Journey to the West: I have Nine Golden Crows Inside Me-Chapter 1258: The truth about the fall of Emperor Qin Shi Huang in 869

Jiang Chen watched with a slight smile on his face, remembering Jiang Chen well, which was normal given his level of power; he couldn’t possibly forget anyone he had once met.

"It is truly astonishing!"

"I still remember when I first saw you, you were just a mortal, and now, in merely three or four hundred years, you have grown to this extent."

"Such innate talent, even the youthful Heavenly Emperor could hardly compare."

Once he recognized who Jiang Chen was, the smile on his face disappeared, completely replaced by shock.

Even with his experience as a king in two lifetimes and spanning tens of millions of years, he had never seen a talent as extraordinary as Jiang Chen.

Fast, it was just too fast. Even a secret child of the Heavenly Dao wouldn’t have such speed.

"Emperor, you really have fallen!"

After the initial shock, Jiang Chen quickly regained his composure, then realized the origin of the Emperor before him.

The Emperor had truly fallen. The person before him was a manifestation of his Martial Dao will, and although it could also be the Emperor, he had ultimately perished! freewebnøvel.com

The difference between Ancient Martial Artists and modern martial artists was that, although the former had perished, their Martial Dao will coexisted with the Human Race, indestructible as long as the Human Race existed.

Furthermore, when the Martial Dao will of Ancient Martial Artists unleashed its full power, the strength displayed was no different from when they were alive.

However, such an outbreak had a cost; with every full-force release, part of the imprint belonging to the Ancient Martial Artist within the Martial Dao will would disappear.

After several outbreaks, the imprint belonging to the Ancient Martial Artist within the Martial Dao will would vanish completely, signifying that the last remaining mark of that Ancient Martial Artist left between Heaven and Earth had also disappeared.

If the Ancient Martial Artist had not achieved the Dao Venerable Realm before his death, once all imprints were lost, even a Saint taking action personally couldn’t revive him.

Even if he had cultivated to the Dao Venerable Realm, losing all imprints would make resurrection incredibly difficult. If he barely revived, he would never return to his peak strength again.

The cost could not be said to be small!

During his lifetime, the Emperor cultivated Ancient Martial Arts, awakened memories of his previous life, and had even reached the realm of a Great Divine Transcendent, naturally qualifying him to leave behind a Martial Dao will.

Similarly, this also meant that when his Martial Dao will erupted with full force, it was enough to unleash the combat strength of a Great Divine Transcendent level.

"Yes, I have fallen!"

"The Heavenly Dao couldn’t tolerate me, directly sending down an incarnation to thoroughly kill me and suppress my Innate Indestructible True Spirit within myriad Principles, completely eliminating any possibility of my revival."

"It can be said, unless the Immeasurable Kalpa arrives and all Principles collapse, even the combined efforts of the Six Saints couldn’t revive me."

The Emperor was quite detached about his own death, his tone as if he were discussing someone else, not himself.

"Is defying Heaven truly such a heavy price?"

Jiang Chen was puzzled. Given Yu the Great’s merits, even if he defied heaven to become the ninth Human Emperor, the Heavenly Dao shouldn’t treat him so harshly by utterly severing his chances of revival.

After all, Yu the Great had merits towards Heaven and Earth; the Heavenly Dao ought to leave him a sliver of opportunity for life.

Normally speaking, even if Yu the Great defied Heaven, the Heavenly Dao should employ a minor punishment as a major warning, merely stripping him of his throne instead of cutting off all his chances of survival.

Removing "the one" from "Fifty", leaving "Forty-nine", the Heavenly Dao usually does not act extreme; however, in dealing with Yu the Great, it had broken precedent, which was highly unusual.

"Haha, merely wanting to become the Human Emperor wouldn’t have brought me such an end. In fact, initially, the Heavenly Dao only intended to injure me."

"But my ambition was not just to become the ninth Human Emperor. I wanted to engrave the idea of ’human triumph over heaven’ on the Original Source of Heaven and Earth, to see the Human Race’s will and spirit permeate the entire Chaos World."

"Unfortunately, I failed in the end and even infuriated the Heavenly Dao, forcing it to personally descend an incarnation to kill me, leading to my current fate."

At this point, the indifferent expression on the Emperor’s face disappeared, replaced only by endless regret.

"I admire the Emperor’s ambition!"

Hearing the true reason behind the Emperor’s unfortunate end, Jiang Chen could not help but hold him in high regard. That was a true Human Emperor, willing to sacrifice everything he had for the prosperity of the Human Race.

Engraving human spirit and the ideology of ’human triumph over heaven’ on the Original Source of Heaven and Earth, what kind of impact would it bring to the Chaos World?

One could only say that the impact was immense, beyond imagination.

Had the Emperor succeeded in doing so, the Human Race would then become the center of the Chaos World. All the Heavenly Dao’s actions would henceforth be established on the principle of prioritizing humans.

To be specific, the order of the Human Race would replace the existing order of Heaven and Earth. Humans would be the essence of all species, hence among them, human life would be the most valuable, beyond compare to anything else.

Just like in the current Chaos World, where the Human Race feeds on myriad species, similarly, myriad species can also feed on the Human Race, as per the rules of the Heavenly Dao.

But if the ideology of ’human triumph over heaven’ were engraved on the Original Source of Heaven and Earth, then it would become normal for the Human Race to consume myriad species, while myriad species consuming humans would be a sin, subject to the disdain of Heaven and Earth.