# Chapter 1588: Earth's Outstanding Talents
The Reincarnation Lord arrived from the depths of the cosmos, his eyes cold and piercing enough to intimidate anyone. He took a single step downward, approaching the ancient star, and arrived before a city gate invisible to mortal eyes.
On the gate tower were carved three large characters: Hangu Pass!
The brushstrokes were vigorous and powerful. This ancient city had existed for who knows how many years, engraved with the frost of time, covered in the mottled marks of ages, giving anyone who looked upon it the feeling of seeing ten thousand years in a single glance.
It was like a cycle of reincarnation. The ancient city remained the same, but the living beings on the earth had changed countless generations—old bones turned to ash, races replaced again and again.
"This city is still the same as before," the Reincarnation Lord muttered to himself.
He didn't need to exert his power; a trace of supreme aura surged forward, immediately shaking the ancient city. The place blazed with brilliant light as array patterns emerged one after another, transforming into a vast world of immortal dao laws!
"An imperial formation has gained life!" The Reincarnation Lord's eyes narrowed, shooting out two sharp beams of light.
This city was connected to the starry sky, linked to the universe, standing beneath the heavens as a starry city. Brilliant meteor showers flew past, making this place seem even more mysterious and unfathomable.
"And now there are still people daring to guard the city?!" The Reincarnation Lord stepped forward, and in an instant, the universe collapsed!
However, the entire ancient city lit up with four kinds of array patterns in succession, rapidly expanding, blocking out that violent fluctuation.
This startled him. Four kinds of great emperor formations appearing at once, all reviving, exceeded his expectations.
Vaguely, he sensed something was wrong. He didn't immediately launch a forceful attack but instead stepped back into the starry sky, returning to outer space.
The Reincarnation Lord stood in the cold void, looking down at the blue planet below. In his eyes were scenes of suns and moons collapsing, stars being destroyed, and chaos spreading everywhere.
The world he saw was different from that of ordinary cultivators. To normal people, this was a star like a blue diamond, but in his eyes, it was a dao star densely covered with dao patterns, woven from endless runes. Moreover, it was not as small as it appeared on the surface but vast and boundless, even larger than the Big Dipper.
Countless great formations covered this place, overlapping densely. Mountains tens of thousands of zhang high were everywhere, piercing into the vast sky.
The areas exposed outside the great formations were inhabited by humans, but they were just a corner of the true region, insignificant. Those places had no spiritual energy, only pollution.
Even a Great Sage could only sense something was wrong without being able to see through the essence. But an ancient supreme was different; he could see the most fundamental things.
"These are the array patterns laid down by Emperor Venerable back then. As time has passed, they can no longer be hidden. Using the Group Character Art combined with his own supreme ancient formations, they can sense people's intentions. If one enters normally, it's fine, but if one tries to destroy this place, it will bring catastrophic disaster. Moreover... there are actually other imperial formations here!"
An icy voice sounded. The Reincarnation Lord's eyes were hollow, looking incredibly terrifying, as if they could devour suns, moons, mountains, and rivers, causing the universe to collapse in an instant.
Even a supreme being like the Reincarnation Lord didn't force his way in, because there were many secrets here. No one would underestimate the array patterns of the Ancient Heavenly Court's Emperor Venerable; they had to be treated seriously.
After observing for a long time, he returned to Hangu Pass and sneered: "It's not like I haven't been here before. Even if these array patterns revive, so what? Can they stop my footsteps?"
He pointed a finger, about to press forward, but from the ancient city, a most blazing beam of light swept down, directly colliding with him.
The Reincarnation Lord was naturally unharmed. In this world, those who could contend with him could be counted on one hand—they had to be dao-achievers. But was there such a person on Earth?
However, his body trembled slightly, revealing an expression of disbelief. Even though it couldn't injure him, it still greatly surprised him.
"Could there really be some figure here? The great emperor array patterns all revived ahead of time for no reason, attacking me. Someone must be controlling them, and they are extremely knowledgeable about them."
This place had mysterious formations that could isolate many auras, similar to Heaven-Deceiving Array Patterns, and there was more than one or two of them, preventing even the Reincarnation Lord from thoroughly probing them.
This time, he stomped hard, and a huge crack spread out, directly tearing through the universe toward the ancient city. He was going to forcefully break through.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, immortal light exploded. The aura of an ancient great emperor burst forth, shaking the ages of time and space, directly sweeping down a killing light, extremely brilliant.
The expanding great crack was shattered before reaching the city. Moreover, the Reincarnation Lord's body shook as he felt an ocean-like vitality confronting him.
"A complete, fully revived imperial weapon equivalent to a great emperor's strike!" His eyes turned gloomy as he stared at the gate tower. There was indeed preparation there.
Immortal light radiated in billions of strands, releasing undying brilliance within the mist. It must be a powerful figure activating it; otherwise, it would be absolutely impossible to revive a true imperial weapon.
At this moment, various great emperor formations within the city gate also revived, expanding outward. Several figures suddenly appeared on the gate tower, standing there.
In that instant, the Reincarnation Lord's eyes shot out two terrifying beams of light, revealing a trace of shock. He involuntarily stepped forward, his thick hair dancing wildly.
This was an extremely rare event—actually making him show such an expression. If word got out, it would absolutely shock the world. As a supreme being facing the vast universe, he could find no opponent; nothing should have caused this.
