World-Ending Demon Emperor

Chapter 2113 - 1001: Marry Fu Lingxi? Enter the Dragon Emperor’s Tomb!

The Dragon Emperor’s voice was strange, both familiar and unfamiliar, noble and majestic, intimate yet distant, maintaining neutrality without distinguishing gender.

It was as if a modern Earth’s voice had been processed through some sort of special equipment.

"Danzhou is infinitesimally small yet infinitely vast, because it uses your brain domain as a prison. The size of this prison is determined by the expanse of your mind and thoughts. One can never transcend their thoughts, nor can they escape their brain domain."

Upon hearing this, Lanling was taken aback.

No wonder everything within this prison appeared so arbitrary, so instinctual, as whatever the mind conceived immediately manifested.

It turns out, the brain domain serves as the prison.

The Dragon Emperor continued, "Danzhou is boundless and formless because it is a prison of the brain domain. Yet, Danzhou also has form, filled with powerful energy fields. This realm transcends two-dimensional and three-dimensional worlds; it’s an unprecedented world, beyond the understanding of you and me."

This truly shocked Lanling; the concept of transcending two and three dimensions was beyond astonishing.

Such a world was indeed beyond Lanling’s current grasp because despite his strength, he still existed within a three-dimensional world.

"Wanting to leave is forever impossible," the Dragon Emperor said. "However, there is one way that could allow you to escape. I researched for a long, long time and discovered when I was imprisoned that Yao Xing could leave."

Yao Xing could indeed leave the prison of the Danzhou realm, thus crossing several planes to Earth and bringing Lanling to this world.

Yao Xing once said that its chaotic will of dragon and demon allowed it to surpass the laws of this realm.

The Dragon Emperor continued, "When I had Yao Xing bring you to this world, I devised every possible plan to make you the Demon Emperor. Have you succeeded now?"

"I have successfully inherited the legacy of the Demon Emperor," Lanling said.

The Dragon Emperor immediately displayed immense excitement, saying, "Good, good, good..."

Then the Dragon Emperor continued, "You already possess the demonic nihility bloodline, while my divine dragon nihility bloodline remains in this Danzhou realm prison. Once you devour my divine dragon nihility bloodline, the two nihility bloodlines will merge into one, becoming a true chaotic bloodline. This way, you can possess energy attributes like Yao Xing and completely escape this Danzhou realm prison."

Indeed!

The Dragon Emperor said, "I’ve mentioned before, this Danzhou realm prison is infinitely vast, even surpassing worlds of two and three dimensions. The divine dragon nihility bloodline is hidden within the Dragon Emperor’s Tomb, which is located within this Danzhou realm prison. Among numerous scenes, one of the countless planes, finding this Dragon Emperor’s Tomb was originally impossible."

It indeed seemed impossible.

This is a world entirely beyond Lanling’s understanding, possessing a new realm of laws. It’s akin to hiding a world within a grain of sand on Earth and asking you to find it within a gigantic mountain range—searching until the end of time might not yield success.

"But I can find it," the Dragon Emperor’s consciousness said. "I’ve spent countless ages here, traversing the entire world many times. This world constantly changes; there is never a fixed path to the Dragon Emperor’s Tomb, but I have memorized the evolution of this realm, thus I can find a route to the Dragon Emperor’s Tomb. Of course, be prepared for a very, very long journey..."

Lanling nodded.

"Are you ready?" the Dragon Emperor’s consciousness asked.

"Ready!" Lanling replied.

Then, he felt as if a hand was holding his, rapidly moving through space.

Suddenly, scenes flashed before his eyes, traversing one world after another.

This was truly not normal travel; it was indeed as if traversing countless worlds, countless planes.

This Danzhou was indeed boundless and formless, using the brain domain as a prison, transcending dimensions, reality, and illusion.

Thus, Lanling continued to traverse, traverse, traverse, as if he would never reach the end of time, as if there were no endpoint.

...

Sky Holy Palace!

Hua Bingyi and Ji Mengbai ended their Dragon Prison Secret Realm training early, their worlds fixed at the sub-king level of the Heavenly Ladder.

Of course, unless they officially ascend several decades later, they will forever remain at this level of cultivation.

"Demon Emperor Lanling has been imprisoned," Gu Ban said to Hua Bingyi. "Next, I plan to assign you a position."

"Yes!" Hua Bingyi responded.

Gu Ban said, "Deputy commander of the Ten Thousand Mountains defense line, assistant to Zhi Yan. Yan Ping is dead, the Grand Priest and Chief Judge of Zhi Du are temporarily appointed to you."

This position does seem somewhat low. Who is Yan Ping? Who is Hua Bingyi?

Even Fu Lingxi could arrange to become the Grand Priest and Chief Judge of the Zhi Du Sanctuary, yet now, Hua Bingyi is assigned to this position.

Ji Xiuning, Zhi Yan, Fu Lingxi all ascended early, candidate Sky Priests, and even concurrently candidate Sky Judges.

But Hua Bingyi, still merely the Grand Priest and Chief Judge of Zhi Du.

However, Hua Bingyi showed no dissatisfaction or reluctance, bowing deeply, "Yes, thank you, Master, for your guidance."

