Chapter 2187: The Heavenly Realm’s Plot
King Daxi’s eyes flashed with anger after she saw the Projection Scroll in Zhang Ruochen’s hand. She wanted nothing more than to immediately attack and seize it.
Back in the Eastern Region Holy City, Zhang Ruochen had forced her to activate the Tower of Flames and killed a large number of Heavenly Realm cultivators. He had recorded it specifically, forcing her to cooperate obediently.
“The so-called Divine Envoy of Moon Goddess used such a disgraceful method,” King Daxi said coldly.
Zhang Ruochen looked indifferent and said, “How can I fight with you without using some methods? Do you want me to fight with all the cultivators of the Heavenly Realm like a boorish man? You overestimate and underestimate me.”
“Don’t think that you can threaten me just because you have a Projection Scroll. It’s not a big deal even if you announce it to the public,” King Daxi said.
She didn’t want to be coerced by Zhang Ruochen, no matter what. Otherwise, there would be no end to it.
Killing a large number of cultivators of the Heavenly Realm was indeed a big deal, but it wasn’t impossible to solve it.
Zhang Ruochen did not care at all, and said, “I have one more item in my hand. Perhaps you will be interested in it?”
Zhang Ruochen flipped his hand as he spoke and took out a sparkling necklace.
King Daxi’s eyes changed as soon as she saw the necklace. She immediately made a move and try to snatch it.
But no matter what she did, she could not get close to Zhang Ruochen at all. It was as if they were in different time and space.
“Give me back the Necklace of Dimension,” said King Daxi.
This necklace was once King Daxi’s personal belongings. It contained a large number of treasures, including several treasures that were very important to her.
In particular, the spirit of the Soul Realm had given her a special soul jade. It was related to her cultivation progress and future achievements. It was her opportunity and fortuitous encounter.
With the soul jade in her hands, she would be a legend and not mediocre. She could not afford to lose it.
The crystal scepter also was of great significance to her.
King Daxi wanted to take back these things all the time. However, the elites of the sects of Heavenly Realm could not do anything to Zhang Ruochen. Even Shang Ziyan was no match with Zhang Ruochen.
“Since you want it, just take it,” Zhang Ruochen said and smiled faintly. He waved his hand and threw the Necklace of Dimension to King Daxi.
King Daxi took the Necklace of Dimension in a daze. She was very surprised.
King Daxi released her spiritual power instantly to check the items in the Necklace of Dimension.
The next moment, King Daxi’s eyes showed a strange look. All her treasures were in the Necklace of Dimension. Zhang Ruochen had given them back to her. She couldn’t figure out what he wanted to do.
“I can return them to you now and take them away at any time. Unless you hide in the Soul Realm forever,” Zhang Ruochen said calmly. “I can only say that it’s a pity. The Celestial Court will lose a beautiful scenery.”.
King Daxi’s eyes darkened after hearing what Zhang Ruochen said. She truly felt the strong confidence in Zhang Ruochen’s words.
Was it possible for her to not come to the Celestial Court?
Although the Soul Realm was a strong world, how could the cultivation environment compare to Celestial Court?
“King Daxi, it’s rare for us to meet in the Celestial Domain of Truth. How about a drink together?” Zhang Ruochen suddenly invited her.
His tone sounded gentle, but there was an irresistible meaning in it.
King Daxi was silent for a moment. In the end, she nodded and didn’t refuse.
It wasn’t that she didn’t want to refuse, but that she couldn’t refuse at all.
Facing Zhang Ruochen, she felt an invisible pressure.
Immediately, Zhang Ruochen brought along King Daxi and used the Great Dimensional Shift to rush to the restaurant where Feng Yan and the others were.
WineBreeze was the most famous restaurant in the Celestial Domain of Truth. It had existed as long as the Celestial Domain of Truth.
Not long after, Zhang Ruochen and King Daxi entered a private room of WineBreeze.
Feng Yan and the others were surprised to see King Daxi.
They all knew the identity of King Daxi, so they were curious and thought, ‘Why did Zhang Ruochen bring her here?’
“Brother, what are you doing with this ugly monster from Soul Realm?” Xiang Chunan asked directly.
Xiang Chunan had always been straightforward. He would say whatever he had to say. He wouldn’t be polite to those who had a grudge against Zhang Ruochen.
