83: Chapter 83 The Carefree Emperor, the Age of Dharma Decline?

Gu Xuan's Divine Sense entered the jade pendant!

Deep inside, there was actually a remnant soul!

It was so faint that it was almost dissipating!

That aura, it was actually that of a Great Emperor!

The Great Emperor from hundreds of thousands of years ago.

He hadn't completely died; he had left a wisp of his remnant soul inside the jade pendant!

However, his remnant soul was entwined with a mass of black Qi!

It was Devilish Qi!

Gu Xuan frowned!

It wasn't because there was the aura of the Demon Race in the jade pendant, but because this Great Emperor's remnant soul seemed to have fallen into the demonic path!

Gu Xuan withdrew his Divine Sense and placed the jade pendant to the side.

"Old Ancestor, what's wrong?" Gu Chen asked in confusion.

Gu Xuan glanced at him. "It's nothing. The three of you go into secluded cultivation and achieve a Breakthrough to the Saint Realm within one month."

Gu Chen was stunned. "One month? Old Ancestor, I'm only in the Sovereign Realm right now!"

Gu Xuan interrupted him, "That's more than enough. If you don't achieve a Breakthrough, don't come out!"

Gu Chen opened his mouth. Is this for real?

Since the Old Ancestor has spoken, it seems there is no room for negotiation!

If the three of them don't achieve a Breakthrough, they won't get the rewards, and they'll be the only ones among them who aren't Saints!

Gu Xuan had no choice; he had to push them!

"Yes."

He walked two steps, then turned back and said, "Old Ancestor, what about Miss Ru's matter?"

"I will handle it myself."

Gu Chen nodded, then left with peace of mind.

Great!

She will definitely thank me!

And then reward myself with a flying kiss!

After Gu Chen left, Gu Xuan picked up the jade pendant.

Crack!

A mass of black Qi rushed out from the jade pendant!

The Devilish Qi was so dense it almost condensed into a physical form!

Gu Xuan raised his hand and pressed down lightly!

Easily suppressed!

The black Qi was pressed back, and along with that remnant soul, it was frozen in mid-air.

The remnant soul made a sound.

"Kill... kill me... I'm about to fall into the demonic path..."

Gu Xuan ignored it and waved his hand.

A golden light shot into the remnant soul!

Subsequently, the Devilish Qi dissipated rapidly!

A moment later, the Devilish Qi was gone, and the remnant soul calmed down.

A transparent phantom floated in mid-air.

With white hair and a beard, his eyes were much clearer.

He looked around blankly, feeling somewhat dazed.

"Th-this, where is this?"

His voice was extremely weak.

Gu Xuan looked at him. "The Desolate Ancient Continent."

The man was stunned. "The Desolate Ancient Continent? Am I still alive?"

"A remnant soul, about to dissipate."

The man looked down at his hands; they were transparent, almost invisible.

He smiled bitterly. "Yes, a remnant soul, about to dissipate."

He looked up at Gu Xuan, shocked!

Because he couldn't see through the person in front of him.

It wasn't that he couldn't see through his cultivation base, but that he couldn't sense anything at all!

It was as if what was sitting in front of him wasn't a person, but Heaven and Earth itself!

"Who are you?"

"Gu Family Ancestor."

The man was silent for a moment.

Gu Family?

Why hadn't he heard of it?

It must be a new power; it was normal not to know it.

Following that, he cupped his hands. "Thank you. I am Xiaoyao."

"The Great Emperor who repelled the Demon Race and sealed the passage hundreds of thousands of years ago?"

"Yes."

Great Emperor Xiaoyao's phantom remained in mid-air.

He looked down at his hands and smiled bitterly.

"Hundreds of thousands of years have passed. I didn't expect to be able to wake up again."

Gu Xuan leaned back on his recliner. "Tell me, what happened back then?"

Xiaoyao was silent for a moment before slowly recounting the story of that year.

Back then, the Demon Race invaded on a massive scale. Five Demon Emperors appeared, there were countless Quasi-Emperors, and the demon soldiers were like a tide!

The Emperor Clans, Holy Lands, and Loose Cultivators of the Desolate Ancient Continent all went to the battlefield!

They fought for a hundred years, and ninety percent died!

His voice was very calm, but suddenly, there was light in his eyes.

That was the light of the fires of war!

"Back then, I alone faced five Demon Emperors! We fought for seven days and seven nights! I killed three, heavily injured two, and drove them back to the Demon Realm!"

"But I was also heavily injured because of it, and Devilish Qi invaded my Divine Soul!"

