Wang Wei observed the young Battle Maniac Emperor for a while and could guess that it was a clone left by the real Battle Maniac Emperor in the tower to teach future disciples of the sect. While observing, Wang Wei recalled the information he learned about him through the history classes he had to take.

In fact, Wang Wei admires the Battle Maniac Emperor quite a bit. Among the three ancestors of the sect, he admired him most because of his determination.

According to what he knew, all the other sworn brothers and sworn sister of his ancestor Wang Qishan--also known as Emperor Qiyuan--also became Great Emperors.

After Wang Wei's ancestor became Emperor, he washed away the karma from his other two sworn siblings, giving them the chance to fight for Heaven Mandate in the following generation.

The Yan family ancestor--Yan Ai--became the first known female Great Emperor and also the second Emperor of the Ancient Emperor Era. Which means that the Dao Opening Sect had two consecutive Emperors.

However, in the third generation, when it was the turn of the Li family's ancestor--Li Ming--he actually lost in his Heaven Mandate Battle.

However, Li Ming was a man with an iron will and was not discouraged by his defeat. Instead, he became more motivated. He sealed himself in Blood Stone and slept for countless generations to wash away his karma.

When he was woken up, he did not directly wait until the time for the Heaven Mandate Battle to take action. Instead, he abolished all his cultivation and started anew.

He traveled throughout the entire world constantly fighting all kinds of cultivators and learned from them. Whether it was man or woman, human, demonic beast, or spirit race, he fought them all. And he did not stop there.

He used the artifact that his sworn brother Wang Qishan had used and traveled through countless worlds. Throughout his travels, he met countless different powerhouses and fought with all of them. He absorbed all the experiences while fighting and turned them into his strength.

Eventually, he managed to win his generation's Heaven Mandate Battle and was thus known as the Battle Maniac Emperor.

In Wang Wei's opinion, the Battle Maniac Emperor might be the Emperor with the most fighting experience. He may not be the strongest, but in terms of how to use strength in battle, if he said that he was second, no other Emperor can say they are the first.

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After observing for a while, Wang Wei began the fight. He rushed into the young emperor clone and threw a punch.

However, to his surprise, his punch was blocked by another punch. The young emperor clone managed to be on par with Wang Wei solely based on its origin qi.

Although this clone had the same cultivation level as him--The Ocean of Origin--you should know that Wang Wei's origin qi was extremely pure and powerful. And yet, in a head on confrontation, the young emperor was equal to him.

Wang Wei was not convinced. As such, he threw more punches. The sound of lion and tiger roaring echoed in the arena.

The air trembles each time their fist clashed together. The ground cracked due the force generated by their fist. However, none of them--whether Wang Wei or Li Ming--moved from their spots. They were still equal in strength.

Wang Wei frowned, then started thinking. He knew there must be a reason for the Young Battle Emperor Maniac to be equal with him.

At first, he thought that the clone was using a large amount of origin qi to make up for the disparity in purity. However, he soon discovered that he was wrong.

No, it was the opposite. During the fight, the amount of origin qi used by the clone was even less than him.

Li Ming's clone was using less origin qi than him, but the power generated was comparable to his pure and powerful origin qi. Wang Wei wondered how he achieved this.

So, he began to observe more carefully how Li Ming used and controlled his origin qi.

As the two of them continued to clash, a deep hole started to appear in the arena with the two of them at the epicenter. There were countless cracks surrounding the arena.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The air kept exploding, while the ground trembled. The two fighters kept clashing, ignoring the devastating effect their strength has on the surrounding environment.

Meanwhile, Wang Wei continued to observe how the young emperor used his origin qi. In fact, he discovered that the clone was not hiding his method. On the contrary, he made it abundantly clear.

It was then that Wang Wei realized the reason. Every time the young emperor punched out, he would instantly condensed his origin qi, then explode it at the moment of impact. That way, his origin qi can become pure and powerful for a brief moment before reverting back to normal.

However, that brief moment was all the young emperor clone needed. After realizing the method used, Wang Wei immediately tried to copy it.

However, he discovered that his origin qi was too pure to be able to further compress. As such, he directly skipped that step and exploded his origin qi and guided the power outward.

Boooom!

With a powerful punch, the young emperor clone was pushed back more than 30 meters, leaving marks on the floor as he slid near the edge of the arena.

Upon seeing this, Wang Wei became excited. Not because he managed to push the clone of a Great Emperor, but because he had successfully accomplished one of his objectives for coming here: learning and growing through battle.

The fighting intent in Wang Wei's eyes increased. Today, he was destined to have a bountiful fight.

Soon, three hours passed by.

Wang Wei stood there with his clothes broken while painting heavily. He had many bruises on his body, while his left arm and ribs were broken. Meanwhile, the young emperor clone was lying on the floor with a hole deep in his chest.

Wang Wei was the final victor of this battle.

Suddenly, the atmosphere around Wang Wei changed. Everything became silent or stale, then something seemed to have descended into the Tower.

Soon afterward, the dead young emperor clone in the ground stood up, completely ignoring his life threatening injury.

Wang Wei looked at him with vigilance. Something seemed off to him. He immediately took a few sips of Holy Spring Water to heal his injury in case he needed to fight again, then took a robe to cover his body. After a few seconds, he started to closely observe the weird clone in front of him and he could see that its lifeless eyes were gone, replaced with spirit and intelligence. As such, he said, "What are you? No, what I should ask is, who are you?"

The clone looked at Wang Wei's calmness and decisiveness, then started laughing out loud: "Worthy to be the descendant of Brother Wang. You can call me the Battle Maniac Emperor. Or if you want to be less formal, just call me Li Ming."

Wang Wei was slightly surprised when he heard what the clone said. However, thinking about it, it made sense that the Battle Maniac Emperor might le