Chapter 597: Don't Shed Tears During Goodbye
Regardless of the ghastly thing below the Ancestral Realm, Li Qiye was determined to flip the place over. He would destroy the Ancestral Realm no matter what since he wanted to know a certain thing!
Lan Yunzhu gently sighed. From his expression, she knew that she couldn't persuade him.
Li Qiye told her: "Go back and tell the elders not to worry about this matter. More people coming along will only mean more people coming to die. I alone am enough to deal with the Ancestral Realm, don't worry about me."
He gently kissed her forehead, causing her heart to flutter. She felt that she was about to lose him, so she reached out and grabbed his neck. Despite there being another person here, she still gave him a passionate yet innocent kiss. She daringly explored his mouth with her lilac-fragrant tongue again and again, engulfing him with her feelings.
Xian Fan couldn’t help but smile awkwardly. She was completely flushed while watching the hot kiss between these two.
With great difficulty, the two finally parted from each other. Li Qiye looked at the blushing Lan Yunzhu and smiled to say: "Little girl, take a trip back to the Soaring Remembrance Village in the future; your ancestor left something there for you."
He whispered many things to her, a few secrets about the village. If it was someone else, even a direct descendant from Immortal Emperor Fei Yang, Li Qiye would not necessarily be willing to tell them. However, he told Lan Yunzhu these secrets — this was indicative of her place in his mind.
Lan Yunzhu couldn't help but shake after hearing all of it. Eventually, she took a deep breath and looked at him one last time: "Take… take care and come back to the Thousand Carp RIver!"
With that, she took her leave. She traveled for a long distance without looking back at Li Qiye since she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to contain herself if she looked back.
Xian Fan also bid him farewell: "I hope you will come back victoriously. The doors of the Simple Mountain Immortal Kingdom will always welcome you."
Li Qiye only sighed after the two left. He lifted his foot and was about to depart, but he suddenly changed his mind and headed towards Necropolis instead.
Li Qiye went to the city, but he only lingered by the entrance instead of entering. His foot halted as he felt a plethora of emotions and had countless words, not knowing where to start. He wanted to see the Ancestral Flow Master once more, but he didn't know what to say. Farewell? They had already done that last time.
He had come to Necropolis several times as the Dark Crow. Upon his past departures, he never felt sadness or any other emotion because he knew that he would be able to return even after 10,000 years, 100,000 years, or 1,000,000 years. He could afford to do so with his long lifespan.
No matter how endless time may be and no matter how long ago he had left, he and the master would be able to meet again one day! However, this generation was different. He didn't know if he could meet the master again after this. He believed in himself, but who could predict the vicissitudes of life? With rampant emotions and thoughts, Li Qiye continued to stare at Necropolis. Things had become awkward in the past between the two of them due to Immortal Emperor Ming Du. The master was angry for a long time because of Li Qiye's selfishness in sneaking the emperor away.
However, this was a matter of the past; they had let go of this feud already. He believed that the master would always support him just like how he would always support the master.
As he stood silently outside Necropolis, the Ancestral Flow Master, who was sleeping on the stone throne, suddenly opened her eyes. Her gaze was capable of seeing through billions of miles in this world.
Li Qiye stood outside for a long time before sighing and started to look away.
But right at this time, a voice suddenly appeared behind him: "You want to leave without saying goodbye?"
Li Qiye turned around and noticed an illusory figure standing next to the city gates. Although the real body of the master was not here, a group of divine intents had come together.
Li Qiye looked at the dimmed figure and couldn't help but gently sigh. He then said with a wry smile: "I knew you were sleeping so I didn't want to bother you."
The figure snorted and was very unhappy with Li Qiye's answer.
The two stared at each other quietly. Li Qiye had many words to say, but he didn't know how to express them.
"You still want to go to your death?" The Ancestral Master asked coldly.
Li Qiye smiled and said: "The victor can't be decided until the very last moment, but I trust that I will be the last man smiling in the end. A few things should be concluded, whether it is for me, for the Sacred Nether World, or for Necropolis."
"I can finish my own business. Do you think the Sacred Nether World needs you as its hero?" The Ancestral Flow Master's icy voice continued: "Since the start of time, the winners were the ones who wrote history. If you fail and die, you will not be a hero but rather a devil. At the very least, for many, many years to come, you will be a heinous devil in the mouths of the future ghost generations, a devil who wanted to extinguish the ghost race!"