He raised his hand and pointed to his wound. "Here, it was pierced by a Demon Emperor's claw. The Devilish Qi seeped in along the wound, and no matter what, I couldn't clear it."

Gu Xuan nodded.

That wound wasn't from ordinary Devilish Qi; it was the Origin Devilish Qi of a Demon Emperor, which had penetrated deep into his Divine Soul and was extremely difficult to clear.

Gu Xuan could see this point; without a powerful Physique and Saint-grade medicine, there was no way to control it.

"I originally wanted to go into secluded cultivation to heal, but I discovered that the Age of Dharma Decline was coming!"

Xiaoyao sighed. "Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi began to decline, the Laws of the Dao began to hide, and achieving the Sovereign Realm became increasingly difficult. Even becoming a Quasi-Emperor was hard, let alone the path to Immortal Ascension; that was even more impossible!"

"Back then, I calculated that within a few tens of thousands of years at most, the Desolate Ancient Continent would enter the Age of Dharma Decline!"

"By then, let alone Great Emperors, it would be hard for even Saints to appear!"

He looked at Gu Xuan. "And you are the strangest person I have ever seen."

Gu Xuan raised an eyebrow. "Strange?"

"In the Age of Dharma Decline, you were actually able to become a Great Emperor!"

Xiaoyao stared at him, looking at something that seemed impossible to happen!

"And the aura on you is even stronger than I was at my Peak!"

This was unreasonable!

Gu Xuan smiled and didn't explain.

There was no need to tell a remnant soul about the System.

Xiaoyao didn't press for answers either and continued to recount the events of that year.

He knew the Demon Race would definitely make a comeback!

So he reinforced the passage Seal, but it could only hold for hundreds of thousands of years. When the time came and the Seal loosened, the Demon Race would come again!

He couldn't let the Desolate Ancient Continent be without a Great Emperor.

So he left behind this jade pendant, sealing part of his Legacy and separating a wisp of his remnant soul that wasn't contaminated!

When the Age of Dharma Decline passed and Spiritual Qi recovered, if a fated person obtained the jade pendant, his remnant soul would awaken and give the Legacy to them!

Even if they couldn't become a Great Emperor, a Peak Quasi-Emperor could still protect the continent!

This was the worst-case scenario he had prepared for!

He just didn't expect that the remnant soul he thought wasn't contaminated had also been eroded by the Demon Race!

He sighed. His plans for so many years almost harmed himself, and also harmed the person who obtained the jade pendant!

He didn't dare to think that the fated person who obtained the jade pendant wouldn't be receiving a Legacy, but would just be courting death!

He also didn't expect the Demon Race's actions to come so quickly!

He looked at Gu Xuan.

"Thank you."

Gu Xuan waved his hand. "You have guarded the Desolate Ancient Continent for hundreds of thousands of years; you have already done your best."

Xiaoyao stood up and looked at the sky in the distance.

"The Seal is about to break. I can feel that the aura from the Demon Realm is getting stronger and stronger!"

"In three months at most, the passage will open."

He turned his head to look at Gu Xuan. "What do you plan to do?"

Gu Xuan took a sip of tea and said dismissively, "Wait for them to come."

Xiaoyao was stunned.

What did he mean by waiting for them to come? Wouldn't it be over once they arrived?

"Wait? You aren't going to take the initiative to attack?"

"Taking the initiative is so tiring. Waiting for them to come and wiping them all out at once saves time and effort."

He had lived for over a hundred thousand years and had never seen such an arrogant person.

You're quite arrogant, aren't you?

"You alone, can you fight five?" Xiaoyao asked.

Gu Xuan thought for a moment. "I can fight them easily."

Xiaoyao: "?"

Easily?

The way he said it, it sounded as simple as eating and drinking water to fight five Demon Emperors!

He's just bragging!

"The Demon Realm has many experts; can you handle it alone?"

Gu Xuan glanced at him. "Who said I was alone?"

Xiaoyao was stunned.

Gu Xuan raised his hand and pointed into the distance.

Jian Wuji, Yue Qingshuang, Yue Qingxue, Great Emperor Bai Yujing, and Ye Wuhen were all feeding fish by the pond.

The Four Great Divine Beasts were lying on the back mountain, basking in the sun!

Xiaoyao's Divine Sense swept over!

"Five Great Emperors?!"

His voice changed.

"And there are four Divine Beasts, also Great Emperors."

Xiaoyao was completely speechless.

Nine Great Emperors!

What kind of concept is this?!