[Third-Grade Dao Fruit: Emperor]

[Category: Human]

[Fitting Conditions: Fourth-Grade Dao Fruit, possessing Ji or Jiang family bloodline, and Emperor's Fate]

[Promotion Ceremony: Mandate of Heaven]

[Divine Skills: Mandate of Heaven, Longevity and Eternal Prosperity, I am the State, Oral Heavenly Constitution]

[Mandate of Heaven: Son of Heaven, blessed by the Heavenly Mandate, prohibiting Echange Skills from calculating, and curses from taking effect. Upon promotion, the Dao Fruit becomes perfect, enhancing the power of all divine skills.]

[Longevity and Eternal Prosperity: Always prosperous until the end of life, maintaining peak condition, never declining.]

[I am the State: The Emperor's body is the national body, sharing its fate with the nation; the stronger the nation, the stronger the Emperor.]

[Oral Heavenly Constitution: Speech is law, granting life and death, commanding Heaven and Earth. If there are corresponding legal principles, it can enhance the power of divine skills.]

The flowing light in his hand gradually took shape, revealing a jade seal entwined with nine dragons, the Emperor Dao Fruit.

The Emperor Dao Fruit has only four divine skills, less in number compared to some fifth-grade Dao Fruits, and its description is somewhat vague. Yet these four divine skills alone are enough to elevate a fourth-grade to supreme strength.

The value of Dao Fruit lies in its essence, not in quantity. The vaguer the description, the higher the potential ceiling.

[Mandate of Heaven] renders all Echange Skills ineffective and immune to curses, blocking 99% of magical ambushes, making it impossible even for the Great Venerable to calculate the Emperor. Moreover, this Dao Fruit enhances divine skills.

[Longevity and Eternal Prosperity] maintains peak condition as long as life span endures. Severe toxin and injuries might harm, but will not affect power execution, essentially meaning the Emperor can only die forcibly.

[I am the State] is the core of the Emperor's power. Although based on the Nine Provinces' territory and national strength, seemingly with apparent weaknesses, should anyone dare wreak havoc, the Emperor will sense and a supreme power will descend instantly.

The Emperor's body is the national body, and vice versa; unsettled national body provokes an Emperor's response.

The last, [Oral Heavenly Constitution] is the means of wielding the Emperor's power. To summarize in one sentence – "My power is limitless."

Within the Great Zhou territory, the Emperor's will stands unchallenged, fully supported by divine skill execution, speech became law. It's not omnipotent, but nearly so.

Jiang Li even knows that within this Emperor Dao Fruit are the insights and cultivation levels of past Emperors. Except for the Grand Ancestor, all Emperors leave their insights for the next generation.

Additionally, bearing the Emperor Dao Fruit means having a heavenly mindset, infallible.

Such a Dao Fruit is practically invincible.

As long as the Emperor stands within the Great Zhou territory, he is undefeatable. Located in the Imperial City, not even multiple supreme beings could defeat him.

No wonder before creating chaos, the Heavenly Monarch first sought to waste the Emperor.

Even after the Emperor gained humanity, the Heavenly Monarch waited three years, allowing the Dao Fruit's divine skills to wane.

Three years later, the Emperor weakened, no longer in his prime;

The Emperor's fate vanished, allowing the Great Venerable to predict and plan;

The Emperor became isolated, power weakening to a nadir.

By then, still possessing third-grade strength but far from his peak, the Emperor fell to Tianxuan and others' heavy blows, then sealed by the Great Venerable. Now, Jiang Li has unsealed him, finally sending this reigning Emperor to the West Heaven.

"If the Emperor were at full strength, this world would truly remain stable unless multiple supreme beings joined forces to wreak havoc on the Nine Provinces."

Jiang Li sensed the Dao Fruit information and muttered.

This should be the optimal way to defeat the Emperor, by extensively undermining his foundation to weaken his power enough for a kill opportunity.

Yet, not all supremes are unscrupulous; at least Awakened and Daoist Lords have their limits. Though harsh, they wouldn't commit indiscriminate slaughters or large-scale devastation.

Not only would they abstain, but also actively prevent it. The mutual restraint among supremes once defined the world's order, hmm... once.

Thus theoretically, the Emperor was the most stable supreme. Even changing over decades, it remained steady.

Such a powerful Dao Fruit, if not for those two significant flaws, Jiang Li would immediately perform an instant refinement.

