Free Web NovelThe highest palace in Celestial City was so tall that people mistook it for being seated among the clouds, able to pluck stars by looking up and witness the ebb and flow of Human City below.
“I’ve finally made it here.”
Li Mo snapped back to reality.
His gaze, instead of relaxing, became even more vigilant and solemn.
The God Sword... something seemed off!
Previously, the Celestial Human Divine Sword had always been indifferent to him, even after he had comprehended the Pifu's Sword within it.
This was only one reason.
The God Sword had undergone a deeper change.
Not a good change.
Once picked up, it made people unwilling to put it down; once picked up, it made them feel as if the world was within their grasp; once picked up, the ambition in their heart would violently swell... while others remained completely unaware of Li Mo’s feelings.
Human City was in chaos.
The Dijin outside was not much better.
“This Princess announces the enfeoffment of Elder Han He as Crown Prince; hurry and kneel before the Supreme Emperor to receive the decree and give thanks.”
Shang Wu looked at the jiangshan sheji map, standing on the table with a heroic spirit.
Who wouldn't say that her Baby Disciple possessed the bearing of an Emperor?
“Kneel to your grandpa, you should talk less!”
Elder Han He noticed the Sky Patrol Guard looking at ❀ Nоvеlігht ❀ (Don’t copy, read here) him with ill intent, as if any slight movement would cause them to rush up and arrest him, making the old man groan inwardly.
The one being rebellious was Shang Wu, why are you all staring at me, the Crown Prince?
With all this white hair on my head, if I become Crown Prince, will I even live to see the day of my enthronement?
“Brother Li, you... I...”
Wu Chushu’s eyes were blank, his inner self seemingly in a struggle between heaven and man.
Slap—
Elder Zeng quickly slapped him on the back of his head, clearing his eyes.
It’s fine if you learned other things, at most you’d make a fool of yourself, but you’re even learning this stuff?
“Brother Li really took down Human City without shedding a drop of blood.”
Xiao Qin sighed with emotion, feeling very honored at the same time.
The Thousand Forms Art also played a part; Brother Li’s use of this Supreme martial art had exceeded his understanding.
Thousand Forms was a general term, referring to many forms and intentions.
Brother Li didn't practice it alone, but propagated the Thousand Forms Art to everyone, which in turn provided feedback to him, benefiting both himself and others.
“Hey, Old Huang, what are you writing?”
Murong Xiao noticed that Huang Donglai had been writing something with his head down since just now.
Huang Donglai didn’t even lift his head: “I’m summarizing Brother Li’s success story.”
“The success story of a rebellion?”
“Mm.”
“...”
Murong Xiao thought to himself that Great Yu hadn’t reached that point yet.
At this moment, someone pointed at Li Mo in the jiangshan sheji map, and said with a puzzled tone:
“Have you noticed, Li Mo’s condition isn’t quite right?”
...Beneath the imperial canopy, Jingtai Emperor’s deep eyes held a trace of a sigh:
“Within the Celestial Human Divine Sword, there is not only the Dao of chivalry, but also the Dao of the Emperor. This is my mistake; if not for this, Su Jun would not have...”
Li Mo only mastered thirty percent of the God Sword’s essence, and his mastery of the Dao of generals and ministers, and the Dao of emperors, was zero.
Jiang Yu knew the Dao of the Emperor.
This was also why Jingtai had no hope for his Crown Prince from the beginning.
Because he had already walked this path once and ended in failure.
As for the Sword of Chivalry, no one had attempted it, because this Dao was too complex.
However, Jingtai then frowned and said:
“His current state seems to be influenced by the Emperor’s sword essence, yet not entirely... If Li Mo were to be affected by it, he should have been affected much earlier...”
Jingtai Emperor had tacitly allowed Li Mo to hold the God Sword previously.
He also wanted to see if he truly possessed the mental fortitude to resist the God Sword’s temptation, if he had that qualification.
