Chapter 589 - 585: Reforging the Emperor’s Soldiers

Chapter 589: Chapter 585: Reforging the Emperor’s Soldiers

The Jinglian Saint Institute was absolutely more terrifying than any Holy Land or Secret Sect.

Heaven-Breaking Pavilion had once conducted an in-depth investigation into the Jinglian Saint Institute, and the conclusion they reached was deeply unsettling.

The Jinglian Saint Institute controlled all the Spiritual Artifacts in the world, yet it had never made a reckless move.

This left only two possibilities.

The first was that the Jinglian Saint Institute was truly detached from worldly affairs.

The other was that the Jinglian Saint Institute was plotting something.

The first possibility now seemed incredibly slim.

Now that the future masters of both the Aurora Secret Sect and the Tianwu Holy Land had fallen at Heaven-Breaking Pavilion, if the Jinglian Saint Institute were to use Spiritual Artifacts to control this secret sect and holy land, the consequences would be unimaginable.

And that was just the best-case scenario. What they truly feared was the Jinglian Saint Institute deploying every Spiritual Artifact in the world, forcing all the Holy Lands and Secret Sects into submission.

In that event, even if Heaven-Breaking Pavilion was the number one power on the Celestial Yang Continent, it would struggle to contend with the Jinglian Saint Institute.

The elders of Heaven-Breaking Pavilion all turned pale at the thought of the terrifying consequences.

At the same time, the expression of Lin Hao, who was in the void, also changed drastically.

A terrifying possibility had suddenly occurred to him.

The next moment, Lin Hao flickered, disappearing from the void and reappearing directly before the Holy Hall.

"Elders, we have a major problem." Lin Hao bowed, his expression grave.

Faced with Lin Hao, none of the other elders spoke. Guan Zhengyang addressed him directly, "What have you learned?"

Although the elders had considered the terrifying consequences of the Jinglian Saint Institute taking action—a situation Lin Hao himself had triggered—they were surprisingly not blaming him.

Are you kidding? Lin Hao was someone acknowledged by the Ancestor’s divine will. How could they dare to blame him?

"The Jinglian Saint Institute has been laying its plans for thousands of years. They’re about to make their move," Lin Hao said.

The elders exchanged a glance, a flicker of surprise in their eyes. It seemed Lin Hao knew far more than they did.

"Just focus on your cultivation and leave this to us," Guan Zhengyang reassured Lin Hao, hoping the matter wouldn’t affect his state of mind.

But Lin Hao shook his head. "This is too important. If they succeed, the entire Celestial Yang Continent will be reduced to ashes!"

The shock in the elders’ eyes deepened.

This time, before Guan Zhengyang could speak, Lin Hao blurted out, "If I’m not mistaken, the Jinglian Saint Institute controls nearly every Spiritual Artifact on the continent. Their goal in doing so... is to reforge an Emperor’s Soldier!"

"What?!" Hearing Lin Hao’s words, all the elders cried out in shock.

Emperor’s Soldiers were the weapons of Great Emperors. Forget a complete one—even a replica, once unleashed, could destroy the entire Celestial Yang Continent.

"To be precise, they want to reforge a fragment of an Emperor’s Soldier! Time is of the essence. I must ask for the elders’ help." Lin Hao wasted no more time and addressed the elders directly.

"Speak!" Guan Zhengyang replied, his voice heavy.

The stakes were too high. Seeing that Lin Hao appeared to have a plan, he immediately showed his willingness to be deployed as needed.

Lin Hao didn’t stand on ceremony. "Two people from the Aurora Secret Sect arrived just now. I eliminated one with the Immovable Wisdom King Seal I comprehended, and the other just left. This means the Jinglian Saint Institute hasn’t acted yet. Therefore, I need an elder to make a trip to the Aurora Secret Sect."

"No problem. Leave it to me." The Fifth Elder, Liu Bo, immediately stepped forward.

Lin Hao nodded. "Thank you, Fifth Elder. When you arrive at the Aurora Secret Sect, tell them that I was the one who killed Tuoba Yangyu. Also... I’m afraid I have an inconvenient request. I need you to be injured."

