"Even if there are quasi-immortal emperors in the future, such as Number Nine, and that new Heavenly Emperor, they will still be prehistoric beings, not counted as beings of this era." Cao Ya sighed, also knowing why the strange creatures had been lying dormant and had not yet made a move against the heavens.
Each harvest brings the Weirdos a great reward: the enrichment of the myriad civilizations, the slaughter of countless spirits, the sacrifice of the Calamity Plateau, and the assistance of qualified dark cultivators to advance to the Immortal Emperor realm, or even... to become the progenitor of the Sacrifice Dao realm!
The development of this era, regardless of whether it is a large or small realm, has great shortcomings and has not yet reached its peak. The strongest of the new people in the heavens is only at the level of Immortal King. They seem very powerful, but to the strange beings, they are just so-so. It is far from the time to reap the rewards!
"Like pigs and sheep waiting to be slaughtered, they should be fattened up before being killed and eaten. Doing it prematurely would only be a waste!"
Cao Ya's face was somber. In the eyes of the strange beings, all the heavens and myriad worlds were no different from pigs and cattle.
In fact, even if a few Immortal Emperors were to be born among all the races in the universe, the strange creature wouldn't care much. Even a single-digit number of Immortal Emperors at the end of the road level would still be within the strange creature's acceptable range!
There's no way around it. To conquer the universe and increase the strength of the strange race, without knowledge at the level of an Immortal Emperor, they'll always fall short. As for Quasi-Immortal Emperors, they can only be considered barely qualified! Immortal Kings and True Immortals, on the other hand, are completely unqualified.
In any case, from the perspective of the strange race, they have an ancestor in charge, a large number of supreme immortal emperors in the heavens, and undoubtedly even more supreme quasi-immortal emperors in the heavens. Moreover, they are backed by the Evil Earth Plateau and can be reborn infinitely. Even if various evolutionary branches and civilizations in the new era of the universe produce supreme immortal emperors, as long as their numbers are not large, less than double digits, they can be easily suppressed by the strange race without much effort.
Of course, even the most bizarre races sometimes go too far. For example, the rise of the Desolate Emperor and the Ye Emperor greatly surprised them.
However, they remained confident. Their progenitor had emerged and besieged the two Heavenly Emperors of Desolate Leaf, causing them to disappear without a trace, or perhaps they had already passed away.
The number of the supreme beings in the heavens is overwhelmingly superior, yet they are not afraid. Their mentality is extremely arrogant. What do minor casualties matter?
Once the harvest is completed in one era, it will all be made up for, with more than enough left over!
"Rumble..." In the distant Yin State, Yin energy surged to the heavens, the Great Dao of Yang was torn apart, and the Dao principles of the Great Yin Realm had begun to infiltrate.
In addition, a tattered banner fell and transformed into a real dragon, roaring across heaven and earth, shaking the mortal realm!
"It's him, Li Da! Li Sanlong! That's his flag!"
The shrinking of countless prehistoric great sculptors' orifices raises the question: could it be that Li Da is not dead, and did not perish for unknown reasons as legend has it, but instead went to wander in the underworld and thus disappeared?
Some people's faces darkened, and they were absolutely not happy to see the First Mountain's strength grow stronger!
Everyone knows that Li Da, like Cao De in this life, is also known as Chu Feng. He has changed his name to Ji Dade, Cao Da, etc., and walks in the mortal world. He is a descendant of the First Mountain!
Of course, while some were secretly annoyed, others were overjoyed. For example, the people who had followed Li Da in prehistoric times were overjoyed and their eyes filled with tears. They had waited for so many tens of thousands of years, and finally the clouds parted and the moon shone through. How could they not be excited!
"That guy made quite a commotion."
Cao Ya muttered to himself, "Li Da's era was much earlier than the timeline of my time travel. I've only heard some related rumors, but I haven't witnessed it firsthand."
