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Chapter 319: I’ll Be Out In A Minute, The Sky Emperor Palace’s Forbidden Scroll
writer:Carefree Smile      update:2022-07-20 15:54
  Sky Emperor Palace.

  The most top-notched sage orthodoxy in the White Tiger Domain.

  Its reputation and status were more or less similar to the Overlord Sage Tribe in the Black Warrior Domain, whom no one would dare to provoke.

  However, all the cultivators of the Sky Emperor Palace had a serious expression on them today. It was as if a great adversary was about to arrive at their location.

  It was all because of the one person who was coming to the Sky Emperor Palace today.

  “He’s here.”


  The Sky Emperor Palace Lord suddenly looked into the distance.

  From afar, a black Fairy Boat was approaching them among the sea of clouds. It was like a gigantic ancient beast, and it made everyone feel extremely oppressed.

  The more the Sky Emperor Palace Lord and others looked at the Illusive Mirage, the more oppressed they felt once they thought about that person on board that Fairy Boat.

  A short moment later.

  Two figures were seen descending from the Illusive Mirage.

  It was a man and a woman.

  They were Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu respectively.

  Everyone could not help but lament when they saw those two most powerful young people in the world.

  For Chu Kuangren, it was needless to say since even a Great Sage could not do anything to him.

  However, Lan Yu was remarkable in her way as well. Having defeated the strongest Young Emperor Chang Tian in the Sky-Pride Championship, her immense strength was already known to the world.

  “You’ve arrived, Sect Leader Chu.”


  The Sky Emperor Palace Lord hurriedly went up and welcomed him politely.

  Chu Kuangren nodded.

  “Are all of the Sky Emperor Palace’s cultivation techniques prepared?”


  “Sect Leader Chu, are you going to take a look at them now?”


  “Yeah, I’ll return once I’ve gone through them. I suppose the Sky Emperor Palace does not intend to entertain me too, right?” Chu Kuangren chuckled.

  Who was he kidding?

  Entertain him? No, the people from the Sky Emperor Palace could not wait for him to leave.

  “Very well, then please follow me, Sect Leader Chu.”


  The Sky Emperor Palace Lord brought Chu Kuangren and Lan Yu before a pavilion tower. It was the location where all the Sky Emperor Palace’s cultivation techniques were stored.

  “Lan Yu, you can head back to the Illusive Mirage first. I’ll be out in a minute.”


  “Alright, Master.”


  Next to them, the Sky Emperor Palace Lord’s mouth twitched.

  ‘You’ll be out in a minute?’


  ‘What does he mean?’ Was he looking down on the Sky Emperor Palace’s cultivation techniques, thinking that he could comprehend all of them at once?

  “I’ve heard about Chu Kuangren’s arrogance, but now that I’ve seen it firsthand, it appears to be true. ”


  “Hmph, Sky Emperor Palace has at least a thousand scrolls on cultivation techniques, and each of them is among the top techniques in the Firmament Star, yet he still dares to boast that he’ll come out so soon. Hmph, does he think our cultivation techniques are a joke?”


  “Sigh, the Sky Emperor Palace is so unlucky to have provoked someone like him.”


  Seeing as Chu Kuangren entered the pavilion, the few elders could not help but mutter. However, those thoughts were only spoken in their minds of course.

  They would not dare to speak their mind before Chu Kuangren.

  Just after Chu Kuangren had entered the pavilion, three of Sky Emperor Palace Sages were gathered together within the depths of their orthodoxy, and Heavenly Emperor Sage Zhang was among them.

  “Rumors have it that when he went to the Dharma Sect, it only took him half a day to gain insights on eight thousand cultivation techniques. His level of understanding has reached an unimaginable level.”


  “If it took him half a day to learn eight thousand techniques, plus he said that he’d be out in a minute, I suppose he’s confident that he can understand all the techniques within the Sky Emperor Palace in just a short while. Sigh, this person is beyond talented.”


  “Heh, don’t you guys forget, there’s that scroll inside as well.”


  Heavenly Emperor Sage Zhang then said.

  The other two Sages’ eyes lit up upon hearing that. “Wait, that scroll which we deemed forbidden is among the others as well?”


  “That’s right.”


  Heavenly Emperor Sage Zhang nodded. “The scroll is just too abnormal. Anyone who has tried to gain insight from it was either mentally exhausted to death or ended up going mad. Even a Sage like me almost fell into it.”


