Chapter 1661: Ancient Covenant

Li Luo's eyes were focused on the yellowed and ancient piece of paper in Heavenly Emperor Jiang's hands, his expression becoming more and more serious. The moment the object had appeared, he could sense all sorts of terrifying gazes piercing through the void, directed towards this location.

It looked like a thin piece of paper, but it carried unfathomable weight. Even a Heavenly Emperor might not be able to move it.

"Is that... the legendary Ancient Covenant?"

Li Luo guessed, his heart beating in trepidation.

He had vaguely identified the object when he heard the whispers of the countless Heavenly Emperors. There was no behemoth like the Sacred Void Resonance Sect in the current era, an organization that could rally all of the experts of their time. There was no Legendary Sect Master that could slaughter Divine Fruit Heavenly Emperors either.

That said, each era had their own means to deal with the largest problems. The fact that the ten divine continents were still resisting the Others from the Shadow World without the Sacred Void Resonance Sect meant that they had their own unique methods.

In this case, it was the Ancient Covenant. The Heavenly Emperors of the world had sworn an oath of blood over this alliance, forming a deep resonance with the divine continents themselves. In a way, the covenant was the physical embodiment of the Heavenly Emperors' close cooperation and agreement to band together.

Despite being a Divine Fruit Heavenly Emperor, Heavenly Emperor Jiang was barely strong enough to hold the piece of paper in his hand.

He slowly raised his hand, then the piece of paper started to slowly float in mid air. At this moment, the vast worldly natural energy around them compressed into a roiling torrent that poured into the paper.

After which, he turned towards Li Jingzhe with a smile.

"Heavenly Emperor Jingzhe, this is the Ancient Covenant of the Divine Continents. Whenever a Heavenly Emperor ascends, they are asked if they wish to protect this land with all of their heart and soul and are given the option to leave their resonance imprint on it and increase its power.

"Furthermore, we wish to activate it. Doing so requires three Heavenly Emperors who have left their imprint on it to join hands. We're missing one participant. Heavenly Emperor Jingzhe, are you willing to leave your imprint?"

Li Jingzhe looked at the ancient piece of paper. He had long known about the Ancient Covenant but had never seen it in person. After all, only the mysterious Heavenly Emperors had the right to leave their imprints on it.

He simply wasn't qualified in the past.

"Protecting the ten divine continents means protecting my descendents. Heavenly Emperor Jiang, if you have no issues with an old man like myself leaving his imprint on the Ancient Covenant, I will do my part."

Li Jingzhe didn't have a single word of protest. The ten divine continents were at a perilous tipping point. If they didn't stop the Shadow World's Grand Devil Kings from descending, they would definitely face destruction.

Heavenly Emperor Zhang was all smiles as he said, "Heavenly Emperor Jingzhe, you are the youngest Heavenly Emperor in this era. You can't refer to yourself as an old man..."

After hearing those words, Li Jingzhe came to the realization that he was truly much younger than these veteran Heavenly Emperors. Therefore, it was embarrassing to call himself an old man before them.

He chuckled to himself awkwardly before stretching his hand out, causing a droplet of blood essence to appear. The droplet of blood essence contained his vast Authority. If one inspected it closely, they could make out a roaring golden dragon, a Heavenly Thunder Bamboo swaying in the thunderclouds, tempestuous gusts of wind, and torrential heavy rain. The last one was Li Jingzhe's fourth resonance, the rain resonance.

That single droplet of blood contained his four Authorities, and they landed on the piece of paper. The moment it made contact, it seeped in and created a blurry figure of Li Jingzhe.

Weng!

A myriad of lights swept out above the Ancient Covenant, forming a sky filled with stars. On each star was a single blurry figure. Every one of them looked towards Li Jingzhe and smiled, cupping their hands in greeting.

Li Jingzhe serenely returned the greeting, his gaze focused on a specific figure. That individual resembled a youth, though he could sense that it was Ancestor Li Jun.

The light in the sky then faded away, returning to the piece of paper.

Heavenly Emperor Jiang then held up the Ancient Covenant in both hands as it expanded to a size so large that it covered the sky, its shadow enveloping the entirety of the Xia Kingdom.

It was like a huge star hanging in the sky.

