Dominator Emperor

At this moment, many eyes fell upon Li Qiye. Some recognized him, while others did not. Those who didn’t know him were all wondering who this Little Ghost was to dare provoke a young genius like Hu Yue. But those who did know Li Qiye knew that this menace was about to make a move.

Li Qiye laughed and said, ”Just as you said. Whether that’s true or not, you know better than anyone.”

”Today, the venerables of every sect have gathered here to discuss matters of great importance to the world, not to settle personal grudges.” At that moment, a steady voice spoke up. It was Yao Guang Giant Ancestor Emperor Wu of the Yao Guang Ancient Country. His presence here today was as a representative of the Yao Guang Ancient Country.

Ancestor Emperor Wu gazed coldly at Li Qiye and said slowly, ”However, these great matters are not for some nameless junior to spout nonsense about. If he persists, his right to enter the Eternal Gate should be revoked.”

”I agree with Brother Huang Wu.” Another domineering voice rang out as a young man stood up. He had an imposing build, like a great mountain, and his domineering aura surged to the heavens. His aggressive presence alone was enough to inspire awe. This young man was the Eldest Prince of the Nu Xian Sacred Country, Ba Xia!

Ancestor Emperor Wu was the Yao Guang Giant, and Ba Xia was the Eldest Prince of the Nu Xian Sacred Country. The lineages they represented were colossal powers that controlled half of the East Hundred Cities. Now that Ancestor Emperor Wu and Ba Xia had spoken out in unison, taking the same side, everyone present gasped. Whether they were cultivators of the younger or older generation, they all felt a chill run down their spines. The successors of two great lineages speaking at once clearly represented the official stance of their respective sects.

Ancestor Emperor Wu, the Yao Guang Giant, simultaneously cultivated the Emperor Techniques of two different Immortal Emperors—a feat that inspired awe in everyone.

Ba Xia, the Eldest Prince of the Nu Xian Sacred Country, was born with a Tyrant Body, one of the Twenty-four Emperor’s Bodies. He also cultivated the Nu Xian Sacred Country’s National Guardian Technique—the Overlord Immortal Body Skill. Countless people had high hopes for him, and it was once said that he could reach Immortal Body Great Success in the future, becoming the second person after their Primordial Ancestor to achieve a Great Success Immortal Body.

For this very reason, Ba Xia had changed his name when he was young. He was not born with that name, but adopted it later, making his ambition self-evident. He wanted to become the Nu Xian Sacred Country’s second Ba Xia!

Now that two great geniuses of the younger generation were simultaneously pressuring Li Qiye, everyone present couldn’t help but look at him. Many people, especially the students of the Celestial Dao Academy, were well aware that by slaying Gui Fushu, Li Qiye had started a life-and-death feud with the Yao Guang Ancient Country.

Ba Xia declared domineeringly, ”The Eternal Gate is a supreme legacy left behind by the venerables. What right does some nameless junior have to enter it? This matter should be decided by the Great Teaching Territories alone. All irrelevant personnel should be cleared out and told to leave!”

As soon as Ba Xia said this, he offended many of the minor sects and Loose Cultivators present. However, he couldn’t care less. In fact, as a powerful lineage, the Nu Xian Sacred Country had never taken minor sects and Loose Cultivators seriously. As long as the Nu Xian Sacred Country could join forces with an ancient lineage like the Yao Guang Ancient Country, the minor sects would be utterly powerless to challenge them.

”I approve of this suggestion.” At this point, another distant, resonant voice was heard. A young man completely shrouded in azure energy stood up. He was imposing and mysterious, and with the azure energy swirling around him, his eyes shone as brilliantly as the morning stars.

”It’s Celestial Emperor Qingxuan from the Saint World Academy! The Qingxuan Ancient Country has sent people too!” Seeing this young man, a student from the Celestial Dao Academy couldn’t help but exclaim under his breath.

Behind Celestial Emperor Qingxuan sat many experts from the Qingxuan Ancient Country, each of them possessing astonishing Blood Qi. Celestial Emperor Qingxuan had enrolled in the Celestial Dao Academy long before this, so it was no surprise that experts from the Qingxuan Ancient Country were now appearing here.

Li Qiye glanced at Celestial Emperor Qingxuan and chuckled. Calmly, he said, ”So, it’s a defeated foe! What, you barely escaped with your life back at Demon’s Back Ridge and still haven’t learned your lesson? Now you dare to run here and act arrogant before me? It seems that unless I personally slaughter your entire Qingxuan Ancient Country, you’ll actually think I’m merciful!”

Li Qiye had no reason to be polite with the Qingxuan Ancient Country. Thirty thousand years ago, when the Holy Heaven Sect tried to annihilate the Xiyan Ancient Sect, the shadow of the Qingxuan Ancient Country was definitely behind it!

The moment Li Qiye said this, many of the older-generation cultivators, and even the students of the Celestial Dao Academy, couldn’t help but gasp!

”Such arrogance!” Ba Xia’s eyes sharpened, his domineering aura surging as he said aggressively, ”A mere Little Ghost dares to spew such wild words!”

Of course Ba Xia had it in for Li Qiye. His junior brother, Sima Longyun, had been set to marry Chi Xiaodie, but Li Qiye appeared out of nowhere and ruined the marriage alliance. Naturally, Ba Xia wasn’t going to let Li Qiye off the hook.

”Since someone here thinks so highly of himself, let’s just clean up some of the riffraff before we enter the gate,” Hu Yue added, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

Shrouded in azure energy, Celestial Emperor Qingxuan also nodded and said, ”Irrelevant people should indeed be cleared out, especially those who are courting death. Wouldn’t you agree, Brother Huang Wu?” As he spoke, his sharp eyes were fixed on Li Qiye.

