Changfeng Great Emperor and Lian'er walked and chatted, talking and laughing, and what they were discussing was none other than You Di, the Nether Emperor—the most dangerous existence across the Myriad Heavens.
As for this.
Qianye Immortal King was utterly exasperated. She was truly beginning to suspect that her husband might be missing a screw in his head. Unhappily, she said, "I advise you to best abandon any thought of meeting the Nether Emperor. I will not agree to you going."
"Ah!"
Changfeng Great Emperor let out a helpless sigh. This sigh carried the weight of his feelings from all the years since forming an immortal dao partnership with Qianye Immortal King.
Qianye Immortal King was perfect in every way, except for one point that Changfeng Great Emperor found unbearable.
That was Qianye Immortal King's excessive nagging and meddling. She wanted to manage almost everything, big and small. In the past, he could go wherever he wanted and do whatever he pleased. But ever since forming this immortal dao partnership with Qianye Immortal King, Changfeng Great Emperor could go nowhere and do nothing, kept firmly under her thumb.
"Ye'er, don't worry needlessly. Matters between us men are something you, as a woman, cannot understand. I can't explain it to you clearly either. In short, I promise you I won't fight with the Nether Emperor. Just set your heart at ease."
"You...
Truly...
Are a blockhead!"
Qianye Immortal King pointed at Changfeng Great Emperor, her beautiful face wearing an expression of utter speechlessness. She shouted, "Do you think I'm worried about you fighting the Nether Emperor?"
Seeing Qianye Immortal King somewhat angry, Changfeng Great Emperor no longer sounded as confident as before. He cautiously asked, "Isn't that it?"
"You!
Really are hopeless."
Furious at his lack of understanding, Qianye Immortal King jabbed Changfeng Great Emperor's forehead hard with her finger. "The Nether Emperor has appeared in the Desolate Ancient ruins. Have you not connected this to anything else?"
"Anything else?"
Changfeng Great Emperor scratched his head, frowning in thought.
His emotional intelligence really wasn't great. Not only was he single-minded, but sometimes his brain wasn't too sharp either. However, this didn't hinder Changfeng Great Emperor's possession of unparalleled comprehension. When it came to grasping the mysteries of divine abilities, it wasn't difficult for him. But when it came to figuring out other people's thoughts, Changfeng Great Emperor couldn't puzzle it out even if he racked his brains.
"Ye'er, you know my brain isn't too sharp. Just say whatever you have to say directly. Don't beat around the bush."
"You really are going to be the death of me, you fool!
The current Nether Emperor is the target of all. What do you think will happen if word gets out that he is also in the Desolate Ancient ruins?"
Hearing Qianye Immortal King say this, Changfeng Great Emperor's expression suddenly darkened. He finally understood what Qianye Immortal King was getting at.
The Nether Emperor had once ignited the Original Sin Karmic Flame at the Daoless Mountain, awakened Original Sin, and there were even rumors that he was the True Lord of Original Sin recorded in the Book of Fate.
Precisely because of this, all existences across heaven and earth had always kept a covetous eye on the Nether Emperor. All existences coveted the Original Sin upon him.
And when a Desolate Ancient ruin manifested in the Great Desolate earlier, those Great Desolate Magnates, Cavern Heavens and Blessed Lands, and experts from the Nine Heavens and Nine Abysses all swarmed in like a hive. Exactly how many powerful figures entered, no one knew clearly.
Changfeng Great Emperor only knew that from the various immortal palaces of the Nine Heavens alone, many experts had come. Leaving aside the unfathomable ancestors, there were at least seven or eight famous Great Emperors. Besides them, there were at least twenty or thirty Immortal Kings.
And that was just from the various immortal palaces of the Nine Heavens.
As for the Nine Abysses, their Demon Emperors, Ghost Emperors, and Fiend Emperors had probably also come in no small number.
As for those Great Desolate Magnates and Cavern Heavens and Blessed Lands, their numbers were likely no less than those from the Nine Heavens and Nine Abysses.
If word got out that the Nether Emperor was also in the Desolate Ancient ruins... the consequences would probably be...
