Chapter 1054: Soaring Immortal Emissary
While Li Qiye was refining away in the lonely space, the Buddhist City became lively again. Another piece of news spread and made things much more exciting.
"The Soaring Immortal Emissary has just arrived." This news spread so fast across the city that it was like it had wings.
Many people were shaken after hearing this. An old paragon spoke: "The Soaring Immortal Sect is finally here."
The emissary had arrived. However, he was not as cold and arrogant as everyone imagined. He entered in a low-key manner and went to visit powerful people like Venerable Ninesword and Old Immortal…
Without a doubt, his humble attitude was very welcomed by the Space Trample Mountain and Rampaging Divine Mountain along with other imperial lineages. In a few short days, they became quite close. Even Venerable Ninesword himself would personally go out to see the emissary.
"It looks like the Soaring Immortal Sect wants to go big in this generation." After seeing the emissary acting so flexibly while rallying support from the other lineages, a few ancestors realized something.
The Soaring Immortal Sect had five emperors. It was a supreme existence, but the emissary was still acting courteously to befriend the other sects. This made others speculate that he was not just here for a short time and instead wanted to stay in the Mortal Emperor World for quite a while.
"The Soaring Immortal Sect will certainly have someone to compete for the Heaven's Will this time around." This was the final conclusion from a great character of the previous generation.
Not long after the arrival of the Soaring Immortal Emissary, two striking women came to the city as well. They both had peerless charm; one was hugging her sword while the other had a saber in her hand. Every location would brighten up with their presence.
"Li Shuangyan, Chen Baojiao…" Someone inside the city recognized these two and had to murmur: "That must mean Fierce Li Qiye is about to come too."
"Fiercest is coming to the Buddhist City!" Even though no one had seen Li Qiye yet, this news exploded all over the city.
"Fiercest is on his way…" The Buddhist City became rowdy right away. Someone else said: "It is gonna be really fun this time, Fiercest has never given anyone face and is prone to killing. I want to see who will attempt to halt his pace this time around."
Some were happy and some were sad to hear about Fiercest coming to the Buddhist City. Of course, some were happily gloating over the pain of others. They loved it when supreme geniuses met their match, and Fiercest was the perfect person to do just that. After all, he caused storms wherever he went.
"The stench of blood follows Fiercest, I wonder who will be unlucky this time." One person was too excited to watch the fun.
Recently, Evil Buddha and South Emperor overshadowed the others while Fiercest maintained a low profile. Everyone nearly forgot about his existence.
Today, the legendary Fiercest was about to come to the Buddhist City — this was quite shocking to some. They knew that he had a feud with the Blood Race. Not only did he nearly kill the Storm God, the daughter of an Immortal Emperor, he also massacred the Blood-devil Tribe.
His grand showing was enough to shake the southern region, so people were eagerly anticipating his arrival. Some were secretly cheering to see how he would massacre these supreme geniuses.
Some young geniuses prayed for Fiercest to kill Jikong Wudi's group. If that happened, perhaps the world might be their stage in the future. Just thinking about this left them drooling in their daydreams.
While people were gossiping about Fiercest, the Soaring Immortal Emissary sent out invitations for a meeting between the great powers. He was planning a summit at the Rainflower Terrace to discuss world events.
Many cultivators naturally wanted to participate in such an event to bolster their knowledge. However, those who were invited only consisted of rulers or supreme geniuses like Jikong Wudi's group.
At the same time, the saintess became active again. With the emissary as her backer, she worked with the other sects and became the person in charge of communications. She relayed messages from the emissary to the other sects and vice versa. Because of this, her status immediately soared.
After obtaining this prestigious position, she became very excited and carried herself with an air of smugness.
"The Soaring Immortal Sect is doing something really big. They are inviting all the young geniuses, so they must be trying to take control of the Mortal Emperor World." Anyone would feel quite dreadful because just one emissary was enough to gather this great group.
"I'm afraid that it is a matter of course. This sect has not only reigned over the nine worlds in the past, they had done so for several generations." An old man gently sighed: "If they really wanted to take control of this generation, I don't think it will be too difficult."
