Chapter 659: Just a Lowborn From the Lower Realm

In the Immortal Realm, at the Golden Palace of Clouds.

The Immortal Emperor enjoyed playing chess, each move made after deep deliberation. Now, fifteen days had passed, and the Immortal Emperor had already played five games.

“Luwu, you’ve lost again. Your chess skill has regressed compared to before. I observe you are unsettled in spirit, is there something troubling your mind?” the Immortal Emperor said indifferently.

“Your Majesty’s celestial majesty is before me, Luwu cannot help but feel somewhat nervous.”

The Immortal Emperor laughed heartily, “Enough, just say what you have to say directly. Why bother with such flattery?”

“Your Majesty’s discernment is keen. Every word your servant speaks is true, I dare not utter the slightest falsehood. It’s just that your servant recently discovered some clues. If pursued further, they might disturb Your Majesty’s sacred heart.”

“Speak. I pardon you from any crime.”

Seeing Luwu still hesitating, the Immortal Emperor feigned great anger, “If you do not speak now, I shall charge you with the crime of deceiving your sovereign!”

Luwu hurriedly knelt on the ground, “Your servant is terrified. It’s that the Nine Provinces World, overseen by Netherfire Immortal Lord, might have a problem.”

The Nine Provinces World, one of the training grounds for the Dao Ancestor’s three corpses, the strongest world outside the Immortal Realm. After the Nine Provinces ascended, their immortals banded together, forming a not insignificant force. Based on all these reasons, the Immortal Emperor also knew a little about the Nine Provinces.

“Your servant received intelligence suggesting the Nine Provinces World might have given birth to an embryonic form of the Heavenly Dao. Netherfire Immortal Lord concealed this from the sacred ear, knowing yet not reporting.”

The Immortal Emperor’s eyes emitted a golden light as he asked sternly, “Is this matter true?”

“Your servant is currently investigating in detail.”

“Inform me at the first moment you have news.”

In principle, the Immortal Emperor did not wish for Netherfire Immortal Lord to be in trouble. But if the Nine Provinces World truly had birthed an embryonic Heavenly Dao, then no matter how much he wanted to protect Netherfire Immortal Lord, it would be impossible.

This was a major taboo of the Divine Vault Sovereign.

The Immortal Emperor sighed, “If not for the Dao Ancestor shattering all Celestial Ascension Ladders, causing the Heavenly Dao’s control over the myriad heavens and worlds to sharply decrease, we wouldn’t even be unaware of other worlds giving birth to embryonic Heavenly Daos.”

Luwu echoed, “Indeed. If the Celestial Ascension Ladders were still intact, our Immortal Realm’s Heavenly Dao would be the only one. Other worlds simply could not give birth to a Heavenly Dao.”

Constructing a Celestial Ascension Ladder required vast amounts of rare materials and immortals mastering various special techniques.

Now, rare materials were insufficient, and the Immortal Realm’s civil war had killed many immortals with special techniques, rendering the Immortal Realm incapable of building Celestial Ascension Ladders.

Of course, if they really tried, they could produce some. But compared to the number of myriad heavens and worlds, it was a drop in the bucket, completely insufficient.

Luwu knelt on the ground, looked up, and tentatively asked, “Is the Sovereign still in seclusion?”

The Immortal Emperor nodded, “The Sovereign is still calculating the time the disaster will arrive, and its location, to ensure the Immortal Realm is the last world to face the disaster.”

“From the initial estimate of the disaster appearing within twenty thousand years, to within a hundred years, as time draws closer, the results of the Sovereign’s secluded calculations get closer and closer to the truth.”

“But it’s still not enough. It’s far from enough.”

Luwu cautiously asked, “I wonder what exactly this disaster is…”

The Immortal Emperor’s immortal eyes glared, emanating the great emperor’s aura that suppressed the current era, scaring Luwu into trembling, “Do not ask what you should not ask.”

The Immortal Emperor had ruled the Immortal Realm for an unknown number of years. Now, under the Heavenly Dao’s indication, his control had reached its peak. A single glance, a single action from him could determine an immortal’s life or death.

Only Primordial Chaos and Limitless Immortals knew what the disaster truly was. Even Golden Immortals, the closest to the peak of power, had no right to know.

Luwu had tried to find out before but received no information.

A communication talisman in Luwu’s sleeve lit up. This was specially set by him to ensure he received messages from Yingzhao and the other two as quickly as possible.

“Your Majesty, it’s a subordinate I sent to the Nine Provinces.” Before the Immortal Emperor, Luwu dared not casually answer the communication talisman.

“Answer it.”

“As you command.”

“Lord Luwu, it can be confirmed. The Nine Provinces has given birth to an embryonic Heavenly Dao. The Human Sovereign is the spokesperson for the embryonic Heavenly Dao.”

