Dominator Emperor

Li Qiye left the Lost Immortal Medicine Garden with Lan Yunzhu. After leaving the Medicinal Garden, they planned to depart the Wood Realm. However, after they crossed several mountain ranges, the ground began to rumble, and the entire Wood Realm seemed to shudder!

“What is that—” Lan Yunzhu’s gaze was drawn in a particular direction. She saw a colossal tree soaring into the sky, so immense it seemed poised to cover the entire Wood Realm.

“The Earth Fool Treasure Tree? Is it staking its life on this?” Li Qiye narrowed his eyes as he looked at the sky-piercing tree, which had grown even larger and taller.

At first, Lan Yunzhu didn’t even recognize the Earth Fool Treasure Tree. The tree before her was now thicker and larger than usual. It seemed to have unleashed its supreme potential to make itself even more powerful.

“What is the Earth Fool Treasure Tree trying to do?” Lan Yunzhu asked in surprise, looking at the tree that had grown even taller and larger.

“Why don’t we go and see?” Li Qiye said with a smile.

When Li Qiye and Lan Yunzhu arrived at the scene, they discovered they were not alone. In fact, more than a thousand experts were present. They were the most powerful cultivators from the various great sects and lineages in the Wood Realm. Even some Great Sect Ancestors couldn’t resist making an appearance.

Many wore solemn expressions as they stared ahead. The Earth Fool Treasure Tree was rooted atop a mountain range, its colossal form acting like a giant drill. It pounded the ground again and again, as if trying to bore through the mountain range and into the very depths of the earth.

BOOM—BOOM—BOOM— As the Earth Fool Treasure Tree repeatedly struck and drilled, the ground shook violently. The vibrations were so intense that one couldn’t help but worry the earth itself might shatter.

“What is the Yu Shan Old Immortal Kingdom doing?” Lan Yunzhu murmured as she watched the Earth Fool Treasure Tree bore deep into the earth.

Li Qiye watched the tree drill into the ground and narrowed his eyes. “They’re looking for something. Something the Yu Shan Old Immortal Kingdom has dreamed of obtaining for ages.”

“Something they’ve dreamed of? What could it be?” Lan Yunzhu was suddenly reminded of a legend, a long-standing theory in the Ghost Sacred Realm. She asked in shock, “Could it be… the other half of the Longevity Immortality Technique?”

“If a true Longevity Immortality Technique existed in this world, I would’ve been the first to claim it.” Li Qiye chuckled. “I wouldn’t have hesitated, even if it meant slaughtering gods and slaying immortals!”

Lan Yunzhu was stunned for a moment. When she recovered, she asked, “If not the Longevity Immortality Technique, then what could it possibly be?” After all, rumors had persisted in the Ghost Sacred Realm for ages that the Yu Shan Old Immortal Kingdom possessed one half of it.

“Something the Earth Fool Immortal Emperor coveted for a very long time.” Li Qiye smiled. “I can tell you this much: back in his day, the Earth Fool Immortal Emperor did indeed obtain something incredible from the First Evil Tomb. Truly extraordinary. However, he later realized that what he’d found was incomplete; it was missing a key component. He wanted to return to the First Evil Tomb, but by then, he was already an Immortal Emperor and had missed the window of opportunity to enter. Thus, he never acquired the missing piece.”

“Ever since, the Yu Shan Old Immortal Kingdom has been searching for that component, but they never found it,” Li Qiye continued with a smile. “They were looking in all the wrong places before. This time, they’re not so foolish. They’ve finally put some of the pieces together.”

“Can the Earth Fool Treasure Tree really find it?” Lan Yunzhu’s gaze fell on the massive tree still drilling into the mountain range.

Li Qiye nodded gently. “They searched the Five Great Realms this time. It looks like they’ve finally found the right place. The object is in the Wood Realm, right here.”

“So the Yu Shan Old Immortal Kingdom is finally about to get it?” Lan Yunzhu stared at the Earth Fool Treasure Tree as it desperately pounded the earth.

Li Qiye was also watching the tree. “If the Earth Fool Treasure Tree can break through this Earth Vein’s final layer of bedrock, it can root itself in the deepest part of the Wood Realm. Barring any accidents, the Yu Shan Old Immortal Kingdom is about to succeed. Heaven certainly doesn’t turn its back on the persistent. They’ve searched for this generation after generation, and now their efforts are finally about to bear fruit.”

BOOM—BOOM—BOOM— The earth roared as the Earth Fool Treasure Tree pounded the ground again and again. As the tree desperately drilled downward, even the watching experts held their breath. Everyone realized that the Yu Shan Old Immortal Kingdom was on the verge of finding something incredible, and some among them harbored ill intentions.

With a final, deafening BOOM, it felt as if the very ground had been pierced. The earth shuddered, and at that exact moment, an impossibly dense wave of Heaven and Earth Essence Qi erupted upwards, surging like a great fountain.

“Did it break through?” At that moment, many of the onlookers realized what this meant. People exchanged glances, and a few experts even shared a knowing look.

ROAR— Just as everyone was speculating, the cry of a dragon and the song of a phoenix suddenly echoed. Within the fountain of Heaven and Earth Essence Qi, the apparitions of a True Dragon and an Immortal Phoenix appeared. Though they weren’t real, they still radiated the Divine Power unique to Divine Beasts.

