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The clone of Heaven Duke and Lava Earth Count were still silent. At one side, Old Buddha and Crimson Emperor sat beside the stone table and drank their tea leisurely. They would raise their heads once in a while and looked over with beaming faces.
Great Sun Sovereign sat obediently at one side and lowered his head to look at his tea. His beak would spew out a small wisp of flame from time to time as he muttered, âI donât know anything, I died early and because I knew too much, I got shot in the back...â
The white-bearded elder coughed repeatedly and looked at Earth Count. He then looked at Qin Mu and couldnât resist saying, âSon of Qin, let me discuss with Earth Count first.â
Qin Mu nodded his head gently.
Heaven Duke and Earth Count walked further away to avoid them and they whispered to each other.
Earth Count said, âYou are more knowledgable, you say.â
Heaven Duke said, âEveryone who dies goes to you, you know the most.â
Earth Count didnât reply to him.
Heaven Duke was helpless and he could only say, âJust now that girl called Yan Qiling has already warned this kid to be wary of us, she trying to sow discord. If we donât reveal some secrets, this kid will definitely hold a grudge against us.â
Earth Count said with a muffled voice, âI donât know much.â
Heaven Duke smiled from anger. âYou have already done it and you still donât know much? Do you believe Iâll pour out everything you have done? In this current world, Primordial Realmâs seal has been undone and even a fake Mother Earth has popped out. Heaven Duke, Celestial Heavens, and even Celestial Emperor from the past, they are coming out one by one. This shows that the world is going to plunge into chaos and they are going to reap the benefits! Do you think we can protect our Youdu and Xuandu?â
Earth Count was silent for a moment. âI agree to let him know some secrets but we canât say everything thatâs related to us.â
Only then did Heaven Duke let out a sigh. âYou say or I say?â
âIâm more tight-lipped, let me say,â said Earth Count.
Both of them returned and Qin Mu looked at them in anticipation.
Beside the stone table, Old Buddha and Crimson Emperor couldnât help perking up their ears in anticipation as well.
Great Sun Sovereign was originally afraid to listen and had planned to leave but he was truly curious so he braced himself to stay. âIâve already died once so what am I afraid of?â
In the distance, big-headed baby Qin Fengqing crawled out of Qin word mountain range and his ears suddenly became incomparably huge. It was even larger than the mountains when placed upright as he tried to listen to them.
Heaven Duke coughed and didnât say a word. He looked at Lava Earth Count and he only spoke after a long silence. He said calmly, âCelestial Emperor of Dragon Han Celestial Heavens is indeed dead.â
Qin Muâs heart trembled violently and he looked at him in anticipation.
In the distance, the big-headed babyâs voice rang out. âBig Earth Count, where can I eat Celestial Emperorâs soul? Did you hide him? I know you hide a lot of good stuff!â
Earth Count looked at everyoneâs eyes that were filled with anticipation and hesitated. âThat is all. Heaven Duke, my lips are too tight, I donât know what I should say. Iâm afraid of being trick by their words, I think you should do it.â
Qin Mu was suspicious and he looked at that white-bearded elder in anticipation.
Heaven Dukeâs felt his head aching and he laughed from anger. âYou are not tight-lipped, you just want me to say! Alright, Iâll do it! Celestial Emperor of Dragon Han Era was murdered when he reincarnated to marry a woman!â
Old Buddha spurted a mouthful of tea on the face of Great Sun Sovereign who was sitting opposite him. Great Sun Sovereign was in a daze. He couldnât care about wiping the water on his face as he was just a lump of primordial spirit that was scorching hot. The tea vaporized from his face and turned into steam that rose in spirals.
The three heads of Crimson Emperorâs consciousness stared with his eyes wide open and he seemed to be at a loss.
Qin Mu stuttered, âC-C-Celestial Emperor had died when he reincarnated to marry a woman? Was it Celestial Empressâs younger sister?â
âNo.â
Heaven Duke sighed and said, âHis Majesty is wise and strong, his resourcefulness is also outstanding. Earth Count, Mother Earth, me and anyone else canât defeat him and we all have a weakness that is in his grasp. As the first lifeform in the universe, his abilities are high and his methods are outstanding, full of admiration of him. However, he has a weakness and that is lecherous.â
Earth Count gave a cough.
