Chapter 1402: Ancestor Xuan Tian
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Tianluo Continent, North Territory.
Since Mu Chen defeated the three overlords of the North Territory a year ago, the Mu Estate caught up and replaced the three hegemonic forces to become the strongest force in the north. With its vast resources in the North Territory, the Mu Estate flourished. Its overall strength began to increase, and its reputation not only grew stronger in the North Territory, but also became quite famous on Tianluo Continent.
On the other hand, the other three overlords were facing a decline that eventually led to more and more powerful people joining the Mu Estate. In the face of the Mu Estate’s power, the three hegemonic forces remained silent. However, anyone knew that this kind of silence would not last for long. There were supreme powers behind those three hegemonic forces. They had not liked seeing the forces that they had painstakingly supported driven out of the north. The silence at this time only forecast the brewing of a stronger storm.
Mandela was extremely clear about the situation, so she had not relaxed vigilance and was always watching the three hegemonic forces. She knew that their counterattack would surely come.
Circumstances proved she was not wrong. Just after Mu Chen had been gone for about half a year, a palace descended from the sky one day and hovered over the Mu Estate. The palace’s arrival caused panic throughout the Mu Estate. An inexhaustible pressure emanated from the palace that pervaded millions of miles, under which countless powerful sovereigns trembled. The master of such majestic pressure must be a true Heavenly Sovereign!
The palace suspended above the Mu Estate did not take any further action, except to send a scroll of invitation descending to the Mu Estate. When the scroll of invitation landed, it emitted a loud noise that rang across almost the entire North Territory.
The grand voice rang out condescendingly, “I am Ancestor Xuan Tian and was entrusted by someone to come here. Master of the Mu Estate, why have you not come forward to see me?!” It was apparent that he disregarded Mu Chen, as his tone sounded as if he were commanding a junior.
There was no doubt that this tone was quite grating to the senior officials of the Mu Estate, but they had no choice but to stay calm. Even though their Mu Estate was now rising in strength and appeared to be powerful, they were still only weaklings in the eyes of Heavenly Sovereigns. If he wanted to strike, no one in the Mu Estate could stop him.
In the face of the Heavenly Sovereign’s unbridled oppression over the Mu Estate, Mandela was also extremely furious. At first, she took the scroll of invitation and tried to go up to the palace to negotiate with its master, but before she reached the palace, she could not take another step forward. As Mandela was blocked, the arrogant voice rang through the sky, “Get the master of your Mu Estate to come, for you are not yet qualified to see me.”
In the face of such humiliation, Mandela’s face turned iron green with fury, but she took a deep breath and suppressed her anger. She took out the Demon Slayer King Token left by Mu Chen, flicked her finger, and shot it into the palace.
This Demon Slayer King Token was a symbol of the Great Thousand Palace, symbolizing the Demon Slayer King’s status. Even ordinary Heavenly Sovereigns would be afraid to provoke the power of the Great Thousand Palace.
This time, however, shortly after the token shot into the palace, there was a cold laugh, and the token was thrown out. “A mere Demon Slayer King who has no power dares to pretend that he is formidable? Scram! Get the master of your Mu Estate to come and see me, or else I will stay here for years. Let’s see if your Mu Estate still has the face to stabilize your clan.”
Mandela clung to the Demon Slayer King Token, her delicate face dark. However, her heart sank uncontrollably. Listening to the Heavenly Sovereign’s words, he obviously had an understanding of Mu Chen. It was clear he had come prepared and was not afraid of Great Thousand Palace. In the face of this situation, Mandela could do nothing, so she shot a cold glance at the palace, turned, and left.
For the next six months, the palace hung over the Mu Estate, as the Heavenly Sovereign had said it would. It emanated such a strong oppression, it caused the sovereigns to be in distress. To do so was to discredit the Mu Estate. After all, being bullied at the door was a devastating blow to one’s reputation.
While the Mu Estate was worried about this, the three old powers, the Purple Cloud Sect, Thunder Mountain, and Golden Eagle Mansion, came from afar and entered the palace, successfully visiting Ancestor Xuan Tian. This was clearly seen by all the people of the Mu Estate, and they immediately felt a fit of unease in their hearts.
After that, the three forces joined hands and gradually encroached on the territory occupied by the Mu Estate. In this way, the Mu Estate met with an unprecedented crisis, and that kind of shakiness made them feel that they could fall at any time.
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As time went on, the news of a Heavenly Sovereign exerting supreme suppression over the Mu Estate not only spread throughout the North Territory, but also to the forces throughout the entire Tianluo Continent. Countless eyes converged towards the North Territory. After all, once a Heavenly Sovereign appeared, no matter where they were, they would become the focus of attention.
There were unwritten rules on Tianluo Continent that Heavenly Sovereigns could not intervene easily between forces’ power struggles, and Ancestor Xuan Tian had not struck for the time being. He acted in the name of private grudges, which was why he was targeting Mu Chen. In such a case, he was not fighting with the Mu Estate, hence it was justifiable. After all, the supreme powers behind the forces of Tianluo Continent did not want to offend a Heavenly Sovereign for the sake of a Mu Estate that had no Heavenly Sovereign.
