Invincible Dad

Chapter 838 838: The Supreme Emperor’s Final Decree

If only the Eight Desolate Cauldron were not in front of me.

Otherwise, Xu Lai would have definitely smashed this Emperor Artifact into strands of Hongmeng Purple Qi.

"Supreme Emperor, the Ancestor asked me to inquire whether you need him to come to Earth to protect you..."

Taotie couldn't help but angrily say: "Damn Giant Whale! It actually self-destructed before dying, injuring your origin, Supreme Emperor!"

"Wait... The Giant Whale is dead? And it self-destructed?"

"Huh?"

Divine General Taotie was somewhat puzzled, not understanding why the Supreme Emperor, being the person involved, was asking him.

However, he still answered honestly: "I heard from the Seventh Divine General, he said you..."

Taotie rambled on for half an hour, detailing everything from Xu Lai's entry into the Annihilation Space to the end.

About how they outwitted and fought the Giant Whale.

About how the Giant Whale used its divine skills to summon thousands of whale avatars, each possessing the cultivation level of the Nine Heavens of the Quasi-Emperor.

About how the Supreme Emperor, in a moment of desperation, executed the tenth form of the Qingfeng Sword Intent, a sword move that shouldn't be possible in the Emperor Realm.

And how Li Shenhuang was awakened by the battle's aftermath, with two Great Emperors crossing the river of time to resist the enemy together...

For nothing else.

Only for the countless beings in the Northern Immortal Domain.

Every piece of news seemed so vivid and detailed...

Xu Lai wearily lay back on the courtyard chair, rubbing his brow and saying: "Go back and tell Baize to dispel the rumors, I'm actually fine."

"Supreme Emperor!"

Taotie's voice trembled as he looked at Xu Lai with admiration slowly being overwhelmed by a mist of tears.

Why is the Supreme Emperor always like this?

Choosing to bear all the pain and suffering alone.

If the Eight Desolate Cauldron hadn't accidentally leaked information to the Quasi-Emperor of the Six-winged Divine Clan, and that Quasi-Emperor hadn't inadvertently told the most outstanding descendant in the clan, and that descendant hadn't inadvertently spoken while drunk with the nearby geniuses of several major clans near the North Sea...

Perhaps the Immortal Domain would have never known that the Supreme Emperor sacrificed his life to save the Northern Immortal Domain!

And now.

The Supreme Emperor is still considering the bigger picture, asking the Heavenly Court to dispel the rumors.

Hate.

Taotie hated himself for being just a Quasi-Emperor of the Fifth Heaven, unable to battle that damn Giant Whale for the Supreme Emperor.

The Heavenly Court and the Immortal Domain can do without him, Taotie, but they absolutely cannot do without the Supreme Emperor!

As he thought more.

Taotie's eyes grew wetter.

Just before his tears were about to fall, Xu Lai said expressionlessly: "Hold back your tears and return with me to the Immortal Domain."

"Rest assured, Supreme Emperor, as long as I have a breath left, I will never let anyone harm you in the slightest."

Taotie clasped his fists.

Xu Lai and Ruan Tang informed their senior sister and then flew away from Earth with Taotie, during which Sikong Jiu cried loudly and lunged over, only to be kicked away by Xu Lai.

Passing by the Moon.

Xu Lai sensed more than one divine sense of the Quasi-Emperor sweeping over, some eager to move, all from the Nine Phoenix Clan's Quasi-Emperors.

But.

The Nine Phoenix Clan's Quasi-Emperor did not choose to attack, letting the target leave.

Hidden beneath the Sea of the Moon in the Phoenix Nest.

A Quasi-Emperor of the Nine Phoenix Clan couldn't help but ask: "Saintess, why doesn't our clan take action? If we can kill the dying Great Emperor Qingfeng, we will certainly..."

"Silence."

Bai Fu said coldly: "This is father's order."

Upon hearing that it was the order of the Great Emperor Jiu Feng, the speaking Quasi-Emperor immediately fell silent, not daring to say more.

"Father, when did you become so cautious? The news of the heavily wounded and dying Great Emperor Qingfeng about to enter seclusion has spread across the Immortal Domain, what are you afraid of?"

Bai Fu silently pondered in her heart.

