As a father, I just want to quietly watch you live a long life Chapter 1660 - 436: The Underworld’s Backer Is Actually the Imperial Court, and I, Master Li, Choose to Make a High-Profile Move
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Rumble——!!!
A fearsome presence sweeps through the heavens, as the enormous dark metropolis hangs like spilled ink above Guangling Dao City.
Crushing, suffocating, horrifying, fatal...
Endless waves of such atmospheres pour forth from that fortress, while the monstrous colossal creature thrashes its nine necks. Among them, two stand out sharply, radiating savage brutality, like some oceanic monster whipping up a tempest of ruin!
Guangling Dao City falls into utter quietude in an instant.
"The Underworld..."
Gu Qianchi's face shows a tangled mix of emotions, with traces of bewilderment and unease flickering deep in his gaze.
Exactly...
It's unease!
He steps backward, staring at Xie Yushen, where surges of astonishment churn in his eyes, blended with hints of alarm, terror, and chills racing across his skin.
The State Preceptor and the Underworld... could they have secretly joined forces right from the start?!
This assault on Qian Yuan was merely an elaborate scheme?
A massive performance aimed at the Divine Sect that yielded to the Da Jing Dynasty?
After all, countless mighty experts have perished in this clash with the Qian Yuan Divine Sect.
Gu Changqing, leader of the Heavenly Pill Divine Sect, Zhao Chunqiu, the Divine Sect Master, and Bai Buxi, head of Jiangnan Dao’s Haoran Academy...
Even Zhao Beidou, a supreme Divine Tribulation powerhouse, endured severe wounds from this fight. His Disaster Wheel now bears huge cracks, hard to mend, which might lead to his early demise because of the conflict.
One could say every major Divine Sect took devastating blows in this war.
Moreover, the Dragon God Lineage lost its cornerstone, the Old Dragon God, in the process—and that was a Divine Tribulation Great Cultivator at the One Calamity and Two Tribulations Realm!
It's no exaggeration to claim the Dragon God Lineage is essentially ruined.
And on the court's end?
Apparently, only Ji Moli's body got obliterated, but... as a Grandmaster of the Divine Sect, Gu Qianchi was well aware of the exploits of King Ping Luan Ji Moli.
This Chaos-Quelling King had been clashing with the Corpse God Cult in Jizhou, perhaps scheming his own plans, while the court might have plotted against King Ping Luan itself...
Regarding the Heavenly Defect and Earth Defect serving under the State Preceptor, their demise gave Gu Qianchi a moment of doubt.
Yet this doubt vanished swiftly, since the Heavenly Defect and Earth Defect appeared to turn against the State Preceptor without delay.
Gu Qianchi drew in a heavy breath, so... amid all this, was it truly Xie Yushen's schemes and plots at work?
State Preceptor Xie Yushen and the Underworld had formed an alliance aimed at trapping the Divine Sect powerhouses who bowed to the court?
Should this prove accurate, Gu Qianchi could only feel deep unease and dread.
Bashu Sword Pavilion...
Would it become the next Divine Sect in their sights?
Xie Yushen regarded Gu Qianchi with a wry grin, seemingly reading his mind, "Grandmaster Gu, no need to overthink it..."
"If I'd been working with the Underworld all along, I wouldn't have dared to employ the Luck Golden Lotus so freely—what if it drained Da Jing's destiny... something the Emperor forbids, and it costs my own lifespan besides."
"I teamed up with the Underworld because the Heavenly Pill Divine Sect crossed lines they shouldn't have."
Xie Yushen fanned himself lightly with the feather fan, his voice carrying a wry tone.
"Based on the reports I've received, the Qian Yuan Young Master’s daughter, Li Nuanxi—who's also Master Li Che's child—recently showed up in Guangling Dao City and got pursued by a Martial Saint from the Heavenly Pill Divine Sect..."
"As you're aware, Li Nuanxi holds immense value as the cherished daughter of the Qian Yuan Divine Sect and the Divine Sculpture Master Li Che... she's a prized asset to the Underworld too, so I reached out to them."
"Provided I steer clear of warring against Qian Yuan Dao City, why wouldn't the Underworld partner with me?"
"The Underworld seeks justice for Li Nuanxi, and I aim to strike the Sky-breaking Elixir Divine Sect, so... our interests align perfectly, leading us to collaborate."
Xie Yushen murmured these words to Gu Qianchi in a low voice.
Gu Qianchi's gaze shifted, his forehead creasing as a nagging doubt lingered...
Is that truly the case?
Xie Yushen offered no further explanation, merely fluttering the feather fan with grace, his eyes lifting toward the savage behemoth breaking free from Fengdu in the Underworld!
The Sea Flipping Nine Infants, among the Underworld’s elite ten savage beasts!
Manifesting like a legend come alive!
The Underworld’s latest arsenal!
Debuting in the mortal realm for the first time!
Gu Qianchi turned his attention along with Xie Yushen, pulling his thoughts away from the State Preceptor and Underworld partnership, his initial shock and unease fading.
Thus, he too beheld the Sea Flipping Nine Infants, the Underworld's dread creature.
Faintly, a strange sense of recognition stirred in Gu Qianchi, but it shattered amid the Nine Infants' thunderous bellow from the Underworld!
Sound blasts rippled outward like tides, forming concentric waves in the air, the very fabric of space straining as if on the verge of rupture and collapse!
Rumble——
High in the celestial vault, ominous clouds of tribulation churned wildly, embodying the fury of the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations... gathering to unleash its terror.
Trailing the Nine Infants, a colossal jet-black Dragon Ball surfaced, akin to a Dragon Emperor Pearl yet shrouded in darkness, etched within its core the likeness of the Ancestor Dragon.
Twin torrents of inky calamity essence swirled around the Dragon Emperor Pearl!
"One Calamity and Two Tribulations!"
Gu Qianchi's eyes tightened, this Underworld monster... had ascended to the One Calamity and Two Tribulations Realm!
"The Underworld... is the Underworld really this formidable?!"
Gu Qianchi's words carried a bitter edge.
The Underworld of old boasted at most an Underworld Yama, not even touching Divine Tribulation.
Yet today, it unveiled its genuine might, not just an Earthly Ghost Emperor who felled the Old Dragon God, but now this legendary savage beast rivaling the One Calamity and Two Tribulations Realm!