At the same time, a brilliant golden light erupted from the ground, as if countless particles of Gold had been tossed high into the air, dyeing the entire sky a dazzling yellow.

“An Immortal Object is emerging!” Someone in the crowd cried out at the sight. In that instant, hundreds of figures shot forward like bolts of lightning, diving toward the opening in the ground.

The hundreds of figures who made their move were faster than lightning. They were all prominent figures from various sects and nations. They seized the moment the Earth Fool Treasure Tree breached the ground, intending to snatch the treasure at top speed and immediately flee.

SWISH— However, before these hundreds of figures could even get close to the gaping hole, branches from the Earth Fool Treasure Tree lashed down. The descending branches were like Divine Whips, or even Divine Dragons, moving even faster than the opportunistic experts.

“AHHH—” A series of agonized cries erupted as blood splattered everywhere. The hundreds of experts who had launched the surprise attack were completely unable to evade the tree’s branches. They were struck in an instant, left bloodied and battered as they plummeted from the sky.

VMMMM— Space itself seemed to ripple. In the exact moment those experts were struck down, a figure shot forward like a Flood Dragon at an unparalleled speed. Wreathed in an aura of invincible might, this person drove straight for the opening. Using a peerless movement technique, they instantly dodged the tree’s branches and charged toward the underground treasure with unmatched velocity.

“A Great Sect Ancestor—” Many people’s expressions changed drastically as they felt that invincible aura. When that unstoppable power radiated outward, everyone realized an Old Undying from a Great Sect could no longer sit back and had decided to act personally to seize the treasure.

Just as the figure was about to plunge into the earth, there was a sudden BOOM! A giant palm descended from the Earth Fool Treasure Tree. The massive hand seemed capable of Sealing Heaven and Earth. A terrifying Emperor Talisman materialized in its center, instantly sealing and suppressing everything below it.

BANG! The pouncing figure’s expression changed dramatically as he raised his own palm to meet the attack. The moment they collided, the world seemed to shatter. With another earth-shaking bang, the figure was sent flying, spewing an arc of blood like a crimson rainbow.

The figure was defeated in a single move. He crashed through a mountain peak, but despite his severe injuries, he didn’t dare linger for even a moment. Forgetting the treasure, he turned and fled, vanishing in an instant.

The one who had struck from atop the Earth Fool Treasure Tree did not give chase. After the figure fled, the giant palm vanished, and the tree itself instantly burrowed deep into the ground.

‘An Elder Ancestor from the Yu Shan Old Immortal Kingdom is here!’ Though no one could see the person who had acted from the tree, just sensing that aura sent a chill through the hearts of many present.

Even the Great Sect Ancestor who had launched the surprise attack was defeated and forced to flee in a single blow. This made everyone realize that an Elder Ancestor from the Yu Shan Old Immortal Kingdom had emerged from seclusion and was personally presiding over this event.

Although no one knew which specific Elder Ancestor from the Yu Shan Old Immortal Kingdom was present, the mere thought of a lineage like theirs was enough to make many people shiver.

The Yu Shan Old Immortal Kingdom was a lineage that had produced Twin Emperors. The Elder Ancestors of such a heritage would be terrifying beyond measure—beings that an ordinary Great Sect Ancestor couldn’t possibly compare to.

An Elder Ancestor from the Yu Shan Old Immortal Kingdom was likely a legendary powerhouse, possibly even a Supreme Being or an Immortal Being!

Though the golden radiance was now even more brilliant, everyone present could only watch as the Earth Fool Treasure Tree continued to descend. No one dared to make a move, and no one even dared to get closer for a better look.

As long as an Elder Ancestor from the Yu Shan Old Immortal Kingdom was present, anyone would feel a sense of dread, even an expert from an Emperor Immortal Gate.

“It’s over for everyone else,” Li Qiye said with a chuckle as he watched the scene unfold. “With an Elder Ancestor standing guard, no one else stands a chance. Not unless a power like the Ten Thousand Ancient Country or the Ten Thousand Bones Throne is willing to completely break face and declare war on the Yu Shan Old Immortal Kingdom!”

Lan Yunzhu understood this as well. With an Elder Ancestor from the Yu Shan Old Immortal Kingdom presiding, any Great Teaching Territory that wanted to seize this Immortal Treasure would have to carefully consider their own strength. Even an Emperor Immortal Gate wouldn’t dare to speak lightly of declaring war on the Yu Shan Old Immortal Kingdom!

“Let’s go. There’s nothing left to see,” Li Qiye said, shaking his head with a slight smile before leading Lan Yunzhu away.

Li Qiye and Lan Yunzhu left the Wood Realm and traveled to the Water Realm. Lan Yunzhu had intended to rendezvous with the Elders from the Qianli River. However, no sooner had she arrived in the Water Realm than a Guardian from her sect contacted them and immediately rushed over to meet them.

“Young Master, Yunzhu, the Sect Leader and the Elders are no longer in the Water Realm. They’ve gone to the Fire Realm,” the Guardian said hurriedly upon meeting Li Qiye and Lan Yunzhu.

“The Fire Realm?” Lan Yunzhu asked. “Did the Sect Leader and the others find the Vajra Carp’s nest?”

“They did more than just find it.” The Guardian couldn’t contain his excitement as he spoke. “We had an immense harvest there and obtained many treasures! This is a great fortuitous opportunity for our Qianli River!”