The Human Emperor

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

Qi Blood Darkening can only persist for five days. I have to find that divine embryo in that area as quickly as possible, but no matter what, when my time is up, I have to return. Moreover, if I’m gone from the capital for too long, someone might start getting suspicious! Wang Chong quietly said to himself.

Even though he had made ample preparations before leaving, such as having Miyasame Ayaka disguise herself as him and show his face from time to time, Wang Chong knew that it would be impossible to deceive Genesis Supreme over the long term.

Even if this man couldn’t enter the capital, he still had other ways of investigating.

Wang Chong did not have as much time as it seemed.

Swoosh!

Once he was about ten li away, Wang Chong stopped holding back. His Stellar Energy blazed as he used the Shadow Fiend Art to vanish into void, advancing into the north with astonishing speed.

At this point, even if one were within one thousand feet of Wang Chong, one would find it very hard to see Wang Chong.

The Shadow Fiend Art was even faster than the Starlight Step, making him nigh undetectable. But still, something had been perceived, and mental waves slowly scanned the area. However, they did not find Wang Chong.

Several hundred li away, Wang Chong had already successfully escaped, and he placed all his focus on the divine embryo.

As time passed, the realm was calm and peaceful.

In the King of Foreign Lands Residence, Miyasame Ayaka, the new ‘King of Foreign Lands’, made occasional appearances, and Genesis Supreme’s men seemingly noticed nothing strange.

Around two days later, Wang Chong reached an extremely barren and desolate region between the capital and Beiting.

Precipitous peaks rose from the earth like blades and swords, vast and magnificent, their slopes covered in lush forests. It all exuded an extremely primitive atmosphere.

Such heaven-piercing mountains, grandiose and bursting with mystery, were not uncommon in the realm.

But if one looked carefully, one would discover that near the base of the mountain, concealed under the forest canopy, was a strange forest of black stones.

The stones were randomly distributed like scattered swords, but they were also like burning flames that were difficult to approach.

The Mountains of Oblivion!

This was the name given to these stones by the Beiting Protectorate!

Though these mountains were lush, the strange and craggy stones at their base made it impossible for warhorses to get close, as they would easily get injured. Not even pasturing was possible, so both the Tang and Hu ignored this region.

The region was also extremely remote. Whether one was coming from the north, south, east, or west, whether one was engaging in commercial activity or mobilizing soldiers, one would never have to pass through this area.

…Unless one intentionally came to find it!

Even the name of the mountains had been chosen very casually.

In truth, few people knew this name, because nobody really cared.

But Wang Chong knew the name. In the apocalyptic era, these randomly distributed black rocks that looked like tongues of flame earned the mountains the name of ‘Mountains of Black Flame’!

In the apocalyptic era, it had served as a gathering place for refugees in the north, though humanity later retreated to the south.

“This is the place!”

As Wang Chong looked at those strange stones, his hair tossed around by the chilly winds, a smile crept onto his lips.

“Finding the Black Flame Mountains is the same as finding the divine embryo!”

Bang!

The moment he arrived, he sent a vast amount of Psychic Energy radiating out into his surroundings and then surging into the ground.

The Black Flame Mountains covered an immense area of seventy to eighty li.

Wang Chong had not participated in that earthshaking battle, so he only knew that the divine embryo was beneath the Black Flame Mountains, not its exact location.

In addition, the ground here was too tough to physically search, so he could only use Psychic Energy to search for the divine embryo’s location.

Buzz!

Wang Chong’s Psychic Energy searched under the ground, and all he could ‘see’ was darkness. One thousand feet, two thousand feet, three thousand feet… Wang Chong’s Psychic Energy probed deeper and deeper. In a few moments, he had already gone down ten thousand feet.

But the only thing under the various kinds of soil and loose rock was solid lithosphere.

After searching the entire area, Wang Chong did not discover anything special.

“It’s still not enough. I have to go deeper!”

Wang Chong’s eyes flashed, and he immediately strengthened his Psychic Energy.

A few moments later, Wang Chong had delved down to a depth of twenty thousand feet.

Any deeper and I’ll hit the granite layer! Wang Chong said to himself.

Ordinary warriors rarely paid much attention to the underground world, but Wang Chong knew the composition of the earth like the back of his hand. Farther down, the soil would be replaced entirely by firm rock.

As expected, a few moments later, Wang Chong sensed hard and tough rock appearing in his senses.

Wang Chong’s Psychic Energy clearly began to significantly slow as it passed through, but it still moved at an extremely fast pace.

Thirty thousand feet!

Forty thousand feet!

Sixty thousand feet!