”Loose Cultivators and minor sects should disperse. Heaven-shattering dangers lie behind the Eternal Gate. Once inside, you might invite your own annihilation. It is better not to brave such risks,” Ancestor Emperor Wu agreed with a nod.

In that instant, the most powerful lineages present—the Qingxuan Ancient Country, the Yao Guang Ancient Country, the Nu Xian Sacred Country, and the Tiger Roar Sect—were all standing on the same side! Perhaps they had already reached an agreement beforehand, and today, Li Qiye was merely the fuse.

”This is outrageous! The Eternal Gate doesn’t belong to you, it belongs to the Celestial Dao Academy, and the Academy agreed to share it with the world! On what grounds can you stop others from entering?” At this, some Loose Cultivators and students of commoner origin from the Celestial Dao Academy could no longer stomach the injustice and began to speak out.

”That’s right! The Eternal Gate isn’t yours!” Many of the minor sects couldn’t help but chime in. If they didn’t fight for their right now, they would lose the chance entirely.

In that moment, whether it was the minor sects, the Loose Cultivators, or even the commoner students of the Celestial Dao Academy, they all understood. The Lion Roar Sect and Li Qiye were just the fuse. They feared these Great Teaching Territories had already negotiated and reached an agreement long ago! Today’s so-called grand discussion was nothing more than an excuse to eliminate outsiders and exclude the minor sects.

”The Immortal Treasures and Divine Objects of the Celestial Dao Academy are, of course, for everyone to share,” Ancestor Emperor Wu said slowly. ”The venerables of the major sects, for the good of the world and the fortune of all, wish to prevent the world’s cultivators from dying tragically amidst the dangers behind the gate. Thus, the world’s major sects will join forces to retrieve the Immortal Treasures and Divine Objects from within the gate. After they are retrieved, they will be shared with the world, and everyone will get a portion.”

Once these words were spoken, no one believed them. Trying to make a pack of wolves and tigers spit out meat they had already swallowed would be harder than ascending to the heavens. Ancestor Emperor Wu’s words were nothing more than an empty promise to placate the crowd.

”Bullshit! That’s the loudest, foulest bullshit I’ve ever heard! You want to be a whore and build a monument to your purity—that’s a perfect description of trash like the Yao Guang Ancient Country! What ’venerables acting for the good of the world’? What ’seeking fortune for all’? A bunch of Old Undyings lying in their coffins, scheming day and night to steal other people’s treasures, dare to call themselves venerables? Have you no goddamn shame?!” Li Qiye roared with laughter.

”It seems someone is courting death and wants to make an enemy of the entire world,” Celestial Emperor Qingxuan said slowly.

Ancestor Emperor Wu’s eyes also turned sharp. Brimming with killing intent, he stood up and said in a heavy voice, ”The world’s venerables have already reached a verdict on this matter. How could a great affair of the world like this be something a nameless junior like you can comment on?!” Without a doubt, Ancestor Emperor Wu intended to kill Li Qiye on the spot—to make an example of him and to avenge Gui Fushu!

”The world’s venerables?” Li Qiye shot him a sidelong glance and said with disdain, ”What the hell are these so-called ’venerables’ of yours? Tell them to get their asses out here and let me see what kind of face these Old Undyings have to dare call themselves the world’s venerables!”

”That’s right! It’s just an excuse,” many cultivators from the minor sects and Loose Cultivators couldn’t help but agree.

Ancestor Emperor Wu’s eyes sharpened. With a righteous and imposing aura, he said in a heavy voice, ”The venerables of the world are acting out of the kindness of their hearts. Do you all intend to make an enemy of them?”

”Brother Huang Wu speaks reasonably. Unfathomable dangers lie beyond the Eternal Gate. If everyone rushes in, who knows how many innocent people will die? For the world’s venerables to work together, retrieve the treasures, and share them with everyone—this truly shows their kind intentions,” a successor from another Great Teaching Territory chimed in.

”Exactly. What’s wrong with getting something for nothing? Don’t listen to some junior with malicious intentions trying to sow discord,” a Prince also added his support.

Of course, these so-called Great Teaching Territories had long since banded together with the Yao Guang Ancient Country; they were all cut from the same cloth. They naturally wanted to exclude the minor sects and Loose Cultivators. Heaven knows what kinds of miraculous opportunities lay within the Eternal Gate. If one was obtained by some Little Loose Cultivator, it would be an immense loss for them.

”It seems some of these discord-sowing villains should be executed!” Celestial Emperor Qingxuan stared at Li Qiye and said slowly, ”Questioning the will of the world’s venerables is an unforgivable crime.”

”Ha! You defeated foe, come on over here! Let’s see if I don’t personally rip your bones out, one by one.” Li Qiye couldn’t care less about Celestial Emperor Qingxuan fanning the flames. He pointed at the man’s face and laughed. He had been worried he wouldn’t find an excuse to start killing people. Now that someone had come knocking on death’s door, he was overjoyed.

Li Qiye’s domineering display made countless cultivators from minor sects and commoner students from the Celestial Dao Academy want to cheer. Of course, they didn’t dare provoke an existence like the Qingxuan Ancient Country, but they were already cheering for Li Qiye in their hearts.

”You suicidal fool! A mantis trying to stop a chariot! How dare an ignorant junior like you question the wise verdict of the world’s venerables? I cannot let you live today!” Ancestor Emperor Wu stepped forward and declared in a heavy voice.

Ba Xia’s domineering aura surged aggressively as he added, ”When it comes to eliminating a villain with sinister intentions, I am willing to lend Brother Huang Wu a hand.”

”A bunch of clowns. And they call themselves Heaven’s Proud Sons?” Li Qiye laughed, not even bothering to give them a second glance. He utterly looked down on these so-called geniuses, these so-called Heaven’s Proud Sons!