Chapter 643

The Fengdu Great Emperor was about to be accomplished, and the laws of the netherworld gradually penetrated people's hearts.

In the dark, an intangible condition was quietly fulfilled……Ultimately, it allowed a great sage whom many thought had already passed away to return against heaven!

"Crack!"

The sound of lifting the coffin was crisp; a former supreme titan, having changed his appearance, slipped out, grasping the most crucial key, his form slightly illusory and unreal.

In the past, he died, but not completely.

Now he lives, yet not completely.

He came silently, and the great undertaking of working for the human realm continues.

"Is there still heavenly principle?"

"Is there still royal law?"

"You won't even let the dead go?"

Donghuang Emperor Jun gazed at his own soul-formed self standing between heaven and earth, he sighed with emotion, lamenting that the road is dark and slippery, and workers are being exploited to death.

"Just let the resurrection be!"

"Why only resurrect half?"

"The remaining half still requires me to work, to fill the gap in the human realm?"

"I still have to hide my head and tail, change my appearance, and they won't even let me be removed from the blacklist in the human realm!"

Donghuang Emperor Jun is very sorrowful.

He has reason to feel sorrowful.

The human realm isn't treating people like people!

Even the emperor isn't lacking hungry soldiers!

As for him, it's fortunate that the resurrection only gave half; this destined that for a period of time he could not use the Donghuang identity, had to start anew, change his guise.

Changing his guise is fine!

He still has to damn well go to work!

Is there such bullying of people!

"The human realm has learned to be shameless and play the hooligan, this makes my heart feel relieved……" Donghuang—no, should be called 'Wenming', at this moment covering his face with his hand, "but being shameless and playing the hooligan, done to me…… this makes me very unhappy!"

"Huh……"

Suddenly, a breeze lightly blew past, brushing by his side, with rhythm and cadence, as if conveying some message.

"Enough! Enough! Enough!"

Wenming sighed, 'Originally it was also something I planned to do, in the end I couldn't shirk it.'

"Moreover."

"After all, I must go meet the 'old friends', find a good opportunity with them to 'catch up'!"

He recalled his own past 'death', wondering which figures had leapt about in joy——

That day, Emperor Jun!

That Dragon Ancestor, Dragon Ancestor!

……

A group of people, disregarding martial virtue, besieged and killed him, a weak, pitiful, helpless ordinary Great Luo……This is nothing short of a distortion of divinity! A collapse of morality!

Now, he has returned!

This is to give those people karmic retribution, so they speak civilization! Establish a new trend!

Otherwise, that thought would not be understood.

"First, collect a little interest."

Flicking his finger lightly on the Fengdu sword, Wenming's figure gradually became illusory, drifting between heaven and earth and the ages; all the heavenly mechanisms surrounding him were severed, untraceable……Then, a new fabrication spread, continuing on, breaking free from the bonds of heavenly law, becoming a true outlaw beyond the law!

After all, his advantage is too heaven-bestowed.

——Behind him stands someone who proved the Dao through the Heavenly Mechanism Easy Way, a supreme divine adept who masters the source of all information between heaven and earth; to say there is no record of this person means there truly is none.

——He himself cultivates the heavenly laws, is the spokesman of law……When he once obeyed order, he was a Guardian; now wanting to open a back door, he can easily wander the edge of illegality, truly a lawless outlaw!

"Fangxun?"

"Chonghua?"

"You all wait…… I'm coming!"

Amid light laughter, Donghuang walked over mountains and seas, fading away, thus opening a brand-new life.

Flowers bloom and then wither.

Grass withers and then flourishes.

Here flows a river of time, silent and still, as if nothing had ever happened, perpetually tranquil and dead.

Until one moment, a wise-eyed old man walked over, as if he could see through everything clearly; glancing at Donghuang Emperor Jun's grave, he instantly understood.

"Ah……" the Virtuous Heavenly Sovereign slightly shook his head and sighed, "This person has actually truly departed."

"It seems an unprecedented grand drama will unfold, with emperors contending……"

"I hope you can win…… after all, wanting to educate the mortal world ultimately is better if peaceful."

The Heavenly Sovereign chattered on, appearing no different from his usual mourning and grave-sweeping, yet secretly the Taiji diagram turned, disturbing the atmosphere here, adding a final safeguard for Donghuang's departure.

……

"Ah-choo!" ×2

In a place where swords are drawn and bows taut, Fangxun and Chonghua now bear the same expression.

They are now together.

——When the human fire master suffered defeat against the Heavenly Court's Cisi Iron Division main force, temporarily stabilizing the battle line, Chonghua was then dispatched, bringing part of the Eastern Yi Bird Master's troops, arriving at the Dragon Master's territory, visiting Fangxun to convey the meaning of cooperative warfare.