The result was obvious; Li Mo had no interest in the Imperial Dao or anything of the sort, his original heart was pure, and even if he wanted to learn, he couldn’t.
It couldn’t be that he was faking it before... “Blood God left a contingency plan in the sword.”
Yantian Laolao said in a deep voice.
“What kind of contingency plan?”
“This old woman isn’t sure either, but I fear it’s an even greater trial than the one inherently within the God Sword.”
Looking at the old woman’s expression.
Jingtai Emperor was silent for a moment, his face darkened, and he uttered two words:
“Immortality?”
He could ask this because he had also considered it.
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Jingtai asked himself, he too would not be able to refuse.
Even an Emperor couldn’t escape the common desire, so he... The old woman cupped her hands and said: “Blood God and Li Mo, this old woman cannot divine either; I discovered it too late, please forgive Your Majesty.”
“How can I blame you.”
Jingtai looked at the jiangshan sheji map, the veins on his hand clutching the teacup were bulging, and the faint light in his eyes wavered.
This Emperor at this moment did not resemble the sovereign of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
Instead, he was like a drowning man, watching the last straw he grasped about to break... At this moment, in the projection, the God Sword in Li Mo’s hand faintly glowed with a hint of blood-red light.
Any ordinary person with eyes would have noticed something was wrong.
“What’s going on?”
“The Celestial Human Divine Sword was once taken by Blood God and defiled by his corrupt blood, could it be...”
“Did Blood God leave behind a method?”
“That is the ancestral God of the Demon Summoning Sect, who spanned the Great Shang and Great Yu, and can even be traced back to much older times.”
“Can Li Shaoxia withstand it?”
The previously bustling Dijin fell silent again, and many people’s expressions changed... Within the territory of Human City, Celestial City.
The bloody light within the God Sword grew increasingly intense.
“Fortunately, we didn’t try to touch the God Sword back then.”
Many Celestials had actually entertained this thought, but had not yet put it into practice.
If not for Li Mo’s demonstration today, it would probably have been a matter of time before they took that step.
“Hmph, he’s just shooting himself in the foot.”
Pojun snorted, his expression complex.
He genuinely admired Li Mo, and even though he was fooled by him, he still felt a bit of reluctance.
“Brother-in-law will be fine, right...” Feng Zhi thought to herself.
The Celestials did not rashly step forward, because they didn’t know what other anomalies might occur, and besides, the people of Mo City had always guarded Li Mo, not allowing anyone to approach.
The most anxious were probably Dong Ge Yu and the others.
“Li Mo, you...”
“I can handle it, don’t come over.”
Li Mo warned them with his last shred of clarity.
Afterward, his consciousness sank, his vision completely enveloped by the God Sword’s enchanting light, and after a hazy kaleidoscope of colors, his consciousness plunged into darkness.
“Your Majesty, your Imperial body is growing sicker...”
A sharp voice came from his ear, along with the bumpy rolling of carriage wheels; he seemed to be in a carriage.
The carriage was spacious and grand, like a mobile imperial palace, outside of which was an army of fierce warriors with flags like a forest.
A eunuch knelt before his sickbed, cautiously reporting.
“I just ascended the throne...”
“Where did they take me?”
Li Mo’s consciousness was already hazy and weak, and coupled with his current body being on the verge of exhaustion, he couldn’t even speak.
Furthermore, he seemed unable to do anything according to his own will.
He only knew that he seemed to no longer be in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
Instead, he was in that period of history from his previous life, an Empire that swept across the world with overwhelming force, yet quickly fell like a comet.
How quickly?
The time it took for the animation telling the story of this Empire to be delayed was even longer than the Empire’s existence... The reasons for the Empire’s collapse were varied, but the most talked about was the sudden death of its ambitious ruler; people believed that the Empire met its end along with his life.
Even more ironic was that.
Such an early-departed Emperor, however, spent his entire life, using the power of the entire nation to seek immortality.
In the end, the man died, the money was gone, and he was left with a mixed reputation after his death.
“I... became Qin Shi Huang?!”
