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ArabicThe Protagonists' Chat Group: Beyond the Boundaries — Chapter 412
Chapter 412: Ye Tiandi and Chu Tiandi’s First Meeting, a Historic Moment
After Ye Fan confirmed that the Strange Clan forces from Soul River had all been utterly annihilated, he learned crucial information regarding the cosmic conflict from Hua Fen Di’s spiritual imprint. For a moment, his heart surged with immense, terrifying emotion.
After composing himself and stabilizing his immense Immortal Emperor aura, he was about to lead the Heavenly Court forces to withdraw from the battlefield.
However, a highly unstable spatial-temporal gate suddenly opened in the ruined void nearby.
From within the gate, a head cautiously peeked out, eyes wide with apprehension. This person’s Realm was shockingly weak. He was only at the True Immortal Realm.
Ye Fan was greatly surprised by this impossible appearance. Who was this person? A mere True Immortal, in a battlefield of this magnitude, couldn’t even be considered cannon fodder, yet he could somehow open a cross-Realm gate and arrive here? It was truly strange and defied all logic.
As soon as that person peeked out, he saw the dense, vast Heavenly Court army—a sight that should not exist in his time—and subconsciously swallowed a massive mouthful of saliva.
“Uh, sorry about that, I took a wrong turn entirely. I’ll leave now, I won’t disturb your important meeting!” This person quickly shrank his head, gave an awkward, nervous smile, and immediately turned to flee back through his unstable portal.
However, with a cold, decisive snort from Ye Fan, this person was instantly frozen in place, utterly unable to move an inch.
This person—the future Heavenly Emperor, Chu Feng—was instantly shocked. He had many powerful, hidden contingencies left by various big shots within his body. For example, a certain signature jar. But at this very moment, everything fell profoundly silent, with no reaction or magical release whatsoever.
He secretly cursed his Fate in his heart. Why did his contingencies fail like this? Who were these terrifying people? Could they be powerhouses from the hostile Strange Clan that he knew lurked in the darkness?
Without a doubt, this person was the protagonist of the later Sacred Ruins era, Chu Tiandi. He was also known in the future as Chu Loli, the Battlefield Reporter—a fitting title given his penchant for showing up in critical places.
His reason for coming to Soul River was fundamentally different from Ye Fan and the others. Shi Jian, Shi Hao, and Ye Fan came to Soul River with the supreme purpose of killing enemies. Chu Loli, the Battlefield Reporter, came only to cautiously gather intelligence and watch the show.
“Who exactly are you, small fry?” Ye Fan looked at this sneaky, cowering person and spoke with a cold, penetrating voice that shook the True Immortal’s core.
Chu Tiandi cowered further, unsure how to respond to an existence of such power for a crucial moment.
However, at this pivotal juncture, a powerful, familiar aura emerged. Hua Fen Di, the defeated Immortal Emperor who had just dissipated, quickly reappeared as a profound spiritual projection.
She looked directly at Ye Fan. “This is one of the future Heavenly Emperors of this timeline; he represents the coming future of the unified Heavens!”
Ye Fan frowned profoundly upon hearing this, looking at the cowering Chu Feng with genuine disbelief: “He? This sniveling True Immortal? One of the Three Heavenly Emperors—alongside myself and Huang?”
Ye Fan fell into a deep, judging silence. His silence was absolutely deafening, filled with an Immortal Emperor’s doubt.
Chu Feng was profoundly displeased by this visible doubt and condescension. Who was he? Chu Devil King! How could someone, even a powerful one, still look down on him?
However, upon seeing the large cauldron next to Ye Fan and hearing some of their previous words, Chu Feng roughly deduced this terrifying person’s identity. Ye Tiandi!
His posture, which had just begun to stiffen in defiance, instantly collapsed back into total submission. This was Ye Tiandi—a figure of cosmic legend. He was just a small True Immortal; it was better not to be presumptuous in front of a Heavenly Emperor who could erase him with a thought. After all, his cheats, his contingency weapons, were all given by Heavenly Emperors.
“Huang has already achieved Immortal Ascension to Immortal Emperor, and has even walked a very long distance on the Immortal Emperor Path…” Ye Fan pondered aloud, his confusion deepening. “I have also achieved Immortal Ascension to Immortal Emperor…”
“How is it that this supposed future Heavenly Emperor is still just a trembling True Immortal?” Ye Fan was truly puzzled by the clear discrepancy. In his experienced opinion, Chu Feng’s current strength was indeed utterly ordinary. Could it be that he was the type to mature incredibly late? Could he have a sudden Epiphany and directly Break through to the Immortal Emperor Realm soon after this meeting?
