2003 Secret Realm Open, Nine Kings Strike, Chu Kuangren Went Alone
The meeting ended on a bitter note, and God King Sikong remained shaken after the meeting.
“God King Tianji was sent to investigate the Heavenly Sword, but he died. Six Eyes tried to have a peek into the Heavenly Sword’s destiny, but he died as well. Immortal Emperor Luo Tian and I planned to surrender the Eleventh Continent to Pan Gu Universe, allowing Immortal Emperor Luo Tian to have more influence over there, but Heavenly Sword foiled the plan…
“Maybe he has started to suspect that I was investigating him, so he intentionally brought up the topic of the spy and sowed discord among us during the meeting…”
God King Sikong pondered.
To him, he had labeled the Heavenly Sword as the spy already.
What a terrifying opponent!
Even if he was certain that the Heavenly Sword was the spy, he could not act recklessly. Who knew what the Heavenly Sword would do if he was forced into a desperate situation?
The Heavenly Sword had quite an influence in Central Heaven Universe.
A few of the Nine Kings had a strong relationship with him.
If he decided to go after the Heavenly Sword, he must strike fast and surely, or else, the consequences would be terrible.
“The Temple Master said that the secret realm is about to open soon. Since we can’t go there ourselves, we should send the Nine Kings there. As for Pan Gu Universe, Chu Kuangren would probably go there himself.
“After all, their overall combat capabilities pale in comparison to us, and after losing two Peerless Warlords, they have limited manpower.
“The resources in that secret realm are important, and there’s a high chance that Chu Kuangren might go there alone,” God King Sikong muttered to himself.
It should be time for the Nine Kings to fight Chu Kuangren.
…
On the Ninth Continent of the Central Heaven Universe, Chu Kuangren was deducing the outcome of the universal war again, and the results he saw this time were a lot more positive.
Even though the odds were still against Pan Gu Universe, the ratio had increased from three to seven.
“It seems like it’s because I’ve weakened the Immortal Hall’s military rights and instilled suspicion in the higher-ups of Central Heaven Universe,” Chu Kuangren muttered to himself.
He had done a lot to change the outcome, but the odds continued to favor the Central Heaven Universe.
It was solid evidence of how powerful the Primordials were.
However, Wu Han had heavily injured the two Primordials, and it would certainly take them a while to recover.
What did they do to hasten their recovery?
He could not deduce that particular outcome.
He tried exploring more, but he did not get anything beyond that.
Suddenly, he sensed something from the Void Battlefield.
He looked at the Void Battlefield and felt an energy fluctuation.
A spatial crack opened up.
All kinds of treasures could be seen inside, such as Immortal Herbs, Immortal Metal, Embodier Fragments, and more.
Was it a treasure land hidden in the Void Battlefield?
Those who saw the spatial crack breathed heavily as they were thrilled, but because of military order, they could not enter it.
Chu Kuangren was slightly surprised.
“Oh? This secret realm…”
He tried to deduce more about the secret realm. However, before he could reach the outcome, Lil Ai beat him to it and provided him with the analysis result.
“This secret realm is the spatial crack of the Void Battlefield. But because it has absorbed an abundance of Embodier Fragments, it has produced all kinds of treasures…”
Chu Kuangren gave a big thumbs up to Lil Ai as he listened to the analysis result.
Lil Ai was useful at times.
While Chu Kuangren was concentrating on the spatial crack, Lil Ai sighed.
As Chu Kuangren grew stronger and wiser, he rarely used Lil Ai for analysis anymore.
Now, with his newly acquired Great Destiny Technique, his deduction result was more or less equivalent to Lil Ai’s analysis result.
Lil Ai suddenly felt useless.
She was eager to grow stronger, but there was no way for her to do that.
…
The appearance of the secret realm alerted the two universes.
God King Sikong saw it as well.
He told everyone to be on standby and not act recklessly. Then, he informed the Nine Kings and sent them there.
A bolt of lightning flashed high across the sky.
Lei Shentian stared at the spatial crack with his electrifying gaze. “I am now an Expert Embodier God King and am one step shy from achieving Peak realm. There might be some treasures that can help me breakthrough.”
On the other hand, Wu Mian vanished and headed toward the secret realm.
He had replaced Nether God as the strongest among the Nine Kings, but it was far from enough.
Be it Chu Kuangren or the Heavenly Sword, he had no confidence to beat either of them.
However, there might be some great Opportunities of Fortune inside the secret realm for him.
With that, the Nine Kings appeared and headed to the secret realm.
The cultivators of the Central Heaven Universe were thrilled to see them.
“The Nine Kings! The Nine Kings has moved out together!”
“Ha! The Nine Kings’ strengths are extraordinary! If they move out together, they can easily conquer the puny secret realm!”
“You’re right!”
Meanwhile, in the other universe, everyone was also eager to explore the secret realm, and they debated who should be sent there.
However, as they had to defend against the Central Heaven Universe’s invasion, most of them could not leave their station and those who could were no match to the Nine Kings.
“I’ll go,” Chu Kuangren said.
Zi Jinlun raised a brow and voiced his objection. “No, you’re our leader. What if something happens to you? Who’s going to lead us?”
“Yeah!”
“Let me go. I’m strong enough to fight the Nine Kings.” Immortal Emperor Luo Tian volunteered to go to the secret realm.
“You should stay where you are,” Chu Kuangren said.
He strongly believed if he sent Immortal Emperor Luo Tian to the secret realm, the man would not only allow the Nine Kings to explore the place at will, but he might even hand over the treasures willingly.
“When I’m away, all of you will take orders from Linglong,” Chu Kuangren said.
Everyone knew that Gu Linglong was his Daoist partner.
In the past few decades, Gu Linglong had presented herself as a capable leader and commander in battle despite her lack of strength.
No one voiced any objections about her taking Chu Kuangren’s place.
However, Immortal Emperor Luo Tian grumbled and said, “Are you going to let a woman take command? What a joke!”
His words infuriated the other women present at the meeting.
Supreme Overlord Soul, Moon Rabbit, Hong Yang, and other female elites glared at him with gazes as sharp as blades.
Under their threatening gazes, the man shivered and decided to zip his mouth.
After finalizing the details, Chu Kuangren left.
Zi Jinlun and Li Tu suddenly lamented.
“If it weren’t because of our lack of military power, the Immortal King wouldn’t have to do this himself,” Zi Jinlun said with a shake of his head.
“I agree. With the current situation, it’s not an exaggeration to say that the Immortal King single-handedly carried us all in this war. If not for him, we would have lost this war already.”
After decades of war, Chu Kuangren’s reputation had reached an unprecedented high.
Even the ancient Embodiers who looked down on him at first started to believe in him.
“Alright. Now that the Immortal King is away, let’s stay focused and be wary of the enemies! We must defend our bases!”
“Of course!”
All of them were energized, except for Immortal Emperor Luo Tian.
A bitter feeling rose in his heart. He resented Chu Kuangren, yet Chu Kuangren’s reputation grew higher by the day.
The Immortal Hall’s reputation alone was not enough for him to return to his former glory.
Hence, it made him even more determined in working with the Central Heaven Universe. It was his only hope.