Chapter 598 - 43: The 4 Emperors Abdicate, Purple Cloud Palace Reopens

Chapter 598: Chapter 43: The 4 Emperors Abdicate, Purple Cloud Palace Reopens

’Interesting, but it has nothing to do with me... I’ll just enjoy the show.’

Lin Xi smiled faintly and turned to kiss Lu Xiuyuan on the cheek.

"Mr. Lu..."

Her eyes were filled with affection, and her breath was as fragrant as an orchid.

"This is our first night together... Actually, I know a few... different things."

"What?" Lu Xiuyuan opened his eyes, asking softly with a blush on his face.

"Well..."

Lin Xi smiled dazzlingly.

"I can be a temptress from the Demon Sect, or pose as a Saintess from a prestigious clan. I can also play an Ancient Empress, or a well-bred lady, or even a Celestial Fairy... From ancient times to the present, there is nothing I cannot be. It’s just a matter of which one you like."

Lu Xiuyuan was speechless for a moment, then suddenly became bashful.

"Any of them are fine..."

"Come on, pick one. It’s more romantic that way." Lin Xi giggled coquettishly. "Or... should we try them one by one?"

.........

[Records of the Later Han Dynasty.]

[Thirty-one years after the Battle of Guan Du, the Northern Emperor Yuan Shao sought to erect the First Divine Platform under Heaven, to enfeoff generals and muster troops in preparation for his grand army’s march to the south.]

[The Emperor Wei, the Emperor of Shu, and the Emperor Wu, each unconvinced, also desired to forge their own First Divine Platform under Heaven to diminish the Northern Lands’ prestige.]

[Therefore, the Northern Emperor Yuan Shao forged the Golden Platform, Emperor Wei Cao Cao forged the Copper Sparrow Platform, the Emperor of Shu Liu Bei forged the Profound Bird Platform, and Emperor Wu Sun Jian forged the Langya Platform.]

[After eighteen years, the four great divine platforms were completed. The Northern Emperor enfeoffed generals and mustered troops at the Golden Platform, the Emperor of Shu appointed the Five Tiger Generals at the Profound Bird Platform, and the Emperor Wu gazed at the stars and admired the moon from the Langya Platform.]

[The Emperor Wu praised, "The vastness of the world, the wonder of the stars, the sublimity of the Cosmos—is this not a thousand, even ten thousand times better than being an emperor in the Human World?"]

[Emperor Wei, however, indulged in pleasures at the Copper Sparrow Platform. Within it were nine thousand beauties, all of peerless appearance, yet it was a pity that each had suffered a twisted fate and all were widows.]

[Emperor Wei has a thing for widows?]

[Eighty-nine years after the Battle of Guan Du, in the year of Jiazi, a great change swept the world.]

[The Four Emperors jointly performed the grand act of abdication, ceding their thrones to the Daoist Hongjun.]

[The White Lotus Sect was enraged!]

"Abdication..."

In the Northern Lands, the Buddha Mother’s anger flared, and he let out a sudden, cold shout:

"Hmph. You think you can ruin my Buddhist Sect’s grand plan with a scheme like this?"

It all happened too suddenly. The Four Emperors had already begun the process of abdication. It seemed the entire Human Dao Fortune of the world was about to fall into the hands of a single person!

The Great Sun Buddha said decisively:

"Mo Ke has already intercepted Yuan Shao. What we must do now is prevent the Three Emperors in the south from doing the same. The four great divine platforms were erected decades ago; this has been premeditated for a long time. There may be other hidden tricks!"

"Indeed."

The Buddha Mother narrowed his eyes slightly, manipulating the Years to turn back all that had happened, but his expression suddenly changed.

"Something’s wrong!"

The Daluo looked over in astonishment. Time flowed backward, everything was regressing, but the abdication... was still proceeding.

It wasn’t happening in the present moment, but in... the future.

Horrified, the Buddha Mother waved his hand, unleashing a torrent of divine radiance that illuminated the River of Time. There, he saw four different futures stretching across the Celestial Vault! ℯ

In one future, Emperor Wu abdicated to the Daoist Hongjun.

In a second future, the Emperor of Shu abdicated to the Daoist Hongjun.

In a third, and a fourth...

The four futures merged together, and then, they actually began to reflect upon the present, transforming into the past and gradually becoming an irreversible reality!

"Hongjun!!"

The Buddha Mother’s expression changed drastically. He realized the situation was terrible. For the Daoist Hongjun to turn on them at this moment—it would lead directly to the worst possible outcome!

That Daoist had seized control of all possible futures. And he himself, not being an Enlightened One, could not touch the future, nor could he stop it—not unless he could shatter all four divine platforms in the very same instant!

But, setting aside the others, just take Xuandu. If he were to activate the Taiji Diagram with his full power, protecting a single divine platform would be effortless...

Even he would be unable to break through the protection of the Taiji Diagram in a short amount of time!

Suddenly, a vast and mighty voice echoed from the heavens!

"Ninety years have passed! The Purple Cloud Palace opens once more! All previous guests of the palace, come and listen to the Dao!"

He stared toward the south, watching as Xuandu, Xuanyuan, and the others ascended the Chaos Ladder one by one, and he burst into loud laughter.

"You schemed and plotted endlessly, but you never in a million years calculated that the Purple Cloud Palace Master is on good terms with my Buddha, did you?"

After a pause, the Buddha Mother gave a decisive decree:

"Today is the day we settle all accounts! That future has not yet fully imprinted itself upon the present. Destroy the four divine platforms in the very same instant! The abdication will be terminated, and all will be settled!"

As his words fell, he descended into the Human World in a single step, with all the Daluo following close behind.