Outside of Time

"This star is called the Ancient Emperor Star!"

"It is not only the palace of the ancient Emperor Xuanyou, but also contains the inheritance of the ancient Emperor Xuanyou. Only those who have prepared the emperor's Qi are qualified to understand it, but so far, the royal family of all generations have not been able to obtain it."

While everyone was staring at the Ancient Emperor Star, Princess Anhai's voice echoed. She had been introducing the Imperial Capital to Xu Qing and others along the way.

"As for this huge statue of the Ancient Emperor sitting on the Ancient Emperor Star, I have seen descriptions in some ancient royal books. Originally, it did not exist."

"After the ancient emperor left, during the period of Emperor Jingyun, he suddenly came from outside the sky and landed here. Along with it came a decree, a decree from the Holy Land."

"As for the content, there is no record in ancient books and few people know about it."

"And the entire Ancient Emperor Star is both an ancestral land and a forbidden land for our human race. We can only experience it outside during special periods."

Following Princess Anhai's words, Xu Qing and his party gradually learned more about the Imperial City. But when others listened carefully, the captain looked at the Ancient Emperor Star, with longing hidden deep in his eyes. Regret arose in my heart.

"I vaguely remember that I died several lives trying to get in here... but I didn't succeed."

The captain was dissatisfied, then his eyes fell into the abyss of nothingness, and he sighed again.

"I have never succeeded in getting in there."

While the captain was sighing with emotion, Princess Anhai's introduction words were still echoing.

Zixuan's expression became even more complicated. She finally looked at the Ancient Emperor Star, with memories in her eyes. She remembered this star, which was her home in her previous life.

As for Ning Yan, although he doesn't know as much about the Ancient Emperor Star as Princess An Hai, he has been here since he was a child and is used to it, so he keeps nodding his head at the moment.

Next to him, Wu Jianwu looked excited. He felt that his breakthrough in poetry was almost possible here, and his mind was even imagining that there must be authentic poems left in the palace of the ancient emperor in the ancient emperor star.

As for Xu Qing, his attention was not entirely focused on the Ancient Emperor Star.

His eyes followed the void between the two rings of earth and looked towards the abyss below the Imperial Capital Territory.

Princess Anhai said before that the abyss is rumored to lead to an unknown place called Huangtian. Others don't know what Huangtian is, but after experiencing the incident in the Moon Sacrifice Domain, Xu Qing has some understanding of Huangtian.

It was Chi Mu's hometown, Li Zihua's hometown, and it was a taboo suppressed by Wangu Continent.

While Xu Qing was thinking, some words in Princess Anhai's introduction fell into his ears, causing some waves and interrupting his contemplation.

"In addition, all the Tianhou Heavenly Kings and Great Emperors who died in the ancient emperor's time have left their inheritance in this star. Before the ancient emperor Xuanyou left, the human race Tianhou Heavenly Kings who went to the Holy Land with him also all have their own inheritance in this ancient emperor's star. Inside, leave a legacy.”

"The last person who left behind the legacy is the Sword-bearing Emperor."

"His old man is the last great emperor of the human race. His body died in the battle to protect the human race, and his avatar remains in the imperial capital area."

"As for the inheritance left by the sword-wielding emperor, it is his imperial sword, buried deep in the ancient emperor star, and has remained silent for countless years..."

Xu Qing raised his head and stared at the Ancient Emperor Star.

These four words, Sword-holding Emperor, have far-reaching meanings to him.

Coming here to pay homage to the sword-wielding emperor was also one of the purposes of Xu Qing's trip, so he suddenly spoke.

"Your Highness An Hai, is the clone of the sword-wielding emperor in this ancient emperor star, or..."

Xu Qing looked at Princess Anhai.

This was the first time he spoke since he came to the imperial capital. Princess Anhai immediately took it seriously when she heard it.

"The statue of the sword-wielding emperor's avatar is not within the Ancient Emperor's Star. This was the old man's choice during his lifetime. He chose to place his avatar outside the Ancient Emperor's Star as the last line of defense for the human race and its ancestral land."

"We will teleport a few more times and we will see it when we approach the inner ring imperial capital."

Xu Qing nodded and everyone continued to move forward.

As time passed, Xu Qing and his party traveled smoothly in the Imperial Capital area due to the presence of Princess Anhai. After three teleportations, in the early morning of the next day, they finally saw the Imperial Capital of the Ancient Emperor Star.

Xu Qing also saw...the sword-wielding emperor!

The entire inner ring is the imperial capital. At the edge of the circular land, towering black towers and vast statues stand intertwined with each other.

They circled the Ancient Emperor Star and formed a circle.

The statues inside have different shapes, but each has its own momentum, and they are all of the human race. There are men and women, old and young, with different expressions. All seven emotions and six desires can be felt on different statues.

"The black tower is an integral part of the imperial capital's formation, and the statues surrounding the imperial capital, except for the sword-wielding emperor, were built by later generations. They are all the saints who have fallen and left with the ancient emperor since the time of the human race. There are all the emperors of the past dynasties.”

"It contains the oldest one hundred and eight Heavenly Gods, as well as the former thirty-three kings, and nine human emperors."

"However, as the fate of the human race declined, during the period of the Dongsheng Human Emperor in later generations, although there were twenty-seven heavenly kings who were qualified to stand here, after the Xuantian Change, the fate of the human race was set in the west. During the Shengtian Human Emperor period, there were only five There are four heavenly kings who are qualified, and there was an outbreak during the Jingyun Human Emperor period, but only six of them appeared."

