Lord Shenxiu
Chapter 220: Mandate of Heaven (Additional - for 1200 monthly tickets)

Chapter 220: Chapter 220: Mandate of Heaven (Additional Chapter for 1200 monthly tickets)

"Do you know... when I first had a fortunate encounter and created the origins of Martial Arts? Yet among Martial Artists, there exists a hidden danger..."

Emperor Tongtian asked an irrelevant question, but he didn’t wait for Zhong Shenxiu to answer and continued speaking on his own, "Grandmasters are fine, but once one becomes a Great Grandmaster, they will attract various ’variables’ that will make this world sink further into decay... Although ever since the disaster of Shang Jun, the decline of this world was inevitable, the fall of the heavens and earth is an extremely lengthy process, spanning thousands of years, tens of thousands of years, or even hundreds of thousands of years... The presence of each Great Grandmaster will hasten this process... My desire to bring order out of chaos, to eradicate all Great Grandmasters, is truly for the salvation of the world!"

By the end, Emperor Tongtian even had a sense of righteousness, as if he occupied the moral high ground.

"No... you are just selfish... The more Great Grandmasters there are, the faster the world decays, and perhaps one day the Evil God will descend, and at that time, you will be nothing more than a slightly bigger ant... But if the decline of the heavens and earth becomes slower, you will always be the master of this domain!"

Zhong Shenxiu sighed.

In his view, Emperor Tongtian was just an old farmer who was somewhat lazy, looking after this vegetable garden called the world and occasionally dozing off.

While the old farmer dozed, the garden would produce some Great Grandmaster pests, and when the farmer awoke, he would clean them out periodically.

The most crucial point was, this garden was not actually owned by the old farmer.

Moreover, the old farmer himself was the biggest pest but just couldn’t bring himself to commit suicide.

’No wonder the heavens and earth so despise the Grandmasters from the court’s side; just killing one would yield a huge amount of Heavenly Show Points, not merely shaking the world but because Emperor Tongtian’s side is the greatest poison under the heavens!’

"I was originally the master of this world," said Emperor Tongtian indifferently, seemingly not deigning to argue, "But by the time I realized this, Martial Arts had already spread too widely to suppress, so I could only target the Great Grandmasters... The previous few purges are not worth mentioning, but this time the opportunity was perfect, coinciding with the assault on the Five Poison Sect. At that time, my former body had reached the two-hundred-year limit and could no longer be used, so I had to take over this descendant’s body. This person was mediocre and incompetent; had I not looked after him, he would have surely brought the Great Wu Dynasty to ruin..."

"Actually, I no longer wished to usurp my descendants’ bodies, and using the body of a Great Tributor, I have been painstakingly researching the way to longevity in Martial Arts, but alas, destiny is fixed, and three and a half zodiac cycles is already the limit..."

Before the destruction of the Five Poison Sect, Emperor Tongtian, who had not yet decided to change his body, not to mention his own age, was already more than a hundred years old, approaching two hundred, aged to the point of almost being immobile. Thus, he naturally couldn’t plot anything significant, allowing the eight major forces of the world to maintain a stable state until the body swap was completed.

Once the body swap was completed and Martial Arts prowess returned to its peak level, he naturally had to begin taking active measures to clear out the unsubmissive within the Great Wu Dynasty while finishing the task of purging other Great Grandmasters.

Hence, Emperor Tongtian just watched Zhong Shenxiu put on airs silently, even if the last three Great Grandmasters of the court were killed, he did not frown one bit.

Because even if Zhong Shenxiu didn’t kill them, after the cleansing, he would have actively killed them himself.

In this world, one Great Grandmaster was already sufficient.

Emperor Tongtian laid it all out leisurely, with an expression full of amusement, as if a cat were toying with a mouse.

Having lived a long life of a thousand years, having been Emperor several times, there naturally wasn’t much novelty left.

