Chapter 2957

The appearance of this trap also represents the true rupture between the Heavenly Gods and the Demon Emperor. Lingxu Holy Sovereign has made up his mind, willing to brave great danger, and will surely slay the Demon Emperor before finding peace!

As for the Demon Emperor, if this trap cannot hold it, then from now on, Lingxu City will be the first line of defense against the Heavenly Demons, even more resolute than Cangyan!

Faced with these three major Heavenly Gods and dozens of Heavenly Gods, what surged in the Demon Emperor's heart was not panic or despair.

There is the saying: one can be a thief for a thousand days, but there is no way to guard against a thief for a thousand days. The Heavenly Palace forces have long infiltrated Heart Island, and the Demon Emperor knows this well—even if one guards day and night, there will always be a few angles, a few moments, that cannot be guarded… such as now!

In the end, one must still rely on oneself.

It suddenly recalled the Great Emperor of the Nine Abysses. That fellow also fell into a Heavenly God ambush on the Earth Mother Plains and had to face the three major Heavenly Gods, including Jialou Heaven. Although there were immortals and garrison troops on the Earth Mother Plains, the Nine Abyss still had to additionally contend with the True Immortal Sea Emperor Xuandu.

How similar was the situation of the Nine Abyss back then to that of the Demon Emperor now?

Looking at the enemy formation, Lingxu Holy Sovereign values the Demon Emperor and the Great Emperor of the Nine Abysses almost equally.

How did the Nine Abyss achieve a desperate counterattack?

He can do it—why can't the Demon Emperor?

How long has the Nine Abyss cultivated? The Demon Emperor has concentrated all the spiritual energy resources and heavenly treasures of Beijia, and cultivated for how long?

What arose in the Demon Emperor's heart was not fear, but boundless fury and fighting spirit.

Relying on the Battle of the Earth Mother Plains, the Nine Abyss once again became renowned throughout the world.

Likewise, if the Demon Emperor can break through today's life-and-death trial, it will likewise be a dragon soaring in the heavens!

It secretly madly accumulated true power, while on the surface, the questions that needed to be asked still had to be asked:

"Where did you obtain the blueprints of the Celestial Dome Palace?"

The Celestial Dome Hall is so magnificent; to perfectly replicate it is extremely difficult. Not to mention this coiling dragon pillar—it is the Demon Emperor's usual dwelling, coiled around when sleeping, coiled around when cultivating, coiled around when dazed. Any deviation from the original pillar, however slight, would be detected by it.

To perfectly replicate it, one must first have insiders provide the most genuine blueprints.

Having blueprints alone is not enough; one also needs someone who can come and go in the Celestial Dome Hall daily without arousing suspicion, and who must have sufficient time to linger here, so as to know every trace within the hall like the back of their hand.

Perhaps the servants sweeping the hall could do it. But that falls under the jurisdiction of Lady Xiao, and the Demon Emperor feels a bit disappointed.

Yanshen Tian said leisurely: "You should ask—who exactly betrayed you, setting up this trap for us?"

The Demon Emperor tilted its head. With so many enemies entering the Celestial Dome Palace, the local restrictions were not triggered at all. The one who set up this trap must have high authority within the Celestial Dome Palace!

"You haven't already guessed it in your heart, have you?" Yanshen Tian continued, "But letting you die as an enlightened ghost is no harm—it is your most trusted Lady Xiao."

Shock, anger, disappointment—if any of these emotions could break through the Demon Emperor's heart defense, it would help our subsequent battle. "You say who?" the Demon Emperor startled, then burst into loud laughter, that sound wave even driving the entire cloud sea to surge and roll.

Is that funny? Yanshen Tian frowned slightly, waved a hand behind him, and the Heavenly Gods scattered, surrounding the Demon Emperor completely.

After several breaths, the Demon Emperor finally stopped laughing and uttered a few words to them:

"Nonsense!"

