Second Senior Brother!

Stunned, Lin Xun fell into contemplation.

Ruo Su’s words clearly implied that Second Senior Brother, who had never shown his face so far, was currently in the Ancient Nebula Underworld!

“What kind of character is Second Senior Brother…?” Lin Xun couldn't help but wonder.

In the sky, the senior brothers and sisters of Fangchun Mountain could no longer be spotted. Lone Man and the old seer had also left one after another.

Lin Xun was left alone in the ruins of this heaven and earth.

“Senior Thousand Feather Sword Flower, your request…has been completed,” Lin Xun exhaled a long breath.

Back then, at the Great Emperor Pass, Thousand Feather Sword Flower had handed Lin Xun the Hearing Snow Bamboo Sword, asking him to pass it on to Xue Ya.[1]

Just now, Lin Xun had given it Senior Brother Xue Ya. The latter had been slightly stunned upon seeing it before he chortled, “I didn’t think that the little sword flower still remembered this, that’s very sentimental and faithful of her. I made the right decision helping her develop an intelligent mind.”

Lin Xun had also smiled.

Such was good karma. There was nothing quite like harvesting the fruits of your own good will.

After standing there alone for a long time, Lin Xun turned to leave.

He still clearly remembered what the golden cicada had said. The Nameless Esteemed Emperor had been defeated, but the source of the taboo tribulation power remained, so sooner or later, a new Nameless Esteemed Emperor would appear.

Once that time came, the Ancient Nebula Road would once again be shrouded in the shadow of taboo tribulation.

However, Lin Xun was no longer afraid.

Having witnessed Elder Senior Brother’s dashing style in combat and the peerless skill the golden cicada had casually displayed, it only strengthened Lin Xun’s belief in one thing—As long as one was strong enough, they would find that defeating the taboo tribulation power...was completely possible!

……

In a broken, barren, abandoned starfield.

The golden cicada youth and Burning Immortal Chen Linkong emerged from thin air.

The former’s eyes landed on a pretty girl whose original form was a white cicada. “It’s time. Get ready to leave, A’Bai.”

A look of annoyance flashed across the girl's face. “How many times have I told you not to call me A’Bai in front of outsiders!”

The golden cicada youth replied half-heartedly, “Okay, A’Bai.”

The girl was enraged, itching to rush up and give the golden cicada youth a crazy beating.

Chen Linkong, on the other hand, laughed in amusement. Then he asked, “Do you want to call the others?”

The golden cicada youth gazed into the depths of the barren star field, and only after a long time did he chuckle, “I'm afraid there’s no need. Among the fellows of this Ancient Wasteland Alliance, those who are able to leave have already set out before us.”

Chen Linkong did a brief scan with his spirit sense and was speechless. “Also, I think the ones who haven’t left have no intention to leave.”

The golden cicada youth nodded. “They’ve all been certified as Emperors and yet still can’t let go of trivial stuff. Whether they want to leave or not, there’s no need to force them.”

However, he suddenly frowned, “Wait, why is the Demon Crow Great Emperor among those who want to stay behind?”

A’Bai casually answered his question, “I heard someone chopped down the Sacred Fusang Tree in Sunset Current Valley in the Ancient Wasteland Domain. It infuriated the old bastard so much that he swore to get back at the culprit, and it’s become his obsession. Although he's in seclusion now, he's surely going to take revenge once he’s out.”

“I see.” The golden cicada youth then asked, “Where is Fei Lan?”

Fei Lan was a terrifying being in Mulberry Woodland whose true form was a blood-colored moth. He had also been a sworn friend of Tianque who was the original master of the No-Nonsense Bow.

Back in Mulberry Woodland, he had once helped Lin Xun kill his enemies.

“Gone,” replied A’Bai.

The golden cicada youth sank into silence.

The master of the No-Nonsense Bow, Tianque, was a worldly hero highly regarded by the golden cicada, but long ago, he had fallen victim to a fatal ambush, which Demon Crow Great Emperor had taken advantage of to kill him.

After the No-Nonsense Bow had fallen into Lin Xun's hands, its weapon spirit Wuque had broken free from Sunset Current Valley. The golden cicada youth didn’t even need to guess to know that the cutting down of the Sacred Fusang Tree and the escape of Wuque had to do with Lin Xun.

“The kid cut down the Sacred Fusang Tree that the Golden Crow Clan considers their lifeblood. No wonder Demon Crow Great Emperor is so angry that he refuses to leave for the other side of the cosmos…

“Another blood feud, and ultimately the blame is definitely going to be put on that kid…”

The golden cicada youth shook his head at the thought of this. He had no intention of interfering in this matter.

The disciples of Fangchun Mountain had departed, but how could they not have left some preparations on the Ancient Nebula Road?

If Demon Crow Great Emperor deemed the young Lin Xun an easy target, then he would be gravely mistaken.

“Let's go.” The trio vanished shortly afterward.

Meanwhile, in the depths of the seemingly abandoned starfield, there was a boiling lagoon of molten lava that stretched across the void. Even the stars circulating around it were ablaze with flames that reached hundreds of thousands of feet.

Deep under the lagoon, fire law power took the form of thick python dragons, and they were all swimming around an old man clad in a golden robe.

He sat cross-legged, and with every breath he took, this body and spirit seemed to transform into a vast world filled with nothing but terrifying flames.

He was Demon Crow Great Emperor, a patriarchal figure in the Ancient Wasteland Alliance, a cold-blooded, supreme expert who had claimed countless lives!