King Daxi felt that Xiang Chunan was deliberately humiliating her by calling her an “ugly monster” as her eyes beamed cold gaze. She was a beauty in the Portrait of the Nine Beauties. King Daxi’s reputation had spread all over the heavens and all realms, and she couldn’t be associated with the word “ugly”.
“Chunan, don’t be rude to Lian Xi. I invited her here.”
Zhang Ruochen patted King Daxi’s shoulder. He seemed to think of her as one of his close friends. “Don’t mind him. Please take a seat, Lian Xi.”
King Daxi couldn’t breathe under Zhang Ruochen’s oppression. She suppressed the irritation in her heart and sat down without worrying Xiang Chunan.
Zhang Ruochen also sat down and poured a glass of wine for King Daxi with his own hands. He looked very elegant and said, “Lian Xi, I have a question. I hope you have an answer for it.”
“What is it about?” King Daxi asked.
Zhang Ruochen stared into her beautiful eyes and said, “I want to know what Heavenly Realm is plotting. You know what I meant.”
Through Zhou Zhen, Zhang Ruochen had understood part of the Heavenly Realm’s plan, but it was not specific enough. He needed a clearer picture of it.
Only in this way could he think of a countermeasure in advance.
“I can only say that you asked the wrong person. I have long left Kunlun. Even if Heavenly Realm does have a plan, I don’t know anything about it,” King Daxi said.
Zhang Ruochen said, “You are the future lord of Soul Realm. With the relationship between Soul Realm and Heavenly Realm, how can you not know anything? This is unbelievable.”
“It’s up to you whether you believe it or not. I don’t know anything anyway. However, you have fought against the Heavenly Realm all the time. It’s best to stay vigilant since you’ve been rewarded by the Fane of Truth recently,” King Daxi said coldly.
She wasn’t concerned about Zhang Ruochen. She just wanted to put some pressure on him.
These things were obvious, and she was deliberately highlighting them now.
Zhang Ruochen thought for a moment and said, “It does not matter if you do not know anything. With your ability, It should be easy for you to get the information. I hope you can help me.”
“Why should I help you?” King Daxi asked.
She was the Divine Scion of Soul Realm. With such high status, who would dare to order her around?
Moreover, Zhang Ruochen had asked her to find out about the Heavenly Realm’s plan. It was equivalent to betraying them. Lian Xi and the whole Soul Realm would be in grave danger if she was discovered.
Zhang Ruochen picked up the wine cup in front of him and took a sip. He smiled faintly and said, “Since I joined the Celestial Court, I have killed so many Divine Scions, but the gods of the Heavenly Realm’s sect can’t do anything to me. The numbers do not concern me. If I kill you now, do you think I will be executed? Si Xue, the lord of the Fane of Truth will protect me, right?”
“If Brother Ruochen climbs the Mountain of Truth, the Fane of Truth will protect you at all cost. Besides, you’re Chunan’s sworn brother. Naturally, my mother would support you,” Qing Sixue said.
Xiang Chunan also said, “Si Xue’s right, we’re all on the same side. The lord of the Fane of Truth will protect us. Even if we kill her now, we can say that she mistakenly entered a dangerous place in the Celestial Domain of Truth and died in vain.”
“Such an evil thought!” Zhang Ruochen sighed.
King Daxi’s heart sank to the bottom as they harmonized by exchanging words.
How could King Daxi not understand what Zhang Ruochen meant? With his special status, there wouldn’t be any trouble even if he killed her. As long as he left no traces behind. The Heaven Palace probably wouldn’t investigate further.
The lord of the Fane of Truth would probably help cover up the secret so that even the gods of Soul Realm couldn’t sense what was happening.
Just as Zhang Ruochen had said, it was too evil!
In the past, only the four world overlords dared to do this.
Their strength and origin could cover the sky.
“I’m afraid you are still clueless. Not long ago, Blackheart Demonlord almost met his maker. He compensated Moon Goddess with a Lotus of Transcendence, and only then the Wargod Bian Zhuang spared his life,” Zhang Ruochen said again.
Hearing the name “Wargod Bian Zhuang” King Dawi’s heart sank again. No one in the Soul Realm could afford to provoke this prominent figure.
Originally, Zhang Ruochen only had the Moon Goddess as his backer. Now, he had the even more terrifying Wargod Bian Zhuang and the lord of the Fane of Truth. How many people would dare to blatantly oppose him?
