As a Father, I Just Want to Watch You Achieve Immortality Chapter 1661: The Underworld’s Backer Is Actually the Imperial Court—This Time, I, Master Li, Choose to Make a High-Profile Move
Previously on As a Father, I Just Want to Watch You Achieve Immortality...
The Underworld... How formidable is its power?!
Beyond comprehension, absolutely beyond...
This power that appeared so suddenly in the current age resembles a dark void, shrouded in enigma, rendering its boundaries impossible to gauge.
What power lurks behind the Underworld?
As the leader of an venerable Divine Sect like the Bashu Sword Pavilion, Gu Qianchi knows full well that many mighty organizations in the modern world are supported by even mightier ones, and all such backers share a single origin: the Strange Que.
For instance, the Western Regions Buddha Land receives support from the [Black Sumeru] of the All Gods Camp, or the Wushen Mountain backed by the [Deceit Demon Cave]...
The [Dark Heavenly Court] props up the Great Vista.
Yet the Underworld?
Which All Gods Camp supports the Underworld?
Gu Qianchi drew in a deep breath, his heart quivering faintly.Xie Yushen turned his gaze toward Gu Qianchi: "Grandmaster Gu... have you decided on your path?"
Though Xie Yushen spoke softly, Gu Qianchi realized he had scarcely any options remaining.
Much like Zhao Beidou, who battled for the Imperial Court until he lay critically wounded and on the brink of death—even after learning the reality, what recourse did he have?
To rebel? Doing so would likely lead to the Dragon Tiger Divine Sect being utterly demolished by the Imperial Court.
"Alas..."
"State Preceptor, you've orchestrated a masterful scheme."
One had to admit, Xie Yushen was exceptionally cunning, exceptionally merciless.
"Grandmaster Gu... if you would."
Xie Yushen lightly gestured with his feather fan.
Gu Qianchi fell silent, gripped his fist tightly, and sword qi rang out sharply, erupting skyward in a brilliant flash.
Over at the Heavenly Pill Divine Sect.
Gu Yinxuan fixed his gaze on the massive ink-black savage creature, its ferocious presence surging wildly, causing the void to shudder, as if summoning the might of Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations.
"This monstrous beast nears the One Disaster and Three Tribulations level!"
Gu Yinxuan narrowed his eyes.
"The Underworld..."
His heart dipped a bit.
Next to him, Gu Yangxuan's expression had grown deathly serious: "The Underworld... Xie Yushen has actually joined forces with the Underworld?! How is that possible? How could he stoop to this, dare to commit such an act?!"
Gu Yangxuan sensed a heavy oppression, an intense discomfort building inside.
After all, what motive could link the Underworld and the State Preceptor in alliance?
Could such profound enmity simply vanish?
Boom——!!!
A thunderous bellow echoed, akin to a dragon's roar, yet laced with devastating blasts and spirit-rattling waves!
The Heavenly Pill Divine Sect's disciples quaked, their knees buckling as they shook without cease.
The Sea Flipping Nine Infants lunged savagely, its fleshy wings beating furiously, unleashing turbulent waves that seemed to fracture the very space, charging straight at the Yin Xuan Ancestor.
Gu Yinxuan's visage turned grave and stern; unable to draw upon One Disaster Two Tribulations strength in reality, his abilities restrained, he found himself overwhelmed by this beast.
Meanwhile, Gu Qianchi stayed quiet, his strikes carrying a trace of savage fury.
Sword beams ripped across the heavens in an instant, scattering myriad gleams.
As a sect's esteemed leader, despite years in isolation, he wasn't naive, faintly perceiving the undercurrents.
By serving as Xie Yushen's blade with full commitment, there might yet be a spark of salvation for the Bashu Sword Pavilion ahead.
For Gu Qianchi suspected that the bond between Xie Yushen and the Underworld...
Wasn't merely the partnership Xie Yushen described, one forged under the pretext of Li Nuanxi.
More probably, ages upon ages past, Xie Yushen had long since forged ties with the Underworld.
Maybe...
The Da Jing Dynasty backs the Underworld?!
It all links up...
Yes, the pieces fit perfectly now!
To this point, which mighty figures have perished, who has endured losses, and who has gained?
The Imperial Court, without doubt!
This realization sent chills racing through Gu Qianchi.
"Employing such devious tactics, both in light and shadow, to unify the realm and gather Qi Fortune?!"
Gu Qianchi could only lament that schemers in the game of thrones harbored filthy souls!
"Ah——!"
"Slash!!!"
Gu Qianchi unleashed a mighty bellow, venting all his bottled rage in that instant.
Though he held back his cultivation, refraining from fully tapping Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations, he skirted perilously close to the edicts of Heaven and Earth Will.
Boom——!!!
The fearsome sword radiance warped the firmament, cleaving toward Gu Yangxuan.
That frenzied assault, brimming with desperate wrath, almost drained the color from Gu Yangxuan's face.
"You're insane!"
"Gu Qianchi, you're utterly mad!"
"Is it truly worthwhile to throw away your life for the Imperial Court like this?!"
Gu Yangxuan roared in fury.
But all he received was Gu Qianchi's even more intense sword radiance: "If I don't throw it away... I'll perish!"
Boom——!!!
A cataclysmic blast shook the earth!
Over the Heavenly Pill Divine Sect's mountain entrance, colossal clouds detonated, horrifying energies roiled without end.
Gu Yinxuan's form shot like a projectile, his frame's bones and sinews fracturing, blood spraying in a thick haze, before crashing brutally into the sect's gateway.
Dust and debris churned upward, billowing fiercely.
High in the sky, the Sea Flipping Nine Infants threw back its head in a prolonged cry, flapping its fleshy wings, its dragon talons gleaming like blades.
Rumble——!!!
In the celestial expanse, the Three Calamities and Nine Tribulations appeared fully roused at this juncture, a colossal bolt of tribulation lightning plummeting down!
For the Sea Flipping Nine Infants practiced the Ancestor Dragon Tribulation, and the disaster it summoned was precisely the Tribulation Thunder!
Bang——!
Smitten by the tribulation thunder, the Sea Flipping Nine Infants' form burst with ebony blood!
"What insanity!"
Gu Yinxuan rocketed skyward from the wreckage, his gaze blazing with ire.
In the tangible realm, enduring the Heaven and Earth Calamity stirred by Heaven and Earth Will, he was compelled to exert force beyond his bounds.