Chapter 1044 — The Sacred Emperor and the Four Directional God-Kings
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 2 of 4
The God King Langwan stared at him wide-eyed and said in astonishment, "The God Emperor Langxuan is the son of the Heavenly Emperor? If that is so, then among the Heavenly Court's Ten Heavenly Worthies, does the Heavenly Emperor's own family not occupy half?"
Shen Mu thought about it, and indeed it was so.
The ancient god Heavenly Emperor, the Empress Consort Niangniang, Lady Yuanmu, the Heavenly Worthy Haotian, and the God Emperor Langxuan—the Heavenly Emperor's family alone accounted for five!
Apart from the Heavenly Emperor, there was also the Great Emperor Juyu of the Juyu Clan. Among the Ten Heavenly Worthies, only four had no such deep background!
"The East Emperor told me that his bloodline is the foremost bloodline under heaven, yet he merely sired many. The Heavenly Emperor, by contrast, sired ones of higher quality."
Shen Mu could not help but sigh with feeling, then said, "By the way, the Eastern Pole Heaven should not be the Ancestral Court either, should it?"
The God King Langwan shook her head. "It is not. However, within the Eastern Pole Heaven there are treasures from the Ancestral Court—Lingbao Mountain and the Jade Pool are both things of the Ancestral Court."
Shen Mu was deeply stirred. That the Creators' Ancestral Court should hold such treasures?
He could not help but look forward all the more to the Ancestral Court.
In the Eastern Pole Heaven, the East Emperor Azure Dragon led his civil and military ministers back to the Azure Dragon Heavenly Palace. Crown Prince Yuanlong said, "Father God, will you truly not send anyone to hunt down and kill the Shepherd Heavenly Worthy and seize back Lingbao Mountain?"
The East Emperor shook his head and laughed. "Though Lingbao Mountain is precious, it is merely a treasure I used to whet my teeth on, not the most precious strange treasure of my Eastern Pole Heaven. Though he took my face from me, I have given him away nine times over; the Heavenly Court can no longer tolerate him, and will certainly send men to hunt him down."
Crown Prince Yuanlong said hesitantly, "Father God, since you need the Shepherd Heavenly Worthy, why then push him into such dire straits?"
The East Emperor shot him a glance and said blandly, "The Shepherd Heavenly Worthy is unruly and untamable, far too difficult to control. He is nothing more than a human junior whose luck has been unbelievably good, who by some chance and coincidence came to his present station. Had he been sensible, he would have obediently accepted my two trials. Yet he wished to turn guest into host, to take my face from me, to claim a station on equal footing with the ancient gods."
There was no lack of anger in his voice, yet his tone only grew more indifferent as he said, "If he were to grow to maturity, what difference would there be between him and the Heavenly Court's Ten Heavenly Worthies?"
"The Heavenly Court's Ten Heavenly Worthies aim to eradicate us ancient gods and seize complete power for themselves. And our ancient gods' aim, apart from self-preservation, is likewise to eradicate them—not to cultivate a rival!"
He strode forward, came to the Lingxiao Hall, and sat down directly upon the throne. His long, slender fingers spread out and gripped the armrests of the imperial seat, his majesty bearing down upon the Azure Dragon Heavenly Palace. Coldly he said, "The Shepherd Heavenly Worthy has never grasped this point. Since he has not grasped it, then let reality beat it into him! After he leaves the Eastern Pole Heaven, let him run into walls at every turn, batter his head till it bleeds, break his bones and snap his sinews—then he will lower himself and bow his head to the ancient gods, and do his work honestly!"