High-Level Martial Era - Chapter 927

Chapter 927: Chapter 473: Why Seek, Thus Can Be Without Regrets Until Death (Seeking Monthly Votes at the Beginning of the Month)
 

Divine Emperor Island is not that large, with a circumference of only a few dozen kilometers.

But for Li Yuan, who is unable to wield Origin Power, unable to use Divine Sense for Inquiry, it’s not considered small.

After leaving the temple where the woman in white resided, Li Yuan began to wander around the island.

“What kind of existence is Senior Xing, if he mentioned that Divine Emperor Island has opportunities not inferior to the Divine Court Headquarters, he surely wouldn’t deceive me,” Li Yuan thought to himself.

He roamed aimlessly.

However, Li Yuan dared not enter any other palaces, as this was expressly instructed by those of the starry seniority.

Having previously encountered the corpse of the “Sky Blue God King” in a palace, though there was no threat to life… who’s to say other palaces wouldn’t be more dangerous?

This island, after all, was left by the Divine Emperor.

He walked along various branching paths, the murmuring water streams indescribably beautiful, like a fairyland. With Li Yuan’s vision, the ordinary-looking plants by the roadside could likely have miraculous effects in the outside world.

But Li Yuan dared not pick them.

Suddenly, Li Yuan stopped in his tracks, for he saw a red-walled corridor, with stone walls inlaid on one side, and a massive amount of inscriptions on these walls.

It seemed that all these inscriptions were left by different strong characters, each radiating a distinct aura.

The first wall had clear inscriptions: “The path of a Divine King, I, Ji Fu, also wish to attempt it. The journey is vast, life and death unpredictable, but one must always strive for a slim chance of survival…”

Through these words, Li Yuan seemed to see a proud Heavenly Divine, struggling continuously against adversities along the way, wishing to break through all obstructions…

“Ji Fu, the Heavenly Divine?” Li Yuan muttered to himself.

He had not heard of this name before.

But to dare to challenge the God King, he must have been an extremely powerful being among the Heavenly Divines, perhaps even a Heavenly God Monarch.

“This will, truly powerful,” Li Yuan silently lamented.

He then looked towards the second stele.

“I, Tie Moxin, have roamed unbeaten for tens of thousands of years, I wonder if the path to God King can stop me.” As if a domineering man’s voice echoed in Li Yuan’s mind.

“With a sword, I travel unfettered across nine thousand realms, nothing can stop me.” In the inscriptions, a female warrior seemed to rush towards him, the soaring edge in the words made Li Yuan’s heart tremble.

“So many Senior Brothers are so ambitious, ha ha, I do not possess such lofty aspirations, I just want to become Path-Opening God King and live leisurely for 970,000 years,” as if a carefree Heavenly Divine was singing joyously.

Stele after stele.

All left by Heavenly Divines, the aura was either domineering, proud, indifferent, forthright, or sharp.

Their intentions, all left on the inscriptions of each stele.

An intangible force loomed overhead, subjecting Li Yuan to what seemed like a spiritual trial time and time again.

“Heavenly Divines!”

“All these were left by Heavenly Divines,” he said.

“It seems, they are all my unacquainted Senior Brothers and Sisters, who have all reached the pinnacle of Heavenly Divines and are trying to challenge the God King realm,” Li Yuan murmured to himself.

Li Yuan was beginning to understand that for a Heavenly Divine to challenge the God King Realm, there seemed to be great danger.

Stele after stele.

“Will!”

“Powerful spiritual will! Each of these Senior Brothers and Sisters has an incredibly strong spiritual will; even through the words, it gives me a suffocating sensation,” Li Yuan exclaimed in his heart.

The spiritual will that I considered strong.

Compared to these Senior Brothers and Sisters, it’s far from adequate…

Sigh!

The more Li Yuan read, the slower he proceeded; suddenly, he was stunned.

“I, Gu Yun, ha ha, it’s just that I can’t stand the actions of the Three Great Starry Sky Ancient Cities. Why should the Three Great Starry Sky Ancient Cities be so high and mighty, sovereign over heaven and earth for hundreds of millions of years? I must fight them. Senior Xing does not allow me to destroy them, then I will become a Divine King and as an Inner Sect Disciple of the Master, I’ll go change everything…”

“I may still have a hundred thousand years to live, but I have a premonition that the path of Path Breaking is right now; I do not wish to wait any longer. Once I Ascend to God King, I will come to destroy this stele myself.” These are the words left by Gu Yun, the Heavenly Divine.

Li Yuan sighed inwardly.

He could feel Gu Yun’s pride as well as that sharp-edged personality… but obviously, Gu Yun ultimately failed.

After observing for a long while.

Li Yuan finally finished reading the last stele.

“A total of two hundred and nineteen pieces,” Li Yuan stood there, silently contemplating.

“According to the more than a hundred steles I’ve observed, these inscriptions in the red-walled corridor may all be left by the disciples under Jue Xing Divine Emperor who failed to become God Kings,” he said.

That’s right!

From many messages on the steles.

Li Yuan could surmise… these once powerful Heavenly Divines in history, all of them failed.

If they had succeeded, they should have come back to destroy these steles.

“Will!” Li Yuan murmured in his heart.

He sat down cross-legged on the ground and began to meditate silently.

The strength of will requires perseverance, aspirations, and convictions… and through the baptism of time, ultimately forms the foundation of a cultivator’s will.

“Legend has it.”

“That some strong characters, even after their death, their will can persist in the world for long years,” Li Yuan thought: “The will of these Senior Brothers and Sisters, then, runs through the years.”

Many Senior Brothers and Sisters were far from the end of their lifespans, but when they felt the call, they had to challenge the path to God King.

“What is it that I seek?” Li Yuan pondered in his heart.

For family?

For the civilization of my hometown? Or for myself?

“My heart is not yet strong enough,” he said.

“In my youth, I longed to escape a diseased body; I hoped not to disappoint my uncle and aunt, I aspired to slay the Alien Race to protect my homeland. These goals allowed me to advance quickly, to endure what others could not. Coupled with various opportunities, I became the strongest talent of the Seven Star Civilization… Arriving at Jue Xing Continent, I longed to take a significant harvest back to the Seven Star Civilization, never slackened, step by step surpassed many geniuses, to become the strongest, until I entered the Divine Emperor’s sect.”