Such an existence, situated in the Primal Chaos Realm’s Imperial Capital and further protected by the powerful human fate, could suppress everything unless the Highest Heaven personally arrived.
How could such a mighty Mortal Emperor possibly be easily eroded by the contingency within the ancient bronze cauldron?
"Could it be that my interference led to some kind of unexpected consequence?"
Shen Yuan could only make such a conjecture.
Before he could ponder the reasons carefully, he suddenly witnessed Yu Ke, whose Spirit Soul was being extracted by the Unimpeded Netherworld Divine Power, emitting a painful wail.
On that ashen Spirit Soul, patches reminiscent of the setting sun began to appear, spreading with an eerie aura.
Shen Yuan’s pupils suddenly contracted.
"It’s indeed a method from the Dusk Realm, those Dusk Realm cultivators want to silence him!"
The Unimpeded Netherworld Divine Power attempted to strip Yu Ke of his True Spirit, but ultimately, without Fengdu City’s Status Grid to suppress the realm, Shen Yuan was a step too late.
The twilight patches swiftly corroded Yu Ke’s True Spirit, and that damaged Spirit Soul and True Spirit rapidly decayed under the twilight’s glare, eventually dissipating between heaven and earth.
The next moment, a golden thunderbolt thunderously descended upon the clear skies above the Imperial Capital.
The pocket-sized mountain and sea painting, transformed from the dimensionality-reducing space, was easily torn through by this thunderbolt, returning to the space between heaven and earth.
Massacre True Monarch was overjoyed, ready to strike again, but at that moment, an anomaly occurred.
Far in the Great Yin Imperial City, a will as if filled with sovereign fury from the heavens spread in all directions.
In an instant, Shen Yuan immediately sensed the human fate converging rapidly towards the Great Yin Imperial City, with the will of heaven and earth flowing along with it.
A vaguely outlined Emperor, clothed in black imperial robes and exuding divine might like a mountain, intimidating all directions, materialized above the Imperial City from the nearly tangible human fate.
With just one glance, Shen Yuan felt an unprecedented pressure bearing down on him, and even when mobilizing his own human fate, it was hard to contend against it.
In the presence of the Lord of the Human Path, who dominated this world, the human fate Shen Yuan commanded was as insignificant as the light of fireflies under the bright moon.
Yet at this moment, Shen Yuan was not overly alarmed.
As one in charge of the human fate, he could clearly sense the heavy aura of death on the Great Yin’s Mortal Emperor and the impurity of his will in wielding the human fate.
The Great Yin’s Mortal Emperor had never fully mastered this world’s human fate, and now, with the invasion of the Primal Chaos Realm, the seep of human fate began to intensify, with a vast amount of it returning to the space between heaven and earth.
The more the Great Yin’s Mortal Emperor used the power of the Human Path, the faster the human fate he could control dissipated.
At the root of it all, how could a puppet controlled by the Dusk Realm truly ascend to the position of Lord of the Human Path?
The cultivators from the Dusk Realm probably knew this, which is why they only used a Mortal Emperor edict to order Shen Yuan’s execution, aiming to reduce the Great Yin’s Mortal Emperor’s expenditure of energy.
Now, with Shen Yuan closing in step by step, the situation had deviated from their control.
To prevent the revelations, they had forcibly mobilized the Great Yin’s Mortal Emperor in a bid to silence Shen Yuan.
Realizing this, a hint of joy flashed across Shen Yuan’s face, his heart already discerning the opportunity for a breakthrough.
However, the current timing was not opportune.
The majestic voice of that black-robed Emperor, standing between heaven and earth, seemed to echo through the universe.
"The crime deserves death!"
As the words fell, a golden sword materialized from the masses of fate converging atop the Mortal Path Array sheltering Great Yin, reflecting mountains, rivers, the sun, and the moon, as well as agriculture and husbandry.
"The Mortal Emperor Sword!"
"To think that the Mortal Emperor Sword, capable of slaying current life True Immortals, is being used against just a Falling Clouds Taoist!
"With the fury of the Great Yin’s Mortal Emperor, even if Falling Clouds Taoist truly hails from a hidden Taoist lineage, he has no chance of survival!"
"He’s doomed!"
Even though the Mortal Emperor Sword had not yet fallen, Shen Yuan could still feel the humanity fate within him being suppressed to its utmost limit.
Even the Great Tao Manifestation, the Heavenly General-Earthly Destroyer Divine Power, was completely locked down under the suppression of the Mortal Emperor Sword.
At this moment, the only outcome seemed to be closing his eyes and waiting for death.
