Cultivating with Bragging System

Chapter 748 380 Great Emperor Zi Wei_1

Yaoguang Holy Land.

"Report!"

A guard hurried in, his face beaming with excitement. "Reporting to the Holy Master and all the Heavenly Venerates... a great victory at Muye!"

Inside the grand hall, Ye Guhong, Ji Zidian, Li Xuanqi, and others were all present. A thousand years had passed, and they had all reached the peak of the Thirty-Five Calamities Quasi-Emperor Realm. They were the strongest powerhouses of the Human Race alliance, collectively known as the Three Heavenly Venerates. As for Li Zuoyue and the others, they too had stepped into the Quasi-Emperor Realm, earning the title of Supreme.

Upon hearing the news, the Yaoguang Holy Master's eyes brimmed with joy. "Quick, tell me the details!"

"In the battle at Muye, General Li deployed the mighty artifact, the Ninefold Primordial Immortal City, suppressing two traitorous Quasi-Emperors in one fell swoop and slaughtering tens of millions of demons..."

Hearing this, everyone was astonished.

"The Ninefold Primordial Immortal City? What is that? I've never heard of it!"

The guard quickly explained, "General Li's jade slip says that the Ninefold Primordial Immortal City is a great treasure painstakingly forged by a certain Master Wang within their ranks over the past thousand years!"

"It's Master Wang again!"

"General Li has mentioned this person many times in his jade slips!"

"Over the years, for every victory at the front, General Li has given this man the primary credit, holding him in extremely high regard!"

"I have seen one or two of the treasures he has forged. They are indeed extraordinarily powerful, far surpassing ordinary ones!"

"I never imagined the Ninefold Primordial Immortal City could even suppress Quasi-Emperor experts. It's truly incredible..."

The hall filled with discussion, their eyes burning with eagerness. Below, someone sighed, "It seems our Human Race was not fated to perish. In this past millennium, prodigies have emerged one after another. It is an era of flourishing talent, producing more exceptional figures than have been seen in the last tens of thousands, or even millions, of years!"

"Perhaps it is true that trying times create heroes!"

High above, Ye Guhong and the others exchanged a glance before one spoke. "This great victory has eliminated the final element of risk. It is time for us to begin our encirclement and annihilation of the traitorous cultivators!"

Ji Zidian nodded. "This war is finally coming to an end!"

The war was in its final stages. After a thousand years of bitter struggle, the situation was far better than anyone had originally anticipated. The major traitorous Holy Lands had been eliminated one by one. The Myriad Demon Tomb Garden was purged. The Ultimate Pure Land and the Myriad Buddha Realms had been utterly annihilated by the Alliance.

Only the battered remnants of the Demon Race remained. Under the Alliance's relentless assault, they were beaten back again and again, their territory constantly shrinking.

Another hundred years passed. The last of the Demon Race's elite were trapped on the Demon Realm's Ancestral Demon Mountain. Surrounding them was an army hundreds of millions strong, composed of the greatest powerhouses from across the heavens. It was so vast that it blotted out the sun, its divine radiance so blinding that one could not see its end.

The Master of Men sat alone on a cliff on Ancestral Demon Mountain, quietly watching the battle unfold before him until the very last of the Demon Race's powerhouses was slain.

Celestial light descended. Ye Guhong materialized, looking toward the figure before him with a complex look in his eyes. "Long time no see, Zi Wei!"

His words sent a shockwave through the crowd. Heavenly Venerable Gou Chen, one of the leaders of the Human Race, actually knew the culprit behind this entire war, the leader of the Huo Sui People? They seemed to be old acquaintances.

"Zi Wei... could it be him?"

"It has to be! Heavenly Venerate Zi Wei! One of the Human Emperor's Five Imperial Guards. After the Human Emperor passed on, he vanished without a trace. To think... he was hiding in the Demon Realm, stirring up all this chaos!"

The Master of Men, or rather, Heavenly Venerate Zi Wei, lifted his head to reveal a remarkably young and scholarly face. He looked at Ye Guhong and smiled faintly. "Indeed, it has been a long time. I never expected you to be able to stand before me again."

Ye Guhong replied, "Of course I had to come. You plotted against His Majesty, forcing him to burn his own life force to suppress the Ancestral Demon Pool. You also schemed against the rest of us, leading some to their deaths and trapping others in the cycle of reincarnation. All of these debts must be settled!"

