Chapter 998: Immortal Emperor Chen Xue's Sentiment
"Rumble—" Something incredible happened after a series of rumbling noises. The six weapons actually flew away to chase the six bronze coins all the way out into space!
This was a very bizarre scene. If these imperial weapons were servants, then the coins were the mock ceremonial ingots. The moment they saw the money flying away, the servants had no choice but to give immediate chase.
Everyone knew that imperial weapons had seals on them. Before unlocking them, no one could steal these weapons. But now, even the daughter of an emperor couldn't control her father's six weapons and could only watch them follow the bronze coins into space.
"Boom!" The entire Holy City quaked. Without imperial weapons, the Storm God couldn't compare to the Arcane Guru at all.
The guru chopped downward with both hands and whacked the Storm God down from the sky, causing her to slam into the ground. The result was a huge crater with traces of her blood everywhere. Who knows how many bones in her body had been shattered?
"I am someone who has always been respectful towards Immortal Emperors. It is a shame that you are incomparably ignorant." The guru shook his head and sighed softly.
The entire city — including the Blood experts — became quiet. However, it was likely that very few people were feeling bad for the Storm God. Perhaps it was a different story for the younger generation of the Blood Race, but those from the previous generation did not like her.
"Boom!" In the blink of an eye, an eternal imperial aura rose! The Storm God stood up and behind her was a majestic figure!
This stalwart shadow behind her had a profound pair of eyes, capable of illuminating all ages. It was fixated on her, showing that the shadow would always protect her no matter how many years go by.
Someone couldn't help but shout: "Immortal Emperor Chen Xue!" The Blood disciples became even more excited.
"Immortal Emperor Chen Xue, one of the rulers of the Blood Race!" Some Blood experts couldn't help but kneel.
The figure gently reached out and, with a buzz, the Immortal Emperor True Treasure that was led into space by the coins flew back into his hand.
"Boom!" An endless aura erupted from the true treasure. Every strand of this aura could cut down the stars in the sky and tear apart the fabric of space!
The whole world trembled instantly; many in the city prostrated. Some experts couldn't stand straight even without being subjected to the suppression. They simply wanted to worship this true imperial aura.
An emperor controlling his own true treasure was a terrifying matter. Even though this was not a real emperor, it was still enough to cause God-Monarchs to bow!
The Storm God cried out: "Die!" The true weapon engulfed the nine heavens and unleashed a spatial attack directly towards the guru.
Arcane Guru was astonished. He opened his golden coffin completely and many coins flew out. They joined together to form a gigantic bronze city in order to stop the attack from the true treasure.
"Boom!" However, even this city couldn't stop its power. It broke down entirely; the city and the guru were blown into space. His blood stained the blue sky.
This strike was truly overbearing. Even a Godking might quiver after seeing this attack. Although it was not a Heavenly Annihilation, it could easily kill a God-Monarch.
After blowing the guru away, the Storm God turned around with haste and glared at Li Qiye before yelling: "No one has ever dared to act presumptuously before me, not even Godkings!"
She has now become hysterical. As an imperial princess, she had always been imperious, so the events today marked the biggest humiliation of her life!
Her hysterical shouting left many people trembling with fear, including ancestors. They were afraid that her fury might sweep by without discrimination and harm them in the process.
This hated witch was still an emperor's daughter after all. She still had her father's protection, allowing her to dominate all others — this was what many people dreaded the most.
Li Qiye couldn't help but smile after seeing this. He slowly stood up and leisurely said: "What a shame, you could have left today with your life, but it seems like death is the only path for you now."
"Little animal, keep on blustering. I will capture you today and flay your skin, tear off your tendons, and drink your blood!" She screamed while taking small strides towards Li Qiye. She was certain of victory and was not afraid even if Godkings were to come.
Everyone held their breaths at this moment. Even the human experts who wanted to side with Li Qiye turned silent. Virtuous Paragons were only insects in the face of such an imperial aura.
