As a father, I just want to quietly watch you live a long life Chapter 1661 - 436: The Underworld’s Backer Is Actually the Imperial Court—This Time, I, Master Li, Choose to Make a High-Profile Move
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The Underworld... Exactly how powerful is it?!
Beyond comprehension, totally beyond...
This power that suddenly appeared in this time feels like a dark void, shrouded in secrets, its boundaries impossible to gauge.
Which faction lurks behind the Underworld?
As the leader of an ancient holy Sect like the Bashu Sword Pavilion, Gu Qianchi knows full well that many major powers in the current world are supported by even mightier ones, and all these backers share a single origin: the Strange Que.
For instance, the Western Regions Buddha Land receives support from the [Black Sumeru] in the All Gods Camp, or the Wushen Mountain backed by the [Deceit Demon Cave]...
The Great Vista is supported by the [Dark Heavenly Court].
But the Underworld?
Which All Gods Camp supports the Underworld?
Gu Qianchi drew in a deep breath, his mind quivering faintly.
Xie Yushen turned his gaze to Gu Qianchi: "Grandmaster Gu... have you decided on your path?"
Xie Yushen’s tone remained soft, yet Gu Qianchi realized he had almost no options remaining.
Much like Zhao Beidou, who battled for the Imperial Court until he lay wounded and dying, even after learning the reality, what could he possibly achieve?
Betray them? Doing so would likely lead to the Dragon Tiger Divine Sect being utterly destroyed by the Imperial Court.
"Sigh..."
"State Preceptor, you've laid out quite the scheme."
One had to admit Xie Yushen was exceptionally cunning, exceptionally merciless.
"Grandmaster Gu... if you would."
Xie Yushen lightly gestured with his feather fan.
Gu Qianchi fell silent, then gripped his fist tightly, sword qi ringing out as it exploded, soaring skyward and flashing brilliantly in a flash.
Toward the Heavenly Pill Divine Sect.
Gu Yinxuan fixed his stare on the massive ink-black savage creature, its savage presence surging ahead, shaking the very emptiness, as if pulling in the might of Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations.
"This monster nears the One Disaster and Three Tribulations level—pure terror!"
Gu Yinxuan narrowed his gaze.
"The Underworld..."
A slight heaviness settled in his chest.
Next to him, Gu Yangxuan’s expression had grown utterly dark: "The Underworld... Xie Yushen actually joined forces with the Underworld?! Impossible? How could he? How dare he pull off something like this?!"
A sense of oppression gripped Gu Yangxuan, leaving him deeply frustrated and uneasy.
After all, what reason could the Underworld and the State Preceptor have for teaming up?
Could that profound grudge simply vanish?
Boom——!!!
A thunderous bellow echoed, like a dragon's cry, yet packed with horrifying blasts and spirit-rattling waves!
The Heavenly Pill Divine Sect's disciples felt their knees buckle, shaking without end.
The Sea Flipping Nine Infants lunged savagely, its meaty wings flapping hard, unleashing raging waves that seemed to crack the void, charging straight at the Yin Xuan Ancestor.
Gu Yinxuan’s features turned grave and stern; in the actual realm, he couldn't draw on his One Disaster Two Tribulations strength, his abilities held back, and against this beast, he found himself overwhelmed.
Meanwhile, Gu Qianchi stayed quiet, his strikes carrying a trace of wild fury and rage.
Sword beams ripped across the heavens at once, scattering endless beams of brilliance.
As a Sect leader, despite years in isolation, he wasn't naive, dimly perceiving certain truths.
Maybe throwing himself fully into being Xie Yushen’s blade could offer a faint chance for the Bashu Sword Pavilion down the line.
For Gu Qianchi trusted that the bond between Xie Yushen and the Underworld...
wasn't quite the partnership Xie Yushen described, one built on using Li Nuanxi as a pretext.
More probably, ages upon ages back, Xie Yushen had already forged ties with the Underworld.
Maybe...
The Da Jing Dynasty stands behind the Underworld?!
It all links up...
Yes, now it all falls into place!
So far, which mighty figures have perished, who has endured losses, and who has gained?
The Imperial Court, without question!
This realization sent chills racing through Gu Qianchi’s scalp.
"Employing tactics both open and hidden to unify the realm, to gather Qi Fortune?!"
Gu Qianchi could only sense that schemers in the game of thrones harbored filthy souls!
"Ah——!"
"Strike!!!"
Gu Qianchi unleashed a prolonged cry, venting all his bottled fury right then.
With his cultivation restrained, he avoided fully calling upon Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations, but he brushed perilously close to the edge of Heaven and Earth Will.
Boom——!!!
The fearsome sword beam warped the firmament, cleaving toward Gu Yangxuan.
That furious, frenzied assault, a desperate clash, almost drained the color from Gu Yangxuan’s face.
"You’ve lost it!"
"Gu Qianchi, you’re utterly insane!"
"Is it really worth throwing your life away for the Imperial Court?!"
Gu Yangxuan bellowed in fury.
Yet all he got back was Gu Qianchi’s even more intense sword beam: "If I don’t throw it away... I’m as good as dead!"
Boom——!!!
A cataclysmic blast shook the ground!
Over the whole Heavenly Pill Divine Sect Mountain Gate, vast cloud formations burst apart, dread presences roiled without stop.
Gu Yinxuan’s form shot like a projectile, hurled with savage force, his bones and flesh fracturing entirely, blood spraying in a thick fog, before crashing hard into the Heavenly Pill Divine Sect’s mountain gate.
Dust and haze churned, billowing upward.
High in the sky, the Sea Flipping Nine Infants threw back its head in a mighty howl, pounding its fleshy wings, its dragon talons gleaming like blades.
Rumble——!!!
Across the celestial vault, the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations appeared fully roused at that instant, a colossal bolt of tribulation lightning hammered down!
For the Sea Flipping Nine Infants practiced the Ancestor Dragon Tribulation, and the disaster it summoned was precisely the Tribulation Thunder!
Bang——!
Hit by the tribulation thunder, the Sea Flipping Nine Infants’ frame burst with blood dark as ink!
"Such lunacy!"
Gu Yinxuan rocketed upward from the wreckage, rage blazing in his eyes.
In the true world, enduring the Heaven and Earth Calamity stirred by Heaven and Earth Will, he was forced to release strength beyond his bounds.