Hua Fen Di felt somewhat awkward upon hearing this honest assessment. “The heavenly secrets I glimpsed were indeed exactly like this: Huang, representing the ultimate past; you, Ye Fan, representing the present; and him, Chu Feng, representing the distant future… The three timelines converge on the Strange Highland.”
“The uniqueness here at Soul River is not very strong; you are only encountering a segment of his true timeline, not his final, complete form. When you reach the Plateau, you will definitely encounter his ultimate, transcendent form—the Chu Tiandi!” Hua Fen Di spoke with genuine confidence, adhering to the fate she had glimpsed. This was the key information she obtained when she failed to Break through to the Dao-Grade level above Sacrifice.
Ye Fan looked skeptically at the continuously cowering Chu Feng. He really harbored deep doubts about Hua Fen Di’s words. Could this guy truly be on par with them? Could this True Immortal conquer the Plateau?
Hua Fen Di looked at Chu Feng, hesitated for a moment, then spoke reassuringly: “It’s alright, Ye Fan. Now you three Heavenly Emperors are not the only variables; you are just a kind of profound hope for the Heavens.”
“Even if you can’t hold on, the true variable should be able to prevail!”
Ye Fan was genuinely surprised to hear this: “Besides the three of us, are there other variables that can fight the Ominous forces?”
Hua Fen Di nodded upon hearing this: “That’s right. He is next to Arrogant Heaven Emperor (Huang). He is Arrogant Heaven Emperor’s older brother, Shi Jian…”
Ye Fan was instantly surprised to hear this. In the past, when he spent time with Shi Hao, Shi Hao had also mentioned his older brother many times in conversation. And in his words, there was nothing but deep admiration, as if his older brother was omnipotent.
At that time, Ye Fan was already incredibly curious. He and Shi Hao met by chance and became good friends. He knew how terrifying Shi Hao truly was—his combat power was terrifying, his natural talent was outstanding, and his Aptitude far surpassed his own. No Genius in the Cultivation World could compare to him. He was as steady and powerful as an exiled Immortal descending to the Mortal World.
As a result, in Ye Fan’s eyes, such a supreme person, when mentioning his older brother, was like a little fanboy. Ye Fan was curious at the time: just how absolutely amazing was Shi Hao’s older brother?
After achieving Mortal World Immortal Ascension, Shi Hao disappeared without a trace. Ye Fan searched for him for a long time but didn’t find him. Later, Ye Fan rose up and learned some deep, hidden secrets, and only then did he guess that Shi Hao was the legendary Arrogant Heaven Emperor.
It’s just that when he explored Arrogant Heaven Emperor’s life, the legends were somewhat different from what Shi Hao had casually said. Just about this older brother, Shi Hao told him that his older brother was omnipotent and treated him extremely well. But some secrets Ye Fan discovered indicated that Arrogant Heaven Emperor had his bones dug out by his older brother… The truth of Shi Hao’s life was a conflicting legend.
“He is also known as a Heavenly Emperor, named the Myriad Law Heavenly Emperor!” Hua Fen Di revealed the name.
“Belonging to the variable among variables… The current chaotic River of Time, where only the Plateau is normally eternal, is primarily caused by his profound presence and the sheer number of Great Dao he commands.”
“You two, Ye Fan and Huang, bear a heavy responsibility, carrying the Karma of ending the Plateau, and should strive diligently. But also, do not feel too much existential pressure!”
“If things become completely unmanageable…”
“The Myriad Law Heavenly Emperor will make the final move, for he seeks the complete annihilation of the Ominous source!” Hua Fen Di spoke with absolute conviction.
Actually, after meeting the two brothers, Shi Jian and Shi Hao, she was not so enthusiastic about the Three Heavenly Emperors prophecy anymore. She felt that with the terrifying strength of those two brothers, who were instantly killing Immortal Emperors, it wouldn’t take long before they could probably push through the Plateau themselves. As for Ye Tiandi was indeed good, and Chu Tiandi… well, he also looked somewhat human.
Upon hearing this, Ye Fan’s heart grew even more eager to meet Shi Hao and Shi Jian. Firstly, it was the genuine joy of old friends reuniting. Secondly, he was truly curious about Shi Hao’s rumored, omnipotent older brother.