"You want to create a false impression? Make them believe a terrifying entity is backing you, so they’ll be more cautious?" The Third Elder’s eyes flashed as he immediately grasped Lin Hao’s intention.

"Exactly. I need to buy time," Lin Hao confirmed with a nod.

"No problem. It’s been a while since I’ve known the taste of injury, anyway," Liu Bo agreed without a second thought.

Lin Hao nodded again. "By the same token, I also need someone to go to the Tianwu Holy Land."

This time, it was Wan Boyan who stepped forward.

Lin Hao was taken aback to see him step forward.

Lin Hao didn’t know what had transpired before the Holy Hall earlier. Combined with Wan Boyan’s past actions, Lin Hao didn’t trust him.

"He is up to the task," Guan Zhengyang said, vouching for Wan Boyan.

Wan Boyan’s previous actions were all for the sake of rising in power. But now that the Ancestor’s divine will had been stirred, he would never dare to betray them.

With Guan Zhengyang’s endorsement, Lin Hao had no choice but to nod.

"Finally, Lord Dean, I’m afraid I must trouble you to make a trip to the Jinglian Saint Institute in person."

"Of course. What should I do?" Before Lin Hao, Guan Zhengyang no longer seemed like the dean of Heaven-Breaking Pavilion. His accommodating attitude was so pronounced that even Lin Hao found it a little unsettling.

However, this was no time to dwell on such things. Lin Hao took out the Aurora Ruler and handed it to Guan Zhengyang. "Take the Aurora Ruler to the Jinglian Saint Institute, and while you’re there, deliver them a message..."

Lin Hao conveyed the final part of the message to Guan Zhengyang using a secret voice transmission technique.

After hearing it, a flicker of confusion passed through Guan Zhengyang’s eyes, but he ultimately said nothing and simply nodded.

A moment later, the three elders soared into the sky, disappearing in three different directions.

Watching the three elders disappear, Lin Hao finally let out a small sigh of relief.

The most important thing now was to keep the Jinglian Saint Institute in check.

And Lin Hao was confident that once Guan Zhengyang arrived at the Jinglian Saint Institute, he would be able to do just that.

The message Lin Hao had asked Guan Zhengyang to deliver was enough to ensure the Jinglian Saint Institute wouldn’t dare to make a reckless move.

In fact, Lin Hao could already guess where the Jinglian Saint Institute would go once they heard that message.

At this moment, Lin Hao couldn’t help but feel incredibly grateful to the Carefree Divine Monarch.

If the Carefree Divine Monarch hadn’t been an Artifact Refining Grandmaster, he would never have known certain secrets about the Jinglian Saint Institute from the Divine Demon Destruction Domain.

If not for that, Lin Hao might have died without ever knowing how.

After that brief moment of relief, Lin Hao continued making his arrangements.

This time, Lin Hao began asking one of the elders about the Martial Artists who had entered the Starry Sky Ancient Road before them.

Right now, Lin Hao desperately needed turtle eggs.

"Elder, do you know the current whereabouts of the Martial Artists who entered the Starry Sky Ancient Road before us?"

The elder Lin Hao addressed hesitated for a long while before finally answering, "In the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains."

Lin Hao frowned slightly.

"At this point, there’s no reason to hide it. I’ll tell you," another elder interjected. "Before we knew of your existence, we were grooming the Divine Body and the Harmony Dominator Body as our future leaders. The Martial Artists who entered the Starry Sky Ancient Road before you were all sent to the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains to serve as their training partners."

"Is there a place in the Hundred Thousand Great Mountains that suppresses cultivation?" Lin Hao asked, a strange glint in his eye.

As far as he knew, several of those Martial Artists were in the Spirit Transformation Realm.

The two elders present shook their heads.

This caused Lin Hao’s pupils to contract sharply.

’Setting aside the Divine Body for a moment... could it be that Lin Wu entered the Spirit Transformation Realm long ago?!’

’If that’s true, then Lin Wu is far too terrifying.’