Cao Ya also knew very well that Li Da was a peak existence in the Universe Realm. He had encountered a great calamity and almost died after touching the Four Extremes Floating Soil of a strange race. He had no choice but to fake his death and hide from the world. He took the opportunity to use the Yin and Yang energies and the chains of the Great Dao rules of different evolved civilizations in the interlayer between the Yang Realm and the Yin Realm universe to nourish himself, recover from his injuries, and seek a breakthrough.
Clearly, after countless millennia, Li Da has recovered and is fully healed. In addition, with the impending upheaval and the connection between the Underworld and the Yang Realm, he cannot sit still and will eventually reappear, once again dominating the Yang Realm and looking down upon all the heavens!
"This time, the Martial Madman was killed by me and Number Nine when he attacked First Mountain earlier. Is Li Da showing his true form, or is he still using his obsession as an incarnation to toy with the entire mortal realm?"
Cao Ya pondered, not paying attention to Li Da's situation. It wasn't important. He was currently only at the Yujiu Realm, reaching the level of an invincible True Immortal, but had not yet broken through to become a King. Although the hope was great, it would still take time.
In contrast, the key is to connect with the wider world!
Cao Ya gazed into Yinzhou, passing over the great dragon formed from the tattered flag. His gaze pierced through Yin and Yang, and he seemed to see a vast world rich in Yin energy, magnificent and splendid, with powerful figures as numerous as clouds and experts as rain!
"And it's not just the Underworld! In the future, the Fallen Immortal Realm, the Celestial Realm, and other realms will engage in close exchanges with the Mortal Realm, and the Misty Star Realm and other realms will also appear."
"Such exchanges and communication will inevitably be accompanied by struggles, which is unavoidable. After all, cultivators value power the most. Even if they are allies, they will still compete to see who is in control!"
"Furthermore, appropriate competition can stimulate a cultivator's competitive spirit, which is also beneficial to the improvement of strength, but it should not be stopped."
"I just hope there are as many experts in the Immortal Path as possible, and that there are a few more Quasi-Immortal Emperors!"
Cao Ya smiled bitterly. In this era, considering the vast universe and its myriad worlds, with all kinds of evolving civilizations, not a single quasi-Immortal Emperor has appeared yet, let alone expecting many to emerge... It's a bit of wishful thinking!
"Li Da has the potential to become a Quasi-Immortal Emperor. Number Four's judgment back then was truly excellent! However, it will still take a long time for him to complete the Immortal King realm and attain the Quasi-Immortal Emperor status!"
Cao Ya sighed. People like Li Da, Chu Feng, Yao Yao, and Lin Nuoyi were all quasi-Immortal Emperors, or even on the verge of becoming Immortal Emperors. But no matter how talented and brilliant they were, they could not become stronger out of thin air. They always needed to be tempered and baptized in the long river of time before they could become stronger step by step until they reached the pinnacle of the universe!
"The only saving grace is that the current civilization of the myriad worlds has only reached the King Realm, and there are no Quasi-Immortal Emperors yet. The strange beings will not be in a hurry to reap the rewards, and there is still time."
"However, the strange progenitor of the Sacrifice Dao Realm possesses unpredictable divine power. In the original book, there was a sudden premonition that, after his birth, he calculated and saw through the plans of the two emperors, Huangye, and launched an attack in advance!"
"Sigh, the Sacrificial Dao Realm..."
Cao Ya felt powerless. The strange ancestor was at the Sacrifice Dao Realm, which is equivalent to the seven-star high level. In the [Supreme Being of an Era] universe, he was equivalent to the oldest being in the Other Shore Realm!
These powerful figures can reverse cause and effect and control time and space. Even if the two emperors of Huangye have been planning for eternity and scheming for countless eras, it is very easy for them to detect their schemes, causing all their previous efforts to be in vain!
"I'm overthinking it!" Cao Ya suddenly rubbed his forehead, suppressing his distracting thoughts. His top priority was to break through to the King realm, rise to power, and become strong enough to kill dark cultivators and cause casualties!
