Free Web NovelChapter 2435: Chapter 2433: Catastrophe Approaches
The Nether King’s throat let out a dry howl as he stared, in utter disbelief, at a tiny crack that had appeared at his heart.
Killing intent surged in through that crack into his body, rapidly shredding all his meridians and causing his body, heavy like a mountain of rock, to keep fracturing.
The Nether King shrieked miserably. The wings on his back flashed fiercely once, hauling his massive body as he crazily fled backwards.
A body over a thousand meters tall—how enormous was that?
It blotted out the sky and covered the sun, like a mountain peak hanging suspended in the Void.
Lin Yingying narrowed her eyes slightly and said, "Not going to swing another sword?"
Long Fei smiled faintly. "One sword is enough."
Before the two of them had even finished speaking, the Nether King’s fleshly body began to disintegrate in midair, like a boulder suddenly exploding apart, abruptly collapsing into tens of thousands of pieces that poured down madly toward the surface of the sea.
The sea surface immediately crackled and boomed in chaos, boiling for a long while before finally quieting down.
"From this day forth, there shall be no more demons in the Western Direction!"
Long Fei lifted his hand, retrieved Hades’ double-pronged trident from the seabed, and casually tossed it to Hera, who was hiding in the distance.
Hera gripped Hades’ weapon, a chill spreading through her hand. She didn’t know whether she should feel happy or disappointed.
She had never imagined that even Hades would be easily defeated by Long Fei.
Their Titan Clan had been utterly defeated by Long Fei alone.
She and Long Fei looked at each other for a moment. Before Long Fei could leave any parting words, this heaven-defying Eastern Divine Spirit vanished from before her eyes.
Hera finally let out a long breath of relief. Returning to the Divine Mountain, she immediately issued orders, instructing the kings of all Western Direction states to withdraw their troops from the Eastern front at once.
The war between the two sides had raged for over a hundred years, and now it was finally coming to an end.
After Long Fei and Lin Yingying left, they had the Griffin Beast pull their carriage through the air, heading all the way back to the East.
The Chaos Beast was too fast; they couldn’t appreciate any scenery at all.
The distance between East and West in this world was, relatively speaking, still extremely vast. Relying purely on the Griffin Beast to fly back was a very exhausting thing.
Long Fei had the beast land and rest whenever it was tired, finding human city-states to replenish its energy.
He took Lin Yingying to stroll around the cities while they were at it; everything felt like they were on a honeymoon trip.
After the Heavenly Empress Hera’s decree came down from the Divine Mountain, the tense atmosphere in each of the city-states eased quite a bit.
Whether East or West, the common people at the bottom definitely hoped for peace.
No one wanted war; no one wanted to be born only to go throw their lives away on the battlefield.
Inside Chang’an City, the newly enthroned Princess Taihua soon received reports from Yumen Pass and Yang Pass.
The Western Direction’s great army was retreating in a mad rush, and the Tang Army had taken the chance to reclaim lost territory, already pursuing westward to the foot of the Kunlun Mountains.
Princess Taihua knew this meant Long Fei had dealt with the mastermind behind the Western Direction.
She ordered the Tang Army to reclaim the lost lands and that was enough; for the time being there was no need to advance any further west.
Years of constant war had already drained the nation’s strength.
Now that she had just ascended the throne, the domestic situation was still unstable, and the country needed to recuperate and rebuild.
She had thought Long Fei would come back to see her, but no matter how she waited, she never saw Long Fei again.
In the New Heavenly Court world, Disciples who had rushed over from the Nine Domains had all arrived one after another.
None of them had expected that this world would have such abundant Spiritual Energy, comparable to the Ancient Wilderness Continent.
In the Heavenly Court world, a single day of cultivation was equal to a hundred years outside.
The protector Divine Beast, the Gluttonous Ancestor, who remained behind in the Heavenly Court, received these new residents. They did not see Long Fei, but in the west of the Heavenly Court, they did see Long Fei’s Buddhist Sect avatar.
The incense and worship of the Human Realm all flowed into this Golden Body to be enjoyed.
When the Disciples first saw this bald-headed Long Fei, they really weren’t quite used to it.
If they hadn’t heard Long Fei explain this beforehand, everyone would have thought Long Fei had taken things too hard and become a monk.
