Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 314

Chapter 314 The Real World

While the Tribulation Crossing Stage might be considered the pinnacle of combat power in Jiuzhou, it was still a far cry from First Emperor Jiang Li.

Unable to withstand Jiang Li’s offensive, they were crushingly defeated.

“If the Ruyi Gourd were still there…” Yu Yin struggled to her feet, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth, a stark contrast to her pale face.

“It’s no use.” Bai Hongtu, similarly beaten beyond recognition in the dream, attempted to stand, but he lacked the strength to do so.

After several attempts, Bai Hongtu finally stopped rising and lay flat on the ground, grinning bitterly. “Could immortal artifacts possibly pose a threat to him? Back when the founder of the Yin-Yang Heavenly Seal wanted to establish the Lingbao Dynasty and enlighten the world’s spiritual treasures, the First Emperor flew into a rage and smashed all the immortal artifacts to pieces, leaving only the Ancient and Modern Sword nowhere to be found.”

“That’s an immortal artifact on par with an immortal, and it couldn’t withstand a few

blows in his hands. The First Emperor… he’s truly too powerful.” “How on earth did someone like that become the Human Emperor?” Li Er couldn’t even muster the most basic Dharmakaya. He leaned against the raised boulder, panting heavily.

He had heard First Emperor Jiang Li say he wanted to take his precious daughter, Li Nian’er, into his harem, and he was furious, demanding a fight to the death with First Emperor Jiang Li.

However, the disparity between the two was too great, and he wasn’t qualified to fight First Emperor Jiang Li to the death. His proud Dharmakaya was shattered by a single blow.

“The Nine Provinces’ Earth Veins have two criteria for selecting candidates for the Human Emperor: exceptionally high cultivation talent, and a willingness to sacrifice one’s life for the people of the Nine Provinces… The First Emperor meets both of these criteria,” Commander Liu explained. His powerful vitality allowed him to remain active.

But that was all; he was no longer capable of fighting.

“I understand exceptional cultivation talent, but his willingness to sacrifice his life for the people of the Nine Provinces?” The others remained silent, leaving only the Sword Lord puzzled. Ever since his birth from the Sword Tomb, he had yet to fully understand First Emperor Jiang Li.

“You haven’t seen it. First Emperor Jiang Li once fought a desperate battle with an extraterritorial demon during his Tribulation Crossing Period. If the extraterritorial demon had launched even one more attack, First Emperor Jiang Li would have perished,” Commander Liu continued.

“In the words of First Emperor Jiang Li himself, Jiuzhou is my territory, and the demons from beyond the realm have no right to tamper with it.”

“Later, after First Emperor Jiang Li reached the Mahayana stage, he easily defeated the demons from beyond the realm, and people gradually forgot that he had once been weak and fought tooth and nail.”

“Judging from the results, the death toll during First Emperor Jiang Li’s reign was the lowest in Jiuzhou in the past nine thousand years.”

“He may seem to have killed many, but in reality, he killed far fewer than the demons from beyond the realm.” Commander Liu had secretly counted the death toll.

Everyone was silent, forced to admit that the presence of First Emperor Jiang Li was better than his absence.

“In fact, there are people among the Human Emperors with similar personalities to First Emperor Jiang Li, but they are influenced by the power of faith, gradually changing their minds. Moreover, they are only in the Tribulation Crossing stage, not truly invincible. After all, there are immortals in Jiuzhou, such as the Immortal Eternal.”

“But First Emperor Jiang Li doesn’t need the power of faith, and after reaching the Mahayana stage, no one can contain him.” Commander Liu had interacted with dozens of Human Emperors and witnessed all kinds of personalities.

“Dongxu, are you ready to die?” First Emperor Jiang Li harbored no murderous intent towards the Tribulation Crossing cultivators. Their elaborate preparations seemed to him nothing more than amusement in his boredom.

But towards Master Dongxu, he truly harbored murderous intent.

