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[Countless years had passed since the Ancestral Emperor’s death.]

[Countless years had passed since the Celestial Emperor era ended.]

[Countless years had passed since humanity sank into darkness without a single ray of light.]

[When Pollution appeared once more.]

[The Emperor, using the last wisp of power he had left in this world, once again suppressed the Pollution for his subjects.]

[The Pollution on Vermilion Violet Star had vanished!]

[Cultivators cheered and rejoiced.]

”The Pollution is gone! The Pollution is gone! We can finally cultivate normally again! Hahaha!!”

”What just happened? I felt an incredibly powerful pressure, and then the Pollution just disappeared!”

”Who cares what it was, as long as the Pollution is gone, the sky has finally cleared up!”[Near the Emperor’s Tomb.]

[Your heart was shaken to its core.]

Was it the Celestial Emperor? Was the Celestial Emperor still alive?

This was the most common thought you heard echoing through the crowd’s minds at this moment.

Ji Baiming shed tears.

”The Ji family bears guilt...”

Ji Wuqing stood tall and unashamed.

”Now I know why those bastards didn’t destroy this place.”

You smiled.

”They didn’t dare.”

Eons after his death, he still struck fear into all races!

You noticed that the cracks on the Ancestral Emperor’s statue had grown even more numerous.

Unlike the shocked cultivators around them, the residents of Longevity Wood Village looked completely calm, as if this were perfectly normal.

You walked over to inquire.

”Elder, does your once-per-century funeral ceremony awaken the Celestial Emperor’s power every time?”

The elder smiled.

”What do you mean ’awaken’? The Celestial Emperor has never left.”

The faces of these villagers all wore the expression of pilgrims.

In their hearts, the Celestial Emperor had always been there.

Just sleeping.

The residents of Longevity Wood Village couldn’t explain the situation at the Emperor’s Tomb either. Their funeral ceremony was simply an ancient tradition passed down to this day.

Following what their ancestors had required of them, they had carried on this custom through generations.

Before leaving Longevity Wood Village, you and Ji Baiming and his daughter bowed deeply to the crack-covered statue of the Celestial Emperor.

[Year 203, age 227.]

[The mysterious power from the Emperor’s Tomb, starting from Vermilion Violet Star, erased all Pollution across the entire Southern Star Realm.]

[The cultivators who witnessed the Emperor’s Tomb’s power manifest brought this news back with them, but almost no one believed that the Celestial Emperor, who had already become a myth and legend, could still have power remaining in this world.]

[Even if he did, it couldn’t possibly be this formidable, possessing the strength to influence the vast universe.]

[The Celestial River Monthly Report only reported the disappearance of the Pollution, without mentioning any mysterious power.]

[They even took credit for it themselves, claiming that the Holy Dragon Society had developed a new type of Spiritual Treasure that could specifically eliminate Pollution.]

[Through the joint efforts of all parties, that was how the Pollution was cleared.]

[Because of this, the words of those cultivators who left the Emperor’s Tomb were believed even less.]

[After all, what you said was unofficial history, while the Celestial River Monthly Report was the official record.]

[As soon as the Pollution was dealt with, the Peace Bureau once again turned its attention to arresting wanted criminals.]

[Unfortunately, you got caught.]

[This wasn’t your fault.]

[Because some threads had become entangled around you, Ji Wuqing, and Ji Baiming.]

”What is this...”

”It’s Old Ghost Jin Hai’s Interpersonal Index law!”

”Where is he? This thread extends all the way to the edge of the horizon!”

”This isn’t a law, it’s a domain!”

”A domain?”

”That’s right, this is the work of an Immortal King. He’s already broken through to Immortal King!”

”Damn! Who’s the protagonist here?! Uncle Ji, I remember you said that out of a thousand Ninth-Rank Immortal Lords grinding for a thousand years, it’s still hard for even one to break through to Immortal King. We’re that unlucky to run into one?”

”That’s for normal cultivation. Don’t forget, the Peace Bureau is a direct subordinate organization of the Holy Dragon Society, and the Holy Dragon Society has secret techniques to accelerate the birth of Immortal Kings!”

”Is this fair?”

