Chapter 1028: Granting Humanity the Greatest Respect

In the dark, heavy starry sky, the various kings each held numerous sacrificial vessels, surrounding Spider Star King, spreading out formation patterns one after another.

Spider Star King herself extended eight pitch-black spider legs in all four directions, spewing forth transparent spider-web ripples, stretching for hundreds of li, thousands of li, tens of thousands of li, until the spider silk completely faded, spreading into the vast, boundless starry sky.

The kings revealed a look of reverence in their eyes.

The family Spider Star King came from was called the "Bu Xu" family; their bloodline was peculiar, containing the power of the Dao of Divination, and they possessed extremely strong talent in this aspect.

Because of this, the Bu Xu family had always been the core followers of the various Great Emperors and Emperor Sons.

Their most core family scions would only follow Ancient Emperors and Ancient Emperor Sons, and would not be left out in the open, because only in this way could they have the chance to rise together with them and advance to Great Emperor — something no heavenly treasure or power and status could compare to.

The main reason Cang Kong Emperor Son paid such a heavy price this time was because of Spider Star King.

Dong Xue He Wang's strength was secondary; it wasn't that they couldn't defeat him.

The main thing was, this slave king really could run too well!

When there were few people, he would pounce, drowning his opponents in a river of blood, with no bottom line or self-respect as a strong one, specifically picking on the weak, causing numerous king clans to be in a state of panic, chilled to the bone.

Many people?

This slave king would immediately run, and they simply couldn't catch him!

This was the troublesome part — like a fly, yet the key was you couldn't just ignore him; this fly possessed terrifying single-combat power, and once ignored, he alone could drag an entire great army to death.

This was the difficulty.

"Dong Xue He Wang…"

Cang Kong Emperor Son's eyes revealed a fierce light as he waited patiently.

Unknowingly, several months passed.

Between heaven and earth, in the starry sky, waves of trembling ripples appeared, like water ripples; from these water ripples, the spider silk was withdrawn bit by bit, like swallows returning to their nest, pouring into the eight spider legs Spider Star King had extended.

Half of these transparent ripples' spider silk seemed to have brought back some invisible yet heavy thing from the starry sky; with each portion withdrawn, Spider Star King's body trembled a bit more, her face grew paler by a fraction, and her aura weakened by a fraction.

In the end, Spider Star King's delicate and beautiful face had become deathly pale as paper, her body hunched, her aura weakened to the extreme.

But, her gaze was very bright.

"This slave king is indeed extraordinary."

"It was this king's carelessness."

Spider Star King's voice carried admiration as she said in disbelief: "The effort spent divining and locking onto him is almost comparable to half the heart-power needed to divine an Emperor Son, exceeding the vast majority of Imperial Clan kings."

"To achieve this with the body of a slave race is indeed extraordinary in talent."

"What is the result?"

Cang Kong Emperor Son pressed, not caring about

these things.

They already knew too much about Dong Xue He Wang's true and false over these years, and were not interested.

"Dong Xue He Wang has already been successfully locked onto."

"Cang Kong Your Highness."

Spider Star King smiled charmingly: "Even if he is a heaven's pride, he is only a heaven's pride of a foreign race; once an Imperial Clan gets serious and is willing to pay more price, his destruction is but a moment's work."

"This slave king is now in Mo Teng Xiao Gao Jie."

"Your Highness need not worry; if he shifts location or flees, this king can lock onto him immediately and will not let him escape again."

"Mo Teng Xiao Gao Jie?"

Cang Kong Emperor Son was greatly pleased, somewhat surprised.

He knew that river of blood in Mo Teng Xiao Gao Jie, but did not believe it was Dong Xue He Wang's true body — it should be a fake body deliberately released.

Over these past years, such fake bodies and clones were countless, keeping Cang Kong Emperor Son and the kings constantly on the run.

He never expected Dong Xue He Wang's true self to be cultivating openly in the sky of Mo Teng Xiao Gao Jie like this, without the slightest concealment.

Simply brazen to the extreme!

"Go!"

"Follow this king, slay the slave!"

Cang Kong Emperor Son rose abruptly, without a moment's delay; the killing intent in his heart had accumulated to the extreme over the past several decades, no longer able to wait even a single instant.

"Cang Kong Your Highness, please wait a moment."

Spider Star King bowed slightly.

She raised a fair hand, and from it released an ancient, utterly unadorned painting scroll, its body covered in marks from blades and spears, worn and tattered beyond compare.

The moment this scroll appeared, it inhaled and exhaled the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, continuously enlarging, unfolding its picture; the scene was not particularly magnificent — just a small village by a river at dusk, fish dancing in the river, a shepherd boy driving an old ox home under a tree, sketched out in concise ink brushstrokes.

