Way of Heaven

Chapter 25 – All shall submit!

Translator: BipBop

Stars dotted the sky, adorning the night, the moon hanging in a vacuum.

“Ugh!”

Si Xu of the three-eyed race yelled, his face flushed red, blue veins bulging. His cultivation of a tenth stage transformation realm began to exert its full power. His third eye was opened wide, desperately trying to endure the invisible pressure.

Si Xu slowly raised his right foot, trying his best to take a step forward. He needed to stabilize his body. But, the invisible force grew a sliver stronger, putting the nail in the coffin. Si Xu was blown back.

Blagh!

Violently spurting blood, Si Xu glanced above, his eyes full of unwillingness. He was 8900 meters high. After more than several dozen hours of climbing, Si Xu’s cultivation, tempered by the pressure, had increased significantly. He had become stronger. He was happy.

However, if he could reach the 9000 meters mark, he felt his limits would be broken. He might even break into the new realm on the spot. His strength might even reach Emperor Yu’s!

He couldn’t take a step, no matter how hard he steeled himself. He wasn’t willing to let this opportunity, but…

If he insisted on advancing, he had a high chance of dying. He was unwilling, but, in the end, he chose to give up.

Si Xu sat cross-legged, using his cultivation technique to absorb the spirit qi, repairing himself.

He looked down. Not far below, there were several figures sitting cross-legged, repairing their injuries. They also could no longer climb higher.

There were still four figures climbing the mountain, persevering. Their breathing rough, their faces flushed, the four figures dripped sweat. They were all experiencing the pressure.

The four figures gritted their teeth. They inched forward. Every single step forward they took required time for them to adapt to the pressure.

These four figures were Feng Yu of the feathered race, Xuan Yuan of the human race, Xing Zhan of the barbaric race, and Liao Qiong of the abyssal race. 

Every step they took needed their full concentration, their full power. They would take hours over every meter of elevation.

In a blink of an eye, day would turn to night, and night would turn to day, the sun and moon setting and rising.

Suddenly, a brilliant white glow filled the sky. A treasured sphere encompassed the sky, covering all.

Xuan Yuan of the human race set foot on the 9,000-meter mark. He resisted the pressure, but his attention was focused on what had just happened. He stared dumbfounded.

Ring.

The faint sound drew the eyes of the three other people.

Spirit qi circulated around Xuan Yuan turning into a vortex of spirit qi. It swallowed Xuan Yuan’s body. 

The vortex grew bigger and bigger, turning more violent. Spirit qi churned and flowed through it, glinting.

Those who were originally healing woke up. Soon after, the dense concentration of spirit qi created a barrier around Xuan Yuan, wrapping around him. Xuan Yuan faded from everyone’s eyes.

A mixed-race expert exclaimed, his eyes gleaming with excitement, “Could this be an epiphany? Did Xuan Yuan break through to the new realm?”

They were the strongest in the world. Why did they hold a cultivation conference? Why did they attempt to scale the Tongtian Mountain? They had all reached the pinnacle of the transformation realm. The only thing stopping their progress was their inability to discover the new realm. Through this cultivation conference, they had planned to discuss insights and trade techniques in the hopes of discovering the new realm.

They had not expected that someone would break through to the new realm so soon after the conference. 

Thinking of this, everyone turned their gaze to Emperor Feng Yu. Feng Yu stood there calmly.

“Will the title of the strongest change after Xuan Yuan’s breakthrough…”

A hundred feet away, Feng Yu stared at Xuan Yuan deeply, pondering. Xuan Yuan just had an epiphany, a breakthrough. However, he showed no disappointment at not being the first to break through to the new realm.

His face calm, he carefully observed the torrent of spirit qi that revolved in the vortex. He wanted to gain some insights from it.

This may help him break through…

…

Hordes of spirit qi congregated into Xuan Yuan’s body, melting into his flesh and blood.

Instinctively, Xuan Yuan’s body began employing his personal cultivation technique, refining the qi, the essence of his body. He circulated it through his meridians, purifying it, refining it over and over. He transformed the spirit qi into a sort of spirit power.

After tirelessly refining, purifying, and circulating, Xuan Yuan managed to condense the spirit qi into pure spirit power. It gathered in his dantian.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Pure strands of spirit power blasted out with ground-breaking ferocity, shining. It lit up Xuan Yuan’s dantian. A small pool formed in his dantian.

Drops of spirit liquid began filling up the pool. The drops emitted a vigorous aura.

Xuan Yuan of the human race woke up from his epiphany. The surrounding spirit qi had already dissipated. A day had already passed. He was dazed. An unusual feeling in his dantian reminded him of what occurred. He felt energized.

Feeling his strength becoming at least ten times stronger than before, Xuan Yuan was full of glee. “So powerful… I broke through…”

Xuan Yuan raised his head. Proud, he looked at Emperor Feng Yu. The suppressive force from before that he once barely could resist now felt like a light breeze. He no longer cared about the once oppressive force.

Faced with the famed Emperor Feng Yu who had just recently fought all the peak experts at once, Xuan Yuan’s fighting spirit ignited. He had just broken through. It was time to fight!

“Feng Yu, shall we fight?”

Feng Yu casually glanced at Xuan Yuan who was blazing with fighting spirit. The corner of his mouth turned up into a small smile. “Why not?”

…

Peerless at the transformation realm, Emperor Feng Yu fought Xuan Yuan, an expert human who had just broken through to the fabled new realm, on the Tongtian Mountain. The result left all the other races in shock.

Xuan Yuan had been defeated!

Originally, everyone thought that Xuan Yuan, having finally broken through, would be able to finally best Emperor Feng Yu. However…

Emperor Feng Yu once again proved that he was the main character. So what if you broke through to a new realm?! I’m still invincible!

Xuan Yuan began doubting all his life choices. Ignoring that loser, Feng Yu looked up. He still couldn’t see the top of the Tongtian Mountain.

He decided to descend the mountain. After his battle with someone at the new realm, Feng Yu had pretty much achieved his purpose. In addition, he could only climb a couple of hundred meters more of the mountain. As there were no benefits in continuing to scale the Tongtian Mountain, Feng Yu naturally took his leave.

“The next time I come here, the entire Yuan World shall be unified! All shall submit to me!”

…

In 117, Emperor Feng Yu returned to the Yu Dynasty and went into closed cultivation. In winter, he came out, displaying his liquid realm cultivation. 

In 118, Emperor Yu declared war on the Abyss Kingdom. It was time for another war.

In the next two decades, the six main races attacked each other. Of course, the Yu Dynasty ended up coming on top through maneuvering. The three-eyed race fell. The human race fell. The abyssal race fell. The sea races fell. The barbaric race fell. They had all fallen.

In the end, the five main races surrendered to the Yu Dynasty, submitting to Emperor Feng Yu. The Yuan World has been unified.

In 113, various races gathered at Tongtian Mountain. They were going to witness a ceremony, a rite. There was only one emperor under the heavens. It was Feng Yu! None dared to challenge him!

PS: Mu Yuan is coming up! (a new world too)

TL Note: Well that’s one way to end the arc lol