As a father, I just want to quietly watch you live a long life Chapter 1661 - 436: The Underworld’s Backer Is Actually the Imperial Court—This Time, I, Master Li, Choose to Make a High-Profile Move
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The Underworld... Exactly how powerful is it?!
Beyond understanding, completely beyond understanding...
This power that appeared so suddenly in our time acts like a dark void, shrouded in secrets, leaving its boundaries impossible to grasp.
What power lurks behind the Underworld?
Being the leader of an old Divine Sect like the Bashu Sword Pavilion, Gu Qianchi knows full well that many major powers in the current world are supported by even mightier ones, and all these backers share a key trait—they come from the Strange Que.
For instance, the Western Regions Buddha Land gets support from the [Black Sumeru] in the All Gods Camp, or the Wushen Mountain receives backing from the [Deceit Demon Cave]...
The Great Vista is supported by the [Dark Heavenly Court].
Yet what of the Underworld?
Which All Gods Camp supports the Underworld?
Gu Qianchi drew in a heavy breath, his heart quivering faintly.
Xie Yushen turned his gaze to Gu Qianchi: "Grandmaster Gu... will you decide now?"
Though Xie Yushen spoke softly, Gu Qianchi realized deep down that options were scarce for him.
Similar to Zhao Beidou, who battled for the Imperial Court until he lay wounded and dying, even after learning the facts, what could he achieve?
Betray them? Should he try, the Dragon Tiger Divine Sect would likely face total destruction from the Imperial Court.
"Alas..."
"State Preceptor, you've played a masterful move."
It had to be said that Xie Yushen was exceptionally clever, exceptionally merciless.
"Grandmaster Gu... if you would."
Xie Yushen lightly gestured with his feather fan.
Gu Qianchi fell silent, gripped his five fingers tight, and sword qi rang out sharply before exploding outward, rising to the heavens and flaring up right away.
Toward the Heavenly Pill Divine Sect's location.
Gu Yinxuan fixed his gaze on the massive dark beast, its savage presence surging forward, causing even the emptiness to shake, as if pulling in the might of Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations.
"This creature is a horrifying one nearing the One Disaster and Three Tribulations Realm!"
Gu Yinxuan narrowed his eyes.
"The Underworld..."
His mind dipped a bit.
Next to him, Gu Yangxuan's expression had grown deathly serious: "The Underworld... Xie Yushen really teamed up with the Underworld?! Impossible? How could he dare, how could he pull off something like this?!"
A sense of oppression gripped Gu Yangxuan, making him feel utterly choked and uneasy.
Surely, there was no basis for the Underworld and the State Preceptor to join forces, was there?
Would such intense grudge just vanish so easily?
Boom——!!!
An ear-splitting bellow echoed, like the roar of a dragon, but carrying dreadful blasts and waves that rattled the soul!
Disciples from the Heavenly Pill Divine Sect quaked, their knees buckling as they shook without stop.
The Sea Flipping Nine Infants lunged savagely, its meaty wings flapping hard, sending tides crashing in frenzy, seeming to rip apart the void, charging straight at the Yin Xuan Ancestor.
Gu Yinxuan's features darkened with gravity, restricted from releasing One Disaster Two Tribulations strength in reality, his abilities held back, he found himself overwhelmed by this savage monster.
Meanwhile, Gu Qianchi stayed quiet, his strikes carrying a trace of wild fury and rage.
Sword beams ripped across the firmament at once, shooting out endless beams of brilliance.
As sect grandmaster, despite years in isolation, he wasn't naive, faintly detecting an undercurrent.
Maybe throwing himself fully as Xie Yushen's blade could offer a spark of salvation for the Bashu Sword Pavilion down the line.
For Gu Qianchi was convinced that the tie between Xie Yushen and the Underworld...
wasn't quite the partnership Xie Yushen described, one built on Li Nuanxi as pretext.
More probably, ages upon ages back, Xie Yushen had long since bound himself to the Underworld.
Maybe...
The Da Jing Dynasty supports the Underworld?!
It all links up...
Yes, it all fits perfectly now!
So far, which mighty figures have perished, who has endured pain, and who has gained?
The Imperial Court, without question!
This realization made Gu Qianchi's scalp tingle.
"Employing tactics both open and hidden to unify the realm, to gather Qi Fortune?!"
Gu Qianchi could only sense that schemers in politics harbor filthy souls!
"Ah——!"
"Slash!!!"
Gu Qianchi unleashed a mighty yell, pouring out every bit of bottled-up fury right then.
Holding back his cultivation, he avoided calling upon the full Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations, but he brushed close to the edge of Heaven and Earth Will's tolerance.
Boom——!!!
The fearsome sword glow warped the heavens, cleaving down at Gu Yangxuan.
That furious, frenzied posture, battling with all he had, almost turned Gu Yangxuan's face ashen.
"You're insane!"
"Gu Qianchi, you're completely insane!"
"Is throwing your life away for the Imperial Court really worth it?!"
Gu Yangxuan bellowed in fury.
But all he got back was Gu Qianchi's even more intense sword beam: "If I don't throw my life away... I'll die!"
Boom——!!!
A colossal, world-rending blast thundered forth!
Over the full span of the Heavenly Pill Divine Sect's mountain entrance, huge cloud masses burst apart, horrifying energies kept billowing out.
Gu Yinxuan's form shot like a projectile, hurled with force, his bones and flesh cracking apart, blood spraying in a thick fog, before crashing hard into the Heavenly Pill Divine Sect's gate.
Dust and haze rose thickly, swirling and churning.
In the sky above, the Sea Flipping Nine Infants threw back its head in a mighty howl, pounding its fleshy wings, its Dragon Claws keen like blades.
Rumble——!!!
In the sky overhead, the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations appeared fully roused at that instant, a huge bolt of tribulation lightning hammered down!
Since the Sea Flipping Nine Infants practiced the Ancestor Dragon Tribulation, the disaster it summoned was precisely the Tribulation Thunder!
Bang——!
Hit by the tribulation thunder, the Sea Flipping Nine Infants' frame burst with blood dark as ink!
"Such insanity!"
Gu Yinxuan rocketed upward from the wreckage, rage blazing in his eyes.
Within the actual realm, enduring the Heaven and Earth Calamity stirred by Heaven and Earth Will, he was forced to release strength beyond bounds.