The Human Emperor

Chapter 2254: Heaven Reappears!

“No!”

Wang Chong did not aim his attack at Heaven, but the nearby head of An Lushan atop the hill.

“You dare?!”

Heaven’s enraged voice resounded through the world, and the heavens and earth shifted as an enormous energy erupted from the void and stopped Wang Chong.

At the same time, crack! Space fractured above the hill, a giant hand emerging from the fissure and grabbing An Lushan’s head.

This hand was so huge that it made the hill seem tiny and insignificant.

As Wang Chong and Zhang Shougui stared in shock, some hidden energy within An Lushan’s lifeless head seemed to be stimulated. With a soft hiss, the giant hand pulled out black wisps of energy from the head.

The black wisps of energy distorted in the air, forming into the twisted, savage, and pained face of a man that was identical to An Lushan.

“Impossible!”

Upon seeing An Lushan’s extracted soul, Zhang Shougui trembled in shock.

An Lushan had been beheaded, as dead as he could be. Zhang Shougui had never imagined that someone would be able to extract his soul from his corpse.

The soul was a forbidden zone for martial artists!

The power exhibited by this existence had already transcended the knowledge of human martial arts.

This was the domain of gods!

“Don’t even think about it! Put him down right now!”

The earth shuddered as Wang Chong used spacetime energy to instantly appear above that enormous hand and swing fiercely down with the Sword of God.

Bang!

There was a massive explosion as the Sword of God’s frightening power cut off one of the fingers of the hand. At the moment of impact, there was even a metallic clang.

But Wang Chong had been a step too slow. An Lushan’s head dropped to the ground, but his soul withdrew into the depths of spacetime along with the giant hand like a receding tide.

“Wang Chong, the Child of the World cannot die in your hands. I am taking his soul, and you two will meet again!” Heaven’s majestic voice drifted out from the depths of spacetime, and in the blink of an eye, his energy vanished along with An Lushan’s soul.

The world grew quiet, leaving only the sound of the howling wind.

Wang Chong stood atop the hill, his expression turning grim.

Behind him, Zhang Shougui also had a nasty scowl.

The two of them had never imagined this development, that the leader of the Celestial God Organization would appear, extract An Lushan’s soul, which should have already dispersed, and take it away.

“What do we do? If An Lushan can get a new body just like Genesis Supreme and come back, then all our effort has been in vain!” Zhang Shougui sternly said.

“It’s not that simple. An Lushan isn’t Genesis Supreme, and he doesn’t have that powerful of a soul. It isn’t that easy for Heaven to revive him. Otherwise, we wouldn’t be able to kill a single person in the Celestial God Organization!” Wang Chong said, maintaining an extremely calm demeanor.

He had killed numerous Immortals and Divine Lords of the Celestial God Organization, even two Supremes. If people were so easily revived, those people would have all been brought back.

The Celestial God Organization would have long ago seized control of the world and given him no chance.

Wang Chong acknowledged Heaven’s power, even that he was more powerful than the Sage Emperor, but he would not blindly believe him.

In Wang Chong’s mind, Heaven was still a human, not a god. Humans had their limits, and nothing could change that.

Wang Chong was certain that it would be a very long time until An Lushan reappeared.

It was just that Heaven’s sudden intervention left a great deal of bitterness.

Zhang Shougui fell silent. This argument made him somewhat more able to accept what had transpired.

An Lushan’s beheading had still left him greatly wounded, and he would not be able to so easily appear again. His and Wang Chong’s efforts had not been wasted.

“We’ll have to consider this matter seriously in the future. Heaven is too powerful, the Sage Emperor’s lifelong foe. Your actions just now were too risky. At this current stage, it’s not appropriate for us to directly contend against Heaven,” Zhang Shougui said as he thought back to the events just now.

As a veteran general of the empire, Zhang Shougui knew of what had happened in the Imperial City ten-some years ago when the Sage Emperor attempted to break into the Divine Martial realm. In truth, as one of the peak Great Generals of the empire, he had been called back to the capital to serve as a guard of the Imperial Palace.

But the mind of the sovereign was unfathomable, and outsiders would never be able to predict what the Sage Emperor was thinking.

Though Zhang Shougui had personally been through that event, the Sage Emperor had not told him everything, and he had needed to slowly understand the truth on his own.

