Chapter 809: What We Mean By Destiny (2/2)

In a patch of unknown space, a singed and charred section of the zombie tree’s trunk melded with another section of tree that’d been planted in a safe location.

“Lu Yun… the day your great emperor replica dies is the day you die as well!” The zombie tree morphed into Qing Hongchen. He stood in the air and scowled at Dusk Province. “One day, I’ll take root in Dusk Province and turn it, no, the entire world, into zombie dirt!”

He was gravely injured after having his treasures taken by Lu Yun and even his own body sorely wounded. The strength of a great emperor was too dominating. He’d only have been able to hold his own if he’d obtained Traceless, the Dusk River, and called upon all five elements.

In the end, he’d been able to escape with a little bit of trunk because Lu Yun knew there was no point in annihilating him in the tomb. Rather, there might be a bit of use leaving some part of his trunk intact.

“Take root in Dusk Province and turn the world of immortals into zombie dirt?” a gentle voice suddenly sounded. “Why don’t you give your body to me instead? The two of us can work together to take root in the world of immortals and turn it into demonic soil.”

A little dot of light darted into the zombie tree.

Wham!!

Qing Hongchen immediately reverted back into tree form and took root in the air. He screamed, shouted, and flailed around wildly, but there was nothing he could do. His face on the zombie tree slowly adjusted itself until it became the demon god’s.

“Well well, I’ve finally found an appropriate body for this great emperor true spirit of mine. But the immortal dao is not yet complete, so whoever dares become a great emperor must die.

“It won’t be long now though, hehehehehe! The immortal dao will be fully complete when its path is completely laid out. Great emperors will return to the world, and I will be the first among the entire multiverse, a great emperor of a demon god!”

He’d split off a replica of himself to walk the path of cultivation and become a void-ascended immortal, then returned to his primary body—made from the Ichor Bog—so that his true spirit would fall under the immortal dao as well.

It’d been perfect timing to ambush the zombie tree when it was grievously wounded, and now was the time to use the Ichor Bog to nourish it so it’d become a demonic tree. Then, when the immortal dao was complete, he’d become a great emperor.

……

“We’re too late, someone’s already taken possession of the zombie tree!” Yin Jiuying and Jiang Chen assessed the lingering traces in the air with sour expressions. “It’s the demon god…”

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On the tenth day of the third month, in the first year of the Xuanhuang calendar.

Perhaps in response to the calendar receiving approval from the immortal dao, a revitalizing atmosphere of spring and renewal descended upon all the facets on this day.

There had been no seasons in the world of immortals before. But now that Lu Yun had decreed there to be four seasons in the calendar, rules pertaining to the passage of the seasons slowly formed in the immortal dao and administered the world. They were still very weak, so weak that many didn’t sense the creation of the four seasons.

The matter of the Xuan Yuan Tomb was put to rest. Though there were still a few zombies roaming the Heaven Locus Marsh, they were of no threat to the residents of that facet. The door to the tomb had closed, and though there were countless primeval and even connate treasures inside it, Lu Yun wasn’t inclined to touch them at all.

“Did you just say that you want to compile a record of history?” Qing Yu’s eyes widened with surprise at Lu Yun.

“That’s right, I want to put in writing all the events of the world.” Lu Yun nodded. “With history as a warning, we will know our future prosperity or decline. There are many things that shouldn’t be forgotten by everyone!”

History was a forbidden topic in the current world of immortals and many things were concealed, including Emperors Fall and the great war a hundred thousand years ago. To put brush to paper meant that Lu Yun was issuing a challenge to those unknown powers in the shadows.

1. A lady from Mount Tu, frequently known as Tushanshi or Lady Tu, was the wife of Yu the Great. Yu the Great was a legendary king in ancient China famed for his introduction of flood control, establishment of the Xia dynasty which inaugurated dynastic rule in China, and upright moral character.