Chapter 888: The Remnant Elder Village of the Primordial Realm
“Wei Suifeng? A very ordinary name. He always calls himself that. Is there some deeper meaning?”
Qi Kang the Human Emperor dared not make a move. He watched as the celestial beings from the Heavenly Court sent the prison cage, along with the man inside it, into the Surging River. Suddenly, from beneath the river’s surface, the tower ship shrouded in black mist and chains burst forth, churning up towering waves.
Within the black mist, figures could be dimly seen on the ship, flickering and indistinct.
Qi Kang the Human Emperor had seen this ghost ship before, by the banks of the Surging River. Back then, Qin Mu had stopped everyone from boarding, and had even killed a prince of the Heavenly Court by the riverside.
“Wei Suifeng, you share a great destiny with this ghost ship. In the past, you were the master of this vessel, a General of the Imperial Guard. You escaped, vanishing for hundreds of thousands of years. But the Imperial Guard under your command remained on the ship, becoming part of the ghost ship.”
In the sky, the being of the Imperial Throne realm aboard the Heavenly Court’s tower ship laughed, “Look, how your old subordinates miss you? They’ve all surfaced. You infiltrated the Heavenly Alliance, thinking you were well-hidden, repeatedly sabotaging the Heavenly Court’s grand plans. A crime worthy of death, and yet you are very useful.”
The cage sank into the Surging River, while the ghost ship fully emerged from the water. A strange power was indeed at work, swapping the substance of the Heavenly River!
Just then, the man in the cage suddenly erupted. A series of sharp, metallic *clang* sounds rang out incessantly as the thick chains binding him snapped in the middle!
Those chains had been securing the ghost ship. With a powerful swing, the cage burst out of the water and landed on the ghost ship’s deck.
*Whoosh!*
A torrent of chains flew up, merging with the chains surrounding the ghost ship, as if they were originally one and the same object!
“Bastard!”
A majestic figure from the tower ship in the sky descended. Countless chains flew from the ship, *swish swish swish*, entangling the ghost ship!
Celestial beings of the Heavenly Court also activated the tower ship, wrapping the ghost ship in chains, intending to drag it out.
“Azure Emperor of the Eastern Heaven, do you dare to board this ship?”
The strange man in the cage stood up, shattering the cage with a thunderous *boom*. His burly frame emitted thick plumes of black mist, his body becoming ethereal, merging with the ghost ship.
Soon, he became the black mist enveloping the ghost ship. The tower ship in the sky couldn’t pull the ghost ship out; instead, it was dragged downwards.
Wei Suifeng’s voice came from within the black mist, laughing grimly, “If you board this ship, you will become like me, assimilated by the ghost ship! You have no idea that the ghost ship is a cycle of reincarnation for me. Sending me here is merely the beginning of this cycle!”
The ghost ship sank into the river. The Azure Emperor of the Eastern Heaven lunged forward, chasing the ghost ship. But chains from the ghost ship crisscrossed and shot towards him, even pulling the Heavenly Court’s tower ship down towards the river’s surface.
The Heavenly Court’s soldiers quickly detached the chains, barely avoiding being dragged into the black mist.
Two beings of the Imperial Throne realm, one underwater and one on the river, engaged in a fierce battle, causing immense chaos. The Surging River was shaken into the sky, revealing the Dragon Palaces and Dragon Halls beneath the water.
Qi Kang the Human Emperor seized the opportunity to flee with Lin Xuan the Dao Lord on his back, heading towards the Heavenly Saint Academy.
From the Surging River came the madman’s shout: “My name is Wei Suifeng! Follow the map and save me!”
“Is he talking to me?” Qi Kang the Human Emperor wondered, puzzled.
Amidst the chaos, several celestial beings spotted him and immediately gave chase. Qi Kang the Human Emperor sneered, “Do you think living a second life was for nothing? I’ve even learned from the Divine Leg!”
His legs moved like the wind, speeding away under the darkening sky, leaving a trail of thunderclaps behind him.
“That so-called cripple, the Divine Leg is good, but he’s too flashy. He always leaves a trail of thunder when he runs…”
Qi Kang the Human Emperor felt helpless. He had learned the Art of Stealing Heaven and Replacing the Sun from the Cripple, and the Divine Leg technique was perfect except for the thunderous sound when running.
Back then, the Cripple stole from everyone under heaven, and no one could catch him. This fostered his flamboyant personality. When the victim gave chase, the Cripple would often leave a string of thunderclaps and vanish, leaving his pursuers staring at a trail of white smoke.
But now, with several celestial beings chasing him, leaving a trail of thunderclouds was practically pointing the way for them.
Qi Kang the Human Emperor ran for over ten days, utterly exhausted, his primordial energy depleted. He couldn’t run anymore. Escaping from several celestial beings for this long was already a remarkable feat.
