Chapter 19: Chapter 19
At mere seven years old, he could create his own cultivation techniques, and by thirteen he had become a Grandmaster.
In his eighteenth year, during the White Crane Imperial Family Tournament, Michael shocked everyone with a single brilliant feat.
Using the realm of a Great Grandmaster, he completely suppressed the other White Crane princes and easily seized the top spot.
However, the tallest tree in the forest will surely be destroyed by the wind.
Although seizing the top spot gave Michael immense limelight and earned the Emperor’s regard, it also brought him a fatal disaster.
Half a year later, the most competitive candidates for Crown Prince, the First, Second, and Third Princes, joined forces to set a trap, they used Thousand-Year Drunk wine to heavily intoxicate Michael.
They framed him by staging a tryst with the imperial concubines in the inner harem and filed a malicious complaint before the Emperor before Michael could defend himself.
Seeing this, the Emperor flew into a thunderous rage. Not only did he cripple Michael’s entire cultivation, but he locked him inside the Imperial Mausoleum, condemning him to be accompanied by the tombs for life.
However, Michael possessed great karmic luck. Inside the White Crane Imperial Mausoleum, he discovered the Marrow Washing Scripture left behind by a eunuch from the previous dynasty.
Through the Marrow Washing Scripture, Michael quickly remolded his meridians and stepped back onto the path of cultivation.
Spring went and autumn came. White Crane passed through sixty winters and summers. Inside the imperial mausoleum, aside from daily sweeping, Michael spent the rest of his time cultivating.
After sixty years of bitter cultivation, Michael was already an ultimate Mortal Supreme. His techniques had reached great mastery, and he finally broke out of the imperial mausoleum.
During those sixty years, Michael had long since figured out the complete truth of what happened back then. The moment he exited the mausoleum, he went straight to settle the score with those three princes.
Sixty years had brought earth-shattering changes to White Crane. The contemporary Emperor’s lifespan had reached its end, and the new Emperor was the former First Prince.
The Second and Third Princes were similarly powerful princes holding real authority.
They were surrounded by experts like clouds, ordering Great Grandmasters around at will, and even Mortal Supremes ran errands for them.
Michael was not afraid in the slightest. Dressed entirely in white, he walked on air and slaughtered his way directly into the manors of the Second and Third Princes.
Whether they were illustrious Great Grandmasters or Mortal Supremes, no one could withstand a single palm strike from Michael.
He arrived in white and left in white, without a single drop of blood staining his clothes.
After eliminating the Second and Third Princes, Michael did not stop. He shattered the void and charged toward the White Crane Imperial Palace.
The White Crane Dynasty was a thousand years older than Silver Willow, and its foundation was incredibly deep. Although it had declined in recent years, five hundred years ago it was the number one dynasty in the Vast Azure Region.
Within the White Crane Imperial Family, there were no fewer than twenty Mortal Supremes, and the secretly accumulated foundation was immeasurable.
Yet Michael, still clad in white, stepped into the White Crane Imperial Palace entirely alone.
No one knew what kind of world-shocking battle occurred inside the palace that day. In any case, after that day White Crane changed hands, and Michael became its Lord.
After becoming Lord of White Crane, the dynasty reached its absolute peak in his hands. Not only did it reign supreme in the Vast Azure Region, but even across the entire Eastern Continent it was a formidable force.
Upon becoming Emperor, Michael’s cultivation grew increasingly unfathomable.
At barely a hundred years old, he had already touched the bottleneck of the Heaven and Earth Deity realm.
However, at that time spiritual energy was decaying. The shackles of heaven and earth did not allow the existence of a Heaven and Earth Deity.
But Michael went against the heavens. He gathered the techniques of the entire world, seeking a path to defy the heavens and prove his Dao.
Twenty years later, Michael integrated the world’s techniques and created the Imperial Ultimate Dao-Proving Scripture. Relying on it, he ultimately broke the shackles of heaven and earth and went overseas to seek the Great Dao.
This Michael was truly worthy of being the most romantic and peerless figure of White Crane in several thousand years.
To break the shackles of heaven and earth in the Dharma-Ending Age, defy the heavens to prove his Dao, and break through to the Heaven and Earth Deity realm! The extent of his brilliance even surpassed the first Emperor Solaris and Pill King Raiden Veil.
[You have observed Michael’s life. You were very earnest. God-Tier Comprehension has been activated.]
[Your Comprehension is God-Tier. You have comprehended the Imperial Ultimate Dao-Proving Scripture.]
Hearing the system notification, Adam immediately closed his eyes and carefully sensed the profound mysteries of the Imperial Ultimate Dao-Proving Scripture.
What surfaced in his mind was the scene of Michael attaining the Heaven and Earth Deity realm and dashingly heading out to sea.
Above the White Crane Imperial Palace, Michael stood dressed entirely in white atop the pinnacle of the Forbidden City.
In the void above, dark light flickered and a sea of lightning surged, brewing a peerless great tribulation.
Heaven-shaking thunder resounded through the world. Accompanied by this mountain-and-river-trembling thunder, nine bolts of heavenly tribulation resembling horned dragons prepared to strike down at Michael standing tall atop the Forbidden City.
Facing this peerless tribulation, an ordinary person would circulate their cultivation techniques, summon heavy treasures to protect themselves, and resist the lightning with all their might, striving for a sliver of survival.
Michael’s face showed no fear. He circulated the Imperial Ultimate Dao-Proving Scripture.
Nine dragons of karmic luck coiled around his body, and then, with a momentum that could swallow mountains and rivers, he charged toward the sea of lightning in the void.
Above the sea of lightning, although those nine bolts of heavenly tribulation contained world-destroying might, Michael was protected by the nine dragons of karmic luck around him. Myriad tribulations could not approach his body, completely unable to harm him in the slightest.
