Chapter 240 : Chapter 240
Chapter 240: Trapped in the Illusion, Unable to Break Free!
【After arriving in the Central Continent, you discovered that the cultivation powers there numbered more than twice those in Qingzhou.】
【You found that not only were there top-tier cultivation sects here, but also the Four Great Aristocratic Families that had existed for over a thousand years, as well as imperial dynasties that had stood in the Central Continent for who knew how long.】
【After learning more, you discovered that above all of these forces, there were also Holy Lands hidden within the Central Continent.】
【In the end, relying on your formidable sword intent, you joined one of the top powers in the Central Continent—the Taixu Sword Sect.】
【During the years after joining the Taixu Sword Sect, your cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds.】
【Ten years later!】
【You became the current Holy Son of the Taixu Sword Sect.】
【At this moment, your name had completely spread throughout the Central Continent.】
【All the major powers in the Central Continent knew that the Taixu Sword Sect had produced a genius rarely seen in a thousand years.】
【In the twentieth year after you arrived in the Central Continent,】
【your cultivation broke through to the Heavenly Venerable Realm, and you successfully defeated the former Sect Master of the Taixu Sword Sect.】
【The former Sect Master told you that your current strength had already made you the number one expert of the Lower-Realm Canglan Realm, and that if you wished to improve further, you could only ascend to the Upper Realm.】
【After hearing this news, you decisively chose Ascension.】
【One month later, you ascended to the Canglan Realm of the Immortal World.】
【You joined the Daotian Sect of the Eastern Dao Divine Continent.】
【Having just ascended, your talent was not especially dazzling within the Daotian Sect, and you did not attract much attention.】
【One thousand years later!】
【You broke through to the Immortal Emperor Realm!】
【Before breaking through to the Immortal Emperor Realm, you had instinctively believed that the Immortal Emperor Realm was the end of the cultivation path. Yet after truly reaching the Immortal Emperor Realm, you did not notice anything unusual for quite some time.】
【At that point, your heart began to swell with arrogance. You felt that you had already become the strongest person in the Great Thousand Worlds. Even the Supreme Sword Emperor called you the strongest person he had ever seen.】
【Then one day, you received an invitation from the Weiyang Immortal Realm.】
【You discovered that it was the Human Emperor inviting you there for a meeting.】
【At this point, you no longer even placed the Human Emperor in your eyes. Even so, you still went to the Weiyang Immortal Realm.】
【Your purpose in going was to defeat the Human Emperor in front of everyone and gain the recognition of the world.】
【After arriving in the Weiyang Immortal Realm, you directly sought out the Human Emperor and fought a great battle with him.】
【However, the outcome of that battle was beyond your expectations. You had not expected that even though you were both in the Immortal Emperor Realm, you would be effortlessly crushed by the Human Emperor.】
【The Human Emperor told you that there was always someone greater, and a heaven beyond heaven, in the Great Thousand Worlds, and that the Immortal Emperor Realm was not the end of cultivation.】
【At that moment, you sank deeply into confusion.】
【You remained lost for a very long time, but in the end, you found your old self again and began cultivating diligently once more.】
【During that time, you sought out the Human Emperor and asked him about what lay beyond the Immortal Emperor Realm, but he did not tell you.】
【Immediately afterward, the Human Emperor gave you a position—Acting Human Emperor.】
【The Human Emperor told you that there were some things he needed to confirm, and that while he was away from the Weiyang Immortal Realm, you would govern it in his place.】
【After the Human Emperor left, you began handling the affairs of the Weiyang Immortal Realm.】
【Later, you learned that the Weiyang Immortal Realm practically governed the entire Great Thousand Worlds. It was the hub of the whole Great Thousand Worlds.】
【Gradually, you began to grow addicted to that authority. It was the first time you had so directly felt the allure of power.】
【With the Human Emperor backing you, you discovered that no one dared defy your will.】
【During your time governing the Weiyang Immortal Realm, you discovered many existences who were also in the Immortal Emperor Realm, yet stronger than you.】
【However, because of the pressure of the Human Emperor, all of them endured you again and again.】
【At that moment, your desires were magnified without limit.】
【You were no longer content with being the Acting Human Emperor. You wanted to replace the Human Emperor and become the true Human Emperor.】
【Thus, you began cultivating your own forces within the Weiyang Palace. Not only that, you also started suppressing the Human Emperor’s faction.】
【At first, nearly everyone in the Weiyang Palace belonged to the Human Emperor’s faction, but now your people had already taken up fifty percent of it.】
【Even so, you were not satisfied. You wanted to drive the Human Emperor’s faction completely out of the Weiyang Palace.】
【Gradually, the people of the Human Emperor’s faction also discovered that something was wrong with you.】
【But when they tried to do something about it, they found that it was already too late. Nothing could be changed anymore.】
【They questioned why you were doing this. They asked whether you could really face the Human Emperor after doing such things.】
【At the mention of the Human Emperor, you instinctively recalled that figure—the one who could so easily crush you.】
【But now, you had already cultivated dozens of Immortal Emperors. You might not be able to defeat the Human Emperor alone, but that did not mean a whole group of you could not.】
【Just at that moment, the Human Emperor, who had been gone for so long, suddenly returned.】
【That completely stunned the people who had believed the Human Emperor was already dead. They had chosen to stand on your side precisely because they believed he would never return.】
【After the Human Emperor returned, the first thing he did was come to find you.】
【The moment you saw the Human Emperor’s face, fear began to rise in your heart. But to your surprise, the Human Emperor did not make trouble for you.】
【The Human Emperor brought you away from the Weiyang Palace and took you to an Ancestral Land.】
【After entering the Ancestral Land, the Human Emperor told you that your talent was among the very best in the human race, and that he had high hopes for you.】
【Only then did you realize that the Human Emperor was actually injured.】
【You could not understand who in the Great Thousand Worlds could possibly injure the Human Emperor.】
【Right after that, you saw the Human Emperor seal a young girl into a piece of Immortal Source.】
【As you looked at the girl lying quietly within the Immortal Source, your brows furrowed slightly.】
【You sensed a familiar aura from the girl before you, but no matter how hard you tried, you could not remember who she was.】
【That feeling made you extremely uncomfortable.】
【Then the Human Emperor began speaking of the things you had done over the years, each one as though he had personally witnessed it.】
【Yet you discovered that the Human Emperor did not seem to intend to do anything to you.】
【The Human Emperor then told you that in the near future, an immense upheaval would befall the entire Great Thousand Worlds, and that only if everyone stood united would there be any hope of surviving it.】
【Hearing this, you looked at the Human Emperor with a puzzled expression.】
【But the Human Emperor merely told you to leave and did not say anything more.】
【After that parting, you never saw the Human Emperor again until one hundred years later!】
【One hundred years later!】
【The Human Emperor said that he wanted to see you.】
【You arrived at the Weiyang Palace and looked at the figure seated in the Weiyang Hall, your brows knitting slightly.】
【You discovered that the Human Emperor seemed somewhat off now. There was something strange about the aura around him.】
【“You’ve come!”】
【You slowly walked behind the Human Emperor, nodded, and asked what he wanted from you.】
【The Human Emperor slowly turned around, and to your horror, you discovered that his face had long since vanished, replaced by a Fleshy Sphere covered in countless eyes.】