Chapter 902 — Old Survivors of the Yuan Realm in a Desolate Village
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 1 of 4
"Wei Suifeng? A very ordinary name. He always called himself that—was there some deeper meaning to it?"
Qikang, Human Sovereign, did not dare make a move. He watched as the gods of the Heavenly Court delivered the cage, prisoner and all, into the Yong River—and beneath the river's surface, a tower ship shrouded in black qi and chains burst suddenly from the water, heaving up a sky-high wave.
Within the black mist, figures could be faintly seen aboard the vessel, shadowy and indistinct.
This ghost ship—Qikang, Human Sovereign, had seen it before by the banks of the Yong River. Back then Shen Mu had stopped everyone from boarding it, and had even slain a prince of the Heavenly Court by the riverside.
"Wei Suifeng, you have a great history with this ghost ship. In those years, you were the master of this vessel, a general of the Yulin Guard. You fled, vanished for several hundred thousand years—and yet the Yulin Guard under your command remained aboard, becoming part of the ghost ship."
In the sky, the existence at the Imperial Throne realm within the Heavenly Court's tower ship laughed: "You see how much your old subordinates miss you? They have all emerged. You infiltrated the Heavenly Alliance, thinking yourself hidden deep enough, repeatedly sabotaging the Heavenly Court's grand designs—a crime deserving ten thousand deaths. And yet you are very useful."
The cage sank into the Yong River, while the ghost ship rose fully from the water. There truly was a wondrous power at work, displacing the substance of the Heavenly River!
Just then, the man in the cage erupted. A ceaseless clangor of snapping rang out as the thick chains binding him broke suddenly at their midpoints!
Those chains had bound the ghost ship. With a mighty surge, the cage burst from the water and landed upon the ghost ship's deck.
Clang—
One chain after another flew up, merging with the chains surrounding the ghost ship, as though these chains and those around the vessel had always been one and the same!
"Insolence!"
From the tower ship in the sky, a towering figure descended. Countless chains flew from the tower ship, swishing toward the ghost ship to bind it!
One Heavenly Court god after another urged the tower ship forward, chains wrapping around the ghost ship, intending to drag it out.
"Qingdi of the Eastern Heaven, do you dare board the ship?"
The strange man in the cage stood up. With a thunderous crash he burst the cage into fragments. His massive frame steamed with thick black qi, his entire body misting, merging with the ghost ship.
Soon he had become the black mist shrouding the ghost ship. The tower ship in the sky could not pull the ghost ship up—instead it was dragged continuously downward.
From within the black mist came Wei Suifeng's voice, chuckling: "Board the ship, and you will be assimilated into the ghost ship, just as I was! You have no idea—the ghost ship is a cycle of reincarnation for me. Sending me here was merely the beginning of that cycle!"
The ghost ship sank into the river. Qingdi of the Eastern Heaven lunged after it, pursuing the vessel—but the chains on the ghost ship interwove and crisscrossed, constantly lashing toward him, and even the Heavenly Court's tower ship was dragged down toward the river's surface.
The Heavenly Court's soldiers hurriedly unfastened the chains, and only thus avoided being pulled into the black mist.
Two existences at the Imperial Throne realm—one beneath the water, one above the river—fought furiously, instantly causing immense chaos. The Yong River was shaken skyward, and the dragon palaces and dragon halls within the water were clearly visible.
Qikang, Human Sovereign, seized the chaos to flee with Daoist Lin Xuan on his back, racing toward the Heavenly Sage Academy.
From the Yong River came the madman's cry: "My name is Wei Suifeng—follow the map and save me!"
"Is that spoken to me?" Qikang, Human Sovereign, wondered doubtfully.