Chapter 826 — Beyond All Scrutiny
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 4
The Crimson Emperor, the Great Brahma Heaven King Buddha, and the Lord of Heaven remained silent still, and the air grew dreadfully heavy.
The Sun Star Sovereign shrank his head down and every so often rolled his eyes to steal a look at the others. In his heart he thought, "It seems I know more and more with each passing moment. In my former life I was shot through the heart by an arrow precisely because I knew too much, and now I have learned so much again — surely I am not about to be silenced once more? " "The Empress is Jue Wuchen, and Jue Wuchen is the Empress — what a clever scheme indeed.
" The Old Buddha sighed and said with grave solemnity, "Let me sort through the cause and effect of this matter.
The Empress returned to her homeland and came to the Ruins of Return. The Longbo Kingdom of the Ruins of Return rebelled, and the Empress was attacked. The Feather Forest Army came to the rescue and investigated the incident of the Empress's ambush. The Feather Forest Army quelled the rebellion, the Empress was attacked a second time, and the Empress faked her death to escape. The Feather Forest Army traversed through time. Jue Wuchen was born into the world, and the Empress took up residence within Jue Wuchen's body to lure the Heavenly Emperor.
" "The Heavenly Emperor was reincarnated, and the Cloud Heavenly Venerable, the Hao Heavenly Venerable, and Jue Wuchen assassinated the Heavenly Emperor. The two Heavenly Venerables hastened to the Heavenly Court to seize the Heavenly Emperor's fleshly body, and the Empress abandoned Jue Wuchen's body, burying that body together with her own true body, placing them aboard this ship on which the Feather Forest Army traversed through time. " "This is the truth as I have surmised it thus far. Lord of Heaven, Earth Earl, Crimson Emperor, Star Sovereign — do any of you have anything to add?
" The others all shook their heads. The Old Buddha said unhurriedly, "Then here is the problem.
The Empress must have settled upon her plan to murder the Heavenly Emperor before she set out for the Ruins of Return.
Why did the Longbo Kingdom rebel? Why was it that the rebellion coincided so conveniently with her return to the Ruins of Return? Even if the Longbo Kingdom had taken the Empress hostage to threaten the Heavenly Emperor, that would have been an act of utter folly — the Heavenly Emperor could annihilate the Longbo Kingdom with ease. So then, was the Longbo one of the Empress's people? That is the first point. " "The second: the Empress herself once came aboard this ghost ship of the Feather Forest Army. She came to bury Jue Wuchen, to bury her own fleshly body together with Jue Wuchen's.
How did she leave this ghost ship? If she did not come in person, then she sent someone in her stead — and is that person still aboard? " "The third: the Empress's fleshly body and Jue Wuchen are both here. With both bodies gone, where did the Empress go? And who is the Empress in the Heavenly Court?
" He laid out his questions, and all present furrowed their brows deeply. The Old Buddha had asked the crucial questions, yet no one could resolve them for him.
The Lord of Heaven said to the Earth Earl, "Hidden within the brow of the Godchild of the Dark Capital — quite interesting, is it not?
One can see and hear so many things we never knew before.
" The Earth Earl nodded. "But knowing so much has also made me feel a chill I cannot shake.
" The Old Buddha rose and stretched lazily.
His body drifted slowly upward as he said, "I am going up to the heavens to sleep. Take care of yourselves.
" The Crimson Emperor immediately sensed something amiss and hurriedly turned to look. He saw the big-headed doll Shen Fengqing holding up the Cauldron of Slaughter, eyeing them with ill intent.