Chapter 237

Regarding the slander of mortals outside about you, you naturally have heard of it.

But still that saying: can't be bothered to say, not worthy to hear!

First, you disdain to explain anything to others: just wait for me to save you all, NPCs don't need to know so much!

Second, bringing people to run out of the wilderness is itself a big secret; the fewer who know, the better, lest the old fogey Hongjun also finds out……

After all, you know He has hooked up to the Heavenly Dao's network, the Heavenly Dao's eyes and ears spread throughout the wilderness; in the previous two lives, He obviously relied on this to see that your identity was problematic.

And if Hongjun the Heavenly Dao knew of your identity problem, He would absolutely not let you go; even if the River of Darkness successfully bluffed past you, it would be useless, for as long as one of the two great sages discovers your identity problem, you definitely won't be able to leave……

But it's merely insignificant fame; do I, as the savior, need to care about these?

The evil emperor is the evil emperor; you think I am, so I am; I'd rather you think I am a man-eating demonic evil emperor than know I am the savior born as the protagonist, for that would only cause trouble!

Praising merits and virtues is not what you seek; for this infamy, you disdain to argue.

But the Heavenly Master's act of proactively taking on the infamy for you also moves you……

Thus, the Mystic Heaven Emperor, citing great labor and merit, bestowed vast spiritual energy upon the Heavenly Master and personally lectured him, elucidating cultivation difficulties.

In the 428th year of the Heavenly Emperor, under your guidance, the Yellow-robed Heavenly Master's cultivation speed was as if riding a rocket, in one fell swoop breaking through the True Immortal bottleneck, becoming the first Heavenly Immortal of the Heavenly Court besides you!

After the breakthrough, the Heavenly Master was greatly moved, on the spot weeping bitterly: "The grace of the Heavenly Emperor is not yet repaid!"

And seeing the Yellow-robed Heavenly Master merely take the blame for you and yet receive such favor, civil and military officials were shocked in their hearts, secretly berating themselves: the Heavenly Emperor suffers infamy, yet as subjects they did not at once share the ruler's worries—truly utterly disloyal!

Such laziness, how can one progress?

Your Majesty, I so desire to progress!

The officials, harboring the dream of progress, rolled their eyes: Got it!

Thus quickly, from the heavenly troops down to the common folk, everyone learned a bombshell: the court officials personally admitted they each eat human souls—breakfast a thousand, lunch five thousand, dinner another two thousand as a late-night snack!

Besides eating human souls, the officials each assiduously cultivate demonic arts, everyone a demonic presence: raising demon pets, planting demon herbs, forging demon treasures—whatever they do casually requires sacrificing dozens of souls……

In any case, the demand to kill and harvest souls was proposed by the officials; the Heavenly Emperor actually knows nothing: the Emperor has been deceived!

Don't ask; if you ask, the answer is everyone are insects and vermin!

Don't ask; if you ask, the answer is the Emperor is innocent!

It's all us doing it; everyone, stop blaming the Heavenly Emperor!

Heavenly troops: ……

Common folk: ……

Well, it turns out it's not the Heavenly Emperor who's problematic, but the entire Heavenly Court are humanoid apes! Being with this swarm of insects and vermin, how can politics be done well? Just launch a great purge……

Even many vigorous young "young faction" heavenly troops, filled with righteous indignation, secretly prepared to "purge the sovereign's side," aiming to send each insect and vermin to the Execution Platform to cleanse this corrupt court!

……

The officials' frantic display of "self-defilement" in their eagerness to progress makes you, deep in the palace, cover your face: You want to progress, I understand!

But you exert so much force, isn't it making the entire Heavenly Court dark?

Are you forcing me to follow public opinion and purge the court?!

Helpless you, you had no choice but to wield the might of the Blood God Son, first giving a brainwashing to the heavenly troops preparing to remonstrate with arms, making them abandon the idea, then personally attending court, and besides handling state affairs, you also gave the officials a collective lecture.

Thus, the officials obtained progress, court affairs returned to tranquility, and the Heavenly Court flourished anew……

Who knows whether it's because the Heavenly Court's slaughter brought an ever‑stronger killing buff, or because your lectures really worked; in any case, the officials' cultivation kept breaking through!

In the 648th year of the Heavenly Emperor, as the last official in court achieved a breakthrough, all civil and military officials finally attained Heavenly Immortality!

Thereafter, the ordinary heavenly troops also repeatedly broke through to Heavenly Immortality!

Your Heavenly Court thus gained a faster development……

Having only established the Heavenly Court for over six hundred years, the territory you occupy has reached dozens of times that of the same period in your previous life, and you naturally came upon the "Metropolis Heavenly Court" you encountered before.

Upon learning that other "Heavenly Emperors" exist outside, the civil and military officials were greatly enraged, immediately declaring they could not tolerate it: "There cannot be two suns in heaven; my heart holds only the Mystic Heaven Emperor as the sole sun!"

Thus, before you could issue orders, a host of heavenly troops surged forward like wolves and tigers, easily capturing alive the "false emperor" with only Heavenly Immortal cultivation, and utterly razing his domain to flat ground!

The panicked "Metropolis False Emperor," dripping with sweat and urine, was dragged to the Execution Platform and there publicly beheaded!

And you, seated deep in the palace, merely sigh: this lot, their eyes red with killing, have now become your extreme fans; any other political force not under your Heavenly Court's rule will be instantly crushed by them.

