CHAPTER 1656: CHAPTER 1597: FOURTH GENERATION CIVILIZATION, ONE PERSON ALONE!

"The Six Paths of Reincarnation truly exist!"

The ancient time-traveling ship had traversed for an indeterminate duration before Xiao Chen and the other two saw the remnants of the Gates of Six Paths of Reincarnation. However, the gates no longer possessed any great power, appearing merely as deteriorated and collapsed Stone Gates.

With no trace of the reincarnation and rebirth power, the constraints of the Six Paths of Reincarnation no longer existed, allowing various races to exploit loopholes for rebirth.

As Xiao Chen and his companions navigated the ancient ship along the Long River of Time, weaving through the threads of years, an imposing and majestic aura unexpectedly swept over them, piercing through time without any hindrance and appearing directly at the bow of the ancient ship.

"Ancestral Emperor of Ancient Desolation!"

Their overwhelming aura pressed down on the three of them, making it difficult to stand. The figure of the Ancestral Emperor of Ancient Desolation was becoming less vague.

This was a man draped in a simple Beast Robe, with flowing black hair, exuding a transcendent aura that dominated time and space, with eyes concealing an insight into everything grand.

Without hesitation, Xiao Chen and the others respectfully paid homage, honoring the great person who founded Human Civilization.

"I have long been buried in the annals of time. The tasks ahead require your intervention. What you now see is merely a will I placed into the long river of time, awakened by the ripples in time."

The Ancient Emperor’s eyes held an unfathomable depth, his words slow yet carrying a pressure that dominated the ages.

To Xiao Chen and the others, it was utterly shocking; the Ancient Emperor of Ancient Desolation initiated the Human Dao era, vanquishing the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, subduing deities above, and suppressing the Hundred Clans below.

Even now, it is merely a thought, yet it remains dominant over heaven and earth, with an invincible aura spanning all realms.

"The turmoil caused by the Celestial Race has stretched across endless ages and several epochs of civilization. The regrets of this emperor are entrusted to you to fulfill!"

The Ancestral Emperor’s will passed through Xiao Chen and the others, his eyes releasing a divine light that seemed to perceive the tumult and wavering in their minds.

A calm, steady aura, like a Divine Mountain, enveloped them, instantly stabilizing the minds of Xiao Chen and the others, rendering them fearless!

"Since the era of the Desolate Wilds, this war has already begun. Today it is merely the continuation of that war. Though my human race is the most insignificant among all races, with Dao bodies inferior to Spirit Immortals, fortune less than deities, and even bloodlines not comparable to the Hundred Clans, yet we possess a spirit that encompasses the universe and devours Mountains and Rivers. This era belongs to my human race!"

"What Hundred Clans scatter like earth and chickens; this era belongs to my human race. The era of my human race should not contain flaws. The calamity of the Hundred Clans, the tribulation of the Celestial Race, should all come to an end. What should be done, has been done; the rest is up to you!"

Dominating the ages, staring down heaven and earth, with an undefeatable grandeur!

Even a mere Afterimage makes Xiao Chen and the others speculate about the grandness of the Ancient Emperor at his peak, how even heaven and earth trembled for him, and how time and space roared in his honor.

Then, the eyes of the Ancient Emperor of Ancient Desolation fell upon Xiao Chen. The other two reincarnated emperors were unaware, but Xiao Chen knew he was watching the Mountain River Seal inside him.

Within him, the Mountain River Seal emitted a faint azure light, yet the light was sealed beneath the flesh, not spilling out, resisting the pressure of the Ancient Emperor.

"Desolate Wilds, Spirit Immortal, Divine Dao, Human Dao!" At this moment, the ancient time-traveling ship trembled!

The sound made Xiao Chen tremble as well. In front of the Ancient Emperor of Ancient Desolation, he seemed unable to conceal anything, though perplexed by the meaning of the "Desolate Wilds" civilization the Ancient Emperor spoke of.

"This world began with the Desolate Wilds, with innate life at its inception, later followed by omniscient beings of Dao inheriting the Desolate Wilds’ primordial spiritual beings, creating a Spiritual Immortal Civilization, cultivating for eternal life. Therefore, although the Desolate Wilds and Spirit Immortal Civilization are divided into two civilizations, in reality, they share common origin."

As if understanding Xiao Chen’s thoughts, the Ancient Emperor spoke again.

"The Desolate Wilds Civilization, Spirit Immortal Civilization, and Divine Dao Civilization spanned endless ages until the birth of my human race, marking them as the fourth epoch of civilization."

In those few words, Xiao Chen’s heart seemed to understand something. He, by himself, transcended four epochs of civilization, with the Mountain River Seal bearing the Desolate Wilds Spirit Immortal nature, and as a human, stepping onto the Divine Dao path, single-handedly stirring four civilizations!

Though even now, he finds it hard to believe! It is simply too mystically wondrous.

No wonder Luli would say he is the eternal true spirit, even more everlasting than the ages. Perhaps only at the dawn of true creation in heaven and earth could such an unimaginable Divine Object be forged.