  “I believe that despite Chu Kuangren’s extremely high level of understanding, he will still get into trouble before that scroll.”


  A chilling grin appeared on the corners of his mouth as he said that.

  After all, Chu Kuangren had dealt such a large blow to the Sky Emperor Palace. Not only did he have them compensate and apologize to him, but they also owed him at least a billion soulstones……

  How could they possibly let Chu Kuangren obtain all their cultivation techniques so smoothly?

  “Seeing that you’re so daring to mess with him, Sage Zhang, aren’t you afraid that the scroll won’t affect Chu Kuangren and he’d pay you back for that instead?”


  A Sage asked with a frown.

  Chu Kuangren’s combat strength was just too horrifying that they would not dare to fight against him. They would never gain any benefit from doing so anyway.

  “Heh, the two of you, please rest assured. Although I’ve placed that scroll inside, I’ve also added a sign that states it’s dangerous and warns others from reading it. But who the hell are we talking about here? He’s Chu Kuangren, the most peerless sky-pride the world has ever seen!”


  “All sky-prides are prideful and arrogant. How can he not be interested in that scroll? The more we warn of its danger, the more it’ll pique his interest. He’ll definitely try to learn its contents.”


  “But if something happens to go wrong at that time, the only one to blame for not listening to the warning will be himself. How does our Sky Emperor Palace have anything to do with it?”


  Heavenly Emperor Sage Zhang replied confidently.

  The other two Sages looked at each other and laughed as well.

  “You’re right, it’ll be great news if he were to go mad from reading that scroll. Even if he ends up alright after this, we’re not the ones to blame for that too.”


  “That makes sense.”


  The three Sages were prepared to enjoy the show.

  Meanwhile.

  Chu Kuangren was going through all the cultivation techniques of the Sky Emperor Palace inside the pavilion. With his Meditational Clarity fully activated, he managed to understand and gain insights on all the cultivation techniques very quickly before merging it with his Transcendent Coalescence Daoist Physique.

  Under that situation, his Transcendent Coalescence Daoist Physique continued to improve and evolve.

  The terrifying Transcendent Coalescence Daoist Physique was unique as a Daoist Physique, for the stronger and more cultivation techniques its user learned, the more frightening its power would become.

  Just with that fact alone rendered the Chaos Physique and Heavenly Golden Imperial Physique, which were ranked first and second, no match to it.

  However, the only catch was the limits of a person’s mental capacity. Even if their level of understanding was incredibly high, how many techniques could one possibly learn or gain insights on in their whole lifetime?

  That was the main reason the Transcendent Coalescence Daoist Physique was ranked third.

  Despite that, things were different when it came to Chu Kuangren.

  With the help of his Meditational Clarity trait, his speed of learning those cultivation techniques was so frightening that it was unsurpassable by anyone in the past and present. No would stand a chance against him!

  The Transcendent Coalescence Daoist Physique could be fully utilized in his possession, and it had the ability to surpass the Chaos Physique and Heavenly Golden Imperial Physique as well!

  Various techniques, Honorable Techniques, Sage Techniques……

  One by one, Chu Kuangren learned all of the Sky Emperor Palace’s cultivation techniques.

  Finally, he reached the topmost floor in the pavilion.

  The whole area was empty with only a wooden box placed there. A paper seal was stuck on it, which said…… ‘Forbidden technique, do not attempt to seek knowledge from it.’


  Chu Kuangren was stunned for a while.

  He went forward and tore off the so-called seal easily. “Are they messing with me? This forbidden technique doesn’t even have any restrictions or barriers placed around it. Do they think some piece of warning paper stuck on it will stop me? They’re clearly trying to trick me.”


  Chu Kuangren pursed his lips, but he eventually opened the wooden box after some pondering. “Frankly speaking, this has really piqued my interest.”


  Inside the wooden box was a scroll.

  Upon opening the scroll, a strange surge of energy emanated from the numerous black characters which were drawn on the scroll, targeting Chu Kuangren’s mind.

  The numerous characters before his eyes were akin to multiple tadpoles swimming about; it was very difficult for him to see what was written on them.

  “Easy-peasy.”


  Chu Kuangren chuckled as he steadied his mind. With the Rocksteady Daoist Core, it took him no time to break free and resist the effects of that strange energy.

  Then, he started to gain insights from that scroll.