All forces looked on coldly as the Mu Estate was in a state of distress. They even looked forward to the Mu Estate being fragmented because of this. After all, the strong fighting power shown by Mu Chen had made them wary of the Mu Estate.
Fortunately for them, at present there was no Heavenly Sovereign at the Mu Estate. If the Mu Estate had that kind of support, they would be basically unstoppable. Unwittingly, the Mu Estate had become the center of attention on Tianluo Continent…
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Half a year passed in the blink of an eye. This half year undoubtedly involved extreme suffering for the Mu Estate. Their original prosperity was completely reversed because of Ancestor Xuan Tian.
Ancestor Xuan Tian did not take a hard offensive stance. Although he was able to easily overturn Mu Estate with his strength, he took the slowest and most vicious means to undermine the morale of Mu Estate’s sovereigns at the root.
Every day he sent down a scroll of invitation, asking Mu Chen to appear. But at this time, the latter was no longer in the North Territory, and naturally it was impossible for him to appear. For a long time, there were rumors that the master of the Mu Estate was afraid of the Heavenly Sovereign, and thus had already secretly fled…
This rumor had apparently been started by one of the three major forces such as the Purple Cloud Sect. Its effect was particularly remarkable, as those forces who relied on the Mu Estate were ready to move and began to show signs of leaving. After all, at present, the Mu Estate was a ship that showed signs of capsizing, and they did not intend to live or die together.
So for a time, the Mu Estate was shaking from the inside out. In the short period of half a year, its prosperity was teetering.
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Another day passed.
Many senior pastoral officials gathered in front of a hall in the Mu Estate. The atmosphere was oppressive, and they looked up in the sky, where a palace stood in the clouds. The fearful oppression emanated like 1,000 heavy mountains that were crushing down on top of everyone’s bodies.
“Lord Mandela, Iron Mountain Sect and Melodious Music Sect announced their departure from the Mu Estate today,” Liu Tiandao said with a low voice and sighed.
In front of the crowd, Mandela and Ling Xi looked at each other, and their faces were dark. They were exhausted by the turmoil they had experienced for half a year, even as they struggled to withstand it.
That Ancestor Xuan Tian, just like a mountain, pressured all the powerful sovereigns until they were out of breath. Now people panicked, and if not for Mu Chen’s brilliant achievements in the past, the Mu Estate would have disintegrated. It was then that they fully understood how important a Heavenly Sovereign was to one force.
Mandela raised her little face, looked at the palace in the sky, and clenched her fists. She then said in a cold voice, “This Ancestor Xuan Tian is really vicious, using this method to force people to leave Mu Estate and destroy our morale.”
Liu Tiandao and the others were silent, and then Liu Tiandao asked in a low voice, “Is there news of the Estate Master?”
Mandela shook her head and said, “He’s left on his journey to break through to Heavenly Sovereign. We can’t get in touch.”
Liu Tiandao smiled bitterly and said, “In that case, I’m afraid we really won’t last for long.”
“As long as Mu Chen is still here, the Mu Estate will not fall,” she said, gritting her teeth. “After he steps into Heavenly Sovereign in the future, the Mu Estate can flourish again, even if it is dilapidated.”
Liu Tiandao and the others secretly sighed. Even so, it was not so easy to become a Heavenly Sovereign, was it? Even if Mu Chen’s record and talent were outstanding, without a big opportunity, how was he going to become a Heavenly Sovereign?
Moreover, even if Mu Chen really became a Heavenly Sovereign, the present situation would still be difficult to resolve. Although it seemed that Ancestor Xuan Tian was the only person in the palace, they also knew that the three supreme powers behind the three old and famous forces in the North Territory were waiting to pounce in the dark. To make matters worse, the three supreme powers each had a Heavenly Sovereign…
Their immediate situation was really a dead end!
Buzz.
As they sighed, a floating light fell from the palace. The stream of light fell into a scroll of invitation as it vibrated. A loud voice reverberated in the heavens and earth, rattling through the North Territory, “Young Mu Chen, if you don’t show up, your Mu Estate will be deserted soon…”
Mandela listened to the jesting laughter as her hands clenched, and her knuckles cracked. Ling Xi and Long Xiang’s gazes were furious, too, and if they had not been so much weaker than their opponent, they would not have been able to bear it and would have retaliated.
In front of the hall, many sovereigns’ faces were dark.
“Hmm?” However, while the people were silent, they suddenly moved and raised their heads. In a distant place, the space suddenly twisted open, and spiritual light surged through. A slender figure stepped into the air, and in just a breath, appeared over the Mu Estate.
Everyone stared at the figure, and after a moment, their eyes widened.
“Is that?” Liu Tiandao and the others rubbed their eyes as they exclaimed incredulously, “It seems like the Estate Master?”
In the sky, the young figure stepped into the air. He reached out as the scroll of invitation landed in his hands. Without looking at it, he clenched his fist, and the scroll disintegrated into dust and scattered in the air. He then looked up at the palace coldly as he pointed in the air.
Boom!
The space around the palace erupted directly under Mu Chen’s finger. Numerous shattered pieces of space formed a large hand as it held the palace and crushed it. The palace crumbled, and his deep voice with its murderous intent reverberated over the entire North Territory, “Since you fancy my Mu Estate so much, then stay here from now on and don’t leave…”