Myriad Paths of the Dragon Emperor

Chapter 5918: Chapter 5918-Heading to the First Heaven

Fortunately, Lu Ming was already prepared.

All the important things, such as the Ten Thousand Arts Immortal Stele, the Chaos Gourd, Tang Feng, and so on, were stored in the Great Zenith Heaven Jade Plate. When the Great Zenith Heaven Jade Plate approached the Ancestor of Heaven and the Ancestor of Yellow Heaven, it completely turned illusory, as if it had disappeared from this world. The Ancestor of Heaven and the Ancestor of Yellow Heaven could not see it at all.

”Junior Ye Chen greets the two Founding Ancestors.”

Lu Ming bowed respectfully.

”Haha, encouragement, please sit.”

Ancestor Firmament laughed heartily and waved for Lu Ming to take a seat.

Lu Ming sat down.

”Ye Chen, youʼre a rare talent in the Xia Clan and your cultivation base is profound. In the future, youʼll have to put in more effort to develop the Xia Clan.”

Ancestor Firmament said.

”Of course. I will do my best.”

Lu Ming said.

” Alright, you are the leader of the Mountain Region and have established the Dragon Alliance. Now that the Xia Clan has been promoted to a higher race, we are lacking talents. Why donʼt you bring the Dragon Alliance with you and join the Great Xia Palace? I will appoint you as the Great Elder of the Xia Clan, your position just below the two of us. What do you think?”

Ancestor Firmament said.

”Thank you, ancestors. I am honored.”

Lu Ming immediately pretended to be overjoyed and thanked her.

Pushing him was definitely not allowed.

The head elder of the upper race was second only to the creator ancestor. He held a high position of power. Even the powerful Fated Universe-Grade cultivators couldnʼt get their hands on him. If he rejected him, it would only arouse suspicion.

The best way now was to join the Great Xia Palace and pretend to be polite. He could use the conditions of the Great Xia Palace to cultivate. When his cultivation reached a certain level, he would no longer be afraid of the ancestors.

Lu Ming speculated that as long as his cultivation reached the late-stage of the Fate Universe Realm, he should be able to wrestle with the Creator Ancestor.

His current cultivation level was at the peak of the Universe Grade, and he was still a step away from the Origin Immortal Emperor Inner Universe Grade.

Over the past one million years, Lu Mingʼs cultivation had advanced from the late-stage Universe Grade to the peak Universe Grade.

In fact, this speed was as fast as lightning for others. However, it was not considered fast for Lu Ming.

After Lu Ming broke through to the Universe Grade, it only took him more than 1,000 years to reach the late-stage Universe Grade.

However, after entering the Universe-Grade, Lu Mingʼs cultivation speed had greatly slowed down. His previous accumulation of half-step Universe-Grades had been exhausted.

Once his accumulation was exhausted, his cultivation would be on the right track. He would be no different from others and could only rely on his own talent.

” Alright, you may leave. I will officially appoint you as the Great Elder during the promotion ceremony.”

Ancestor Firmament said.

Lu Ming stood up and left.

”How is it? Have you deduced this personʼs background?”

After Lu Ming left, Ancestor Cang Tian looked at Ancestor Huang Tian.

Earlier, Yellow Sky Primogenitor did not speak because he was secretly deducing Lu Mingʼs background.

”No!”

  Yellow Heaven Ancestorʼs expression turned ugly.” This personʼs past is like a fog. Itʼs difficult to see clearly.”

” In the True Universe World, for this person to be able to cultivate to such a level and rule over a region as a Dust Race, he must be extraordinary. Itʼs normal for him to hide some secrets.”

Ancestor Cang Heaven said. Then, a voice sounded, and a black shadow appeared silently in the hall.

”Take some men to the Mountain Range and investigate the Dragon Alliance and its leader, Ye Chen. Donʼt let go of any details.”

Ancestor Firmament instructed.

”Yes, sir!”

The black shadow disappeared without a sound.

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Half a month later, the promotion ceremony was held. The Supreme Venerate, the Talisman Race, personally sent a Creator Ancestor to the ceremony. The other upper races and the Ping Race from the True Ancestral Talisman Palace also sent top-notch experts to congratulate them.

