Chapter 929 — Meeting Beneath the Moon at Yao Terrace
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"The man from a million years ago has returned."
The Heavenly Court was resplendent in gold and jade, teeming with gods and divine beings beyond count—who knew how many deities and demons dwelled within this incomparably luxurious world. The Heavenly Court had originally been a place of peace, or at the very least, surface peace. Even when its great armies descended to the mortal realm, eradicated the Earth Mother Primordial Sovereign, and leveled the Yuan Realm, not a ripple had stirred within the Heavenly Court.
Yet now, the once-calm Heavenly Court was like a still lake into which a stone had been cast, sending wave after wave of ripples spreading outward.
News of every kind spread in all directions, reaching not only the palace chambers but also the ears of the Celestial Lords, becoming the topic that swept through the entire Heavenly Court.
That man had returned.
A million years ago, in the early years of the Dragon Han era, that man had been invested by the Heavenly Emperor as a Celestial Lord, becoming one of the Nine Celestial Lords, subduing an entire age with his unmatched Dao arts and divine powers.
He had transmitted the Dharma on behalf of Lord Yu, established the Heavenly Palace cultivation system for the world, and gravely wounded Lord Hao, leaving him bedridden for many years without recovery.
And now the Heavenly Emperor paid no heed to worldly affairs, and Lord Hao had become the supreme sovereign wielding the authority of the Heavenly Court, enthroned on high.
Yet the man who had wounded him had vanished without a trace, disappeared from the world for a full million years.
There were also reports that when Lord Hao wielded his strongest weapon to descend to the mortal realm and quell the rebellion, that man had borrowed the Earth Mother's hand to grievously wound Lord Hao's primordial spirit.
Other reports said that the man was the Divine Son of Youdu, and having encountered the interception of the Heavenly Court's Four Emperors, had suffered severe injuries.
Still other reports said that the man had dug out his own soul and spirit, becoming a soulless being, and now lacked even the strength to truss a chicken.
Yet more reports came that the man had killed many young powerhouses of the Heavenly Court in the Yuan Realm, and that untold numbers of ancient gods and disciples of the Four Emperors had died at his hands.
There were also gods and demons who had returned to the Heavenly Court from the mortal realm who said that the man's aura was feeble, that he had not long to live.
Countless people discussed that man's arrival, spoke of that man's affairs. A strange atmosphere pervaded the Heavenly Court, undercurrents surging beneath the calm surface.
"The Vermilion Bird, the Southern Emperor's ship arrived at the Heavenly Court today—is it connected to that man?"
"I heard the Eastern Emperor has left the Eastern Pole, and the Western Emperor has also left the Western Pole."
"The waters of the Heavenly River have shown anomalies—the water level has been rising lately. Some suspect the Black Tortoise, the Northern Emperor, has secretly arrived at the Heavenly Court!"
"I also heard that the Four Emperors of the Heavenly Court submitted a memorial to the Heavenly Emperor, saying they would return to the Heavenly Court soon. It's said the Black Emperor arrived long ago!"
"I heard many ancient gods of the Great Wilderness have come to the Heavenly Court to give their reports—Lord Sunstar and others have arrived as well! I also heard that the Dao Ancestor, who vanished for many years, has returned to the Daoist sect of the Heavenly Court, and the Great Brahma King Buddha, who slept for who knows how many years, has awakened and also arrived at the Heavenly Court, going to see the Dao Ancestor at the first opportunity!"
"The situation in the Heavenly Court is rather strange."