The Legendary Son-in-law of the Emperor
Chapter 772 - 769 East Desolate Mountain God

Chapter 772: Chapter 769 East Desolate Mountain God

"The matter of the East Desolate Wolf’s betrayal, I had originally planned to report to Emperor Ye, but I never received a response. Given that the Double Emperors had personally visited this place, I could only choose to willingly enter a deep slumber; please, Emperor Ye, punish me," the East Desolate Mountain God pleaded, prostrated on the ground, his voice trembling.

This great Mountain God, who held a prominent position throughout Daozhou, was extremely nervous and didn’t dare to relax at all in the presence of Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan did not look at him, but rather gazed into the distance and said slowly, "Then, after the Double Emperors left the East Desolate Island, why did you not show yourself?"

On hearing this, the East Desolate Mountain God spoke with a bitter expression, "Emperor Ye does not know; after the Double Emperors left, an Emperor General remained here for thirty thousand years."

"And after those thirty thousand years?" Ye Xuan asked further.

The East Desolate Mountain God fell silent.

"You were afraid they would return to strike again, weren’t you?" Ye Xuan said with a faint smile, his gaze settling on the youthful-looking East Desolate Mountain God, who in fact had existed for three hundred thousand years.

Taking a deep breath, the East Desolate Mountain God revealed a look of resolution, "I am unworthy of Emperor Ye’s enlightening grace, have failed in my duties, and deserve to be punished. Today, I shall destroy my position as the Mountain God to apologize to Emperor Ye!"

With that said, the East Desolate Mountain God struck his own crown.

Boom!

However, in the next moment, the East Desolate Mountain God was sent flying backward.

"Emperor Ye?" The East Desolate Mountain God was astonished and looked at Ye Xuan, puzzled as to why Emperor Ye would stop him at this moment.

Ye Xuan spoke indifferently, "Though you are guilty, your crimes do not warrant death. Compared to the East Desolate Wolf, what you did was still commendable; at least you knew to notify me at the first opportunity."

This East Desolate Mountain God had informed him as soon as the Double Emperors had descended and the East Desolate Wolf had betrayed, but at that time his Emperor Soul was in slumber, and had not been able to respond to the East Desolate Mountain God.

Perhaps in the eyes of the East Desolate Mountain God, he was already dead.

Even so, the East Desolate Mountain God did not betray him, though he did not dare to show himself to suppress the East Desolate Wolf even after the Double Emperors’ Emperor General had left, he could hardly be faulted for it.

"I am ashamed..." the East Desolate Mountain God knelt on one knee and bowed his head in admission.

"Since you feel ashamed, then don’t die; live and atone for your sins," Ye Xuan said lightly.

The East Desolate Mountain God’s eyes welled up with tears; he clasped his hands in front of his chest and said respectfully, "East Desolate Mountain God, I solemnly abide by Emperor Ye’s Decree!"

"Stand up and speak," Ye Xuan nodded slightly.

"Yes," the East Desolate Mountain God stood up as told.

"Tell me everything you know about the Double Emperors and the East Desolate Wolf," Ye Xuan said slowly.

The East Desolate Mountain God’s expression turned serious as he respectfully said, "Ninety thousand years ago, Emperor Ye met with misfortune..."

Ninety thousand years earlier, Ye Xuan had been betrayed and fallen because of the Double Emperors, a fact few were privy to.

But the Double Emperors had come to the East Desolate Island and spoken with the East Desolate Wolf.

The East Desolate Mountain God came to know of this as the East Desolate Wolf often talked to himself after the Double Emperors had departed.

The East Desolate Wolf had no idea that besides himself, there was another Mountain God on the East Desolate Island.

It was precisely because of this that the East Desolate Mountain God was privy to much information.

When the Double Emperors sought the East Desolate Wolf, one important matter was to inquire about what words Emperor Ye had told him, what techniques he had passed on.

The rest was unrelated and insignificant information.

After the East Desolate Mountain God finished speaking, Ye Xuan’s expression remained unchanged.

This was almost as he had guessed.

Just like how the Heaven Suppressing Ancient Sect and the Immortal Sects of the four major domains went looking for trouble with the Emperor Immortal Sect, it was similar.

The Double Emperors wanted to find information about that undying monster body from forces and people associated with Emperor Ye.

Unfortunately...

Regarding that body, Ye Xuan had not told anyone, only the Master of Burial Emperor knew.

The only thing he had told Changxi was one matter.

It was his origin; although he emerged from times immemorial, he actually came from times much later, that is, the present.

All his plans were for returning to the present, back into his original self.

Because he knew that seeking revenge against the Master of Burial Emperor would be impossible without freeing himself from the monster body.

He must first rid himself of that monster body and then return to his original body, leveraging the power of the Emperor Soul to quickly regain his peak strength. Then he would go find the old ghost Liu Shu and deal with the Master of Burial Emperor.

That was his original plan.

But during the critical moment of shedding the body, he was betrayed by Changxi and Mu Yun.

