The Emperor Reigns Them All

Chapter 390 Absorption

When the heavenly song sounded, the cultivators in the secret region had all been drawn to the sound. As they watched the end of the red light, they were all in awe.

With the appearance of the heaven song, countless strange runes fell from the end of the red light like snow.

And countless characters rose from the green copper light from below Li Ye’s feet.

When the two amalgamated it pervaded the air and covered the area.

At that moment all the cultivators had the illusion that heaven and earth began speaking.

All of a sudden all the cultivators present felt like their spirit had been cleansed by the spring shower. It was as though wisdom was emanating from their bodies.

That was a sign of comprehending Tao.

The cultivators present were at least of the Spiritual Master Realm, a majority were even Yang Spiritual Masters or the Ground Immortal Realm. Every one of them were talented cultivators. Thus when the heavenly song appeared, they were all stimulated. Hence they all had fallen into the state of Tao comprehension!

This ceremony was also an opportunity.

Even the Feihong Bodhisattva suddenly stood up and turned to look at what was happening on top of the sacrificial tower. Her eyes were bright and she too was moved by the scene.

As the sky song sounded in the ears, the Great Tao seemed as though it was right before the eyes. At this moment, the cultivators were amazed, moved, astounded and in awe. However, they did not have the urge to bow down and worship.

In front of the Great Tao, the cultivators had felt strongly that they had never felt closer with their soul. As though they were at close distance with the source of life, it was an indescribable feeling.

Heaven and earth were unjust, treating everything like dogs. However, in front of the Great Tao, all was equal.

As the source and rule of the world, the Great Tao was the rise and fall, reincarnation. It needn’t be worshiped or admired. It was the wind, sun, air and water, which could let everything live and at the same time, let everything die. It was the most common of existence, at the same time, it was the strongest existence.

This kind of strength superseded everything, and it was the strong in its truest sense.

True strength did not require people to admire, or be in awe of.

Only the weak needed to ‘mystify simple matters’ to protect their own status in people’s hearts, which was why they wanted to instill fear in people, and in turn the people would be in awe of them.

Because of fear, the people dared not go against them and defy them.

But the truly strong did not worry about the people defying them or go against them. Because the people simply could not defy them.

The weak had to resort to using the fear in people’s hearts to uphold their status, authority and rule.

But the Great Tao could be like the spring breeze and shower, and it could turn tides, thus it would never be afraid of people getting close to it, or being with the people. This was true authority!

When the characters amalgamated with the runes of heaven and earth and surrounded the vicinity stretching hundreds of feet, Li Ye’s hair and clothes stopped rustling. He watched everything with his hand behind his back and the heavenly song reverberated in his ears. He wasn’t in a hurry to reply.

Even the cultivators below the altar were comprehending, let alone Li Ye, who was on top of the altar.

At this moment, he heart was even more moved, thus he was comprehending much more. In his world of understanding, it seemed as though a door was opening wide for him and the light inside penetrated out. It was as though it was emanating the air of wanting him to get close to it with his life and instincts.

He shut his eyes.

At this moment, his heart felt extreme joy.

It was unknown how much time had passed, perhaps only a moment, or many days and nights—in the state of comprehending the Great Tao, time had lost its purpose. Li Ye had finally opened his eyes.

Now, every corner of the space between heaven and earth that had originally been covered by the red light, was now filled up with the characters and the runes of heaven and earth.

Facing the sacrificial altar, facing heaven and earth and facing the Great Tao, Li Ye opened his mouth and said, “Cultivators of the world, take in the Spiritual Qi of heaven and earth. Accept your fate, enrich yourselves and improve your cultivation. Use your power to move mountains and seas, take over heaven and earth. The people have always said that the way of cultivation is to go against the heavens, that’s why once your cultivation reached the Immortal Realm, you could take the heaven. Only when you take the heavens, you could then avoid having your spirit destroyed and continue to cultivate.”

Li Ye stopped after saying those words. When his eyes became sharp, he continued, “To me though, cultivation is not going against the heavens. Rather, it’s answering to heaven and earth, continuing comprehending the rules of the world, and the process of getting close to the source, the Great Tao.” “Only when you comprehend the rules, then you could possess the power of heaven and earth and make yourself stronger; only when you get close to the source of the Great Tao, then you could understand the true meaning of life. Eventually, you would be beneficial to the way the world operates!”

Gradually a hint of indescribable, but definitely righteous tone appeared in his voice, “Cultivators are not parasites of the world but the tentacles of the Great Tao. Cultivators do not use their power to destroy the world but to protect it. Cultivators absorb the power of heaven and earth to strength themselves and make contributions. They serve the world when they’re alive, and return to dust when they die. That’s why there are spirits in the world, and why the world is full of life. This is the basis of the Great Tao, this is Yin and Yang!”

“This is the path of the cultivators, the way of cultivators!”

Li Ye’s eyes were sharp and voice like a bell, “This is also my destiny, my Way of Emperor!”

Bang!

As Li Ye finished his words, heaven and earth shook!

The characters and runes of heaven and earth suddenly exploded, creating an unimaginable storm of Spiritual Qi. Instantly, color had disappeared from the world and light vanished from the sun and moon. The whole world seemed to have met its end, like Armageddon!

The cultivators had come out of their state of comprehension, and were dumbfounded at seeing everything before them shake.

However, the next moment, after the characters and the runes of heaven and earth exploded and turned into dust, it gathered like the wind and blew towards Li Ye like Spiritual Qi.

Li Ye opened his mouth and sucked it all in.