Heaven was the supreme leader of the Celestial God Organization and possessed unfathomable strength. Even the Sage Emperor at his prime had feared him. For Wang Chong to attempt to seize An Lushan’s soul from his grip was far too dangerous.

Just the thought of it made him shiver in fear.

The matter of An Lushan was secondary. As a defeated general, even if he were revived, he would find it very hard to stir up too great of a storm. But Wang Chong, as the spiritual leader and supporting pillar of the empire, held a deep significance for the entire empire.

If something happened to Wang Chong, the people would be dealt a terrifying blow.

Moreover, the Celestial God Organization was immense. Even though Genesis Supreme had been killed, its foundation had yet to be shaken.

Each day this organization existed was another day the entire world remained under enormous threat.

Besides Wang Chong, there was no one else that could contend against the Celestial God Organization.

“Relax. I know what I’m doing.”

Wang Chong seemed to know what Zhang Shougui was worrying about, and calmly shook his head. While he appeared impulsive, that was far from the truth.

“Heaven might be powerful, but if my guess is correct, his strength is probably greatly restrained, and he shouldn’t be able to sustain a powerful attack like when he first appeared for very long. If he were really so omnipotent, we would have never been able to kill Genesis Supreme and An Lushan.”

Wang Chong’s voice was extremely calm.

The Sage Emperor, before his incident, had mentioned to him in the rear hall that Heaven had some enormous flaw. His actual body could not enter the Central Plains, which was why he required Genesis Supreme and the Celestial God Organization to do many things for him.

No one understood Heaven more than the Sage Emperor, and if this was the Sage Emperor’s conclusion, it could not be wrong.

From those words, Wang Chong had conjectured many things, even what Heaven’s absolute limit was.

Firstly, Wang Chong was sure that Heaven’s senses were very limited and not omnipotent, certainly not able to cover the entire continent. He had most likely left certain seals on key individuals like Genesis Supreme. If anything happened to them, Heaven could make a timely appearance.

This could also explain why Heaven had only appeared after he had killed Genesis Supreme and An Lushan.

Secondly, Heaven could walk the world using his avatars. This was how he had clashed with the Sage Emperor that time. He could also do as he had done just now, crossing through space to attack and meddle with mortal affairs. But this ability was very limited. Not even Heaven could attack without limit.

If not for this powerful restriction, Heaven could have just killed him without needing to go through Genesis Supreme and An Lushan.

No matter how powerful a gun was, it still needed to be aimed at a target to be useful.

It was precisely because he had made these two important conclusions that Wang Chong had dared to risk an attack on Heaven. He was certain that Heaven would not be able to kill him.

And reality had proved that Wang Chong’s conclusion was correct.

“Genesis Supreme and An Lushan are really just his eyes and ears in the world. With these two dead, Heaven won’t be reappearing any time soon,” Wang Chong calmly said.

Zhang Shougui looked speechlessly at Wang Chong’s back.

But his face quickly turned into a smile, relief flowing through his body.

Wang Chong had long ago matured into a great tree that could shield the empire. For him to think of so many things in the brief moment after Heaven’s appearance and even boldly strike at such a terrifying being and escape unscathed, he displayed an intelligence and courage that left everyone else in the world choking in his dust.

The stronger Wang Chong was, the safer the continent was.

“Let’s go. We can put the matter of Heaven to the side for now. The battle is over, and we still have many things to take care of. In addition, we should inform His Majesty of the news of our victory!” Zhang Shougui sternly said.

The Central Plains had been sealed under ice, and everyone was threatened by bitter cold. But compared to the bitter cold, people were more concerned with that pivotal war in Youzhou. All of the denizens of the Central Plains were nervous and uneasy as they awaited the final outcome.

They needed to be told of the victory in the northeast to ease their minds.

“Mm!”

Wang Chong nodded, grabbed Zhang Shougui, and vanished with him into the void.

The raging snowstorm quickly laid down a thick carpet of snow across the earth, wiping out all traces of the battle that had taken place here. Even that final crater that An Lushan had left in the earth was quickly buried.

It was as if nothing had happened here.

Whoosh!

Not long after Wang Chong and Zhang Shougui had returned to the rear, a snow eagle flapped its powerful wings and soared into the snowstorm, flying swiftly in the direction of the capital.