount of power from their bodies and infused it into the ultimate treasure of the Purple-eyed Race... the Venerable Throne!

And they left behind that classic, enduring prophecy: "When the Divine Temple appears, conflict will arise, and the King will descend!"

Mo Li remembered it clearly. At that time, he was just a Low Level warrior in the Purple-eyed Race, with no ability for Void Crossing whatsoever. He had been brought to this world by those ancestors using a powerful Teleportation Array!

He had watched as that group of super-powerful ancestors joined together to prophesize the future of the Purple-eyed Race, foreseeing that a new king would descend upon them and lead the Purple-eyed to glory once more!

The most profound memory from that time was something the pioneers of the Purple-eyed Race had said: whoever could sit on this throne... would become the king of the Purple-eyed Race!

All of the Purple-eyed must unconditionally obey any of the King’s commands!

Including the command to die.

Recalling it now, Mo Li could still feel the awe from all those years ago, a feeling that hadn’t changed in over a hundred thousand years. The prophecy made by those hundreds of Great Powers, the pioneers of the Purple-eyed, was something he remembered to this day!

The other four Purple-eyed Emperor Ancestors also wore expressions of deep emotion; clearly, they too were recalling the grand occasion from that bygone era.

It was a time when the battle between the Purple-eyed and the native experts of the Celestial Essence Continent was at its most intense. Both sides had suffered countless casualties, and it had become a situation of mutual destruction.

The warriors on both sides had lost their initial ambition, and even their confidence was all but gone. It was under these circumstances that the native experts of the Celestial Essence Continent, tens of thousands of Great Mages, laid down that world-shaking Grand Array!

And the hundreds of Great Powers of the Purple-eyed at the Earth Immortal realm sealed the mountains and rivers, sealed the Venerable Throne, and left behind their timeless prophecy!

So, Mo Li raised his head with a reverent expression and said slowly, "My King, there is no doubt. You are the new king of the entire Purple-eyed Race! Please lead the Purple-eyed Race to glory once more!"

"I..." Qin Li stared, stunned by all of this. At that moment, his incredibly powerful Divine Sense suddenly and keenly detected a trace of malice!

Qin Li’s gaze swept over the group. He saw that many had their heads lowered, but their eyes were flickering. Especially behind the five Purple-eyed Emperor Ancestors, there were several old men whose energy fluctuations were extremely intense; they all seemed to bear him ill will!

’Damn it, this is a trap!’

With a single thought, Qin Li’s body flashed with purple light. WHOOSH! He vanished from the throne. The next moment, he appeared behind the crowd. And the moment after that... everyone lost all trace of him!

The five Purple-eyed Emperor Ancestors all had helpless expressions on their faces. It seemed it would take more time to convince the new king to accept his identity.

They could have stopped Qin Li just now, but none of them made a move. That would have been a great disrespect to the King!

Back in the day, the five Purple-eyed Emperor Ancestors had personally witnessed just how powerful the king of the Purple-eyed Race could be! It was clear to them that their new king would, sooner or later, become just as powerful! He would lead the Purple-eyed Race back to glory!

They had absolute confidence in this!

He Wuya, Venerable Kuang Lei, and the others also had a chance to stop Qin Li. It wasn’t a great chance, but it was there. However, they didn’t make a move either. To them, it was for the best that this person didn’t admit to being the Purple-eyed King and simply left. An even better result would be for him to get himself killed!

So, even if they could have stopped Qin Li, they never would have tried!