Besides the other geniuses, the emissary also invited Fiercest Li Qiye. However, Li Shuangyan and Chen Baojiao accepted the invitation in his stead.
Chen Baojiao asked Sikong Toutian: "Hey swindler, where did our Young Noble go?"
He put on a bitter face and replied: "Grandmas, please, how would this lowly one know? Grandpa goes wherever he wants, he doesn't report to me."
The Mortal Monarch was assembling the item inside, so Sikong Toutian had to stand guard by the door. He didn't dare to leave.
Li Shuangyan glanced over the invitation from the emissary and said: "Should we wait for Young Noble, or should we go?"
"Of course we're going, why not?" Chen Baojiao became quite spirited and lightly spoke: "Look at that Soaring Heavenly Saintess acting all proud. Hmph, don't think that just because their Heavenly God Sect is sucking up to the Soaring Immortal Sect that our Cleansing Incense is afraid of them! If it wasn't for the sect master not agreeing, we would have attacked her sect already!"
So it turns out that the reason why these two were late was that recently, there had been some friction between the Heavenly God Sect and the Cleansing Incense Ancient Sect. Due to their rising momentum, the Heavenly God Sect provoked Cleansing Incense several times.
Keep in mind that Cleansing Incense was no longer what it was before. Its younger generation was extremely powerful and was developing at a rapid pace. This was especially true with the sudden appearance of their three Immortal Physiques. Anyone would be quite wary of such a force.
Moreover, due to its relationship with the Heavenly Dao Academy and War God Temple, the Heavenly God Sect had been very honest; they simply didn't want to mess with Cleansing Incense.
However, because they were able to latch onto the Soaring Immortal Sect's thighs, they started acting imperiously and began to provoke Cleansing Incense.
This made the hot-headed Chen Baojiao want to show her might. She took several disciples to take care of several establishments from the Heavenly God Sect. As a result, the Heavenly God Sect calmed down quite a bit.
It could be said that when Chen Baojiao and Li Shuangyan worked together with their physiques, people would be hardpressed to find a worthy opponent for them. They always stayed together so people didn't dare to act recklessly before them, not even Virtuous Paragons.
Chen Baojiao spoke directly due to her frank nature: "Even though Young Noble has yet to return, we can go in his stead lest that saintess begins to think that we are afraid of them and the Soaring Immortal Sect."
"Fine." Li Shuangyan gently nodded: "That saintess is definitely provoking our sect. If she chooses to be unreasonable, we'll teach her a lesson even if the Soaring Immortal Sect is her backer!"
Li Shuangyan was much more calm and rational compared to the hot-blooded Chen Baojiao. However, she was very proud as well and wouldn't show weakness before others.
As for Sikong Toutian, he wanted to attend the event as well. His thinking was that he could take advantage of this opportunity to do some business. However, since the Mortal Monarch was here, he didn't dare to mess around and had to obediently act as the housekeeper.
The Soaring Immortal Emissary's event was held at the Rainflower Terrace. The venue became very lively with many sect masters from great powers personally attending. There was no lack of ancestors as well.
These sect masters and ancestors brought their juniors along. In their eyes, this was a rare opportunity. If they could seize this chance to form a connection with the Soaring Immortal Sect, it would only be beneficial to their sects in the future without any downsides.
In fact, many of the young kids wanted to participate in such a grand event. They wanted to broaden their horizons and meet more experts. Unfortunately, only disciples from the great powers were eligible to enter.
Jikong Wudi, Heavenly Emperor Lin, Zhan Shi, the Jewel Pillar Mortal King, Bai Jianzhen, and Bing Yuxia were all present at this event.
Of course, their dao protectors, such as Old Immortal and Venerable Ninesword, didn't come. Apex experts like them had no need to lower their standing to come to this place. Only the Heavenly Eagle Demon King under the venerable came as Jikong Wudi's companion.
The demon king was the general's vanguard. His presence was the best declaration; it clearly implied that if anyone wanted to attack the descendant of the Space Trample Mountain, they better ask Venerable Ninesword for permission first. It was a very deterring move.
The emissary sat in the master seat of this event. Her personally presided over this meeting while the saintess stood beside him. Without a doubt, he was trying to train her and give her more chances to meet the great experts from the Mortal Emperor World.
