Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Zi Wei, Imperial Star.
King Zi Guang walked out of the Qinghe Clan, with Di Xiuluo following closely behind him, from the front, Feng Wuji was walking towards their direction, also seemingly trying to convince Qinghe Clan to their side.
“Mister Wuji,” greeted King Zi Guang politely.
The approaching Feng Wuji greeted back right away in response, “Mister Zi Guang! Mister Zi Guang, are you perhaps here to convince Monarch Qing He to help Mu Xiantian in the war?”
King Zi Guang calmly replied, “This is how this world works, everyone is after the profit, if there is great profit, I suppose Monarch Qing He wouldn’t mind siding with our Xian Tian Palace.”
Hearing this, some sort of light flickered in Feng Wuji’s eyes and he replied, “Then, is this trip of yours a profitable one, Mister Zi Guang?”
“It is a promising one indeed.” replied the happy King Zi Guang.
Feng Wuji smiled, “Heh, if Mister Zi Guang could convince Monarch Qing He with a certain amount of profits, then Wuji can also do the same to convince Monarch Qing He to drop the alliance with Xian Tian Palace. Mister Zi Guang, you tasted an ultimate defeat before Mister Mo Yin, your name you spent so much effort to maintain was destroyed in one day and now, you might even taste defeat in my hands.”
With a prideful laugh, King Zi Guang started walking away, and when he was about to pass Feng Wuji, he shook his head and sighed, “Foolish child, you are a fool….”
Killing intent sparked in Feng Wuji’s eyes instantly, he smirked and placed his hands behind his back, “Do you know who I am? I, come from a monarch race, apprentice to a renowned existence, bearer of 17 sovereign races’ diplomatic markings, wherever I go, I will be treated as an honorable guest. No one dares to humiliate me and I have friends everywhere, how dare you insult me like this!?”
King Zi Guang however, ignored Feng Wuji and left without stopping.
Feng Wuji then transmitted a voice message to his companions, “This guy, he is Mu Xiantian’s favourite servant, is it possible for us to take him out right now?”
The two innate gods exchanged a glance and shook their head in sync, “Don’t even think about it, Mister Wuji. That man, yes, him, that man who is following beside King Zi Guang, he is the strongest in Bi Luo Palace, Di Xiuluo.”
“Who is this man? How strong is he?”
One of the innate gods replied, “We’re not sure about the details, he’s already here when we arrive in Bi Luo Palace and back then, there was only Mister Bi Luo and him. He was already there, earlier than Nine-Five and he stood at a position higher than Nine-Five.”
Feng Wuji’s heart pumped quickly, the thought of taking the risk to remove King Zi Guang disappeared in his mind, An existence together with Mister Bi Luo? Even if he is not an innate god, he would be on par as well! Such an existence is most likely the messenger of Heaven, just like Xuan Ji! How fortunate this King Zi Guang is, to be able to recruit someone like Di Xiuluo!
As for King Zi Guang, just right after he left Qinghe Clan’s territory and was about to head towards Heaven Breaching Fortress, Di Xiuluo stopped for a second and started looking around.
King Zi Guang was puzzled by this sudden stop and when he traced towards the direction Di Xiuluo looked at, he saw a tiny hill ahead of him, with a worn-down temple sitting on it. For some reason, this hill and the temple that appeared in front of them and King Zi Guang failed to notice them.
“Strange.”
He flew up, headed towards the outer heaven and not long later, the scenery in the Imperial Star started appearing in their vision; without them knowing; instead of flying towards Heaven Breaching Fortress, they were heading straight towards the Imperial Star and were on the way to descending into Imperial Star.
And what King Zi Guang saw later left him frowning, in front of them were the exact same hill and temple.
[Demonic Chant of Reincarnation]? Where are the smithing noises? King Yi can’t possibly turn hostile right now.
The confused King Zi Guang changed directions and not long later, the Imperial Star appeared again and along with it, the temple and the hill!
He looked towards Di Xiuluo and received a reply from Di Xiuluo, “Nope.”
King Zi Guang understood it right away, Di Xiuluo was telling him that the temple posed no threat and the ones inside the temple bore no ill intentions.
Trusting Di Xiuluo greatly, King Zi Guang started hiking the hill and stopped before the temple.
The doors were wide opened, inside sat an old Taoist priest, chanting towards a divine cauldron and King Zi Guang asked as he walked into the temple, “This senior martial brother, may I know what business you have with me by stopping me?”
The old Taoist priest smiled back, “I am here because I acknowledge your talents. There is not much time left for me so I want someone to inherit my heritage, to be frank, I wish to take you in as my disciple.”
King Zi Guang burst out laughing and he shook his head, “Senior martial brother, do you even know who I am?”
Without turning around, the priest answered, “Of course. You are King Zi Guang, you started from the bottom, and later pledge your services to Mu Xiantian. You are one of a kind, handsome, knowledgeable and greatly talented, you are known as a master strategist.”
“If you know, then you should also know that not anyone can simply become my teacher.”
Light wheels emerged behind the old priest’s head as a reply, buzzing silently, and in an instant, seven light wheels entered King Zi Guang’s vision, thousands of Dao languages rumbled in his ears!
King Zi Guang’s vision blurred for a second and when he looked around, seven star rivers split the skies apart and shone brightly at the universe!
“You entered Daos with your intelligence and the secret realm I developed is the Wisdom Secret Realm. You, however, did not reach my level yet, so now, am I fit enough to be your teacher?”
