The Emperor Reigns Them All

Chapter 253 The Stinking Monkey and Not Worthy

There were nine states on earth, and nine layers in heaven. After isolating the heavens from earth, the immortals were also isolated from mortals. The cultivators of the Immortal Court could not enter the mortal world at will. There was an only a channel, the “Kunlun”, however it had many restrictions. The immortals would not directly come down to earth unless the Immortal Court was in danger. Even if they wanted to interfere in mortal affairs, they could only do it by reincarnating into mortals.

Above ninth heaven, where the humans could not see, there were clouds surrounding the many floating islands. Among the Immortal islands floating like flying birds, there was a spot that was covered by a thousand streams of golden light, which formed a rainbow. The energy sprayed purple mist and above it, were thousands of halls. It was so vast and majestic that all the pillars and rafters were sculpted and painted, which adjoined with the green tile eaves. And every brick and tile contained Taoist’s Opportunity.

This was the Immortal Court.

There were officials in the imperial court, and the Immortal Court naturally had Immortal officials.

The main hall of the Imperial Palace was the Hanyuan Palace, and the main hall of the Immortal Court was the Lingxiao Palace.

At the moment in the Lingxiao Place, there were 10 different and weird looking Immortal officials in red or purple. They all looked powerful and strong. They were staring intensely at the center of the floor, where there was a huge heaven and earth mirror, which was 27meters in diameter. The images in the mirror were of the incidents in Qi Mountain. It showed the crashing of the Immortal Inquiring Sword and the Immortal Killing Sword under the Great Immortal-killing Formation.

When this scene was presented, everyone’s expressions were different. Some were suspicious, some were stunned, some were pretending to be calm, some watched with chills, some looked ridiculous, and some were staying out of it.

One of them stroked his beard and frowned. “The Sword Wielder of the Immortal Inquiring Sword, she would rather die to block the Immortal Killing Sword. I’ve never seen or heard such a thing before. It is so strange.”

Different from the other servers in the temple, this person was full of white and silver hair. His robes were also white. In fact, it was neither like a robe nor an official gown. It was very unique. When he spoke, his glabella projected silver light, outlining a little star shape.

“As the Sword Wielder of the Immortal Inquiring Sword, she dares to violate the will of the Immortal Court. It is simply preposterous. Her spirit should be burned and she should suffer eternal death,” an angry big man said. He had rough features and a dark face. He was wearing military generals’ official robes with a Kylin unicorn, holding a huge nine-layered pagoda in his hand.

“Burning of the spirit and suffering eternal death?” The man in a white robe who spoke earlier forced a smile and stared at the scene in the mirror. “I am afraid it’s not possible.”

Everyone saw that there was still a seemingly transparent body remaining intact after the Sword Wielder of Shushan’s flesh dissipated like dust. And her smiles and sorrows were the same as a person in the flesh.

The black-faced man’s expression changed, and the anger in his eyes was mixed with surprise. “She was bombarded by the Immortal Killing Sword, why is her Yin Spirit still intact without any damage?”

“Don’t you see that the Immortal Inquiring Sword has disappeared?” The man in a white robe added slowly. From his words, it was difficult to figure out his inner thoughts.

The black-faced man with a pagoda in his hand immediately understood. “The Immortal Inquiring Sword is a Magic Treasure of the immortal level-to-be. In order to protect her Yin Spirit from damage, it would not hesitate to perish with the Sword Qi of the Immortal Killing Sword.”

He then snorted again. “Even if her Yin Spirit is preserved, so what? The cultivators in Qi Mountain do not have the ability to reshape her flesh. If her Yin Spirit is exposed for too long without the nourishment of a physical body and special Magic Treasure, it will not last for many days. It would fall into oblivion!”

“Let black and white reaper take her! Bring her back to the nether world and destroy her; let her disappear forever!” Someone interjected.

At this moment, the scene in the Heaven and Earth Mirror changed again. The Sword Wielder’s Yin Spirit had just revealed the whole picture. Suddenly it turned into a stream of light and flew to the east. The speed was so extreme that she disappeared in a flash. Even with the power of the Heaven and Earth Mirror, it could not track her position for a while.

“What is going on?”

“This child had not yet achieved Yin Spirit Spiritual Master status, which means her Yin Spirit could not project out. Then it would not be able to fly at this speed... unless...”

“Unless the masters above the Immortal Realm helps!”

As the Heaven and Earth Mirror no longer had any images, they did not know where the Sword Wielder of Shushan had disappeared to. The man holding the pagoda wore a concerned expression, and he added with anger, “Who is messing with the matters of the Immortal Court? Who would dare?”

