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Chapter 1402: Chapter 1396: Lucky
Beneath the Blood Moon.
On Min Tiange’s inevitable path toward the Imperial Capital, a square cube suddenly materialized.
The Red Dust Immortal, clad in white robes, formed hand seals and stood atop the cube.
Countless Red Dust Realms, each containing a small world, linked together to form an impenetrable barrier.
Li Dalong stood atop the Heavenly Coffin. A blood-scented shadow surfaced—it was the boundless blood sea from the Underworld that struck fear into even fierce ghosts and Nether Officials.
The Heaven-Imprisoning Lock coiled like a wandering dragon, hovering half an inch above Li Dalong’s skin, standing high in the sky alongside its master as they looked down upon Min Tiange.
Within the Red Dust Realm, which was illuminated into a golden world by the boundless blood sea above, a figure carrying a massive hammer came rushing over.
Li Yaotie’s body was engulfed in fire. Treading upon the cloudy sky, he rode waves of flame forming beneath his feet, causing a scorching aura to ignite within the Red Dust Realm.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
The earth shook, and the mountains swayed. Pitch-black tentacles tore open the ground beneath the Blood Moon, dancing toward the heavens.
Seated upon an Iron Throne, Li Yunbing exuded a monstrous evil qi, staring at Min Tiange with a face full of mockery.
One immortal, one demon, one Underworld King, along with the fiercely burning Li Yaotie.
At this moment, under the combined Spiritual power of these four individuals from Azure Cloud Prefecture, Min Tiange appeared utterly helpless.
Min Tiange raised his head.
Aside from the fury spewing from his eyes, he was surprisingly quiet.
He didn’t even use his Dao of Light and Shadow to attempt an escape.
He raised his head and stared fixedly at Li Dalong.
The renowned Corpse Ancestor… He had almost forgotten when he truly started taking the Li Clan seriously.
Perhaps it was during the Wu Tribe’s invasion of the Western Frontier that the Azure Cloud Li Clan officially entered his vision.
Since then, every time he heard the name of the Azure Cloud Li Clan, they delivered a new surprise.
Until today, the greatest surprise of all was undoubtedly that the Azure Cloud Li Clan had been hiding ‘Heavenly Venerable Xuan’er’ all along!
“Su Chen has always been so lucky.”
Hearing this, beneath the murderous Blood Moon, the Li Clan members also fell into a heavy silence.
Everything had happened too suddenly.
Even they had only received the intelligence from Li Xinjue’s ‘Immortal in the Mirror’.
They had already prepared for battle; Li Dalong was even just on his way back home and hadn’t had the chance to take a single look at his estate before intercepting Min Tiange on the road.
Su Chen… the Blood Moon… No one in the family had ever imagined these two could be connected.
Li Dalong looked at Min Tiange and let out a long sigh. “Yes, compared to you, he is truly too lucky.”
The group fell into silence once again.
They lowered their heads, neither side having expected things to develop to this point.
Even Li Dalong couldn’t figure it out; the major threat their family had long prepared to deal with inside the Blood Moon, expecting a vicious battle to resolve it, was now in such a wretched state.
As for Su Chen… the Child of Destiny… Li Dalong actually felt like laughing right now.
Finally, Min Tiange spoke, gradually allowing Li Dalong to process his frustrations.
“I knew Su Chen a very long time ago. He and I were both disciples of the Peerless Hall; he is my senior martial brother.”
Under the sky-filling oppressive might, Min Tiange remained surprisingly calm, chatting and laughing with his enemies from the Azure Cloud Li Clan.
Perhaps Li Dalong’s sigh had granted him a sense of validation, allowing him to even feel a bit relieved.
“Su Chen’s aptitude was quite good, but he was far inferior to me. Yet, my master still trusted him more. Do you know why?”
“Because of your status,” Li Yunbing said, his face brimming with mockery. After becoming a demon, he always enjoyed these intriguing tales.
The fleeing Min Tiange and Su Chen, who had suddenly leapt to become the Son of Heaven—he found it all very amusing, so amusing that he wanted to rip apart both their bodies and souls to see exactly what was inside them.
“Exactly.”
Min Tiange cast a surprised glance at Li Yunbing; this person was just as interesting as Li Dalong. He smiled and said,
“As the young master of the Min family, in my master’s eyes, I would never be permitted to learn his true core teachings, and he would never allow the Min family to control the Peerless Hall.
Therefore, even though my aptitude and temperament were vastly superior to Su Chen’s, I could never gain my master’s approval.”
“Believe me, I wasn’t like this in the past. Su Chen would often hurl baseless accusations at me.
