Invincible Dad-Chapter 556 556 These Damn Dogs_1
Shang Yuan had only one father: Great Emperor Yin Yang!
He was the man who had left a profound mark and countless legends upon the history of the Immortal Domain.
Even Fairy Qing Yuan couldn't maintain her composure any longer. One hundred epochs, one hundred emperors. Never before had two Great Emperors appeared in the same era.
Fairy Qing Yuan looked at Xu Lai. Knowing him as she did, she feared he wouldn't be able to suppress his burgeoning battle lust.
Indeed, it was just as she had thought.
Xu Lai's gaze was fiery as he locked onto the figure, but his fighting spirit quickly dissipated, replaced by a look of regret. This was because the Great Emperor Yin Yang before him wasn't a true body, but merely a sliver of a soul that had been refined into a Magical Treasure.
A living being has three souls and seven spirits.
Great Emperor Yin Yang had extracted one of his souls and one of his spirits to refine this incarnation. He had then sealed it within an Emperor Artifact, designed to appear the moment the artifact was shattered.
To protect his son, giving him an Emperor Artifact was one thing. But he had also forcibly severed thirty percent of his own Boundary, just to create an incarnation that could only last for a mere ten minutes.
What incomparable, doting love!
A parent's love is a heavy burden to bear. Xu Lai sighed inwardly. Even with my own daughter, Yiyi, I doubt I could do any better.
This incarnation of Great Emperor Yin Yang, possessing only thirty percent of the original's combat strength, turned around. He was enveloped in the Yin Yang Laws, and except for Xu Lai, no one else could see his face clearly.
He was a middle-aged man with a somewhat pale complexion and ordinary features, looking much like a farmer from the fields.
Great Emperor Yin Yang extended his hand and placed it on Shang Yuan's shoulder. His voice was soft. "Shang Yuan, you've grown up."
Shang Yuan burst into tears. He broke down completely, grasping his father's hand tightly. "Father Emperor!"
Divine General Taotie took a step forward, about to say something, but Xu Lai stopped him with a raised hand. After forty-three long epochs, the world was a different place. Surely this father and son had much to say to one another.
However, Great Emperor Yin Yang did not reminisce with his son.
"For your father to appear, the Emperor Artifact must have shattered. It seems you've encountered the reigning Emperor of this epoch. What a pity." Great Emperor Yin Yang said with regret. "I had hoped you would become an Emperor and enjoy a lifespan of a million years, but in the end, it was all for naught."
"Father Emperor, I..." Shang Yuan wanted to explain, but his words caught in his throat when his father raised a hand.
"It matters not." Great Emperor Yin Yang stood with his hands behind his back, the sun and moon rising and falling continuously within his eyes. He looked at Xu Lai and said calmly, "I am Great Emperor Yin Yang, Shang Chou, Holy Master of the Yin Yang Clan. May I ask for your esteemed name, fellow Daoist?"
"Human Emperor, Xu Qingfeng," Xu Lai replied indifferently.
"The Emperor of the Human Race?" Great Emperor Yin Yang's expression changed dramatically. "Could it be that forty-three epochs have passed?"
Xu Lai's brow furrowed deeply. If he recalled correctly, no one had mentioned the time or the epoch since this Emperor's incarnation had appeared. How did he know?
"The Fallen Emperor Epoch, which comes once every hundred epochs... you... are truly unfortunate. And so is the Human Race." For the first time, Great Emperor Yin Yang's voice wavered, filled with deep compassion.
"The Fallen Emperor Epoch?" Xu Lai's eyes turned cold. "What is that?"
"The Yin Yang Clan controls the Yin Yang Laws. Heaven is Yin, Earth is Yang. Death is Yin, Life is Yang. All things in this world are Yin and Yang." With a calm demeanor, Great Emperor Yin Yang dropped a bombshell. "On the day I became an Emperor, I was fortunate enough to enter a mysterious state and dreamed of the future!"
"The future?" Fairy Qing Yuan and Anna exchanged glances in disbelief.
Divine General Taotie was completely stupefied. Only Heavenly Dao's eyes flickered as it quietly retreated a few steps.
