LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 1737 - Fishy
Chapter 1737 - Fishy
The grand hall was deathly silent. Su Yi’s contemptuous bearing and invincible majesty had intimidated everyone present.
Wei Yun knelt on the floor, his entire body quivering in agony.
He raised his head with great difficulty and hissed, “If you kill me, the Church of All Spirits will seek revenge. When that happens, you might well be able to flee, but what of the Jadelight Pure Lands?”
Su Yi said flatly, “I said it earlier. I came to the Buzhou Mountains to flatten the Church of All Spirits, so why should I run?”
Wei Yun’s eyes bulged. “The Church of All Spirits has a divine backer. Even top factions don't dare to provoke them lightly. Who are you to provoke a god?”
Su Yi laughed dryly. “What do gods amount to? Sooner or later, I’ll end everything about them!”
With that, he waved his sleeves.
Bang!
Wei Yun exploded, and his ashes scattered to the wind.
The crowd shuddered. Without exception, their hair stood on end. They couldn’t even imagine it. Their high elder had been an Immortal King, yet now, he’d been wiped out just like that!
“I killed a traitor to the Jadelight Pure Lands, someone who colluded with your enemies. Does anyone have any objections?” asked Su Yi. He swept his gaze across the crowd.
The atmosphere was stifled and tense. No one responded.
When Su Yi’s gaze landed on an elder, the elder's expression shifted. “Submitting to the Church of All Spirits was Martial Uncle Wei Yun’s idea. We were just carrying out orders...”
Splurt!
A streak of sword qi took the man’s head clean off. His severed head and headless corpse toppled to the ground.
This bloody scene left many of the other higher-ups visibly overcome with fright, and their knees turned to jelly.
Someone shouted in fury, “Su Yi, you’re an outsider, yet you’re massacring our sectmates. Don’t you think you’re taking this too far!?”
Bang!
A moment later, the speaker’s body split and exploded. Even his soul dissipated.
“Is anyone still not convinced?” Su Yi asked flatly.
A long time passed, but no one dared respond. The way Su Yi killed without so much as batting an eye had intimidated them all.
The Eternal Night Immortal Sovereign’s abilities really are extraordinary... thought Ying Xiu. Su Yi’s figure seemed so tall and so prideful that it seemed only natural to prostrate yourself before him!
Meanwhile, Sect Leader Qi Xiaozhen had broken free, so he rose to his feet and clasped his fist in greeting. “You have my utmost gratitude, Fellow Daoist. Thank you for helping to cleanse the Jadelight Pure Lands of filth!”
“You don’t blame me?” asked Su Yi.
Qi Xiaozhen shook his head. “The high and grand elders harbored ill intentions and colluded with our enemies. Both were no different from traitors. If you hadn’t gotten here just in time and struck like lightning, the Jadelight Pure Lands’ ancient legacy could have been ruined by their hands!”
“That’s right. Your intervention was an enormous act of benevolence toward the Jadelight Pure Lands. We ought to be thankful. How could we possibly find fault with you?” Kong Ye approached and respectfully bowed to Su Yi.
Of those present, only he and Ying Xiu knew who this young man really was!
The others finally seemed to come back to their senses. One after another, they bowed to Su Yi in greeting. “Many thanks, Fellow Daoist!”
“No need to thank me,” said Su Yi. “There’s already a grudge between me and the Church of All Spirits. Besides, if only out of consideration for Miss Ying Xiu, I couldn’t possibly have stayed out of this.”
Ying Xiu was stunned, but she knew that the Eternal Night Immortal Sovereign wasn’t really doing this out of consideration for her, but rather, for her clan ancestor Ying Shanxue.
“Fellow Daoist Su, with you here, we’ll have nothing to fear even if the Church of All Spirits comes calling!” Immortal King Kong Ye laughed with excitement and delight.
The others had no idea why he had such faith in Su Yi, but none of them dared say anything now.
But against all expectations, Su Yi asked, “Why wait for the Church of All Spirits to come to us?”
The crowd was stunned. Immortal King Kong Ye couldn’t help but ask, “What do you mean, Fellow Daoist?”
Su Yi said casually, “Isn’t it obvious? I want to take the initiative to go to their nest and crush them all in one fell swoop.”
Gasps rang out throughout the room. He wants to launch an attack against the Church of All Spirits? Not even the strongest factions of the present day would dare attempt such a thing!
After all, who doesn’t know that they’ve got a divine backer?
Admittedly, their god is subject to the restrictions of the Laws of the Natural Order, and he cannot enter this world, but his methods are nonetheless enough to resolve any catastrophe the sect might face!
Given the circumstances, attacking their headquarters unquestionably reckless. It’s simply insane!
Even Kong Ye and Ying Xiu, the two who knew Su Yi’s identity, felt their hearts shake. Despite themselves, they were stunned.
After all, they were also fully aware that Su Yi was merely the Eternal Night Immortal Sovereign’s reincarnation, not Wang Ye at his peak.
“Fellow Daoist, please reconsider!” Sect Leader Qi Xiaochen said hurriedly. “The Church of All Spirits has dozens of Immortal Kings, over three hundred Immortal Lords, and eighty thousand yao soldiers. Furthermore, their leader is a divine emissary appointed by their deity, and the sect has numerous treasures and abilities bequeathed to them by their god....”
But before he could say any more, Su Yi said, “I’ve already made up my mind.”
Qi Xiaozhen fell silent. The crowd exchanged glances.
Su Yi thought for a moment, then said, “I’d like to ask you to send messengers to the Divine Jade and Divine Fulcrum Pure Lands. Have them come to watch the battle.”
“Watch?” Ying Xiu was a bit confused.