Still, Wang Chong turned up nothing.

Sixty thousand feet!

This was nearly twenty thousand meters, already surpassing the depth of the Origin Immortal Cave. Even a Subtle realm expert like Wang Chong would start suffering from oxygen deficiency at this depth.

Wang Chong creased his brow and called out, “Nightmare Beast, help me search!”

Bang!

As Wang Chong called out, the Nightmare Beast Core trembled, and then a torrent of Psychic Energy howled out and surged into the depths of the earth.

Two hundred thousand feet!

In a flash, the Nightmare Beast’s Psychic Energy reached a depth of two hundred thousand feet, equivalent to sixty thousand meters.

This depth was enough to make almost anyone despair.

The strength displayed by the Nightmare Beast was truly astonishing.

Even though Wang Chong’s Psychic Energy was far above that of his peers, he was but a minor character compared to the Nightmare Beast.

This was the strength of the Nightmare Beast!

“How is it?” Wang Chong asked the Nightmare Beast.

A few moments later, the Nightmare Beast’s voice rang out in Wang Chong’s mind. “Master, there’s nothing, only darkness! The surroundings are just rocks.”

At the same time, Wang Chong’s soul linked with the Nightmare Beast, and he was able to see the scene two hundred thousand feet beneath the surface.

Just as the Nightmare Beast had said, it was nothing but darkness and dense rock.

Moreover, this rock was as dense as steel, different from the rock Wang Chong was used to. However, even though the Nightmare Beast’s Psychic Energy covered a range of several hundred li, far greater than the area covered by the Black Flame Mountains, there was still no sign of the divine embryo.

“What’s going on? So deep but still no sign of the divine embryo?”

Wang Chong’s brow furrowed even tighter.

Planning was one thing, but actually probing the earth was something else.

Wang Chong had worried before that the divine embryo might have been discovered early by some supreme expert, making this entire project futile.

No!

In his last life, during the apocalyptic era, Wang Chong had been curious as to how the divine embryo’s intense energy ripples had never been noticed. Why had people only noticed during the apocalypse?

But now, after delving down two hundred thousand feet into the earth in search of the divine embryo, Wang Chong immediately knew that finding the divine embryo would not be as simple as he imagined.

At the very least, finding its general location would not suddenly make it appear right at his fingertips!

Though he was somewhat depressed, he remained cool and collected.

Impossible! There’s no reason for the divine embryo to not be here!

There are only two possibilities. The first is that my reincarnation changed far too much, even affecting the divine embryo so that it didn’t appear in this region!

The other possibility is that the divine embryo is here, but it’s buried even deeper. This would also explain why no one has ever realized the existence of something as powerful as the divine embryo!

One thought after another flitted through Wang Chong’s mind as his hair danced in the wind.

The divine embryo was his best weapon against Genesis Supreme and the entire Celestial God Organization. He could not lose it, as he no longer had the time to slowly cultivate.

The worst scenario was that the divine embryo had disappeared due to the changes in history. But if the divine embryo was buried even deeper…

Wang Chong could already sense the pressure that came from the frightening depth of two hundred thousand feet, sixty thousand meters!

At this depth, even the Nightmare Beast was beginning to slowly approach its limit. Even the Nightmare Beast would find it hard to go much deeper.

Wang Chong instantly found himself facing a difficult decision.

Even if the divine embryo was right below him, it would probably be past a depth of two hundred thousand feet, and not even the Nightmare Beast could search that depth.

This was a formidable natural barrier!

“Nightmare Beast, lend me a hand! I’m going to think of a way to find the divine embryo!” Wang Chong said.

He had gone to great lengths to have the Stone of Destiny unlock this Qi Blood Darkening ability to deceive Genesis Supreme. If he returned empty-handed, he would live forever under the shadow of Genesis Supreme and the men in black.

That would mean that Wang Chong had failed.

He could not accept this.

Buzz!

A moment later, Wang Chong closed his eyes and used one of the abilities he had learned from the High Priest’s ‘Forbidden Art Sea’.

“Origin Spirit!”

Wang Chong’s hands formed a seal, upon which a dark-green and ancient symbol appeared in his mind. Psychic Energy began to congregate and condense onto this symbol as if it was a black hole.

After some time, a strange chant imbued with the mysterious principles governing the heavens and earth rang out:

Wang Chong’s mind exploded with light, and a moment later, Wang Chong imagined his soul breaking free of its chains, upon which a golden ball of soul energy emerged from his head.

This was no longer his imagination!

This was reality!

The golden ball of light floated above Wang Chong’s head like a miniature sun.