Divine Brilliance

“God Emperor?”

Shiyue was absentminded for a moment, but later he broke out into a laugh, “Legend had it that he is a person who could unify the Cloud World and rule over the people of ten million worlds. However, do people actually even believe such unfounded rumors? In this world, who can even predict the future?”

“You might not believe, it but other people might not be the same.” the general sighed. “Moreover these words came from that person, which means it might not be unfounded. After all, many of that person’s words have been proven to have come true.”

Shiyue was stunned, and nodded shortly. “I was wrong! Only, what does this thing have to do with our Shi family?”

The general didn’t answer, but asked, “Do you know that half a month ago His Majesty removed Fengyu’s position, dropping him from high Grade Two to low Grade Two capital commander?”

“I just returned, how would I know?” Shiyue frowned and thought about it seriously. “Feng Family? Was it due to Feng Taiji? Does His Majesty suspect that Feng Taiji might become that future God Emperor?”

“His Majesty says that Fengyu didn’t fight well in the north, resulting in them not winning, but not losing with the north barbarians, wasting rations and grain. He had good reason to do so, but maybe he had such a reason behind it! The strength of the northern barbarians was something that we knew about. Fengyu is a famous general and with less than a province of land he went up against thrice the numbers of opponents. To be able to not win and not lose was already not easy…”

The general’s reply was really vague, following which his tone changed, filled with helplessness. “His Majesty is always wise, who knows why he did this this time, to mess up like this. We might become collateral damage and hurt in the process. After all, compared to the Feng Family, our Shi family is stronger and are able to take over the Great Shang! Out of you three brothers, apart from you, two of you have important positions. They have even reached titled governor commander, taking charge of hundreds of thousands of troops. I, Shi Qianli, even managed to sire a monster like you!”

The last sentence was something Shiyue didn’t take to heart, but his expression was really serious. “Is father afraid that I am more like that future God Emperor than Feng Taiji? Even now, I might be one of the choices to become the God Emperor?”

Shi Qianli didn’t speak, his expression showed that he silently admitted to it. Shiyue laughed, feeling slightly delighted, “Speaking of which, I am in fact stronger than that Feng Taiji. To have such high hopes from father, should I feel happy about it? Based on what I know, along with the prophecy, the God Emperor must be from the human race and came from a famous sect and family. He must also be strong in the martial path to be able to defeat everyone! That Feng Taiji is too high profile, that Feng family asked for this. However with Sword Sect protecting him, I don’t think His Majesty would become public enemy number one. However, of the large aristocratic families of Great Shang, we two aren’t the only families with amazing disciples. There might be other people who are terrified and fearful…”

Shi Qianli nodded his head, his eyes filling with joy, helplessly saying, “That is indeed the case! My few colleagues are even much more careful when they speak. Although His Majesty is known for being kind and righteous, his viciousness when he took the throne is something that people fear even now. They are all afraid that His Majesty would be suspicious and wary of them!”

“I guess so too! The spiritual wave is about to arrive, Great Shang Dynasty showing signs of chaos, His Majesty has started to become anxious…”

Shiyue squinted, an uncertain glow flashed across the depths of his eyes. “Then what is father prepared to do? Father, please tell me the truth!”

Shi Qianli looked deeply at this young man, following which he said expressionlessly, “My Shi Family has received good grace and kindness from the royal family and we can’t betray them. If His Majesty still believes in us, then our Shi family is still loyal to Great Shang. If they can’t believe, then we will make other plans. Anyways, we will keep this Great Shang if we can, if not then we will just replace it!”

Shiyue broke out into a laugh. He stood up and bowed to Shi Qianli, “Father is wise! Since that is the case, then father please send me to conquer the other worlds!”

Shi Qianli was startled, his face filled with loss. Shiyue smiled and explained, “Is father surprised? Have only I been thinking why other world races are allowed to invade our Cloud World, but we can’t attack them? At this moment it is already different from the Cloud Desolate Era. That time, the Cloud World martial path and spiritual cultivation was dark and weak, but at the end of it, we even had numerous end realm experts.

“In this region we are the strongest. Ten thousand years of growth and recovery, we have recovered most of our strength. Didn’t the ancients also have a prophecy? That God Emperor would be the ruler of ten million worlds, as such he has to attack the various worlds. Since that is the case, why not let me first fight other regions. Coincidentally, when I toured the outside world, I discovered a world. Although it was poor, it has no master. If we can get it, it could cause our profits each year to double. We can also use that land to raise an army.”

Shi Qianli was dumbfounded. No matter how much he had heard before, how much he had been through, he was still frightened by Shiyue’s words.

