Invincible Dad
Chapter 859: Myriad Tribulations Great Formation
The Supreme Emperor has arrived.
Wu Dongshan was instantly drenched in cold sweat, finally understanding why everyone chose to stay silent earlier.
Wu Dongshan had seen Emperor Xu Qingfeng once before.
That was thirty thousand years ago.
The former Holy Master of the East Mountain Sect took Wu Dongshan, who was still a Saint Heir at the time, to worship in the Heavenly Court. He was fortunate enough to enter the grand hall and witness the emperor’s visage.
Thirty thousand years had passed.
Great Emperor Qingfeng hadn’t changed a bit, still as calm as ever, looking no different from a common person, without a trace of the terrifying aura of the ’first person in the Immortal Domain’.
But every Holy Master present knew that the more tranquil a pond, the more terrifying it often was, as it was the place not to be disturbed.
For no one knew what ferocity lurked beneath the calm surface.
Wu Dongshan took a deep breath, forcing himself to stay calm, and bowed deeply:
"Wu Dongshan, Sect Master of East Mountain Sect, pays respects to the Supreme Emperor of the Heavenly Court."
"Greetings to the Supreme Emperor!"
The beings on nearly three thousand auspicious clouds stood up in unison and bowed.
No matter if they were happy or angry, pleased or resentful, they all had to bend over and lower their heads respectfully.
It was out of fear of death.
Xu Lai did not speak.
None of the Holy Masters dared to stand straight.
Floating behind Xu Lai was an inconspicuous figure, wearing a red bellyband, Sikong Jiu, who was the Heavenly Dao of Earth.
At this moment,
this Heavenly Dao Lord floated to the auspicious cloud where Wu Dongshan was, lifted his head, and said in a very innocent tone:
"Was it you who just said the Supreme Emperor lacks virtue... right?"
"It was the Holy Master of the Zhu Yan Clan!"
Wu Dongshan’s heart trembled slightly, shaking his head repeatedly: "He said it, not I."
Heh.
The Holy Master of the Zhu Yan Clan curled his lips, being the first to straighten his body.
His own son held the position of Divine General in the Heavenly Court, and if it hadn’t been for the Supreme Emperor’s assistance back then, the Zhu Yan Clan would have long been devoured by the surrounding Holy Lands, leaving nothing but residue.
It could be said that all tens of thousands of members of the Zhu Yan Clan owed their lives to the Heavenly Court.
How could they speak ill of the Supreme Emperor’s virtue?
He was merely exposing Wu Dongshan’s veiled attack!
"Uncle Zhu."
Xu Lai nodded in greeting.
The Holy Master of the Zhu Yan Clan hurriedly bowed. Even though he was tens of thousands of years older, he dared not accept being called uncle by the Supreme Emperor.
"Eh, honesty is the most important quality in a person. If you bravely admit it, the Supreme Emperor might not be angry."
Sikong Jiu earnestly said, "But a liar shall be punished by a thousand swords and ten thousand knives."
Death by a thousand cuts!
Wu Dongshan’s body trembled.
He never thought in his wildest dreams that at the Eastern Immortal Domain’s Holy Lands gathering, the Green Sect wouldn’t appear, but instead, Great Emperor Qingfeng did!
All the techniques and strategies prepared beforehand now rendered useless.
Xu Lai’s gaze swept over the assembly.
The nearly three thousand Holy Masters and Quasi-Saint Ground leaders still dared not look up, feeling as though a gaze passed over each of them.
"The Holy Master of the East Mountain Sect says he wants to petition for the myriad races of the Immortal Domain, seeking the Cycle of Reincarnation, is there anyone willing to lend a hand to Daoist Wu?"
Xu Lai spoke calmly.
The Qingfeng Sword trembled slightly, its artifact spirit already itching to taste blood.
Xu Lai hadn’t expected that there would be a grand meeting in the Eastern Immortal Domain today, with most of the Tiangui Tribe’s adherent Holy Masters present, saving him quite a bit of trouble.
No response.
Wu Dongshan hurriedly said, "I am willing to join the Supreme Emperor in seeking the Samsara Sea, to find a Cycle of Reincarnation for the souls of the deceased!"
"You don’t seem very willing."
"I am very willing."
"At any cost?"
"At any cost."
"Worthy as the Holy Master of the East Mountain Sect, sacrificing for the Immortal Domain, I admire that," Xu Lai nodded.
"..."
