whonovel Chapter 844 - 380: Bearing the Bearing of a Great Emperor (Part 2)
Chapter 844 - 380: Bearing the Bearing of a Great Emperor (Part 2)
Once the Blood Oath was formed, the inscription completely turned into Red Gold, and the Nine Great Profound Monarchs simultaneously knelt upon one knee, their black robes spreading like raven feathers.
In the center among them, a figure as blazing as the rising sun approached slowly.
Crown Prince Golden Crow Haoyang shall be enthroned as Emperor today!
He wore the Ten Sun Imperial Crown, each crown tassel resembling a smaller wheel of a blazing sun, flowing with nine-colored divine radiance, embodying the thoroughly fused ninefold Golden Crow Origin.
As he stepped onto the top of the Sunfall Monument, the black mist across the entire Netherworld receded like a tide, revealing the long-lost starry sky.
"From today forth, the Netherworld changes its banner, the Feather Race is renewed."
His voice was not loud, yet it imprinted like a heavenly decree on the heart of every soul.
The four races came to celebrate, Emperor Realm powerhouses gathered.
Outside the Netherworld, four formidable presences descended, representing the highest factions of the All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds.
Emperor Ling of the Mao Race stepped on auspicious clouds, draped in the Scroll of Ten Thousand Beasts, the true form of the Qilin faintly revealing, his scale armor carved like blue jade.
He presented a gift with a joyful tone: "The Mao Race offers the All-Soul Spirits Blood Amber in tribute to the Feather Emperor."
This treasure of the Mao Race possesses the authority to transform wandering souls and vengeful spirits into auspicious beasts, endlessly versatile.
The Insect Mother of the Kun Race was a blurred figure, of countless insect shadows merged, her voice whispering softly.
She presented a gift with fluctuating tone: "The Kun Race offers World-Devouring Silk in tribute to the Feather Emperor."
This treasure of the Kun Race can sew together broken laws and forcibly elevate Martial Saint powerhouses to Tenth Realm Martial Gods. However, such artificial Martial Gods are inferior to true Martial God powerhouses in all aspects except longevity.
The Winged Dragon of the Linn Race soared across the sky, eyes harboring Thunder Pools, with a star river twined around its dragon claws, its mighty divine form arriving from the void.
He presented a gift, thunderous Dragon’s Roar: "The Linn Race offers Canglin Reverse Blade in tribute to the Feather Emperor."
This treasure of the Linn Race, refined from the Divine Dragon’s Reverse Scale, is unrivaled, capable of severing causality.
The Celestial Toad of the Luoo Race crouched in the void, bearing the lunar wheel upon its back, exhaling and inhaling Chaos Qi.
He used telepathy to support the gift, echoing frog sounds: "The Luoo Race offers Moon-Devouring Spirit Pearl in tribute to the Feather Emperor."
This treasure of the Luoo Race can suppress Taiyin Power, ensuring the enduring fortune of the Netherworld.
The four Emperor Realm powerhouses stood on the ceremonial stage, with various expressions, but none dared underestimate this newly ascended Feather Emperor—being able to rule the Netherworld with the body of a Golden Crow was indeed a miraculous feat!
Within the gaze of all, the Feather Emperor raised his hand, and suddenly, a rift tore open in the Netherworld sky, with a sword wrapped in both Life and Death Qi soaring into the air, suspended at the center of the grand ceremony.
"Ye Qingzhou, come forward to receive the decree."
You could see his gaze casting towards a part of the void, his voice rare with a hint of warmth: "Without your sword severing life and death, I would not be here today."
Ye Qingzhou emerged from the border of Yin Yang, clothed in white as before, only with both hands empty—the Three-Foot Cyan Blade of old was now nowhere to be seen.
"You want to confer upon me?"
He slightly smirked.
The Feather Emperor nodded, with the ten suns on the Imperial Crown simultaneously radiating light:
"From this day forth, Ye Qingzhou is appointed as Feather Race’s ’Divine Sword Celestial Monarch,’ entrusted with the Netherworld Sword Law, a rank akin to the Nine Profound!"
The Nine Great Profound Monarchs simultaneously bowed their heads, no one disagreed—they had personally witnessed this man’s blade severing Empress Yuzhu’s Path of Death, who would dare defy?
Ye Qingzhou chuckled softly, raising his hand to catch the Golden Order thrown by the Feather Emperor, inscribed with four words: Sword Illuminating the Netherworld.
Following that, the Feather Emperor bestowed upon Ye Qingzhou a peerless divine weapon, which was forged by the Feather Race during ancient times through their combined strength and the Celestial Human Casting Secret Technique.
"This sword was nameless in ancient times, today I shall grant it the name ’Infinite.’"
"Taiyin and the sun are merely superficial, the sword’s true edge..."
"Lies in transcending Yin Yang, returning to Chaos."
When Ye Qingzhou gripped the sword, all souls within the Netherworld simultaneously heard a clear, resonant sword cry.