“That’s right,” said Su Yi. “Our victory will help them release their pent-up fury too, and they can clean up anyone who escapes. That’ll prevent any fish from slipping through my net.”
The crowd was stunned. Even if you’d hit them over the head, they would never have guessed Su Yi would start planning the cleanup before the battle had even begun! Furthermore, his tone suggested that he had absolute confidence!
Kong Ye was the first to come to his senses. He gnashed his teeth and said, “Got it! We of the Jadelight Pure Lands will do our utmost to assist you, and I’ll do everything I can to convince the other pure lands to send their forces. We’ll take the Church of All Spirits down together!”
Su Yi shook his head. “Just have them come watch the battle. If you try to convince them to send their forces against the Church of All Spirits... there’s no guarantee they’ll help.”
Neither the Divine Jade nor the Divine Fulcrum Pure Lands understood the situation. How could they possibly risk their lives against the Church of All Spirits?
They’d only help if Su Yi won. Only then would they seize the opportunity to attack any remnants of the Church of All Spirits who survived the initial carnage.
Simply put, they’d support whoever emerged victorious!
Su Yi most certainly didn’t think his current prestige was enough to convince the pure lands to fight for him.
“I’ll visit the other two pure lands personally,” said Sect Leader Qi Xiaozhen. He understood. Attacking really was better than just passively defending!
“Good. I’ll leave for the Church of All Spirits in six hours.” Su Yi nodded.
Qi Xiaozhen and the other higher-ups promptly got to work, while Kong Ye led Ying Xiu and Su Yi to his immortal cave.
“Junior Kong Ye greets you, Sovereign!” As soon as they got inside, Kong Ye faced Su Yi and bowed with the utmost respect. Ying Xiu hurriedly followed suit.
“No need to be so reserved and polite. Sit down,” said Su Yi. He casually sat on a prayer mat, took out a jug of wine, and closed his eyes in contemplation.
Kong Ye and Ying Xiu took their seats, but when they saw that Su Yi was thinking, neither dared to interrupt. Both just sat there in reserved silence.
After a while, Su YI suddenly asked, “It seems that the Divine Jade and Divine Fulcrum Pure Lands’ situation is just as dire as yours. Is that right?”
Kong Ye nodded. “That’s indeed the case. During the cataclysm of the Age of Fallen Immortals, all three pure lands took heavy damage and suffered massive casualties. Practically all of our strongest experts died to save our sects’ disciples.”
His gaze was bleak. Long ago, the Jadelight Pure Lands had been one of the strongest factions beneath the heavens!
Su Yi continued, “Why didn’t Ying Shanxue go into hiding like the other Great Realm experts? Why choose to brave the River of Epochs and seek refuge in the Epoch of Confucianism?”
Kong Ye was stunned, but Ying Xiu chimed in, “My father said that before Ancestor Shanxue left, she said that people of her level had only two choices. They could lower their heads and compromise, thereby avoiding divine misfortune, or they could leave the Immortal Realm and seek out an alternative path to live in the River of Epochs.”
Su Yi’s gaze focused. “Lower their heads? To whom?”
“I don’t know.” Ying Xiu shook her head.
After a moment’s silence, Su Yi said, “Does that mean that Immortal Sovereign Feng Tu of the Divine Fulcrum Pure Lands and Immortal Sovereign Ziyin of the Divine Jade Pure Lands have long since left the Immortal Realm too?”
“That is precisely the case,” said Kong Ye.
Su Yi sighed and murmured, “Indeed, there’s something fishy afoot here. I can’t believe I overlooked it all this time...”
Kong Ye and Ying Xiu both looked confused. They didn’t understand what Su Yi was getting at.
He didn’t explain.
After seeing the Jadelight Pure Lands’ miserable state, he realized something.
The Great Realm experts he’d once been friendly with had all either left the Immortal Realm or evaporated into thin air. There was no word of any of them!
Admittedly, it was possible that they were just hiding to avoid divine misfortune.
But Jiang Tai’e was in hiding too, and he’d still sent his people after Su Yi. If Jiang Tai’e could do it, why couldn’t Wang Ye’s closest friends do the same?
There was something else fishy afoot too.
Xiao Ruyi of the House of Little Joys, Ying Shanxue of the Jadelight Pure Lands, Ol’ Baldy Feng Tu of the Divine Fulcrum Pure Lands, and even Immortal Sovereign Ziyin of the Divine Jade Pure Lands had all left the Immortal Realm.
But Blood Firmament, Jiang Tai’e, the Leveling Heavens Immortal Sovereign, and his other enemies were all still here!
This was unquestionably odd.
Ying Shanxue left because she was unwilling to lower her head. Does that mean that Blood Firmament, Jiang Tai’e, and the others did lower their leads? Is that how they avoided catastrophe?
But who did they compromise with?
The gods?
No, that can’t be it. Had they really sought refuge with the gods, why would they have to hide from divine misfortune? Why would there be no sign of them even after all this time...?
Su Yi rubbed his forehead. All kinds of questions flitted through his head as he realized that “divine misfortune” was far more complicated than he’d realized!
If only I could find a Great Realm old-timer who knew the inside story. Perhaps then I could learn the truth, thought Su Yi.
All he had now were a few scattered clues. From them, he concluded that those Great Realm experts unwilling to compromise had likely all left the Immortal Realm a long time ago.
Without their protection and oversight, sects like the Pure Lands of the Buzhou Mountains had declined. This was what led to their current weakened state!
In contrast, sects that retained their Great Realm experts—like the Church of the Pure One and the Church of Supreme Oneness—were still among the greatest factions in the Immortal Realm!