Still facing at the divine cauldron, the old priest continued, “After practicing my Dao, you will only be considered as having entered the doors of Wisdom Secret Realm. Back then when Dao Venerate Fu Min was still alive, I was the one that helped him created the three Almanacs of Wisdom.”
“You are the old era’s remaining evil!”
“I’m afraid that I’m not.”
The old priest smiled, “I am not a Fuxi, the Fuxi Celestial Race had been acting overly tough back then and they finally broke in the end. When I first noticed the dwindling fate of the Fuxi Celestial Race, I quickly pulled myself out of their affairs and walked away as a free man, thus, they call me Monarch Xiao Yao. Now that I am getting too old, I need someone to inherit my knowledge and wealth and you are the chosen one. Come with me and a thousand years later, you will be one of the monarchs!”
King Zi Guang calmed himself down and bowed, “Elder, I have to help Mu Xiantian win the throne, so I fear that I will not be able to follow you. Once I helped him in succeeding, I will retire and come to you.”
The old priest kept quiet for some time before he sighed and said calmly, “Fine. I can wait for another thousand years, but you might not be able to last that long. Now, I have two pieces of advice for you before you go, beware of Mu Xiantian and don’t blame yourself.”
King Zi Guang’s mind went blurry for a second and when he returned back to his senses, the temple and hill were already gone. As for him, he appeared beside Di Xiuluo again as if he never even moved a step.
Unflinched by what happened, Di Xiuluo murmured, “Ancient great presence.”
King Zi Guang nodded, “He wants to take me as his disciple. Strange, why would an ancient monarch show himself at this time? The seventh secret realm and Seven Paths Reincarnation… If I became his disciple and cultivated his Daos, it would only be a matter of time until I become a monarch.”
He started walking towards the Heavenly River in the skies above Imperial Star while Di Xiuluo followed. A moment later, King Zi Guang stopped abruptly as a thought emerged in his head, “I get it now!”
Di Xiuluo stopped as well, remaining expressionless and King Zi Guang’s expression became unstable, “These ancient monarchs from the Earth Order Era… their lives are coming to an end!”
Di Xiuluo remained the same, icy cool and unflinched, only King Zi Guang was still mumbling to himself, “The fact that this Monarch Xiao Yao came to me also means that the other ancient monarchs are also looking for their own heirs, so that their heritage would not disappear! If Monarch Xiao Yao has shown himself, then the other ancient monarchs will appear one after another in search of the best heir, which also means that this universe will have more and more existences that cultivated the seventh secret realm showing up! Huh? Why are you not surprised at all, Di Xiuluo?”
“Knew.” replied Di Xiuluo calmly.
“What? This is a great matter that will change how this world works! These ancient monarchs were once what Dao Venerate Fu Min called Dao companions! They created the Six Paths Reincarnation and developed the various secret realms. It was thanks to their research that the Daos and arts as we know it have reached such a high level! However, when the Earth Order Era ended and God Order Era begun, they vanished into thin air, there must be some kind of reason behind their sudden disappearance! After Six Paths got established, the knowledge in their brain will only become a priceless treasure that will help them in creating the seventh secret realm!”
King Zi Guang continued while Di Xiuluo remained the same, “They can be considered as the ones that hold the wonders of the seventh secret realm! If they start taking in people as apprentices, then there would be many who have achieved the seventh secret realm showing up, this would also produce an incredible amount of powerful monarchs in the future!”
And again, Di Xiuluo remained unflinched.
King Zi Guang was left speechless by his reaction and he walked away speechlessly, “You really are a piece of wood! I wonder if there would be anything that would give you a shock!”
Heaven Breaching Fortress, Zhong Yue organized his men and waited for King Zi Guang’s news. One day, a divine general came reporting, “My lord, there are a few old men that sneaked into the fortress, they are all checking on the Board of Future Monarchs set by you.”
Hearing this, Zhong Yue rushed to the scene. The Board of Future Monarchs was never taken away, it had been hanging in the fortress for it was a great way to attract outstanding individuals to join them. In these years, there were quite a few that came visiting, just to have a look at the board and after receiving and being offered with great treatments, they decided to stay.
Zhong Yue walked towards the board quickly and just as his officer said, there were a few old men standing beneath it, examining the board and constantly talked among each other.
Zhong Yue was in surprise for even him couldn’t identify these old men’s level. He was already a Deity Emperor and with his strength and the Three Eyes Heavenly Pupil, there was no way one could hide himself entirely before Zhong Yue.
The fortress’s defense is no joke, there are 8 peaked Imperial Emperors alone but these old men managed to sneak in without alerting anyone?
Zhong Yue approached them and smiled, “Elders, please forgive me for not being able to welcome you with a banquet.”
Among the old men, one with a taller figure said politely, “We are the ones that should be blamed for not notifying Mister Yi about our visit.”
Zhong Yue greeted back and said, “Elders….”
“Oh, no no no no!”
Another old man smiled, “This Board of Future Monarch that Mister Yi set had done us a good deed, so there is no need to be so formal with us. We are all actually Dao companions, King Yi, you are one of us.”
Zhong Yue’s heart thumped right away as a vague answer floated up in his mind, “Then if I may, what is it that you are looking for from this board?”
The old men exchanged a glance and smiled, “We are about to die and we wish to find someone to inherit us before we die. Fortunately, with the help of this board, we are saved from running around to look for a suitable heir. Outstanding talents are rare and they are hard to find, but with this board you set, you had done us a great deed so we are all in your debt!”
