Chapter 1216 - 1107: Facing the Thunder Emperor
Hearing the voice that spread throughout the entire Kaiyuan Continent from the Thunder Path Pure Land…
Shui Deheng and his entourage were thoroughly stunned.
Shui Jing…
Stole the quintessential origins of the Thunder Emperor, killed his mother, and consumed the flesh of his own mother?
“It’s over… it’s over…”
At this moment, Shui Deheng was literally trembling.
He wanted nothing more than to return and strangle Shui Jing to death!
This unfilial descendant, what the hell had he done?!
He was told to steal the Ancestral Holy Source, but he caused such a catastrophe instead?
And worst of all… he got caught by the Thunder Emperor?
Originally, according to their plan, when darkness fell, Shui Qingling they dispatched to Thunder Tao Mountain would rot away, and Shui Jing would depart immediately, ensuring that even if the Thunder Emperor were filled with towering rage, he would have no knowledge that it was the work of the Water Emperor.
Now the entire plan…
Had miscarried, ruined!
“Elder, what should we do… Did we reveal the Water Emperor Her Holiness’s plan?!”
The nearby experts all asked with trembling voices.
Shui Deheng, wiping the sweat from his brow, replied:
“It’s fine… with darkness descending, the Thunder Emperor is doomed!”
“As long as the Thunder Emperor is dead, what does it matter if he knows it was our Imperial Court’s doing? A dead man cannot seek retribution.”
“Even if he is reborn after death, his realm will be greatly diminished, no threat to our Imperial Court!”
He was forcibly comforting himself!
But in his heart, he was overwhelmed with despair; what good would the Thunder Emperor’s death do?
By now, the world must know that the Waterway Imperial Court had not only dug up the Thunder Emperor’s quinquagenary origins but also killed and devoured his mother!
What kind of infamy was this? How would the world view the Waterway Imperial Court and the Water Emperor?
The Water Emperor has always cherished her reputation… He feared, he was definitely done for!
“Shui Jing… you unfilial descendant, your moment of gluttony has doomed your own ancestor!!”
He was filled with hatred!!
…
The Thunder Earth trembled!
At this moment, in the Thunder Path Imperial Court, all cultivators felt something stir.
“The Waterway Imperial Court!? Was it the Waterway Imperial Court that did all this?!”
“Seal off the Imperial Court, find the people from the Waterway Imperial Court immediately!”
“Not good, they have already left!”
Upon hearing the edict voiced by the Thunder Emperor, the mightiest of the Lei Ting reacted swiftly only to discover…
The people from the Waterway Imperial Court had vacated the premises.
“Assemble the army, prepare for battle!”
Instantly, the great generals of the Thirty-six Divisions of the Thunder Court were enraged, summoning their troops!
This time, they were even prepared for an imperial-level battle; the Water Emperor had gone too far, inciting extreme fury throughout the Thunder Earth!
…
Atop Thunder Tao Mountain.
The Thunder Emperor raised his hand, and those “entrails” drifted from Shui Jing’s Path-Scenic Land to his presence.
His heart bled!
All this belonged to his own mother…
“Mother… I will surely avenge you!”
He looked at Shui Jing and said coldly:
“Beast, I will have you suffer the most severe punishments known to the world!”
With a wave of his hand, the Thunder Path Prison emerged instantly, and various implements of torture formed from the powers of thunder fell upon Shui Jing.
Seeing the many torture devices descend, his flesh fell off piece by piece, and moreover, there were tiny thunder insects gnawing at him!
Though his entire body had gone numb, he still felt that heart-piercing, deep-seated agony, pain that reached the depths of his soul and marrow!
“It wasn’t me… it wasn’t me who ate your mother…”
At this moment, he screamed in grief and anger in his heart!
Now, he finally understood that the innards weren’t transformations of Divine Origin Qi at all, but simply the entrails of a bird!
Indeed, they contained Divine Origin Source, but…
The bird, it must have been eaten by those three remnants of the Forebears! It had to be!
He had been made a scapegoat…
Bearing the blame for consuming the Emperor’s mother!
“Forebear bloodline… what have I ever done to you?!”
He reached the pinnacle of grief and indignation, but could only die of frustration, unable to utter a single word!
Meanwhile, the Thunder Emperor, with a somber expression, hands behind his back, placed the “entrails” of the Ancestral Thunderbird into his own Daoist Scenery.
“My brothers and sisters… they are not dead yet.”
He murmured, and at once, a drop of blue Imperial Blood appeared in his hand.
He could feel it; although his siblings were not dead, it was as if their presence was obscured by something.
Typically, this meant his siblings were trapped within a Daoist Scenery, and furthermore, that scenery contained a substance not inferior to the Ancestral Holy Source, concealing their fate.
But those Thunderbirds were ultimately connected to him by blood; using blood as the medium, he could locate them.
The drop of blood rapidly evaporated!
Then, in his eyes, there suddenly flowed a mysterious karmic cycle.
He suddenly turned around, looking in a certain direction.
He saw a line of figures secretly flying in the Way of Thunder Sky Vault!
The Waterway Imperial Court’s Saint Maiden Shui Qingling, and a few… Forebears’ bloodlines?!