Ye Fan seemed to have a sudden Epiphany regarding the new power dynamics. Chu Feng, however, was utterly bewildered by the cosmic chatter he heard. Nevertheless, he had now realized that although this Heavenly Emperor (Ye Fan) looked down on him a bit, he was indeed an ally. Putting everything else aside, in the present world, those who followed and helped him were basically people from the two Heavenly Emperors, and a large portion belonged to this Ye Tiandi.
After knowing they were allies, Chu Feng was no longer flustered. “What do you mean by all this cosmic talk? What am I supposed to do now?” he asked curiously, trying to gather his final intelligence.
Ye Fan rolled his eyes at him, dismissing the question: “It’s nothing, little True Immortal, just go play your part… Break through to the Dao-Grade Realm as soon as possible, or you’ll be useless.”
“???” Chu Feng was bewildered by the casual command.
Ye Fan waved his hand, his Immortal Emperor power easily overpowering all of Chu Feng’s protective contingencies, and directly threw him back into the spatial gate. He was sending Chu Feng back to his correct timeline. Chu Feng, at the True Immortal Realm, knew too much for his own safety and was utterly useless on the battlefield.
Chu Feng: …My dignity!
Leaving here, Ye Fan’s mood was inexplicably a bit displeased by the whole encounter. He led the vast Heavenly Court army to attack other major outposts of the Strange Clan, venting his frustration through decisive destruction.
“Is this the other shore of the World Sea?”
Leaving Soul River, Shi Jian and Shi Hao embarked on their monumental journey to Above the Heavens. Along the way, they encountered many terrifying sights: snow-stained tombs, sunsets of entire universes, and terrifying Chaos opportunities. A Quasi-Immortal Emperor within it could easily get lost if not careful.
At the speed of the Civilization Disc, it still took them a full one hundred years to finally reach Above the Heavens.
The scenery here was astounding. Chaos primordial Qi permeated the dimensions. One Universe after another stacked together like fragile bubbles. This Chaos Universe cluster was too vast, with an infinite number of worlds within it. Many of these worlds were no less inferior to Perfect World. It could be said this was the true Myriad Worlds. And this immensely vast sea of nebulae was Above the Heavens.
“A bit interesting, but it looks scarred!” Shi Hao spoke, frowning slightly. Within their line of sight, countless worlds came into view. Many worlds were incredibly dim, pitch black, with intertwined dark order, emitting a strange aura. Clearly, these places had been conquered and corrupted by the Strange Highland.
However, as they drifted in Above the Heavens, they saw no signs of people. Hundreds of years later, only then did they encounter traces of living, powerful beings.
A golden Immortal Temple was situated in Above the Heavens, existing eternally. It possessed a supreme aura that overlooked all ages.
“Who dares to disturb the peaceful cultivation of this sacred place?”
A woman with an extraordinary aura spoke cautiously, her expression grave as she looked at the rapidly approaching Civilization Disc. The aura emanating from this person was at the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level. With a wave of her delicate hand, her magical power was like a sea, carrying the power to suppress the years and time, causing heaven and earth to tremble and Laws to roar in defiance.
Shi Jian and Shi Hao became interested. This was the first time they had encountered living people in Above the Heavens that were not part of the Strange Clan. And more importantly, they felt the supreme aura unique to an Immortal Emperor emanating from within the Immortal Palace behind this woman. Behind her, there was an Immortal Emperor. And it was a normal Immortal Emperor, not a corrupted Strange Immortal Emperor. They had seen many Strange Immortal Emperors; such a normal one was quite rare.
“Who are you, and what is your purpose here?” Shi Jian stepped out of the Civilization Disc and asked, his voice shaking the local dimensions.
The woman suddenly felt a power that absolutely suppressed all worlds and their Laws. She trembled, her face filled with grave solemnity. A supreme being? An existence at the End of the Road level? When did such an existence appear in Above the Heavens? And one who was clearly not from the Strange Clan’s side?
“Which Fellow Daoist disturbs my peaceful cultivation?” As this Quasi-Immortal Emperor was at a loss, a clear voice rang out, like a silver bell, cutting through the long river of time.
In an instant, within the temple, brilliant rays of light bloomed, and a peerless woman walked out from the temple. She wore a black dress, her temperament was cold and proud, and a wisp of Dao Inscription appeared between her eyebrows, making her appear exceptionally bright and moving.
