Counterattack System appeared when I'm already At The Mahayana Realm

In comparison to the initial Emperor Jiang Li, those in the Transcendance Tribulation Stage, though being the top combatants in the Nine Provinces, still fell short.

They couldn’t withstand Jiang Li’s onslaught and returned in defeat.

“If only the Magic Gourd was still…” Yu Yin barely gathered himself up; blood dripped from the corner of his mouth, in vivid contrast to his pale face.

“Even if it were still here, it wouldn’t help.” Bai Hongtu, who was equally beaten up in the dream, tried to stand up, but lacked the strength to do even that.

After several attempts, Bai Hongtu finally didn’t try to get up again. Instead, he laid flat on the ground, bitterly laughing, “Do you think the Immortal Artifacts would pose a threat to him? When Yin Yang Heavenly Seal Ancestor wanted to establish the Spiritual Treasure Dynasty and enlighten all the Spiritual Treasures in the world, the initial Emperor was outraged. He shattered all the Immortal Artifacts, except for the Past and Present Sword, whose whereabouts were unknown.”

“That’s an Immortal Artifact on par with an Immortal’s strength. It couldn’t last a few moves in his hands. The initial Emperor… is really too strong.”

“How on earth did such a person become the Human Emperor?” Li Er, unable to even consolidate his most basic legal body, leaned against a massive rock, huffing and puffing for breath.

When he heard Jiang Li mentioning taking his beloved daughter, Li Nian’er, into his harem, he exploded in anger and challenged Jiang Li to a fight to the death.

However, the gap between the two was too vast. Li Er didn’t have the qualifications to fight to the death with Jiang Li. The legal body he was so proud of was shattered by one punch.

“The Human Emperor candidates chosen by the Nine Provinces Earth Veins have two criteria. One is to possess great cultivation talent; the other is willing to sacrifice their lives for the beings of Nine Provinces … The initial Emperor fulfills both criteria,” the Commander Liu explained. His abundant life force still allowed him to move.

However, that was all he could do. He was out of strength to fight again.

“I can understand the superior cultivation talent, but is he really willing to sacrifice his life for the beings of Nine Provinces?” Everyone else remained silent, only the Sword Monarch was puzzled. He had yet to completely understand Jiang Li since he stepped out of the Sword Tomb.

“You didn’t witness it. During Jiang Li’s crossing into the Transcendance Tribulation Stage, he risked his life against the Heavenly Demon. If the Heavenly Demon had one more move, Jiang Li would have been wiped out,” Commander Liu continued to explain.

“As Jiang Li himself said, ‘Nine Provinces is the Emperor’s territory, the Heavenly Demon has no right to meddle.’”

“Only after Jiang Li advanced into the Mahayana Realm did he easily defeat the Heavenly Demons. People gradually forgot that he was once weak, and had struggled hard.”

“Looking at the outcome, during Jiang Li’s reign, it was the period with the least deaths in Nine Provinces over nine thousand years.”

“It seems that he has killed a lot of people, but in fact, he has killed far fewer people than the Heavenly Demons have.” Commander Liu had secretly counted the number of deaths.

The crowd fell silent, they had no choice but to admit that the situation was better when Jiang Li was around.

“Actually, among the Human Emperors, there were people with similar characters to Emperor Jiang Li. But influenced by the power of faith, they would gradually change their thoughts. However, they are in the Transcendance Tribulation Stage, not truly invincible. After all, there are Immortals and everlasting elders in the Nine Provinces.”

“But, Jiang Li doesn’t need the power of belief. After reaching the Mahayana Realm, he isn’t restrained by anyone.” Commander Liu had dealt with dozens of Human Emperors and seen various personalities among them.

“Cave Spirit, are you ready to die?” Jiang Li didn’t have the intent to kill the few in the Transcendance Tribulation Stage; they were no more than entertainment during his idle times in his eyes.

But for Cave Spirit, he seemed genuinely intent on killing.

“Emperor, are you really going to kill me because you can’t draw a good card?” Cave Spirit found this reasoning absurd.

