deltrittennovels Chapter 497 Stepping onto the Fourth Step
Chapter 497 Stepping onto the Fourth Step
In this dimly lit space, Lin Hanzhou felt a bone-chilling cold rush from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, making every strand of his hair stand on end.
This great emperor was nailed to this spot by his own supreme imperial weapon!
What a bizarre way to die!
This is utterly ridiculous, yet it exudes an extremely eerie and chilling quality!
In the ironclad rules of the cultivation world, all cultivators, especially those who have reached the Great Emperor realm, must adhere to these rules.
Their natal imperial weapons are supreme treasures forged by cultivating them day and night with their own imperial blood essence, divine soul imprints, and even their own laws, and by weathering the heavenly tribulations together!
Imperial weapons are the second life of the emperors; they are extensions of their limbs and the embodiment of their souls!
The idea of "an imperial weapon devouring its master" is absolutely impossible in the realm of a Great Emperor!
Moreover, even if someone forcibly takes away your imperial weapon with supreme power, the imprint inside the imperial weapon will fight back desperately.
Trying to kill the Emperor himself with his own weapon is hundreds or thousands of times more difficult than killing him directly!
Standing on the steps, Lin Hanzhou felt that his worldview had been severely impacted.
"Was his mind possessed by some indescribable entity, and he ultimately used his weapon to commit suicide?"
"No, that's not right. His remaining resentment only contained bitterness and anger, not a desperate tendency toward self-destruction."
"That is... above this immortal path, there exists some extremely terrifying mechanism or creature."
"This being not only possesses the power to instantly kill an emperor, but also the means to 'forcibly turn' or 'forcibly sever' the soul bond between an emperor and his natal imperial weapon in an instant!"
"Then, that being snatched the spear from the emperor's hand and, in an extremely humiliating manner, with a backhand thrust, nailed this invincible master to the path of immortality he had so desperately pursued!"
Lin Hanzhou shook his head violently, forcibly banishing all the chilling speculations from his mind.
"Whether he committed suicide or was killed by some unknown entity."
"This imperial corpse and this spear that has absorbed 100,000 years of immortal energy are an untouchable vortex of cause and effect."
Originally, a supreme imperial weapon imbued with immortal energy would be an unparalleled treasure that could drive the world mad for any cultivator.
If the Supreme Being were here, he would probably have already gone up with bloodshot eyes to pull out a gun and loot the corpse.
But Lin Hanzhou did not.
His dictionary is engraved with four words: steady and cautious.
"This thing is full of eeriness and misfortune, let whoever wants to touch it touch it. If you pull out the spear and trigger some kind of locking mechanism, attracting that monster that can turn the imperial weapon against you, it will be very troublesome."
Lin Hanzhou took a deep look at the purple-robed emperor's corpse, suppressing his curiosity and greed with extreme restraint.
He didn't go forward to touch the corpse even slightly, nor did he touch the alluring golden spear.
He even bypassed the center of the steps where the corpse was, and instead stepped onto the 224th step, hugging the very edge of the stairs.
If you can't afford to offend them, you can at least avoid them.
This is the true principle for surviving to the end.
After passing the eerie imperial corpse, Lin Hanzhou continued his ascent from the 224th step.
Level 250...
Level 300...
Level 350...
I don't know how long we climbed.
As the levels of the immortal path continued to rise, the immense pressure of the immortal laws exerted on Lin Hanzhou reached a terrifying level that was completely indescribable.
At this moment, with each step Lin Hanzhou took upwards, the golden steps beneath his feet emitted a mournful cry, utterly unable to bear the weight.
Every drop of the Emperor's essence blood within his body emitted a roaring sound like a raging sea within his meridians, desperately resisting the external pressure that seemed to want to crush him into nothingness.
He was still enjoying the physical tempering brought about by this extreme pressure, and deep within his bones, the golden immortal patterns were becoming increasingly bright.
However, apart from these microscopic changes from within his body, the external environment made Lin Hanzhou feel an unprecedented sense of oppression.
Because it's too clean.
Yes, it's clean.
Or rather, it is absolute stillness and emptiness.
Ever since he saw the purple-robed emperor who had been nailed to death by his own imperial weapon on the 223rd step.
From level 224 all the way to level 399.
Lin Hanzhou saw nothing more on the more than one hundred wide golden steps!
There were no other imperial corpses, no lost magical artifacts, no scratches left from the battle, and not even a single drop of dried blood!
In the dimly lit space, it seemed as if he was the only one left.
Only the thick, almost liquid-like golden mist silently permeated the surroundings, obscuring the view and concealing the unknown fear.
"Could it be that among all the incredibly talented emperors and sovereigns throughout history, only that purple-robed emperor has reached this point?"
Lin Hanzhou gasped for breath under the immense pressure, his deep gaze searching the empty stairs, his doubts growing ever stronger.
"Impossible. The supreme beings who have disappeared in the various forbidden zones of life, plus the emperors who stepped onto the path of immortality in their later years, add up to at least eighty or one hundred. Even if the threshold of the path of immortality is extremely high and eliminates quasi-emperors, there shouldn't be only one corpse left."
"So, where did the others go?"
"Did they go further than this purple-robed emperor and die at a higher point on the steps? Or perhaps..."
A chilling thought suddenly surged into Lin Hanzhou's mind.
"Or is there some special mechanism on this path to immortality? Were those emperors who died along the way, along with their imperial weapons, all... 'cleaned up' by some entity? Or rather... 'eaten up'?"
The reason why the purple-robed emperor was left behind might be due to some accident, or perhaps he was used as a "landmark" to deter those who came after him.
The deeper one thinks about it, the more this fear, which breeds in extreme emptiness, gnaws at reason like a venomous snake.
Fortunately, Lin Hanzhou's Dao heart was as firm as a rock. He forcefully cut off these useless delusions and concentrated all his spiritual power on resisting the heavy pressure of the laws and climbing.
"No matter what lies ahead, I will walk this road to its end and see what it holds!"
Lin Hanzhou gritted his teeth, and a dense aura of blood and qi erupted from his body, forcibly pushing back the surrounding dim yellow mist by three feet.
"Thump!"
With a deep, resounding boom like an ancient war drum, Lin Hanzhou, bearing the terrifying pressure that could crush galaxies, stepped onto the four hundredth golden step with great difficulty!