Staring at Xiao Chen for several breaths, the divine light in the Ancient Emperor’s eyes flickered, and even across time and space, one could sense the world growing significantly darker.

With deep, profound eyes, he once again gazed into the endlessly passing ages, making it impossible to fathom his inner thoughts.

As the vast aura of the Ancient Emperor of Ancient Desolation flickered, the entire ancient time-traveling ship burst into dazzling Silver Light, accelerating tremendously, with the Stars of time flashing by rapidly.

It was as though divine light pierced the ages, throwing the Long River of Time into chaos, presenting an indescribable scene.

Buzz, buzz, buzz!

The ancient ship flashing with silver light, empowered by the Ancestral Emperor of Ancient Desolation, could weather the storms even as illusory thunderbolts rained down in the temporal river, laden with the age of years.

And in the eyes of the Ancestral Emperor of Ancient Desolation, countless ages travel by, overlooking the temporal ages, mountains and rivers reversing, stars falling and moons shifting, mighty and peerless, seeing through the temporal ages.

"We have arrived!"

Finally, after an unknown length of time, Xiao Chen was startled awake by a majestic voice; the ancient ship erupted with dazzling silver light, piercing through a band of silvery-white brilliance, escaping the temporal river.

It is still the Nine Nether Underworld, still the source of the Netherworld River!

The thick aura of decay is not overshadowed by the dense blood-red hues; in the dim heaven and earth, countless ancient tomb stones exude gloom, and across the boundless vast heaven and earth, six gigantic stone gates obscure the entire realm of Nine Nether.

No matter from which direction one looks, all can see the six ancient stone gates facing the position of the source of the Netherworld River; however, the source of Netherworld is still dry, where it should spawn the river water, dominated by a colossal altar.

At the center of the altar, a blood-colored heart about the size of a zhang beats constantly, each thump echoing like a thunderclap through the ages, even Xiao Chen and the others in the current Nine Nether world could feel the heartbeat.

The heart, this moment, did not give Xiao Chen and the three a hint of bloodiness, but instead more akin to a sacred object.

Yes, indeed like a sacred object for worship!

It resembles the heart of heaven and earth; with its beat, everything runs orderly, sun rises, moon sets, stars shift.

Veins pierce into the blood-colored heart like this, but these veins are illusory, allowing Xiao Chen to reach through effortlessly.

Previously, Xiao Chen and the others saw veins in the Nine Nether Underworld, crossing endless ages, connecting with the heart, as both were not in the same time; to destroy it is imaginable.

Here, Xiao Chen and the other two saw a cross-legged figure, a dried body, although devoid of life, yet made their minds tremble!

The cross-legged figure faces away from them, facing the direction of the blood-colored heart!

The residual will of the Ancestral Emperor of Ancient Desolation saw the cross-legged figure, without the slightest ripple.

"昔日我以残留下来的六道轮回之门,封镇了这颗心脏,又以自身为界封镇了九幽黄泉,限制皇道境界以上的生命进入九幽黄泉,不过岁月实在是太久了,久远到封禁也开始减弱,所以天族才有机会者降临到九幽之中."

Buzz!

A sudden tremor of heaven and earth, a hum of ages, this realm’s Nine Nether world still well intact, vaguely with star projections; yet at this moment, the stars tremble, heaven and earth fear.

This moment, Xiao Chen was submerged in boundless annihilation, overwhelmed as if swallowed by an endless black tide, devoid of divine sense, devoid of light, immersed in eternal desolation.

"Awaken!"

However, a mighty voice echoed, igniting a beacon in the darkness-shrouded mind, illuminating the world anew, allowing him to regain perception.

In an instant, he saw above the Nine Nether sky vault, inexhaustible divine light blossomed forth, an unfading black divine light stretching across the heavens, striking towards their location.

"Ancient Desolation, with only a remnant soul, how dare you contend with my true self, a hidden notion within the ages attempting upheaval, today shall mark your definitive annihilation; the epoch you initiated shall utterly perish, leaving no trace in this world!"

On the zenith of the sky, a figure clad in black armor revealed only the upper half, yet stirred heaven and earth to tremble, utterly incapable of bearing such a magnificent silhouette.

Black light exuding eternal annihilation descended, yet the Ancestral Emperor of Ancient Desolation remained motionless, while behind him Xiao Chen, though straining to discern everything before him, persisted in vagueness; nevertheless, even under the veil of eternal annihilation, not a shred of fear arose.

Buzz!

Emitting annihilative black light straight through the temporal space, it fell amidst Xiao Chen and the others!

However!

The terrifying power tearing opened black holes surrounding bodies, yet was corporeal!

Not within the same temporal space, the force struck another temporal point at the source of Netherworld!

"Temporal circulation, unexpectedly not always situated within the same era within the ages, but constantly traversing the temporal river, my true self underestimated you; even in death, you remain restless!"

With one strike, the figure in black armor’s eyes shimmered with divine light, sneering!

"Very well, my great power traverses ages of time, capable of breaking through the temporal river, even as you perpetually transit through the ages, the moment of complete obliteration shall arrive, pray my true self doesn’t in the near term pierce through your present temporal node!"