Heaven Duke was unhappy and said, âThis can be said, itâs fine. Anyway, when the celestial heavens was established, Celestial Venerable Mu was around as well, he knows some inside information so he should have saw through His Majestyâs character.â
Qin Mu had a weird expression and said, âI know Celestial Emperor had reincarnated once just to sleep with Celestial Empressâs sister, it was that reincarnation where Celestial Venerable Hao was born. I donât know what had happened after.â
Heaven Duke continued. âAfter Celestial Venerable Yuâs death, the whole incident blew up and the races after the beginning were furious. They made a racket about wanting Celestial Venerable Hao to be executed and even a few celestial venerables had wanted to assassinate Celestial Venerable Hao. To protect Celestial Venerable Hao, Celestial Emperor married that goddess officially and finally got his wish. As a result, Celestial Venerable Hao also became the son of the emperor so no one dared to touch him.â
Qin Mu stared with his eyes wide open and he cried out, âCelestial Emperor married Celestial Empress and her sister?â
Earth Count gave a heavy cough.
âItâs fine, itâs fine, this can be said as well. Stop coughing to interrupt me.â
Heaven Duke said, âPeople usually says that ancient gods are impartial, this is actually wrong. Ancient gods arenât impartial, the Great Dao that gives birth to the ancient gods are impartial, thus, ancient gods usually have to follow the Great Dao and carry out the instruction of the Dao. Ancient gods actually have their own selfishness. For example, numerous ancient gods had tried to reincarnate to escape the restraints of the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, giving birth to their children. Some ancient gods even give birth to numerous sons and daughters with races after the beginning to satisfy their temporary desire, forming the half-god race. There are even some half-gods that were born from ancient god and ancient god...â
Earth Count coughed repeatedly and warned him, âDao friend, why are you saying these? You are spoiling the image of ancient gods. Just tell him the important matters.â
Heaven Duke paid no mind to him and said, âEver since I came to this seal, Iâm being beaten by Son of Youdu every day, I no longer have any image. Itâs fine to talk about this, it concerns what Iâm going to say afterward anyway. If I donât clarify, this kid is still going to ask and I will still have to say.â
Lava Earth Count said with a muffled voice, âKnow the limits, donât keep learning from Great Sun Sovereign.â
Great Sun Sovereign nodded and said, âI didnât know my mouth was big until I got shot in the back...â
Heaven Duke continued to say, âHis Majesty is very scheming and we, the ancient gods, canât defeat him. When the celestial heavens was established in Dragon Han Era, we, the heads of these ancient gods, elected him to become the celestial emperor, we were all in support of this. Back then, what we were thinking was with the increasing population of the races after the beginning and the half-gods, we needed to have rules to restrain these lifeforms from killing each other every day. Never would we expect Celestial Emperor to be too forceful and scheming. We treated him as a Dao friend but he treated us like his subjects.â
Qin Muâs heart stirred slightly and he remembered Ah Chou who he had seen in Slaughter Cauldron.
Heaven Duke said, âHe basically had all of the weakness of the ancient gods. Earth Count has a weakness in his hands, Mother Earth has one, and even I also have one. We were old brothers, old friends, who can defeat him? Hehe, who is not in his firm grasp? No matter if itâs Yuandu, Youdu or even my Xuandu, there are many people planted by him and yet we canât see the celestial heavens.â
Qin Mu nodded as he recalled Celestial Venerable Yuâs experience and what he had heard in Slaughter Cauldron.
Celestial Emperor was scheming. No matter which ancient god it was, they were no match for him.
The position of Celestial Emperor would only become more and more stable, continuing to last forever.
And yet this emperor was still dead.
âActually, when after Celestial Venerable Mu had left Dragon Han Era, half-gods and the races began to develop rapidly and numerous strong existences were born. Half-gods and the races were improving and yet ancient gods found it hard to progress. Ancient gods couldnât learn other path, skills and divine arts outside of their own Dao and they could only research their own Dao to improve themselves.â
Heaven Duke sighed and said, âWhen half-gods and the lifeforms no longer age or die, their respect and admiration for ancient gods gradually faded. Old Buddha is one of the talents of that time and yet Old Buddha wasnât the most outstanding one among the half-gods and lifeforms.â
Brahma Buddha nodded his head. âEvery one of the seven celestial venerables surpassed me by leaps and bounds.â
âOld Buddha, you need not put yourself down, you are only slightly inferior.â
Heaven Duke consoled him and continued to say, âCelestial Emperor was rather afraid of the human race among all of the other lifeforms after the beginning and he was also quite afraid of the talented half-gods, so he was even more on guard against his sons and daughters. This resulted in him creating many strifes which exhausted the power of the half-gods and lifeforms. He even silently allowed the half-gods and the humans to create a small celestial heavens each and see them fight each other. Crown Prince Wuqiâs power was huge back then and so His Majesty purposely gave him a chance to rebel, taking the chance to execute him. After Crown Prince Wuqi had died, Celestial Emperor still didnât let him off and conferred him the surname Xie after he died. He was called Xie Wuqi and was suppressed in Youdu.â
Qin Muâs heart stirred. âXie Wuqi? I had met him in Jade Lock Pass!â
Heaven Duke said, âI originally didnât know about this, I only know Xie Wuqi rebelled and was killed, the rest of the information was said to me by the little bird. Only until recently did I know that it was Celestial Emperor that had purposely given Xie Wuqi the chance to rebel so he could kill him.â
Great Sun Sovereign shrunk back his neck and he had a look of regret.
