Chapter 998 - Completing the Solitary Cultivation (2/2)

All of Tianhuang was busy discussing Chen Fan’s inactivity. Time was running out and Mount Emperor’s three-month grace period was going to expire.

Everyone believed that Chen Fan would falter since any one of the ten Heavenly Lords would be a deadly opponent for him. The best he could do was to go into secluded cultivation and avenge his defeat once he had improved his cultivation.

“That would make him a coward,” the people from the Demon-suppressing Heavenly Sect commented.

“What choice does he have? He shouldn’t have been arrogant, making so many enemies in the process,” Ancestral Patriarch Wu Wendin said, sighing.

“It’s a shame. I even wanted him to marry my heir,” Ancestral Patriarch Wang said as he shook his head.

Such discussion could be heard all over Beihuang, Mount Reincarnation, the Demon Warding Heavenly Region, and the Changsheng Heavenly Region. Only a small fraction of the population supported Chen Fan while most of them believed that he would fold before the threat.

After all, Mount Emperor and the ten Heavenly Lord couldn’t hold the encirclement forever.

If he ever ran away, he would forever carry the guilt of abandoning the Chinese race. As time went on, more and more people lost their faith in Chen Fan.

“Senior Chen, are you really going to abandon us?”

Somewhere in the Ancient Demons Loch, Yun Yier and Mu Hongti stumbled across a bleak landscape. Yun Yier’s eyes were red and teary.

Lin Wuhua’s black outfit had been stained by blood that seeped out of her wounds. She thinned her lips and pressed them together in silence.

Even her belief in Chen Fan started to crumble.

“Mount Emperor’s three-month grace period ends tomorrow. The Chinese race is doomed. If Chen Beixuan can even stomach such humiliation, I don’t think we’ll ever see him again.”

The sun had reached the zenith outside the Deity ground, surrounded by ten flames, each concealing a Heavenly Lord. The speaker was Heavenly Lord Shenyan.

His words had made the others guffaw.

Tianxuan Sword Master shook his head and said in disappointment, “Our combined forces are quite the overkill when it comes to handling him.” His body was surrounded by Sword Qi, so deadly that it threatened to rip space open.

Heavenly Lord Xuhuang, Ancestral Patriarch Guimin and the Ethereal Heavenly Sect’s Goddess—all of them nodded in agreement.

Ancestral Patriarch Fudu heaved a sigh, lamenting his excessive caution.

“These jerks!”

Shenxi stood behind Heavenly Lord Xuhuang and glared at the heavenly lords with burning hatred in her eyes.

Heavenly Lord Xuhuang had summoned her. As a disciple of the Reincarnation Sect, she had to obey orders. However, the arrogance of the Heavenly Lords didn’t sit well with her.

“Chen Beixuan, are you really going to abandon Xiao Mang?”

Even as Shenxi wavered, a clear voice drifted down from the deity ground.

“Are you ready for your demise?”

Everyone was taken aback by the voice.

They watched as a young man in azure cloth descended from the Deity ground. His face was indifferent and his movement impassive. It was as if the Heavenly Lords were nothing but worthless insects. He was Chen Fan.

In his eyes, the Heaven Lords were already dead!