Li Qiye didn't bother looking at the approaching Storm God. He glanced at the majestic figure behind her and smiled: "Immortal Emperor Chen Xue, unfortunately, you are no longer in this world. You're only a strand of sentiment!"
"So what if it is only a sentiment, it can still crush you like an ant!" The Storm God laughed hysterically and then reached for Li Qiye.
At this time, it was no longer her hand but an imperial hand. Even the universe would not be able to escape his grasp; it could only be torn asunder.
Li Qiye was still smiling as the imperial hand was coming down. He took out a silver arrow to meet it head-on.
Even the majestic figure was shocked. It used an unbelievable speed to create a gap with Li Qiye!
The Storm God didn't know what was going on and immediately shouted: "What's the matter? Kill him!"
However, the figure quickly formed a mudra and sealed the Storm God so that she couldn't let out another word. Its profound eyes continued to stare at Li Qiye.
"Even though you are not a real emperor, I don't really mind destroying you." Li Qiye chuckled and pointed his silver arrow right at the figure before sighing: "Just how long ago was the legend involving the killing of an Immortal Emperor now?"
Such words frightened many people. They knew that the being protecting the Storm God was not a real emperor, it was only a strand of sentiment left behind by Immortal Emperor Chen Xue. However, this sentiment was still quite terrifying. Even a Godking wouldn't boast about killing it.
But now, Li Qiye's tone towards the sentiment was simply too aggressive and overbearing.
The majestic figure was deep in thought. Its brilliance pulsated from white to black. Others might not know what the silver arrow in Li Qiye's hand was, but as a sentiment of an emperor, it felt the soul-threatening deterrence from the arrow! He knew what it was! At the same time, he also knew who Li Qiye was!
"My daughter was ignorant and has offended Your Excellency." The majestic figure was actually able to speak: "Here is an item, a token of apology to Your Excellency in order to redeem my daughter's life!"
This shocked the entire city. This was an emperor's sentiment, but it was actually conceding. How incredible was this sight to behold?
An item fell into Li Qiye's hand. He opened it for a look before looking back at the figure and gently sighed: "Immortal Emperor Chen Xue, you truly have spent countless efforts on your daughter. It has to be said that the love of a father is as grand as a mountain."
A sentiment capable of speech was not an ordinary sentiment. One could easily imagine that the emperor used heaven-defying means on his daughter. Moreover, he traded a supreme item for her life as well!
The figure stopped talking. It gazed at Li Qiye, awaiting an answer.
"Out of consideration for the fact that you participated in that war, I can spare her life. However, punishment must be carried out!" Li Qiye slowly answered and threw out his silver arrow!
"No!" The Storm God shrilly screamed but was powerless to resist. The arrow pierced her skull and actually pinned her in the sky.
The majestic figure pulled out the extremely feeble soul from her body. Her dao foundation was destroyed and only this weak soul was left. Even if she could survive, she had become an old woman without any power.
"Remember, don't let me see her again. Otherwise, even if you refined the stars in the sky into treasures, they still wouldn't be able to redeem her life a second time!" Li Qiye uttered.
The figure did not speak again. It immediately left with the Storm God's dying soul. From then on, no one saw the Storm God again. She disappeared from this world without a trace!
Her body was still nailed up high in the sky. Anyone would be stunned before this scene. She ultimately couldn't escape this fate despite receiving her father's protection!
No one dared to make noise in the city at this moment. They quivered while looking at her crucified body! They would be unable to forget this scene for the rest of their lives.
Chapter 999: Mysterious Youth
Li Qiye recalled the silver arrow. With a pop, the Storm God's body fell to the ground while the entire city was muted!
He sat on the imperial throne and glanced at the crowd then the entire city before slowly uttering: "Anyone else is dissatisfied or have some comments to say about me?"