Heaven Duke said, âThe human race and the half-gods fought and his children didnât dare to rebel, the weakness of all ancient gods were also in his hands, the world was in his hands. In that era, no one could fight against him, not in the past, not in the present and also not in the future.â
âAnd yet he still died.â Qin Muâs gaze twinkled.
Heaven Duke was silent for a moment. âThe little bird said he had died early but this was untrue. Celestial Emperor had actually died ahead of you.â
Great Sun Sovereignâs feather exploded and he cried out. âImpossible! I had gone to attack Celestial Emperor Yun on his orders and got shot in the back by an arrow. I have the decree of Celestial Emperor, this is impossible!â
Heaven Duke gave a long sigh and said, âYour death was what happened afterward. When the half-gods and the human race were fighting each other, a beauty appeared in Yuandu, she was simply too beautiful that I couldnât resist laying my eyes on her as well. Her name is Jue Wuchen, she was flawless and wasnât tainted by even a speck of dust. Her beauty had even moved my heart...â
Qin Mu looked at him with a weird expression.
Old Buddha and Crimson Emperor also had weird expressions.
Heaven Duke paused for a moment before continuing. âAnd so, Celestial Emperor reincarnated. He naturally dared to reincarnate but this time, he had reincarnate secretly so no one knew who he had reincarnated into, where he had reincarnated to, and what race he had become. Until one day, a celestial venerable from the human race came to Xuandu to find me...â
Qin Mu became nervous. âWhich celestial venerable?â
Heaven Duke fell silent but he still continued. âCelestial Venerable Yun, at that time, he was already Celestial Emperor Yun of Heaven Han Celestial Heavens, furthermore, he is also the leader of Heaven Alliance.â
Qin Muâs body trembled violently and his eyes lost focus.
âCelestial Venerable Yun came to find me and he told me he could solve the situation of us being in Celestial Emperorâs grasp. As long as on a certain month and day, I just had to look and not interfere.â
Heaven Duke said, âI donât know what he wants to do but I agreed. And at that time, another celestial venerable came to Youdu and found Earth Count.â
He looked at Earth Count and said, âCan Dao friend still remember which celestial venerable had gone to visit Dao friend?â
Earth Count said, âOf course I remember. The leader of the half-gods, Celestial Venerable Hao came to find me. He told me on a certain month and day, I just need to look at whatâs happening in Yuandu, I donât have to interfere and that would solve the crisis of Youdu. I agreed.â
Heaven Duke said, âBack then, Celestial Venerable Hao was Celestial Emperor Hao of Dragon Heaven Celestial Heavens.â
Qin Mu was at a loss and he muttered, âCelestial Venerable Hao, Celestial Venerable Yun, why are they together? Arenât they life and death enemies? One of them represents the half-gods and one of them represents the lifeforms after the beginning, shouldnât they be fighting each other to the death?â
âThis was also something that I couldnât understand no matter how much I think, itâs also what terrifies me the most.â
Heaven Duke revealed a blank and terrified look as he lowered his voice. âAfter that, when it came to that day, the attack commenced. The first to strike was Jue Wuchen, then it was Celestial Venerable Yun and Celestial Venerable Hao who led the strong practitioners of the various races. Only then did I knew that the person they wanted to kill was Celestial Emperor. Due to my promise, I didnât interfere. Furthermore, I was also afraid of Celestial Emperor and hope that he would die. Dao Friend Earth Count also didnât make a move...â
Qin Mu shook his head and his hands were cold. He asked softly, âThereâs also Mother Earth. Mother Earth, did she...â
âShe also looked and didnât make a move.â
Heaven Dukeâs gaze was slightly peculiar as he lowered his voice again. âMother Earth even sealed the sky of Yuandu and the leaves of Primordial Tree blocked the sky, causing the celestial heavens to be unable to see what was happening there.â