”Forget about that. Jin Hai is an Immortal King now. A hundred more of us couldn’t beat him. Split up and run, and let fate decide!”

[When that thread wrapped around you, it meant the other party was following it like a vine to find the melon, closing in on you.]

[The three of you had no choice but to flee in separate directions, lest you all be caught in one sweep.]

[Even so, it was likely he would catch you one by one, but at least it would buy some time, and maybe a turning point would appear.]

[Facing an Immortal King, even with your 33 trait tags, you still felt daunted.]

[Even though the other party was a ”Dragon,” 「Dragonbane」 required both hands to make physical contact with the target’s body.]

[With someone as massive as an Immortal King, there was no way he’d let you get close. Last time at the Ji family when you helped Ji Wuqing, you had already realized this.]

[You thought Ji Wuqing would be the first to be caught, but unexpectedly, Jin Hai, who came chasing after them in his four-wheeled golden war chariot, grabbed you first.]

”Chen Yi, long time no see!”

[Jin Hai looked down from above, and the oppressive pressure of an Immortal King made it hard for you to breathe.]

[You felt a clear threat of death, so you took out the Ghost Talisman left to you by your Second Sister and immediately activated it.]

[A faint silhouette appeared in midair, a figure whose face and form were impossible to discern.]

[This figure emanated the aura of an Immortal King.]

[Jin Hai recognized it.]

”Red River Nether King!”

”That’s right! The Red River Nether King is my Second Sister’s master. If you harm me, you’ll face the consequences!”

[The Networking King wasn’t working this time.]

[Because Jin Hai was now also an Immortal King, his status in the Celestial River local galaxy had risen significantly, and his influence had grown. He couldn’t care less about a Red River Nether King who was far away beyond the horizon.]

[There was no other choice. You could only have Black Wind carry you at full speed in an attempt to escape.]

”Boss! Hold on tight!”

[Black Wind’s four hooves were practically smoking from the sprint, but he still couldn’t shake Jin Hai.]

[Jin Hai didn’t even need to use his Immortal King power. The four-wheeled chariot beneath him was enough to match Black Wind’s speed.]

[Jin Hai waved his hand, and countless interpersonal threads wrapped around Black Wind’s body.]

”You Dragon-Scale Horse are truly interesting. Why would you choose to acknowledge such a person as your master? I don’t want to kill you. Go.”

[Jin Hai separated you from Black Wind, then used his interpersonal threads to wrap you up like a zongzi, packing you up and taking you away.]

”Boss!!”

”Black Wind! Go! See you in the next life!”

”Boss! I will definitely save you!!”

[This was Haosong City.]

[The Peace Bureau had built an execution platform here.]

[Heavy formations suppressed the area, layers upon layers of heavily armed guards stood watch, and you were bound in treasure-grade shackles.]

[You knelt on the execution platform with disheveled hair, already for over a month.]

[Every day, residents of the city passed by the execution platform, pointing and whispering at you as you knelt there.]

[Above your head hung a giant guillotine blade.]

[Of course, a guillotine capable of executing cultivators was no ordinary object. This was a legendary-grade acquired Spiritual Treasure!]

[”This one’s done for.”]

[You were perfectly calm.]

[Dying early had the advantages of dying early.]

[Doppelgangers couldn’t use trait tags, so the effect of maintaining youth didn’t apply.]

[Dying in the youthful state of being two hundred plus years old meant that in the next Simulation, you could manifest as young Chen Six, rather than like those previous Simulation Clones, all of whom were either old and haggard or sickly and frail.]

[”Next time I need to learn a technique that powers up by burning lifespan, so I don’t end up with a pile of lifespan I can’t use. Even if I have to blow myself up alongside an enemy, at least I’ll die with peace of mind!”]

[Inside your Pot Heaven space, the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, the Demon Refining Pot, various cultivation technique Jade Slips, Source Stones, and all the other gains you had accumulated along the way were still there.]

[But the various shackles and manacles on your neck, wrists, shoulders, and legs restricted the flow of your divine power, so you couldn’t open your Pot Heaven space.]

[The good news was that if you couldn’t open it, no one else could either. All these things still belonged to you.]