Chapter 896: Gathering Place of Geniuses
Translator: Lordbluefire Editor: Lordbluefire
The City of Ancient Emperors was located in a boundlessly vast area of the immortal realms. All in all, the thirteen prefectures of the Eastern Sage could be considered at the western region of the immortal realms and was extremely far away from the City of Ancient Emperors.
Qin Wentian and the two others truly felt that they crossed millions and millions of miles. He was very clear that with his current cultivation, it was impossible for him to head towards the City of Ancient Emperors. If his cultivation base didn’t improve, he don’t even need to dream about it.
What sort of character was the Thousand Transformations Emperor Lord? Considering Qin Wentian’s cultivation base, with every step the Thousand Transformations Emperor Lord took a distance that would have taken Qin Wentian several months was traversed with ease. Qin Wentian couldn’t even imagine the disparity between them, they were simply not on the same level.
Finally, they were covered with dust as they arrived in front of a boundless ocean, with powerful raging waves that caused a constant rumbling sound as they crested and broke with each moment.
"We are here." The Thousand Transformations Emperor spoke, his words causing the expressions on Qin Wentian and the two others to freeze. Did they arrive?
Could it be that the City of Ancient Emperors is inside the ocean?
"This is the Eastern Ocean. It has already gained sentience and without having strength at the immortal king level, one won’t be able to cross this ocean." The Thousand Transformations Emperor Lord waved his hands and brought the three of them along, directly flying above the ocean. With a single step, they had already travelled a long way away from the shore.
As they proceeded amidst the violet churning waves, raging winds gusted the surrounding area. As time flowed by, Qin Wentian and the others saw a blackish maelstrom ahead. Over there the skies were completely grey and tornadoes could be seen ahead of them. There would also be bolts of destructive lightning flashing through the skies, striking downwards randomly at different spots. Such a fearsome sight would surely cause the hearts of those who saw it to turn heavy.
Qin Wentian and the others were protected by a layer of immortal light. However, they understood from seeing this that the moment ordinary people stepped within, they would instantly be lacerated or vaporized into nothingness by the natural disasters present.
However, the Thousand Transformations Emperor Lord directly rushed into the maelstrom. The layer of immortal light protecting them flashed resplendently, the Thousand Transformations Emperor Lord calmly made his way through as the disasters blasted at them. However, they realized that the destructive energy would collapse upon touching the layer of protective immortal light. The Thousand Transformations Emperor Lord didn’t seem to be bothered by the powerful destructive energy at all.
This scene created a huge rush of impact to Qin Wentian and the others. When one’s cultivation level reached an extremely terrifying point, they could even fight against the heavens and earth. Those boundless lightning bolts slammed down onto the Thousand Transformations Emperor Lord, but they were counter-absorbed as energy to nourish his body instead.
"What is that?" They stared ahead, amidst the violent churning ocean waves that were brimming with destructive energy, an extremely wide black-colored passageway could be seen. There was an old man sitting there cross-legged, allowing the waves to slam into him.
"How powerful." The hearts of Qin Wentian and the two others trembled when they saw this. They continued on their way and finally, they saw light before them, as though they would soon exit the passageway. However to their horror, after exiting the region of disaster, they saw gigantic tsunami waves crashing over and a majestic and inconceivably gigantic creature burst out of the ocean, soaring up into the air.
That creature, was actually a black dragon so gigantic that they couldn’t see the end of it. At the very least, it was over 10,000 feet large. Those huge saucer-like eyes struck terror in the hearts of those who saw them.
"Dragon Emperor, this seat is the Thousand Transformations Emperor Lord. I’m bringing three juniors to the City of Ancient Emperors." The Thousand Transformations Emperor Lord announced.
"What are their cultivation levels and how are their talents?" At this moment, the black dragon asked. Its voice was as loud as thunder, extremely terrifying to hear.
"They are all at the Celestial Phenomenon Realm. As for their talent, without a doubt all three of them can be graded as outstanding. If not, this seat wouldn’t have brought them here." The Thousand Transformations Emperor Lord replied.
"Alright. Celestial Phenomenon Ascendants will be given access to enter the first level of the City of Ancient Emperors. Give them to me." The black dragon opened its gigantic maw, swallowing the ocean waves.
"You guys have to cultivate well. The Dragon Emperor will naturally bring you all to the City of Ancient Emperors." The Thousand Transformations Emperor Lord spoke to Qin Wentian and the two others. After that, with a wave of his hand, a powerful light screen enveloped the three of them as they were sent into the huge maw of the black dragon by a mysterious power.
Closing its maw, the Thousand Transformations Emperor Lord nodded as he departed. The black dragon then turned and tunnelled right into the depths of the ocean, vanishing from sight.
The three of them could only wait quietly in the pitch-black darkness inside the dragon’s maw.
And after a long time, they felt themselves descending rapidly downwards with unbelievable speed.
The three of them actually fell from the sky, directly landing on the ground, causing a rumbling boom as three craters opened up. This was the second time Qin Wentian experienced such a thing. The first was when he just arrived at the immortal realms, the second was on this journey to the City of Ancient Emperors.
They couldn’t even resist the speed which they were being flung down in the slightest. The strength of the Dragon Emperor was simply too fearsome.
The three of them crawled out from the craters and instantly regarded their surroundings. The eastern ocean had already vanished and they were standing on a boundlessly vast land. Somehow, they appeared inside the City of Ancient Emperors, and this city was different from others in the outside world. This almost seemed like an independent space, and there were buildings as well as ancient peaks in the surroundings so high that they could touch the heavens. Far away, a number of beautiful palaces could be seen, and even further up ahead, ancient mountain pathways also existed.
