Supreme Star Card Master

Chapter 1999: Chapter 1422: Jade Pillar_2

When the Silver Universe Realm truly launches its great war, I imagine the Blue Sea will hardly stand by with folded arms!

After thinking for a moment, Lu Zijing’s face lit with joy; he bowed solemnly and said, "Good, good, good! Then I must trouble Lord Yu Huang to make a trip with me, and I ask that Lord Yu Huang record the situation of our Dong You truthfully, and persuade all sides of the Blue Sea!"

Su Yuan nodded. "I will do my best."

Lu Zijing asked, "I wonder when we shall depart?"

"Since the situation is urgent, then as soon as possible..." Su Yuan pondered briefly, then said, "However, for this journey, I will still need one Fellow Daoist to accompany me."

The Green Emperor asked, "Oh? Whom does Yu Huang wish to bring?"

Su Yuan smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Ma Liang of the Blood Slaughter Sect... or rather, it should now be called the New Yellow Springs Sect."

...

Silver Universe Realm.

Heavenly Palace Treasure Halls, Immortal Island Pavilions—beyond counting.

Strange flowers and auspicious grasses, immortal birds and Divine Birds, flew everywhere.

Ten thousand streams of Golden Light rolled crimson rainbows; a thousand threads of auspicious qi spewed Purple Qi. Bright rosy clouds fluttered, reflecting the sky’s radiance; emerald mists shrouded, veiling the mouth of the Dipper. It was clearly a scene of rich magnificence and gilded splendor befitting an Immortal family.

Compared to the outer scene, what mattered more were the people here.

At the center of the Heavenly Court, facing south, stood the Silver Universe Hall. Looking around, over a thousand King-level Heavenly Generals in Silver Armor guarded outside the hall.

And within the hall, on the outer ranks stood the many Cave Heaven Masters, in the middle the Masters of the Treasure Halls, and closest to the dragon throne, arrayed on both sides, the fourteen Lords of the Heavenly Palace!

Each of them wore a long robe of silver gauze blazing with Stars, a crown of gold and jade upon their heads, and at their waists hung Purple Ribbon Silver Medals; every one possessed extraordinary bearing.

A figure with blurred form, wreathed in Jade Radiance, sat upon the dragon throne—this was the mysterious Jade Emperor of the Silver Universe Realm.

At the Jade Emperor’s side stood a tall, handsome man, jade-like of face and heroic in mien.

At this moment, the Jade Emperor, whose features could not be seen, as if a mass of jade light, let his gaze rest for a moment upon the many Masters of the Treasure Halls, and called, "Fan Hong, Lü Jun."

His voice was neither warm nor cold, neither salty nor bland.

The two thus called showed delighted surprise in their eyes; they strode quickly out and dropped to one knee before him. "Lord Jade Emperor!"

The Jade Emperor turned his hand, and a Jade Seal fell into his palm. He spoke: "Today, I hereby confer you two as Lords of the Heavenly Palace, to fill the vacancies left after the last great war."

As he spoke, the Jade Emperor formed a seal with one hand. From within the Jade Seal surged an extremely dense Hongmeng Purple Qi, and then streams of jade light leapt out from the seal, falling onto the two men and enveloping them together.

In an instant, the two were like men who had swallowed a catalyst—two ever-more-intense waves of Law fluctuation, sea tide and dark shadow, spread outward beyond their own Domains.

After an unknown span of time, the two shuddered, intense and piercing brilliance shot from their eyes, and within their Outer Domains a most mysterious ripple spread out—it was clear they had both stepped into the True Domain Realm!

Vaguely, in the depths of their eyes, a "jade" character Rune flickered and vanished...

"Many thanks, Lord Jade Emperor!"

The two were overjoyed, and bowed once more toward the Jade Emperor whose form could not be clearly seen.

The surrounding Masters of the Treasure Halls, witnessing this, were all the more filled with envy.

The Jade Emperor spoke no further. After choosing two more men from among the Cave Heaven Masters to fill the two Treasure Hall positions, he waved his hand slightly, and the handsome man standing beside him immediately produced the seals and raiment of the Lords of the Heavenly Palace and handed them to the pair.

"In this way, the consolidation of divine offices for this expedition may be considered complete." The Jade Emperor’s gaze swept the surroundings as he spoke coolly.

Yet these were all minor matters. Among the nearly one hundred Emperor Levels present, including many Lords of the Heavenly Palace, those who could truly enter the Jade Emperor’s eyes numbered but five.

The Jade Emperor’s gaze fell upon the three men and one woman at the foremost rank within the hall.

One was a burly man over two meters tall, cold and imposing.

One was a thin youth with a smile upon his face.

One was a female cultivator with bright eyes and white teeth, a treasure sword upon her back.

One was a person whose features were hidden beneath a pitch-black hooded robe, face unseen.

In the eyes of these four, dense Jade Radiance flowed, and the aura upon their bodies had grown even more unfathomable...

As for the last person, he was the valiant man standing at the Jade Emperor’s side.

The Jade Emperor turned to him and asked, "Fang Yu, how goes the progress of the Sky Jade Factor?"

The valiant man named Fang Yu bowed his head and said, "The Sky Jade Factor driven out from the East Continent, as we ripped open a rift within the now-merged Dong You Four States, has been continuously seeping into it. At present its concentration has surpassed ninety percent; before long we can draw down the Heavenly Jade Pillar."

The Jade Emperor nodded slightly, his face expressionless. "Then read the decree..."

"Yes!"

Fang Yu responded, then took out an imperial edict and read aloud:

"Appoint Yan Kui as Northern Heavenly King, Luo Feng as Western Heavenly King, Ye Yuxiao as Southern Heavenly King, and Da’an Tian as Eastern Heavenly King."

"The Four Great Heavenly Kings, together with the Lords of the Heavenly Palace, Treasure Halls, and Cave Mansions, ninety-five in total, shall lead countless Heavenly Soldiers and Generals... to annihilate Dong You!"

Nearly a hundred Emperor Levels within the hall answered in unison, "We obey!"

The Jade Emperor raised his hand, and the Jade Seal flew up from before him to land before Fang Yu. "I have consumed too much Strength. For this expedition, you shall replace me and prosecute this realm."

Fang Yu received the Jade Seal with both hands and replied respectfully, "This disciple accepts the command!"

...

Dong You Realm, above the West Continent.

With a ripple of Space fluctuation, a party of three had already arrived within the Dong You Realm—it was Lu Zijing, Su Yuan, and Ma Liang, who had come from the Blue Sea.

Silver Light flowed in Su Yuan’s eyes as he gazed toward the continents of this realm and said, "Dong You Realm—compared to Cangding, where Heaven and Earth’s favor is gathered upon a single continent, here the distribution of Star Veins among the continents is extremely even."

Lu Zijing nodded. "Lord Yu Huang’s Spiritual Sense is indeed keen. Our Dong You Realm is not only different from Cangding, it is in fact the opposite. In our Dong You, among the East, South, West, North and Central Five Continents, the Central Continent occupies the smallest area.