"So what?" Li Qiye smiled: "I don't care about what others say or what the future generations spout about me. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been hiding behind the curtains for so long."
"Are you tired of living? Are you seeking for a new way to die?" The Ancestral Master quipped. The master didn't try to persuade Li Qiye, but it was clear that the master didn't want him to attack the Ancestral Realm.
"It is not just for you, and it's also not just because of the ghastly thing below the realm's grounds." Li Qiye sighed softly and said: "I don't need to know what lies beneath that land, it is just my personal vendetta and my desire for an answer. In any case, I must find it even if I have to tear the Ancestral Realm apart!"
The Ancestral Flow Master coldly asked: "Is it because of that person?"
Li Qiye looked at the master and was silent for a long time before gently sighing to say: "Perhaps, but not completely. Some mysteries continue to linger in my heart, and I need an answer."
"You will die an ugly death. Do you think the Origin Sealing Spear can kill that ghastly creature?" The Ancestral Flow Master continued: "Even if it can kill it, you won't have the chance to do anything in the face of that creature."
It seemed as if the master wanted to discourage Li Qiye. Whether these words were the truth or not, only the master knew.
Li Qiye couldn't help but smile and say: "What I need right now is not discouragement. You are only undermining my confidence and morale! I need encouragement right now."
The master stared emotionlessly at Li Qiye in silence. It was as if words of encouragement were quite difficult for her to utter.
"I couldn't care less if you wish to die!" The master spoke indifferently: "But don't forget that you still owe me, so don't even think about not paying it back. Even if you become a ghost, you will still have to repay the debt, got it?!"
Li Qiye responded with a smile: "Got it, I will live to repay the debt." He then stared at her for a while longer before firmly walking away.
The master that was still standing beside Necropolis declared once again: "Remember, you must repay the debt even as a ghost!"
Li Qiye was already far away, but his laughter and answer still echoed back: "Yun'er, don't worry, I won't die. I will return to Necropolis one day."
After being called "Yun'er", the master shivered and angrily retorted: "Don't call me that you little demon! I'm older than you!" 1
Li Qiye's distant voice emanated back: "Is that so? Wait until I return, then let me see your face to determine whether you really are older than me or not!" 2
Eventually, Li Qiye disappeared completely, and the figure next to the city gate also slowly dissipated. The Ancestral Flow Master sat on her throne with inadvertent tears in her eyes as she quietly murmured: "You have to come back alive…" 3
The Prime Ominous Grave closed several days after Li Qiye's departure. No one could stay behind afterward; they were teleported out without exception.
The grave had finally opened after many years. There were happy people during this trip along with those filled with despair. Some had great harvests while others obtained nothing, and some had even lost their lives.
This grave opening was not a good event for the ghost race. Although some ghost sects had great harvests, they were not happy at all.
The ghosts, as a whole, had many experts die to Li Qiye or the headless man. The number was enough to hurt the entire race. Dozens of ancestors died and even an eternal existence of the All-Eras Ancient Kingdom fell. The Ancestral City's army and even its lord died in the Heavenly Cemetery.
It could be considered a great disaster to the ghosts. Some ordinary powers were almost completely destroyed. A few sects only had one ancestor, but these ancestors chose to please the Ancestral Realm so they actively participated in the blood sacrifice along with all of their experts.
However, the headless man took action and all experts above Ancient Saint were sacrificed, causing these great powers who were heavily involved to suffer devastating losses. They would now be on the decline, maybe even reaching the point of destruction.
597 TeaserRegardless of the ghastly thing below the Ancestral Realm, Li Qiye was determined to flip the place over. He would destroy the Ancestral Realm no matter what since he wanted to know one thing!
Lan Yunzhu gently sighed. From his expression, she knew that she couldn't persuade him.
Li Qiye told her: "Go back and tell the elders not to worry about this matter. More people coming along will only mean more people coming to die. I alone am enough to deal with the Ancestral Realm, don't worry about me."
He gently kissed her forehead, causing her heart to flutter. She felt that she was about to lose him, so she reached out and grabbed his neck. Despite there being another person here, she still gave him a passionate yet innocent kiss. She daringly explored his mouth with her lilac-fragrant tongue again and again, engulfing him with her feelings.
