Chapter 257 - 134: Daqi Celestial Dynasty 3

Chapter 257: Chapter 134: Daqi Celestial Dynasty 3

From this day forth, the very heavens had changed.

And so, Su Chen went to the Palace Gate.

A figure in a Silver Radiance Emperor’s Robe stood there, his back to Su Chen. He gazed down upon the world’s mountains and rivers, or perhaps toward the distant Five Great Sects.

Su Chen was a little dazed.

Years ago, it had also been at a Palace Gate, though it was the gate of Great Liang. Then, too, an emperor had been waiting for him.

That man, clad in a Black Dragon Robe, was named Kong.

The man before him now, clad in a Silver Radiance Emperor’s Robe, was named Xue. He was Kong’s son.

"Perhaps."

"Perhaps we should never have met in the Book Collection Martial Pavilion all those years ago. Then you wouldn’t have walked this path to its current end," Su Chen said.

In response, Xue slowly turned around.

Ever since Xue ascended the throne and became Emperor Tianqi, the two of them had not met. Now, although Xue was still young, his every move exuded the majesty of an emperor.

He had become more cunning, more ruthless—more like a true sovereign.

"There are things in this world that must be done, that must be changed. Otherwise, even after a thousand or ten thousand years, nothing will ever be different."

"The Five Great Sects sit high above, having established the rules that separate immortals from mortals. They’ve dug up all the Spirit Veins, ensuring that mortals can never be anything more than mortal."

"They fear the return of the Great Xuan Celestial Dynasty, so they trample all secular nations into the mud without a second thought. But they forget that their own ancestors, the founders of these Immortal Sects and Demon Sects, were once mortals of this land too..."

Xue spoke, his eyes alight, telling of his ambitions, his aspirations, and all he wished to accomplish.

He was doing what Su Chen had once done.

"Just you?" Su Chen asked.

"Yes."

"Just me."

"I have a Golden Core expert on my side, while the Five Great Sects will lose their five Nascent Soul Ancestors far away Beyond the Heavens. Are you willing, sir, to share the Dragon Qi of the Eastern Domain World with me?"

"I am willing to name you the Daqi Imperial Master!"

Xue fixed his gaze on Su Chen, his eyes filled with both tension and hope.

He still remembered the complex look on the Sword Celestial Venerable’s face upon glimpsing that massive Primordial Qi Pillar—a look of shock, then suspicion, and finally, silence.

At that time, the Sovereign of the Great Xuan Celestial Dynasty had said,

"For all time to come in the Eastern Domain, so long as he is here, no one will be able to challenge his supremacy!"

"You must befriend him."

"Otherwise..."

"You won’t be able to gather even a sliver of fortune, let alone re-establish the Celestial Dynasty. Wherever he stands, fortune will gather, be it Celestial Will’s Fortune, Mountain River Fortune, or All Living Beings’ Fortune..."

’Foundation Establishment of the Three Daos of Heaven, Earth, and Man!’

’A Nine-Life Celestial Pride!’

This brilliant and peerless True Dragon, this Celestial Pride, would influence the final outcome of the contest between the Celestial Dynasty and the Immortal Sects.

At the same time.

Outside the Imperial City, within the Zhuge Family’s magnificent, miles-long caravan, a wizened old man on the verge of death suddenly opened his eyes. At that very moment, he entered the bounds of the Imperial City with the procession.

In that instant, within a carriage, Zhuge Jin and her Phoenix Destiny resonated with the Dragon Destiny upon Emperor Tianqi, Xue, stirring the very national fortune of Daqi.

At this, Daqi’s National Fortune, hovering above the Imperial City, fully transformed into a dragon and soared through the heavens.

ROAR!

A dragon’s cry echoed.

"It’s here."

"This day has finally come."

Elder Zhuge laughed, as if he could see the soaring dragon of fortune. He walked toward the Palace Gate and, facing Emperor Tianqi, Xue, who stood above it, prostrated himself in solemn reverence.

"Zhuge Mo of Daqi pays his respects to my Emperor!"

BOOM!

At this moment, a ritual took form. The dragon of fortune, as if it had found its target, rushed toward Elder Zhuge.

It was then that Elder Zhuge finally broke through the bottleneck that had held him back for so long. He bound himself to the fortune of the Daqi Celestial Dynasty, and a brilliant Golden Core, like a Great Sun, was forged through a thousand refinements.

And so, on this day, a golden radiance stretched for thousands of miles, blanketing the entire Daqi Country. A Golden Core stood in the sky like a second sun, illuminating the lands of Daqi.

For the first time in a thousand years, a new Golden Core had been born in the Eastern Domain!

"A Golden Core?"

"What!"

"Elder Zhuge actually took this final step today? How is that possible!"

「Upon Cloud Peak.」

The faces of the five Masters, all except for Little Sword Master, turned grim. An inexplicable sense of dread washed over them, a premonition of imminent disaster.

’So the Great Xuan Celestial Dynasty’s fallback plan was always the Outer Heaven Battlefield. Elder Zhuge has returned from Beyond the Heavens, while the five Nascent Soul Giants are still stationed there.’

’Creating the first Golden Core with national fortune... impressive, very impressive. I fear the Five Great Sects are about to lose five Masters!’

’And as for the five Masters gathering here, I suppose they were lured by me, the Nine-Life Celestial Pride.’

Su Chen couldn’t help but applaud in admiration.

"So, when did you realize I was a Nine-Life Celestial Pride?" Su Chen asked, looking at Xue.

"Sir, you are no mere Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer cultivator. I realized that when I took the throne and used the Dragon Qi Fortune Technique to control the Imperial Capital."

"A Nine-Life Celestial Pride is mysterious, like a divine dragon that shows its tail but never its head. But in the Imperial Capital, he has acted only for me. Who else could it be but you, sir?"

"I imagine no one would have guessed that you, sir, a Nine-Life Celestial Pride, also came from the Small Human World, just like that legendary Extreme Realm True Dragon that the Five Great Sects have sealed away."

Xue smiled.

His every gesture now carried the same imperial air as his father. All he lacked were those crystalline, glazed eyes.

"By now, the arrangements Beyond the Heavens should have been activated. The five Nascent Soul Ancestors should have been transported to Extreme Dao Heaven and the Fallen God Altar."

"Sir, there is no need to decide in a hurry! The Daqi Celestial Dynasty has just been established. I will first kill five Masters to liven things up."

Xue stood with his hands clasped behind his back.

In that same moment, Elder Zhuge’s white hair turned black, the twilight of old age vanishing completely. Having formed his Golden Core, he had transformed from a dying old man into a vibrant youth. Treading on a torrent of power, he shot into the sky and charged toward the five Masters!

"Zhuge Mo of the Daqi Celestial Dynasty invites the five Masters to their deaths!"

"What?"

"A Celestial Dynasty!"

"The Daqi Celestial Dynasty!"

At that moment, all five Masters—save for Little Sword Master—felt their blood run cold. It was as if the sky was falling. They knew the situation had become dire.

So the past warning from the Heavenly Secret hadn’t only been about the Extreme Cultivator’s chaos—it was also about the restoration of a Celestial Dynasty!