“Heavenly Immortal level Heavenly Demons see the Emperor’s dignity and flee in horror. If the Emperor wasn’t there, they wouldn’t be resorting to such despicable means, they would have started a bloody massacre long ago.”

“Another way to put it, the Emperor has saved Nine Provinces, including you all. You all owe the Emperor a life. The Emperor can kill whoever he wishes!”

Cave Spirit still wasn’t giving up, trying to prove his worth. “Right, right, you wanted to get the final reward from me, didn’t you? I can tell you. As long as you spare my life … ”

“No need, the Emperor’s task may fail, but you must die.” Jiang Li coldly interrupted Cave Spirit’s words, crushed his spirit platform, and tossed his body away like garbage.

“Beast!” The real Jiang Li was infuriated. The Mahayana energy spread in the dream, expansive and endless.

“Some insects are peeping at the Emperor’s actions!” Though it was obviously a memory, Jiang Li seemed to be able to sense the two men observing the memory and he suddenly raised his head.

“Who is it!” Jiang Li didn’t like this feeling. But despite exhausting all means to search, he found nothing.

With Cave Spirit’s death, his dream ended at this moment, and Jiang Li and Bai Hongtu returned from the dream.

This dream had upturned their understanding, showing them a different world’s version of themselves.

Bai Hongtu was still in Transcendance Tribulation Stage, and Jiang Li in the Mahayana Realm. Their realms were unchanged, but their relationship was completely different from reality.

The Nine Provinces in their dream, in particular, felt alien to them.

“Was that really you?” Bai Hongtu looked at Jiang Li, unable to equate the Emperor Jiang Li in the dream with the Jiang Li beside him.

“I fear it was.” Jiang Li had to admit that the person called the initial Emperor was his parallel universe self.

“How can your personalities differ so much?” Bai Hongtu was dumbstruck, as his own character in the dream was identical to his real self.

“A person’s character is affected by various factors. For example, if you were beaten or scolded as a child, bullied when you were weak, or heard certain words when your will was not firm, it might have changed your personality. Perhaps, that person called the initial Emperor had suffered some psychological trauma.”

Jiang Li gave Bai Hongtu a sidelong glance, “Also, this is only one parallel universe. Can you guarantee that all parallel universe versions of you are the same?”

Bai Hongtu really couldn’t guarantee that.

“Whew–” Cave Spirit suddenly sat up, like a zombie jumping out of a coffin.

He felt that the past dreams were never as terrifying as this one.

In the dream, Cave Spirit was not in control of his own body. He was like a puppet on a string, watching several individuals in the Transcendance Tribulation Stage battle with Jiang Li, and finally watched himself get killed by Jiang Li.

“Thank goodness the real world lacks a Jiang Li … ”

“Sadly, I exist in the real world too.” Jiang Li murmured in Cave Spirit’s ear.

“Oh, my god.” Cave Spirit was startled. He thought he was going to be killed by Jiang Li in reality as well.

“So, it’s the Human Emperor.” Seeing the kindly face of Jiang Li, Cave Spirit suddenly felt fortunate to live in this version of the Nine Provinces.

“I meant there isn’t an initial Emperor Jiang Li in the real world.” Cave Spirit corrected his previous statement, appreciating the current benevolent Jiang Li greatly.

Jiang Li shook his head, “Unfortunately, your dream is likely the memory formed before your death in a parallel universe. In other words, in that parallel universe, the initial Emperor Jiang Li does exist.”

“The dream is about the parallel world; it’s not my imagination?”

“If you could imagine the battle methods used by those in the Transcendance Tribulation Stage.”

In the dream, the strategies used by Yu Yin and others matched the intensity of the Transcendance Tribulation Stage, but they had never used them before. Cave Spirit couldn’t imagine such things.

On the other hand, the methods used by the initial Emperor Jiang Li need no imagination. They were just punches and kicks, plain and simple, reversion to simplicity, coinciding with the true Jiang Li.

Cave Spirit lowered his head, quickly accepting the fact that there were Jiang Li’s with different personalities in different worlds.

In fact, in the dreams he’s had, many of his other selves had different personalities from the real him. It is precisely because of these personality differences that led to the death of his parallel universe self.