Free Web NovelChapter 236: Chapter 235: A New Demon Emperor’s Aura
On the true Northern Boundary Peak, the Celestial Chosen Demon, Extreme, who had the [Kun] inscription on his forehead, opened his eyes. Reflected in his pupils, as deep as a starry sky, was a space resembling a frozen lake. Within it, a youth in Ice Armor wielded a Northern Snow Lance, unleashing his Spear Intent with wild abandon as he fought against some unknown foe.
’This new body of mine is too weak. I can’t control the Celestial Kun Illusion Realm I left behind back then. It’ll take some time to refine him.’
Extreme blinked, and the image of the Celestial Kun Illusion Realm vanished from his eyes. What he saw was still the same: layers upon layers of white mist churning below him.
The Northern Boundary Mountain was incredibly difficult to climb. Even by repeatedly using the Kunpeng Transformation, it was impossible to reach the peak in such a short time.
The cost of using this method to catch up to Jiang Qiu, who had borrowed the power of the Celestial Dao Prison Dragon Grand Array, was immense.
So, he had simply activated the Celestial Kun Illusion Realm he had hidden for tens of thousands of years, seizing the moment Jiang Qiu was traversing through space to pull him into his inner world.
As a former Demon Emperor known as Kun, his greatest pride had been this Celestial Kun Illusion Realm. Unfortunately, after his True Form perished, his inner world had shattered into a complete mess. Controlling it now also came at a great cost, with the risk of consciousness overload and complete death.
Fortunately, however, this body was quite good. Its bloodline was a high match, allowing him to barely manage the fragments of the Celestial Kun Illusion Realm buried at the base of the Northern Boundary Mountain.
As long as he won the War of the Chosen, broke the seal, and allowed his main soul to return, he could refine Jiang Qiu with ease.
’A genius like Jiang Qiu, who even practices a Cultivation Technique from the Cyan Simurgh Palace... his flesh must be exquisite. A rare delicacy, perfect for replenishing the void in my soul after my revival...’
With this thought in mind, Extreme’s eyes narrowed. His speed of ascent grew faster and faster. ’I’ve only refined one splinter soul. The power I’ve recovered still isn’t much. I have to get to the peak and break the seal as soon as possible.’
WHOOSH—
An unknown amount of time passed. After a few twists and turns, Extreme burst out of the white mist like a whale breaching the surface of the sea.
His humanoid body performed the Kunpeng Transformation one last time, breaking through the blockade of white mist. With his back to the sea of stars, he hung high in the air.
Looking down, a crater large enough to hold a thousand mountains came into view. Pure white snow covered the peak, while below it, the white mist roiled like a sea of clouds, not daring to cross over.
Seen from above, the Northern Boundary Peak resembled the shape of a heavenly lake, but the crater was filled with coalesced ice and was so vast it could hold more than just a small lake.
This was the Northern Boundary Peak.
It seemed climbing the mountain wasn’t as difficult as he had imagined. In truth, the misty region he had just passed through was wracked with frequent storms. If an ordinary member of the Flying Demon Clan were to move through it, they would be like a lone boat in a tsunami, tossed about unstably.
It was only because his, Extreme’s, Kunpeng Transformation possessed the ability to traverse dimensions, and its speed was simply too extreme, that he hadn’t been affected much.
’Given the current situation, it’s basically impossible for any other Chosen One to make it here. The Enlightenment Fruit is mine.’
THUD.
Extreme retracted his wings and plummeted from the sky, slamming hard onto the relatively flat summit. He was silent. A single step carried him a thousand meters, the uneven ice and rocks around him stretching into illusory afterimages that framed his figure.
’The speed of the Kunpeng Transformation is just that fast. A thousand meters in the blink of an eye is nothing. I could go even faster, but this current body can’t handle it.’
’Besides, without a Cultivation Technique like the Kunpeng Transformation, how could any of the other Chosen Ones possibly ascend the Northern Boundary Mountain?’
’In the Wars of the Chosen over the past tens of thousands of years, did those Chosen Ones die fighting each other?’
’No. In fact, most of them died in the white mists of the Northern Boundary Mountain.’