In fact, she wanted Xu Qingfeng's death more than any other Quasi-Emperor in the clan.

After all, her husband Ji Jiuyou was forced to wander the Immortal Domain, her daughter left the Phoenix Nest, and her son hid on Earth to live a precarious life.

All thanks to Xu Lai!

Once the seeds of hatred are sown, they will take root and sprout.

Unless revenge is taken by one's own hands, the hatred will grow wildly in the heart, becoming one's entire life.

"Sigh."

A sigh.

Echoed in the depths of the Phoenix Nest, but unfortunately, no one could hear it.

...

...

On the way back to the Heavenly Court.

At least twenty divine senses came to probe, most of them hiding their presence, while a few were blatant and provocative.

Xu Lai remained silent.

Taotie, though angry that the Quasi-Emperors dared to disrespect the Supreme Emperor, did not take the initiative to attack.

After all, taking action would give some forces a legitimate reason to intervene.

The old Taotie returned to the Taotie Clan to continue sleeping after the Supreme Emperor returned to Earth, and Fairy Qing Yuan, though in the Eastern Immortal Domain, could not arrive in time.

If a battle broke out.

He, Taotie, alone could not ensure the Supreme Emperor's safety.

Thus...

Divine General Taotie suppressed his usual fiery temper, forcibly restraining his killing intent.

This sight made the owners of the divine senses in various Holy Lands reveal various degrees of smiles.

"It seems the Supreme Emperor is really injured."

"Indeed, otherwise why would the Supreme Emperor endure our provocations? Even Taotie, who is usually brash, is behaving so unusually."

"..."

The divine senses exchanged information swiftly.

A new storm is brewing continuously in the Immortal Domain.

Returning to the Heavenly Court.

Before Xu Lai could speak, the Divine Generals and Heavenly Soldiers and Generals who had heard the news all knelt on one knee, their eyes bloodshot.

Xu Lai felt a bit weary, too lazy even to explain, and directly said: "Where is Baize, I have something to say to her personally."

"Return to the Supreme Emperor, Divine General Bai is in the main hall."

"Let's go."

Xu Lai proceeded decisively.

But before long, a message spread from the largest black market in the Immortal Domain, priced at a hundred immortal-grade Spirit Stones.

Initially, cultivators from various Holy Lands sneered twice, but their expressions all changed dramatically after bleeding to purchase the intelligence, and they flew back to their respective Holy Lands.

For nothing else.

The intelligence contained only one sentence—

"The Supreme Emperor urgently summoned Divine General Bai, suspected to be leaving a will before entering seclusion."

...

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Main Hall.

Baize remained disheveled.

Even when seeing the Supreme Emperor and Divine General Taotie standing before her, she did not speak but continued to focus her divine sense on the strategy board in front of her.

It gathered all the forces, large and small, in the Four Immortal Domains.

Taotie was about to say something, but Xu Lai stopped him with a hand.

Then Baize spoke in a somewhat weary voice: "In the past half month, combined with the three months when the Supreme Emperor you disappeared, these forces cannot remain."

On the strategy board.

Several Holy Lands immediately turned black, with the Purple Star Palace standing out the most.

"In under a hundred days, the Purple Star Palace will have killed all Heavenly Soldiers within its jurisdiction, totaling thirty-one thousand two hundred and ninety-six people."

"Two Quasi-Emperors in the Palace, one of Seven Heavens, the other of Three Heavens. The old Palace Master, who fell thirty thousand years ago, might still be alive, at the Eighth Heaven before death..."

"The Blood Gu Hall has planted blood gu in thirty star systems, where countless beings, especially humans, suffered unspeakable torment before death..."

"And the tribe of Sky-reaching Nine-horned Ants."

Just as Baize was about to continue, Xu Lai interrupted: "The news of my imminent demise is your doing."

Baize raised her head to meet Xu Lai's gaze without any evasion.

She knew the Supreme Emperor truly wanted to ask whether those sacrificed humans and Heavenly Soldiers and Generals were chess pieces in her strategy.

"They were not chess pieces I sacrificed, I found out when... it was already too late."

Baize's gaze returned to the strategy board: "However, the news of the Supreme Emperor's demise truly had my secret encouragement."