Just.

When they faced each other, the atmosphere was really too delicate!

It had nothing to do with "cooperation"; it still bore a hint of "feuding," mutual dislike at first sight.

Especially, when each of them instinctively felt a barely concealed hostility, and though they tried to trace it they could find no source, making them, who weren't exactly simple, even more suspicious and paranoid.

"Some wicked subject wants to harm me!" ×2

The same answer.

Someone is keeping an eye on them!

However, although that's the case... Fangxun and Chonghua aren't exactly panicking either.

After all, their strength is more than enough to be domineering.

This gave them ample courage: meet force with force, water with earth.

Not only were they not panicking, they even had the mood to analyze which bold fool dared to provoke them.

After comparing their love-hate entanglements...

They turned their attention to each other.

It's a ridiculous absurdity under heaven, yet it actually has reason and evidence!

"Chonghua? Just who is this shady 'friend' behind him?"

In the Dragon Master's hall, Fangxun narrowed his eyes, scrutinizing Chonghua seated in the guest place, his mind racing, "He's got some gall!"

"Coming as an envoy of the Eastern Barbarian Bird Master is one thing... but daring to openly raise the banner of the Fire Master?!"

"Is this meant to intimidate me?"

"Do you really think that, by claiming to represent the Bird Master's authority and the Fire Master's mandate, coming over ostensibly to assist but actually to surveil... I wouldn't dare let you fall ill from maladaptation on the way?"

Fangxun glanced at Chonghua, secretly pondering.

At the same time, Chonghua met Fangxun's unfriendly gaze, appearing calm on the surface while feeling quite lively inside.

"This old dragon is really arrogant!"

"You look at me funny and secretly release hostility... what's up?"

"Are you trying to get me killed by accident?"

Although there is a reason, the source of the hostility belongs to neither of them; it is their resurrected "old friend" missing them.

But!

At this very moment, Chonghua and Fangxun happened to think the same thing, directing their gazes at each other.

It's not that enemies don't meet.

It's a tall order for this hall, letting the Crouching Dragon and the Golden Crow gather together, both wearing disguises.

In this, Chonghua has a slight edge... after all, compared to Fangxun, whose true form is not concealed at all behind him, Chonghua hides far more secretly.

And!

Chonghua also has a "justifiable" reason to give Fangxun trouble—namely, the Bird Master's hostility toward the Dragon Master, and the Human Emperor's wariness of the Dragon Ancestor. These reasons are readily available, so there's no risk of overreach inviting suspicion, of being suspected as an enemy agent sent to sabotage human unity.

Of course, this doesn't mean Chonghua is infallible.

Speaking plainly, Di Jun still holds considerable apprehension toward the Dragon Ancestor Great Sage; often he cannot act recklessly and must restrain himself appropriately.

—This lord, his head is too hard, and he's too bold!

—When words can't solve the problem, the Dragon Ancestor definitely has the mettle to use force to deal with the person causing the problem!

Regarding this.

The ancient god Hongyun raised both hands and feet in approval.

As a sovereign of an era and the lord of a clan, the Dragon Ancestor, in his fury, personally slew Hongyun... and did so in the Demon Race's main stronghold!

Force really is a good thing.

If you can't solve the problem, solve the person who created it.

Faced with such a ferocious man who dares to trample the unspoken rules of the game, Chonghua also feels a toothache worrying that Fangxun, indifferent to the orthodox Human Fire Master, might smash his cup as a signal, whereupon three hundred blade-and-axe men would rush in, wanting to hack him to death here, leaving only his head to be sent back to Yandi.

This is just too fucked up!

The Dragon Ancestor has restraint.

But this restraint cannot completely bind this true dragon; it won't suffer humiliation for the sake of the greater good, and will have a sovereign's wrath, blood spilling in battle!

If truly driven to desperation, heedless of the rule against beheading envoys, he would reach out then and there to suppress Chonghua... Chonghua himself wouldn't doubt that such a thing could happen.

"I'm having a hard time!"

Just thinking about having to deal with such a person, Chonghua lets out a light sigh, and the joy of having successfully gone undercover in the enemy's stronghold instantly dissipates completely.

His mood is too complicated... it's a bit like how Fengxi once faced the Kui Ox Great Sage who suddenly went mad and suffered qi deviation.

Fangxun's sword drawn, Chonghua's bow strung, each harboring thoughts, their glances at each other not quite right, and the ideas they hold in their hearts even more ill-intentioned, making the atmosphere here ever more eerie and unfathomable.

Fortunately, there are more than just the two of them here.

There are also some great figures, like the Four Peaks God Lord and the Thunder Marsh Ancestor Shaman... they gather here, behind the scenes there is a faint arrangement that appears to be the Human Emperor but is actually Empress Nüwa.