Within the distant Great Yin Imperial City, Shen Yuan could even distinctly sense several mocking gazes that had already fallen upon him.
Everything seemed to be set in stone.
"Slash!"
The Mortal Emperor Sword thundered down, all paths in heaven and earth bowing down before the Sword of Humanity. It was at this moment that Shen Yuan calmly took out the Heaven’s Decree Secret Order from within his clothes.
Suddenly, time and space seemed to come to a standstill, vast spaces collapsed thunderously, and the invisible historical tide swept Shen Yuan’s body into its midst.
Everything froze at the moment the Mortal Emperor Sword descended.
Shen Yuan’s gaze was still fixed on the Great Yin Imperial City, leaving behind only a calm phrase.
"Looking forward to our next encounter!"
Returning to the river of history, Shen Yuan could even see a golden sword tip following the historical tide, trying to break into the river of time.
But as the waves crashed down, the chaotic time was forcefully smoothed out, everything returned to calm, and Shen Yuan floated downstream on the crest of the waves.
Around him, countless fishes swam upstream against the current, and that hand covering the skies was still cast over the river of history.
In Shen Yuan’s arms, the Dragon Gate Secret Order, which he had obtained from Yu Ke, was slightly warm, resonating with the countless fishes swimming upstream in the historical tide.
With his previous experience, Shen Yuan did not attempt to probe the Exalted Fuli Original Ancestor behind that giant hand; instead, he used the brief tranquility at hand to start pondering the most pressing issues.
With the ancient bronze cauldron’s successful erosion of Great Yin’s Mortal Emperor, the Dusk Realm cultivators had already taken over the Great Yin Imperial City, this core center of power.
In this process, the Dusk Realm cultivators were also suppressed by the humanity fate and could not openly appear in the Primal Chaos Realm. They needed the aid of some individuals within the Great Yin Imperial Court to control the politics.
With the puppet of Great Yin’s Mortal Emperor, gradually taking control of politics was only a matter of time, meaning that the entire Great Yin had gradually fallen into the hands of the Dusk Realm.
The only concern for the Dusk Realm was that the Mortal Emperor could not be used frequently; the more the power of the Mortal Emperor was used, the more the humanity fate would dissipate.
However, even without utilizing the power of Great Yin’s Mortal Emperor, the Great Yin Imperial Dynasty remained the foremost power in the Primal Chaos Realm.
This time, Shen Yuan relied on returning after ten thousand years to successfully escape being killed by the Mortal Emperor Sword, but next time, the moment he appears within the territory of the Great Yin Imperial Dynasty, he will surely face a siege from the Great Yin Imperial Dynasty. The Dusk Realm will not tolerate a person who knows the truth to live.
At that time, what Shen Yuan would face would no longer be a restricted Massacre True Monarch, but the most peak powers of the Great Yin Imperial Dynasty.
For the current Shen Yuan, the Primal Chaos Realm from ten thousand years ago had briefly become a forbidden land. If Shen Yuan could not muster enough power and recklessly went to the time ten thousand years before, he would have only one path—death.
"After returning to the future, I must break through to a realm that is sufficient for self-preservation."
"Fortunately, the Great Tao Manifestation has completed its deduction, and with the numerous Earthly Destroyer Divine Powers and the ’10 Suns Immersion Technique’ I’ve previously obtained, accomplishing the first transformation of the Great Tao Manifestation will be effortless.
Apart from that, the Nine Breaths Qi Absorption Great Divine Power from the Second Realm is also sufficient to support my realm to breakthrough further, and it is not impossible to directly step into the Spirit Refining-Reverse Void realm, skipping over the Return-to-Void Realm."
"However, the current world is by no means plain sailing. The Little Clarity Void Grotto Heavens still have that Golden Immortal who cannot enter the world, and those Dusk Realm cultivators peering from the shadows also need to be wary of."
"Moreover, the biggest issue is still the fragmentary heaven and earth of the Primal Chaos Realm. How long will it take to recover to a state that can support the breakthrough to the Void Refining to Tao Harmony Stage?"
As he pondered in his heart, Shen Yuan looked at the surging historical tide beneath him, and a contemplative look suddenly flashed in his eyes.
"Instead of returning to the contemporary world and waiting bitterly for the restoration of heaven and earth, it would be better to directly use the river of history to travel to the future, to find a timeline close to the rejuvenation of heaven and earth."
Once his mind was set, the Great Tao Manifestation morphed into countless stars deducing Star Astrology, and with the Rebounding Wind Returning Fire Great Divine Power as the anchor, he successfully locked onto a node in the river of history.
Shen Yuan slowly got up and stepped into the time node.

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