In that instant, he had already confirmed that his brothers and sisters must be imprisoned in those youngsters’ Path-Scenic Lands.
“The lot of you, stay behind as well!”
He raised his hand!
In an instant, a terrifying blue hand, carrying the force of billions of Way of Thunder’s might, exploded through layers of the Sky Domain, Di Ji sweeping across, shattering the firmament!
Above the Sky Domain, the group of people, led by Dugu Yuqing who was following the Water Emperor Talisman’s stealthy path, were suddenly forced to reveal themselves under the pressure.
Even the Water Emperor Talisman, personally crafted by the Water Emperor, dimmed in the shattering suppression, unable to break free from the Thunder Emperor’s constraints!
At this moment, the Thirty-six Divisions of the Thunder Court’s Thunder Generals and Thunder Soldiers, a million-strong force, had also finished gathering, all looking up at the Sky Vault!
“Is it them?!”
Lei Dongyun, Lei Xiao, and the others’ complexions changed drastically.
“How come these Forebears’ bloodlines, who were supposed to be confined in the Sky Prison, are here?!”
“The people of the Waterway Imperial Court are actually with them… This is a conspiracy, the Waterway Imperial Court and the Forebears are in cahoots!”
“They should be killed, killed!”
All the Thunder Generals and Thunder Soldiers were roaring with murderous intent that reached the skies!
The Thunder Emperor, however, strode forth with the might of a dragon and the steps of a tiger, walking step by step towards Dugu Yuqing and the others.
With every step he took, thousands of frightening thunderbolts fell from the Sky Domain, smashing the skies, leaving one gasping for air.
“Desecrating my Sacred Origin, killing my mother…”
In the words of the Thunder Emperor, the killing intent was nearly heaven-shattering, word by word, he said:
“Blatantly audacious miscreants, treacherous faithless scum, vile ugly vermin… you all shall suffer eternal torment, to appease my heart!”
When he spoke, every word seemed to contain immense power.
“Pfft!”
Shui Qingling couldn’t hold up any longer, coughing up blood, her complexion pale and her body trembling.
Fan Paiming and Fan Yaoyao were also clenching their teeth so tightly that blood oozed from between them.
Dugu Yuqing also felt his body becoming somewhat rigid, locked down by the Emperor’s Aura.
Yet, he still remained indifferent, raising his eyes to squarely face the Thunder Emperor!
“Blatantly audacious? Treacherous and faithless? Vile and ugly?”
He articulated each word and suddenly questioned:
“The Ancestral Thunderbird was created by the Forebears, instead of bringing blessings to humanity, it turned against the Forebears in their time of distress, devoured their Sacred Origin, slaughtered their offspring, up to this very day!”
“For such a blatantly audacious, treacherous and faithless, vile and ugly bird, what’s wrong with stripping its skin, feasting on its flesh?!”
His words echoed through the heavens, startling the entire Thunder Court!
“Blatantly audacious… He dares to look directly at the Thunder Emperor and speak such disrespectful words!”
“Why, why has he not perished? One must not look directly at the Great Emperor, those who disrespect the Great Emperor should suffer divine retribution, how can he be safe and sound?!”
“He must have the protection of a Great Emperor!”
“Should be killed, killed!”
The Thirty-six Divisions of the Thunder Court, the million heavenly soldiers, at this moment, were all outraged.
Upon hearing these words, in the eyes of the Thunder Emperor, splendid thunder light almost erupted forth as he said:
“You… dare to insult a Great Emperor?!”
“Even if the ancestors of the Forebears came today, you still have to die!”
The Thunder Emperor raised his hand, and endless killing intent of Way of Thunder thundered down fiercely!
When the Great Emperor strikes, he is unmatched in this world, the entire space above the Thunder Earth was covered by terrifying thunderclouds, and destruction and death became the ultimate conclusion.
But Dugu Yuqing simply said coldly:
“Great Emperor?”
“Such a Great Emperor should be executed! Such Thunder Earth should collapse!”
As the words fell, suddenly a row of skulls appeared in his hand.
Those skulls… belonged to the Forebears’ bloodlines!
Since the Ancestral Pure Land was shattered, various precious Divine Origins plundered, the Forebear Tribes scattered across the world, hiding hither and thither, yet occasionally, peerless powerhouses would be born.
They once struck against the Imperial Court, trying to reclaim what belonged to the Forebears.
But… the outcomes were all tragic!
One after another, the experts among the Forebears were slaughtered, their heads hung high above the Thunder Earth!
Dugu Yuqing did not leave, but used the Water Emperor Talisman to remove their skulls.
Because… the insults they had suffered were enough!
“Today… the Way of Thunder collapses.”
Dugu Yuqing murmured, and then, dozens of Forebears’ skulls suddenly formed into one character…
That was a character…
Nearly shaped like the character ‘Fan’ (Common/Mortal)!
It had not truly become the character ‘Fan’, but was already incredibly close.
The moment this character appeared!
Boom!
Suddenly, all the rules within the Thunder Path Pure Land… collapsed into nothing!
The entire Thunder Path Pure Land fell into great annihilation, great terror!
“What… what is that character?!”
Someone exclaimed!
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