Reincarnated as a Mosquito, I Sucked the Reborn Empress to Tears

Chapter 160: Chapter 157: The Jing Lords’ Panic: Have We Offended the Future Empress?

Chu Sheng’s original goal was to feast to his heart’s content within the Beast Taming Academy’s simulated ecosystem.

But now, the situation had changed.

’Do I have a chance to use the power of the Soul-devouring Nether Flame to unite all the Demon Beasts here?’

’Forget everything else, if I could tame that giant eagle with the King-level Bloodline from the top of the simulated volcano and make it my underling, how awesome would that be? How badass would I look?!’

’Feeling like sucking some blood energy? No need to be sneaky. Just give the word, and Demon Beasts with High-Level Bloodlines will offer themselves up for me to drain!’

’Need to pick a fight? Just raise your arm and shout, and the thousands of Demon Beast underlings here will be your posse!’

’It’s practically the treatment of an Emperor!’

’So awesome!’

Chu Sheng felt more and more that the Beast Taming Academy at Hong Kong Island University was a little paradise tailor-made just for him.

And it was precisely because these Contracted Beasts didn’t have their masters around that Chu Sheng had the opportunity to “train” them.

Chu Sheng glanced once more in the direction of the Heart Sea Glazed Tower…

’Forget it. I’ll pass on taking a “tiny” slice of Gu Yuexi’s good fortune this time, lest my master’s Dao heart shatters completely.’

’As a Contracted Beast, I need to build my own empire.’

’So, let’s start by uniting all the Contracted Beasts in this Beast Taming Academy!!!’

…

「Hong Kong Island University, Array Academy.」

Below the Heart Sea Glazed Tower, the crowd had been in a state of stunned shock for a full three minutes.

Since the Heart Sea Glazed Tower was created, this was the first time it had ever emitted such a dazzling, magnificent, seven-colored light.

“So… the Heart Sea Glazed Tower can actually give off a seven-colored glow.”

At this moment, not even the few deans present had ever heard of such a seven-colored spectacle from the Glazed Tower.

The only ones here who likely knew anything about it were Principal Chen Shouzheng and the Flame Emperor.

“When the seven-colored glazed light appears, so too shall my heir.”

Chen Shouzheng stared blankly toward the ninth floor, murmuring the words.

This sentence was said to have been left behind by that Emperor Level being of yore—the Illusion Sea Spirit Emperor—after creating the Glazed Tower.

’Heir of the Great Emperor?’

Even the Flame Emperor’s eyelids twitched violently upon hearing those four words.

Beside them, the Dean of the Array Academy, Zhao Hongwu, swallowed hard and asked:

“Principal Chen, passing the seventh floor guarantees a future at the Emperor Level.”

“Now, Lin Zhixia in the tower has already passed the eighth floor. What kind of achievement does passing the eighth floor signify?”

It was said before that she would have a chance at the Emperor Realm, but no one was clear on what kind of chance that meant.

Upon hearing this, Chen Shouzheng uttered three words:

“Half-Step Emperor Realm!”

BOOM!

Upon hearing those three words, the pupils of the surrounding crowd shrank again, and an uproar erupted.

A Half-Step Emperor Realm.

In other words, a being at the Peak of Emperor Level—no, a being who *surpassed* the Peak of Emperor Level. Just half a step away from entering the Emperor Realm and attaining the station of a Great Emperor.

Currently, there were only eight people in the entire Great Xia who had reached the Emperor Realm.

A Half-Step Emperor Realm meant being second only to those eight individuals.

Below the eight Emperors, and above hundreds of millions of people!

And!

Reaching the Half-Step Emperor Realm didn’t mean one’s journey ended there; it was merely the *minimum* potential one was guaranteed to reach.

Although the difficulty of advancing to the Emperor Realm was unimaginable, who could say for certain that a Half-Step Emperor couldn’t advance to become a true Emperor?

What’s more, Lin Zhixia, having passed the eighth floor, had now earned the title “Heir of the Great Emperor.” In the future, she might receive the guidance of the Illusion Sea Spirit Emperor, which would dramatically increase her chances of achieving emperorship.

In short.

Lin Zhixia, who had now passed the eighth floor and was on the ninth, was guaranteed a future of at least the Half-Step Emperor Realm. At best, she had a chance to become the ninth Great Emperor of Great Xia!

Commonly known as a Quasi-Emperor!

GULP…

Everyone present swallowed in unison.

This was no longer just astonishing—it was terrifying!

But there was something even more terrifying!!!