  Surges upon surges of mysterious Daoist Rhymes flooded his mind. He may have the Meditational Clarity trait, but he still felt that it was still quite challenging.

  “Huh, a cultivation technique that makes me feel slightly challenged even with the Meditational Clarity trait. Interesting. No wonder Sky Emperor Palace has listed it as a forbidden technique.”


  Chapter 320: The Unnamed Island In The Middle Of The Sea, One Of The Nine Great Emperor Techniques, Heart Piercing Finger

  The Sky Emperor Palace’s forbidden scroll piqued Chu Kuangren’s interest a little.

  So he sat with his legs crossed and began to gain insights from it.

  Due to the extraordinary nature of that scroll, the Daoist Rhyme contained within it was so extremely profound that it could make anyone crazily obsessed with it.

  Normally, when it came to learning cultivation techniques, there was no saying that the more profound technique one cultivated, the better it was.

  There must be a certain degree of moderation when doing so.

  If one were to choose a technique that was overly profound that they could not understand, they would not be able to achieve any progress even if they went at it their entire life.

  The Sky Emperor Palace’s forbidden scroll was such a technique.

  That technique was more profound than any other that Chu Kuangren had encountered before. If any other cultivators wanted to gain insight from it, they would stand no chance of succeeding. Besides that, that scroll also contained a lingering…… evil nature within it.

  Anyone who tried to gain insight from that technique would be easily attracted by how profound it was and end up trapped in a bout of obsession over it. Even Honorable Supremes would be drained of their mental energy to death, let alone cultivators with a slightly weaker Daoist core……

  Sky Emperor Palace.

  The three Sages who were watching Chu Kuangren could not help but feel delighted upon seeing him attempting to gain insights from the forbidden scroll.

  “Ha, he took the bait.”


  “Let’s see what he’s going to do now.”


  “How greedy of you, Chu Kuangren. You clearly know that it’s a forbidden technique, yet you still want to comprehend it. You’re doomed to fall on your arrogance today.”


  Heavenly Emperor Sage Zhang laughed out loud. He could not wait to see the helpless look on Chu Kuangren’s face when he would encounter a setback.

  As time went by, two hours soon passed.

  Chu Kuangren was still on the top floor, gaining insights from that scroll.

  The three Sages were sure that he was too deep in it to pull himself out.

  “Even an Honorable Supreme will die from mental exhaustion if he studies this scroll for three days. Despite how terrifying Chu Kuangren’s strength is, which is comparable to a Sage, he can only last ten days at most.”


  “If he cannot break free from the profound mystery in the scroll within ten days, he’ll die of mental exhaustion.” Heavenly Emperor Sage Zhang chuckled.

  Four hours soon passed.

  There was still no news from Chu Kuangren.

  Six hours, eight hours, and ten hours eventually passed.

  Just as Chu Kuangren was comprehending the Sky Emperor Palace’s forbidden scroll, numerous ripples suddenly appeared somewhere above the sea in Firmament Star.

  Then, a gigantic island appeared out of thin air.

  A bright colorful light suddenly shot up into the sky, and an immensely dense surge of Daoist Rhyme swept out in all directions.

  At that moment, all the Sages of the Firmament Star could sense it.

  “This burst of Daoist Rhyme…… contains an Emperor’s Aura!”


  “It came from the sea.”


  “A never-before-seen island? It’s brimming with an Emperor’s Aura as well. Could this be the island that an Emperor once lived?”


  “According to the ancient archives, there are only a handful of Emperors who lived at the sea. Is it the White-Robed Emperor, Willowgrace Emperor, or the Cerulean Emperor?”


  “There’s certainly a great Opportunity of Fortune on that island!”


  “Quickly, send some of our men to scout the island.”


  The appearance of the unnamed island caused a stir throughout the whole Firmament Star. Multiple streaks of light zoomed toward the sea.

  Among them, the Thirty-Six Oceanic Islands were the first to notice it. They immediately sent their men to seal up that island, seemingly intending to take all the Opportunity of Fortune on that island for themselves.

  This created a big dispute between them and the four domains’ sage orthodoxies.

  Inside the Sky Emperor Palace, the Heavenly Emperor Sage Zhang too knew that an unnamed island, which was suspected that an Emperor once lived there, had appeared out of thin air.

  So, they too decided to hurry over and check it out. After all, any Sage would be attracted to the Opportunity of Fortunes that were related to the Emperors.

  “What shall we do with Chu Kuangren then?”