Chapter 1055: Direct Confrontation
Before the event officially began, the honored guests quickly sat down. Mei Suyao also came by herself around this time, keeping a very low profile.
However, she couldn't hide her presence even if she wanted to for she was otherworldly like an immortal. No matter where she went, she would attract all gazes. Thus, the guests turned towards her.
The younger ones became intoxicated after looking at her. In the contemporary times, many people considered her to be the prettiest beauty in the Mortal Emperor World. Countless youths lost precious hours of sleep because she was haunting them in their dreams.
"Goddess Mei is here!" Someone couldn't help but exclaim after catching a glimpse of her.
In the past, she traveled with great panache in the form of visual phenomena and had many fans chasing her. Now, she was solitary with a natural demeanor as if she had returned to the origin.
The emissary went to greet her before sitting down again in a graceful manner. Meanwhile, many of the youths here couldn't divert their eyes from her.
Chen Baojiao and Li Shuangyan arrived a bit after Mei Suyao. Although they were not as supreme as Mei Suyao, they were still kingdom-toppling. Anyone would have to marvel at their sight and praise.
"Cleansing Incense Dual Blades Messengers are here, so where is Fiercest?" Someone wondered after seeing the two ladies.
Everyone knew that Li Shuangyan and Chen Baojiao were part of Li Qiye's crew, so when they appeared, the crowd looked behind them to see if Fiercest was there as well. To the disappointment of many, there was no one behind them.
The group of great geniuses like Jikong Wudi also glanced over to look for Li Qiye as well.
These days, Li Qiye's notoriety had spread far and wide. The group had no choice but to watch out for this opponent.
After seeing Li Shuangyan and Chen Baojiao sitting down, the Soaring Heavenly Saintess snorted and coldly asked: "Your master Li Qiye isn't coming?"
She felt that she was in a commanding position with great status. At the same time, their sects were mortal enemies. This was exacerbated by Chen Baojiao and Li Shuangyan leading their disciples to wipe out several branches of her sect. The saintess couldn't swallow this anger and wanted to use this opportunity to counter.
"Our Young Noble is busy, so we are attending in his stead." Chen Baojiao directly responded to the saintess' provocative tone.
Li Shuangyan, on the other hand, was just sitting there like a cold glacier, too lazy to answer the saintess.
"Hmph, don't tell me he's too afraid to come." The saintess sneered: "I heard he has enemies everywhere. Now that all the heroes in the world have gathered here, he is probably afraid of people seeking revenge so he chose to be a cowardly turtle."
Before coming, Chen Baojiao had already guessed that the saintess would use this opportunity to show her aggression. Their conflict was inevitable due to the history of their sects.
Chen Baojiao harshly stared at her and countered: "Our Young Noble isn't afraid of anyone! You are not qualified to comment on our Young Noble. I dare you to say it in front of him."
"Hmph, Fiercest or whatever, there's nothing special about him." The saintess mocked: "I don't even put him in my eyes, so why should I talk to him? Who the hell does he think he is?"
Mei Suyao, who was sitting to the side, quietly shook her head after hearing this. The saintess was too inexperienced. After obtaining this measly bit of power, she immediately raised her tail without knowing what kind of person she was opposing!
"Your words alone warrant a decapitation!" Chen Baojiao's eyes suddenly turned fierce. She immediately stood up and walked forward while holding her saber, causing glints to lighten up the venue.
"Such a big tone!" The saintess currently had a great backing and also a God-Monarch protecting her. She was full of confidence and was not afraid of Chen Baojiao. She sneered: "This is the territory of the Soaring Immortal Sect and not a place for you to run amok!"
She wasn't very bright, but she was well-versed in using other people's prestige for her own goals.
The emissary slightly frowned. He was a bit unhappy about the saintess' conduct. However, she was still his junior in the end. Even if she was in the wrong, he couldn't sit by and watch.
"Young Miss, this is not the place for you to swing your blade." The emissary lowered his tone. His speech carried a commanding persuasiveness.
The Mortal King told Chen Baojiao: "Junior sister, take a step back and all will be well."