What sort of miraculous place was this that it could cause all geniuses of the younger generations that stood at the peak to gather here?
At this moment, quite a few figures walked over. Among them was a young man with hair long enough to drape over his shoulders. He wore a robe made from beast hide and his skin was a metallic bronze. An incomparably wild aura exuded from him and he was seated atop a ferocious beast that was similar but even more fearsome compared to a lion. It was actually a desolate beast that went by the name of Golden Ni.
There was also a girl that radiated a rainbow-colored glow. She was extremely beautiful and she was now staring at Qin Wentian and the other two as she asked, "Oh, more people just arrived at the City of Ancient Emperors. I wonder would the three of you be able to survive here. Where are all of you from?"
The tone of the girl sounded extremely arrogant as a prideful light flashed in her eyes. Not only her, the others in the surroundings were all absolute geniuses, they emitted a natural kind of arrogance and it was clear that they had an extraordinary identity in the outside world.
"Eastern Sage Thirteen Prefectures. What about you, where are you from?" Jun Mengchen asked.
"Oh, I think I have heard of the Eastern Sage Thirteen Prefectures before. That should be an immortal empire at the western side of this immortal realms right? Are you three disciples of the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor?" The girl didn’t reply to Jun Mengchen as she continued her questions.
"Nope." Jun Mengchen answered.
"You aren’t even disciples of the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor? Or could it be that you are all disciples under an immortal king that’s a subordinate to the Eastern Sage Immortal Emperor? If that’s the case, you guys better take good care of yourselves." An evil smile appeared on the girl’s face and soon after, it was as though she lost interest as she slowly walked away.
The others also left. There would always be new people arriving in the City of Ancient Emperors, and there’s nothing fresh about it. They only came by for a look since they passed by here coincidentally.
In the City of Ancient Emperors, there were many descendants and personal disciples of powerful immortal emperors. As for disciples of immortal kings, they became the most common-kind of existences here, making up the vast majority.
"Disciples of immortal kings have no status here?" Jun Mengchen blinked. The tone of the girl’s voice seemed to be filled with disdain.
In the outside world, disciples of immortal kings have an extraordinary status and were extremely dazzling. Examples like Hua Taixu and Ruthless, they were personal disciples of immortal kings.
However in this place, disciples of immortal kings were extremely common existences. Although immortal kings are high up and supremely powerful existences in the thirteen prefectures...and would also be highly regarded in the immortal realms, there were simply way too many immortal kings compared to immortal emperors.
"Many of the people here are descendants and personal disciples of immortal emperors. Hence, disciples of immortal kings would seem more ordinary in comparison. However, that is only relative. Everything still has to be determined by the individual’s strength." Qin Wentian spoke. Jun Mengchen nodded in agreement. Identity and statuses were merely the admission ticket into this place. What matters most is still one’s strength and talent.
"But before she left, there was an evil-looking smile on her face and she even wished us luck? What did she mean by that?" Zi Qingxuan was more sensitive, especially so because she was also a woman. She could clearly sense something was wrong behind the smile of the girl they just met.
"I also noticed that. This place contains absolute geniuses who came here to temper themselves. There would surely be frequent clashes among the people here." Qin Wentian spoke in a quiet voice. He then continued, "Let’s walk around and get an understanding of this city first."
"Mhm," Zi Qingxuan nodded. After that, the three of them continued walking into the city.
In this ancient city, there would occasionally be experts passing them by. Qin Wentian discovered that everyone was at the Celestial Phenomenon Realm and this place should be the gathering place for ascendants. However, although everyone here was at the same realm, there were clearly plenty of extraordinary individuals around by the aura they emanated.
"Why are there sects here?" Ahead, there was a gigantic area divided from the city streets. Within, there were pavilions, buildings and even ancient peaks. At the entrance, three large words could be seen engraved - God Extermination Palace.
The tyrannical force that exuded from these three words was naturally the name of the sect.
"What an arrogant name." Jun Mengchen mumbled. God Extermination Palace, truly a name that didn’t know the immensity of heavens and earth. However, the people within might originate from a truly powerful background in the immortal realms.
From afar, those who just stepped out heard Jun Mengchen’s mumbling. Their eyes turned sharp and they walked over. All of them radiated an extraordinary aura and were clearly extremely strong.
The man in the lead was clad in luxurious golden robes and had an elegant demeanor. A crown could be seen on his head, he stared at the three of them as he asked, "Have the three of you just entered the City of Ancient Emperors?"
"Correct." Jun Mengchen nodded and asked, "Why are there sects within this place?"
"Haha, are you very puzzled? This is the place where geniuses at the peak gather. Other than frequent conflicts, there naturally would be like-minded individuals forming organisations and groups of their own, becoming brothers and sisters. It’s also an opportunity for networking. After they can survive and exit this place, the survivors would become major characters in the immortal realms after thousands of years. By then, in addition to the connections and friends they made in here, the sect they established would naturally be at the supreme tier and their fame would resound throughout the immortal realms."
Qin Wentian nodded, that was true as well. The people who entered this place were already geniuses at the peak. If they could survive, their futures would surely be limitless. And the friendship formed here would certainly be useful, considering almost everyone had a powerful background.
"Do the three of you want to join my God Extermination Palace?" That person laughed.
"No thanks, we just arrived. We will take our time to observe the other powers first." Jun Mengchen shook his head and rejected.
"Oh?" That young man laughed as he spoke in a carefree manner, "Since you don’t want to join, hand over your interspatial rings this instant."
Qin Wentian noticed the hidden intent within the smiles of these people. He also understood the underlying meaning of the evil smile on that girl they had just met. This place where monsters gathered, no ordinary individual should be here!