Ancient Godly Monarch

Chapter 1657: One Betrayal after another

Translator: Lordbluefire Editor: Lordbluefire

Di Tian’s domineering voice caused the atmosphere to be even more tense. Right now, were these two monstrous geniuses was really planning to fight against the Lifire Empyrean?

Qin Wentian and Di Tian were famous at the same time, during the grand banquet organized by the Lifelong Saint Hall. At this moment, both of them were facing the same enemy – the supreme and lofty character of the Lifire Palace, the Lifire Empyrean.

“How, can you interfere?” The Lifire Empyrean coldly spoke when he heard Di Tian’s voice. After that, red bolts of lightning flashed through the sky. Space was torn apart as a figure appeared. This was none other than the Lifire Empyrean. It was like he was the sovereign of his surroundings, gazing down with imperiousness at his subjects under the heavens. His eyes shone with a terrifying fire as he stared at Di Tian.

“I, Di, have received the love and regards of the Realmlord. I naturally can’t let this slide when I encounter such a method. Even if I cannot interfere, I have to interfere and will do my best to do so.” Di Tian spoke. He stared at the Lifire Empyrean, “If Palace Lord really wants to do this, Di Tian can only play along with you then.”

“Hahaha…” The Lifire Empyrean started laughing uproariously, causing the space to tremble. A fearsome heat radiated from him, forming a storm of flames. The fire in his eyes grew even more intense as he spoke, “Tell your backer to step up.”

What sort of character was he? Given how strong his immortal sense was, how could he not know that his old opponent has already arrived?

As expected, at the moment as the sound of his voice faded, a figure stepped forward. This was none other than Jialan Jiangshan. He stood in the air, resembling a divinity as he stared at the Lifire Empyrean. “I didn’t expect that after you became the Lifire Palace Lord, you would actually act so brazenly with no restraint, even wanting to frame and kill your own subordinates.”

“Is the Jialan Clan planning to interfere in the internal affairs of my Lifire Palace?” The Lifire Empyrean icily spoke. He then glanced at Di Tian, “Supervisory Commander. What crime are you guilty of? How dare you collude with the Jialan Clan.”

“Collude?” Jialan Jiangshan spoke. “I just cannot stand your behaviour. The relationship between Di Tian and my Jialan Clan is truly not bad and he is also regarded highly by the Realmlord, supervising the Lifire Palace. Now, seeing how tyrannical you are acting, Di Tian merely wanted to stop you. Since this is the case, what’s wrong with me helping him out? The Realmlord stands at the top of all existences. Even if he knew about this, he would also be able to understand.”

“In that case, I can’t even enforce the law in my Lifire Palace and am being restricted by a supervisory commander?” The Lifire Empyrean’s voice rang out like thunder.

“Palace Lord, why must you try to beguile the masses? You didn’t even say the crime Qin Wentian had committed and wanted to kill him on the spot. Could it be that, I, as the supervisory commander, don’t have the right to ask why?” Di Tian spoke. “Or maybe, since Palace Lord is the hegemon of an entire region, you don’t place me, a supervisory commander conferred by the Realmlord in your eyes at all, acting without law and order, attempting to murder a governor character.”

“Since you guys want to know this so much, I shall tell you all. Qin Wentian, as a governor of the Lifire Palace, had actually killed the Jialan Monarch. Are you, the supervisory commander, happy now?” The Lifire Empyrean’s voice was glacial like ice. He was actually forced to explain himself to an immortal emperor. This was simply a humiliation.

Also, everyone in the Lifire Palace knew that this supervisory commander Di Tian, was someone that stood against him.

“From what I know, when the Jialan Monarch was killed back then, many people saw that Governor Qin was in his governor’s manor. Palace Lord, aren’t your lies a little too weak?” Di Tian spoke.

“This is because Qin Wentian has cultivated an avatar-creation technique, allowing him to pull the wool over everyone’s eyes. His true self masqueraded as the bandit head and he killed the Jialan Monarch while his avatar revealed himself at his governor’s manor, granting him an ironclad alibi, shielding him from all suspicions.” The Grand Governor Zhuge Xiong spoke out, answering Di Tian. Naturally, it wouldn’t be too good for the Lifire Empyrean to answer every question or it would affect the prestige of his status.

