Chapter 1142 - Innate Xuan Pin (1/2)

Zhong Yue’s eyes turned shiny as well when he thought of Yuan Ya Deity King’s treasures. He was regretting not being able to plunder more wealth from Innate Dao Mountain.

But with this saint herb, I will be able to find more treasures!

All of a sudden, a general came and reported outside of the doors, “My king, His Majesty has arrived!”

Mu Xiantian is here?

Zhong Yue was bestirred, the battle of monarchs he had been waiting for was finally getting started!

“King Yi, King Zi, my brothers and sisters.” In the center tent of the center camp of Heaven Breaching Fortress’s forces, Mu Xiantian was sitting in the lord’s seat. By his sides were Zhong Yue and King Zi Guang, and the commanders of the army divisions sat below.

“This great victory only came thanks to the contributions you have all made.” Mu Xiantian glanced around and said.

Then, he looked at Zhong Yue and nodded softly, “And the most notable of you all, is King Yi. I, Mu Xiantian, am not a heartless lord, I will remember the merits you have all done for me. Fear not, as when I am Heavenly Monarch, your merits will be rewarded accordingly. Lords, you will all be made; land, I will share them with you!”

The commanders bowed and thanked.

Whereas King Zi Guang cleared his throat and reminded him softly, “Your Majesty, conquering Heaven Court and defeating Di Ming is only half the success. Other than him, there are still the other monarchs like Qing He, Jin Tian, Yang Zun, Chang Sheng, and Yang Hou.”

Mu Xiantian laughed happily, “They are all weaklings, nothing compared to me. King Zi Guang, don’t you worry. Once I have the Heaven Court, I will become the rightful ruler of the universe and the rest of them will be rebels who tried to overthrow their new monarch. They will all have to die if they refuse to be ruled by me!”

King Zi Guang frowned, Mu Xiantian was acting all arrogant now looking down at the other monarchs. This couldn’t help but cause him discomfort.

“King Zi, my reign will start once I defeat Di Ming. King Zi has a wide array of knowledge, what do you think my monarch appellation should be?” Mu Xiantian slanted his body toward King Zi Guang and asked.

King Zi Guang replied, “If Your Majesty coronates yourself as the Heavenly Monarch now, Monarch Qing He and the other monarchs will work together against you. In my opinion, it is wiser we hold off on the coronation and continue to strengthen ourselves while defeating the other monarchs one after another. Your Majesty, even if we’ve defeated Heaven Court’s forces, we should avoid conquering Heaven Court. We should leave it empty instead, whoever wants it can have it.”

Mu Xiantian was not pleased with this answer, he looked at Zhong Yue and asked, “King Yi, what monarch appellation do you think I should call myself?”

Zhong Yue mulled, “Your Majesty is born from nature, an innate god of heaven and earth. Your birth is destined to be the supreme ruler of the cosmos, ruling all celestial and demon races. Your name is called Xiantian, and thus, I propose the appellation of Great Monarch Xian Tian!”

“No!” King Zi Guang quickly stood up, he said, “Monarch Xian Tian is fine, but not Great Monarch Xian Tian! Your Majesty, only two were able to have the title of ‘Great’ in the history of time, they are Great Si Ming and Great Sui. Even the previous era’s Dao Venerate Fu Min didn’t dare to call himself ‘Great’ in his monarch appellation! The word ‘Great’ must never be included! Without achievements great enough, the word will only bring retributions of heaven and earth to Your Majesty!”

Mu Xiantian was even more unhappy, he asked calmly, “Zi Guang, you think I don’t deserve it?”

King Zi Guang was unflinched, he answered in a serious tone, “A Great lowers his head to none and a Great’s meritorious deed is second to none. Not even Heaven is above a ‘Great’, not even Heaven can stand on par with a ‘Great’! Other than Great Si Ming and Great Sui, who else are fit to be crowned a ‘Great’? Your Majesty, even if you become Heavenly Monarch, you didn’t achieve anything that is on par with Great Si Ming’s and Great Sui’s meritorious deeds. Using the word ‘Great’ will bring you Heaven’s jealousy! Your Majesty, I am your loyal subject, I wish nothing but the best for you!”

Mu Xiantian couldn’t help but grow angry, he scolded, “Nonsense! How am I not fit to use the title ‘Great’? Can Great Si Ming bring peace to the eternal conflict between the celestials and demons? Can Great Sui? They can’t! But I can! How am I not fit?”

“Great Si Ming is the first life of the universe, the origin of all lives. He has brought peace to the Dark Age and ruled for billions of years. And his creation of Zi Wei is the meritorious deed that is still used by us even today now. While Great Sui created the totem patterns cultivation system and set down the Five Paths Reincarnation. His meritorious deed is allowing the postnate living beings to cultivate just like the innate gods. Then, he created the Void World, permitting the cultivators’ spirits to achieve immortality. The merits they have done for the cosmos are peerless, that is why they are fit to have the title of ‘Great’!”

King Zi Guang’s voice was raised louder as he continued, “If Your Majesty is able to unite the celestials and demons and make them live peacefully with each other, you’d be fit to use the title of ‘Great’. But you haven’t done it yet, so you can’t use it now! If you do, you’d be willingly asking for a reduction in your life!”

The commanders were all shocked, their scalps tingled as they witnessed King Zi Guang going against Mu Xiantian. They couldn’t help but wonder if he was asking to die in Mu Xiantian’s hands?

Mu Xiantian was angered, he points a finger at Zi Guang and was suddenly speechless out of extreme rage.

“King Yi…” Jiang Yiqi was shivering, he quickly pulled Zhong Yue’s sleeves and whispered, “Please help him out!”

Zhong Yue stood up, he shouted, “How dare you anger His Majesty, how dare you go scold your own lord! This is a crime that needs to be punished by death! Men, bring this offender out of His Majesty’s sight and behead him with an execution!”

Jiang Yiqi’s face turned pallid like snow hearing it. But suddenly, Mu Xiantian raised his hand and smiled, “King Yi, don’t you add more oil to the burning fire. Although King Zi’s words were no music to my ears, he has not committed any fault to die. Executioner, go back to your stations. Leave!”

Zi Guang gave Zhong Yue a grateful glance. Mu Xiantian was afraid Zhong Yue’s power would grow beyond his control, thus, he needed Zi Guang to distribute Zhong Yue’s power. The more eagerly Zhong Yue wanted Zi Guang to die, the more Mu Xiantian would protect Zi Guang.

To the others, it appeared as though Zhong Yue wanted to kill Zi Guang; but in truth, Zhong Yue was just trying to save him.

_Although he had his own goals, I am now in debt to him. Fine then, I’ll not kill him when the time to take him down comes,_King Zi Guang thought to himself.

Mu Xiantian waved his hand, he said, “I have decided. Great Monarch Xian Tian will be my appellation. My decision is final!”

Zhong Yue praised, “Praise to Your Majesty’s wisdom!”