“First Emperor, are you really going to kill me just because you didn’t draw a good card?” Master Dongxu found that reason absurd.

“The Celestial Demons fled in despair at my majesty. If it weren’t for me, they wouldn’t have resorted to such despicable tactics and would have gone on a killing spree long ago.”

“In other words, I saved the Nine Provinces, including you. You all owe me a life. I can kill whomever I please!”

Master Dongxu remained steadfast, eager to demonstrate his worth. “Right, right? You’re going to get the ultimate reward from me, aren’t you? I can tell you, as long as you spare my life…”

“No need. I can fail in my mission, but you must die.” Jiang Li coldly interrupted Master Dongxu, crushing his spirit platform and discarding his body like rubble.

“Beast!” the real Jiang Li roared in anger, his Mahayana aura spreading through the dream, vast and boundless.

“An insect is spying on my movements!” Though it was clearly a memory, First Emperor Jiang Li seemed to sense the two people viewing it, and he suddenly looked up.

“Who!” First Emperor Jiang Li disliked the feeling, but he exhaustively searched for them, finding nothing.

With the death of Master Dongxu, his dream ended, and Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu returned.

This dream overturned their perceptions, revealing themselves in different worlds.

Bai Hongtu remained in the Tribulation Crossing Stage, Jiang Li in the Mahayana Stage. Their realms remained unchanged, yet their relationship was utterly different from reality.

The dream’s Nine Provinces felt even more alien to them.

“Is that really you?” Bai Hongtu stared at Jiang Li, unable to equate First Emperor Jiang Li with the Jiang Li beside him.

“I’m afraid it’s me.” Jiang Li had to admit that the person claiming to be the First Emperor was none other than his parallel self.

“Why are your personalities so different?” Bai Hongtu was stunned. The dream version of himself was clearly the same as his real self.

“A person’s personality is influenced by various factors, such as being beaten or scolded as a child, being bullied when weak, or hearing things when one’s will is weak. Who knows, that guy called the First Emperor must have suffered some kind of psychological trauma.”

Jiang Li glanced at Bai Hongtu. “And this is just a parallel world. Can you guarantee that your personality is the same in all parallel worlds?”

Bai Hongtu couldn’t really guarantee that.

“Whoa!” Dongxu Zhenren suddenly sat up, like a zombie leaping from a coffin.

He felt that no previous dreams had been as terrifying as this one.

In the dream, Dongxu Zhenren was unable to control himself, moving like a puppet, watching several Tribulation Crossing Stage cultivators battle Jiang Li, and ultimately being killed by Jiang Li.

“Fortunately, Jiang Li isn’t here in the real world…”

“What a shame, I’m here too,” Jiang Li whispered softly into Dongxu Zhenren’s ear.

“Oh my god,” Dongxu Zhenren was startled. He had thought Jiang Li would kill him in reality, too.

“So it’s the Human Emperor.” Seeing Jiang Li’s kind face, Dongxu Zhenren suddenly felt blessed to live in such a land.

“I mean that there is no First Emperor Jiang Li in the real world.” Master Dongxu amended his previous words and especially cherished the kind Jiang Li now.

Jiang Li shook his head: “I’m sorry, your dream must be the memory formed before your death in the parallel world. In other words, in the parallel world, there really is a First Emperor Jiang Li.”

“The dream is a parallel world, not my imagination?”

“If you can imagine the fighting methods of the Tribulation Crossing Stage.”

Many of the methods used by Yu Yin and others in the dream are consistent with the strength of the Tribulation Crossing Stage, but they have never been used. Master Dongxu cannot imagine these things.

On the contrary, there is no need to imagine the methods of First Emperor Jiang Li. They all use punches and kicks, simple and unpretentious, returning to nature, just like the real Jiang Li.

Master Dongxu lowered his head and quickly accepted that Jiang Li had different personalities in different worlds.

In fact, in the dreams he had, many of his personalities were different from his real self. It was precisely because of the difference in personality that led to his death in the parallel world.

(End of this chapter)