Nüwa also knows this in her heart!

In her view, with Chonghua's small stature, if he only brings the Bird Master's meager main force, he likely won't last more than a few days; after a few major battles, Chonghua would be "sacrificed"!

Afterward, even if Fangxun laments for a while, wailing that humanity has lost a hero... what good does that do?

Just in case.

Through her behind-the-scenes maneuvering, she has gathered a host of mighty lords to the Dragon Master's presence here, complicating the situation and strengthening the ranks, which can be considered a check and reinforcement against Fangxun.

At that moment, Nüwa subtly stepped out of the game, balancing public and private interests, laying out plans.

The Demon Court harbors ill intent... she understands this.

Among humanity there are no shortage of wise men who can see through the Demon Race's overt schemes... as for the sowing of discord between the Human and Dragon races, even if not fully known, it's not far off.

Let the Human Fire Masters repeatedly lose battles, while the Dragon Masters repeatedly win battles, thereby highlighting the human emperor's incompetence, indirectly interfering with the imbalance of power within the Wu Clan... Nüwa lamented the endless mischief of the Demon Emperor, and then went with the flow.

"If that's really the case, then just send some more reinforcements to the Dragon Masters' side!"

"What if we send a few Ancestor Wu and some more Four Peaks Divine Lords? Even if the Demon Court lets the Dragon Masters win battle after battle, what then?"

"With so many people sharing the credit, the Dragon Masters' achievements would also become insignificant!"

"Even worse, everyone would think that the Dragon Masters' victory is necessary, a matter of course, and not worth praising!"

—Such a powerful troop, vaguely a major force of the Wu Clan, winning—isn't that quite normal?

On the contrary.

Even if they lose, they will still be nailed to the pillar of shame!

—How was the battle fought?

On the contrary, it's the Fire Masters' side.

The lone human emperor, leading the weak, pitiable, helpless Fire Masters' main force, faced countless charges from the Demon Race, not only holding the line but also casually slaying a few Demon Marshals... instantly, their achievements soared!

Nüwa grasped the subtlety of controlling the overall situation; looking back, she cared less and less about Fangxun's thoughts.

—As the human emperor, she will be magnanimous and really give you a boost!

—Boost them to the point that the opposing Demon Race fears them, not daring to overplay their act of sending heads... because, while they might tacitly understand the Dragon Masters, the Four Peaks Divine Lords and the Lei Ze Ancestor Wu certainly will not tacitly understand the Demon Race!

—If they dare reveal a weakness, they will dare to fight a great decisive battle, directly piercing through the entire Demon Race's battle line!

"So..."

"Fangxun!"

"Since you've entered this human race's system, just honestly be a worker!"

Yandi and Nüwa, having a plan in mind, lightly passed through Houtu's channel, dispatching many strong ones—masters of mountains and peaks, and the Lei Ze Ancestor Wu—racing to the Dragon Masters' defense line, raising the banner of 'Great Righteousness', ostensibly to strengthen, but actually putting shackles on the Dragon Masters.

Here, they will have no selfish motives at all.

Everything they do will absolutely not target the Dragon Masters, will not scheme against them, will not suppress them, and will not engage in petty manipulations.

From beginning to end, they will maintain the fairest attitude, with everything based on the overall situation.

They will never do a bad thing, but they will always be able to annoy the Dragon Ancestor.

Just like right now.

When the atmosphere between Fangxun and Chonghua subtly went wrong, with a restless killing intent spreading...

Immediately!

The Ancestor Wu Qiángliáng jumped up!

This Thunder Ancestor Wu is actually a great divine ability holder among the heavens and earth—the Lei Ze Great Sage.

"Hahaha!"

At this moment, he let out a bold and hearty laugh, reflecting his character—a blunt, unschematic image forming in the minds of many present in the hall.

"Everyone!"

"We are able to gather together, coming from all corners of the world, sitting here to jointly discuss the campaign against the tyrannical Demon Court—what a grand occasion!"

"For the same goal, people of different origins and different ideals have gathered under the banner of justice..."

"After myriad ages, the ages will remember us, and all creation will remember us!"

"What a thing worthy of everyone's joy and reflection!"

"Let us share a drink to commemorate this moment's brilliance and greatness!"

The Lei Ze Great Sage gave an exuberant and flowing speech, full of the most passionate boldness and surging vigor, with the greatest power of influence, causing many divine generals present to resonate, and the tense atmosphere dissipated.

PS: Lei Ze is a very special place.

Fuxi was born here, Yao buried his bones here, Shun once fished and hunted here... bearing witness to the origin of Huaxia civilization.

(End of chapter)