These tiny bits of dust particles that represented the power of the Great Tao had gathered and formed a large dragon, which Li Ye had then sucked in from his mouth!

The scene looked like Li Ye was sucking in heaven and earth!

All the cultivators were dumbfounded. All they could do was watch this unbelievable, exciting scene unfold before them with eyes and mouth wide open.

At that moment, Li Ye was like a God in their eyes!

Before long, all the runes of heaven and earth had been absorbed by Li Ye, and the secret region had returned to calm.

Only Li Ye was still standing on top of the altar. His body had grown to a dozen meters tall, and he was now naked for his robes had been ripped.

It was fortunate dark smoke had wrapped around his body and thus covering his skin. But in Li Ye’s own eyes, his body had turned into a ball, and his skin had been stretched and was now translucent. All of his fine veins were revealed as though they were about to explode at any moment.

The power that had entered his body was too great for him to handle, after all he had only reached the Yang Spiritual Master realm. Though he quickly circulated his Spiritual Qi to absorb the power of the Tao of Heaven as quickly as possible.

Li Ye had truly lived up to the saying, ‘used one meal to fatten up’. Of course Li Ye was full of joy, but aside from joy, he also felt pain, as though his body was about to explode the next moment.

Yet at this moment, Li Ye was surrounded by dark smoke, so the cultivators could not see what was happening to him. Thus they couldn’t come to his aid either.

The Red Boy was wide-eyed and added, “Why do I have the sense that Li Ye’s body is burning up?”

You Daxiao also muttered, “That is some power; I’m seeing a thousand mile long river roaring around him!”

Su Emei’s face turned and she hastily added, “Oh no! The power of the Tao of Heaven is too much for him to absorb! If this keeps up, he could be in mortal danger!”

She was the reincarnated Guanghan Fairy after all, and she was able to recover a part of her strength and memory from the past. Thus she knew much more than the younger You Daxiao and the Red Boy.

Be it as it may, there was nothing she could do at the moment, for her present cultivation realm was not nearly enough to help Li Ye!”

No even the Red Boy, who had reached the Sky Immortal Realm, could do anything, much less her!

Li Ye’s facial muscles kept twitching and bulging up, which looked extremely painful.

He could see clearly just by lowering his head that countless number of snakes were swirling below his skin, as though they could rip out of the next moment. And that was the power he was yet able to absorb.

Just as the demon clan cultivators were panicking, a figure in white robes flew past them and landed next to Li Ye. She then pressed her palm on Li Ye’s chest!

This scene had shocked all the demon clan cultivators. The Holy Child and the Son of God almost had gone crazy upon seeing what was happening!

“That’s the Feihong Bodhisattva!”

“Taking advantage of the situation, she’s planning to kill Li Ye!”

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You Daxiao, the Red Boy and crew immediately flew up and landed atop the sacrificial tower at the same time!

Now their strength was no longer suppressed by the secret region, thus their strengths were all recovered to before they stepped foot into the secret region.

“Bodhisattva, stop!”

“What are you doing? Step back now!”

“If you hurt Li Ye, I’ll kill you, even at my own demise!”

All the cultivators began screaming with their magic tools at hand. Their Spiritual Qi had all been activated and were all ready to attack with their strongest move.

Yet the Feihong Bodhisattva ignored them.

Facing the gigantic Li Ye, she fluttered around his chest like a little bird. Her entire body was immersed in the dark smoke, and her palm was still pressed firmly against his chest.

All the demon clan cultivators had now reached boiling point. The reason why they hadn’t attacked yet was because they were afraid of hurting Li Ye.

The heavily wounded Land Buddhism arhats had now recovered to the Ground Immortal Realm and Sky Immortal Realm, and they now also flew towards the Feihong Bodhisattva with gritted teeth. They were ready to face off against the demon clan cultivators.

They were all wearing hallowed, determined expressions. They had the determination to help the Feihong Bodhisattva kill Li Ye and finish the Land Buddhism’s plans.

“Ah, I can’t stand it anymore! You bald-headed monks, get out of the way!” roared You Daxiao wielding his Invincible Painted Halberd. His anger had flared up and was ready to attack.

“Wait!” screamed Yang Tingge suddenly. Agitated, he stopped You Daxiao, he then said with his mouth twitching, “The Feihong Bodhisattva is not trying to kill Li Ye!”

“Oh?” You Daxiao was taken aback.

When the crowd looked closer, they realized Li Ye’s breathing was indeed steadier. And his Spiritual Qi no longer seemed like it was about to explode.

“Well...” You Daxiao was scratching his head in confusion. Then he began acting rashly again. “Then is the Feihong Bodhisattva trying to help Li Ye instead?”

The Red Boy then added in a loud voice, “It seems so!”

When the Land Buddhism arhats heard, they too turned around to see for themselves and also realized something strange was happening. Since they were closer, so they sensed it even more clearly that the Feihong Bodhisattva was apparently trying to help Li Ye steady his Qi so he could absorb the power of the Tao of Heaven.

“Well...”

“Bodhisattva, what are you doing?”

“Bodhisattva, you...”

All the Land Buddhism monks were shocked and puzzled.

The Feihong Bodhisattva could be forgiven for giving up the Luck of heaven before because she was trying to rescue the arhats. And because Land Buddhism had lost control of the situation, continuing to fight would be pointless.

But now, the Feihong Bodhisattva was boldly helping Li Ye, how could that be?

The Feihong Bodhisattva had no intention of answering them, and she simply ignored them.