“I am Myriad Law, from the Great Realm of Perfect World!”
“I am Huang, from the Great Realm of Perfect World!”
Shi Jian and Shi Hao revealed their origins and their supreme titles.
“From the Great Realm?” A strange light emanated from the woman’s eyes. She gazed at the two of them, her face filling with profound surprise. Two Immortal Emperors?
After the ultimate battle, many great Realms lost contact with Above the Heavens, becoming lost lands. Unexpectedly, two Immortal Emperors actually emerged from there at once?
“I am Luo!” This Immortal Emperor revealed her identity.
Shi Jian was not surprised to hear this. This Immortal Emperor was peerless in grace, outstanding in Immortal Aptitude, and the supreme power within her body manifested as a tree blooming with countless flowers. With such characteristics, she was undoubtedly Hua Fen Di’s younger sister. Immortal Emperor Luo.
“Are you two truly from the Great Realm?” Luo’s eyes shone with immortal light, her heart somewhat excited.
Since the ultimate battle, the dark clan’s attacks had become even fiercer. Above the Heavens became precarious. High-end combat power gradually withered, like a dried-up pond. Now, two newly advanced Immortal Emperors suddenly arrived, crossing endless territories, which was indeed profoundly exciting.
“Do you two know about the Dark Creatures?” She asked the two of them. The Strange Clan’s pawns were spread everywhere; logically speaking, it was very difficult for anyone to rise in the Myriad Worlds without anyone’s protection. Unless these two did not encounter Dark Creatures when they rose…
Shi Jian spoke upon hearing this: “We came to Above the Heavens precisely to destroy the Dark Creatures. May I ask what the general situation of Above the Heavens is, now that we are here?”
Shi Jian knew some of the situation in Above the Heavens through the original work, but the original work wasn’t detailed enough. What was the actual, current situation? It still needed to be understood specifically.
Luo’s eyes were deep, and grand scenes appeared in the Void Realm as she projected history. “Eons ago, a Dark Ancestor rose from the Plateau, sacrificing the Great Realm with blood. My sister, Hua Fen Di, led the experts of the Heavens to resist, but ultimately failed…”
“From then on, the Dark Era began…” Luo spoke of an event. Her sister, Hua Fen Di, was the only existence who had reached the Dao-Grade level in countless epochs in the past. She contended with the Strange Ancestor but was ultimately besieged and killed.
Fortunately, the Strange Ancestor usually did not take action; it was always those Dark Immortal Emperor-level chief sacrificers who harvested the worlds again and again. Against the Strange Immortal Emperors, who were also Dark Immortal Emperor-level, Above the Heavens, although slightly disadvantaged in numbers, wouldn’t collapse immediately. There was still some room for resistance.
In addition to this, in this current era, Luo was not the only Immortal Emperor in Above the Heavens. Besides her, there were two other Immortal Emperors guarding the Universe territory and the Dark Battlefield, protecting Above the Heavens. They often fought against the Dark Factions.
Shi Jian’s understanding of Above the Heavens came entirely from the Sacred Ruins. During the Sacred Ruins era, only Luo remained as an Immortal Emperor in Above the Heavens. Now, there were a full three.
On the Strange Highland’s side, the Immortal Emperor combat power was correct: there were ten of them. However, they could constantly revive through the Plateau, which the Immortal Emperors of Above the Heavens could not compare to. The Immortal Emperors of Above the Heavens could only revive using resurrection armor or specific artifacts. Once the resurrection armor shattered, they would be eternally silenced. The Immortal Emperors of the Strange Highland, however, could continuously revive from the dark spring. Therefore, Above the Heavens was slowly getting worse.
Now, the several Immortal Emperors in Above the Heavens were currently researching the Reincarnation Reflection technique that reflected all living beings. They hoped that through this Law, one day they would be able to resurrect all Emperors, even resurrect Hua Fen Di.
In the original work, when Shi Hao came to Above the Heavens, he obtained the Reflection technique, then returned to Perfect World and resurrected some people. Shi Jian had thought that this Reflection technique was originally present in Above the Heavens. He didn’t expect that Above the Heavens was still researching it. However, in this life, all threats to their immediate circle had been cleared by Shi Jian. None of their relatives or friends had died. Therefore, they were not very concerned about this Reflection technique.
“Hua Fen Di, my brother and I have met her and spoken with her essence…” After obtaining some crucial information from Luo, Shi Jian also immediately informed Luo of this vital piece of information.