"I know well enough." Gu Ban said, "His Majesty Shitian only has a little less than four years left before stepping down, and the position of First Leader will be between Ning Wuya and me. Ning Wuya made mistakes before; it appears there’s little hope for him now, so he desperately proposed a plan—to attempt control of the Demonic Nihility Bloodline and thereby seize planar power over the entire Demon Race. This would transform the Dragon Temple into the Dragon Demon Temple."

Upon hearing this, Huai Bingyi was shocked to the core.

"But rest assured, even if this plan were successful, it would take many years. It’s impossible for the Demon Emperor to completely collapse in just a few months—he’d be far too useless if that happened." Gu Ban said: "In four years’ time, after I ascend to First Leader, you will undoubtedly be the successor. Ji Mengbai comes from an unsatisfactory background, and Zhi Yan once had a blemished record, having left the temple for the secular world. Ji Xiuning was originally your greatest rival; although she had blemishes, she has thoroughly cleansed them herself. But she betrayed her mentor and defected to Ning Wuya’s side, so she has lost all hope altogether."

"Yes." Huai Bingyi replied.

Gu Ban said: "Zhi Yan has expressed resistance towards marrying you several times; you must understand this. Honestly, I also hope she doesn’t marry you because I want her to become the second Sky Priest in the future. We can’t have the Sky Holy Palace with the first and second leaders being soul mates—that would be running a couple’s business!"

Huai Bingyi replied bitterly, "Yes."

Gu Ban continued, "Eventuality requires you to marry a woman; the Sky Holy Palace is quite exclusive. Like me, Gu Ban, Shitian, we are all children of the Sky Holy Palace. Thus, you need to find a companion from the younger generation of Sky Holy Palace women to nurture the next generation. Have you decided whom to marry? I’ll give you several candidates: Kui Shuangshuang, Ji Xiuning, Fu Lingxi, Ji Yingsha. Choose one from these four women."

Huai Bingyi was not surprised by these four names.

As it happens, none of these women are truly untainted. Kui Shuangshuang and Ji Xiuning were once women of the Demon Emperor Lanling; Fu Lingxi is the mother of Suo Lun; Ji Yingsha is Jiang Shang’s wife. They have all had children and are already in their forties and fifties.

Nevertheless, when it comes to the Sky Holy Palace, as long as they are under a hundred years old, they are still young and charming and can bear children.

Whether it’s Fu Lingxi or Ji Yingsha, they look no different now than a twenty-nine-year-old girl.

"Princess of Demon State, isn’t that possible?" Huai Bingyi asked.

Gu Ban said: "Sure, you can do whatever you wish privately between the two of you, but marrying her is out of the question. This woman’s current position and style are too low to offer you any advantage. Choose one from these four women."

Huai Bingyi found himself in a predicament.

Firstly, Kui Shuangshuang cannot be chosen because if Demon Emperor Lanling is defeated, the Demon Dragon Clan will need suppressing.

Secondly, Ji Xiuning was a bad choice because she once betrayed her master.

Ji Yingsha originally came across as a great choice because her character is very clean, always working undercover in the East Li Kingdom for the Dragon Temple without any blemishes.

But given Demon Emperor Lanling’s emergence, capturing Jiang Shang no longer counts as much of an achievement, so Ji Yingsha has only exerted effort without much result and apparently no promising future.

Thus, surprisingly, the only remaining option is Fu Lingxi!

Instantly, Huai Bingyi felt a chill run through his heart.

Marrying Fu Lingxi would be quite advantageous indeed because she hails from the Demon Star Pavilion; Ning Wuya can represent the Demon Star Pavilion, and so can Fu Lingxi. Besides, the highest leaders of the Sky Holy Palace are Shitian and former Demon Star Pavilion Master Tian Daoqi side by side.

Wouldn’t marrying Fu Lingxi make one shiver all over?

Gu Ban laughed and said, "Once you marry Fu Lingxi, you become Suo Lun’s father."

Huai Bingyi suddenly asked, "Could Suo Ningbing inherit the pretender role in advance, allowing me to marry Suo Ningbing?"

He truly preferred to marry Suo Ningbing rather than Fu Lingxi, being twenty years his senior.

Gu Ban said: "It was originally not feasible, still scarcely feasible now."

Huai Bingyi asked, "How is the situation with Demon Emperor Lanling now?"

Gu Ban replied, "Destruction is being aimed against him!"

...

Under the guidance of the Dragon Emperor’s consciousness, Lanling truly didn’t know how many world scenes he had traversed.

Finally, the traversal ceased!

Lanling arrived at a peculiar world.

This world consisted only of ninety-nine steps, and at the end of these steps stood a massive temple.

At the center of the temple, a cluster of energy shone like a brilliant galaxy.

The backdrop of this world was none other than a dazzling, enchanting cosmic starry sky.

The Dragon Emperor spoke slowly: "We’ve arrived; this is the Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, where the Divine Dragon Nihility Bloodline is enshrined."

Lanling took a deep breath; it wasn’t easy. After crossing countless planes, he finally arrived at this Dragon Emperor Tomb.

Then, step by step, Lanling climbed the stairs, entered the temple, stepped into the Tomb of the Dragon Emperor, and stood beneath the Divine Dragon Nihility Bloodline.

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