She coldly glared at him and uttered: "Who is your junior sister?"
The Mortal King didn't become angry. He flatly said: "Junior sister, I know you were bewitched by the others back then so you have some grievances with our school, but in the end, you are still from the Jewel Pillar Sacred School…"
Ever since her Immortal Physique reached half completion, the school had wanted to drag her back. Some ancestors even hoped that she could marry the Mortal King.
However, she didn't bother giving them any face. In her eyes, she had severed the relationship long ago.
She interrupted him without showing any sensibility: "There's no need to utter such unctuous words. Don't act like you are my senior either since I have no relations to the sacred school."
"Mortal King, you should be annihilating a traitor like this!" The saintess fanned the flames after seeing the two argue.
"Little tramp, come out here and I'll decapitate you in three moves!" Chen Baojiao was impulsive and hated people who brought up the matter of her being a traitor the most. She paid a huge price back then to leave the sacred school. She was exiled from her home and family! Thus, her anger immediately erupted after the saintess twisted the story.
"Enough!" The Soaring Immortal Emissary shouted then scolded Chen Baojiao: "This isn't a place for you all to go wild!"
"Is that so?" Chen Baojiao glared at him: "It is not difficult if you want me to show respect to your sect, you just need to keep a tighter leash on your dogs!"
"So insolent." Jikong Wudi slowly spoke at this time: "This event for everyone in the world shouldn't be ruined because of just one person like you. I don't care who your master is, you should bow your head and apologize this instant."
Before Chen Baojiao could answer, Li Shuangyan stood up with her eyes sweeping through the crowd and declared: "If some people want to release their dogs to bite us, then we'll beat these dogs down regardless of whether they're from the Heavenly God Sect or the Soaring Immortal Sect. We won't show any consideration for their masters!"
Regardless of who they were facing, Li Shuangyan would always stand together with Chen Baojiao. She would never let anyone bully her sister!
Someone noticed that the two girls were prepared to fight against the world on their own and quietly whispered: "They are crazy enough and are indeed people on the side of Fiercest, they're exactly like him." Their attitude made others think of Fiercest Li Qiye.
The Fiercest would always act extremely arrogant regardless of who he was facing.
The emissary spoke with a chilling voice: "Mortal King, if it is someone from your school, then your school should deal with her. Otherwise, my Heavenly God Sect will discipline her instead. Things wouldn't end so easily if that were to happen."
The Mortal King smiled and stood up while looking at Chen Baojiao: "Junior sister, you were just tricked by the others. It is not too late to return with me now, don't make me take action."
Li Shuangyan coldly laughed and retorted: "If the Jewel Pillar Mortal King is so confident, then bring it on. Today, we'll suppress your Hell Suppressing Physique so that you will never be able to rise again!"
Her words were domineering and imposing. She didn't really care for this genius that had a half completion Hell Suppressing Physique!
Although his physique was amazing, there was still a gap between it and the Void Imperfection Physique taken directly from the Physique Scripture. If Li Shuangyan and Chen Baojiao attacked together, they absolutely could kill him.
"Two great Immortal Physiques to take down another!" Everyone's heart skipped a beat. They all knew that both girls had half completion Immortal Physiques as well. Their joint effort would definitely subdue the Mortal King.
The Mortal King's eyes turned cold as he showed a slight grimace.
"If Miss Li wants to fight someone, then even though I am weak, I will still exchange a few moves with you." Jikong Wudi slowly uttered at this time.
He had a feud with Li Qiye so without a doubt, he was on the Mortal King's side.
"If you want to fight someone, then I will exchange a few moves with you!" Another clear voice resounded. The speaker was the cross-dressing Bing Yuxia. She was still holding a beauty's hand at this moment while looking down on Jikong Wudi. Regardless of the situation, she would unconditionally be on Li Qiye's side. After all, their relationship was quite strong.
In just a moment, several supreme geniuses became involved in this storm, causing the crowd to look at each other. They vaguely felt that these geniuses had already begun to form alliances for the sake of competing for the Heaven's Will.