“The Heavenly Saint Academy is nearby…”
He couldn’t hold on any longer and fell from the sky. The Heavenly Saint Academy was just ahead, but the surroundings were filled with white mist.
Qi Kang the Human Emperor landed in the mist, struggling to walk towards the academy. He saw some figures standing motionless in the fog.
He approached one figure and felt a chill run down his spine. The person’s head was missing, and a vibrant, dripping flower grew from the neck.
Judging by the attire, it was a general of the Heavenly Court.
Ahead, another figure was covered in green vines. The vines were wrapped around his skeleton, with no flesh or blood left. Two leaves sprouted from the skull’s eye sockets.
Another celestial being had a large mushroom growing from his neck. When it saw him coming, the mushroom pulled its roots out of the celestial being’s neck, waved them lazily, and floated slowly past Qi Kang the Human Emperor.
The floating mushroom made a *pop pop* sound, spraying white mist filled with tiny spores.
“This mist is poisonous…”
Qi Kang the Human Emperor immediately felt his whole body go numb, his limbs stiffening. It felt like countless things were trying to burst out of his throat.
“Jade-Faced Poison King!” he cried out, but his voice was very weak.
Behind him, the pursuing celestial beings from the Heavenly Court approached, sneering, “Run, why aren’t you running anymore?”
Qi Kang the Human Emperor’s body was completely rigid, unable to move. A tender green sprout *popped* out of Lin Xuan the Dao Lord’s nostril.
“It’s over…” Qi Kang the Human Emperor felt something climbing up the bones of his leg. It was probably the roots of the poison growing inside him.
In the mist, the footsteps of the celestial beings also slowed down. Suddenly, one of them coughed violently, spitting out mushrooms. The mushrooms floated silently past his face.
“The mist is poisonous!” he shouted angrily.
Suddenly, his two eyeballs fell out of their sockets, replaced by two large mushrooms that settled comfortably into the empty holes.
The celestial being seemed oblivious.
The flesh of his legs and feet was replaced by vines, and he felt nothing.
His feet were taking root, his body transforming into various strange plants, taking root in the fertile soil.
His companions were in a similar state, their bodies stiff, their primordial spirits and divine repositories lush and overgrown with various poisonous things.
A very tall man walked out of the mist, laughing to the person behind him, “Grandma, the fusion of the Art of Creation and medical arts is indeed promising. That rascal Mu’s Art of Creation is brilliant, but when it comes to medical skills, he is far inferior to me.”
“Yes! Yes!”
The person behind him was a woman, who said impatiently, “Someone was calling you in the mist just now. If you don’t go over, you’ll poison him to death.”
“He won’t die. When I heard his shout, I ordered the poison inside him to stop growing… Oh, it’s Qi Kang! And Lin the Dao Lord!”
Qi Kang the Human Emperor finally relaxed completely and fell into a deep sleep. When he woke up, he found himself lying on the back of a giant spider, which was running forward with a *da da da* sound.
Lin Xuan the Dao Lord had fully recovered and was sitting beside him.
Qi Kang the Human Emperor sat up and looked around. He saw his disciple floating in the air, carrying a long sword on his back.
“Kid Su, where are we?” Qi Kang the Human Emperor also saw the others: the Jade-Faced Poison King, the Divine Eye Spear God who called himself Blind, the Divine Thief who was exceptionally fast at running, the Painting Sage Heavenly Prince, the Blacksmith Old Man, and the most beautiful Grandma Si.
“We’re going to rescue people.”
The Village Chief turned back and said, “Teacher, if you had arrived a little later, we would have already left the Heavenly Saint Academy. We’ve already emptied several cities near the academy.”
Qi Kang the Human Emperor looked around, puzzled, “Who are you rescuing?”
Suddenly, the giant spider stopped. They arrived at a town. There were still some elderly people in the town who hadn’t had time to evacuate. The Mute, with an incredibly loud voice, called everyone out of the town and told them to stand together.
The Deaf Man jumped down from the spider’s back, unrolled a scroll, and opened it. He shone it on them, and everyone in the town was absorbed into the painting.
Qi Kang the Human Emperor looked into the painting and saw the people walking around inside. There were others in the painting too, tens of thousands of them.
Qi Kang was horrified. He saw that the Mute’s box contained several hundred scrolls.
“It’s good that Teacher is awake.”
The Village Chief said, “In this journey, anyone can die, except the Deaf Man. No matter what, we must get the Deaf Man alive to the Yan’kang capital!”
Qi Kang the Human Emperor nodded silently, then asked in a hoarse voice, “And when we reach the capital?”
The Village Chief was silent for a moment, then said bitterly, “I don’t know. I don’t know either…”
“The Four Heavenly Masters, the Four Heavenly Kings, where are they?” Qi Kang the Human Emperor asked again.