He entirely meets the Dao Fruit's fitting conditions, and the promotion ceremony poses no issue. The Mandate of Heaven ceremony is simple, communicating directly with Heaven, gaining a sudden enlightenment.

Then one transforms into another being.

Jiang Li mused to himself, unmoved by the Emperor Dao Fruit.

This Dao Fruit is formidable yet also deadly.

The lifespan limit isn't crucial; Jiang Li's greater concern is merging with Heaven.

Previously confident against Heaven's assimilation, Jiang Li realized above second-grade Dao Fruit, hosts the original master's true spirit.

Emperor Dao Fruit was crafted by Heaven, born from Taihao Fuxi's Dao Fruit created by the elders of the Three Clans.

The leader of the Three Emperors, the first of the Hundred Kings, the first Emperor of Humans, and Nuwa's husband, with legends of repopulating the human race post-flood. The tradition of venerating the Human Emperor as Heavenly Emperor began with him; he was the ancient sovereign.

Fuxi Dao Fruit is the pinnacle of Human Attribute Dao Fruit, a genuine first-grade Dao Fruit. Created by Heaven, Jiang Li doubts whether the Dao Fruit also contains part of Fuxi's True Spirit.

The so-called Emperor Dao Fruit is essentially a segment of Fuxi Dao Fruit, branched from it. Mandate of Heaven might mean establishing a connection between two source-sharing Dao Fruits then assimilating the Emperor's nature.

And as Jiang Li treated Emperor Yan's Dao Fruit cautiously, Emperor Dao Fruit, likely a part of Fuxi Dao Fruit, certainly warrants caution.

Albeit a possibility, caution is imperative.

'What if the Great Venerable pulls another trick up his sleeve?'

Jiang Li admitted the Great Venerable's superb means, appearing repeatedly thwarted yet ultimately drove Jiang Li to unseal the Emperor, personally safeguarding the Emperor Dao Fruit. Now unsure, whether the Great Venerable has other moves.

Reflecting, Jiang Li felt helpless, finally glancing at the Emperor Dao Fruit, planning to store it.

"Use this."

The Princess tossed a jade seal nearby, saying: "This is specifically for storing the Emperor Dao Fruit, also the Emperor's Seal."

When past Emperors of Great Zhou died, the Dao Fruit wasn't simply left unattended; the royal family had a vessel for it: the Emperor's Seal. This jade seal resembles the Jade Talismans Jiang Li used before but more advanced, adequately storing the Emperor Dao Fruit, ready for extraction.

Jiang Li caught the jade seal, smoothly integrating the Emperor Dao Fruit within, then heard the Princess say: "Keep the jade seal with you; after all, you will soon act as regent. Should you wish, accommodating the Emperor Dao Fruit is acceptable."

The Princess no longer yearned for governance, and given the current trend, Jiang Li assuming regency was certain.

Moreover, the Emperor Dao Fruit in Jiang Li's custody was safest, the Princess making the best choice directly.

This implied the Ji family's Jiangshan might tend to shift ownership.

Not necessarily seized by the Jiang family, but, at least, future leadership could lean towards them.

Jiang Li discerned the situation's trajectory, glanced at the jade seal, and asked: "It seems the Emperor Dao Fruit doesn't mention appointing Earth Deities; how were past Emperors appointing and controlling local officials?"

There have been rumors that the entire Nine Provinces is the Emperor's Divine Domain while local officials act as administrators. Yet after obtaining the Emperor Dao Fruit, Jiang Li found this domain notion plausible; however, how local officials were controlled remained unclear.

Thus, he straightforwardly posed the question.

However, the Princess was ignorant of the secret.

"This is an Emperor's secret, unknown even to me," the Princess shook her head, "The Emperor is the true Lord of Great Zhou, some secrets only he can know. Perhaps by accommodating the Emperor Dao Fruit, you might unveil secrets from past Emperors' legacies. I know the source of Earth Deities is related to the Feng clan. Royal family members' Authority Seals have suppressive effects on local officials, leading me to infer the controlling method might not stem from the Dao Fruit but from an object."

"The Feng clan again..."

Jiang Li murmured thoughtfully, finding it reasonable.

The Emperor Dao Fruit's origin closely related to the Feng clan implies ties with the Emperor Dao Fruit inevitably link there.

"We'll discuss this later; for now, let us exit the Cave Heaven."

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