Meanwhile, Zhan Shi sat there still as a rock and Heavenly Emperor Lin only smiled without making a comment. Mei Suyao slightly shook her head. She understood that the emissary wanted this to happen. Nothing could be better for their Soaring Immortal Sect if these supreme geniuses of the Mortal Emperor World killed each other; they would benefit from this whole dispute.
Chapter 1056: Unbeatable Style
At this time, the atmosphere was tense to the extreme. Both sides were anxious and many great powers beneath the terrace didn't dare to utter a single word.
To these great powers, no matter whether it was the Soaring Immortal Sect, the Mortal King, or the girls, these were all people who they couldn't afford to provoke. They could only stand to the side and watch. No one tried to meddle or persuade them to not fight.
The earth suddenly shook as if something had slammed into it.
"Ahh—" Miserable screams resounded from outside the terrace, creating a scene of chaos.
The experts glanced at each other in confusion after hearing this commotion. Who was it to actually cause trouble outside? At this moment, all the geniuses were here, along with the emissary from the soaring sect. Whoever dared to cause trouble truly didn't know life from death.
Jikong Wudi frowned and issued an order: "Demon King, go outside to see who is causing trouble and capture him for me."
Even though the emissary was presiding over this event, the Space Trample Mountain was actually responsible for keeping order.
In fact, it was more than strong enough. Everyone knew that Jikong Wudi was here and that Venerable Ninesword was back at the Buddhist City. These troublemakers must be tired of living to come here!
After receiving the order, the Heavenly Eagle Demon King shouted and spread his wings to blot out the sun. He instantly flew out of the terrace. A bit later, it became quiet.
"Good, it is peaceful again." Jikong Wudi looked at the group and said: "We'll continue the meeting. No one will be able to disturb this event from now on. Otherwise, I'm sure the emissary will give out the order to take them down."
Jikong Wudi was quite imposing at this moment. He indeed had the strength to do so since among the younger generation, one would be hardpressed to find someone on his level. Moreover, the venerable was back in the city as well. Who would dare to maneuver against their Space Trample Mountain? Who would dare to oppose them at this moment?
Jikong Wudi tried to build a good relationship with the Soaring Immortal Sect as well. In his opinion, earning this sect's support would definitely be favorable for him in the future.
"Well said, no one, regardless of who they may be, will disturb this event!" The Mortal King gravely added: "Otherwise, it would be time to deal with them."
At this time, everyone clearly saw that Jikong Wudi and the Mortal King were on the same side with the Soaring Immortal Sect.
Meanwhile, the Soaring Immortal Emissary — in the most prestigious seat — stared at Li Shuangyan and Chen Baojiao while raising his voice: "If you two ladies apologize to me, I trust that everyone will understand and act as if nothing had happened…"
"Boom!" Before he could finish the sentence, the sky turned black. A gigantic figure came flying at a great velocity and smashed a huge hole in the ground, startling everyone and forcing them to retreat.
"Heavenly Eagle Demon King…" When everyone finally took a look, they saw that this figure that fell from the sky was the demon king who just flew outside earlier.
Blood began to flow through the cracks on the ground where the demon king was lying while a person was standing on top of him.
This person had his foot down on the eagle demon's head so he couldn't stand up. Such a scene was too shocking. Keep in mind that this demon was a vanguard of Venerable Ninesword, someone who had swept through the world with Immortal Emperor Ta Kong. He was an extraordinary demon king, yet he was being trampled upon by someone else.
"Evil Buddha!" Someone shouted in horror after seeing the person on top of the demon king.
The group of geniuses were shocked and immediately stood up. Everyone knew that Evil Buddha had been chased away by Spirit Mountain, so he quietly left the city. No one expected for him to come back and instantly trample on the Heavenly Eagle Demon King. Wasn't this too domineering?
Jikong Wudi's expression took a turn for the worse. The demon king was their vanguard, but he was being stomped on by someone else in front of everyone.
The demon king wanted to get up, but Li Qiye stomped on his neck. One could hear a bone cracking. The demon king screamed miserably right away.
Anyone who heard this scream would shiver and feel a tingling sense of pain as well.
"Evil Buddha, you are too presumptuous!" Jikong Wudi had to shout out. This Buddhist's action was a merciless slap towards their Space Trample Mountain.