The group remained silent. The Village Chief’s voice was rough: “I don’t know…”
“They are the forces of the Kai Emperor. We are Yan’kang.”
Grandma Si smiled gently, “It’s only right that they don’t help Yan’kang. Asking for their help would only harm them.”
Everyone nodded and fell silent.
“By the way, does anyone know Wei Suifeng?” Qi Kang the Human Emperor remembered the strange man in the cage and asked.
Grandma Si was surprised. “Wei Suifeng is the founding patriarch of my Heavenly Saint Cult, the senior disciple of the Woodcutter Saint Teacher. Why do you ask, Human Emperor Qi? Mu has been looking for him for a long time. He said Wei Suifeng left behind some geographical maps that hide many secrets.”
Qi Kang the Human Emperor was stunned, then exclaimed, “The founding patriarch of the Heavenly Saint Cult? No wonder he’s so demonic! I met him. He was taken by the Azure Emperor of the Eastern Heaven of the Heavenly Court and sunk into the river, merging with the ghost ship. He also said something about following the map to save him. I think…”
He hesitated for a moment, then said, “I think the founding patriarch of the Heavenly Saint Cult might be the most powerful person since the fall of the Kai Emperor era, up to the Yan’kang era.”
Grandma Si shook her head. “This patriarch was a hands-off manager. He founded the Heavenly Saint Cult and then disappeared without a trace. He can’t be that strong. It would be a miracle if he even managed to become a deity.”
Qi Kang the Human Emperor was taken aback, scratched his head, and said, “He might have already reached the Imperial Throne realm. He might be the only being of the Imperial Throne realm in Yan’kang.”
Everyone was shocked.
The Village Chief asked, “Are you saying he was sunk into the river by the Azure Emperor of the Eastern Heaven of the Heavenly Court and merged with the ghost ship?”
Qi Kang the Human Emperor nodded.
The Village Chief said decisively, “Then there’s no saving him!”
Everyone was puzzled. The Village Chief explained, “Mu once told me about the ghost ship. He said it was only by relying on the divine powers of the Four Ancient God-Emperors and the strength of the most powerful divine demon army of ancient times that he managed to break the ghost ship’s power and walk out alive. Wei Suifeng has merged with the ghost ship. Where is he going to find the Four Ancient God-Emperors? Don’t even think about saving him. He’s as good as dead.”
Grandma Si frowned.
The Butcher laughed. “Better tell Mu about this. Let him decide whether to save him or not.”
Grandma Si breathed a sigh of relief, then worried again, “Who knows where that little rascal Mu has run off to?”
Qi Kang the Human Emperor quickly said, “He’s still in the Great Ruins, probably near Inlaid Dragon City! When we passed through there, there was an army from the Heavenly Court that said they were ordered to surround and kill the Prince of the Netherworld!”
The Village Chief thought for a moment, then said decisively, “Cripple, you go inform Mu. You’re the fastest, and you’re a coward. You’ll run as soon as a fight starts. There’s nothing for you to do here anyway.”
The honest and simple Cripple grunted, feeling a bit displeased.
The Blind Man said with concern, “Cripple, be careful on the road. Don’t die.”
“How could I die before I’ve stolen from the Heavenly Court?”
The Cripple laughed heartily and vanished in an instant. A series of thunderclaps came from afar, already hundreds of miles away.
“That guy, he runs damn fast!” everyone praised in unison.
The Cripple sped along. After several days and nights, he arrived near Inlaid Dragon City. He looked around but couldn’t find any trace of Qin Mu. Instead, he saw the sky suddenly fill with brilliant stars, appearing out of nowhere, a dazzling Milky Way emerging in an instant.
The Cripple’s heart skipped a beat. The stars in the sky grew more numerous and larger. Faint war drums could be heard in the distance.
Soon, the stars could be clearly distinguished with the naked eye. They were ancient deities, completely different from humans, like ancient gods stepping out of myths and legends, with halos behind their heads like stars.
“Set up an inescapable net! Capture the Prince of the Netherworld!” a voice like thunder boomed from the sky.
The Cripple’s heart stirred. He followed the direction of the flowing Milky Way. In the distance, he saw boundless darkness like a giant black cauldron overturned on the Primordial Realm, covering an unknown expanse of millions of miles.
In the darkness, countless heavenly soldiers and generals charged on tower ships and great vessels. The light of various divine powers tore through the darkness.
In the torn darkness, a deity with three heads and six arms was on a killing spree, drawing nearly thirty percent of the Heavenly Court’s invading army to this spot.
The Cripple shrank his head. “Is that Mu? The Mu who used to fight me for candied hawthorn sticks when we were kids?”
———— These past few days, I’ve been suffering from insomnia, lying in bed with my eyes wide open until two or three in the morning before I can fall asleep, waking up at six or seven. Last night, I finally fell asleep at one o’clock and woke up at nine. It was a rare good night’s sleep.
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