One could hear the drop of a needle in the city right now. Many people held their breath; even the Blood ancestors didn't dare to say a single word.
"Very good." Li Qiye stood up and calmly said: "If anyone has grudges against me or find that I am unpleasing to the eyes, both one and one or a group fight are fine, I will gladly accept the challenge. However, if they involve the people around me with their feud, then wait for a sect-destruction disaster!"
"Tell the Blood-devil Tribe. I am a merciful person and will give them one day of preparation. I will personally come after one day and destroy their sects and ancestral grounds. This is the result of those who maneuver against my people." His voice was not loud yet everyone in the city heard him clearly.
In the past, someone would have mocked Li Qiye. The Blood Race was the noon sun in present time with geniuses appearing one after another, especially within the Blood-devil Tribe. Their solidarity was unrivaled. No one would dare to oppose them, let alone talking about stomping their lineages!
But today, Li Qiye dared to utter such words but the Blood-devil ancestors here didn't have the guts to retort! He was not afraid of an emperor's sentiment; just how heaven-defying was he!?
"Boom!" Eventually, Li QIye opened the imperial decree and casually threw it to the ground like a piece of trash.
Yi Chuan was quite smart; he noticed and quickly picked it up. Even though this imperial decree no longer had any power, it was still a great treasure to a small country like Suhuang.
"Young Noble Li…" The Thunder Tower Lord who was trapped in the tower quickly bowed after seeing Li Qiye and apologized: "It is my Crimson Night's fault for all this to happen, please forgive us."
Li Qiye sat on the throne and looked at the tower lord. He gently shook his head: "To tell the truth, I'm very disappointed. Someone of your realm can't even take out an imperial weapon, it is quite embarrassing for an ancestor."
Such words left the tower lord feeling awkward. He didn't know how to respond and could only smile wryly: "Well… the Storm God had full control of the kingdom. Old geezers like us had our hands tied.
The imperial princess naturally had full sovereignty over the kingdom. Even stronger ancestors compared to her were still suppressed!
The tower lord quickly apologized once more: "This time I and several other ancestors were discussing how to settle this problem but we didn't expect for the Storm God's first branch to be so aggressive. They dismissed several ancestors preemptively. Our kingdom absolutely does not wish to oppose Young Noble Li."
"Unfortunately, it is a little late. Right now, I am planning on visiting your kingdom. Without a baptism of blood, a few people will never understand my merciless means." Li Qiye said dismissively.
This scared the soul out of the tower lord. He quickly prostrated to the ground: "Young noble, please give my kingdom a chance. I promise that we will definitely remove the Storm God's first branch from the kingdom's order. I guarantee it with my life. Yuanyuan will become the Crimson Night Royal Lord and we shall plead loyalty to you!"
The tower lord knew Li Qiye had obtained the legacy of the Blood Progenitor and will definitely ruler the Blood Race in the future. Without showing him their strong commitment right now, their future seemed quite grim.
"Please give us another chance!" The tower lord's head met the ground. Even an ancestor of his level could only ask Li Qiye for forgiveness.
Li Qiye glanced at the tower lord then Si Yuanyuan. At this moment, she didn't dare to intercede. She knew that his decision was not something she could influence.
"Fine, I will give your kingdom another chance." After a while, he slowly spoke: "If you still can't fix this problem, then I'll do it myself then. You should understand that my personal visit will not end before seeing blood."
"Rest assured, young noble, it will go as you wish this time." The kneeling tower lord solemnly promised: "Once Yuanyuan is in control, our kingdom will obey all your orders!"
Li Qiye gently nodded then told Si Yuanyuan: "I have taught everything to you that should be taught. Your next path is up to you; whether you can become an amazing ruler or not depends on your own effort. None of my proteges turned out to be weak, do not disappoint me."
Si Yuanyuan kneeled on the ground and quietly bowed her head towards Li Qiye. All she had today was given to her by Li Qiye. She was an exiled disciple from the kingdom. To be able to return was already too great of a wish. She never thought she would be able to rule the country one day.
