Chapter 1044 — The Sacred Emperor and the Four Directional God-Kings
The Herdsman of the Wasteland · Page 3 of 4
His gaze was like lightning as he swept it over Crown Prince Yuanlong, his voice cutting like a blade: "The ancient gods, from the most ancient times to now, have been the masters of this cosmos. The so-called Creators, the so-called demigods, the so-called Ten Heavenly Worthies, the so-called human race—all are mere passersby. It is our charity that gave you the chance to survive; it is we who maintain the order of the cosmos and primeval chaos, giving you the possibility to multiply!"
"Acquired living beings who dare to steal the authority of the ancient gods, who dare to alter the laws and throw the Way into chaos—such is treachery most heinous, a crime beyond pardon!"
"This is not merely my own thinking; it is the thinking of all ancient gods!"
Crown Prince Yuanlong shuddered and lowered his head, not daring to speak.
"In those years we ancient gods made use of Kaihuang Shen Ye, intending to cultivate Shen Ye and set him against the Ten Heavenly Worthies. But Shen Ye would not walk the path. We ancient gods toiled to cultivate him, yet he led the elite and fled."
The East Emperor gave a cold snort and crushed the armrest of the imperial seat to powder, saying coldly, "To cultivate him and the Kaihuang era, how much heart's blood did we ancient gods expend? When we looked forward to his battle with the Heavenly Court, his Kaihuang Heavenly Court was a pile of loose sand within! He likely also understood our intent in pushing him out, and so he gathered up the elite of the Kaihuang era and fled. And he even passed his swordsmanship to Shen Mu to wound me—truly, repaying kindness with enmity!"
Crown Prince Yuanlong's body trembled, cold sweat beading on his forehead.
Some of these things he had lived through himself. In those years the East Emperor Azure Dragon had treated Kaihuang quite well; he had even descended to the mortal realm to fund Kaihuang's rise.
Kaihuang had sent Di Yiyue, asking the East Emperor to cultivate her, and the East Emperor had taken Di Yiyue as a disciple and taught her divine arts.
For a time, even the East Emperor's reincarnated body had personally descended to the mortal realm, and he and Kaihuang had addressed each other as fellow cultivators.
When Kaihuang established the Thirty-Three Heavens and forged the Kaihuang Heavenly Court, the East Emperor and the other three Great Emperors had personally attended to offer congratulations.
Yet Crown Prince Yuanlong had never considered the schemes hidden within all this.
Now that he thought of it, he could not help but feel a chill run down his spine.
This stretch of history he had personally lived through had concealed so much peril!
The East Emperor's tone slowed, and he smiled gently. "You need not worry. You are my son; I will not do anything to you. Do your work well, and in the future, when the Heavenly Court is rebuilt..."
He said leisurely, "It is not impossible that you too might have a chance to ascend the imperial throne. This Longhan Heavenly Court—it is time to wash it in blood, and change its master."
In the Northern Pole Heaven, the Heavenly Dragon Treasure Chariot appeared upon the altar of the spirit-energy translocation bridge.
Like the Eastern Pole Heaven, the Northern Pole Heaven's altar stood at the edge of this vast heaven and earth.
The spirit-energy translocation bridge had been designed and built by Shen Mu in concert with the Black Tiger God, who served beneath the Woodcutter Sage. At the time, the Black Tiger God was merely an honored god, called the Tiger Venerable, while Shen Mu was then but a minor practitioner of divine powers.
That two such inconspicuous figures could design and build a tool that would affect the arrangements of the Heavenly Court and the various heavens was truly a wonder.
For this alone, the two of them were already worthy of having their names recorded in the annals of history.