Someone unintentionally blurted out:

“Do you guys think… is it possible for this Lin Zhixia to pass the ninth floor?”

Pass the ninth floor?

That meant clearing it completely, thoroughly conquering the Heart Sea Glazed Tower!

Everyone knew the legend: passing the ninth floor of the Glazed Tower would grant the ultimate reward: the Celestial Tier Upper-Grade Ultimate Treasure, the Soul Sea Dao Seal!

But no one had ever seen it, nor was there any concrete proof of its existence.

“That’s a Celestial Tier Upper-Grade Ultimate Treasure we’re talking about. Does something like that really exist inside the Glazed Tower?”

Many people were still skeptical.

This time, however, it was the Flame Emperor himself who spoke:

“Heh, of course it does.”

“I can feel an extremely powerful spiritual pressure from the ninth floor of this Glazed Tower. Only a Celestial Tier Ultimate Treasure could exert that kind of pressure on me.”

“In fact, the Celestial Tier Ultimate Treasure isn’t even the most important part.”

“What’s most important is that if the person in the tower can pass the ninth floor, it means she is *guaranteed* to enter the Emperor Realm!”

“Guaranteed to become a Great Emperor!”

Unlike the mere ’chance’ mentioned before, passing the ninth floor meant that as long as this person didn’t perish prematurely, she was one hundred percent guaranteed to step into the Great Emperor realm!

The Flame Emperor’s words once again ratcheted up the suspense among the crowd.

So, could the Lin Zhixia inside the tower actually pass the ninth floor?

Although Half-Step Emperor Realm and a guaranteed path to the Emperor Realm were both incredibly impressive, there was a fundamental difference between them.

…

As time passed and night slowly fell, the seven-colored light on the Glazed Tower appeared even more brilliant.

In the plaza below the Glazed Tower, the crowd grew larger and larger, until nearly everyone from Hong Kong Island University had gathered. Even some people from outside the campus began forcing their way in.

Those who couldn’t squeeze in climbed trees or pulled out binoculars… Everyone was focused on one thing: would a Future Empress be born today!

In the plaza, Principal Chen Shouzheng stood beside the Flame Emperor at the very front of the crowd.

“Lord Flame Emperor, do you think this Lin Zhixia will be able to pass the ninth floor?”

The Flame Emperor shot him a cold glance.

“Don’t ask me. I don’t know!”

…

「Meanwhile, in a corner of the plaza.」

Li Wenbo, Ouyang Yunhe, and the others felt as if they were still in a dream.

Their heads were buzzing, and they still hadn’t fully snapped out of their shock.

Li Zhixia, that girl from a family in some small, inland city, could actually become the ninth Great Emperor?

How could anyone process that?

From their initial disdain for Li Zhixia, to a sense of apprehension, and now… a complex mix of feelings washed over them: shock, disbelief, envy, jealousy, fear, and more, all jumbled together.

These few Lords from the Capital were completely and utterly dumbfounded.

Ouyang Yunhe spoke up timidly:

“Brother Bo, do you think that Li Zhixia will hold a grudge against us? After how we treated her before…”

Li Wenbo shivered.

“No way, right?”

“A Future Empress wouldn’t hold something like that against us, would she?”

Ouyang Yunhe said,

“Why don’t we just slip away? I don’t feel like hanging around Hong Kong Island anymore…”

“Get outta here! If you want to leave, then leave!”

“I can’t miss the moment I witness the birth of a Future Empress with my own eyes. Plus, the fact that I attended the test with a Future Empress—I can brag about that for the next ten years back home!”

…

There was another person in the plaza who was feeling extremely miserable at that moment: He Qianfeng.

Originally, he had been the center of attention, while no one cared about Gu Yuexi.

Now it was the other way around. Everyone was focused on Gu Yuexi (or rather, Lin Zhixia, as they thought), as if they had completely forgotten about him, the future Emperor.

A future Emperor was certainly impressive, but compared to someone at the Quasi-Emperor Level, it was nothing worth mentioning, let alone compared to a future Great Emperor.

Ten years. He had poured ten whole years of effort into passing the seventh floor of the Glazed Tower, but his moment in the spotlight had lasted only an instant before someone else stole it away.

He Qianfeng stared at the light on the tower, his fists clenched tightly.

“Lin Zhixia! You won’t pass! I curse you to fail!”

“You will definitely not pass the ninth floor!”

“Just wait, the reward for the ninth floor will be mine sooner or later!”

Just as He Qianfeng’s “curse” was uttered, suddenly—

In the center of the plaza, the seven-colored light of the Glazed Tower… went out!