Novel Full Chapter 607 - Chapter 607: Chapter 370: Strength
Chapter 607: Chapter 370: Strength
Lingxiao Hall, a gathering of immortals, all restless and uneasy.
The Jade Emperor sat upon the Golden Que, his expression dark: “Well?”
“Your Majesty!”
Before the various ministers and officials, the four Palace Masters, whose cultivation was at the level of Calamity Immortals, had bitter expressions: “The count is clear.”
“The Four Extreme Auxiliary Courts, every palace and hall, have suffered significant losses.”
“Beneath the Eastern Pole Palace, fifty-one Elixir Workshops were plundered clean, Spirit Material, pills, Alchemy Cauldrons all gone without a trace.”
“Spiritual Roots uprooted, mounts stolen, and a whole array of cultivators, from the Palaces’ Star Lords down to Fire-Watching Taoists, Alchemy Apprentices, Transporting Strongmen, were all taken by that person, leaving nothing behind.”
“We lost eight Sixth Rank Spiritual Roots, dozens of Fifth Rank, countless Fourth Rank, thousands of various Spirit Pills and Spiritual Medicines, as well as Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasures, upwards of millions of Supreme Spirit Stones and Spirit Communication Precious Jade…”
As the Eastern Pole Immortal Monarch rattled off the numbers, the faces of the gathered immortals twitched uncontrollably.
The Jade Emperor’s expression was as still as water: “What else?”
Another Immortal Monarch reported: “In the Western Extreme Auxiliary Court, the Seven Palaces of the White Tiger, with 123 Refinement Workshops under its jurisdiction, were all looted, billions of Mysterious Iron Refined Gold, Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure, Spirit Stones and Precious Jade swept clean, along with finished blades, battle armors, Magical Treasures, Immortal Implements, and a vast number of craftsmen and artificers, the losses are incalculable…”
“In addition, that person also sneaked into the White Tiger Armory, stealing five Superior Immortal Implements, twenty-eight Medium-Grade Immortal Artifacts, one hundred thirty-five Low-Grade Immortal Artifacts, countless Spiritual Treasure Magical Artifacts, and also destroyed the Armory’s Formations, Immortal Spirit restrictions, causing a great battle to break out, shaking the Western Extreme Auxiliary Court, with dozens of palaces collapsing…”
The more the Western Extreme Immortal Monarch reported, the more bitter his expression became, surpassing even that of the previously mentioned Eastern Pole Immortal Monarch.
Seeing this, the South Pole and North Pole Immortal Monarchs also stepped forth to report.
“The South Pole Palace and North Pole Palace fared no better, with a great number of cultivators being abducted, treasuries pilfered, Immortal Treasures stolen, Spirit Pills, Immortal Medicines, Talismans, Magical Treasures, Spiritual Roots, even to Formation Flags and Plates, all plundered by that person, leaving nothing behind, the losses in each palace, extremely severe!”
“We implore Your Majesty to act and capture this vile thief for punishment!”
The four Palace Monarchs bowed, with a rare unity of hatred against their common enemy.
The Four Auxiliary Imperial Courts each had their duties and specialties.
The Western Extreme Palace Master oversaw military affairs, renowned across the heavens for his mastery in the Path of Artifact Refining and Soldier’s Armor, while all the different palaces and departments relied on the Western Extreme Auxiliary Court, with the Seven Palaces of the White Tiger providing supplies through its Refinement Workshops.
The Eastern Extreme Palace Master was in charge of managing the production of Spirit Plants and Beast Taming, as well as the Alchemy Dao, with a great portion of the Spirit Plants and Spirit Beasts in the Heavenly Court, including Immortal Pills and Spiritual Medicines, relying on the Spiritual Plant Farmers and Beast Tamers, and Pill Masters cultivated and produced by the Eastern Extreme Auxiliary Court.
Additionally, the two great courts of the South and North both focused on the Tao of Talismans and Formation Mastery, with seventy percent of the Heavenly Court’s Talisman Masters and Formation Masters, as well as Talismanic Talismans, Array Banners, and Plates being produced by these two courts to supply the various departments.
Now, all the Four Auxiliary Imperial Courts have been ransacked, not only losings innumerable materials such as Pills, Talismans, and Formation Instruments, but also a large number of Pill Masters, Talisman Masters, Formation Masters, and Artificers have been kidnapped. The production-capable Spirit Plants, Spirit Beasts, as well as the mounts and battle pets cultivated by the various palaces have suffered tremendous losses, with some palaces even completely emptied.
Such losses, it’s no wonder the four Palace Monarchs are in such pain.
If the four Palace Monarchs are suffering so, the Jade Emperor is hardly better off.
While the Four Auxiliary Palaces each have their strengths, as the supreme ruler of the Heavenly Court, he had responsibilities in all areas, with the cultivators directly under the Miluo Palace and Lingxiao Hall accounting for as much as thirty percent of the total number of immortals in the Heavenly Court, and now they too have suffered grave losses.
“Bang!”
The Jade Emperor slammed his hand onto his desk, his face a picture of discomfort: “Who on earth did this, so audacious and brazen?”
In his words, utter perplexity was mixed with a myriad of unanswerable questions.
The Jade Emperor felt this way, and so did the immortals, all without a clue.
Though the damage done was severe, it had not yet reached a critical level for the Heavenly Court.
The stolen extraordinary treasures and miraculous medicines were mostly from the middle and lower tiers, with the loss of high-tier Spiritual Roots and Superior Immortal Implements not being significant, with the Western Extreme Palace having lost just five or six pieces, and the other three palaces only two or three each.
This was the source of everyone’s confusion.
To be able to enter the Heavenly Court, steal the treasures, and after the incident, to battle against a host of immortals like the White Tiger Star without falling behind in the slightest, even forcibly breaking through the siege and fleeing through the Heavenly Gates, with the Emperor of the North Pole unable to intercept.
Such a capacity was the work of a True Immortal, or someone close to it!
A figure nearly a True Immortal, coming to the Heavenly Court to steal?
Has he no shame?
If he stole valuable treasures, such as the Ninth Order Flat Peach Immortal Tree or the supreme treasures and Supreme Immortal Implements of the various palaces, that might be understandable.
But why steal a bunch of low to mid-grade extraordinary treasures, miraculous medicines, as well as a range of Spirit Plants, Spirit Beasts, and artisan technicians? What for?
Are these things worth the risk of incurring further consequences and intensifying the Heavenly Tribulation?
Could it be that you’ve already survived the Nine Tribulations and ascended to a True Immortal?
But that doesn’t make sense either!
In the Earth Immortal Realm, the number of True Immortals is few, comprising merely the Heavenly Court, Buddhism, Monster Nation, Demon Abyss, Underworld, and Dragon Palace.
Which of these True Immortals would do such a thing, unafraid of retaliation from the Heavenly Court?
Even if the great Tao Lineages are in opposition, they maintain a tacit understanding; if such a disgraceful act is committed, the other side would surely retaliate without restraint, leading both sides to mutual destruction.
So, who is it? Who could it be?
And then there’s the Nine Rituals Heavenly Sword, who else in the Earth Immortal Realm besides the Heavenly Court has been cultivating such a Holy Divine Emperor Weapon?
This kind of weapon, despite the Heavenly Court spending over a hundred thousand years of effort with the power of the East Victorious Divine Land, has not shown results, so who could have gotten ahead?
It’s a conundrum, a complete mystery!
The immortals are baffled, and the Jade Emperor is equally helpless.
Now, even if he wanted to take revenge, he wouldn’t know where to direct his fist.