His declaration and feats spread overnight to the entire Barren Earth. Countless humans became excited. The young humans had been far too quiet in this region and finally, one prodigy has risen. Perhaps he will be able to lead the humans to newfound glory.
"A second Lin Tiandi!" Someone commented with emotions after hearing his legends.
"No, even more heaven-defying than Lin Tiandi!" Someone else murmured: "Just climbing the Prime Peak alone is matchless. Lin Tiandi, no matter how great he is, couldn't do it either."
In a southern desolate area, a young man was traveling across the world in a transcending and mysterious manner. The myriad dao accompanied his steps as if he was the ruler of the dao. He was referred to as the number one genius of the Barren Earth – Lin Tiandi.
"Amazing, such accomplishments, even the most era-defying geniuses would have to chase him from behind." Lin Tiandi was in awe after hearing the news and became absent-minded for a moment. He finally regained his senses and smiled: "This generation will not be boring, it shall be a brilliant one. Otherwise, with just the group of Jikong Wudi, how could they compete against my senior brother."
With that, he continued on forward with the same carefree and unrestrained attitude as before. It seemed that nothing could him back from having peace of mind.
Mysterious Bamboo Mountain, one of the most powerful lineages in the Barren Earth, was on the same level as Heavenguard. It was a sect with three emperors. Among them, one was a demon, another was a golem, and the last was said to be either a demon or a dragon.
Many demon tribes considered Mysterious Bamboo to be their leader and followed its order. However, after Immortal Emperor Yin Tian, Mysterious Bamboo maintained a very low-profile and became strangely isolated.
There was an ancient pavilion in Mysterious Bamboo with a young man lying there. Even his casual pose left others with a heaven-devouring feeling. To describe him as being among the heavens was not an exaggeration at all.
This youth seemed to just be waking up. The door opened, an ancestor came in and reported the news of the Barren earth to him.
"A Silver arrow!" The youth immediately sat up after hearing this. Even the nine heavens shook his shift. A flash emerged in his eyes like the illumination of three thousand worlds. It was extremely terrifying. Even Godkings standing before him would quake with fear. This youth was absolutely mighty beyond imagination!
"Are you positive that it was a silver arrow!?" The youth asked again. He had a hard time believing this.
"Honorable ancestor, I'm completely sure." This Mysterious Bamboo ancestor was very reverent towards this youth.
"Is it, can it be…" The youth's expression shifted and was lost in a daze as he murmured.
The moment this youth calmed down, he quickly disappeared. In this blink of an eye, he crossed time and space. Each of his steps traveled through countless locations. If one could see his method, they would be jolted. Just a few steps of his were able to cross an entire area. This was too heaven-defying!
When the night curtain fell, the youth appeared right outside of the Holy City. No one knew that he has arrived. He stood in the sky, untraceable as if he was one with the heaven and earth. Not to mention God-Monarchs, not even Godkings would be able to detect him.
He opened his eyes, revealing a glare capable of crossing the eons back into the past. It eventually fell upon the Thunder Tower.
Inside the tower, Li Qiye was sitting down and meditating quietly. When the youth's stare reached the Thunder Tower, Li Qiye suddenly opened his eyes to look at the youth's position. Afterward, he closed his eyes again and reached a zen state once more.
"Thump, thump, thump!" The youth took several steps back in shock. He left without saying another word and returned to Mysterious Bamboo in an instant.
"Damn, how am I going to live now!?" The youth pulled his own hair with great distressed.
The ancestors here became dumbfounded to see the youth acting like this. They glanced at each other in confusion and didn't know what had happened.
"Ancestor, what happened?" One of them quietly asked.
"I want to commit suicide, suicide, do you understand!?" The youth jumped up. His handsome face became sour like a bitter melon: "Go, go now, to the town down the mountain. Buy me ten thousand pieces of tofu so that I can kill myself by ramming my head against them!" 1
The ancestors here didn't know how to respond to this young man.