He envied me; he envied that I came from a major family, envying that the things he had to risk his life to obtain required nothing more than a word to my father.
But he didn’t know that if I distanced myself from the imperial court and my family’s disputes, I would be living the exact same life as him.”
“I guess that when he arrived at your Azure Cloud Li Clan, he must have cherished it exceptionally.
It’s a good thing you accepted him; otherwise, in his eyes, he would have treated you as natural-born enemies, just like me.”
“…”
Li Dalong did not reply.
He rarely paid attention to the affairs of the juniors. The family had always been peaceful.
Since Xinnian accepted Su Chen, then Su Chen was one of their own.
Even though these events had transpired, Li Dalong didn’t interfere; Su Chen’s stance was simply on the wrong side, and those responsible for cleaning house would naturally clean house.
“The world thinks he is the absolute number one genius, and that is indeed the truth.
At first, I never paid it any mind. My father taught me to hold the world in my heart, so how could I have the time for such trivial envy.
Until one day, I realized I could never catch up to him. He became my shadow, so I desperately fought to chase after him.”
Min Tiange chuckled.
“Until my master died, until Mu Xueqing told me that it wasn’t my lack of aptitude, nor was it a lack of diligence.
I got drunk that day, wailing loudly in a half-awake stupor. I knew I wasn’t inferior to him, and my lifelong struggle had finally yielded an answer.”
“After I killed him, only then did I realize that the world comparing me to him was truly the biggest joke under the heavens.”
“And now?” Li Yunbing’s mockery deepened.
“…”
Min Tiange zoned out for a moment.
“There is still an answer. I told you a long time ago that I am the same kind of person as your Azure Cloud Li Clan, but you just didn’t believe me, didn’t trust me.
I saw the rot of the Imperial Dynasty; my lifelong goal has always been to change the overarching situation of the Imperial Dynasty.”
“I saw hope in the immortal tomb. I spent my entire life running around for the revival of the Immortal Court. One day, the Immortal Court will overthrow the Imperial Dynasty.”
Even now, Min Tiange remained stubbornly unrepentant.
“I have many plans. Truly, I have more than enough confidence.” The corners of Min Tiange’s mouth curled upwards.
The family members’ brows furrowed tighter and tighter.
Yet this did not hinder the powerful confidence revealed in Min Tiange’s words and actions.
It seemed that no matter what dead end he reached, he would not feel the slightest remorse for the things he had done.
“I have always believed that destruction brings new life, but my father did not believe me.
He dedicated his entire life to loyalty to the Zishu family, to the Human Race. How could a man personally destroy the very thing he built with his own hands? Therefore, it had to be me.”
Min Tiange exhaled a long breath.
“I did it. Acting deliberately, step by step, I accomplished many, many things the people of the world wouldn’t even dare to imagine. Even today, I still have many plans.”
“My first step was to throw the grand scheme of the world into chaos, blinding the eyes of the world, making them busy with racial wars, busy with internal strife.”
“My second step was to find a like-minded person.
No one was more suitable to cooperate with me than Wenren Xianyi. She was anxious to escape her fate as a puppet, and I was anxious to destroy her Imperial Dynasty.
Although in my eyes she lacked any understanding of the grand scheme, we always shared some thoughts that happened to coincide.”
“In our eyes, both the immortals and the world were nothing but playthings to be manipulated in the palms of our hands.”
“Pah!” Li Yaotie spat, cursing under his breath. “Two sons of bitches.”
“No, you are wrong. There are too many people playing politics in the world. Schemes and tricks, deception and treachery—wherever there are people, there is conflict.”
Min Tiange was not the least bit angered by Li Yaotie’s cursing; instead, he appeared exceedingly calm.
“We simply disregarded our reputations, exposed our ambitions to the eyes of the world, and used somewhat dirtier methods.
How many people in the world are trying to climb to the top? Who doesn’t want to climb?”
“My third step was to use the immortals to destroy the Imperial Dynasty for me, while I profited from it. I intended to hide myself until I was absolutely certain I could become a Great Emperor.”
“A dream without strength is forever nothing but empty talk.”
Min Tiange looked up at the sky.
“My fourth step was to remain hidden during this era where immortals emerged into the world. Destruction and disaster will always give birth to heroes.
The people of the world will never care about what a hero has done in the past; they only need the hero to bring them hope.”
“I would bring hope to the people of the world and ascend my divine altar.
Leading the scattered Human Race to fight against the immortals; at that time I might become someone like my father, assisting a new Human Emperor, shining brightly through the course of the era.”
“My fifth step: I would lead the Human Race to become the true masters of the world, dedicating my entire life to resolving the calamity of the immortals.