’The higher you go, the stronger the storms become. Some even corrode the soul. How could an ordinary Chosen One possibly withstand that? Even a top-tier Chosen One who had cultivated to the Jade Sinew Realm wouldn’t last half a year.’
’They say that to make it easier for the successor to break the seal, those four old geezers set up Guardians here. But after tens of thousands of years without any Spirit Charm to sustain them, I’m afraid they’ve long since crumbled and dissipated...’
Muttering to himself, Extreme crossed ten thousand meters with his hands clasped behind his back, heading for the very center. An image of a sapling was faintly reflected in his eyes. As he drew closer, it grew larger and larger, already showing the potential to blot out the sky.
The Enlightenment Fruit Tree stood alone in the center of the Northern Boundary Peak. At least a hundred feet high, it was tall enough to shield the Kun’s Body from the sun. However, there was no sun or moon to be seen here—only the starry sky overhead.
Extreme arrived before the Enlightenment Fruit Tree. His eyes narrowed as he glimpsed unique Ancient Inscriptions carved into the ground, covering the very area where the tree’s root system spread.
This was the very core of the Celestial Dao Prison Dragon Grand Array—the source of all the dissipating Spirit Charm in the entire Northern Boundary.
There were rumors that the dissipation of the Northern Boundary’s Spirit Charm had three causes. First, the Northern Boundary had been shattered by a True Dragon back then, severing its connection to the Ancestral Realm and cutting off its supply of Spirit Charm, causing it to gradually wither away.
Second, the four masters of the Cyan Simurgh Palace, while cleaning up the mess, had placed an unparalleled sealing Grand Array over the Northern Boundary, and all expenditure of Spirit Charm was consumed by the Array’s operation.
But there was actually a third theory: all of the Northern Boundary’s Spirit Charm was being used to nurture the Enlightenment Fruit...
’Heh heh, how clever. Using the Enlightenment Fruit Tree as the core of the array.’
Extreme chuckled softly. He squinted, his gaze falling upon a White Jade Fruit hanging high on a branch like a moon. The fruit was crystal clear, a Dao rhythm flowing within it. The Spirit Rhythm Qi enveloping its exterior was so rich it was practically dripping.
’For such a massive Enlightenment Fruit Tree, it had surprisingly borne only this single Enlightenment Fruit.’
’But this was normal. An Enlightenment Fruit Tree can only ever produce one Enlightenment Fruit at a time. It takes ten thousand years to mature. The older it is, the more Spirit Charm it absorbs, and the better its effects.’
’Only after this Enlightenment Fruit is picked can the Enlightenment Fruit Tree begin to form the next one. And each Enlightenment Fruit is different, each with its own unique qualities...’
CLACK.
As Extreme took a step forward, treading onto the Ancient Inscriptions, a surging pressure suddenly pushed against him from the front, hindering his advance.
In that instant, his hair billowed and the corners of his robes flew up, as if he were about to sink into thick mud.
’But this was nothing. He was, after all, the Demon Emperor Kun.’
CLACK.
He took another step, his expression unchanging. The Demon Emperor’s might erupting from within him clashed with the pressure, like two immense torrents colliding at an intersection.
’I just need to withstand the trial set by those four masters from the Cyan Simurgh Palace, and then I can pick the Enlightenment Fruit.’
’In this situation, no one can possibly stop me.’
’The so-called most promising one, Jiang Qiu, is struggling inside the Celestial Kun Illusion Realm. The rest of the miscellaneous Chosen Ones have probably already been killed by the Great Witches who received my orders.’
’Even if some of the more outstanding Chosen Ones survived, could they really pass through the white mist to reach this peak?’
’It’s been tens of thousands of years. It’s not that there haven’t been more exceptional Chosen Ones—none of them ever made it this far.’
Utterly fearless, Extreme took another step forward. The pressure was like being in the deep sea.
Just then, a HUMMM—a spatial tremor that washed over the very soul—resounded from behind him. Suddenly, an incomparably powerful aura materialized out of thin air, faintly radiating the might of a Demon Emperor. "So this is the legendary Northern Boundary Peak?"
