Chapter 1860: Chapter 1857: Beginning to Move Forward

Raising her eyes to look, only now did Cheng Kes realize that those people who had stepped onto the Emperor Road before her were still not far ahead, moving forward step by step with extreme difficulty, as if bearing the weight of a hundred thousand great mountains, unable to lift their feet.

Seeing this scene, Cheng Kes finally felt much better inside.

If everyone walked as leisurely as Ye Xuan, she really would start doubting life.

"So this is the Emperor Road..."

Watching the crowd’s brave and advancing steps, Cheng Kes’s heart was greatly shaken.

Only after stepping onto the Emperor Road did she discover that this path was very wide and very long, to the point she could not see its end.

Aside from turning back and being able to see the outside world, every other angle of view was completely sealed by the Emperor Road.

This seemed also to signify that once one stepped onto the Emperor Road, one could only press ever forward, casting all else behind.

In one’s mind, there could be only a single thought.

Reach the summit of the Emperor Road and wage a fair and upright struggle of the Dao!

Wage a true struggle for Tian Ming!

Cheng Kes took a deep breath, discarded distracting thoughts, adapted to the Dao aura on the Emperor Road, and walked forward step by step.

As a genuine Heaven and Earth Great Sage, Cheng Kes’s strength was naturally extraordinary, and her understanding of the Dao likewise had its own uniqueness.

Adding in that Ye Xuan had slowed his pace, Cheng Kes was able to follow up step by step.

Looking back, she could see more people standing rooted to the spot, unable to take that step forward.

This was the first level of the Emperor Road’s trial.

Besides eliminating pseudo–Great Sages, it would also block some whose understanding of the Dao was not deep enough.

Cheng Kes glanced once, then withdrew her gaze, focusing on walking forward step by step, finally arriving behind Ye Xuan.

Cheng Kes quietly let out a breath of relief.

She couldn’t help turning to look at Liang Difan, who had been following behind Ye Xuan all along, and felt somewhat envious in her heart.

This follower of the Young Master’s was so strong, he could actually keep pace with the Young Master’s steps!

As this thought arose, Cheng Kes noticed that the Dao aura upon her body grew even heavier, making her once again feel as though she could not breathe.

"Empty yourself. Don’t think about anything."

Ye Xuan’s voice came from ahead.

Ye Xuan’s reminder also allowed Cheng Kes to swiftly stabilize her Dao Heart, concentrate on comprehending the Dao, and follow closely behind Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan walked neither fast nor slow, ambling along as though strolling through his own backyard.

For him, there was simply no need to comprehend any so‑called Dao.

He had always been probing the secrets of the Emperor Road.

Across endless ages, he had walked it far too many times.

From beginning to end, Ye Xuan had always been very simple about his Dao.

The self—this was the greatest Dao!

An Invincible Dao Heart was not something that could be casually forged.

As for Liang Difan, the reason he could keep closely behind Ye Xuan was because he had awakened the soul of the Taiyin Ancient Gods, and his understanding of his own Dao was likewise exceedingly clear.

The trial at this stage of the Emperor Road had absolutely no effect on them.

This was nothing more than the entry level of the Dao.

And for those who had long since stepped through the door, and even climbed to great heights.

Crossing the threshold once more was light and effortless.

"I’m going to begin advancing."

Ye Xuan spoke in his heart.

He was speaking to himself.

It seemed also to be a proclamation to the All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds, or a kind of warning to certain existences.

Ye Xuan’s gaze was calm. As he walked, his eyes were fixed always on the distant reaches of the Emperor Road.

On the vast and boundless Emperor Road, above was the starry dome of the All Heavens.

Countless stars filled the sky, arrayed through the Circulation.

From each star, radiance spilled down, shining upon every person walking on the Emperor Road.

Some struggled with heavy steps.

Some strode like dragons and tigers.

Some wandered carefree and at ease.

Some moved with dashing ease.

This was the opening of an epoch.

Everyone walking here had the potential to become the protagonist of this era.

And upon setting foot on this road, deep in everyone’s heart, there would be such a thought.

No one spoke.

All moved forward in silence, step by step.

Within the heavy and majestic Dao aura, they each, bit by bit, came to recognize their own Dao, advancing little by little.

Among them were not a few in the Great Sage Realm who directly stepped into the Heaven and Earth Great Sage level.

Some even went further, directly awakening True Destiny and becoming True Destiny Great Sages.

Were this to happen in the outside world, it would absolutely be earth‑shattering, even regarded as a miraculous legend.

Yet on this vast Emperor Road, such things were happening continuously.

And not only on the Emperor Road of the Xuanhuang Great World.

The other Nine Realms.

The Three Thousand Great Worlds.

The billions of worlds of the All Heavens.

All were undergoing the same.

In this very moment, within that supreme Great Realm among the All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds known as the Heavenly Domain’s Thirty-Three Heavens, countless people were, by means of their respective sects’ methods, observing the scenes of the Emperor Roads in the Lower Realm.

And above the Heavenly Domain’s Thirty-Three Heavens was an endlessly vast firmament, whose depths no one knew.

At the utmost pinnacle, a terrifying pressure constantly descended. Even a Great Emperor could not approach this place.

This place was also called the Outer Heaven.

When the Double Emperors first ascended the Heavenly Domain, they had once joined forces to come here, yet could not make contact with this place.

That terrifying pressure was something even the Double Emperors could not withstand.

Yet in such a terrifying place, at this moment there was a young Daoist standing in midair, head raised as he gazed toward the absolute peak, his expression filled with remembrance, his jet‑black eyes brimming with vicissitudes.

Sensing something, he lifted a hand and drew a circle in the Void.

Within that circle, an image surfaced.

In that image, one Great Sage Realm powerhouse after another was continuously walking forward.

And in the very center of the image was a black‑robed youth, strolling at his ease, walking with utter lightness and freedom.

At this time, the black‑robed youth seemed to sense something and turned his head to look back.

Seeing this, the young Daoist smiled faintly.

The black‑robed youth also bared his teeth in a grin.

"I’ll be waiting for you."

The young Daoist opened his mouth and lightly uttered two words.

The black‑robed youth withdrew his gaze and continued forward.

The young Daoist swept his great hand, and the image vanished. He gathered away his smile and murmured softly, "He has begun to advance; I cannot fall behind either."

As he spoke, before the young Daoist there suddenly opened a Heavenly Domain Gate.

The young Daoist took a step, crossed through the gate, and disappeared from that place.

When he appeared again, the young Daoist had already arrived at the Immortal King Hall.

The young Daoist was none other than Wu Muchen.

His previous life was precisely the Mu Chen Immortal King who founded the Immortal King Hall.

An ancient existence from the Immortal Ancient epoch.

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Heavenly Domain.

The Double Emperors were also observing the scenes at the Emperor Road entrances.

However, neither of the Double Emperors was looking at Ye Xuan.

Emperor Mu was watching Wu Yunchou of Eternal Mountain in the Ancient Great World.

Empress Changxi was watching that Holy Daughter of Daozhou’s Southern Sea Immortal Island in the Xuanhuang Great World.

A moment later, the Double Emperors’ gazes shifted again to the farthest distance.

The scene there was of the Black Sky Ancient Netherworld, which had appeared out of thin air.

This mysterious world that existed at the very bottom of the All Heavens and Myriads of Worlds.

At this moment, Great Sage Realm powerhouses of the two mysterious races, Black Sky and Guming, were also stepping one after another onto the Emperor Road, and every one of them walked very steadily, without the slightest pause.

Their performance on the Emperor Road was even more exaggerated than that of those from the strongest Ten Realms!