As for the Xia Clan, countless experts had officially joined the Great Xia Palace.

Lu Ming was also officially appointed as the Great Elder of the Xia Clan and was in charge of all the affairs of the Xia Clan.

According to the rules, the True Ancestral Talisman Palace would grant the Xia Clan the jurisdiction of the Ten Territories once the Xia Clan was promoted to a higher race.

It was the same for the other higher races.

Time flew by, and another hundred years passed.

Lu Ming had made preparations in advance. Although the Ancestor of Heaven and the Ancestor of Yellow Heaven had sent people to investigate, they could not find out Lu Mingʼs background at all. Lu Ming, as the Great Elder, was still stable.

However, Lu Ming knew very well that since the Ancestor of Heaven and the Ancestor of Yellow Heaven could not find out his background, there would always be a thorn in their hearts and they would have doubts about him. They needed him now. When they nurtured their own top-notch experts in the future, they would definitely kick Lu Ming out. It was even possible for them to search his soul.

In this regard, Lu Ming remained vigilant and cultivated diligently.

At this moment, Lu Ming received a mission from the Ancestor of Heaven and the Ancestor of Yellow Heaven. He was to head to the First Heaven to guard a true crystal ore vein.

The Truth Crystal contained the Power of Truth. Universe-Grade existences could directly absorb the Power of Truth in the crystal to cultivate. Similar to the Spring of Truth, it was a high-level currency in the True Universe World. It was hard currency, and the supply was in short supply.

As for Truth Crystals, they were almost non-existent in the entire Zhen Yu Continent. They could only be found in the Third Heaven.

The third heavenly layer, as the buffer zone between the True Universe Continent and the Heaven Vault, would often be affected by the true energy gushing out from the Heaven Vault. True springs or true crystal mines would appear.

Normally, they were controlled by the major powers and races. The Xia Clan had just become a higher race, yet they were able to find a true crystal ore vein. It could be said that their luck was quite good.

Three days later, Lu Ming followed the three Xia Clan experts and set off for the First Heaven.

”Whatʼs the situation now? I heard that over a million years ago, the Heaven Vault erupted?”

Lu Ming asked an old man.

The old manʼs name was Ju Xia. He was a Primordial Unity Immortal Emperor and a Universe-Grade existence. He had been cultivating in the area under the jurisdiction of the Ancient Crafty Truth Palace. He had traveled billions of miles to join the Xia Clan after knowing that the Xia Clan was about to advance to a higher race. Now, he was a high-ranking member of the Xia Clan, second only to Lu Ming and a few others.

As for him, he had just returned from the First Heavenʼs mineral vein, so he had a better understanding of the First Heavenʼs situation.

”More than a million years ago, the Heaven Vault erupted. Itʼs said that such a huge eruption is extremely rare in history. In the past 300,000 stellar years, there have only been two such eruptions. This is the third time and itʼs extremely terrifying. There were even creator ancestors who were injured because of this. Many Universe-Grades died.”

Ju Xia said.

Lu Ming remembered that more than a million years ago, when he was in the Wasteland Continent, he had heard that the Heaven Vault had erupted and a Venerable Sovereign of the Ice Fire Clan had been severely injured. The Ice Fire Clan had bought Emperor Ming and the Misty Moon Immortal Emperor to save that Venerable Sovereign.

”When the Heaven Vault first erupted, it was extremely terrifying. For those at the 2nd Heavenly Layer and above, it was extremely difficult for living beings to enter. Even the creator ancestors couldnʼt enter. As for the 1st Heavenly Layer, it became extremely terrifying. Only those at the Universe-Grade and above could survive. Those below the Universe-Grade all retreated.”

”Only in the recent 200,000 years when the eruption of the Heaven Vault subsided and the first heavenly layer gradually became safer did True Immortals enter again. However, they canʼt wander around randomly.”

”Itʼs also because of the Heaven Vaultʼs eruption that a huge amount of truth energy gushed in, creating a new vein of truth crystals. Our Xia Clan was able to occupy one of those veins. The old ones all have owners.”

Ju Xia explained.