Chapter 868 - Sky-walking Emperor, Father and Son (2/2)
“Hmph, that’s the Celestial Immortals’ territory, did you think it’d be so easy to gain entrance?”
“There must be a quicker way on earth!”
“Yes there is! I know a person who can assist you reach those two places in no time. However, it is not easy to communicate with them!”
“Forget about that! Who is he? Where is he located?”
“The Sky-walking Emperor is a strong practitioner who had entered the Earthly Immortal’s Way for tens of thousands of years. He already practiced the Great Way of Heavens and Realms of the 3,000 Great Ways until perfection. He can still find the weak points of the law of space in a spacetime like the Immortal Realm’s. Although he cannot journey to the two places whenever he wished, just like in the human world, it is still not a difficult feat for him. He can help you to save ten times the duration of the distance.”
“Ten times! That means, even if the Sky-walking Emperor agrees to help me, I’ll still need two to three months to arrive at my destination!”
“This is the only way. Besides, you have to get moving soon in order to stop the people from Jade Emperor Palace from finding him first. If not, you’ll be in a dire situation!”
“Where is this Sky-walking Emperor?”
“I’ll bring you there.”
Immortal Realm, Jade Emperor Palace.
In the dark crowd of palaces, divine Qi surged everywhere. The fairy fighters rushed through the palace in an orderly manner. A small quiet hut was located in the deep corners of the seemingly endless palace. Two middle-aged men sat across each other in the hut. One of them had a contemplative expression on his face. His gaze was full of energy and hid a sense of omnipotence. The other man emitted a sinister energy from his entire body. Him sitting there warped everything like a black hole, capturing the light and heat from his surroundings, as if he was going to devour all things in the world.
The two of them sat like that quietly. After a period of time, the contemplative middle-aged man sighed. “I will kill that Zhou Bao!”
“Just because he killed your two sons?” The middle-aged man emitting dark energy said, lifting his head slightly. A sinister smile spread across his emotionless face. “Don’t forget, it was your son who wanted to kill him first in order to steal his fate, and become a Tribulation Taker.”
“What’s the point of saying all this to one who is not even an Earthly Immortal?!” The contemplative man said coldly. “Besides, this is not the reason why I wanted to kill him. As a Tribulation Taker, his fate is too strong. Now that he also gained Huang Lei’s fate, he might become uncontrollable if left unchecked.”
“Uncontrollable? You people who practice the Way of the Emperor all like to be in complete control. You lot go after those that you cannot make subservient. I almost forgot about this.” The other man seemed to have thought of something and his sinister smile intensified. “Too bad, Jade Emperor Sage. You will never gain total control. You used to be able to control the whole of the human world. But now, we are in the Immortal Realm. You can only control your mini scale territory. You can never gain total control over the other two sage’s territory, as well as over the vast Immortal Realm.”
“What if I can, but you just cannot see it?” Jade Emperor Sage smiled. “I have already spread word of the news. Other than those two territories, does Zhou Bao have any other place to hide? See? This means I control the majority of the Immortal Realm? There are various measures to achieve the same purpose.”
“Back then, you used this method to enter the Celestial Immortal Realm. Hmmm, control… measures… these things I do not understand. It is your credit for understanding the Celestial Immortal’s Way. But this time around, why do you need me? Is this Zhou Bao really worth such drastic measures?”
“He is indeed worth it. He is the Tribulation Taker with the brightest fate and strongest capabilities. I believe he has already acquired all of the Seven Wonderful Techniques. As long as he practices them successfully, he will be difficult to handle even if he doesn’t step into the Earthly Immortal’s Realm. I’m unable to take action now, but you don’t have many options.”
“Zhou Bao and I don’t have anything against each other, so it seems futile for us to engage in combat. Also, you’ve said so yourself, he possesses an incredibly powerful fate. Men like him are not easy to defeat. If I happen to have bad fate and end up in his hands, all my years of cultivation would go to waste.”
“Are you trying to negotiate with me?”
“No, I’m rejecting you!” The emotionless middle-aged man stood up. “I will not fight Zhou Bao!”
“Don’t you desire his fate and his Seven Wonderful Techniques? By seizing them, you’ll have the chance of stepping into the Celestial Immortal Realm! You can even become the Omnipotent Sage of this era! Don’t you want that?”
“This must be your trickery, Jade Emperor Sage! You’re enticing me with what others own. You do not wish for me to become the Omnipotent Sage, you merely desire an Omnipotent Sage you can manipulate!” The emotionless middle-aged man laughed coldly. “Just like how you controlled that bunch of necromancers back then!”
Jade Emperor burst into laughter. “Are you so fearful of me, brat? So much so that you don’t even want me to hear me out and would leave with such haste?”