Chapter 2658: Emperor Huanggu Breaks Free

The Hundred Battles Ancient Emperor and others carefully scrutinized the mortal hunched elder residing atop the Head Mountain Range.

Frail.

Decayed.

Heart-dead.

This was their first impression.

This figure was completely different from the Golden Era’s Emperor who once dominated the world and regarded the slumbering emperors as mere dry bones in the tomb.

“Greetings, Huanggu Dao You.”

The Hundred Battles Ancient Emperor and others were silent for a moment, then bowed.

In this era, as the prestige of Forbidden Area Ancient Emperors, especially the Eight-character Immortal Scripture Ancient Emperor, grew heavier, many ancient emperors began to accept reality, referring to the Forbidden Area Ancient Emperors as ‘Your Majesty’; however, in many formal occasions, they still referred to them as fellow daoists. This cultural and customary shift is very complex and difficult to describe.

After a long while,

the hunched old man finally slowly turned around, forcing a faint smile: “Greetings… fellow Daoists.”

“Huanggu Dao You,”

“May we allow those behind us to take a look at the current Ziwei Ancient Realm?”

The Hundred Battles Ancient Emperor and others did not engage in pleasantries and spoke directly.

A Golden Era’s Ancient Emperor, along with several ancient emperors from history; their factions were mutually opposed, with indeed little to say to each other.

“Yes.”

The hunched elder sighed.

Hum!

Buzz buzz buzz…

At the moment the hunched elder finished speaking, the decree of the Forbidden Area Ancient Emperors on the Hundred Battles Ancient Emperor and others suddenly flashed and erupted with terrifying pressure.

This was more like a beacon, a guide.

The Supreme Great Sun Ancient Emperor, Ancient Emperor of the Sun, Huang Yan Dragon Emperor, Nine-leaf Sword Emperor, and other thirteen Forbidden Area Ancient Emperors all directed their gazes here, their respective Great Daos gleaming brightly, peering through the facade towards the hunched elder and the entirety of Ziwei Ancient Realm.

Among the gazes of the many Forbidden Area Ancient Emperors, the Supreme Great Sun Ancient Emperor’s gaze was the most terrifying.

Black and white light interwove in his eyes, as if sovereign over an epoch of immortal paths, rising and falling with a single word, where the Dharma-ending City Age descends, all within a single thought.

His gaze was like a beam of light, piercing through layers of fog, revealing the most genuine existence.

His gaze fell upon the twenty-eight Daoist Green Nails within the vast mountain range, prohibitions driven by Forbidden Area Ancient Emperors tens of thousands of years ago; still intact and shining brightly.

However, as the Supreme Great Sun Ancient Emperor’s gaze swept over, everything changed.

Among the twenty-eight Daoist Green Nails, two nails had already decayed; these were the Daoist Green Nails nailed by the Golden Devouring Path Ant Tungu the Great Emperor and the Undying Ancient Emperor, located at the arm and foot.

The decay of these two Daoist Green Nails indicated that Emperor Huanggu’s hands and feet have already regained some vitality!

Within these two Immortal Bodies, blood surged like the Yangtze River, bringing life, rules, and the creation of Great Dao, exuding vibrant vitality.

The Supreme Great Sun Ancient Emperor’s gaze was relentless, scanning every corner of the massive mountain range.

Gradually, all concealed places were exposed.

Among the many mountains, tiny underground dark rivers were already flowing, traversing beneath the earth, bringing vitality to all parts of the mountains.

In the depths of the mountains, there were numerous caves of varying sizes.

Some of the caverns sheltered powerful beings of different races, mostly Emperor Realm Cultivators and Supremes; some of the caves were more akin to Minor Thousand World type secret realms, where the grass was lush and Spiritual Energy rich, with cultivators practicing within, Golden Core Nascent Soul Divinity Transformation Cultivators emerging endlessly, and Harmonization cultivators occasionally sighted.

This was already a flourishing cultivation civilization!

Given more time, having Supremes or even Emperor Realm Cultivators emerge from these secret realms would not be impossible!

Moreover, those seemingly tiny underground dark rivers, where indeed they were not dark rivers, were clearly minute meridians within Emperor Huanggu’s Immortal Body, flowing with mana and Divine Sense.

Unbeknownst to them, Emperor Huanggu had somehow already partially escaped confinement!

“This!”

The Hundred Battles Ancient Emperor and the others were shaken, their hearts filled with indescribable shock.

Just moments ago, they sauntered leisurely because they knew Emperor Huanggu had been sealed, posing no threat, but now they appeared excessively audacious!

The expression of the hunched elder changed dramatically.

Evidently, not even he anticipated that his painstaking efforts spent concealing all his heart-blood would be so fragile, revealed with just a glance by any of the emperors, unlike tens of thousands of years ago when dozens needed to besiege him to be barely victorious!

Now, among these thirteen, any one Forbidden Area Ancient Emperor could pose a deadly threat to him!

Especially the Supreme Great Sun Ancient Emperor; when his gaze looked over, Emperor Huanggu couldn’t breathe, every hair stood on end, and he dared not move, like being stared at by a fierce beast.

In all of this, his schemes seemed pathetically laughable like a clown!

“Eight-character… Immortal Scripture…”

The hunched elder revealed an extremely bitter smile, having understood.

The form of the hunched elder gradually broke apart, revealing a true appearance; an exceedingly handsome, more outstanding, terrifyingly impressive youth.

It was indeed Emperor Huanggu!

None of the Forbidden Area Ancient Emperors answered Emperor Huanggu; gaze after gaze gradually disappeared, no longer manifesting.

“Huanggu Dao You,”

“Our Sword Master invites you to discuss the Zhenyuan Ginseng Fruit Tree, commerce, and exchanges, seeking your guidance.”

The Hundred Battles Ancient Emperor bowed.

“Huanggu Dao You,”

“The Hundred Battles Ancient Emperor invites you to a Dao debate.”

The Ancient Emperor representing the will of the Hundred Battles Ancient Emperor bowed.

This newly risen Eight-character Immortal Scripture Ancient Emperor earnestly needed allies to seize realms within the Endless Starry Sky as his own Dao fields, with Emperor Huanggu, a contemporary ancient emperor, serving as an excellent ally.

“Huanggu Dao You…”

Representatives of various Forbidden Area Ancient Emperors sought counsel from Emperor Huanggu.

In reality, it was more a set of conditions, not overly harsh, because truthfully, even a contemporary ancient emperor, supporting the power of a Forbidden Area Ancient Emperor, whether it’s the Golden Era’s Emperor with boundless mana and the undying trait that keeps pace against the Eight-character Immortal Scripture Ancient Emperor, was just so.

Nine Character Immortal Scripture is a Nine Character Immortal Scripture, such an ancient emperor couldn’t offer them much.

Emperor Huanggu was silent for a moment.

To be honest, he was not quite accustomed to it.

He thought that upon his escape, hostility from the emperors would follow, with schemes and snares, blockades, and besiegements arising, as it was in the past when twenty-eight Forbidden Area Ancient Emperors besieged him alone, and if disadvantaged, over a thousand slumbering ancient emperors would form great arrays and enter the battlefield.

It was truly the world as the enemy!

Yet now, the emperors seemed indifferent to him.

No particular hostility, no particular friendliness, just very ordinary, each Forbidden Area Ancient Emperor seemingly having more important matters.

“All possible.”

Emperor Huanggu took a deep breath and said.

He understood that without advancing to the Eight-character Immortal Scripture, the emperors wouldn’t cast more attention his way, as these ancient emperors did not consider him, the younger generation, as their equal tier.