Fortunately, the power of those two alone was not enough to kill him; they had only managed to send his soul into a slumber for ninety thousand years.

This betrayal had come so unexpectedly, without any signs...

Even now, when Ye Xuan recalled it, he still found it strange.

It even led him to connect the betrayal of the Double Emperors with the Master of Burial Emperor.

But it made no sense.

He had investigated the origins of each of his disciples, including their past and present lives.

There had never been any mistake.

Therefore, he could only attribute this betrayal to the wild ambitions of the Double Emperors.

"They both... wish to be undying and immortal..."

That had always been Ye Xuan’s conjecture.

Whether it is so, remains unknown for now.

But it seems that this is the only explanation that makes sense.

"Right, Emperor Ye, there is a piece of information I must tell you, within the Xuanhuang Great World, there are still Emperor Generals guarding on behalf of the Double Emperors!"

At the end, the East Desolate Mountain God spoke with a solemn expression.

Ye Xuan’s eyes slightly narrowed upon hearing this, "Both of them are no longer in this realm, yet they left Emperor Generals to guard it. Indeed, as expected of my disciple and..."

He did not utter the last word "wife."

Because in his heart, Changxi was no longer his wife.

That cold reality stung his heart.

At the time, he chose to become Daoist couple with Changxi mainly because of her companionship and understanding of him.

And at that time, Ye Xuan also felt that he was about to rid himself of that monstrous body, so he did not refuse Changxi any further.

Unfortunately, nothing is predictable.

"Forget it, under the depletion of spiritual energy, the Emperor General left behind to guard this realm won’t have too high a cultivation. I will deal with it myself in the future," he said calmly as he retreated his mind.

"With Emperor Ye’s return, the Double Emperors can only kneel and repent someday," the East Desolate Mountain God couldn’t help but flatter a little.

Ye Xuan remained calm and slowly said, "You go down first. Tomorrow at this time, have the East Desolate Island fly towards Zhongxuan Mountain."

"The East Desolate Mountain God abides by Emperor Ye’s Decree," the East Desolate Mountain God did not ask why, just respectfully accepted the order.

After speaking, the East Desolate Mountain God withdrew.

Ye Xuan looked into the distance, did not continue to stroll about, but returned the way he had come, back to the Desolate Wolf Palace.

Thinking of the Double Emperors, murderous intent brewed in his heart.

That Changxi who had been insightful since childhood had changed.

The Mu Yun who had respected him since childhood had also changed.

"Huff..."

With a light exhale, Ye Xuan’s gaze settled on Zhou Youwei, who was in the process of a breakthrough, his eyes softening considerably.

But at least, the people around him were still here.

Youwei, Grandpa, Second Uncle, Ling’er, Brother Hao, Sister Yuxuan, Uncle, Great Grandpa, Bingyi,...

And most importantly, the Revenge Lineage had always been there.

Compared to ninety thousand years ago, his attachments had multiplied.

But it was these attachments that allowed him to feel the mortal world’s vitality and to truly feel alive.

Through the ages, he, the Undying, had tasted all the sufferings of the human world, longing even more for real bonds.

Now, he had these bonds.

Even now, without the ability of being Undying, he was still—the Undying Night Emperor!

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Speaking of the Fierce Sun Heavenly Sect.

This was the eighth day since the Revenge Lineage had arrived.

Two days remained until the ten-day vow.

The entire Fierce Sun Heavenly Sect was completely on edge.

Even the ordinary Outer Sect disciples felt an ominous, unstable atmosphere as if a storm was approaching.

In the grand hall of the Fierce Sun Heavenly Sect, Sect Master Qi Tianyu, the Elder Blood Flame Ancestor, Dai Jinhai, and other elders emerged, with the Supreme Elder Yun Rongguang and others also appearing.

All Elders were present.

The atmosphere was incredibly heavy.

"The other four domains’ Great Emperor Immortal Sects have already responded..."

An elder spoke with a bitter expression.

"The Heaven Suppressing Ancient Sect says: They had already warned us before."

"The Ancient Demon Country says: Southern Ridge Divine Mountain has internal strife and cannot intervene."

"The Great Western Heaven Temple says: Buddha is compassionate."

"Ziwei Sacred Land says: They will watch what the other three Great Emperor Immortal Sects do..."

This was the response they received after seeking help from the Heaven Suppressing Ancient Sect, the Ancient Demon Country, the Great Western Heaven Temple, and Ziwei Sacred Land.

"A bunch of damned bastards; they also had a hand in the events back then, and now they’re sitting on their high horses when they hear the Revenge Lineage’s name?"

"Do they really think that the Revenge Lineage won’t cause trouble for them when the time comes?" the shriveled old Blood Flame Ancestor cursed in anger.

Sect Master Qi Tianyu’s face also darkened as he looked at the elder and asked, "And how did the Double Emperor Mountain respond?"

In addition to these four Great Emperor Immortal Sects, they had also notified the Double Emperor Mountain about this matter.

"Double Emperor Mountain..."

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