Chapter 1050 — The West Emperor's Perilous Predicament
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"A father's love is like a mountain — and so the Northern Emperor Xuanwu and his consort, being parents, simply buried Crown Prince Youming under a mountain for six hundred thousand years.
" In the Heavenly Dragon Palanquin, Shen Mu said to God King Langwan: "To protect their son, they went to extraordinary lengths. And the Yin Son of Heaven, in scheming against the Northern Emperor Xuanwu, showed a tenacity that is frankly terrifying — he kept at it for four or five hundred thousand years. But this time he will not have his way; he will come off the worse for it instead. When I saw him tirelessly sending his insects to gnaw the gourd vine, I knew his aim was never the Five Thunder Gourd.
" God King Langwan's eyes flickered. "I had word in the divine city near the artifact Yutianzun: the Ten Heavenly Worthies are about to fall into civil war.
The gods and demons guarding the Northern Pole Heaven spoke of it, and they were badly frightened.
" Shen Mu's spirits surged. "The Ten Heavenly Worthies have finally torn away all pretense? " "Because of the business with the Heavenly Emperor's eggshell, six Heavenly Worthies were already contending, though the mask had not yet come off.
But then Heavenly Worthy Hao arrived, making no secret of who he was, and demanded that those six hand over the Heavenly Emperor's eggshell.
Naturally they would not admit it had fallen into their hands, so Heavenly Worthy Hao demanded to search them.
" Though God King Langwan's tone was utterly casual, Shen Mu heard the mortal peril in it. Heavenly Worthy Hao wanted to search them?
How exalted were the stations of Heavenly Worthy Xiao, Heavenly Consort Qiang, Heavenly Consort Yan and the rest — how could they bear such humiliation? And among them were women, and the Heavenly Emperor's own women at that!
"The six Heavenly Worthies could not stomach Heavenly Worthy Hao's demand to search them, but then Heavenly Worthy Fire descended and threw his weight behind Heavenly Worthy Hao. Heavenly Worthy Hao already commanded the greatest force, and with Heavenly Worthy Fire at his back, the other Heavenly Worthies were no match. " God King Langwan said: "Undercurrents are churning through the Heavenly Court now, and it is exceedingly dangerous. There are rumors that the Ten Heavenly Worthies even mean to recall the artifact Yutianzun that keeps the various heavens in check, return to the Heavenly Court, and prepare for war.
The heavens beneath these Heavenly Worthies are shifting troops and moving commanders; great armies of gods and demons are marching out of the many heavens and hurrying toward the Heavenly Court.
Even the Ten Guards of the Heavenly Court have been sent out! " "The Ten Guards too? " Shen Mu's heart went cold. He rose and paced back and forth, musing aloud: "No. No, that cannot be.
The Ten Guards of the Heavenly Court — the Left and Right Feather Forest, the Dragon Martial, the Divine Strategy, the Divine Awe, the Divine Martial — those ten answer only to the Heavenly Emperor.
The Ten Heavenly Worthies cannot move them.
If the Ten Guards have been sent out, it can only be by the Ancient God Heavenly Emperor's own order. Yet all ten Heavenly Worthies can wield the Heavenly Emperor's fleshly body, and with the ten of them checking one another, they cannot move the Ten Guards at all.
There is something very wrong here. .
. " God King Langwan blinked her large eyes, watching him pace, and asked: "What do you mean?
" "The civil war among the Ten Heavenly Worthies is only the surface. Their true aim is to lure the snake out of its hole.
" Shen Mu halted, struck fist into palm with a sharp crack, and said in a low voice: "If the Ten Guards had not moved, it might still be a genuine explosion of conflict among the Heavenly Worthies. But the Ten Guards have moved — so that is impossible!
" The Ten Guards of the Heavenly Court were its ten mightiest armies, each with its own specialty, under the direct command of the Heavenly Emperor.