Chapter 1839: Facing the Heavenly Emperor
Translator: La009
Warning: this chapter is unedited, its readability might be lower compared to normal
The monster snapped back to its senses for a brief moment.
r Heavenly Emperor, save meââ J
It shouted with no hesitation.
Gu Qing Shan and the skull woman both appeared cautious.
But the Samsara Divine Lightning simply struck the nebula monsterâs chest like a blob of ink before erupting into several layers of sparks.
All the sparks then proceeded to enter the monsterâs body.
The monster instantly went stiff.
Its life signs ceased, its body and soul were both crumbling away.
Its galactic body of stars gradually faded away from the sky of Huang Quan.
Up until its very last moment, the monster was still muttering in disbelief: r Heavenly Emperor⊠you said⊠J
Its voice abruptly cut.
-its existence had been wiped out.
Gu Qing Shan indifferently watched as everything unfold, only feeling a sense of speechlessness as he did.
All of a sudden, several lines of bloody red text rapidly appeared:
[Warning, a highly unique Phase Realm is descending]
Before Gu Qing Shan could react, he felt the entire world of Huang Quan vanishing from his vision.
His surroundings became dark.
And then light gradually came.
He now found himself standing within a massive silent audience hall.
There was nobody in the hall.
On both sides of the audience hall, there were a total of 6 platforms, 5 of which contained faint images, while the 6th contained a book.
Gu Qing Shan was a bit hesitant, still unclear of his current situation.
âwhydid I suddenly appearin an audience hall?
The void of space shifted slightly as a mask appeared.
Gu Qing Shan was surprised.
This mask seems so familiar.
Isnât it my Samsara Wicked Mask, the one called [Jade Cultivation]?
But Iâve clearly combined it together with my Thaumaturgy.
Why is it here now?
âThe mask was quite decent, so I made one for myselfâ
A low-pitched voice spoke up.
Gu Qing Shan turned towards the voice.
Only to see a hand reaching out from the void of space to grab the mask and put it on.
It was a man.
He appeared out from the void of space with the mask already on his face as he sat down behind his reading desk.
âWelcome, the newest Huang Quan Devil Kingâ that person said.
âYou are⊠the previous Heavenly Emperor?â
Gu Qing Shan focused his attention and asked.
âIndeed, you may refer to me as suchâ the person replied.
Gu Qing Shan sighed in relief, almost as if a huge weight had just been lifted from his chest.
It wasnât Shifu.
The one behind all of this wasnât Shifu!
Having confirmed this, he felt nothing but delight.
Gu Qing Shan cleared his throat and asked: âWhy did you appear at this point in time? And why did you transfer me into this Phase Realm?â
The man replied: âI made an agreement with the Lord of all Things: at the moment of its near-death, I would show up in a timely manner without failâ
âSo thatâs the reason youâre here?â Gu Qing Shan asked.
âCorrectâ the man admitted.
âBut you didnât rescue itâ Gu Qing Shan countered.
âI did agree to show up, but I never said I would rescue itâ the man with the white yaksha mask said.
Gu Qing Shan stayed silent briefly before asking: âThen, whatâs the significance of your presence here?â
âIt managed to screw up with a simple matter, so I had no choice but to show up and deal with the aftermath myselfâ
âAnd what do you intend to do?â Gu Qing Shan asked.
The man leaned back on his chair and started to evaluate him: âThis is the first time Iâve met you, so Iâd like to hear what you think about the Samsaraâ
Gu Qing Shan shrugged: âI donât know what exactly it is either, but everyone close to me are within the Samsara, so Iâd like to take control of itâ
The man shook his head: âEven the true Huang Quan Devil King was killed by my hands, so itâs out of the question for a feeble successor like yourself, the Samsara will ultimately be mineâ
As Gu Qing Shan was about to reply, a voice spoke up in his mind:
âDonât listen to himâ
-this is the giant corpseâs voice!
It continued: âThe real previous Heavenly Emperor is being stalled by me and is unable to make his way over there. The only thing he could do is to imbue a strand of his consciousness into the yaksha mask and have it turn into the world youâre seeing, heâs trying to win without a fightâ
Gu Qing Shan paused, then silently asked: âI wouldnât surrender no matter what, his actions now would be meaninglessâ
âThere is a meaning- he possesses the Pendant of Fire, so heâll eventually find a way to get away from me and kill youâ the giant corpse explained.
âHow strong is this strand of consciousness?â Gu Qing Shan asked.