Don't say this is merely a pretender claiming the name "Metropolis"; even if he were the true reincarnation of Metropolis, he would still be hauled to the Execution Platform to be served.

Besides the Mystic Heaven Emperor, they recognize no one; without the Mystic Heaven Emperor, they cannot survive……

"Extreme fans truly extreme!"

You let out a long sigh: now it has thoroughly become an extreme regime.

All foreign cultivators were slain, all foreign mortals slain; wherever you go you slaughter, everyone becomes a demonic descent, almost turning into demons… no! Demons declare they themselves are not as extreme as you!

"But, this is all necessary sacrifice……"

You silently firmed your resolve, deciding to carry the slaughter business to the end; all opponents are those who don't understand you, and the more one understands you, the more they will help you slaughter!

You believe that once you lead them to flush into the eternal wilderness, everyone will comprehend your painstaking efforts…… lack of understanding doesn't matter, for the extreme‑autonomous you inherently needs no one's understanding……

Sighing, you sent the officials' one after another "Soul‑Honoring Banner" into the fragment world, then released the mortal souls stored within.

At this moment, the fragmentary little world is already filled with a vast quantity of mortal souls; the souls huddle together in a dazed mass, just looking at them makes one feel nauseous!

Put it this way: even in the former Houtu Reincarnation Hall, there has never been a one‑time accumulation of such a huge amount of souls; your little realm resembles the netherworld even more than the netherworld does, and Houtu, upon seeing it, would straightaway exclaim "professional!"

However, because souls are formless and intangible, and furthermore this place lacks the unique environment of the Sea of Blood, thus although the souls pile up layer upon layer, unknown how many layers, they can always be stacked further.

This increasingly convinces you to resolve to slaughter the entire wilderness, taking along everyone's souls to embark on the flushing madness!

"Slaughtered is still too little; the wilderness is boundlessly vast, our current territory is less than one‑hundred‑millionth of the Western Wilderness…… we must increase manpower and succeed as soon as possible!"

You are unwilling to linger in the wilderness for dozens of aeons; regardless of whether the idea of bluffing through can succeed, you must strive to settle the conflict as swiftly as possible.

Relying solely on these few hounds and hawks under you, it's clearly insufficient; thus, whether you like it or not, the heavenly officials' forces need to be expanded.

But you do not wish to recruit yourself, for you have already chosen a ready‑made great force of oxen and horses: the Sea of Blood Heavenly Court of Jinbing!

As long as you seize Jinbing's power as in the previous life, you can immediately put the Sea of Blood's hundreds of thousands of Mystic Immortals, millions of Heavenly Immortals, and innumerable True Immortals onto war chariots, then slaughter the entire wilderness at light speed!

【According to your estimate, this process will at most take seven or eight great cycles to complete, and it will definitely not drag on for more than forty great cycles as it did in your previous life.】

【Of course, if you want to seize Jin Bing's power, you must have Golden Immortal cultivation, and you also need to explain the reasoning to him and gain his support; otherwise, even if you are a Golden Immortal, you will be drowned to death by those several hundred thousand Mystic Immortals!】

【Having made up your mind, you continue in secluded cultivation, striving to attain Golden Immortal status within the first thousand years…】

【However, what you never expected was that before you could break through and go find Jin Bing, they instead took the initiative to come to you!】

【But they did not come here to peacefully ally with you; they came to deliver a challenge letter to you.】

【The righteous Sea of Blood Heavenly Court, representing the moon… representing the Heavenly Dao, will annihilate your wanton slaughtering "evil lair"!】

【……】

"Your Majesty! Disaster has struck!"

Xue Xuan, who was in secluded cultivation, was awakened by the Yellow Robe Heavenly Master with a bewildered expression; seeing his urgent haste, he couldn't help but wonder:

"What's up?"

"Your Majesty! There's a challenge letter!"

"A challenge letter?"

Xue Xuan's heart skipped a beat; sensing something amiss, he immediately took the challenge letter, and upon seeing the signature, he was dumbfounded:

Jin Bing!

Upon opening it, he saw that it was indeed a challenge letter written by the Sea of Blood Heavenly Emperor, Jin Bing:

In the challenge letter, Jin Bing loudly condemned him for having lost all heavenly conscience, for wantonly slaughtering innocent mortals, which is truly despised by both gods and men!

Following that came a string of righteous and solemn declarations of war, in which Jin Bing declared that he would use the utmost force to crush this demon's lair, to correct the collapsing heavenly order and earthly law, to uphold the orthodox lineage of the Dao Ancestor, and to mourn the people and punish the guilty!

In short, just wait to die…

After Xue Xuan finished reading the challenge letter, his expression was completely dazed, and only two words filled his mind:

Pill!

"No!"

Xue Xuan clearly knows just how strong the cards in Jin Bing's hand are; once this guy truly sets his mind on killing someone, no force among the five regions of the primordial wilderness could possibly resist him.

Thus, after quickly thinking of a countermeasure, Xue Xuan gritted his teeth and made a decisive decision:

"We cannot sit and wait for death!"

The Yellow Robe Heavenly Master was startled by his words, then his blood boiled:

"Your Majesty means… strike first?"

"No, I mean surrender first."

Heavenly Master: ……

……

(End of chapter)