Just as the phenomena occurred in Qingcheng, there was a secret realm unknown to the world in a primeval forest nearly 100,000 miles away from Flame City.
Within this secret realm were arranged tens of thousands of rooms, or rather, cells for imprisoning something.
The walls of these cells were made of extremely rare forging materials, characterized by their exceptional toughness.
These walls were covered with profound array patterns, constantly emitting a faint light.
Occasionally, inhuman roars echoed from within these cells.
Patrolling soldiers guarded the passages between the cells, and they behaved cautiously when passing the cells from which the roars originated.
This was only the periphery of the secret realm.
Deep within, there was a massive barrier spanning thousands of miles.
Inside the barrier stood an extremely luxurious palace, covering an area of over ten thousand yards.
It was built of gold and stone, supported by nine enormous pillars carved with lifelike golden dragons, resembling real divine dragons.
Deep within the palace lay a fiery red true dragon, thousands of feet long, its body emitting a surge of blood energy that dyed the surroundings red.
However… the true dragon was devoid of life, merely a dragon corpse.
Beneath the dragon corpse was a figure, sitting cross-legged in mid-air, eyes closed, body rising and falling, absorbing the blood energy emanating from the dragon corpse.
“Hmm?”
The figure seemed to sense something and abruptly opened its eyes.
“Whoosh!”
A beam of divine light shot out from its eyes, piercing the void and pushing back the surrounding blood energy.
As the blood energy dissipated, the figure revealed its true face: a handsome young man who appeared to be in his early thirties.
“Dead?” the young man murmured, a hint of realization in his eyes.
“Dead is dead, just some failed products.”
The young man composed himself, glanced at the dragon corpse in the hall, and a flash of fanaticism appeared in his eyes.
“Dragon Ancestor only managed to awe the universe by integrating dragon blood, but I, Long Wushuang, will surpass all predecessors and become the universe's sole overlord, hahahaha…”
The mad laughter echoed throughout the palace.
The laughter subsided after a long while, and a sneer appeared on Long Wushuang's face.
“Who would have thought that such an ancient secret realm would exist in this Fiery Cloud Ancient Star, containing a legendary true dragon.
Once I completely refine the blood energy of this true dragon, the forbidden life zones, the supreme ancient emperors, the desolate ancient families, the immortal holy lands, and the undying dynasties will all be trampled under my feet.”
“Then, I, Long Wushuang, will be the universe's only overlord.”
“Why must my Long family guard this damn Starry Sky Ancient Road?
A group of decaying fools, still following someone who died millions of years ago, foolish, utterly foolish.”
“When I succeed, I will show those fools that the so-called Holy Emperor is nothing more than that!”
Clearly, Long Wushuang came from the Dragon family, a family of divine generals, and he was very dissatisfied with the Long family's duty to guard the Starry Sky Ancient Road.
He even lacked respect for the Holy Emperor of the human race.
“You seem dissatisfied with me!”
Just then, a voice suddenly sounded behind Long Wushuang.
Long Wushuang's body shook, and he turned around, narrowing his eyes.
Looking at Gu Changsheng and the others, his expression was relaxed.
He didn't seem surprised that Gu Changsheng and the others could enter here silently.
Instead, he asked calmly, “Who are you?”
Gu Changsheng didn't answer him but said to Ye Hongyi beside him, “Honghong, what do you feel?”
Ye Hongyi nodded gently and said, “Here, all divine senses and perceptions can be blocked, Master.
Perhaps that's why he thinks it's normal for us to suddenly appear behind him.”
“Yes, so-called ignorance is bliss.” Gu Changsheng nodded.
After speaking, Gu Changsheng looked at the dragon corpse and said indifferently, “Pitiful, not even allowed to rest in peace after death, being devoured by an ant.”
Long Wushuang narrowed his eyes when he saw that Gu Changsheng and the others were ignoring him and said, “How dare you, not only trespassing into the forbidden area but also speaking presumptuously in front of me.
Even if you come from an immortal force, don't even think about leaving here today.”
Gu Changsheng looked at him with his arrogant words and asked indifferently, “You don't recognize me?”
“Do I need to recognize you?” Long Wushuang sneered.
“You should recognize me!”
Gu Changsheng took a step forward, and a faint pressure pressed towards Long Wushuang.
Seeing that Gu Changsheng actually wanted to force him with pressure, Long Wushuang couldn't help but sneer.
He, Long Wushuang, came from the Dragon family and contained the bloodline of a true dragon.
Now, after absorbing the blood energy of the true dragon for many years, the true dragon bloodline in his body was extremely strong.
He could even withstand the pressure of a true dragon.
How could the pressure of a mere human affect him?
“Boom!”
When the pressure descended on Long Wushuang, Long Wushuang wanted to stimulate the true dragon bloodline to let the other party taste the feeling of being forced by pressure.
But in just an instant, he felt as if billions of pounds were on his body.
His body was instantly crushed to the ground by the powerful pressure, and a human-shaped pit appeared on the extremely hard floor.
“You… you…” Long Wushuang was covered in sweat, wanting to speak, but he only felt shortness of breath and couldn't say anything.
“As a member of the Dragon family, you don't recognize me?” Gu Changsheng asked again.
“You… you… who exactly are you?” Long Wushuang said with difficulty.
“I am the Holy Emperor you just called a piece of trash!” Gu Changsheng said calmly.
Hearing this, Long Wushuang's pupils shrank, and his face was full of shock.
He said, “Impossible, don't even think about deceiving me, how could you be the Holy Emperor, no one can live that long.”
Long Wushuang naturally didn't believe what Gu Changsheng said, especially after he came into contact with the dragon corpse.
In this hall, besides the dragon corpse, there were many records of the era in which the dragon corpse lived.
The era in which this dragon lived was more than ten million years ago, and according to the ancient books he obtained, the realm of this dragon corpse before its death had surpassed the Great Emperor.
What was beyond the Great Emperor?
That was only the legendary Immortal.
Even a true dragon who reached the Immortal realm had fallen.
How could the Holy Emperor of the human race, who was clearly recorded to have fallen, be resurrected?
The Dragon family and the Elder Hall naturally had portraits of Gu Changsheng, but looking at Long Wushuang's appearance, he didn't seem like a person who would piously worship, let alone remember Gu Changsheng's appearance.
As for the changes in the Starry Sky Ancient Road, he had been in seclusion in this secret realm all these years, so he didn't know about it at all.
He didn't even pay attention to the Elder Council's messages, because although his cultivation was only at the peak of the Great Sage, if he used the strong true dragon bloodline in his body, even ordinary quasi-emperors would not be his opponents.
So he ignored the Elder Council's messages.
Combining all of the above, he indeed didn't recognize Gu Changsheng.
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