This was the first sigh when Yin Yang first divided, also the first strand of Dao Celestial Sound of the New Era.
Ye Qingzhou held the divine weapon firmly in his palm, carefully examining it.
The sword blade divided into two; one half was fiery white like molten Great Sun, the other half dark as eternal night frozen; at the intersection of Yin Yang flowed stardust-like fine light particles, as if a universe was contained within the sword.
The sword ridge meandered and coiled, with a form of Chaotic Primordial Qi resembling a Feathered Serpent, at times transforming into a Golden Crow spreading its wings, at other times becoming a Nether Phoenix wailing, precisely revealing the two supreme bloodlines of the Feather Race.
The sword guard shaped like Tai Chi Rotation, left sun right moon, able to evoke All Heaven Stars Force when turned.
Ye Qingzhou closed his eyes slightly, using telepathy to sense, immediately discovering that the Infinite Sword contained the seal of two mutually influencing sword spirits.
The first is "Spiritual Entity", shaped like the Great Sun Golden Crow, fiery as the sun, with sword cries like the dawn rising.
The second is "Nether Soul", resembling a dark ice Phoenix, serene as an abyss, with the sword quiet like whispers of eternal night.
The two endlessly struggle, yet cannot escape coexistence, resembling the Path of Yin Yang itself, mutually generating and limiting each other, rising and falling, cycling endlessly, Tai Chi and Infinite.
What most delighted Ye Qingzhou was that this sword could accommodate other divine weapons, thus stacking its power, truly worthy of the name Infinite!
Even the sword sheath was a rare peerless treasure, crafted from Chaos Stone at the deepest level of Returning Ruins, engraved with lost Golden Talisman Secret Text from the Feather Race—"Duality Proverbs."
The sheath forms its own space, capable of nurturing souls and suppressing evil.
With such a precious offering of divine weapons, it was evident how much the Feather Emperor valued Ye Qingzhou.
At the end of the ceremony, the Feather Emperor stood at the peak of the Sunfall Stele, suddenly gazing towards the sky—where the shadow of the Void Divine Dynasty still lingered.
"Though Emperor Lie is defeated, the Void remains."
Ye Qingzhou gently caressed the Tribulation Ash Blade, said lightly: "So, are you ready?"
The Feather Emperor was silent for a moment, then unexpectedly smiled:
"This game has just begun."
......
Ye Qingzhou sat cross-legged at the far end of the Returning Ruins, with the "Laws Destruction Golden Arrow" once used to slay the Nine Golden Crows floating before him.
Of course, the original piece was long destroyed; this was a divine artifact Ye Qingzhou "borrowed" from the distant past using the Divine Techniques of the Time Worm, counterflowing across the River of Time.
The arrow body enwrapped in dim death Dao patterns, each pattern representing an Emperor Realm life that has been ended.
This is the embodiment of the death decree—any struck by the arrow, regardless of how high their cultivation, would undoubtedly die, even the opportunity for reincarnation would be stripped away.
Such a divine artifact, even the Emperor himself was beyond wary.
"Absolute death...is it truly unbreakable?"
Ye Qingzhou closed his eyes, his Divine Thought diving into the long river of time, counterflowing, tracing back to the very origin of life.
His consciousness traversed billions of years, witnessing the first primitive cellular life drifting in the Sea of Chaos—these had no concept of death, their division was eternal life.
Yet soon, he discovered an issue.
Immortality was not without cost; those cells that never died chose to solidify their life forms, ceasing evolution, ultimately becoming nourishment for more complex life forms.
Clearly, immortality is a curse, and death is the greatest gift bestowed by heaven—when life evolved to have "finite lifespan," it instead burst with astonishing diversity.
This is the value of death’s existence, forcing life to change, forcing life to transcend itself, to constantly climb higher peaks.
"I understand now..."
Ye Qingzhou’s Divine Thought trembled within the river.
Death is not the end, but a catalyst for life’s evolution!
In this instant, he comprehended the ultimate truth of life and death balance, and in a flash of inspiration, understood the Taiyin Nirvana pursued by Empress Yuzhu was essentially "escaping death," but ultimately backfired.
Whereas the Emperor Slayer had ascended from mortal to Great Emperor, the journey arduous and unspeakable, yet also therefore had a deeper understanding of the Path of Death, comprehending the true essence of Martial Dao—the true transcendence is not immortality, nor is it annihilation...
Rather it is finding that unique "balance" between life and death!
"So too must Martial Dao be..."
Ye Qingzhou opened his eyes, within which emerged two rotating golden talisman secret texts.
The left eye was the "life" character, evolving all things to grow.
The right eye was the "death" character, refining annihilation to return.
Where life and death intersect, lies his Dao!
The Laws Destruction Golden Arrow in his hand seemed to sense the threat, suddenly erupting, transforming into a gray light piercing straight at Ye Qingzhou’s brow!