Attaining Immortality, Starting From Slaying Demons
Chapter 1167 - 715: Incompetent Ruler! Tyrant!_2

Chapter 1167: Chapter 715: Incompetent Ruler! Tyrant!_2

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The strength of the Demon Slayer Bureau has significantly surged.

Even the most ordinary Titled General can spar with those of the Heavenly Pride caliber.

As for us, there is no need to fear those Bodhisattvas and Daluo Immortal Venerables; even if we leave the Divine Dynasty, we still have the power to fight.

Yet, for some reason, they do not seem relieved; instead, their minds are growing heavier.

"Your reward is ready, and someone will deliver it to you shortly."

The court official looked at Shen Yi, revealing a rare faint smile, seemingly pleased with his initiative of keeping his token earlier.

After all, the current appearance of the Human Emperor is truly hard to convince anyone.

"This person is Lin Shuya, the head of the Immortal Department and Minister Lin."

Feng Xi gave a simple introduction. Even though the Demon Slayer Bureau acts independently, it is still part of the Immortal Department, so this person barely counts as our superior.

"Thank you, Lord Lin."

Shen Yi cupped his hands and then turned to leave the deep courtyard with Feng Xi.

Once everyone had departed.

Lin Shuya turned around and walked back to the poolside, standing silently behind the man. After a long silence, he gently sighed, "Your Majesty, you are drunk."

There was really no need to disturb the minds of these Generals of the State under such circumstances.

Just let them take the Jade Order, and guard the Four Continents well.

The man’s face was numb, his eyes dull as he stared at the sky. After an unknown amount of time, the flush on his face gradually faded: "Being sober is impossible... it hurts..."

Throughout the ages, the Human Emperors of the Divine Dynasty have saved and accumulated the Emperor’s Aura, which, after countless years, has reached an extremely terrifying amount.

This was originally used to deter foreign enemies and protect the foundation of the Divine Dynasty.

But after an event many years ago, the Human Emperor, who was deemed a wise ruler at the time, suddenly wanted to do something with this ancestral inheritance.

Do something... that the gods cannot know about.

However, mobilizing such a vast Emperor’s Aura, even though it was suppressed at the bottom of the deep pool with the Coiled Dragon Pillar, if the gods were vigilant, they could still notice it.

Unless, the Human Emperor is here in person.

As a sovereign who gathers the fortunes of the mortal world, it is normal for the Emperor’s Aura to be slightly denser wherever he is.

It is for this reason that during the years he spent depleting this Emperor’s Aura, it was done silently enough, and it was only in recent years that the Three Religions began to react.

However, this enormous Emperor’s Aura has reached a level where even the Human Emperor can barely sustain it, much like the practitioners who, if spiritual energy is too abundant, also face the risk of their bodies exploding and dying.

The prolonged pain would gradually drive a clear-minded person to madness.

Using the Jade Liquid, formed by the essence of the Eight Seas, to temporarily numb one’s consciousness is considered a last resort.

The Human Emperor had long understood that no matter how diligently he governed, expertly managing the affairs of the Imperial Court, as long as the Immortal Palace in the sky remained, all efforts were meaningless.

"Shuya, look at this sky."

The man raised his head, and without the influence of alcohol and madness, his ordinary face suddenly appeared much older.

Only those clear eyes revealed a few intimidatingly cold and rational insights.

A dying emperor is not always mad.

Occasionally, there’ll be someone with great ambition, doing what seems unreasonable to normal people, yet their mind is terrifyingly clear.

He showed a slightly nostalgic smile, "Do you think it’s beautiful?"

Lin Shuya lifted his eyes to the sky, still that deep and eternal azure, monotonous after prolonged observation.

He retracted his gaze and nodded, "It is still beautiful after all."

The man extended his hand, measuring the boundless sky with five fingers, his gaze penetrating through the gaps, as if seeing through the clouds, directly to the Heavenly Palace: "It is beautiful, yes, but it lacks something."

"Lacks what?" Lin Shuya was somewhat puzzled.

"Lacks a lock."

The man suddenly opened his mouth in silent laughter, looking somewhat comical due to a missing tooth: "It is rumored that the ancient True God once used supreme might to split the chaos, separating clarity and turbidity, thus creating heaven and earth."