"As for the era of human emperors in the Dao world, there was no one except human emperors. The same is true for Xuan Zhan Li now."

Princess Anhai sighed softly. Kong Xianglong, who had been silent all the way, couldn't help but speak after hearing the words.

"What is this qualification?"

"Master."

"During the ancient emperor period, only the master can be listed as the heavenly prince. The so-called heavenly prince is the prince of the sky, who can control a region."

"Only the master at the peak can be honored as the king of heaven. The king of heaven can control multiple regions or one region, depending on his will, and the king's order is only below the emperor and the emperor."

Speaking of this, Princess Anhai glanced at Xu Qing.

"Senior Li Zihua, the former master of the Jiyue Great Region, was one of the kings under the ancient emperor. His statue is also here."

"What about the emperor?" Xu Qing spoke slowly.

"During the Xuanyou ancient emperor period, there were occasional emperors among all races, but the number was very small. Only our human race enjoyed the ancient luck, and nine emperors appeared. Their cultivation surpassed the master and was called...quasi-immortal."

"After the ancient emperor period, no emperor has appeared among all races so far."

"Quasi-immortal..." Xu Qing murmured, his eyes deep, looking forward to the inner ring imperial capital.

He saw statues one after another, and also saw a stunning statue in front of him that was different from the other statues.

This statue is a middle-aged man. At first glance, he looks elegant, but if you look closely, you can detect that his eyes are stern and overbearing. It seems that in his anger, the earth will collapse in front of him and the sky will burn in his eyes.

Even gods can be killed in his eyes.

He has his hands behind his back, and the sword energy behind him is surging. The whole body emits white light. It is extremely bright and lifelike, as if the real body is standing there, shocking all directions.

He is the last emperor of the human race, and the only sword-wielding emperor who did not leave with the Xuanyou Ancient Emperor, stayed with the human race, and died for the human race.

Staring at the statue of the emperor, Xu Qing took a deep breath, bowed slightly to him from a distance to show respect, and then asked Princess Anhai a question that he had never known the answer to for a long time.

"Xuanyou Ancient Emperor, what is his cultivation?"

As soon as Xu Qing spoke, everyone around listened, and the captain also looked curious. Only Zixuan kept looking at the Ancient Emperor Star.

Anhai was silent, and after a while, he spoke softly.

"The cultivation of the ancient emperor Xuanyou is a mystery, but there was a record of the ancient emperor in the records of the royal family."

"At the end of the chaotic period, the emperor came from the south and stepped on Yingzhou. The earth was undulating, and the way of heaven floated in the sky to bless him, calling him a quasi-immortal. Three thousand years later, the human race was in power, and all races came to worship. The emperor bowed his head and respected him as Xiaxian."

"Xiaxian!" Xu Qing's eyes condensed, and Zixuan on the side suddenly spoke.

"He is the last Xiaxian in the ancient times of all races for countless years."

Zixuan's words made everyone look sideways, and Princess Anhai was also surprised and looked at Zixuan.

Zixuan closed his eyes and stopped talking.

Everyone was silent.

Xu Qing had noticed the memories emerging in Zixuan's expression a long time ago, and did not continue to ask at this moment, and walked towards the imperial capital in front.

As the group approached, the statue of the emperor holding the sword in front became clearer and clearer.

The black towers between the statues were also shining with dim light. Layers of invisible formations and prohibitions spread out from each black tower, connected together, and covered the entire inner ring imperial capital.

At the same time, divine thoughts and gazes spread out from multiple areas and forces in the inner ring imperial capital, locking onto Xu Qing and his group in the outside world.

Some of these divine thoughts and gazes were alert, some contained complexity, some were curious, some were hostile, and some were scrutinizing...

Xu Qing, although he had never been to the imperial capital, his name had already spread throughout the imperial capital.

The Lord of the Great Domain, with many Yun Shen behind him, the Lord of the Black Sky Clan Priests, participated in the killing of gods, and King Tianlan fell because of him...

All of this made it difficult for the dignitaries and princes and princesses in the vortex of the imperial capital not to pay attention to it, so from the moment Xu Qing stepped on the teleportation, his information and past had already been studied in detail.

Until today, he came.

In front of the inner ring imperial capital, above the void, Xu Qing and his group gradually stopped.

Standing there, Xu Qing looked at the imperial capital in front of him. He could feel the terrifying power emanating from the great formation of the imperial capital, which contained endless pressure and a sense of exploration.

As long as he walked into the formation, all the secrets in his body, even the things in his storage bag, would have to be revealed in the formation.

Normally, this kind of behavior would not be so strict unless it was a special period. After all, there were many people coming and going in the imperial capital, and many of them had secrets.

Xu Qing frowned and looked at An Hai on the side.

Princess An Hai frowned, took out a jade slip, and transmitted a message with an ugly look on her face.

"A few days ago, a foreign spy suddenly appeared and triggered the Imperial Capital's formation, causing it to automatically activate from its normal state to its detection state..."

"Someone is using the principle of the formation to find us in a way that no one can find any flaws in. It's quite interesting. The people in the Imperial Capital are really like monkeys, and their methods are insidious."

The captain swayed his body, walked to Xu Qing, and spoke with a smile.