Xian Fan couldn’t help but smile awkwardly. She was completely flushed while watching the hot kiss between these two.
[collapse] Yeah, pretty sure the master is a girl. Yun = cloud; er = an endearing suffix. ↩ This is one character that might actually be older than the Dark Crow? ↩ Disclaimer, Yun can still be a male name, and you can refer to a boy with er too. ↩Chapter 598: Threatening The World
However, despite the great disaster, a couple hundreds of thousands of experts still managed to return. This was good fortune among all the bad events.
The survivors that were swept back to their sects were very tight-lipped about the trip and were unwilling to talk to other people.
For a powerful lineage like the All-Eras Ancient Kingdom, the ancestors who left their seals were aghast after listening to the survivors. Even the most powerful ones had to softly gasp.
An eternal existence had died to the headless man. These ancestors knew just how powerful that eternal existence was, but he was helpless against the helpless man. Thus, this formidable lineage was frightened and ordered their disciples to not cause any trouble: "Pass this order down: from now on, disciples are not to go outside. From today on, we will close our gates and not see any guests."
In fact, the All-Eras Ancient Kingdom was not the only lineage that closed its doors in the Sacred Nether World, quite a few others did the same.
No lineages and countries wanted to talk about the headless man. Their heaven-defying ancestors all changed their expressions and became silent when it came to the headless man.
However, the ghosts were happy to find out that the headless man didn't step outside of the Prime Ominous Grave. Otherwise, countless ghost lineages would be scared out of their wits.
If the headless man caused the ghosts' hearts to stop, then Li Qiye caused them to be very alarmed. Many ancestors from these lineages were astounded to hear the stories.
"A thirteenth palace!" Even legendary masters and eternal existences were dumbfounded when they heard this. This news was too shocking since no one had ever heard of such a thing since the start of time, but Li Qiye had done it.
The All-Eras Ancient Kingdom and the Yin Yang Gate were both distressed, including their strongest ancestors.
After the death of Di Zuo, Chan Yang and Tian Lunhui became ghosts with the most promise of becoming the Immortal Emperor. But now, both sects lost all hope after hearing about Li Qiye's thirteenth palace. They knew that as long as Li Qiye lived, both Chan Yang and Tian Lunhui would never have the chance to become the Immortal Emperor.
The ancestors from the Myriad Bones Throne only lamented with sighs after hearing this news. Di Zuo was brilliant, so they didn't care for Chan Yang or Tian Lunhui. They felt that Di Zuo's chances of becoming an emperor was much better.
Unfortunately, he was born in the wrong era, the one that had Li Qiye. Their most brilliant disciples became mere bones to pave Li Qiye's path towards Immortal Emperor.
Many ghost ancestors ordered: "Do not provoke Li Qiye. Avoid him in the future! Anyone who messes with him in the future will be expelled from the sect!"
They knew no one could stop Li Qiye's advance towards Immortal Emperor, it was already pre-determined. Because of this, the ghost race and all the lineages no longer wanted to oppose him despite having many disciples die at his hands.
Those who could look far ahead knew that opposing an Immortal Emperor would not end well. Although Li Qiye was not one now, he would definitely become one in the future.
If having a thirteenth palace was not enough to become an Immortal Emperor, then no one else in this generation should even dream about becoming an emperor.
The trip to the grave should be a reason for excitement and conversations, but now, the entire Sacred Nether World was silent. Very few ghost disciples went outside, and now the name "Li Qiye" was like a spell that caused everyone to be breathless.
Everyone thought that these quiet and calm times would last for a long time since no one was going outside anymore. However, it didn't last.
On this day… "Boom!"
The divine portal outside of the Ancestral City was opened. There were clear signs that it was forcefully opened as countless streaks of light exploded out like fireworks, illuminating the world.
A terrifying existence stepped out of the opened portal. A boundless divine light shone on the heaven and earth and swept through the vast plains.
The Ancestral City performed their most venerated ceremony to welcome the deities from the Ancestral Realm.
"The Grand Gods from the Ancestral Realm are coming down with eighty-one commanders!" In just one day, a shocking piece of news spread across the Sacred Nether World.