However, Li Qiye was too lazy to look at Jikong Wudi. He got down from the demon king's body and leisurely looked at the Soaring Immortal Emissary: "You better look in a mirror and carefully evaluate yourself before asking for my people to apologize."
Such words left the crowd puzzled. Many didn't actually understand what he was saying due to the sheer amount of perceived impudence.
At this time, Li Qiye waved at Li Shuangyan and Chen Baojiao: "Girls, come over here, your Young Noble will find out who was bullying you two and take charge of this matter."
The two didn't say another word and immediately stood behind him.
"Ha!" Bing Yuxia clapped and laughed: "I knew you smelly brat was pretending to be a monk."
"That's right." Li Qiye glanced at her and smiled leisurely: "It has been a bit boring being a Buddhist Lord, so it is time to switch my identity." With that, he revealed his true appearance.
"Fiercest Li Qiye!" Someone blurted out after seeing him.
In just a second, everyone's eyes went wide. They couldn't believe what they were seeing. Even Jikong Wudi's group turned silly.
"Evil Buddha is Fiercest Li Qiye!" Someone murmured. This news was too difficult to accept in a short period for many people.
Jikong Wudi's group had grimaces even more unsightly than before. They would rather be defeated by Evil Buddha than Fiercest Li Qiye.
Among those present, only Mei Suyao sat there calmly. She knew something like this would happen the moment Li Qiye came.
Li Qiye looked at the crowd for a bit before revealing a friendly smile while slowly saying: "It is time to take care of some overdue business."
With that, his eyes fell upon the Mortal King: "I heard someone say earlier that our Baojiao is a disciple from the sacred school?" He turned and looked at the crowd to declare: "Now, I will say this only once, don't try to gild your face with gold. The next time your school tries to do something like this again, I will personally go to your school and annihilate it!"
This declaration left the Mortal King with an extremely ugly expression. The guy told everyone about his intention to destroy his school. This was not only a slap to their face, but also the pinnacle humiliation.
As the school master, how could he swallow this anger? He couldn't help but shout: "It doesn't matter whether you are Evil Buddha or Li Qiye, your words are too arrogant. Daring to humiliate my school? I—"
"Since you don't seem to understand what I'm saying, I'll teach you what I mean." Li Qiye interrupted and reached for him with one hand.
"Open!" The Mortal King let out a battle cry. The Hell Suppressing Physique immediately erupted to suppress the heavens and shatter myriad dao. He lifted his leg that carried the weight of a thousand stars to crush Li Qiye.
At this moment, explosions resounded. Under the might of this physique, even the void itself broke apart as it couldn't withstand this terrifying force.
However, with a loud bang, the Mortal King's thigh was caught by Li Qiye. Remember that the Hell Suppressing Physique had boundless weight, especially at half completion. The weight of his leg was the same as millions of stars in the sky. Yet, at this split second, Li Qiye easily grabbed his thigh.
"Rumble!"
Before anyone could regain their sanity, Li Qiye immediately lifted him up and mercilessly slammed him into the ground left and right. He smashed and smashed again with full malice, causing the earth to shatter into pieces!
Though the Immortal Physique was very tough, the Mortal King was still battered into a bloody pulp under such ruthless smashes.
A spectator shouted in shock: "Impossible!"
Everyone knew that this physique had infinite weight and no one could lift its user off of the ground. However, the Mortal King at half completion was being dragged around by Li Qiye like a little chicken, as if he was as light as a feather.
They didn't know that Li Qiye was using the Sky Destroyer Physique. If the Hell Suppressing Physique had infinite weight, then the Sky Destroyer Physique had limitless power. The two of them supported and deterred each other like the elements.
Alas, the king's physique law was far weaker than Li Qiye's own. Compared to Li Qiye's Sky Destroyer, the king's Hell Suppressing could only accept the beating.
"You dare to show off with only this much speed?" Li Qiye continued smashing the guy on the ground, causing blood to spray everywhere.
It was well known that the Mortal King's physique was invincible, but it was also obvious that his speed was insufficient. This was one of the weaknesses of the Hell Suppressing Physique. It had infinite weight, but it was much slower compared to the other Immortal Physiques!