The youth sat down in his chair with a dejected expression and very reluctantly spoke: "I finally climbed out of the ground and wanted to act cool for a bit, kill some monsters, claim some Heaven's Will, but now, I have completely wasted my time!"
Chinese joke to describe a helpless situation/feeling ↩Chapter 1000: Destroying The Saber Emperor School
At nightfall, Li Qiye's declaration exploded throughout the Blood Race. Its lineages were in disarray and became quite rowdy all of a sudden.
This was especially true for the Blood-devil Tribe. They held the direst emergency meeting. Many big shots from its lineages participated including a few seclusive ancestors.
"So arrogant, challenging our entire tribe. Does he really think we don't have anyone who can take him on?" Not just the Blood-devils, but even some Blood disciples felt indignant after hearing Li Qiye's words.
Due to their great solidarity, once the Blood Race was facing a powerful enemy, all of them would let go of feuds and join together. The humans were far lesser in this aspect.
"Who does he think we are? Does he think that our Blood-devil Tribe is a soft tomato that he can crush as he pleases?" One Blood-devil disciple spoke hopefully: "We have billions of disciples, more than one thousand paragons with Godkings as the leaders. I don't believe that he has the ability to kill us all!"
"Let him come, we'll take him on whenever. No matter how powerful the enemy may be, our Blood-devil Tribe will fight to the end!" A big shot from the tribe uttered coldly.
In fact, this big shot was able to carry out his claim. In just one night, many lineages in the tribe quietly maneuvered their armies to form an unimaginably large coalition!
Spies were shocked to see this miraculous deployment from the tribe. They were not only unified but also had a fast and effective cavalry. It would be difficult for a tribe with such abilities to not become prosperous.
They used actions as a strong response to Li Qiye. This left a lot of people wanting to see more.
Everyone knew that in the last several generations, the Blood Race has become increasingly powerful in the southern region. The human race no longer had a stronghold on being number one in the Barren Earth.
The Blood-devil Tribe's unity made them stronger at a fast rate recently as a force to be reckoned with by the other races here. At the moment, they finally mobilized troops on an unprecedented scale to fight Li Qiye to the death. How could people not become excited to watch this?
"One against an entire tribe. Even Lin Tiandi can't compete with this. This is the pride of our human race!" A human commented with feeling after seeing the Blood-devils on the move.
This was the reason why the humans have begun to falter before the Bloods; humans only worried about their own business, only sweeping away the snow in front of their gate. Otherwise, they wouldn't have conceded the position of being the number one race in the Barren Earth to the Blood Race.
"An ambush to the death. The Blood-devil Tribe has sworn to not give up before taking Li Qiye's head even if they're down to the very last man!" An expert who had received some information spoke.
This was a shocking piece of news. However, no one knew where this ambush would take place!
However, many people understood that this feud between Li Qiye and the Blood-devil Tribe was beyond reconciliation. Li Qiye killed dozens of Blood-devil ancestors back in the Godwar Mountain and ten more at the Thunder Tower. This was a great blow to their tribe. It would be strange if they could let go of this anger.
On the second day, Li Qiye left the Holy City by himself, not taking anyone with him.
"Li Qiye wants to make a move!" The crowd watched with eager anticipation. The Holy City was boiling with excitement watching him. There were even a large group of experts tailing behind!
Li Qiye flew in the sky; each of his swift steps crossed a thousand miles. However, he had an inexplicable sense of ease judging from his expression. It was as if he was not going into battle but merely taking a stroll outside of the city.
The Blood-devil Tribe had thirty-five great lineages and fourteen nations. The Saber Emperor School was one of them and the closest one among them to the Holy City.
After almost half a day, Li Qiye has arrived at the Saber Emperor School. He didn't enter but only stood on the outskirt and gazed at the sect.