The Immortal officials looked at each other with silence and despair. But they did not have any clue, and the man in white robes slowly spoke, “The Yin Spirit of Shushan’s Sword Wielder seemed to have flown towards... that mountain!”

The man holding the pagoda suddenly remembered something, and his face could not help but change and added, “You mean?”

The man in white robes swung the horsetail whisk in his arms, and faintly replied, “After isolating the heavens and earth, the immortals had also been isolated from mortals. If an immortal wants to go down to earth, he can only go through ‘Kunlun’, and must pay a heavy price. Those who can freely shuttle between the immortal and mortal world are the few darlings that have been cherished by the heavens and the earth. At this moment, there are only a few sacred caves in the mortal world. And in the east, apart from the place where Yuan Tiangang lived before, there is only that mountain.”

The man holding the pagoda was obviously furious. But at this moment, he could only helplessly grind his teeth and added, “That stinking monkey. It has only been a few days of peace. Now what does he want?”

If it were an ordinary immortal, he would be looking for death if he dared to rebel against the Immortal Court. But to the monkey on that mountain, it was obvious that he was used to do this kind of thing. And in general, the Immortal Court could do nothing about it.

...

After the disappearance of the Great Immortal-killing Formation, the Taoist sect of the world could not threaten Li Ye anymore.

The Taoist sect and Buddhism had the most powerful cultivators in chaotic times. In the case that these two sects were unable to threaten Li Ye, all Li Ye needed was a strong army. He would then have enough to fight for supremacy.

Li Ye looked up and stared at the sky, but there was no trace in the air. The blue sky and white clouds were peaceful and quiet.

Having seen Wu You’s last smile, he suddenly understood everything.

However, he could not understand it earlier. Now Wu Yu’s body had been destroyed. Even if he craved to pull her back, he didn’t know how to do.

When Li Ye was in a daze from the extremely complicated mood, Chu Nanhuai had already jumped up. When Wu You’s body dissipated, her Yin Spirit turned into a stream of light and flew away to the East. Chu Nanhuai’s reaction was fast enough, but he still only caught a hint of her spirit.

Li Ye came got back to his senses and rushed towards Chu Nanhuai. Chu Nanhuai gave him the stream of spirit and sighed. “The Immortal Killing Sword is powerful beyond measure. The Immortal Inquiring Sword shattered to protect its wielder just so it could preserve the Duchess’ Yin Spirit. This could be used to help you find the Duchess’ Yin Spirit.”

Li Ye took that small stream of spirit and silently absorbed it into his body and let it float above his Ocean of Qi. This way, he could sense her at any time.

When one’s cultivation had reached the Spiritual Master Realm, the cultivator would not die as long as the Yin Spirit was not destroyed. Even if her body was destroyed, she could be reshaped in the future. The Immortal Inquiring Sword protected Wu You’s Yin Spirit, which meant that it also saved Wu You.

This was the function of the “spirit and soul”. Buddhism declared that they would make Li Ye’s spirit burn and suffer eternal death before. That was because as long as the spirit and soul were not destroyed, the Spiritual Master Realm cultivator was not really dead.

Of course, the guardian warriors and arhats that died in Li Ye’s hands all had their Yin Spirits shattered, and he made sure of that.

Chu Nanhuai looked at the eastern sky, then he touched his chin and added, “According to common sense, when a cultivator’s body is destroyed, his Yin Spirit will stay in one place. But the Yin Spirit of the Duchess flew across the East. It was as if her spirit was forcibly taken away by a powerful cultivator by extraordinary means. But such a cultivator, would have at least reached the realm of Celestial Master Yuan, even higher. Are there such cultivators in the world?”

“The powerful cultivator does not seem to be an enemy, or it will not give me the opportunity to take a stream of her spirit. It seemed that he was waiting for us to find the Duchess later—could it be that he took the Duchess’s Yin Spirit to help reshape her flesh? How strange.”

Li Ye was silent, his earlier cultivation was far higher than the Spiritual Master of the Spiritual Pool, so he naturally knew this. And some more details Chu Nanhuai did not know. For example, in the nine states, there was more than one Immortal cave. However, since those immortals would live on earth, it meant that they were obviously not impressed by the Immortal Court. So they would not appear before the Taoist sect, nor would they help the Taoist sect.

“I will go to the Duchess after these matters here are resolved.” Li Ye took a deep breath and pressed down many his thoughts. Since Wu You was temporarily safe, he would not have to worry too much. At the moment, there were still state affairs to deal with, and he no longer had to worry about the threat of Buddhism coming out into the world. But the five Taoist Sects were still there.

Li Ye looked southward and a murderous intention flashed in his eyes. He lifted his sword and turned into a long rainbow, then he quickly went to the Oblique Valley.