Yingzhao’s first sentence brought Luwu good news, and it was right in front of the Immortal Emperor.

This time, how will you, Netherfire Immortal Lord, turn this around!

“Wait, who is behind you?”

Luwu saw a person behind Yingzhao, whose movements were clean and decisive, killing two Celestial Immortals in two moves.

A Golden Immortal!

Only a Golden Immortal could kill Celestial Immortals so easily!

The gap between a Celestial Immortal and a Golden Immortal was as vast as the difference between clouds and mud. If a Celestial Immortal facing a Half-Step Golden Immortal still had a chance of survival, then facing a Golden Immortal, even an early-stage Golden Immortal, there was no power to resist.

The Nine Provinces Earth Vein had created an extraordinary person!

“My name is Jiang Li. I am the Human Sovereign you are looking for. Are you Immortal Lord Luwu? Since you are called an Immortal Lord, you should be a Golden Immortal. This is my first time seeing a living Golden Immortal.” The man named Jiang Li smiled, showing not the slightest fear of Luwu.

“Underworld dweller, do not bring ruin upon yourself. If you release Yingzhao, bind your own hands and feet, and come to the Immortal Realm to plead guilty with a bramble on your back, the Immortal Realm can show leniency and spare your life.”

“Spare my life?” Jiang Li sneered, his eyes revealing killing intent, “Those words should be said by me. Your Immortal Realm destroys the myriad heavens and worlds, your crimes are unforgivable. When I go to the Immortal Realm to settle accounts, you had better not beg me to spare your lives.”

“If you’re not afraid of death, come to the Nine Provinces.”

Jiang Li revealed a mocking smile and cut off the communication talisman.

“Scoundrel!” Luwu was furious. He had never seen such an arrogant underworld dweller. In the Immortal Realm, even Golden Immortals treated him with utmost courtesy.

“Human Sovereign Jiang Li, is it? Quite a nice title. The Emperor rules over Sovereigns, which is also reasonable. My dear subject Luwu, don’t you agree?”

The Immortal Emperor laughed. The power Jiang Li displayed was still insufficient for him to consider him an opponent.

He’s just an unruly commoner from the underworld.

The Immortal Emperor’s words brought Luwu back to reality. He realized this was the Golden Palace of Clouds, not his Kunlun Mountain.

“Your Majesty, this person possesses such power, surely it is due to the empowerment of the embryonic Heavenly Dao. Your humble servant will immediately go to the Nine Provinces to capture this person and display the might of our Heavenly Court.” Luwu sought to atone for his fault by volunteering for the mission.

“Reporting to Your Majesty, Netherfire Immortal Lord requests an audience.” The Immortal Emperor’s guard relayed the message.

“Let him enter.”

Netherfire Immortal Lord glanced at the bootlicker Luwu from the corner of his eye, ignored him, and proceeded to report his work as usual with utmost respect.

He believed that as long as he did his job well, even if Luwu had a thousand mouths, he could not splash dirty water on him.

Netherfire Immortal Lord frequently reported his work. It wasn’t that he liked doing so, but he knew the Immortal Emperor had an extremely strong desire for control. He would rather report work so often it annoyed the Immortal Emperor than report only a few times.

One who could cultivate to the Golden Immortal stage naturally had their own way of conducting themselves in the world.

After listening to the work report, the Immortal Emperor said with a smile, “Netherfire, your work is as meticulous as ever. But even the most meticulous person can have oversights. Isn’t that so? I just learned that the Nine Provinces World you are responsible for seems to have a minor problem. It appears an embryonic Heavenly Dao has emerged.”

“Here’s what we’ll do. You and Luwu go to the Nine Provinces to investigate the situation.”

Luwu’s heart tightened. How could he not understand the Immortal Emperor’s meaning? Jiang Li’s existence proved the embryonic Heavenly Dao existed, yet the Immortal Emperor still used “appears” to describe it, not stating it definitively.

This was to let Netherfire Immortal Lord handle and eliminate the embryonic Heavenly Dao, turning a major issue into a minor one, and a minor one into nothing.

Netherfire Immortal Lord was truly a great threat to him.

Netherfire Immortal Lord’s eyes narrowed, revealing a murderous aura.

If an embryonic Heavenly Dao appeared in the Nine Provinces, it must be due to a mistake in the Executor of Karma’s work.

But the most important thing now was not to punish the Executor, but to deal with the embryonic Heavenly Dao as soon as possible.

“For the sake of prudence, I will send two more to assist you.”

The Immortal Emperor dispatched four Golden Immortals to the Nine Provinces to eliminate the embryonic Heavenly Dao.