As soon as the golden cicada’s group left, the eyes of the secluded Demon Crow Great Emperor flew open.

In that instant, a pair of blazing suns seemed to rise in his pupils!

“If you, golden cicada, hadn’t been restraining me all these years, then I would have long since broken out of this place and conquered the stars. Instead of being trapped here, I could have stopped that thief from chopping down our clan’s Sacred Fusang Tree!”

His eyes raged with a frightening fire that looked eager to devour people. “Now, I can finally leave…”

Boom!

Demon Crow Great Emperor rose to his feet. All of a sudden, the huge lagoon of molten lava that spanned across the stars was swiftly swallowed into him.

He was like a great sun of infinite radiance that illuminated the whole barren starfield.

“This old man finally couldn't hold back.”

“The Sacred Fusang Tree is one of the Four Sacred Trees, and it’s also the main reason why the Golden Crow Clan can exist to this day, so how could old Demon Crow not be anxious after it was destroyed?”

In the dark void, one force of will appeared after another when they sensed Demon Crow Great Emperor's actions.

“Are you waiting to see what kind of show I’ll act out?” questioned Demon Crow Great Emperor icily, his voice echoing through the starfield.

The conversing forces of will immediately became quiet like cicadas in winter.

Swish!

Demon Crow Great Emperor proceeded to set out the next second!

However, before he could leave the starfield, a bang resounded. He only felt a sharp pain in the back of his head as though he had been viciously slapped there. It caused him to stagger, and his vision went black.

“Who!?” he roared in rage while emitting fire law power that incinerated the heavens. Vaguely, the figure of a three-legged golden crow obscured the starry sky with immeasurable might.

“For the next one hundred years, you may not take a step out of this place,” rang an ethereal voice.

Demon Crow Great Emperor was terrified. Even with his cultivation, he was unable to capture the source of the voice.

This meant that the other party's cultivation level was far above his!

Demon Crow Great Emperor's face was instantly clouded over. The sudden event was upsetting him so much that he almost vomited blood. All these painstaking years of waiting for the moment the golden cicada finally left, only to be thwarted as soon as he tried to roam free!

“Did you hear me?” resounded that ethereal voice again.

Demon Crow Great Emperor remained silent because how could he be willing to submit?

Bang!

He received another slap on the back of his head. Gold stars filled his eyes.

He was a Great Emperor, an unearthly lord of a great territory, and yet, someone was treating him like they were a senior lecturing a child. Shame washed over him, and it caused his face to redden.

It was simply bullying!

“Who are you?! Do you dare come out and fight?” shrieked Demon Crow Great Emperor, shaking the galaxy with his voice.

His reply was a gigantic, white, slender hand that came down across the billions of stars. The hand was unimaginably big, with each finger looking like they held the power to shatter this piece of the universe.

Demon Crow Great Emperor was unable to dodge. The hand grabbed him like a bug and ruthlessly threw him to the deepest part of this barren starfield.

Boom!

Countless sparks of Law Power surged forth from nothing. They formed a huge mountain, which suppressed Demon Crow Great Emperor underneath it.

It was only at this moment did Demon Crow Great Emperor feel an unprecedented fear. His opponent was too strong, so strong that he had no chance to fight back or struggle!

“I have sworn that I would not kill a single member of the Ancient Wasteland Alliance, so you can get yourself out after a hundred years, old Demon Crow. You are advised to be on your best behavior.”

After leaving those remarks, the ethereal voice then completely vanished.

This marked the bad ending of Demon Crow Great Emperor’s furious emergence and plan to embark on the path of revenge. He had been dominated and imprisoned before he could even leave!

The people behind the forces of will who were watching from the shadows were all dazed.

Such a powerful character like Demon Crow Great Emperor got suppressed just like that?

“How could it be you…” Demon Crow Great Emperor seemed to finally remember something and revealed a look of disbelief.

The one who once swore not to kill a single member of the Ancient Wasteland Alliance is that golden cicada!

But how did his cultivation get so terrifying?

Just who exactly is he…?

Demon Crow Great Emperor's heart tumbled as it went through a storm. He knew the golden cicada. Over these boundless years here, the one he had always found most unfathomable and most unlikable was precisely that golden cicada who liked ‘chatting.’

However, never in his dreams had Demon Crow Great Emperor expected that the unshowy, seemingly ordinary cicada would be so powerful!

On a small path separated by countless galaxies away, the golden cicada was smiling. “One hundred years…should be enough.”

Next to him, Chen Linkong said, “In the end, you still couldn't help but do something about it.”

The golden cicada sighed, “Very long ago, I listened to the dao being preached at Fangchun Mountain for thirty years before a complete epiphany finally dawned upon me. The Master of Fangchun Mountain commented that my dao was above Heaven, but to me, the favor he had given me is much bigger than that. Even now, I still haven’t reached his level.”

Even if my dao is really above Heaven, how could it be greater than the favor he bestowed upon me?

Chen Linkong asked, “How strong do you think the Master of Fangchun Mountain was?”

“Far beyond what you and I can imagine,” the golden cicada said while striding away.

Chen Linkong was startled, and there was a flash of shock in his eyes.

He had always reckoned that the Master of Fangchun Mountain was an extremely lofty existence, but if that person was even loftier than that, then what kind of level was he?

Meanwhile, on the other side of the Ancient Nebula Road that had been isolated for eons, in a palace surrounded by immortal aura, an alarming cry rang out and cut through the silence that had reigned this place for forever.

“We have an alarming situation…on the other side of the cosmos!”

1. See chapter 1660 ☜