King Daxi stared at Zhang Ruochen. She had a myriad of thoughts, but she didn’t know what to do.
Zhang Ruochen didn’t dodge it. Instead, he smiled and raised his wine glass and said, “A toast to you, Lian Xi. You won’t let me down, right?”
King Daxi was silent for a moment and finally held up the wine glass in front of her. She was oppressed by the situation and she cannot resist.
So this was how the weak felt,’ King Daxi thought.
“Then I’ll wait for your good news.” Zhang Ruochen said and then he drank the wine in his glass.
King Daxi didn’t say anything and she drank the wine silently. However, she felt very depressed. With her status, she had never thought that she would be bullied like this one day.
King Daxi did not stay for long. She quickly got up and left. She had nothing to say to Zhang Ruochen and the others.
As soon as King Daxi left, Zhang Ruochen also quietly left the WineBreeze.
This was an extremely important matter. Naturally, he could not be careless. He could not let King Daxi out of his sight no matter what.
As for Feng Yan and Xiang Chunan, he would let them go to the Central Imperial City on their own. It would be the same if they met again.
Zhang Ruochen was quite satisfied that King Daxi had left the Celestial Domain of Truth after she got out of WineBreeze. She went straight to the Grand Terminal of Merits.
‘It seems that she guessed that I was nearby, holding her life at any time,’ Zhang Ruochen thought.
King Daxi was very efficient. When she arrived at the Central Imperial City of Kunlun, she quickly found an elite from the Heavenly Realm.
Speaking of which, Zhang Ruochen was familiar with this elite. It was Gaunt and he is the one who had helped Zhou Zhen in the past. He was a Colossi, a supreme clan in the Heavenly Realm.
The two of them met in a manor in a bustling area.
Zhang Ruochen used the dimensional technique and walked around the manor. Then, he walked into a tea house opposite. He was sitting by the window in front of a table, but no one could notice him.
As soon as he sat down, he heard a lot of discussions.
“Zhang Ruochen is heaven-defying. He can cross the tenth region of the Sea of Truth as a Saint King. I wonder what reward he got.”
“He’s already invincible below the Supreme Saint. Now that he’s received the reward from the Fane of Truth, I wonder how powerful he will be.”
“After 100,000 years, Wargod Bian Zhuang has made his move again. He’d crushed the Blackheart Demonlord and Gauntatianxia with just a clone of his. He is still the leader of the nine Wargods in the Heaven Palace.”
“He is angry at his beauty. Wargod Bian Zhuang is truly a peerless hero. No one can compare to him.”
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Originally, Zhang Ruochen should have been the center of attention when he ascended the Mountain of Truth. But because of Wargod Bian Zhuang, his popularity has been greatly reduced.
This was a good thing for Zhang Ruochen and it can save him a lot of trouble.
After Zhang Ruochen had left Kunlun for about a month and a half. Although the imperial city was temporarily unharmed, the situation had become tense.
More than 50 million Saint Realm Warriors had been mobilized from the Infernal Court. More and more top-notch powerhouses had gathered.
The Infernal Court had even sent more High-Saint Array Master to disintegrate the array of divine patterns in the imperial city as quickly as possible.
Fortunately, the Celestial Court also sent a large number of saint realm cultivators, ready to fight with the Infernal Court at any time.
The elites of Kunlun, needless to say, all gathered in the imperial city.
“The news spread fast. It seems that my every move has been noticed by someone,” Zhang Ruochen said in a low voice.
After obtaining The Heart of Truth, Zhang Ruochen’s hearing and vision were far better than before. Even if there was an array in the opposite manor, it could not be hidden from his eyes and ears.
In the manor, King Daxi sat down with Gaunt and had a secret conversation.
Gaunt shrunk his body and became no different from an ordinary person and he was very attentive to King Daxi.
After all, it was very rare to be alone with a peerless beauty like King Daxi.
This was the reason why King Daxi came to find Gaunt. In comparison, it was easier to get information from Gaunt.
After some small talk, King Daxi asked, “I met with Archangel Michael in the Celestial Domain of Truth. At that time, he seemed to be in a hurry and rushed to Kunlun. Did he have any important plans recently?”
King Daxi had always thought that Zhang Ruochen was suspicious because he found out that Archangel Michael had rushed to Kunlun. Therefore, she naturally talks about it.
Zhang Ruochen was struck by the news and fell into deep thought in the teahouse across the manor.