âItâs borrowing the power of your maskâ â only by destroying that mask would you be able to escapeâ the giant corpse replied.
âGot itâ Gu Qing Shan said.
What seemed like a long conversation onlv lasted one breathâs worth of time-
then heard the man speak up again: âYour yaksha mask, your sword, all of your artifacts are now in my possession, donât you think you should ask my opinion if you want to retrieve them?â
Gu Qing Shan replied: âIf you are the real previous Heavenly Emperor, youâd be the real orchestrator behind all of the Samsaraâs actions, the one in control of countless peopleâs lives, perhaps even the one that determines the âflowâ of the
Samsara. Would I really be qualified to ask your graceâs opinion?â
âYou have indeed been granted that honorâ the man smirked and answered.
Gu Qing Shan said with a stern expression: âShut the hell upâ
The manâs smirk slowly faded.
He sighed in a seemingly helpless manner: âIâm very busy, there are a lot of things that needs my attention every day, and the Samsaraâs âcompetitionâ is about to conclude, so I donât have too much time to waste on this, soâââ
He pulled out a contract from the table drawer and tapped it with his finger.
The contract hovered by itself in front of Gu Qing Shan.
As Gu Qing Shan focused, he saw the content of the contract:
[Contractor: Gu Qing Shan]
[Contract terms: Gu Qing Shan must unconditionally listen to the orders of the contractâs creator]
[The contractâs creator promises to have Gu Qing Shan become the new High Deity of Huang Quan, effective indefinitely]
Gu Qing Shan also didnât want to waste any more time.
This guy is as sly as he is cruel, so its practically impossible to fish out any useful information from him.
With that in mind, Gu Qing Shan grasped the void of space.
He had grasped a large blade.
âDivine Artifact, help me!â
He grunted and prepared to thrust the blade forward- â
But the man immediately vanished and grabbed the blade with his bare hand.
Gu Qing Shan tried to forcefully pull back, but couldnât manage to pull the blade away at all.
âThis mask was designed specifically to rob Thaumaturgies, the power of your Divine Artifacts will be improved by one level to be used against youâ the man smiled.
As soon as he said that, the blade immediately became filled with cracks and started to break down.
The manâs mask also began to manifest ink marks to form a yaksha face.
â -this was the power of the Samsara Wicked Mask.
Several lines of text gradually appeared in the void of space:
[Youâve purposely made the preparations, thus putting your blade in a damaged state]
[The Samsara Wicked Mask had absorbed the bladeâs power and manifested a power thatâs one stage higher: Good as new]
-this blade was one of the many weapons he randomly picked out from the Heavenly Emperorâs armory in the underside of the Human realm, it was nothing but a very well-made mortal weapon.
At the time, everyoneâs strengths were still sealed, and the Samsara had stripped them all of their weapons, so having anything to use at all was already a good thing.
As a precaution, Gu Qing Shan had specifically taken one extra blade for himself.
What he didnât expect was for it to be useful at a place like this.
Gu Qing Shan suddenly let go of the blade and drew two swords out from the void of space with both hands.
As the Samsara Wicked Mask was busy digesting the âpowerâ it absorbed to evolve, it wouldnt be able to absorb the Delimitation Divine Sword or Chao Yinâs powers.
Gu Qing Shan brandished his swords and unleashed a barrage of sword phantoms.
Unable to keep up, the Samsara Wicked Mask was cut into pieces in mere seconds.
The world around him swiftly faded away.
Gu Qing Shan had returned to the Huang Quan realm.
A voice sounded:
Who came for you just now? Why did you disappear?
The skull woman asked.
âA strand of the Heavenly Emperorâs consciousness, heâs comingâ Gu Qing Shan answered with a heavy tone.
The skull woman sighed and asked: [f What do you intend to do? J
âWhat if I say I want to fight?â asked.
The skull woman tiredly replied: Heâs an entity of utmost power, you wonât be a match for him. Even with the combined power of the previous Huang Quan Devil King and I, we were still unable to win; I canât even remember what happened back then â
Gu Qing Shan silently nodded.
He then took out the Devil King Warden Rod and said: âThe previous Devil King told me to flee as long as Iâm still unable to win, soâ-â
Weâre running away? the skull woman asked.
âYes, but weâre not going to leave the Huang Quan world for himâ Gu Qing Shan replied.
A crimson glow abruptly erupted from the horned skull of the Devil King
Warden Rod.
Gu Qing Shan grunted: â[Samsara Conquest]!â