"One hundred epochs make a cycle, and the final epoch is the Fallen Emperor Epoch."
"Emperors will fall, blood-red rain will fall from the sky, and trillions upon trillions of star systems in the Immortal Domain will be destroyed. Less than one percent of all living beings will survive." Great Emperor Yin Yang said gravely. "This cycle, like the one before it, will end with the blood of a Human Emperor."
"The Human Race is born with shackles, making it nearly impossible to break through beyond the Venerable Realm. This is a heavenly curse, a binding imposed by the Heavenly Dao Laws!" Great Emperor Yin Yang looked deeply at Xu Lai. "After you die, the Human Race will once again be bound in chains, only to experience a fleeting moment of glory at the end of the next cycle."
"I do not believe in fate. Nor do I believe your prophecy that blood-red rain will fall upon the Immortal Domain, leaving less than one percent of its inhabitants to scrape by," Xu Lai said, enunciating every word. "Now that I am Emperor, I shall protect the peace of the Immortal Domain. No matter what demons or fiends may come, they will not harm a single one of my people!"
"I will not force you to believe me." Great Emperor Yin Yang raised his hand, and a blood-red bead floated from his palm to hover before Xu Lai. "This is the key to the Nine Kings' Palace. Eight other keys are scattered throughout the Immortal Domain, though I never found them. Within the palace lies the Immortal Path. I hope you can advance further and break the cycle."
"Father!" Shang Yuan cried out anxiously. "Why are you giving him the key? Kill him! Help me seize his Dao Fruit so I can become an Emperor!"
"Insolence!" Great Emperor Yin Yang thundered.
Thunder cracked in the depths of the Universe. Shang Yuan trembled with fear and scrambled to his knees, shivering.
"My son is ignorant. I hope you will forgive him, fellow Daoist." Great Emperor Yin Yang reined in his anger and, to everyone's surprise, gave Xu Lai a slight bow with his fists clasped. "Emperors do not meet good ends, and neither do their children. I ask that you spare the life of this unworthy descendant of mine. It is fine whether you seal him in a forbidden land or within a Dao Endowment."
Through the veil of Yin Yang Laws, Xu Lai could see the regret on the middle-aged man's face. He also saw his bitter disappointment, like that of a smith for iron that fails to become steel.
He was silent for a moment before reaching out, grabbing the blood-red bead, and returning the bow.
Though he said nothing, his gesture brought a smile to Great Emperor Yin Yang's face. He knew the Emperor of this era had agreed to his request.
"I severed thirty percent of my Boundary, extracting a soul and a spirit to refine this incarnation, all to protect my son. I trust you will not deceive me." Great Emperor Yin Yang looked at Xu Lai, his eyes blazing with fighting spirit. "Therefore... I have one last regret. I ask for your instruction, fellow Daoist!"
"Good!" Xu Lai laughed heartily.
So, emperors have always been lonely. It seems I'm not the only one.
Xu Lai had seen Great Emperor Youming in the lingering obsessions of the nameless giant at the Mass Burial Mound, but they had never truly spoken, let alone fought. This incarnation of Great Emperor Yin Yang was an opportunity he refused to miss. Suppressing ninety percent of his own Boundary, Xu Lai flew out into the Samsara Sea.
"Suppressing seventy percent is enough. Let this be a battle of equals!" Great Emperor Yin Yang appeared, holding a longbow condensed from the Yin Yang Laws—it was not the shattered Emperor Artifact.
"They call me Emperor Qingfeng," Xu Lai stated calmly. "The Supreme Emperor among Emperors!"
The implication was clear: *You only have thirty percent of your peak strength, whereas I am supreme among emperors. It would be unfair if I, too, used only thirty percent of my power.*
"..." Great Emperor Yin Yang fell silent for a moment, his expression odd. "They call me Holy Emperor Yin Yang. As in, the holy one among emperors. I just felt it was too embarrassing to say it earlier."
Xu Lai was silent.
After more than a dozen breaths, they both cursed in unison: "Those opportunistic curs!"
Chapter 556 556 These Damn Dogs_1
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