Emperor’s Domination

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“Shit, this is my eighth attempt.
I got here last night but still got kicked out.” An old man cursed while looking up at the gate.
He was with several peers.

They were powerful but the maze got the best of them.

“Brother Lin, you still did better than us.
We tried several times a few years ago but didn’t get far.” His friend smiled wryly.

“The problem is that we saw a valley during the first four attempts.
It has a million-year-old knotweed that has reached the dao.
Its violet energy is insane.” The old man vexingly said: “We used our heavenly gazes at markings but kept on chasing the moving valley.
Alas, whenever we got close enough, we immediately got sent out.”

“That’s nothing.
Our Senior Uncle saw a jade rabbit three thousand years ago.
He tried dozens of times and when he actually touched it, he got sent out too.” A different expert said.

“Earlier, i saw a golden pagoda up a peak.
Our group climbed up there and didn’t see any pagoda.
What a waste of time.” An elder shook his head.

The group started pondering after hearing the individual experiences.

“Why do they disappear right away?” An expert speculated: “They have to be illusions, right? The stones and the treasures aren’t real.”

“No, they’re real.” A big shot elder shook his head: “An amazing cultivator had confirmed this in the past.
It’s a matter of being in the wrong spatial coordinates.”

“Who?” The previous speaker remained skeptical.

“Space Dragon Emperor.” The elder answered with a solemn tone.

The group became startled and felt respect for this character.

“The great emperor allowed our future generations to have a second path.” Nothing but reverence and awe permeated the crowd.

The emperor lived during the age of the dao lords, one of the few who dared to take the title, “emperor”.
After all, dao lords reigned during this period. 

Moreover, everyone accepted this title.
The emperor wasn’t a dao lord yet not inferior to any, eventually creating a realm to oppose the dao lords – Myriad Dao Heavenly Physique.
Others came to know of these cultivators as Heavenly Sovereigns.

In the past, a cultivator at the Grand Dao Sacred Physique realm would be stuck there if they couldn’t become a dao lord.
Their dao path would end there.

Finally, the heaven-defying genius opened a new realm, one that could challenge the dao lords.
This genius became the first Heavenly Sovereign with the title of Space Dragon Emperor.

“I’ve read the stories behind this before.” An expert from the last generation said: “The emperor came here during his youth, all alone, searching for an immortal medicine.
Not only did he find one, he also made it deeper and reached the legendary Fire Domain.”

“Fire Domain? The deepest part of the stone forest?” Many became startled.

“I don’t know about that.” The expert shook his head: “But it’s widely believed that Fire Domain might be the final destination here.”

***

By this point, virtually everyone knew about Immortal Assailant’s treasury and came to the forest.

Most knew that they had no chance of obtaining the treasury.
However, they could still test their luck here.

Unfortunately, it didn’t take long before they walked out.
Their techniques and abilities didn’t matter.
They quickly got lost and found their way back to the entrance again.