Chapter 1785: Heavenly Phoenix Princess
Opening the Thought Scripture wasnât difficult. One just needed to maintain their dao heart without succumbing to temptations and desires.
The degree of determination decided the number of pages flipped. If one could persevere to the end, they would be able to open the complete scripture.
There was no doubt that Li Qiye had accomplished this task and won his prize. He eventually opened his eyes and smiled while looking at the scripture in his hand.
âPurewood Divine Emperor, you have really thrown the scripture away. Who else but you can have such decisiveness?â Li Qiye commented with a tinge of emotion.
What did it mean for a cultivator to possess one of the nine heavenly scriptures? It meant that they would never be able to let it go. Even the emperors would try to hide this prized possession.
Even after cultivating the scripture, they would never release it to the world, unlike Purewood.
It didnât matter what his thought process behind doing so, this was only a testament to his peerless willpower.
Li Qiye took a deep breath and opened the scripture. He carefully read each word and praised the profound parts.
The content of the nine was unbelievably occult and impossible to decipher even for geniuses with ample time.
Alas, this wasnât the case for Li Qiye since this was the master of the Physique, Death, and Space Scriptures. He was very familiar with the content of this new one as well.
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While Li Qiye was studying, the king of Heavenly Phoenix personally ran to the War-Monarch Clan in order to meet his daughter.
Heavenly Phoenix Princess was a distinguished character in Pure, not just because she was Jin Geâs fiancee or that she was extremely beautiful and intelligent.
Her brilliance wasnât overshadowed by Jin Ge. She herself had amazing talents, resulting in her great cultivation. More importantly, she possessed the ancestral bloodline of the Heaven Race.
Heavenly Phoenix belonged to the golem race while War-Monarch consisted of heaveners with their prestigious bloodline. [1]
People didnât need to say much about the War-Monarch Clan. This was a power with five emperors. Some even believed that all five were still alive.
Such a lineage was, simply put, frighteningly invincible. Furthermore, Jin Ge was an exceptional man who could have become an emperor. Yet, he still chose the princess as his fiancee.
Just think about it, would he want her as his imperial queen if all she had was her beauty? Of course not.
âFather, whatâs the matter?â The princess noticed her fatherâs worried demeanor and took her into the main hall.
The truth was that the two have already married. However, Jin Ge waited to wait till after his ascension before preparing a grand ceremony for their wedding. Thus, she had already been staying by his side and perform administrative duties for him.
âHuangâer was killed!â The haggard king told the princess: âDaughter, you must avenge your little brother!â [2]
The mourning of his son has made this once arrogant and happy king grown much older overnight.
âWhat?! Where?â The princess was shocked.
âAt the Jilins. It must have been their treacherous scheme.â The king shouted: âDaughter, he cannot rest unless we resolve this!â
The king became irascible and irrational as a result. He didnât care about the consequence for the only thing on his mind was vengefulness.
âFather, please calm down and explain everything.â The exceptional princess was much more composed and said slowly.
âHuangâer was killed in the Jilinâs Stone Workshop, it must have been a trap.â The king described the death of the prince.
The king only heard from others. Of course, the princeâs followers naturally omitted his initial refusal to comply with the bet and didnât tell the king.
But even if the king was aware of this, he wouldnât have emphasized it at all. In his mind, the crucial point was his dead son. Nothing his son did matter for it was time for revenge.
The princess grimaced after hearing the story. Being in her position, she had dealt with many problems and could see that this wasnât the whole picture.
âOur country has no feud with the Jilin Clan. Even if there were minor conflicts, thatâs only between the young disciples, not to the level of an inter-sect conflict. The workshop is a business, thereâs no need for them to scheme against little brother. They might not have anything to do with this.â The princess said after a quick rumination.
âWho else can it be?! No one else would have dared to do anything in their territory without their permission! Plus, Heavenly Phoenix is notorious right now and the War-Monarch Clan is our backing, who would dare to provoke us but the Jilins!â The king raised his voice.
âWho is this Fiercest character?â The princess asked with a serious tone.
She had ample resources on top of being quite knowledgeable but she had never heard of this title before, not even the tiniest impression.
âOnly a mortal, you think a mortal would dare to kill my son?! What a joke, it had to be the Jilins.â The king was hellbent on this belief.
To which the princess responded: âNot necessarily. A mortal that dares to kill little brother canât be that simple. He must have an earth-shattering background.â
âI donât give a damn about his origin! Daughter, mobilize troops for Jilin right now, tell them to hand that little animal over! I will flay his flesh as punishment and I want the Jilin to take responsibility for Huangâerâs death!â The king shouted again.
âFather, we canât do this recklessly. An imperial clan isnât easy to mess with. Even if this Li Qiye is with the Jilin Clan, a mobilization is still too much. Not to mention that their Immortal Monarchs are still there, even if they arenât, just the ancestors there are tough to deal with already.â The princess shook her head.
The king asserted: âDaughter, they canât be stronger than the War-Monarchs. You have ten million troops who follow all your orders right now, just say the words and mobilize. The Jilins will certainly hand this Li Qiye over.â
âDearest Father, this is not the time to act with personal feelings. My troops are there for my husbandâs imperial conquest, not for personal feuds! Plus, he had lost one chance already and must be successful the second time around. I canât spare even a single troop for anything other than this important goal.â
Jin Ge could have become a Grand Emperor last time but an army from Arrogance ambushed him during the ascension process, resulting in his failure!
Now, he only had two more chances of shouldering the Heavenâs Wills. Even if he did his best, he could only have eight Heavenâs Wills, quite a gap from his true ambition.
Thus, he must be prudent this time around and guaranteed success.
âDaughter, virtuous son-in-law will definitely become a Grand Emperor.â The king didnât disagree: âAll of the imperial sects have agreed to protect him this time around, including some emperors. Who would dare to ambush him again?!â [3]
âWe canât be so sure of words. Grand Emperors and Immortal Monarchs wonât come out so easily because the Heavenly Execution is always looming above. Unless there was no other way, they wouldnât come out to protect future descendants. Husband toiled just to persuade some of these emperors but I still donât think they will appear until the worst possible moment. Thatâs why we still need an army for the second ascension.â The princess slowly explained.
âBut your little brotherâs death canât end like this!â The king unhappily stated.
âDearest Father, I will carefully investigate his death. Please donât blindly rush in.â The princess beseeched.
âHmph! How long is an investigation going to take?! Ten years or one hundred years?!â The dissatisfied king waved his sleeve dismissively and left.
The princess gently sighed while watching her father walk away. It wasnât like she didnât want to avenge her little brother. In fact, the two of them were very close but as the future imperial queen, she couldnât act on personal feelings and must always keep the overall picture in sight. Otherwise, the War-Monarch Clan wouldnât have given her military power.
1. Divine Race = divines; Heaven Race = heaveners; Devil Race = devils. Weâll do this in order to make the text flow better from now on in certain situations.
2. Huang here means Phoenix, er is just a cute affix to show love/closeness
3. What are your thoughts on when I overly include the pronouns/titles that are wordy and ugly in English? It does create tones and show character relationships