This Long Fei disliked talking and disliked joking with them. After seeing them once, he went into seclusion and did not come out again.
The Disciples found this bald Long Fei terribly boring, so they didn’t bother him. Under Hua Qianmo’s command, they first began constructing great halls and dwellings here.
This was the mighty Heavenly Court; they couldn’t possibly live out in the wilds.
Outside the Heavenly Court Barrier, top experts came by from time to time.
Some were here to pay respects, some to pledge allegiance, and some had their eyes on this place.
But with the Gluttonous Ancestor seated here in town, all these experts became much more cautious; for the time being, no one dared act presumptuously here.
Everyone spent some peaceful days here. They did not wait for Long Fei to return, but instead waited for a great tremor in the Void.
Not far from the Heavenly Court, a golden Thunderbolt kept erupting in the Void, forcefully tearing open a rift in space.
This massive spatial upheaval released an ultra-powerful shockwave that blew the surrounding Meteorite clusters completely apart.
Even with the Heavenly Court protected by the Nine Cauldrons Barrier, it was still swept by this spatial quake, sending arcs of aurora-like light flickering across it.
Everyone turned to look toward the horizon, not knowing what had happened.
From within Lin Shanshan’s Nine Flames Melting Blood Furnace, a burst of noise sounded.
Witch Asu shouted anxiously from inside, "Good little sister, hurry and let me out, or a great disaster is going to fall upon you all!"
Lin Shanshan held the Furnace, her brows tightly knit, and said into it with disdain, "Stop dreaming. You think I’m a three-year-old? You can’t even get out yourself, and you still say you can save us if something happens?"
Asu said urgently, "I have my own methods; I just didn’t want to show off in front of you. The person coming has an extremely great background. You definitely won’t be able to handle them."
Lin Yingying snorted, "Whoever it is, we’re not scared. Forgot to tell you, we’ve already moved into the Human Realm Heavenly Court. We’re the rulers of the Human Realm now—who dares do anything to us?"
Asu cried, "The Heavenly Court has represented Heavenly Will since ancient times. How could it be a thing of the Human Realm? Any Heavenly Court of the Human Realm has never had a good ending. I’ll tell you the truth—you’ve offended those big shots of the Immortal Realm. That Mysterious Light just now was cast by them. It won’t be long before real people of the Immortal Realm descend upon this Human Realm Heavenly Court of yours."
"Real Immortals?"
Lin Shanshan’s curiosity was piqued. Seeing Asu speak so logically, she didn’t dare treat it lightly.
She went to find Hua Qianmo and the sisters and told everyone what Asu had said.
Everyone looked toward the horizon; in fact, they too had sensed something.
At their current Cultivation Level, they were already able to comprehend a bit of the Great Dao.
With Long Fei absent, everyone felt somewhat at a loss.
Lin Shanshan frowned tightly and said, "If real Immortals are truly descending, our measly Cultivation Levels are no match for them."
Hua Qianmo said, "The Sect Hierarch’s avatar is right here. Let’s go ask him and get things straight."
Everyone nodded repeatedly and immediately went to find Long Fei’s avatar.
This avatar was seated on a mountain peak in the western side of the Heavenly Court, with not even a roof over his head, like a boulder just sitting there.
When the group of female cultivators arrived, they hastily cupped their fists and bowed to him. "Sect Hierarch, we heard from the Witch that it seems someone from the Immortal Realm is coming down."
Long Fei’s avatar nodded, pressing his palms together. "That is indeed the case."
Everyone was taken aback at once.
They hadn’t expected the Witch’s words to actually be true.
Hua Qianmo asked, "Are they coming as guests, or as enemies?"
"They come with ill intent."
Long Fei’s avatar spoke calmly.
Lin Shanshan said anxiously, "Brother-in-law, then what should we do now? With your Cultivation Level, can you withstand this Immortal?"
Long Fei’s avatar shook his head. "I have yet to achieve the Buddha Fruit of Golden Body Arhat, so naturally I cannot."
Within the Buddhist Sect, the Arhat Fruit Position was equivalent to a Demi Immortal.
The Golden Body Arhat was True Immortal Level.
Long Fei’s avatar possessed only the Arhat Fruit Position.