Gaunt was slightly surprised and whispered, “You are one of the leading figures in Soul Realm. You should be qualified to know about this. How could you…”
King Daxi interrupted him and said, “I have been busy with cultivation recently, so I pay less attention to the Battlefield of Merits in Kunlun. But I am afraid that I will miss something important, so I asked you for your advice.”
Gaunt didn’t think too much about it, but he hesitated.
‘This matter was of great importance. Should I tell her or not?’ Gaunt thought.
He didn’t have many opportunities to communicate with Lian Xi. Would she be unhappy if he deliberately hid it from her?
King Daxi said, “It seems that something big is going on. Don’t worry. I’ve set up a spiritual barrier, so no one can hear our conversation.”
“There’s an important plan in progress, which is to find the exact spatial coordinates of the Saturn Peach Tree,” Gaunt said.
King Daxi was surprised and asked, “Why do we need to find the spatial coordinates of the Saturn Peach Tree? The Saturn Peach Tree is a spiritual root of the world, just like a god. Even if we find it, we can’t do anything about it.”
“Of course, we don’t need to do anything. As long as we find the spatial coordinates of the Saturn Peach Tree, the deities will come out and force a passage through. They’ll attack with lightning speed and destroy the Saturn Peach Tree. In the past, the Divine Sky-connecting Tree was cut off just like that. The gods of Kunlun were caught off guard,” Gaunt smiled.
Zhang Ruochen listened to every word Gaunt said in the pavilion. He suddenly understood.
Gu Xin’ao had injured Xue Wuye to obtain the Realm Bearer’s blood so that he could extract the aura of the Saturn Peach Tree and lock it onto its location. It turned out that he had such a plan.
Without the spiritual root of the world, Kunlun would fall into silence again. Facing the attack of the Infernal Court, how could they resist?
It had to be said that the Heavenly Realm’s intentions were extremely vicious. This would destroy Kunlun’s hope.
However, it was normal to think about it. The catastrophe of the Middle Ages had done so many disgraceful things in the Heavenly Realm. How could they wait for Kunlun to settle their scores?
King Daxi knew that Zhang Ruochen was nearby. She didn’t think of stopping him from listening.
After a slight pause, King Daxi said, “The space where the Saturn Peach Tree is must be very secretive. I’m afraid it won’t be easy to find it.”
“Empress Chi Yao once let them eat the Saturn Peach to cultivate a few Realm Bearers. Through the saint blood of these Realm Bearers, we can find the Saturn Peach Tree. Originally, Gu Xin’ao had already succeeded in obtaining Xue Wuye’s Saint Blood, but he lost it for some reason.”
“However, it’s not a big problem. Apart from the Realm Bearers who have eaten the Saturn Peach, some people knew the exact location of the Saturn Peach Tree. As long as we capture them, we’ll naturally be able to find the Saturn Peach Tree.”
Zhang Ruochen’s heart skipped a beat after hearing the news. He had captured the most crucial information.
As far as he knew, before the Saturn Peach Tree had grown into the spiritual root of the world, it was Emperor Wen who had been silently guarding it and disappeared for 800 years.
To come into contact with the Saturn Peach Tree, one must be very close to Emperor Wen and must have a very high position in the imperial court.
Zhang Ruochen thought of two people instantly. One was Emperor Wen’s granddaughter, Nalan Danqing and the other was Emperor Wen’s disciple, Grand Chamberlain Wang Shiqi.
They had the closest relationship with Emperor Wen and held high positions in the imperial court. They were most trusted by Empress Chi Yao and had a high probability of getting in touch with the Saturn Peach Tree.
In other words, it was very likely that the sect of Heavenly Realm would attack them next.
Or rather…
They had already attacked.
Thinking of Archangel Michael rushing to Kunlun, Zhang Ruochen realized that the situation had reached a critical point. He could no longer sit still.
“Dan Qing is in Ziwei Palace, where the Blood Dripper is guarding. Moreover, the Nine-heavens Maiden is one. There won’t be any problems. Wang Shiqi is in Syzygy Mansion. Although there’s an array guarding there, the sect of Heavenly Realm has High-Saint Array Masters. It’s enough to break the array.”
“Wang Shiqi is the only target of Heavenly Realm.”
Zhang Ruochen thought quickly. Then he suddenly looked up in the direction of the Syzygy Mansion.