It was only in this particular great era, with a few peers appearing, that he couldn't simply sweep through the universe!
"You..."
On the gate tower stood an old Daoist, a monk, and one or two figures hidden in chaos, indistinct.
"Morality Heavenly Venerable... you... are actually still alive!"
The Reincarnation Lord's expression shook as he stared at the old Daoist ahead, revealing an expression of disbelief. How could a figure long confirmed to have passed away in the Mythological Era still be in the mortal world?
On the gate tower, a green ox walked leisurely, carrying the old Daoist. The old man on its back looked immortal, with crane-white hair and a childlike face. Though very old, his cheeks were rosy and healthy.
No matter how you looked at him, he had a transcendent, otherworldly aura, as if he would ride the ox to immortality, ascending beyond the world to become an ancient immortal.
If Ye Fan were here, he would definitely be shocked. Wasn't this the original form of Laozi carved on the stone wall? He had appeared alive, returned to Earth.
"Benefactor, you have mistaken me," the old man on the green ox said calmly. "Some call me Li Er."
The Reincarnation Lord's expression shifted between gloom and brightness. He wasn't afraid, but neither was he pleased. He hadn't expected to encounter such an ancient heavenly venerate on Earth.
And not just one—there was also a great emperor.
His face turned very cold as he stared at another figure who seemed like a great emperor, his voice chilling to the extreme: "Eternal Universe Great Emperor. I never thought you survived as well. A man who once confronted several supremes of the Primordial Ancient Mine and killed one—I never thought your methods of survival were equally heaven-defying."
That was a middle-aged man, tall and robust, with a powerful build, like a heroic figure from ancient times. He was powerful to the extreme, his gaze unfathomably deep.
"You have mistaken me. I am Shennong," the dignified middle-aged man said calmly, making him seem even more mysterious, standing in the mist, hazy and indistinct.
If Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and the others were here, they would definitely cry out. This was a human ancestor, appearing in the mortal world again, still alive.
But thinking about it carefully, it made sense. Rongcheng, back when he was a Quasi-Emperor, had to avoid Shennong and Huangdi, fleeing to the outer domains, believing their talent was too extraordinary, leaving no chance for him to achieve the dao.
How could such people not survive? They would inevitably break through, enter the Great Sage realm, then step into the Quasi-Emperor realm, unwaveringly walking the path to becoming a dao-achiever.
But... the Reincarnation Lord mistaking Shennong for Eternal Universe Great Emperor was puzzling. The only commonality was that both were surnamed Jiang.
If Ye Fan were here, he would also say that near the Jiang Family in the Big Dipper, there was a Jiang River, and in ancient Earth's Flame Emperor lineage, there was also a Jiang River.
Was this a coincidence?
But Shennong himself said the other party had mistaken him.
The Reincarnation Lord sneered, staring at the middle-aged monk in white robes, who had an otherworldly air: "You won't tell me you're not Amitabha either. The appearance is indeed different, but you have some of the aura of the Buddhist great emperor."
"I am Shakyamuni," the monk said calmly, his hands clasped together.
"Haha..." The Reincarnation Lord laughed loudly, his hair wildly dancing, as if he were the only one in the world, the sole venerable.
But when he clearly saw the face of another figure in the chaotic mist, he suddenly fell silent, stepping back before exclaiming in shock: "Emperor Void!"
This man had stepped out from a stone coffin. He looked very ordinary, with no outstanding features, not particularly heroic, but he had a temperament that made people feel at ease.
Plain, ordinary, returning to simplicity.
"Impossible! There's no way you could have survived!"
Meeting anyone else, the Reincarnation Lord hadn't reacted like this. Only upon seeing this "Emperor Void" did he lose his composure, because this man had once confronted Reincarnation Sea head-on.
Emperor Void had faced the most terrifying era of chaos. He fought alone across the eight wastelands, dragging his wounded body to Reincarnation Sea, blocking it there, preventing the ancient emperors from emerging, and even killed one of the supremes there.
At that time, the Reincarnation Lord hadn't emerged, but he knew all of this. How could the impression not be deep?
Among the great emperors, the era of Emperor Void was the most turbulent. He paid the greatest price, until his blood ran dry and he died in battle beyond the domain, leaving an indelible impression on the seven Forbidden Zones of Life.
Even in death, he commanded awe, making all races grateful. Even now, they remember his kindness, grieving and praying, hoping this human great emperor would come back to life.
"I can be certain, Void is dead. I have to admit, he was an extraordinary figure, absolutely worthy of those ants' gratitude, eternal kowtowing and worship. He used his life to protect an era, ultimately spilling his blood beyond the domain. His death has long been confirmed, there's no mistake."
"I am Huangdi," the very ordinary middle-aged man, who didn't look like a supreme being at all, said calmly.
"Haha, good, you are Huangdi. I understand, you are definitely not him!" The Reincarnation Lord laughed loudly, then looked at the others: "You are Shakyamuni, you are Li Er, you are Shennong. Not the heavenly venerate of the Mythological Era, nor the great emperor of the Ancient Era, right?! Haha..."
The Reincarnation Lord laughed loudly, then suddenly stopped, his voice cutting off: "This ancient star really is a good place. I finally understand why Emperor Venerable made so many arrangements here. It's truly a good place for 'nurturing spirits'... actually being able to advance time by so many years!"