As a Father, I Just Want to Watch You Achieve Immortality Chapter 1660: The Underworld’s Backer Is Actually the Imperial Court, and I, Master Li, Choose to Make a High-Profile Move
Previously on As a Father, I Just Want to Watch You Achieve Immortality...
Rumble——!!!
A fearsome presence unfurls through the heavens, while the enormous dark metropolis hangs like spilled ink, suspended above Guangling Dao City.
Suffocating, confining, horrifying, fatal...
Various emanations keep pouring out from that metropolis, and the dreadfully savage colossal creature thrashes its nine heads. Among them, two stand out sharply, radiating a savage menace, as though a monster from the endless ocean is whipping up a tempest of ruin!
Guangling Dao City falls abruptly into a profound hush.
"The Underworld..."
Gu Qianchi’s face shows a tangled mix of emotions, with a trace of bewilderment and unease flickering in the depths of his gaze.
Indeed...
It’s unease!
He retreats a pace, staring at Xie Yushen, where surges of astonishment churn in his eyes, blended with traces of alarm, terror, and chills running down his spine.
Could the State Preceptor and the Underworld have formed an alliance right from the start?!
Was this assault on Qian Yuan merely an elaborate scheme?
A vast performance aimed at the Divine Sect that yielded to the Da Jing Dynasty?
After all, countless mighty experts had perished in this conflict with the Qian Yuan Divine Sect.
Gu Changqing, leader of the Heavenly Pill Divine Sect, Zhao Chunqiu, the Divine Sect Master, and Bai Buxi, head of Jiangnan Dao’s Haoran Academy...
Even Zhao Beidou, a supreme Divine Tribulation powerhouse, endured severe wounds from this clash. His Disaster Wheel even splintered with huge cracks, hard to mend, potentially leading to his early demise because of the fight.
One could say every major Divine Sect took devastating losses in this confrontation.
Moreover, the Dragon God Lineage’s cornerstone, the Old Dragon God, also perished in it, and he was a Divine Tribulation Great Cultivator at the One Calamity and Two Tribulations Realm!
It’s no exaggeration to claim the Dragon God Lineage is now essentially ruined.
And on the imperial side?
Apparently, only Ji Moli’s body was obliterated, yet... as the Grandmaster of the Divine Sect, Gu Qianchi certainly understood some of King Ping Luan Ji Moli’s exploits.
This Chaos-Quelling King had been clashing with the Corpse God Cult in Jizhou and could have been scheming something, while the court might have planned to eliminate King Ping Luan...
Regarding the Heavenly Defect and Earth Defect serving the State Preceptor, their demise sparked a brief doubt in Gu Qianchi.
However, that doubt soon vanished since the Heavenly Defect and Earth Defect appeared to turn against the State Preceptor right away.
Gu Qianchi drew in a heavy breath, so... amid these events, might everything stem from Xie Yushen’s schemes and plots?
State Preceptor Xie Yushen and the Underworld had teamed up long ago, aiming to trap the Divine Sect powerhouses who submitted to the court?
Should this prove true, Gu Qianchi could only feel deep unease and fright.
Bashu Sword Pavilion...
Would it become the next Divine Sect in their sights?
Xie Yushen regarded Gu Qianchi with a wry grin, seemingly reading his mind, "Grandmaster Gu, no need to overthink it..."
"Had I been working with the Underworld all along, I wouldn’t have dared to employ the Luck Golden Lotus so freely—what if deploying it drained Da Jing’s destiny... an act the Emperor forbids, and one that shortens my own lifespan as well."
"I allied with the Underworld since the Heavenly Pill Divine Sect crossed the wrong foes."
Xie Yushen flicked the feather fan lightly, continuing with a wry smile.
"Based on the reports I’ve received, the Qian Yuan Young Master’s daughter, Li Nuanxi—who’s also Master Li Che’s child—recently showed up in Guangling Dao City and got pursued by a Martial Saint from the Heavenly Pill Divine Sect..."
"You’re aware of Li Nuanxi’s value as the cherished offspring of the Qian Yuan Divine Sect and the Divine Sculpture Master Li Che... she counts as a prized asset to the Underworld too, so I reached out to them."
"Provided I avoid battling Qian Yuan Dao City directly, why wouldn’t the Underworld team up with me?"
"The Underworld seeks justice for Li Nuanxi, and I aim to strike the Sky-breaking Elixir Divine Sect, so... our goals align perfectly, leading us to collaborate."
Xie Yushen murmured these words to Gu Qianchi in a low tone.
Gu Qianchi’s gaze wavered, his forehead creasing as he sensed something off...
Is that truly the case?
Xie Yushen offered no further explanation, simply fanning himself softly while gazing upward at the monstrous savage beast breaking free from Fengdu in the Underworld!
The Sea Flipping Nine Infants, among the Underworld’s elite ten savage beings!
Resembling a legend made flesh!
The Underworld’s latest arsenal!
Debuting in the mortal realm for the first time!
Gu Qianchi shifted his attention to follow Xie Yushen’s line of sight, pulling his thoughts away from the State Preceptor and Underworld partnership, his initial shock and unease fading.
Thus, he too beheld the Sea Flipping Nine Infants, this Underworld monster.
Faintly, a feeling of recognition stirred in Gu Qianchi, but that sensation shattered instantly with a bellow from the Underworld’s Nine Infants!
The sonic blast rippled outward like tides, forming rings in the air, the very fabric of space straining as if on the verge of rupturing and bursting!
Rumble——
Across the celestial vault, storm clouds of calamity churned, embodying the force of the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations... gathering to release its fury.
Trailing the Nine Infants, a gigantic ebony Dragon Ball surfaced, akin to a Dragon Emperor Pearl yet pitch-black, bearing the etched form of the Ancestor Dragon within.
A pair of vast, ink-dark calamity energies swirled around the Dragon Emperor Pearl!
"One Calamity and Two Tribulations!"
Gu Qianchi’s eyes tightened, this Underworld savage... had surprisingly attained the One Calamity and Two Tribulations Realm!
"The Underworld... does the Underworld hold such immense power?!"
Gu Qianchi’s tone carried a sour edge.
In the old days, the Underworld’s mightiest was merely an Underworld Yama, far from Divine Tribulation level.
Yet today, the Underworld unveiled its real might, boasting not just an Earthly Ghost Emperor who felled the Old Dragon God but also exposing a legendary beast rivaling the One Calamity and Two Tribulations Realm!