Unimaginable.
"Back in the Lingluo Heavenly Domain, the Great Desolate Magnates and Cavern Heavens and Blessed Lands already missed one opportunity to eliminate the Nether Emperor. I think this time, they will absolutely not miss it again."
Qianye Immortal King's beautiful face wore a very serious expression. "Not only will the Great Desolate Magnates and Cavern Heavens and Blessed Lands not miss it, but our side from the Nine Heavens will probably not miss it again either. Even the Holy Lands, Forbidden Lands, the Guixu, and the Huangxu will likely not miss it again."
"Even if I don't say it, you should understand. Back in the Lingluo Heavenly Domain, the reason the Nine Heavens didn't take action, on the surface, seemed to be due to the interference of the Heavenly Secrets Matriarch, Eternal Nameless. But in truth, we all know the Nine Heavens had only one reason for not acting: the time was not yet ripe."
"I believe the experts from the Holy Lands, Forbidden Lands, the Guixu, and the Huangxu had the same reason, including the Great Desolate Magnates and Cavern Heavens and Blessed Lands. They were testing the Nether Emperor's depths in the Lingluo Heavenly Domain precisely to wait for the opportune moment to arrive."
"That opportune moment has now appeared. It is nothing else but this ruin within the Desolate Ancient Black Hole."
Every word Qianye Immortal King spoke made Changfeng Great Emperor's expression grow more grave. Even if he didn't want to, he had to admit that what Qianye Immortal King said was the truth.
If the Heavenly Secrets Matriarch Eternal Nameless proclaiming to heaven and earth that Original Sin was not a sin was what pulled open the chaotic prelude of Original Sin...
Then the appearance of this Desolate Ancient Black Hole might be what lifts the mysterious veil from Original Sin.
"Ye'er, what you say is correct. The Desolate Ancient ruins are indeed an opportunity to eliminate the Nether Emperor. But..." Changfeng Great Emperor closed his eyes, pondering as he spoke, "I believe they may not necessarily be able to eliminate the Nether Emperor here."
"Why not?"
"This is not the Great Desolate, but the Desolate Ancient Black Hole beyond the heavens. The judgment of the Great Dao cannot descend here. The laws of the Great Dao cannot extend here. If they do not rely on the power of the Great Dao, just by depending on those so-called ancestors..."
Changfeng Great Emperor shook his head disdainfully. "I'm afraid they are simply no match for the Nether Emperor. Moreover, although many experts from the Great Desolate Magnates have come, their numbers are definitely not overwhelming."
"The experts from the Great Desolate Magnates, including those from the Cavern Heavens and Blessed Lands who came this time, might be no match for the Nether Emperor. But what about the experts from the Nine Heavens?
A Fusheng Imperial Lord, a Xuanyang Imperial Sovereign, two Dual-Polar Great Emperors... the existence of these four is each more inconceivable than the last. How do you know they are not a match for the Nether Emperor?"
Indeed.
Whether it was Fusheng Imperial Lord, Xuanyang Imperial Sovereign, or Riyao Great Emperor, each could be called a peerless powerhouse above the Nine Heavens. Their fortunes were each more terrifying than the last—some wielded Great Dao Innate Treasures, others possessed the will of Great Dao Progenitors, some had Primordial Bloodlines, others had Supreme Treasure Bodies, some commanded Forbidden Great Daos, others had True Spirit Incarnations.
Exactly how powerful their cultivation and strength were, even Changfeng Great Emperor did not know clearly. Although they were all Great Emperors from the Nine Heavens immortal palaces, Changfeng Great Emperor did not have much interaction with Fusheng Imperial Lord and the others. At best, they were mere nodding acquaintances.
The only thing he knew was that the fortunes these three Great Emperors possessed were in no way inferior to the Nether Emperor's Avici Endless Evil Asura and the Descent to the Yellow Springs from the Highest Heavens.
"And...
Besides those three, there is an even more terrifying Yao Huang."
Hearing the name Riyao Emperor, Changfeng Great Emperor's expression changed slightly. He said gravely, "Yao Huang?
He has come too?"