In the Oblique Valley, Xu Pingjing of Zhongnan Mountain, Bai Jingxue of Shushan, Wu Jinling of Xuelu, Wang Sanxian of Dongting Lake, Zhang Jiuling of Penglai and others stared blankly at the images projected on the mirror, and they were in a daze for quite a while.

Moments later, Zhang Jiuling swallowed and turned stiffly towards Bai Jingxue. His eyes were full of hatred and anger, and he squeezed out, “And this is your Shushan Sword Wielder? The most powerful cultivator of the Taoist Sect? Bai Jingxue, you are not seriously telling me that your Sword Wielder really intended on killing Li Ye, that she focused all her strength into one lethal blow. But because she didn’t realize the presence of the Immortal Killing sword that she crashed into it, really?”

Bai Jingxue’s face was as pale as paper, and there was not a hint of warmth or blood. Faced with Zhang Jiuling’s accusation, she opened her little mouth and tried to say something. But no words could come out. She saw that the other three had also cast their blaming eyes upon her, she couldn’t help but tremble. She was so depressed that she wanted to die.

Shushan had finally found a Sword Wielder after six hundred years of waiting. And in these chaotic times, Buddhism had finally been forced back. It was supposed to be the time for the five major Taoist Sects to come out into the world. The Sword Wielder of Shushan was supposed to be the five major Taoist Sect’s most powerful force. It was the best opportunity to support the Sichuan feudal prince to achieve the True Dragon’s ambition and win in the fight for the world.

By then, not only would Shushan become the biggest Taoist sect, the Great Cultivators, herself included, would become the heroes for helping the true dragon win over the world. And when the True Dragon takes the throne, they could use the True Dragon’s Luck and elevate to the Immortal status.

But now, Bai Jingxue no longer had the chance of achieving immortal status and Shushan’s opportunity was also gone. Since Wu You had destroyed the Immortal Killing Sword, Li Ye was alive and well and none of them was a match for Li Ye anymore.

The Taoist sect was planning on coming out into the world, but now their situation had become dire. The worst part was, Shushan and its chief, Bai Jingxue had become the biggest sinner!

It didn’t matter what the Taoist sect’s Luck was after this, Shushan’s status would take a huge dive. They would even fall out of the five major Taoist sects.

How could Bai Jingxue not feel depressed with such a drop in status?

Watching the expressions of Xu Pingjing and others, Bai Jingxue’s hands and feet were frozen. If they had joined forces to attack her, she could die today!

However, before Xu Pingjing and others had a chance to attack Bai Jingxue, a loud bang erupted. A stream of green light had shot up the sky above the oblique valley and landed abruptly before them.

The person at the forefront of the light was, of course, Li Ye.

“Li Ye?”

“How could he be so fast?”

“D*mn, that devil had gained Yuan Tiangang’s inheritance, so he’s much more powerful now!”

When they saw Li Ye, Xu Pingjing and others were all frightened, and it showed on their faces. Zhang Jiuling was even trembling.

They launched the Great Immortal-killing Formation today to kill Li Ye. But now not only was Li Ye not dead, but he landed right before their eyes. They knew what he came for.

Xu Pingjing and others had intended on running but they didn’t expect that Li Ye would arrive so quickly. Before they left, they wanted to deal with Bai Jingxue first. But now that Li Ye was near, they couldn’t wait any longer, so they all flew up and yelled, “Go in separate ways!”

Everyone was Spiritual Masters of the Spiritual Pool, and the Oblique Valley had gathered all the top masters of the five major Taoist Sects. There were more than five cultivators of the Spiritual Master Realm, not to mention the many Taoist Formations. But it seemed that Xu Pingjing and others had no intentions of fighting Li Ye at all.

Of course they hadn’t, after all he was the one who killed the eighteen guardian warriors and the thirty-six arhats in one breath. And that was before he got Yuan Tiangang’s inheritance. Who dared to touch him now? It would be like pulling a tiger’s whiskers.

When Li Ye saw that the taoists were about to scatter like birds, he snorted and said, “You want to run? You think you can run?”

Before he finished his words, the morning purple shower expanded. The area of thousands of feet was engulfed by purple clouds. Everywhere seemed pure and silent with the clouds covering everything. Green lotus flowers lifted its heads from within the purple clouds and blossomed. The lotus leaves were dripping with dew drops, it was sparkling and clear like crystals.

Xu Pingjing, Bai Jingxue and others had just moved their bodies when they were engulfed by the boundless purple clouds.

At the same time, everyone felt like they were stuck in mud. It was like they were falling into a deep black hole, not only were they Spiritual Qi unable to circulate, they even felt numb in the limbs. It seemed their limbs were beyond their control, and everyone screamed in fear and had frightened expressions.