Wu Dongshan’s heart skipped a beat, a sense of foreboding rapidly spread through his heart.
But he thought that the Supreme Emperor wouldn’t resort to force in public, suppressing the ominous feeling, and forced a smile, saying:
"You must be joking, Supreme Emperor."
"Pfft!"
Just as Wu Dongshan’s voice fell, the Qingfeng Sword trembled slightly, and this time the voice of the Holy Master of the East Mountain Sect abruptly ceased.
It took a full ten breaths.
Wu Dongshan’s head tilted and slid off, staining the clouds underfoot red, still with that forced smile in death, looking extremely eerie.
"Boom!"
The nearly three thousand Holy Masters on the auspicious clouds shuddered incessantly.
Whether from the pro-Heavenly Court faction, or the Tiangui Tribe, or the champions of other Great Emperor forces, or truly without foundation, all were dumbfounded.
"The disappearance of Samsara Sea is related to the Tiangui Tribe. I don’t know what method they used, but resolving this... isn’t difficult."
Xu Lai grasped the Qingfeng Sword, and with each word he spoke, a drop of blood dripped from the blade: "All it takes is filling it with lives."
Lives here,
It must be Immortal Venerable and Quasi-Emperor level cultivators.
Only the death of cultivators of such a realm could mend the deficiencies in the Heavenly Dao Laws.
"Pfft"
"Pfft"
"Pfft"
"..."
Xu Lai didn’t move, yet the Qingfeng Sword drifted like the wind, claiming over a dozen heads in mere moments.
"Great Emperor Qingfeng! What are you doing? Do you intend to bring about another Saint Fall Day?"
One Holy Master shouted, hailing from the Black Sea Holy Land in the Ninth Domain of the Eastern Immortal Domain, at the Quasi-Emperor Sixth Heaven level.
"Yes, indeed."
Sikong Jiu answered for Xu Lai, sincerely: "What advice do you have?"
"..." Black Sea Holy Master.
"The Tiangui Tribe, devoid of all conscience, used despicable means to make the Samsara Sea disappear, causing countless souls in the Immortal Domain to be unable to reincarnate, while attempting to prematurely enact the Emperor Fall Era, their crimes warrant death."
Sikong Jiu announced loudly: "Today, Great Emperor Qingfeng slays the Tiangui Tribe’s adherents, using their flesh and blood to repair the Heavenly Dao Laws’ deficits, for the Immortal Domain... to reopen the Samsara Sea!"
"Everyone charge together!"
"To the Heavenly Court’s eyes, we Holy Lands are nothing, today we unite to slay the Emperor!"
"Xu Qingfeng aims to kill us all, if we don’t unite... we’ll have no chance at all!"
The Holy Masters of the Quicksand Tower, Ice Clan, and others shouted loudly.
They panicked, truly panicked, unable to fathom that Xu Qingfeng, this lunatic, would actually dare to fill the Heavenly Dao’s deficits with the fall of Immortal Venerables and Quasi-Emperors.
Indeed, it was a solution.
But even a madman wouldn’t dare nor think of doing so, yet Xu Lai did it.
"Today, only Tiangui Tribe adherents will be purged. Any who escape or resist, their Holy Land, their clan—"
Xu Lai, expressionless, uttered the final word: "Exterminate."
A single word of extermination.
Made the hearts of most Holy Land leaders tremble, afraid to act recklessly, but few attempted to flee.
They did not believe in Xu Lai’s words.
Then they must pay with their lives.
"Ah ah ah!"
The Tiangui Tribe-controlled Holy Lands amounted to over fifty, with more than forty left after the slaughter, all Quasi-Emperor Realm!
Adding in some of the Quasi-Saint Ground leaders who were also Quasi-Emperors, though most were below the Third Heaven, they jointly exhibited an interconnected and overwhelming formation.
This unknown formation’s power was terrifyingly unmatched, transforming the skies above the East Mountain Sect into purgatory in an instant, as countless bolts of thunder exploded violently.
"Boom boom boom!"
Strands of catastrophic aura spread far and wide.
Sikong Jiu inhaled sharply: "This is the Myriad Tribulations Great Formation!"
Myriad Tribulations Great Formation.
It requires Immortal Venerable Realm or above to activate.
The more people activate it, or the higher their realm, the more terrifying the Tribulation Thunder summoned becomes.
Before them stood over fifty Quasi-Emperors, with hundreds of Immortal Venerables simultaneously activating it, the overlapping calamities capable of slaying the Emperor!