“Governor Qin, is this true?” Di Tian asked.

Qin Wentian looked at Zhuge Xiong, “You want to pin this crime on me? I also want to know where this avatar of mine came about. Why don’t I know about this?”

“Grand Governor, do you have proof?” Di Tian asked again.

“Naturally. We planned and lure a bandit in that group to surrender. He clearly gave us a painting via immortal sense of the features of the bandit head that recruited them. That painting was none other than that of Qin Wentian.” Zhuge Xiong replied.

“Grand Governor, do you take me for a fool?” As Qin Wentian spoke, his features shimmered and transformed. He icily continued, “I’m skilled in the art of disguise. If I really was the bandit head, why would I use my true features?”

Everyone was stunned when they saw Qin Wentian’s methods. However, the Lifire Empyrean radiated a strong killing intent, he was even more sure of his guess.

The Jialan Monarch is definitely killed by Qin Wentian.

However, now, this was already not a problem of who killed who. There was no way to explain clearly because they basically didn’t have a single shred of evidence at all.

“It’s very normal that Governor Qin might has a moment of carelessness.” Zhuge Xiong spoke.

“Since this is the case, can Grand Governor Zhuge hand over the bandit you caught? My subordinate the Evil Emperor can control a person to speak the truth. We will immediately know whether this is true or not.” Qin Wentian calmly spoke.

“Enough.” The Lifire Empyrean berated. The might radiating from him was as terrifying as ever. He turned to Di Tian, “You are already clear of his crime. Qin Wentian assassinated the Jialan Monarch. Is the supervisory commander satisfied with this?”

“Senior Jialan. You are an elder of the Jialan Monarch. Do you believe in the Palace Lord’s words?” Di Tian glanced at Jialan Jiangshan as he asked.

“Although I cannot eliminate Qin Wentian from all suspicions, but without proof, it’s impossible to verify that the Jialan Monarch was killed by Qin Wentian.” Jialan Jiangshan straightforwardly replied.

“How about everyone else?” Di Tian glanced at the people around him as they all shook their heads.

“Wanting to kill a governor without proof. This is simply too tyrannical.” A person beside Di Tian spoke.

“Who the hell are you? You have no rights to comment on the internal affairs of our Lifire Palace.” Zhuge Xiong coldly replied to that person. The eyes of that person gleamed sharply, he stared directly at Zhuge Xiong and laughed, “I’m a member of the Xuanyuan Clan from Lifelong City. What do you want?”

“Xuanyuan Clan of Lifelong City.” Zhuge Xiong’s expression instantly froze as he stared in trepidation at the man beside Di Tian.

The eyes of the Lifire Empyrean also flashed with light. Someone from the Xuanyuan Clan actually came here.

An icy smile lit up his face. Seems like Di Tian clearly came fully prepared today.

“There’s not only people from the Xuanyuan Clan here today, people from the other major powers of Lifelong City are present as well. All of them are my good friends and came for a gathering with me in Lifire City. However, to think that I heard the news that Palace Lord is going crazy. Hence, me and my good friends all came here to take a look. Who would have thought that we would witness how tyrannical the Palace Lord is, capable of stooping to underhanded measures just to kill one of your own governors. It seems like you can just pin a crime on everyone you want to kill. What if one day, Palace Lord says that I’m guilty? Wouldn’t my fate be the same as Governor Qin and I will be directly killed by you?” Di Tian’s voice also grew more and more domineering.

When everyone heard that the people from the major powers of Lifelong City was here too, they instantly felt a change in the atmosphere.

What is this Di Tian planning exactly?

Not long ago, he acted against Yin Qiu. Could that be just a prelude to this? Was all his actions back then just to pave the way for him to deal with the Lifire Empyrean today?

This time around, even Zhuge Xiong and the others of the Lifire Palace felt a chill in their hearts.

Right now, they clearly didn’t want additional trouble. This matter was gradually blowing out of proportions, out of their control.