However, he was still the head of the family, one of the twelve most famous people in the Cloud World, and he was really shrewd. In just a few moments he had calmed down. “Yue’er why did you suddenly think about such a matter? Do you have confidence?”

“Father! This Great Shang probably can’t accept and allow so many big fish to live. I am also unwilling to sit here and do nothing, so it is best to go to the outer regions to train.”

Shiyue smiled and raised up his fists, filled with confidence. “The spiritual wave is about to rise, the Cloud World cracks during the ancient era had already been opened. Son has grasped a spiritual river towards the outer region, in my hand I have seven ships which can carry a hundred thousand people. We just need to find celestial realm cultivators to break open the world barrier! That Cloud World has less than three hundred cultivators; with just ten ten-thousand-man towns we will be able to occupy it! This place is also really secluded, so others would not notice it!”

“Is that true?” Shi Qianli’s eyes lit up, but the light disappeared instantly, “Let’s talk about this matter in the future, let me think about it.”

At this moment the Shi family could not advance nor retreat, why not place all their energy on the outer region?

However they had to be extremely careful, as had never been done before.

It was never wrong to be more careful.

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Within the Oblivion Cloud Ocean…

Zong Shou sat in the void, his eyes were like when he saw the Book of Eon Extreme Life, relaxed and not anxious at all.

He wasn’t that shocked about his past and his background, or about this book.

The moment Zong Weiran threw that blue book into his soul ocean he had understood everything.

He was Zong Shou, and naturally he was Tanqiu.

Zong Weiran was smiling and sitting at the side, lightly caressing his head just like when he was young.

Zong Shou was speechless. No matter what he was a person about to reach sixty, added together he was over a hundred and fifty. He wasn’t a kid anymore.

Although he was his father, this was too much! He needed to fight back!

He was a monster king, if other people saw this, where would all his face go?

He wanted to struggle, his muscles were all tight, but he was unable to struggle out. Zong Weiran stood at the side and didn’t look like he was doing anything… but suppressed him such that he couldn’t move at all.

Allowing this “father” to rub his head.

He felt really awkward, however he also felt a warm stream in his heart, flowing in his chest.

It filled him with love, like he had someone to rely on in his heart. He actually still had loved ones in this world…

Zong Shou’s eyes felt warm as tears streaked down.

Decades, since his mother in the last life had died, he had spent his days, from start to finish he was alone, facing everything on his own.

He couldn’t help but scold himself for being useless. Wasn’t it just one more old man? Why did he get so emotional?

He should feel sad and dejected that he wasn’t unbound to this world anymore.

“I didn’t expect that Shou’er would repair the Blood Cloud Cavalry and even have Dragon Shadow as teacher, Aokun as a friend. Gantian Mountain’s strength has been built up, in just a few months it can unify the Cloud Continent! Within the Cloud World, no one will be able to stop it. It is much better than I expected before…”

Zong Shou opened his mouth and realized that he was able to speak once more. He said listlessly, “After you go back, I will just return the monster king position to you!”

He was still unable to spit out the word “father”. Anyways, he didn’t have much ambition for Gantian Mountain, what he cared about was the sword path.

It was only because of the thoughts of Zong Shou that he spent a bit of effort and time on it.

To be able to toss aside this burden was for the best.

However, how did Zong Weiran cultivate these last few years?

How, in just a short few years, had he already stepped into the celestial realm? Was it due to the Book of Eon Extreme Life?

Oh, today that book belonged to him…

These two years had passed, Zong Weiran definitely wouldn’t be willing to let the matter rest.

Zong Weiran smiled, calm and unperturbed, not bothering about the disrespect in those words.

“Sky Burning Lu Family, it was said that they occupied eight hundred worlds, but that was a thousand years ago! The Lu family has been fighting and warring with the other races in other worlds. Now they might be even stronger, or might have fallen. Such a huge being, even if I want to fight it I can’t think of a way to strike it down.”

Zong Weiran continued leisurely, “Thus I wanted to try using King Path secret techniques to first unify Donglin, and then attack other worlds. Maybe someday before I die I will be able to make the Lu Family send Hanyan back to me. However, after getting the Book of Eon Extreme Life, there was another path.”

As he said that, Zong Weiran waved his sleeves. Zong Shou’s pupils constricted.

There didn’t seem to be much change, but Zong Shou could feel that time had slowed tens of times!

If one fought with others, with this alone one could sweep people of the same grade! One’s combat strength would even exceed their current realm…

“If I continue on, even if it is the Lu Family, I might be able to fight them!”

When Zong Weiran said that, the time currents recovered as he smiled. “I originally wanted to use the power of this book, to try to get to Saint realm within a few years. Now, I am unable to. I only have to leave this world. However, the Gantian legacy cannot be easily given up, so Shou’er, why not try to become that God Emperor?”