Chapter 417: The Ancient and Modern Recorder (28)

The emptiness before him transformed into a magnificent palace suspended above the fragments of spacetime.

Su Chen halted his steps.

Countless eras had passed. He had continuously drifted through various spacetimes in search of the truth of the past.

The sudden appearance of this palace immediately drew his attention.

The palace gates opened wide. Within it, a figure formed of a great torrent appeared, expression solemn. From that void torrent, the rolling sounds of golden spears and iron horses rang out. Generals and soldiers holding blades, spears, swords, and halberds manifested one after another, crossing spacetime to look upon Su Chen.

At that moment, a path leading to the heavens descended, as though guiding him toward the correct place.

"My master has long been waiting here to congratulate the Witness."

An illusory figure holding a horsetail whisk cupped his hands respectfully toward Su Chen and spoke.

It was a True Immortal… yet what stood before him was only a single thread of aura. His true body existed in the past of an unknown spacetime.

"Does your master know me?"

Su Chen felt somewhat puzzled. He had already concealed his own karma. Even an Immortal King should not have been able to know his whereabouts without the slightest awareness on his part.

The True Immortal holding the whisk smiled. "Your Excellency's confusion will be resolved once you meet my master."

One who could command such respect from a True Immortal and possess such great divine means could only be an Immortal King.

After endless eras, this was the first time in this life that Su Chen had met an Immortal King face to face.

A faint tremor stirred in his heart… Perhaps this Immortal King knew what had truly occurred to cause a complete spacetime to shatter and the various Kings to vanish.

Su Chen did not hesitate. He ascended the steps.

The scenes beneath his feet rose and fell in an instant. An Immortal King… unique across countless spacetimes, supreme and unmatched.

When he finally reached the summit and stood before a great door, he looked back. Boundless fragments of spacetime lay scattered like stars. Here, time, space, heaven, earth, order, and rules did not exist. Only this towering palace remained the sole sovereign and creator.

"Master, the person has been brought."

A figure that all Immortals looked up to sat upon the throne. Su Chen gazed at that silhouette and saw him nod before speaking directly. "Witness, we do not have much time."

Su Chen stood frozen in place. The figure of that Immortal King seemed to truly know him, yet he had never seen this Immortal King before. He could only ask, "Does your excellency know me?"

The corners of the other's mouth lifted in a smile. "You need not know my name for now. In the future, you will understand everything. At present, you need only know that I hold no malice toward you. On the contrary… I know you very well!"

Seeing that the other had begun speaking in riddles, Su Chen felt no anger. He had long grown accustomed to such things. Yet he could confirm two points.

This Immortal King did indeed know him, only it was the future him that was known.

This Immortal King harbored no direct malice toward him.

Su Chen grew somewhat calmer. Whether this Immortal King held any malice or schemes against him, he was already a fish on the chopping block.

"Your Excellency said that our time is already short. What exactly happened in the past?"

Su Chen voiced the confusion in his heart.

The other put away his smile and restored a calm expression before speaking slowly. "In a past point in time the Imperial Extremity Immortal King stole 'those' items, intending to use them to break through to Immortal Emperor."

The Imperial Extremity Immortal King… Su Chen naturally knew of him. When the Imperial Extremity Immortal King was besieged, all spacetimes had been gathered into one, becoming the sole heavens.

Before his death, the Imperial Extremity Immortal King had already suffered heavy injuries.

"Although I did not take part in that battle, I still know how tragic it was. The final result… the Imperial Extremity Immortal King did not die."

That fellow's life force was truly tenacious. An old fox combined with the strength of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor made him an extremely troublesome existence.

Su Chen asked, "The Imperial Extremity Immortal King survived? Does the shattering of the past spacetime have something to do with him?"

The figure sighed. "It is related, yet it is also not related. The Imperial Extremity Immortal King should never have stolen those 'items.' Those 'items' indeed contained the opportunity of an Immortal Emperor, yet they also involved a far more terrifying existence. The Imperial Extremity Immortal King believed he could control everything. He did not know that such a feeling of superiority was often the most foolish illusion.

"His theft of those 'items' caused the power of 'Scourge' to revive at a past node. Now we have no choice but to suppress 'Scourge,' or even more terrifying consequences will follow. The spacetimes of the heavens shattered into countless possibilities because of this. It was also a backup plan of 'Scourge.'"

Su Chen said upon hearing this, "'Scourge'? Does this have something to do with the Fourth Scourge Lord?"

According to Su Chen's deduction, the Fourth Scourge Lord was at least a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, or even a true Immortal Emperor!

The figure looked upon it with disdain. "The Fourth Scourge Lord? That is merely a fool. The future you will understand just how insignificant that fool is before the true 'Scourge.'"

Seeing that even the Fourth Scourge Lord was regarded with contempt, Su Chen felt a certain premonition. The Fourth Scourge Lord had been schemed against by the Supreme Severing Fortune Immortal King in the past and had part of his Dao Fruit seized. His ending in the future would not be good either.

"You need only know that you must raise your cultivation as quickly as possible. Only upon reaching the Immortal King realm will you qualify to take part in that battle… Your existence is indispensable!"

Su Chen's heart stirred… In this life, could he actually reach the Immortal King realm?

Before Su Chen could ask further questions, the figure's expression suddenly grew solemn. He spoke slowly, "That fellow… has arrived.

"I know you still have many questions, yet those are things I cannot tell you. You must seek them out yourself!

"Just remember that you still owe me a favor. When you reach the future, you must repay this favor to me!"

The previous sentence had nothing to do with Su Chen. The next was clearly a warning directed at him.

In a single instant, a vast terror arrived from the unseen. The figure before him rose to his feet. His towering silhouette seemed ready to blot out eternity.

The Lord of Primus! He who commanded the slaughter of the heavens!

As his figure vanished, everything before Su Chen's eyes seemed never to have existed.

Su Chen stood in the void. He knew that somewhere a battle beyond his imagination must be taking place.

Su Chen narrowed his eyes. "It seems those who wish to kill me are not limited to the Imperial Extremity Immortal King. There is also that 'Scourge.'"

Had the Lord of Primus not acted, this life of his would have ended here as well.

At least he had gained a chance to catch his breath.

Su Chen gazed across the boundless spacetimes and found the motivation to continue forward.

As he advanced, passing through countless corners, more and more karma settled upon him…

What exactly was the Immortal King realm?

As he walked further and further, a faint understanding began to form.