Chapter 412 (1/2)

Chapter 412: White Sand City Lord

Translator: Radiant Translations Editor: Radiant Translations

“Just him?” That white-robed plump male looked over the miners inside the cabin.

“Yes.” Xue Ying nodded.

That white-robed plump male stroke his moustache as he looked at them again. All of a sudden, an unseen wave descended to envelop everyone there. The miners were essentially unable to see what was going on above. They had been overcome by sort of confused anxiety ever since they were teleported over, but they still felt that even death would be preferable to how they were treated previously. They thus did not care much about where they were moved. As such, they remained relatively calm.

An invisible power descended over them without warning, unbinding the seals previously placed on their Deity Seas and true Deity Hearts. Deity energy once again revolved within them, and their true Deity Hearts once more left them with a clear sense of their surroundings. They could even tell that control over World Energy had returned to them.

“We are eternally grateful for your grace in saving us, senior,” the miners began to shout out one after another, their gratitude beyond what they could put in words.

The round man in white robes pat his moustache with a smile as he teleported the workers out of the cabin below. The only one left behind was Emperor Yun Hai.

As he looked around him, Emperor Yun Hai felt himself slip into a daze. A large amount of his comrades has been next to him just moments ago, some from the Heaven Sword Sect while others had been transported over as detainees, but what they all had in common was that they had been forced to become slave miners. No more than a moment had passed since they were released from their seals, yet all his comrades had actually disappeared just like that?

Was he really the only one left behind in that enormous cavern? Such a turn of events caused Emperor Yun Hai’s heart to tighten.

“Senior,” Emperor Yun Hai greeted cordially, but he received no response.

“Senior?” he called out again to no response.

Above, the plump man in white robes was standing with Xue Ying next to the railings.

“I’ve sent them all away.” The man laughed. “Seeing how they’re all Deities, they should be able to take care of themselves.”

“You are really benevolent, senior,” Xue Ying hurriedly blurted in praise.

“Benevolent?” The round man grinned. “There aren’t many who would call me benevolent. It’s just that I’ve been sleeping for a while, and I’ve only woken up recently. My mood is still relatively good. That’s the only reason I’ve decided to help this group of young’uns. Still… your attack on that castle actually made me wake up prematurely from my slumber. I should have slept for a hundred million years more. Do you understand how huge of a blunder you’ve made?”

“This junior is ashamed,” Xue Ying replied. “I was not aware from the beginning that senior was sleeping there.”

He was well aware that any being with a long lifespan, such as World Deities, would slowly turn taciturn over the years, while some even went crazy. Regardless of the manifestation, it was true that their hearts would slowly transform, and there were many who would fail to keep their true Deity Heart together. After all if one’s realm was insufficient, they had no way to obtain that eternal calmness which allowed them to brave the erosion of time. Once the True Deity Heart began to crumble, there was no end other than death.

This led some World Deities to think up of ways such as temporarily sealing their memories, giving up all their strength, and placing themselves back into the the cycle reincarnation. This was considered the most crazy of methods. After all, they had no way of retaining their strength through the process of reincarnation, so they could easily be killed while still weak. It was nothing short of sending themselves to their eternal death.

Another quite commonly used method amongst World Deities was known as ‘deep sleep.’ Very long periods of slumber would allow one’s spirit to slowly regain its clarity.

It was quite obvious by now that the plump man dressed in white robes had entered deep sleep at some point in the past and had set down a timer for when he would wake up. However, the eruption of that array had sent out a huge wave, which had woken him up more than a hundred million years early.

“You’re not even slightly afraid of me, even though you’re aware that you’ve offended me; you have quite the gall, don’t you?” the man began. “When I turned back time just moments ago, I was able to tell that you must have trained in a couple of World Deity rank secret techniques. Are you the disciple of some powerful existence?”

“Had I the backing of a powerful existence, there would have been no need for me to come over and attack this territory,” Xue Ying replied. “I’ve simply had some lucky encounters which gave me the chance to learn some World Deity ranked secret techniques. However, I did not receive any guidance from any powerful existence. I’m actually on my way to participate in the God Palace Myriad Flower Feast. Hopefully, a powerful existence there will take me as a disciple.”