In an instant, this painting scroll enlarged to a size of ten thousand zhang; within the small village by the river and the shepherd boy, there was ample room for several thousand people to cultivate.

"Ancient God Dao Painting Boat?"

The numerous kings were startled, then overjoyed, no longer having any worry.

With this painting boat here, Dong Xue He Wang's wish to flee at will would no longer be possible!

Worthy of being Cang Yan Ancient Emperor Son!

He had considered everything; they had been wrong to think the Ancient Emperor Son arrogant — now all that remained was admiration.

The kings boarded the small village by the river one by one, sitting cross-legged by the river where the scenery was finest.

Spider Star King summoned fine wine, delicacies, and top-grade dancers of the myriad races to entertain the kings, chatting and laughing amiably, discussing the great matters of Jiao Ming Yu freely, completely unlike the cold, stiff, deliberately distant manner she showed toward Cang Kong Emperor Son, giving everyone a strong feeling of being a welcome guest.

Amid the kings' lively discussion, the small village by the river rose into the sky, transforming into a streak of flowing light far surpassing the peak of King-rank, flying off into the distance.

"This painting boat really is

a good thing."

"Used in individual combat, used in battlefield slaughter, it is an ultimate sharp weapon, innately standing in an invincible position."

Ba Dao Wang drained his fine wine in one gulp and sighed in admiration: "It's just a pity that, through the great wars of the realm domains fought over dominion, and the numerous internal slaughters of our own clan, damage and destruction have caused their numbers to continuously decrease."

"In the old days, this king's ancestors of more than ten generations once held dominion over it."

"Now in the present day, only a few honored figures among the families of the ancient emperors still possess it — a rare sight indeed."

"Might I ask whether the imperial clan's great treasure, the River of Stars Scroll, is still as it once was?"

The Hegemon Blade King asked with a hint of concern.

This racial great artifact had rendered meritorious service in the war against the Blood Vine Demon clan, but had itself suffered considerable damage, and the clan had been racking its brains for ways to repair it.

"It should already have been repaired."

One king spoke up: "Such great artifacts are jointly held by the ancient emperors, bound by common oath never to be used in slaughter within the clan, so they suffer no wear."

"That's good, that's good."

The Hegemon Blade King said repeatedly.

"A great imperial artifact like the River of Stars Scroll is far too remote from the likes of us."

The Cang Kong Imperial Son did not put on airs and could easily chat together with the various kings, saying: "I have heard that since very long ago, the imperial clan has been trying to replicate the ancient divine Dao painting-boats, and from my tenth-generation ancestor onward it has been so — I wonder if there are any results now?"

"If successful, each king of the imperial clan would have a boat of his own — to attack or to flee, standing from the outset in an unassailable position. Would that not be splendid?"

The surrounding kings all turned their gazes toward the Spider Star King.

This matter was something of an open secret among the kings of the Horned Demon imperial clan, but those truly involved were only a few kings under the command of the Cang Yan Ancient Imperial Son.

"This…"

"There has been some progress."

The Spider Star King deliberated for a moment, then finally said.

"What does that mean?"

Some of the surrounding kings pressed to the very bottom of the matter.

"It means the progress is not great."

"Leave this king some face, my lords."

The Spider Star King gave a wry smile: "You and I, the people of the imperial clan, when it comes to body tempering, when it comes to slaughter, can be considered quite capable — born to it, needing no one to teach us."

"But in that bookish painting Dao, in the fine arts of artifact-refining and formations, this… although the great emperors are intent on cultivating more related talents within the clan, the clan's population is small, and those with talent for calligraphy and painting, formation Dao, and artifact-refining are even fewer — we have never been able to find any outstanding talents."

"For example, would you all be willing, in your younger years, to set aside body tempering and specialize in the painting Dao?"

"…"

The kings looked at one another.

"Hahahahaha…"

Then the kings burst into loud laughter.

The moment they imagined

the picture of kings who had fought across battlefields, laying down their weapons and picking up brushes to paint like those soft, weak servants, it was enough to send a chill down one's spine and yet be impossible to hold back a laugh.

"That is precisely how difficult it is."

"Among the imperial clan, men and women, old and young alike, when it comes to body tempering and slaughter, each and every one is capable — but talents for the painting Dao are truly hard to find."

The Spider Star King said helplessly: "For this reason, the great emperors have plans to cultivate one or two loyal servant races specializing in this Dao. The human race, the Wood Demon race, the Grass Demon race, the Fox race, the Soul-Eating Demons and others are all under consideration."

"The human race seems the most suitable, but this race's rebellious streak is simply too deep-rooted — using them as a servant race would seem to carry risks."

"A great emperor once proposed giving the human race more respect… and then exterminating them entirely—"

As the kings chatted idly, a streak of flowing light cut across the horizon, carrying a deep killing intent as it swept toward the blood river within Mo Teng Xiao Gao Jie.