Let's leave this kind of battle of wits between the two emperors, Huangye and Erdi, to them.
"Is the underworld about to invade our mortal realm? Which side are the prehistoric overlords, Li Da and Li Sanlong, on?"
Throughout the Ten Directions Continent, countless evolved beings were troubled, their minds unsettled, and they could not calm down at all.
Cao Ya looked around and could understand the fear and anxiety of all living beings in the mortal world, even though he did not possess such emotions.
Even in the Great Yang Realm, there are not many who know the secrets of the universe. Even the experts who survived from prehistoric times, it is hard to say how deep their understanding of the strange is—after all, without reaching the level of a Quasi-Immortal Emperor, one is not qualified to participate in the most intense battlefields.
Furthermore, a tremendous war broke out between the prehistoric Underworld and the Yang World. Some of the old monsters might even have been witnesses to it. It would indeed be quite difficult to get them to trust the Underworld.
In the face of a bizarre cataclysmic destruction, all realms must indeed set aside their grudges and unite against the common enemy. However, most of the time, the various realms also have considerable, even intense, conflicts with each other.
Not to mention different realms, even within the mortal realm, the relationships between forbidden areas, famous mountains, powerful clans, and major sects vary, some good and some bad. In the more than nine million years of the Heavenly Emperor's calendar alone, large-scale wars have broken out more than once or twice!
This is something no one can avoid. Even if the Heavenly Emperor were to appear, he could only try his best to restrain the situation and mediate to prevent it from escalating further.
The title of Heavenly Emperor is revered throughout the myriad realms. In addition to his absolute power, a key point is that he does not abuse his power to bully or oppress other races!
Otherwise, how could so many beings miss the Heavenly Emperor after his passing?
"Shortly after the upheaval in Yinzhou came the Battle of the Soul River."
Cao Ya pondered. The forces like Soul Light Cave were spies of the Soul River. Many powerful forces had also defected to the Soul River, or to the Ancient Underworld, the Heavenly Emperor's Burial Pit, the Four Extremes Floating Soil, etc., and had indeed betrayed the mortal realm.
Cao Ya killed many of these forces during the previous extraterritorial war, more than twenty of them, which can be considered a significant weakening and heavy blow.
But Cao Ya understood even better that these forbidden zones, famous mountains, and great clans and lineages were inherited from prehistoric times, with unfathomable depths. Most of them must also contain the Great Universe, the Ultimate Universe, or even the Ultimate Universe!
In a life-or-death moment, it is not impossible for one or two Celestial Kings to awaken.
Moreover, since they were involved in a strange region, Cao Ya believed that they should not act rashly without a high degree of certainty. This action had to be taken with utmost caution, as even the slightest carelessness could have immeasurable and serious consequences, causing endless harm.
Perhaps the mortal realm is about to fall apart, and may even perish prematurely, before the strange invasion even begins!
Places like the Four Tribulations Sparrow, the Silent Extinction Ridge, the Chaos Abyss, and the Star Feather Heaven—any evolutionary being with a modicum of knowledge would find it hard to believe that there are no old monsters at the Immortal King level!
Cao Ya only possesses the combat power of an ordinary Immortal King. If several top-tier Immortal Kings or giants were to emerge, he would have no choice but to run away!
Of course, the mortal realm has a long history, and prehistoric masters lie dormant, so no one dares to be arrogant. Those sleeping immortal kings generally will not emerge unless it is an emergency.
The True Immortal Realm of the previous faction attacked the First Mountain but ultimately failed and perished. This was due to their inferior skills, which did not affect the overall situation, but it did not alarm them.
However, if experts from all sides in the mortal realm were to gather and target the darkness, they would inevitably awaken and launch a covert attack.
Who can withstand the attack of the Celestial King? Cao Ya will also be in danger, and Li Da, No. 9, and others will most likely perish, unless the new Heavenly Emperor attains enlightenment in the future and can suppress the mortal realm and maintain order, then the reckoning can be carried out!