Those who can freely enter and exit the Celestial Dome Palace and set up traps are still a few, but they will certainly not be Lady Xiao.

Lady Xiao was sent into the palace by Qingyang; her loyalty is known to all.

The Demon Emperor believes it has the ability to judge people, and absolutely does not believe a person could disguise itself under its very eyes for sixty-eight years, from childhood to old age.

"At death's door, still blindly trusting the person Qingyang sent you—no problem, right?" Yanshen Tian mocked it, "People's hearts are hidden behind their bellies. As the emperor of the Northern Demon Kingdom, you dare to trust human hearts—you deserve today's calamity!"

Helu Tian also said: "Beijia has always bathed in the glory of the gods; do you really think you can easily eliminate our influence from around you?"

This azure flood dragon truly suspects neither Lady Xiao nor Qingyang even to death?

The Demon Emperor snorted: "I don't know how you managed it, but if you want her to harm me, you can only do it through divine control! Oh, could it again be one of your Heavenly Gods' incarnations?"

Yanshen Tian secretly furrowed his brows—actually, this azure flood dragon had guessed correctly!

For over five hundred years, Lingxu Holy Sovereign has surely placed several unexpected dark pieces in the palace, beside each generation of Demon Emperor. "Lady Xiao" herself truly did not betray the Demon Emperor; in these sixty-plus years of service, she has never harbored a second thought. However, seventy-eight years ago, when she was merely a two-year-old infant, a wisp of the divine soul of Heavenly God Xinrong was already planted in her mind!

Heavenly God Xinrong is not a major god, its divine power is not strong, but it has a special ability:

It can manifest hundreds of divine soul avatars!

Previously, in environments of depleted spiritual energy, the main reason Heavenly Gods could not stay long in the lower realms was that their mortal bodies were too frail to bear their divine power.

But the divine soul avatars manifested by Xinrong God can be extraordinarily weak, thus avoiding the trouble of bursting the mortal body. Thus, the Heavenly Palace planted these divine soul avatars into the deepest part of children's seas of consciousness; these avatars would automatically lie dormant, not interfering with the body's will or growth.

Lady Xiao was implanted with the divine soul seed of Heavenly God Xinrong at age two. Afterwards, the Heavenly Palace created an opportunity, letting her be picked up by the Qingyang National Preceptor in the snow. The Heavenly Palace's original intention was merely to place a dark piece beside the Qingyang National Preceptor; Qingyang then handed her over to the palace, and Lady Xiao lived up to expectations, becoming one of the Demon Emperor's most trusted attendants in the palace.

Fate plays tricks—but this time, it is in favor of Lingxu Holy Sovereign.

Because the divine soul seed of Heavenly God Xinrong can be awakened under specific conditions, the palace maid Xiao Yu's newly arrived Beijia pearl lamp is the triggering medium.

The most vicious aspect of this move is that Lady Xiao has indeed been loyal and devoted to the Demon Emperor for over sixty years, to the point that even the Demon Emperor cannot find fault, nor does she guard against her.

Therefore, she is able to inflict the deepest harm upon the Demon Emperor.

The Demon Emperor does not know these details, but it knows one thing:

If even Lady Xiao is a traitor, then there is no one trustworthy left in the palace or by its side.

"Stop wasting words—hurry and seize it!" Poti Tian grew impatient. "You call yourself a descendant of the dragon god, but you're just an ungrateful white-eyed wolf! Beijia's territory was conquered with our help for the Wu family—in the end, both you and your father are ungrateful, yet you still dare to oppose the Holy Sovereign!"

Pori Tian said word by word: "Then go find your dragon god and cry like your father did!"

Although the Demon Emperor is noble as the ruler of a state in Beijia, before the Lingxu Assembly, it is merely the lead sheep of a pasture on the ground.

Even the strongest lead sheep is still a sheep—it cannot become a wolf, cannot become a tiger, and does not need to be revered or respected.