The Ancestral Demon Pool was a creation of cosmic laws, originating from the Ancient Gods of the Upper Realm. Even Pangu of ancient times was helpless against it. Despite the previous Human Emperor's peerless talent, he was mostly powerless before it. Back then, the Ancestral Demon Pool had begun to stir and erupt as a power from the Upper Realm attempted to force its way down. In truth, it was a scheme concocted by Heavenly Venerate Zi Wei and the Ancient Gods of the Upper Realm, all aimed at the Human Emperor.

Ultimately, the scheme succeeded. The Human Emperor passed on, and of the Five Heavenly Venerates, some died while others were forced into the cycle of reincarnation. Heavenly Venerate Zi Wei, in a stunning turn of events, became the current leader of the Huo Sui People—the Master of Men. He had been plotting for one hundred thousand years, all to welcome the return of the Ancient Gods.

"What a pity you've arrived too late!" Heavenly Venerate Zi Wei still wore a smile. "If you had come even one day sooner, perhaps you truly would have won!"

Ye Guhong felt a sense of alarm. The other man was far too calm, clearly acting as if he had nothing to fear.

Heavenly Venerate Zi Wei rose to his feet, stretched languidly, and swept his gaze over the countless experts in the sky, a slight smirk playing on his lips. "Everyone's here. How perfect!"

As his voice fell, Heavenly Venerate Zi Wei raised his hand and made a grasping motion in the air. Below, the river of magma shot into the sky like a fiery red ribbon of jade. Amidst the blazing light, an object radiating the light of Chaos landed in his hand.

The object was strangely shaped, like a miniature pool built of mountain rock, scaled down countless times. Within it flowed demonic qi of incomparable purity.

It was the Ancestral Demon Pool.

"You all thought that for these hundred thousand years, I was focused only on my grand scheme... but I've always known that no matter how clever the plot... it is worthless in the face of absolute power!"

"I must say, the flesh and blood essence of a Great Emperor is truly abundant! Even for a treasure like the Ancestral Demon Pool, it took a full one hundred thousand years to completely refine it!"

As Heavenly Venerate Zi Wei finished speaking, the Ancestral Demon Pool in his hand began to boil. A bead exuding an ancient aura gradually emerged from within. Its surface was wreathed in demonic flames, and ancient runes flickered across it. Instantly, divine radiance soared to the heavens, brilliant light blazed, jeweled tassels hung to the ground, and countless silken ribbons descended from the sky. An unimaginably powerful aura permeated the heavens and the earth.

In that moment, the expressions of Ye Guhong, Ji Zidian, and the other experts who had reached the Heavenly Venerate realm changed drastically, their faces turning pale. The other cultivators turned ashen, their bodies swaying, unable to bear the sheer pressure of this aura.

"Today, all of you will bear witness to my, Great Emperor Zi Wei's, successful apotheosis! Your deaths will be a worthy sacrifice!" a smile spread across Heavenly Venerate Zi Wei's face.

He clenched his hand. The ancient bead, fused with the very essence of a Great Emperor, dissolved into his body.

Immediately afterward, a terrifying fluctuation unique to a Great Emperor began to spread.

RUMBLE! RUMBLE! RUMBLE!

Thunder rolled across the heavens and the earth as countless cosmic laws manifested. The firmament of the Demon Realm was torn asunder, revealing the void, which was filled with Chaos. Divine light surged as the sky itself cracked. Endless celestial light cascaded down; it was the most fundamental aspect of the Great Dao, manifesting as radiant runes that arranged themselves around his body.

Everyone was dumbstruck. Witnessing Heavenly Venerate Zi Wei achieve the rank of Great Emperor before their very eyes, an indescribable despair welled up in their hearts.

It was the same for Ye Guhong and the others. Even though they had reached the ultimate realm just below that of a Great Emperor. But below a Great Emperor is still just that—below a Great Emperor. Before a Great Emperor, they were no different from ants.

This is the feeling... to control everything...

"I am Great Emperor Zi Wei!"

Terrifying divine light filled Great Emperor Zi Wei's eyes. Everywhere his gaze landed, the laws of the universe fell into chaos and the world itself crumbled. He was deeply mesmerized, nearly driven mad by this feeling of omnipotence.

He looked toward Ye Guhong and the others.

With just one glance, the boundless army of experts spread across the sky all spat blood and were gravely wounded, plummeting from the air. Their cultivation level was irrelevant. The gap was simply too vast!

They were like ants standing before an ancient, divine elephant.