“D*mn that devil, how could his territory range be so large?” Bai Jingxue said helplessly.

The usual territory range of a Spiritual Master of the Spiritual Pool was about a thousand feet at most. But Li Ye’s territory was many times that.

However, no one answered Bai Jingxue, it was a rhetorical question really. Li Ye had received Yuan Tiangang’s inheritance after all. Naturally his strength was much stronger than before. After the green lotus flowers blossomed, countless streams of Sword Qi flew towards. It took their every effort trying to block the Sword Qi, and they dared not focus on anything else.

Zhang Jiuling was the most frightened among them because he had the biggest grudge with Li Ye. Not only did he betray Li Ye after they joined forces, he also stopped Su Emei and Wei Xiaozhuang from helping Li Ye. That alone was enough for Li Ye to kill him.

He wanted to escape the most, so he made a series of palm attacks. Countless giant palm Spiritual Qi popped out in an effort to counter the Sword Qi and the purple cloud so he could flee.

“Chief Zhang, you look like you are in a hurry, why?”

Then, Zhang Jiuling heard a voice that made him tremble to his boots. He turned suddenly and saw Li Ye by his side. Li Ye’s eyes were so cold and full of murderous sense. It was as though Li Ye wanted to push his sword through him.

Zhang Jiuling could no longer worry about the endless Sword Qi flying towards him. He made a palm attack at Li Ye and screamed with fear, “Li Ye, you cannot kill me! I’m the chief of Penglai, one of the chiefs of the five major Taoist sects. I represent the order of the Immortal Court, which governs earth! If you kill me, then the Immortal Court will be angered. Then you will not end well!”

Zhang Jiuling put all his strength into his palm attack, which was supposed to be a forceful attack strong enough to turn tides. But the Spiritual Qi in his body could no longer circulate properly, so its power was reduced by half.

He knew his palm attack was not enough to harm Li Ye, which had already made him desperate. But what made him more frightened was the fact that Li Ye hadn’t intended on dodging at all. Li Ye was waiting for the palm attack to land on his body. His body didn’t even tremble, much less be harmed.

Li Ye grabbed Zhang Jiuling’s wrist and as he did that, he poked the Luke Sword into Zhang Jiuling’s chest.

Spiritual Qi around the sword burned like flames. Every part of Zhang Jiuling’s body disappeared in the cyan Spiritual Qi flames starting from his chest. Li Ye’s eyes were cold from beginning to end.

“Killing you is nothing. I don’t care if you’re one of the five major chiefs of the Taoist sect. I would even kill an immortal if they dared to come down from the Immortal Court.”

Li Ye was still motionless when he spoke, but Zhang Jiuling could not mouth another word. His body had turned to dust in an instant. Even his frightened features turned to dust in the Spiritual Qi flames.

Zhang Jiuling did not have the fortune of Wu You, where the Immortal Inquiring Sword would sacrifice itself to protect her Yin Spirit. Zhang Jiuling’s spirit and soul would be burnt in the hands of Li Ye.

Zhang Jiuling’s death seemed to last a long time, but in actual fact, it happened in an instant. When everyone saw this, they all felt helpless.

Li Ye approached Xu Pingjing, because in his territory he could move freely like a fish in water. Li Ye was so strong now that within the range of the morning purple shower, Xu Pingjing and others couldn’t even launch their territory.

“Li Ye... Prince An!” pleaded Xu Pingjing as he saw the approaching Li Ye. His face was twitching from fear.

“I heard that you wanted to kill me for taking your pool of green lotuses?”

“No, I don’t. If Your Highness wants it, think of it as a present from us...Your Highness, let’s talk, don’t be hasty...”

“Shame, I don’t feel like talking.”

Li Ye’s mouth twitched, revealing a hint of violent snort. The Luke Sword did not delay, and stabbed through Xu Pingjing’s chest. Soon, his face looked as desperate as Zhang Jiuling’s, and disappeared into the Spiritual Qi flames.

“Prince An Your Highness! We Xuelu, have never had any trouble with Your Highness. I’ve always respected and admired Your Highness, could you forgive...” Wu Jinling screamed and the flesh on his face trembled violently. His answer was also a stab through the chest.

Li Ye replied calmly, “You still dare say you never had any trouble with me after you activated the Great Immortal-killing Formation?”

Wang Sanxian got on his knees and pleaded, “Your Highness, we Dongting Lake Taoists are willing to help Your Highness take over the world...”

Li Ye said softly, “help me? You are so weak that you can’t even make an attack. How are you worthy of helping me?”

He wielded the Luke Sword and Wang Sanxian’s head flew from his body.