Beast Taming Patrol

Chapter 1562: Chapter 435: Prisoner of Western Expanse

From now on, no one can stop the marching steps of the Martial God!

"Yes, you won."

The Martial Emperor slowly sat in the void, the blood-red in his eyes gradually fading away.

He had already felt the intense aura of death within himself and the inevitable disintegration of his power.

After that murderous intent descended, he had no room for retreat.

What a terrifying strike.

In the last moments of life, every past event flashed through the Martial Emperor’s mind one by one.

In the year 121 of the Martial God Calendar, the Ghost Energy Stone appeared in the 121st year of the Martial God, also the 78th year after the birth of martial arts.

In that year, the first Martial Arts Extreme Realm expert was born, equal in strength to the strongest epic-level Beast Tamer of the Beast Tamer lineage at the time.

In that year, martial arts, long viewed as heretical by the Beast Tamer lineage, were finally recognized, achieving equal status with the Beast Tamer lineage.

In that year, he was born.

The Martial Emperor had nearly no impression of his parents; they perished in a beast tide while he was still in swaddling clothes.

They only left behind the Martial Emperor, who was sent into a cellar to survive luckily and later rescued by his master.

The only thing the Martial Emperor remembered was a jade pendant placed in his swaddling clothes, a relic of his parents.

From the time he could remember, he lived with his master, who was upright, and, after realizing the Martial Emperor’s exceptional talent for martial arts, selflessly imparted his insights into martial arts.

And by a stroke of luck, the Martial Emperor discovered that the jade pendant, a relic of his parents, possessed extremely mysterious power, capable of aiding his cultivation and pointing out his path.

Locking this secret deep in his heart, he embarked on his uncontrollable path of invincibility.

At the age of only twenty-seven, he already became one of the few Martial Arts Extreme Realm experts of his time.

At that time, the Martial Arts Extreme Realm was at most only at the Origin Extreme Level.

He was the first to break through the Origin Extreme, stepping into the last level of the Martial Arts Extreme Realm—the God Extreme, under the guidance of the jade pendant.

In the year 151 of the Martial God Calendar, the first emperor level stepped into immortality, causing the original standoff between humans and beasts to collapse again.

The immortal-level beasts smashed through all challenges, easily suppressing even when outnumbered ten to one.

It was a difference in levels of existence, leaving the human race in utter despair.

At this critical moment, at only thirty, he boldly broke through to the Martial Domain Realm, confronting immortality with extreme martial arts and ultimately slaying the opponent at the cost of his life.

He did not hoard his experience of breaking through the Martial Domain Realm and made it all public.

Years later, newly birthed Martial Domain Realm experts began to appear gradually.

This action also earned him unparalleled prestige.

Again and again, new immortals perished at the hands of Martial Domain Realm experts, instilling terror in countless beasts.

Meanwhile, within the human race, the Beast Tamer lineage, which never produced a legendary Beast Tamer, gradually became subordinate to the martial arts lineage.

Even later, when the Heavenly Rank Secret Realm appeared, and the Spirit Emperor accidentally discovered the method for a legendary Beast Tamer to break through, achieving a legendary Beast Tamer status, it could not turn the tide.

Finally, after hundreds of years and with the efforts of many strong humans, beasts were banished to the Southern Wilderness Domain, permanently confined there.

After peace, the Martial Emperor established the Emperor Martial Palace, widely accepting disciples, quickly becoming the number one force in the West Profound Domain.

After many years, he finally broke through the Ninth Heaven of the Martial Domain.

On the day of breakthrough, the Martial Emperor felt a new realm.

At the same time, he felt shackles above this new realm.

Not willing to perish so, with his outstanding talent,

So, utilizing the slight human luck gathered from leading humanity to victory, and many secret techniques obtained from integrating inheritances from various Heavenly Rank Secret Realms, the Martial Emperor placed himself in some unique dormant state, waiting for the day the shackles might break for revival.

That wait lasted over a thousand years.

He awaited a new realm, but he also awaited his death.

Even the three old friends who accompanied him all along fell together to save him.

"Buzz~"

Seemingly sensing the Martial Emperor’s state of mind, the jade pendant hanging from his waist lightly buzzed and trembled once.

"Yes, there’s still you."

The Martial Emperor held the jade pendant, a few traces of a relieved smile appeared on his face.

In the end moments of life, his state of mind gradually calmed.

"Time Master, interested in a bet with a dying man?"

"What bet?" the Time Master asked indifferently.

"A bet..." The Martial Emperor’s words paused, a last sharp glint flashed in his eyes, "I can’t kill you, but new human strongmen will emerge to slay you!"

The moment the words fell, the Martial Emperor fiercely crushed the jade pendant he held.

This jade pendant was the chance of his path, greatly aiding him in attaining the Martial God Realm.

But in the battle with the Time Master just then, the Martial Emperor hadn’t used its power at all.

At the instant the jade pendant shattered, a mysterious and immense power turned into invisible ripples, rapidly spreading in all directions centered on the Martial Emperor, enveloping it without giving the Time Master a chance to react!

"You..." A sharp glint flashed in the Time Master’s eyes, and in the next moment, discernment seemed to emerge, with more than a hint of ridicule, "You think this could harm me?"

"You always have to try, no?" The Martial Emperor chuckled, no longer striving to suppress the loss of his own power, instead going with the flow, accelerating the spread of his martial power into the heavens and earth.

His form became illusory, and that nearly boundless power dispersed across the Northern God Domain, seemingly merging with some remnants of traces left in the heavens and earth.

One figure after another formed out of nothingness, standing on the already ruined Northern God Domain earth, looking around blankly.

They were those humans who fell in the past two days.

At this moment, the Martial Emperor was astonishingly using his last martial power to, with their once-existing traces, revive them.

The Time Master watched the Martial Emperor’s actions calmly, his face neither sad nor joyous, "A futile struggle."

He didn’t care about the life and death of these ants and didn’t deign to make another move against the already doomed Martial Emperor.

Even if this last act of the Martial Emperor stirred anger within him.

"Just doing my best is enough."

The Martial Emperor’s illusory body held one hand behind his back and raised the other hand before him.

He walked step by step towards the Emperor Martial Palace, looking at those already in tears and despair.

His gaze swept over each person, and finally, the Martial Emperor spoke calmly.

"Live well."

"For me... to see the day of human victory."

In the next moment, the Martial Emperor’s illusory figure completely dissipated, transforming into immense martial power that soared skyward.

The void twisted under the martial power, taking everyone in the West Profound Domain, and sending them to the Northern God Domain amidst a whirlwind.

The invisible power formed from the Martial Emperor’s jade pendant closed in the next instant.

The power was immensely vast, filled with the martial will of Unbreakable and the Martial Emperor’s final martial power, transforming into a imprisoning cage.

At the border between the West Profound Domain and the Endless Sea, marking the boundary, it encloses and confines all beasts, including the Time Master, in the Southern Wilderness Domain completely!

A soft sigh echoed between the heavens and earth of the Martial God.

"After one month, it will be up to you all."

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