A green Divine Fruit was beating like a heart deep in the mark between Heavenly Emperor Jiang's brows. Boundless emerald life force gushed out of it like a flood, forming a heaven-toppling figure that stood tall and upright behind him.

𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

It looked incredibly majestic and its skin was engraved with the most primordial wood resonance marks, which resembled a primordial ancestral tree from afar.

Li Luo, being the owner of a wood resonance, could sense all of the resonant power within his body vanish, attracted towards Heavenly Emperor Jiang's enhanced figure.

He wasn't the only one—he could see all of the wood resonant power across the land ascending into the sky, eventually condensing into a sea of power that then surged into the ancient greenwood manifestation.

It was as though the wood resonant power had encountered the true wood resonance.

Seeing Li Luo's surprised look, Li Jingzhe explained, "That is the Divine Fruit Ancestral Physique, something that only Divine Fruit Heavenly Emperors are capable of wielding. It's capable of changing the heavens and plucking stars from the sky.

"The art transforms the user's body into the origin of their resonance. When it is active, it gathers the power of everyone nearby with the same resonance type to bolster the user's strength. All of this happens automatically, so the user doesn't have to absorb the energy himself.".

Li Luo sucked in a breath of cold air. "Ah... how terrifying."

He was now at the Seventh Transcendent Duke Stage and his wood resonance was at the middle ninth-grade, yet he was incapable of preventing his wood resonant power from vanishing. Furthermore, this wasn't even an intentional act by Heavenly Emperor Jiang. It was hard to imagine the pressure an actual opponent would face.

If Li Luo were to face such an enemy, his wood resonance would basically belong to his opponent. Completely removing the ability to control his resonance was mind-boggling. It was no surprise that Divine Fruit Heavenly Emperors were considered the undisputed pinnacle experts of the world.

At this point, the Divine Fruit Ancestral Physique lifted up the gigantic Ancient Covenant, rose into the sky, and flew towards the gap in the Realm Wall.

The peeping eyes from behind the wall came to an abrupt halt as fear could be sensed in their gazes.

"You shall not pass."

The voice of Heavenly Emperor Jiang's Divine Fruit Ancestral Physique boomed with so much power that the stars were shaken. The entire East Divine Continent could hear his words clearly.

But then a gloomy voice thundered in response from behind the Realm Wall. "Heavenly Emperor Jiang, a gap has already appeared in the Realm Wall. You cannot stop the Origin Reversion War!"

At this moment, every living being within the ten divine continents could see a humongous black sun slowly rising higher at the end of the sky behind the Realm Wall. In the middle of the great sun was a gigantic face that resembled a devil god.

"Umbra Eclipse Grand Devil King!"

When Heavenly Emperor Zhang saw the gigantic black sun, he revealed a hint of fear. That was a Divine Fruit Grand Devil King! It was one of the most horrifying beings in the Shadow World, one that was ranked near the top.

It had appeared within the Nobles' Battlefield once, and countless Heavenly Emperors from the divine continents had to band together in order to barely repel it.

Another terrifying aura emerged right after, only to greedily stare at the living creatures present.

Neither of them dared to breach the Realm Wall, however, as Heavenly Emperor Jiang roused the Ancient Covenant into action.

"Heavenly Emperor Jiang, do you wish to activate the Ancient Covenant? That is a futile move as it weakens every time you activate it. The Heavenly Emperors within the Nobles' Battlefield will have to bear even greater pressure after this," threatened the Umbra Eclipse Grand Devil King gloomily.

However, Heavenly Emperor Jiang ignored its threats. The divine continents were what the Heavenly Emperors were protecting, and if anything happened here, it would undoubtedly lead to more chaos.

They were on the precipice of imminent catastrophe and couldn't afford any internal disputes.

Thus, they absolutely could not allow the Grand Devil Kings from the Shadow World to descend and kick off the Origin Reversion War.

The Divine Fruit on Heavenly Emperor Jiang's forehead blazed with even more vitality. A grand display of figures emerged from it, accompanied by the endless whispers of the Heavenly Emperors of the land. His eyes flowed with divine light as he took a deep breath, announcing a grand declaration in coordination with the whispers of the Heavenly Emperors.

"With the Ancient Covenant as witness, there will be no Heavenly Emperors within the divine continents for the next ten years."