The tranquil Sacred Nether World became rowdy with waves again after hearing this news. Ghosts, humans, and all the other races took deep breaths.
A great character became pale from fear after hearing this news: "Legend states that the Ancestral Realm has nine Grand Gods. No one is stronger than them, outside of the Heavenly God. And now, all nine of these Grand Gods have descended, along with eighty-one commanders!"
The Grand Gods that were accompanied with this many commanders had enough might to destroy an emperor's lineage!
On the same day, a Heavenly God Decree flew out of the Ancestral City and crossed the realms before reaching the Thousand Carp River's territory.
"Hand over Li Qiye in three days or else the Ancestral Realm will trample any sect who dares to protect that devil!" The decree passed down a supreme order.
The voice of the decree echoed throughout the entire Sacred Nether World. The Ancestral Realm wanted to set an example to establish an unquestionable prestige so that all the races in this world would know that whoever opposes them would die, no matter how powerful their backing may be.
However, the Thousand Carp River didn't respond. Instead, on a quiet road from the Nether Border that led to the Ancestral Realm, an endless blood energy shot up. A gigantic shadow appeared in the sky.
Li Qiye's shadow headed for the Ancestral City as his feet trampled on the grand dao: "You want to take my life?" At this time, Li Qiye was no longer hiding anything. His thirteen palaces blared in the sky as myriad dao prostrated before them. Although Li Qiye had yet to become an emperor, people could see the style of the future emperor from his current aura.
"Watch how I trample your Ancestral City and slaughter your Ancestral Realm!" With the heavens above his head and the thirteen palaces behind him, Li Qiye's incomparably domineering voice spread across millions of miles. He used the most aggressive of attitudes to respond to the decree.
All shivered before this sight: "Thirteen palaces!"
His bold declaration caused many sects and lineages to gasp. Before, anyone would sneer at him due to his declaration, but no one dared to do so now. When they saw his thirteen palaces, they felt that he was an Immortal Emperor walking on the path towards invincibility. In the future, the nine heavens were for him to rule alone.
"Activate the imperial mirror!" After hearing the news, many imperial lineages didn't mind wasting many refined jades to open the mirrors left behind by their emperors. They wanted to watch how this storm would end from within their sects.
Many great powers also did the same with their heavenly mirrors. However, these mirrors were not comparable to imperial mirrors. If the divine portal was opened, then the imperial mirrors could even watch the Ancestral Realm, but the heavenly mirrors couldn't.
Li Qiye's challenge to the Ancestral Realm quickly traveled across the world, causing a great wave. For tens of millions of years, no one had dared to challenge the Ancestral Realm besides Immortal Emperors!
But now, someone as young as Li Qiye was challenging it. This caused everyone's hearts to thump. They all felt that this was quite crazy!
Many became dumbfounded. They knew Li Qiye was heaven-defying, but it was still quite outrageous to challenge the Ancestral Realm at this moment.
"Is he crazy?" A great power's ancestor's eyes widened with astonishment as he spoke: "It is understandable to challenge the Ancestral Realm after becoming an Immortal Emperor, but Li Qiye is still very far from being one. He is being too impatient at this moment."
Many felt that Li Qiye's actions were simply suicidal.
An undying that had been sealed for a very long time murmured: "In the past millions of years, there had been emperors who had challenged the Ancestral Realm, but none of them was successful in trampling it completely. It was said that Immortal Emperor Fei Yang was the most heaven-defying; he nearly caused the realm to collapse, but in the end, he couldn't annihilate it and could only suppress it for a thousand years."
Recently, Li Qiye became extremely famous. He could be said to be the younger generation's number one. However, anyone who heard the recent events felt that he was being too impatient and overconfident. With thirteen palaces, no one doubted his strength or ability to become an emperor, but challenging the realm with his current cultivation had virtually no chance of success.
At this point, countless heavenly mirrors were directed straight at the Ancestral City while the imperial mirrors were spying from the shadows. Millions of cultivators in the Sacred Nether World waited with bated breaths to watch this battle along with their lineages.
At the Thousand Carp River, all the elders were gathered before their imperial mirrors. It was the same for the Simple Mountain Immortal Kingdom. On the other hand, the great powers who were close to the Ancestral City sent their experts to watch closely. The battleground itself near the Ancestral City was also full of gazes, waiting for the inevitable to happen.