But what was going on with Di Tian?

Why would Jialan Jiangshan of the Jialan Clan appear here today? Not only him, people from the other major powers of Lifelong City came here too. Was all this really just a coincidence?

Or could it be that Qin Wentian long knew all this would happen? Had he allied himself with Di Tian?

Even the Lifire Empyrean was confused. Why would the situation became like this?

“In that case, I wish to listen more about what news did Supervisor Commander Di receive?” The Lifire Empyrean asked.

“This matter has to start from Governor Qin Wentian. It was already known to all that back then, Governor Qin and Ye Qianyu have an extraordinary relationship. Your lordship captured Ye Qianyu and made use of Qin Wentian to govern the northern regions is something that everyone knows. After that, Governor Qin displayed his brilliance at the grand banquet of the Lifelong Realm. Palace Lord must have started to fear his growth because he is gradually spiralling out from your control. Hence, you wanted to use the Jialan Monarch’s death as an excuse and pin this crime on Governor Qin, bringing him back to the Lifire Palace to kill him. After all, as long as he is dead, how can he refute your accusations? At that time, no matter what the truth was, Governor Qin would surely be deemed as the Jialan Monarch’s killer. Am I right?”

Di Tian stared at the Lifire Empyrean as he spoke.

“Your ability to weave a story is not bad. The supervisory commander joined forces with the Jialan Clan and wished to take my position?” The Lifire Empyrean laughed.

“Story?” Di Tian coldly sneered. He turned his gaze towards Zhuge Xiong. Over there, a figure beside Zhuge Xiong suddenly sped over, coming to beside Di Tian.

“Sun Qian, what are you doing?” Zhuge Xiong froze. The Lifire Empyrean’s eyes flashed, staring at Sun Qian.

“Palace Lord, you brazenly plotted to kill an innocent governor. Sun Qian dares not follow blindly and could only report this to Supervisory Commander Di Tian.” Sun Qian spoke, undoubtedly admitting that Di Tian was right. The Lifire Empyrean was plotting to kill Qin Wentian.

A terrifying killing intent flickered in the Lifire Empyrean’s eyes. This smiling Sun Qian…he had always assumed that Sun Qian was an honest individual. Who would have thought that Sun Qian had betrayed him?

In that case, the reason behind how Di Tian was able to know of this matter, was already clear.

“Sun Qian, how much benefits did the Jialan Clan and Di Tian give you? You even dare to betray the Palace Lord?” Zhuge Xiong’s reacted quickly. He then continued, “Don’t you know that doing this is a crime that’s punishable by death?”

“Zhuge Xiong, this idea was suggested by you. As expected of the Palace Lord’s advisor.” Di Tian glanced at Zhuge Xiong. He then continued, “People of the Lifire Palace, do not be muddled any longer and blindly become a sword in the hands of others, being made use of without knowing. The implications of this matter are extremely great. I’ll report this up to the Realmlord and seek his advice. Is there anyone willing to step out to reveal the truth?”

The hearts of everyone trembled. Right now, they already understood the situation now. This was a gamble between Di Tian plus the Jialan Clan, against the Lifire Empyrean. They made use of a blunder made by the Lifire Empyrean and attacked relentlessly. They wanted to pull the Lifire Empyrean from his position in a single shot.

Qin Wentian was merely the fuse, nothing more than a convenient excuse. Di Tian had long made arrangements for everything. Even Sun Qian was his man.

“How terrifying.” Many people mused silently, even the people from the Lifire Palace felt their hearts trembling.

“Hehe.” A charming voice rang out. Beauty Xiao’s silhouette flashed and appeared behind Di Tian as she spoke, “Palace Lord, I always felt that it isn’t appropriate to treat Governor Qin in this manner. Please rescind your order.”

At this moment, the gazes of everyone froze.

Right now, there were only three governors remaining in the Lifire Palace. Lin Ba, Sun Qian and Beauty Xiao. Out of the three, two of them have turned traitor and admitted that the Lifire Empyrean had plotted to kill Qin Wentian!