The Emperor Reigns Them All

Chapter 249 The Celestial Master’s Inheritance

Li Ye blurted out, “The one, who has a strong army, is an emperor. He establishes the imperial court and rules the world; the one, who has outstanding cultivation, is an immortal. He establishes the Immortal Court and rules Three Realms. There is no difference in essence between the Immortal Court and the imperial court. It’s said that immortals are free and easy, but as long as control exists, they won’t be free and easy. If they really want to be free, they don’t have to go to the Immortal Court, and they can go anywhere else.”

After saying this, Li Ye was stunned because this was not his original thought. What he pursued originally was to become an immortal.

Yuan Tiangang laughed more loudly. He looked at Li Ye like looking at his bosom friend. “The immortal’s longevity is the biggest bait, and very few cultivators in the human world don’t bite the bait. However, in my view, freedom is more important than longevity. If you can’t live freely and follow your heart, no matter how long you can live, you are suffering.”

Speaking of this, Yuan Tiangang sighed. “At present, immortals are at war at heaven, so the Immortal Court is also in chaos. I hope you can pacify the human world as soon as possible and then go to help the Immortal Court. Li Ye, in any case, whether at heaven or on the earth, this place is the territory of the Tang Empire, so it can’t be taken charge by foreigners. Otherwise, ordinary people will suffer. Li Ye, I hope you can comprehend the Way of Emperor as soon as possible. Pacify the human world and the Immortal Court. Restore the order of heaven and earth. Let our brilliant Tang Empire be powerful at home and abroad! For the sake of the Tang Empire, I, Yuan Tiangang, am willing to help you.”

The thunder net was about to fall on Li Ye and the others, while Yuan Tiangang was sitting cross-legged in the air. At this time, a faint breath of Buddha was coming out between the giant Buddha’s eyebrows. And above the sky, a door to heaven appeared faintly.

Yuan Tiangang sneered toward the sky. “Buddhism wants to go out of the world, and the Great Six Paths of Reincarnation Formation is going to kill the True Dragon of the human world. So, the immortal can no longer sit by and intends to take my cultivation. They are afraid that I will act unruly and destroy the order of the Immortal Court’s ruling Three Realms. The root of the Immortal Court is already rotten and should be replaced.”

“The Immortal Court always thinks they represent Tao of Heaven. But the real Tao of Heaven is never what they think it is. Li Ye, there are some things that you will understand later. The people in the world said before that you were my heir, so from now on, you’re my heir!”

After he finished speaking, Yuan Tiangang shouted in a low voice. A huge column of cyan and white light suddenly shot out from the top of his head. As soon as it appeared, it spread out. Its width was more than 300 meters, covering the sky and the sun. Its length was more than 3,000 meters, straight through the sky.

In front of the column of cyan and white light, eight purple and golden fire pillars were crumbling, and the golden Buddha in the sky seemed to dissipate.

Yuan Tiangang’s clothes and hair were dancing wildly. The column of cyan and white light suddenly shone brightly. In the extremely bright light, people could no longer see anything clearly. At this point, heaven and earth covered by the column of cyan and white light shook suddenly, as if it was going to collapse.

All over the sky, a loud voice was heard. “I, Yuan Tiangang, was born for the country, and I will die for the country as well. Today, I’m going to release all my power today, and I take my lifetime cultivation to make a wish. I hope there will be qualified successors in the country to establish the core value for the world, to establish the lives of the people, to continue the lost studies of the past sages, to create world peace for generations to come, to restore the order of the immortal and humans, to protect the country’s inheritance from extinction, and to make the country powerful all over the world from generation to generation!”

With a boom, a mushroom cloud rose in the air. The wild Spiritual Qi was agitating, and the cyan and white light spread out violently like waves. Eight purple and golden fire pillars dissipated like smoke. The golden Buddha in the sky was broken into powder.

A stream of light flew from the center of Qi waves into between Li Ye’s eyebrows, making him tremble.