At this moment, seeing Zhong Shenxiu, it was as if he had seen an amusing toy.

His heart was already filled with all kinds of evil thoughts.

He wanted to see this unparalleled Great Grandmaster, from his lofty heights, after being struck down from the clouds, what kind of splendid expression would emerge on his face.

"Your Martial Arts Divine Power, is it turning your brain into a monster to achieve longevity by usurping your blood kin? Perhaps in this world, it is an unrivaled secret technique, but to me, it is... nothing more than a useless trinket."

Zhong Shenxiu sighed.

Actually, that wasn’t quite right.

With this secret technique, Emperor Tongtian had lived for over a thousand years! Even the Primordial Pill Old Monsters from the main world didn’t live as long as he did.

If some Cultivators knew of this, despite the terrible cost, perhaps they would still be tempted.

But... to turn one’s brain into such a ghastly state, to become a complete monster, Zhong Shenxiu found it utterly horrifying.

"Now... let me guess your identity... Xun Liuyi?"

Emperor Tongtian slowly lifted a finger, "So the Undying Evil Emperor has already perished in Miaojiang, and you managed to slay him right after your breakthrough. No wonder you’re so confident and even dared to intrude into the Imperial City."

He seemed to merge with heaven and earth, apparently gleaning many clues from Zhong Shenxiu’s presence.

This signified that in terms of manipulating information, this old monster was in no way inferior to Zhong Shenxiu, perhaps even surpassing him!

His eyes, emanating specks of purple light like that of a true dragon, fixated on Zhong Shenxiu.

Zhong Shenxiu suddenly felt his various thoughts and intentions being magnified intensely.

Such as ’return’!

Originally, he intended to settle his affairs in this world before returning to the main world, but at this moment, he felt an impulsive desire to return immediately!

’Is this the might of the True Dragon’s Eye, this mental secret technique? Caught off guard, I was nearly dominated by my own thoughts. If I were to be subtly contaminated, this idea might become deeply ingrained...’

Zhong Shenxiu felt a chill in his heart, while simultaneously raising his hands.

The masculine wind and the feminine jade dew converged, fusing heaven, earth, and man into one, transforming into a power capable of breaking through the void, transcending this world!

His palms moved in a continuous loop, and suddenly, the golden wind and jade dew unified, with a dull thunder exploding across the sky.

Boom!

A bolt of lightning descended with a roar, shattering the palace roof as if a majestic divine sword had been sent to execute Emperor Tongtian!

However, Emperor Tongtian, watching this scene, merely drew a circle with his hands.

Above his head, a mysterious black hole seemed to appear, swallowing all the lightning.

"Do you also see that path that transcends the world?"

Emperor Tongtian said with a smile, "It’s a pity... you still have to die!"

He made a sword with his linked fingers and casually released a move.

Suddenly, a rustling sound echoed between heaven and earth.

This sound was like silkworms devouring mulberry leaves, chrysalises breaking free, faint yet intricate, continuous and unending.

All at once, Zhong Shenxiu felt as if this space had ’died.’

He could no longer touch the powers of heaven and earth, his eyes only perceiving that sword light capable of extinguishing everything.

The Fei E Sword!

Emperor Tongtian, having established the "Heavenly Stele," was the source of all Martial Arts; and the Song family of Lingnan, being a government-supported military town, naturally, he would know the Fei E Sword.

Not only that, Emperor Tongtian moved effortlessly, and in an instant, seemed to transform into a giant with eight arms and eight legs, launching the Butterfly Transformation Saber, Fishing Whale Technique, Thousand Silk Sword and other cultivation techniques in succession. They complemented each other perfectly, with their power multiplied.

This was the Ten Extremes Battle Technique of the Ten Absolute Martial Artists, capable of commanding all martial arts.

From that leaking, death-filled scene, Zhong Shenxiu immediately knew that this last Heavenly List Grandmaster must have also fallen victim to the toxic hands of the Great Wu Dynasty.