  A Sky Emperor Palace Sage suddenly asked.

  “One of us should be here to watch over him.”


  “If that’s the case, who’s the one that’ll stay?”


  The three Sages looked at each other.

  None of them were willing to miss out on an Opportunity of Fortune that was related to the Emperors.

  “Why don’t we decide with…… rock, paper, scissors?”


  One of the Sages suggested.

  The other Sages rolled their eyes, thinking that he must be out of his mind to decide such an important matter with a mere game of rock, paper, scissors.

  Just when the three of them were deliberating, an incomparably terrifying surge of Daoist Rhyme which contained a certain Emperor’s Aura suddenly swept out from the Sky Emperor Palace.

  “What’s going on?”


  “This aura, it’s…… Chu Kuangren?”


  The faces of those three turned grim as they disappeared. When they arrived at the top of the pavilion, they were surprised to see a cross-legged Chu Kuangren.

  “This surge of Daoist Rhyme is exactly the same as the one from that scroll!”


  “Has he really gained insights into the technique in that scroll?”


  “That’s impossible!”


  Chu Kuangren slowly opened his eyes.

  He stood up and raised his fair arm, slowly pointing his finger toward the void. Then, a burst of finger strength shot through the air!

  The finger strength formed into a gigantic finger which pierced into the sea of clouds.

  In an instant, the surrounding void rumbled and the sea of clouds shattered!

  All three Sages could feel an inexplicable fear from that finger attack. In fact, they were incredibly shocked.

  That burst finger strength was not aimed towards them at all!

  If they were to the target, how terrifying would that be?

  The three of them dared not imagine.

  “I can’t believe he has gained insight into the technique on the scroll. Seeing that an Emperor’s Aura was contained within his attack earlier, this is an Emperor Technique!”


  “By the heavens, how did he do it?”


  Heavenly Emperor Sage Zhang was confused.

  The Sky Emperor Palace had possessed that scroll for such a long time, yet no one was able to learn anything from it until now.

  There was a large group of cultivators who had died trying to learn from that scroll.

  Even someone like the Heavenly Emperor Sage Zhang was almost trapped in it.

  However, the technique on the scroll was not learned by a cultivator who was from the Sky Emperor Palace!

  That very fact made him feel extremely upset since it seemed as if the scroll was prepared specially for Chu Kuangren, and they were just merely keeping it safe for him. He was not charged with the storage fee too!

  Besides that, countless cultivators had lost their lives too.

  Heavenly Emperor Sage Zhang’s expression kept changing. The more he thought about it, the angrier he felt. It was as if a mountain was weighing upon his chest, and he immediately coughed up blood.

  “Sage Zhang!”


  “Steady your Daoist core, quickly. Forget about everything else.”


  Beside him, the expression of the two Sages changed as they hurriedly advised him.

  They could understand what Sage Zhang was feeling since they too had the urge to cough up blood themselves, let alone him.

  “If I knew something like this would happen, I would’ve never placed that scroll there. We gave an Emperor Technique away to Chu Kuangren for free!”


  Heavenly Emperor Sage Zhang turned pale as he spoke through gritted teeth.

  He was too enraged!

  His original intention was to trouble Chu Kuangren, but he did not expect to go for wool and came home shorn instead. He had enabled Chu Kuangren to receive such a valuable treasure so effortlessly!

  The other two Sages smiled bitterly at each other.

  “There’s no need to blame yourself over this. Who would’ve thought that he could gain insights on the technique on that scroll? We can’t try to understand this person by common sense alone.”


  “Indeed.”


  Inside the pavilion tower.

  Chu Kuangren chuckled as he looked at the scroll in his hand.

  “Heart Piercing Finger, huh? This is a splendid Emperor Technique!”


  “Besides, this Emperor Technique is but one-ninth of another technique. This means that there are eight more copies of this scroll but with a different Emperor Technique inscribed on each of them. When all nine Emperor Techniques are combined, the true form of this mysterious technique shall be revealed!” Chu Kuangren mumbled.

  That was the information he obtained upon gaining insight into the Heart Piercing Finger Technique.

  The Emperor Technique was already the strongest technique to ever exist in the Firmament Star, so it was hard to even imagine the level of technique that would emerge should the nine Emperor Techniques be combined.

  Would it be related to the ethereal Immortals?

  Chu Kuangren secretly noted down everything about that. He intended to watch out for the whereabouts of the other scrolls in the future.