When heaven and earth finally restored calm, there was another peaceful scene of shining sun, as if nothing had happened.

What made difference was that the Great Six Paths of Reincarnation Formation was gone, the door to heaven that was about to open in the clouds disappeared, and Yuan Tiangang was nowhere to be seen. Chu Nanhuai fell to the ground, sitting next to Wei Xiaozhuang who looked blank.

“Release, release all his power?” Nangong Diyi was dumbfounded. “Celestial Master Yuan... his cultivation was, at least, as high as half of an immortal’s, but he released all his power?!”

Chu Nanhuai was stunned for a while. Suddenly, he nodded regretfully. “How could that be? If I knew this, if I knew this... Alas!”

Among all the people, Li Xian was relatively calm, but he looked at the sky and sighed with his hands clasped behind his back. “Celestial Master Yuan really has unparalleled elegant demeanor... As he released all his power, he completely destroyed the Great Six Paths of Reincarnation Formation and closed the door to heaven that was about to open. In the future, Buddhism will no longer have such a powerful weapon, and our emperor doesn’t have to worry that he will be killed by the Great Six Paths of Reincarnation Formation... Of course, there are...”

Speaking of this, Li Xian turned to look at Li Ye.

Among all the people, only Li Ye was sitting cross-legged at the moment.

After the stream of light flew into between Li Ye’s eyebrows, it raised towering waves in Li Ye’s body at this moment.

Before Yuan Tiangang released all his power, he said that although Li Ye wasn’t his heir previously, he would be from now on.

The stream of light that flew into Li Ye’s body was the inheritance of Yuan Tiangang’s cultivation. After it entered Li Ye’s body, it condensed into a cyan and white bead, floating on the Ocean of Qi. Dragon Qi soon surrounded it, swimming around it happily and excitedly. Wisps of cyan and white Qi kept being absorbed by the Dragon Qi. After transformation, it diffused into the meridians of Li Ye’s Ocean of Qi.

After the Qi entered the body, Spiritual Qi quickly gushed out in the already exhausted Ocean of Qi, like sparks igniting the wilderness. Indescribable and boundless force burst out in the body. This force was so strong that it almost broke all of Li Ye’s meridians. Wisps of blood trickled out on his face.

At this time, on the blooming green lotuses, the glittering and translucent water columns, like stars, slipped from the lotus leaves quickly into Spiritual Qi. Like the spring breeze, they spread around the eight extraordinary meridians. Originally, the power of inheritance was so violent that Li Ye had to sit in meditation and take a rest to recover his injuries slowly after he was affected, but now, his injuries healed quickly and steadily.

Li Ye’s body was full of vitality and unspeakable power, and the injuries left by the previous battle almost healed as well.

As they saw Li Ye bleeding on his face, Li Xian, Nangong Diyi, Su Emei, Chu Nanhuai, Wei Xiaozhuang, and the others thought there was something wrong in his body. They were all shocked, but they didn’t know what to do for a moment. Suddenly, Li Ye opened his eyes, and his eyes were shining burning light. Anyone, who met Li Ye’s eyes, felt as if he had seen the sun, and his eyes ached.

Li Ye suddenly rose from the ground. As he waved his hand, the Luke Sword trembled slightly with a joyful, light sound and flew into Li Ye’s hand quickly. Li Ye’s eyes became clear again. He disappeared in a flash, as fast as meteors. Li Xian and the others failed to see how he moved. When he reappeared, he was already on top of Qi Mountain.

Both Tian Luo and Fa Yi had not yet recovered from their terrors after the Great Six Paths of Reincarnation Formation was destroyed. Holding the broken golden plate of the Great Six Paths of Reincarnation Formation, Tian Luo lost his wits, and the muscles of his face kept twitching. After a while, he couldn’t help looking up and crying in sorrow, “Why?! The most powerful weapon of Buddhism, the Great Six Paths of Reincarnation Formation, has been destroyed! How could this happen?!”