In short, no one who is not at the level of a quasi-immortal emperor, the highest in all heavens, is qualified to carry out a great purge of the vast mortal realm.
Even supreme giants and Emperor Light Immortal Kings are lacking in power and are easily caught off guard and killed by some forbidden magic artifact.
Cao Ya's skills are still lacking in many areas.
Therefore, even if Cao Ya knew many secrets, he could not possibly launch a large-scale operation.
Ultimately, it's a world of cultivation and evolution. No matter the era, power is the most important thing!
The more you learn about something when you lack the ability, the more likely you are to back down, give up on yourself, and thus fail halfway through.
Cao Ya certainly couldn't give up, but he was also very cautious. Without a Quasi-Immortal Emperor in his camp, he had no intention of sweeping through the mortal realm, crushing the strange undercover agents, and the many traitors.
The main problem is that he doesn't have the strength right now. If a supreme Immortal King suddenly appears deep within the forbidden zone, it would be enough to give him a hard time. If a giant appears, he might not even be able to escape!
Even if not every major power has a supreme immortal king or giant sleeping in the dead, there are still a few of them whose ancestors have survived to this day!
Therefore, after eliminating a group of major cultivators, Cao Ya did not venture into the Soul Light Cave or set foot in the Soul River.
There was no way around it; the River of Souls was simply too terrifying. In the past, the ancient heroes, led by the Three Heavenly Emperors and followed by many Quasi-Immortal Emperors, Immortal Kings, and True Immortals, all suffered heavy casualties. This shows just how powerful the River of Souls is!
Of course, that time, the Soul River received support from the Ancient Underworld, the Four Extremes Floating Earth, the Heavenly Emperor's Burial Pit, and other regions. There were also Immortal Emperors and Quasi-Immortal Emperors from the Evil Earth Plateau who came to the Soul River to besiege and kill the ancient heroes. It was not a single Soul River force.
Moreover, in the mortal realm today, no Quasi-Immortal Emperors have emerged. The Soul River is mostly inhabited by Immortal Kings and True Immortals. Among all the heavens, only a few slumber in the deepest part, while the supreme Immortal Emperors have long since departed.
However, Cao Ya was far from strong enough, and he could not force his way through the Soul River, whose strength had declined so drastically.
The supreme beings of the heavens rarely venture out, but the number of Immortal Kings lying in wait on the outskirts, including those at the top level, giants, and supreme giants, is definitely not small!
"If only I had the combat power of the Emperor Light Immortal King." Cao Ya sighed softly. It was still a matter of strength that made him feel constrained, and many of his plans could not be executed. He could only wait, remain patient, and continue to cultivate, waiting for the day he would become stronger!
However, if the Battle of the Soul River really comes as scheduled, Cao Ya will not back down and will actively participate in the battle!
"If it really does erupt, the Black Emperor, Duan De, and the others will emerge, and the remnants of Emperor Ye will also appear. This could be an opportunity to weaken the Soul River."
Cao Ya pondered. Among the Heavenly Emperors, the Ruthless Great Emperor was still alive. If the matter truly affected the mortal realm, she might very well take action like in the original book to stop the strange Immortal Emperor!
"Deep within the River of Souls, there exist supreme beings from all the heavens..."
Cao Ya took a deep breath, trying not to think too much. Emperor Ye Tian's backup plan, Emperor Wu Shi's corpse and the broken bell, should be enough to deal with a group of quasi-immortal emperors.
These people are here to launch an attack against the Dark Immortal King and the True Immortals!
"With the combined forces of many powerful figures and a large-scale mobilization of experts from the mortal realm, there is a good chance they can weaken the Soul River. However, any individual attacking alone would be courting death!"
Cao Ya continued his arduous cultivation, paying no attention to the upheavals in Yinzhou. It would still be some time before the two realms were fully connected.
But he remained calm, while others lacked such composure, especially after Li Da's banner appeared!
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