Seeing Lü Bu's expression, Kong Xuan smiled and said, "General Lü, among the top powers in the Immortal Realm, excluding the four giant powers in the core region, there are ten ordinary Immortal Emperors."
"Which ten?" Lü Bu's eyes flickered. Since his birth, he had been patrolling the borders of the Great Han. For decades, the Great Han had been recovering its national strength. He was relatively familiar with the southern part of the Immortal Realm, but he did not know much about the powers in the west and north.
"In the southern Immortal Realm, General Lü is probably quite familiar with the Void Immortal Emperor of the Sea of Blades Alliance, and Emperor Yan Xing of the Sun and Moon Heavenly Court, who has been suppressing the Ancient Star Road. Naturally, there is also you, General Lü!" Kong Xuan smiled slightly and spoke again. "In the western Immortal Realm, the Golden Crow clan has only recently appeared, and their situation is unclear. Emperor Qionghuang of the Qiongqi lineage, who controls the four great wilderness regions of the western Immortal Realm, has five threads of Emperor's fate. And Emperor Feishi of the Mountain of Immortality has eight threads of Emperor's fate!"
"Emperor Baidao of the Hundred Refinements Heavenly Court in the northern Immortal Realm has seven threads of Emperor's fate, and Emperor Tunri of the Heaven Swallowing Palace has eight threads of Emperor's fate!"
"As for us two in the east, there is no need to say more. Additionally, there is Emperor Heilong of the Azure Dragon lineage, with nine threads of Emperor's fate."
"In my opinion, the number of Emperor's fates is not a strict rule for distinguishing combat power among ordinary Immortal Emperors," Lü Bu said with a smile. Taixu Immortal Emperor and Shiyuan Immortal Emperor, seated at the head, closed their eyes with expressionless faces. Kong Xuan gave an awkward smile, and Yuyi by his side said, "General, you must not be overconfident. Take Emperor Xuwu and Emperor Heilong, both with nine threads of Emperor's fate, as a comparison. Xuwu is definitely no match for Heilong."
"Among Immortal Emperors, the number of Emperor's fates is a standard for dividing combat power, but there is another extremely important factor: supreme treasures. Decades ago, your court's four generals fought against Xuwu and were not defeated. The four generals had heaven-defying combat power and could suppress Immortal Emperors. That goes without saying. If Emperor Xuwu had possessed a supreme treasure at that time, the four generals would have certainly perished."
Speaking of this, Yuyi gave a bitter smile and shook his head. "Since the Immortal Realm entered the late stage of the Nether Sea Era, with the rise of the current four giant powers, this world has become unfair for Immortal Emperor powerhouses."
At this moment, Lin Feng's expression was slightly surprised. He had heard Zhuge Liang mention a few things in the Great Han, but they were very vague. After all, the Great Han had only recently entered the top tier after conquering Xuwu's territory.
"At the end of the Nether Sea Era, with the rise of the four giant powers, the old generation of giants perished on the Ancient Star Road. The four giant powers joined forces to cover the entire Immortal Realm and swept away all the Chaos Stones scattered in the four directions of the Ancient Star Road. I don't know what divine ability they used, but they managed to drag the lands capable of nurturing Chaos Stones into the deepest part of the Ancient Star Road, a place where even an Immortal Emperor could hardly survive. The four giant powers jointly controlled the Chaos Stone resources, ushering in their era of dominating the Immortal Realm. The world called it the Era of Emperors." Kong Xuan stood up with a solemn expression. He walked to the hall entrance and scanned the gradually dissipating Kunpeng phantom.
"The Chaos Stones are monopolized by the four powers, so forces like ours have lost access to Chaos Stones, the key material for refining supreme treasures. Without Chaos Stones, there are no supreme treasures that can be matched with Immortal Emperors, and their combat power will be greatly weakened. The four powers control the Chaos Stones. For countless ages, many Immortal Emperors have perished without the protection of supreme treasures and fallen on the Ancient Star Road. Out of necessity, to obtain Chaos Stones, we can only surrender to the rule of the four overlord powers. The Myriad Races Assembly is, in simple terms, just a formality for them to select powerful beings as their spokespersons."
"How powerful are the four giant powers?" Lü Bu asked after a long silence.
"We are not very clear. Their reign over the Immortal Realm is too ancient. In the same era, there were no other overlord powers competing with them. For countless ages, we do not know how powerful the four giant powers are. However, one thing is certain: these four giant powers are too strange. Unlike our forces, once a race has an Immortal Emperor, the Great Dao will descend divine punishment and strip the race of its luck. This is not the case for the four giant powers. As their beings ascend to the Dao, their luck never wanes, nor is it stripped away."
"How can that be?" Lü Bu was puzzled. To strengthen their foundations, most forces in the Immortal Realm would unite several races to increase the number of Immortal Emperors. For example, the Sea of Blades Alliance in the southern Immortal Realm was a vast force established by the union of several races, and now with the addition of Emperor Xuwu, its strength has become even more formidable.
"In several eras of the Immortal Realm, many powerful Immortal Emperors have perished. What about their inheritances?" Lü Bu stood up. At this moment, Taixu Immortal Emperor and Shiyuan Immortal Emperor both shook their heads with bitter smiles.
Yuyi stood up and said, "These powerful inheritances require eons of opportunity to appear. The Immortal Realm is vast and has undergone many changes. Most of these inheritances are lost. Many others are on the Ancient Star Road. The Ancient Star Road is already perilous, and to contend for them within it, how can it be easy?"
"General Lü, did you see the Kunpeng phantom just now? That inheritance is on the Ancient Star Road. It was just a leak of its aura that was projected into the Immortal Realm."
"There are many inheritances on the Ancient Star Road, and even many Emperor corpses are seated there. Immortal Emperors who once shone across the heavens and suppressed an era have all perished in the depths of the Ancient Star Road. The Kunpeng clan was active during the Creation Era, the Immortal Ancient Era, and the Savage Era, and was once an overlord power. Even the current four giant powers cannot compare to them."
"However, the four giant powers control the Immortal Realm. Whether it is within the Immortal Realm or on the Ancient Star Road, all inheritances that are opened must comply with their decrees. Even if you are a peerless Immortal Emperor controlling forty threads of Emperor's fate, or even an immortal Immortal Emperor controlling over fifty threads of Emperor's fate, if you defy the decrees of the supreme giants, you will be suppressed in an instant, just like Xuwu was at that time! You cannot escape!"
"So, this Kunpeng's inheritance is on the Ancient Star Road, and once it opens, it will surely attract Immortal Emperor powerhouses! And the Kunpeng's inheritance will be decided by the four giant powers?" Lü Bu frowned and asked unhappily.
"You are correct. Judging by the posture just now, that powerful Kunpeng aura must be from the Kunpeng Immortal Emperor of the Savage Era. The giants of the Savage Era controlled several incredibly powerful supreme treasures, especially the Chaos Halberd. It is the hereditary treasure of the Kunpeng clan, containing the cultivation inheritance of the Kunpeng clan, refined by the Kunpeng Ancestor Emperor. It has been controlled by three Emperors and possesses profound imperial charm, making it peerless!" Shiyuan Immortal Emperor, who had been closing his eyes for a long time, spoke slightly, and then opened his eyes.