"But I, as the emperor, feel it is not divided clearly enough."

"I would like to try locking this Heavenly Gate."

Saying this, the man slapped the surface of the pool hard, splashing layers of water, dense yellow mist rising from the abyss, turning the pond golden and translucent.

He neither needed the compassion of gods nor the protection of immortals.

All he wanted was to sever the connection between heaven and earth!

"You already hold this lock in your hands." Lin Shuya looked at the golden pool surface, this was the foundation passed down since the existence of the Divine Dynasty.

"Not enough."

The man exhaled a long breath, and besides calmness and rationality, there was also a trace of cruelty exclusive to an emperor in his eyes: "Even if I lock the Heavenly Gate, there are countless Immortal Sects on the ground."

"After I die, they will continue to practice, hoping to ascend to the upper realm. They will be like ravenous beasts, desperate to break this lock."

"With the internal strife within the Three Religions and the Great Demon Group, let them kill each other to the point of devastation. Only after locking the gate will I have the resources to deal with them."

The veins beneath the man’s skin bulged as if about to burst. He submerged his head into the pool, and after an unknown period, he emerged suddenly, breathing heavily, resuming his drunken demeanor.

"I don’t have much life left... can’t deal with too many rebels... so I need to kill fiercely..."

"Many will die in the Divine Dynasty." Lin Shuya could almost see the purgatory-like scene.

"Do you have any other methods?" The man slightly turned his head to look over.

Lin Shuya was silent for a moment but insisted, "The Bodhi Sect has the Past Buddha, Present Buddha, and Future Buddha as its three Hierarchs, with Present Buddha being the most revered. The Three Immortals Sect has the Taiqing, Yuqing, and Shangqing as its three Hierarchs, with the Yuqing Sect Master as the foremost."

"Both factions hold the highest positions of Transcendence First Grade."

"If you were to transform the foundation of this Divine Dynasty for personal use, you’d also have a chance at transcendence. At that time, you could stand on par with those two sects, making you the first eternal Human Emperor."

"Perhaps that is the best use of the object beneath the pool."

After Lin Shuya finished speaking, he quietly looked at the Human Emperor.

The man’s lips still held a smile, but in those slightly bloodshot eyes, a thick murderous intent gradually emerged.

The wrath of an emperor is enough to slay millions.

What of a mere Immortal Department Minister.

Lin Shuya, like a mortal being stared down by a fierce tiger, broke out into a cold sweat instantly.

Fortunately, the man soon turned away: "This is why I dare to wager the Divine Dynasty to ensure they thoroughly kill one another. My biggest fear is that after my death, you all will be quick to compromise without hesitation, afraid that I’ll be lured by your seductive words to covet the so-called eternal immortality..."

He seemed somewhat weary, resting his neck back on the poolside, sighing, "Shuya, the grace of rain nourishes all life, as is the way of nature."

"Yet even this principle, they want to hold in their own hands."

An entire province faced displacement and death on the streets due to offending a Daluo Immortal Venerable serving in the Immortal Court, turning the place into a desolate wasteland.

From then on, the Immortal Department was established.

"As the physical calamity transformed into a mental calamity, the Three Religions grew stronger, with more disciples and increasing appetites."

"One day, the people of the Four Continents will no longer satisfy this group of immortals and gods. When that day comes, realizing they are lambs to the slaughter and try to resist, will it be too late?"

"Instead of waiting to be boiled alive, it’s better to..."

The man closed his eyes, revealing once again his missing tooth, which, despite lacking sharp canine teeth, lost its previous comicality, appearing more fearsome than a fierce tiger:

"A desperate struggle, a fight to the end!"

"I will face death along with the people of the Divine Dynasty!"

"..."

Lin Shuya remained silent, his ears filled with roars like thunder.

Yet he did not feel shocked.

The wise emperor who once wept for that single province, compassionate towards the world, now disregarded the lives of common people. The whole of Shen Zhou was ruthlessly placed on the gambling table by him, all for a chance at an illusory future.

Perhaps others guessed correctly.

Under years of painful torment, the Human Emperor had long gone insane, no longer deserving the title of a revival ruler.

Tyrant! Autocrat!

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