Chapter 34

The High Priest was deeply shocked!

Just now, while he was using the Cloud Emperor's command tablet to divine the heavenly mechanism, he saw a fragment so bright it turned white!!

He examined that fragment from all sides, about to proceed with further divination!

But the fragment suddenly flashed and burst his eyes!

Four eyes—each eye is a divine divination skill!

And that's how they were blasted!

Fortunately he stepped back in time, otherwise the remaining four eyes would have been ruined!

The High Priest gasped heavily, the remaining four eyes still stared wide open, taking a long time to recover!

"This is your first time spying on someone, and you suffered such a huge backlash!"

Above, the Immortal Emperor, upon seeing the High Priest's four eyes explode, was slightly surprised, and the vertical eye on his forehead blinked.

The High Priest had served him for many years, and he had always been confident in the High Priest's ability to divine heavenly mechanisms!!

In the past, whatever the High Priest was asked to divine, he always produced answers that satisfied him!

Who would have thought that this time he would blast all four eyes blind?

A veteran hawk handler, yet he was pecked blind by the hawk!

"That person's heavenly mechanism art surpasses mine."

The High Priest, still a little shaken, said:

"His mastery of the heavenly mechanism art has reached the highest realm, possessing a heavenly mechanism body shield."

"It is estimated that throughout the myriad heavens and realms, no one can match his heavenly mechanism art."

"Oh?" the Immortal Emperor narrowed his eyes slightly, "I recall you saying that the highest level of the heavenly mechanism art has become extinct; within these myriad heavens and realms, no one can cultivate it to the ultimate stage, right?"

The High Priest slowed, holding the crystal-clear staff in his right hand, took a few steps forward, pondered for a moment, and guessed:

"That person is probably the legendary Chaotic Heavenly Mechanism Body!"

"It is rumored that the Chaotic Heavenly Mechanism Body is born in response to the heavenly mechanism; cultivating the heavenly mechanism art can advance a thousand miles a day, and eventually can even divine the Dao of this realm!"

"This person is likely a hidden threat; if not eliminated, he may eventually divine what we are doing."

"If he calculates what we are doing and alarms those three in the Heavenly Court, we fear…"

The High Priest did not continue, but the meaning of his words was already clear!

That person must be eliminated, otherwise in the end he could ruin the great undertaking!

And the 'Heavenly Court' spoken of by the High Priest is the dominant force of the myriad heavens and realms!

It has a Heavenly Guard composed of Emperor Realms, patrolling the heavens, tasked with dealing with evil demons and crooked paths; they kill on sight, without mercy!

Of course, the Immortal Emperor naturally fears not the Heavenly Guard!

Those Emperor Realms, in his eyes, are nothing but a bunch of small fry!

What the Immortal Emperor truly dreads are the three palace masters within the Heavenly Court!

The three palace masters in the Heavenly Court have lived for several lifetimes, each having reached the ninth Emperor Realm pinnacle, possessing numerous divine abilities!

Moreover, each of those three has cultivated a strand of immortal aura, hailed as three Immortal Sprouts, all destined to ascend to the Immortal Realm!

After becoming an Emperor Realm, there are still nine steps to climb!

Each step is an insight into the Great Dao's law; one step equals a rank of cultivation!

After crossing the nine steps, one must still cultivate three strands of immortal aura to ascend to the Immortal Realm!!

An Emperor Realm like the Cloud Emperor barely reaches the fifth Emperor Realm cultivation!

But the Immortal Emperor is at the ninth Emperor Realm pinnacle, having also cultivated a strand of immortal aura, making him the top among Emperor Realms!

And he is now walking an extraordinary path!

That path is to first forge his mortal body into an immortal body, then dominate the heavens, and subsequently use the heavens' resources to cultivate two more strands of immortal aura, and ascend to the Immortal Realm!

This is his ascension plan, which tolerates no mishap!

"Go to the Underworld and summon a Heaven-sized assassin; you must eliminate that person!" the Immortal Emperor said:

"Although we cannot employ the heavenly mechanism art, you should have a way to find out who that person is, right?"

The High Priest nodded, "Rest assured, there are many ways to investigate a person; the heavenly mechanism art is merely the most convenient method!"

"Moreover, the Cloud Emperor once mentioned that person to me, but I didn't pay much attention at the time."

"The Cloud Emperor said that person is a young man in white, exceedingly handsome; that's his most obvious trait, and anyone who sees him will know who he is!"

The Immortal Emperor nodded, "Then go handle it!"

The 'Underworld' spoken of by the Immortal Emperor is a feared assassin force across the myriad heavens and realms, also an adversary of the Heavenly Court!

Within the Underworld, there are many strong ones, each specializing in cultivating killing divine arts, extremely ferocious, and once they receive a contract they never stop until death, sometimes even using a one-for-one exchange!

Another point is that this Underworld only takes contracts from Emperor Realms.

Contracts below the Emperor Realm should not be sent to them; it would devalue the contract!

The Underworld's assassins are divided into three ranks: Heaven, Earth, and Human!

Human-sized assassins can kill Emperor Realms of three ranks and below!

Earth-sized assassins can kill Emperor Realms of six ranks and below!

As for Heaven-sized assassins, they can kill any Emperor Realm below the ninth rank!

However, this Underworld is extremely mysterious; no one knows where their main base is!

Yet their agents are spread throughout the myriad heavens and realms, almost everywhere, but locating them requires a special method.

The High Priest, being a figure who walks in darkness year after year, naturally knows how to find the Underworld.

After reporting some matters to the Immortal Emperor, the High Priest walked out of the golden, resplendent great hall.

…

Inside Changsheng Sect, behind the mountain, in the pavilion!

Just now Li Zhangsheng was leisurely drinking tea, when he felt something watching him, and then he heard someone let out a painful scream!

"What is that? Don't try to pull a scam."

Li Zhangsheng muttered a sentence to himself, then brushed it aside and continued drinking tea!!

At that moment, Shen Qingcang entered the pavilion, "Sect Master, the young master of the Lingyun Business Association has come to request an audience!"

"Again here to pick a fight?" Li Zhangsheng asked habitually, showing no concern at all.

"No," Shen Qingcang shook his head and said, "The Lingyun Business Association is also an affiliate of our Changsheng Sect."

"They offer us some tributes each year, hoping we can lend a hand when they encounter trouble, to support them."

"The Lingyun Business Association is only a Supreme Saint-level faction; they have only three members at the Supreme Saint realm and lack the nerve to pick a fight with our Changsheng Sect."

"This time they came to request an audience, probably because they've run into some trouble."

"I see," Li Zhangsheng took a sip of tea, nodded, and said, "Then have them come over."

Since they're junior members of Changsheng Sect and dutifully offer tributes each year, we should naturally cover them when they encounter trouble.

"Understood," Shen Qingcang nodded and then walked away.

In the Changsheng Hall, a young, rotund man in splendid robes, his belly protruding, curiously looked here and there!

This man is the eldest son of the Lingyun Business Association's president, Wu An!

At this moment, Wu An curiously surveyed Changsheng Sect, thinking to himself, "I've heard that the Mysterious Emperor Realm of Changsheng Sect has already vanished, and now there's a trend like a mud Buddha crossing the river; my old man sent me here to stir things up, and I don't know if I can bring back a Supreme Saint realm…"