Perhaps I would spend my entire life fighting the immortal and imperishable immortals, but I would be more vigilant than anyone else in the world, guarding the mortal realm from the enslavement of the immortals.”
Li Dalong’s expression was gloomy, but then gradually became relieved.
It was truly difficult to distinguish the boundary between good and evil.
Min Tiange was sincere. The world was plunged into disaster because of him, yet he still hoped to achieve something great. At the very least, Li Dalong’s ambitions weren’t this grand.
His voice was faint, “What you said is still just empty talk. You failed. Even if you had truly accomplished it, you would still be an enemy of our Li Clan.”
“Yes, it is all empty talk. Battling heaven brings endless joy, battling humans brings endless joy, battling immortals…”
The faint smile on Min Tiange’s face gradually vanished. “The immortals feared me, which is why Su Chen exists.”
“Watch out!”
The Red Dust Immortal glared, letting out a sharp, cold shout.
At this moment, Li Dalong, Li Yunbing, and Li Yaotie all experienced a drastic change in expression.
As Min Tiange’s voice fell, his resolute face turned as cold as frost. A Spiritual power brimming with oppressive might erupted from his body.
Body Integration?
No!
Even Li Dalong, who commanded the position of Underworld King in the Underworld, experienced a drastic change in expression at this moment.
This was an oppressive might that not even that Dao-Integration realm mighty figure who mastered the Dao of ‘Slaughter’ in the Underworld possessed.
Beneath this oppressive might, it seemed all things in the world would be destroyed.
A beam of white light and a beam of black light appeared to Min Tiange’s left and right; this was the Dao method of Light and Shadow cultivated to its absolute zenith.
The Red Dust Immortal’s proudest ‘Red Dust Realm’ actually began to shatter inch by inch!
Min Tiange looked calmly at the Li Clan members, then raised his head toward the Blood Moon.
At this moment, auras from the entire Western Frontier, and even from within the Imperial Dynasty, were drawn over, shocked by this powerful aura.
“You alone cannot stop me.”
“The immortals fear me. Even though I have done so much for Them, They remained extremely wary of me.
Su Chen is Their backup plan. They thought that by teaching Su Chen to cultivate the Great Dao of ‘Sealing the Heavens’, they could block my Dao of Light and Shadow.”
“They attempted to hand everything I spent the greater part of my life building over to Su Chen on a silver platter.”
“The immortals stand high and mighty above all. For the past sixty thousand years, they have mocked me.
They wanted to see me fall from the divine altar, struggling like a mere ant drowning in a quagmire.”
“But They should be afraid.”
“Because whether in the past or the present, Su Chen is unworthy of being mentioned in the same breath as me.”
“Son of Heaven? He may be the Son of Heaven, but I, Min Tiange, use heaven as my chessboard. Even if accidents happen, I still stand one level higher than heaven.”
The soil beneath the ground shattered layer by layer, crushed like a hydraulic press by Min Tiange’s terrifying, oppressive might at this moment.
Even space itself fractured like a spiderweb under this oppressive might!
Li Dalong and the others hurriedly retreated.
Min Tiange gazed deeply at the Blood Moon in the cloudy sky.
He had never fallen from the divine altar. At this moment, he seemed to be fighting against the very sky itself. “Our contest has just begun.”
“Don’t stop him, let’s go!” Li Dalong hoisted the Heavenly Coffin onto his shoulder, shielding Li Yunbing behind him, his eyes wide open.
The Red Dust Immortal instantly used the shattered Red Dust Realm, compressed by the oppressive might, to protect the wide-eyed Li Yaotie.
Dripping with cold sweat, he cursed loudly, “Damn it!”
This was completely different from the aura when he initially intercepted Min Tiange!
At this moment, Li Wei, who was in the Imperial Capital, felt his heart skip a beat.
In the Imperial Capital, Wenren Xianyi, who held immense power, furrowed her brows tightly.
In the Northern Frontier, Min Youguo, who was resting with his eyes closed amidst the wind and snow, suddenly opened his eyes.
His gaze was filled with disbelief and a hint of paternal gratification, which then dissolved into a long, drawn-out sigh.
In Spirit City, the Spirit Lord could no longer sit still.
Abandoning His languid posture, He suddenly levitated into the air over Spirit City, crossing an entire city with a single step, lotuses blooming beneath each footstep.
“Half-Step Mahayana? About to enter the Mahayana realm?”
The Spirit Lord’s expression turned exceedingly dark.
“Feigning panic, presenting a weak front to me, seizing the opportunity to escape… well played, Min Tiange. This child must absolutely not be allowed to live!!!”
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