Chapter 185: Emperor's Fate (1)
Inside the Reverse Fate Space, Su Chen opened his eyes.
He was dead. That final great battle had been too terrifying. He could not participate in it, nor could he have survived it.
A bitter smile touched the corner of Su Chen's mouth. In this life, he had calculated everything. He had double-killed bearers of great destiny, schemed his way to the final circle, successfully survived the Emperor Tribulation, and even under the encirclement of numerous Supremes, he had taken the last step. He had been on the verge of reigning supreme over the starry skies.
Yet in the end… Fang Bubai had not died. He had lived a second life, his strength reaching an unimaginable level. With casual ease, he had suppressed Su Chen's Dao.
[Thirteenth lifetime: You encountered a reborn cultivator from the future. Your family was destroyed and you began with a heaven-shattering start, yet you never gave up. Enduring humiliation, you replaced Sha Shengzi and became the heir of the Life-Slaughter Hall. However, your mind was deep and cunning. You knew that an old monster who had cultivated to the Saint King realm would never value you solely for your talent. You chose to slow your cultivation and hide your true strength.]
[By chance, you learned the whereabouts of a suspected bearer of great destiny who had also been reborn. You began a thorough investigation. Through careful probing and deduction, you quickly identified his identity. You deduced that he was a reborn expert with the ability to foresee the future. You decided to muddy the waters: you seized a Saint King artifact, concealed yourself, and pretended to submit to Xiao Sha. After lying dormant for five hundred years, the moment he prepared to break through to Sainthood, you struck. You ruthlessly slew Xiao Sha at the moment of his ascension, seized all his opportunities, and became the successor of the Killing Emperor. From that instant, your fate as a minor character was no longer ordinary.]
[To completely erase Xiao Sha's traces, you sent all his clansmen into the wheel of reincarnation and unleashed a massacre. In a single day, you killed five Saints, your name shaking the starry skies.]
[You did not stop there. You painstakingly built up the Killing God Hall and hunted down powerhouses from various races. You grew to enjoy this feeling and began to revel in slaughter. But at that moment, a great Saint from the Dao Sect emerged and began hunting you. Although you barely escaped, you suffered grievous injuries. You went into hiding once more and waited two thousand years until you finally broke through to the Great Saint realm. In the Age of Dharma's End, reaching this step astonished the world. You mastered killing intent and comprehended the profound mysteries of the Killing Emperor's inheritance. Together with Lin Changsheng, you slew the malevolent will left behind by a former Supreme's remnant body, reclaimed treasures from your previous life, and extended your lifespan.]
[You stepped onto the Emperor Path. Even in the Age of Dharma's End, your brilliance remained dazzling. Over several thousand years, you encountered mighty foes and uncovered secrets of the Emperor Path, yet you never halted your steps. When you realized you could not reach the end, you chose to conceal your tracks. News of your death spread, and everyone believed you had perished. This suited your plans perfectly. You waited for the great era to begin, then devised schemes to trap and kill over a thousand heavenly prodigies. You diverted disaster eastward, inciting mutual suspicion and slaughter among many monsters who had hope of attaining the Dao. They wasted vast amounts of time while no one noticed you—the "dead" man.]