After he reappeared, Li Ye sneered. “This country is not the place you should come and not the place you can stir up trouble. If you want to do evil here, how can you do it without paying the price?”

Looking at Li Ye, Tian Luo was so angry that he almost lost his mind. His eyes turned red, and his expression was ferocious. He stared at Li Ye. “You devil! You have killed my guardian warriors, my arhats, and my monk corps. You have destroyed the 800-year accumulation of my Buddhism. What’s more, you have destroyed my Great Six Paths of Reincarnation Formation, damaging greatly the foundation of my Buddhism. If I don’t kill you today, I will be ashamed to go back to the Big Snow Temple!”

While saying this, Tian Luo waved his hand. “The devil is seriously injured and has no strength left. Kill him!”

Upon hearing his words, the remaining arhats behind him, who were in the Kong Kim Realm, flew toward Li Ye. As the arhats launched the Tianyin Thunder Pool Territory, a golden Buddha rose behind the other people, who were in the Kong Kim Realm. All of them gnashed their teeth with crazy gaze and wanted to perish together with Li Ye.

Li Ye’s gaze was cold. “A bunch of good-for-nothings.”

As he wielded his Luke Sword horizontally, a wave of cyan and purple sword light swept past. When it met the Tianyin Thunder Pool, the Tianyin Thunder Pool immediately shattered. When it met the golden Buddha, the golden Buddha dissipated like smoke. When it met the arhat’s bodies, the arhat’s bodies exploded!

Li Ye walked in the air and came before Tian Luo.

The arhats in the Kong Kim Realm couldn’t even catch Li Ye’s one strike, and they were killed by Li Ye easily. Tian Luo and Fa Yi were shocked and frightened out of their wits as they saw this scene. They immediately stopped rushing forward and couldn’t help retreating, with horror in their eyes.

Tian Luo was shivering. “You, you are seriously injured. How, how was that possible?!”

Fa Yi’s face turned pale. “Did, did Yuan Tiangang pass some of his cultivation to you?!”

Li Ye sneered and wielded his sword toward Fa Yi. “Yes. Now, you can die in peace.”

Seeing the Sword Qi approaching, Fa Yi felt a strong sense of danger and cried out in horror. He wanted to dodge it and escape, but he found that his body was suppressed by Li Ye’s cultivation. He was unable to move for a while.

He helplessly watched the Sword Qi flying into his body. Fa Yi heard his body exploding, and he seemed to see clearly how his blood splashed from his body. Then, he collapsed, knowing nothing.

Tian Luo turned and ran away. After he ran a few steps on all fours, he suddenly flew up and wanted to turn into a rainbow to leave. Li Ye stepped out and came behind Tian Luo. He stretched out his left hand, with his five fingers forming the shape of a claw, and then he pulled violently backward. “Since you like the Tang Empire so much and you are already here, why do you want to leave?”

Tian Luo was suddenly stiff, as if he was twined by countless threads. Then, his body was involuntarily pulled back by Li Ye. He suddenly turned around and saw Li Ye’s cold and murderous face. He was scared and flustered with bristling hair.

Li Ye was raising his sword, and thunder was heard in the air, as if there were roaring waves under Li Ye’s sword. As Li Ye chopped down his Luke Sword, cyan and purple Sword Qi cut through the sky and instantly came before Tian Luo in an inscrutable track. Tian Luo suddenly growled, and the magic treasures, such as the alms bowl, the kasaya and so on, all flew out in front of him to block the Sword Qi.

The alms bowl was cracked, and the kasaya was broken. All these magic treasures couldn’t block the power of Li Ye’s sword, but at least, they weakened the Sword Qi. When Tian Luo was hit, he vomited blood and fell to the ground, but he didn’t die at once.

Seeing Li Ye walking toward him step by step, Tian Luo was finally able to get up after he struggled and vomited blood for a long time.

Sitting cross-legged, he put his palms together devoutly and sighed.

At this moment, he finally restored calm. He also accepted Buddhism’s failure and the fate that he was going to die, so he no longer struggled with fear.