As a southern great lineage, the school's ancestral ground spanned for thousands of miles. Rows of mountains pierced the sky inside like divine blades lined up one after another. It gave off quite a mighty feeling visually.
At this time, it was under a state of high alert. A great army defended the gates with rays of light pillaring to the sky. Formations have been activated within. Its sealed ancestors all came out. Both Heavenly Kings and Virtuous Paragons were presiding over important locations.
The cultivators following behind him also stopped in the horizon. They held their breath while waiting for the battle to break out.
"Li, come here if you dare. Even if you are a reincarnation of an Immortal Emperor, we will still fight you to the end!" An ancestor from the school shouted.
The disciples inside shouted as well. Their chant echoed, causing reverberations across the area in an intimidating fashion. This was enough to show their will to fight to the end.
At this point, the spectators were waiting to see what kind of style Li Qiye would take to enter the school!
Li Qiye only smiled to see how united the school was.
"Boom!" An item jumped out then flew towards the school while he just turned around and left.
This confused many people to see Li Qiye's swift departure after releasing an item. No one knew what he was trying to do. Even the experts in the school were startled. They thought Li Qiye could come massacring inside.
"Buzz!" The item instantly flew inside the school. It quickly transformed into a gigantic green bamboo tree. It engulfed the entire school under its enormous size.
"What is that?" Everyone became wide-eyed. No one knew where this type of bamboo tree came from.
People lifted their head to watch the tree pillaring through the clouds and blotted out the sun. Under its cover, the entire school seemed especially tiny!
"Boom!" Amidst the confused gazes, the giant bamboo suddenly slammed down and smashed the tree.
"Rumble!" Many mountains inside immediately collapsed from this devastation. The disciples inside were blown away and many were even smashed into a paste.
However, it was only the start of the calamity. With more piercing noises, after the first smash, its great roots resembling dragons instantly pierced into the ground.
"Zzz-" A draining sound clearly resounded. The moment the tree took root into the school's ancestral ground, it drained the worldly energy in this place like an ox drinking the river's water. The energy underground was sucked up like the flood breaking the dam.
The large ancestral ground became withered after its worldly energy was stolen. With a loud popping sound, cracks suddenly appeared in the land.
"Not good, stop it now! Open the ancestral foundation!" The ancestors in the school regained their senses but it was already too late.
An ancestor shouted and took the vanguard while leading his direct disciples to attack the tree.
"Die!" Almost ten thousand disciples from the school frantically made their way towards the tree. The ancestors used all of their abilities. Endless blood energy controlled the most powerful true treasures to attack the green bamboo.
In just a second, glittering lights appeared in the sky. One treasure soared up after another. Divine swords were slashing the tree along with scorching flames. Some ice element techniques aimed to seal it as well…
However, as the tree continued to absorb the worldly energy, it became even more verdant. It emitted an ethereal green light as if it was forming a huge barrier.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The onslaught from the tens of thousands of disciples was all stopped by this green barrier.
Next, one of the tree's branches stretched out. It swept countless disciples flying away. This scene resembled a huge tree smashing away countless ants. It was truly shocking!
"Boom!" An ancestor used the most powerful true treasure to break through this green barrier and instantly headed for the tree in order to split it into pieces. However, before these powerful ancestors could reach the tree, a buzzing sound appeared. A sword-like branch pricked down from above to meet the ancestor with the true treasure.
But no matter how powerful this true treasure was, it could stop the branch. With a scraping noise, the branch pierced through the true treasure and nailed this ancestor dead to the ground.
This ancestor quivered a bit before he died. He still didn't know just what this green bamboo tree was to be so heaven-defying like this.
"Rumble!" At this time, the school has finally opened their foundation in order to stop the tree.
Alas, even the foundation couldn't stop it. With cracking detonations, the roots of the tree pierced through the ancestral foundation and drilled deeper into the ground.