Aspiring to the Immortal Path

The Rosecloud Domain.

The top of the Zephyr Mountains.

Yu Cheng stood atop the Starsnatch Pagoda, seemingly one with it and the mountain.

The supreme one, unrivaled in the world.

Down below were Yun Tianlan, Mu Ziyang, Ye Yun, Huang Wuji, Ling Xiao, and Xiao Biehan.

But these respected Immortal Platform Titans who normally wielded such authority were now trembling in fear.

A Gold Immortal!

A Boundless Gold Immortal!

This one person could flatten the entire Rosecloud Domain.

And there were three other Immortals at his side, all of them old members of the court who had awakened upon Yu Cheng’s return, and one of them was a True Immortal.

Such a gap was enough to make Yun Tianlan and the others despair.

Yu Cheng looked around and coldly spoke. “I have returned to rebuild the court and am in need of people. I will now give all of you a chance. Will you serve me, or oppose? You may all make your own decision.”

Everyone silently exchanged looks.

At this moment, a voice rang out: “Your Majesty!”

The Azure Dragon!

The dragon flew over and prostrated at Yu Cheng’s feet, tears and snot running down his face. “Your Majesty, you’ve finally returned! This little dragon has waited for you for more than ten thousand years!”

Everyone shivered in disgust at these words.

For his own selfish purposes, this old dragon had conspired against Immortal Ji Yao, but then the Immortal Emperor had used him in his own schemes and destroyed any hope of him advancing. His waiting ten thousand years had solely been for the purpose of assisting Tang Jie, and thereby Yu Cheng himself. If there was a grudge here, then this would certainly have been a deep-seated one.

But there was no hatred apparent at all on the Azure Dragon’s face, as if he really had waited ten thousand years simply to serve as Yu Cheng’s stepping stone.

Yu Cheng gazed at him and thinly smiled. “Azure Dragon, you’re doing very well.”

The Azure Dragon shuddered.

He had known Yu Cheng for many years and understood his personality the most. When he said that you were doing well, it meant that you were not well at all.

He also understood that he had committed a grave crime in attempting to deceive Yu Cheng, but it was apparent that he had failed. On the contrary, Yu Cheng had come back to life. Thus, he could only endure the shame and shout, “This lowly dragon committed many errors for the sake of my own profit, but I have never once wronged Your Majesty!”

Yu Cheng indifferently said, “Forget it. It is all in the past, so let’s not bring it up anymore. Come; stand up.”

The Azure Dragon felt like he had been pardoned.

Yu Cheng turned to the Lithos Dragon.

The Lithos Dragon sighed and also prostrated before him. “This lowly dragon pays respects to Your Majesty. With Your Majesty’s return, the Court of Myriad Domains is bound to be reborn!”

These words represented his own submission.

Yu Cheng nodded and then looked to the Vermillion Bird.

The Vermillion Bird’s face turned serious, but she said nothing, remaining stubborn.

Although this person had Tang Jie’s appearance, he ultimately wasn’t Tang Jie. He might be a Gold Immortal, the Immortal Emperor, but for some reason, she felt no desire to bow or submit.

Subconsciously, Tang Jie still occupied her heart.

If not for him, Tang Jie wouldn’t have died!

He had been the one to kill Tang Jie, so how could she submit to him?

This thought lingered in the Vermillion Bird’s mind and prevented her from lowering her head.

Yu Cheng seemed to see what she was thinking and didn’t force it, looking to the others.

The Earth Immortals were all ghastly pale.

They looked at each other, and while there was still a little terror in their hearts, there was also the obstinacy of pride inherent in such lofty figures. They were not willing to easily submit.

In the end, Yun Tianlan broke the silence.

He bowed to Yu Cheng. “Yun Tianlan pays respects to the Immortal Emperor! I could not ever have imagined that Tang Jie was the Immortal Emperor’s reincarnation. Now that the Immortal Emperor has returned, I presume that the consciousness of my granddisciple has dissipated?”

Yu Cheng softly chuckled. “I didn’t have to kill him, but he just had to be Li Jiuyang’s successor. That traitorous scoundrel seized the moment I was reincarnating to destroy my court. If my court hadn’t had so many experts entering hibernation to reincarnate, even the Four Sages sending avatars to descend into mortality, causing their strength to fall, he would have never succeeded so easily. Thus, when I returned, I used the soul connection linking the two bodies to send a God Immortal Slayer over to his original body. Given the strength of that body’s Divine Soul, he should have been obliterated.”

Yu Cheng had completely severed the connection with Tang Jie’s original body after taking control of the avatar, so he could only say “should”, but this was still enough to leave the listening Immortals indignant.

It’s one thing to take over Tang Jie’s avatar, but to even wipe away the soul of his original body? Yun Tianlan, Ling Xiao, and Xiao Biehan were all furious.

But they were facing a Boundless Gold Immortal, so they could only suppress their rage.

Yun Tianlan asked in a trembling voice, “If that’s the case, I would like to know: if we are not willing to serve the court, what will Your Majesty do?”

Yu Cheng looked up at the sky.

After a few moments, he answered, “This world needs order. Those without order will become dust to be swept into a corner, never to see the light of day.”

This answer made everyone inwardly shiver.

Yu Cheng had made his stance clear.

He was Immortal Emperor Yu Cheng, and he was destined to become the creator of this new order. The myriad domains would be united, the court reestablished, and all cultivators swearing fealty to it.

Those who did not would die!

But not all beings would submit under the threat of death.

An ethereal monkey appeared behind Yu Cheng and swung a cudgel at the back of his head—the spirit of Starsnatch Pagoda.

Yu Cheng simply snorted.

The ethereal monkey instantly froze.

The Immortal Emperor slowly turned around and gazed at the pagoda spirit, his boundless majesty causing the spirit to involuntarily shudder.

“Ignorant spirit, since you wish to test the law, suffer the punishment as a warning to others!”

As the Immortal Emperor spoke, a formidable power blasted the spirit back into the pagoda, but it had been stripped of its control over the pagoda and been sealed.

The spirit of Starsnatch Pagoda had now become sealed by the Starsnatch Pagoda.

The divine spirit of a Dao armament had been sealed with a single thought from the Immortal Emperor, leaving the Immortals stunned.

This immense gap in strength crushed any thought the Immortals had of resisting.

Mu Ziyang and Ye Yun shared a look and then stepped forward.

As the ancestors of Godhead Palace and the Beast Refining Gate, they had already surrendered once, so they had no qualms about surrendering again. They had surrendered already to the Basking Moon Sect, and the Immortal Emperor’s power was many times greater, so they could surrender to him too.

The other sects began to waver.

It was hard to blame them. The immense pressure of the Immortal Emperor was not something that could be resisted.

But at this moment, the Vermillion Bird stuck out her neck and said, “You killed Tang Jie, so I won’t submit to you!”

These words were a needle that stabbed into the hearts of all who were afraid and hesitant.

Yun Tianlan, Xu Guanghua, Ling Xiao, Xiao Biehan, and Huang Wuji all resolved themselves.

If the Immortal Emperor hadn’t killed Tang Jie, hadn’t chosen to wipe out the will of Tang Jie’s original body which was far off in the Flame Yang Domain, they might have submitted for the sake of survival.

But the Immortal Emperor had killed Tang Jie. This was a grudge!

A major grudge!

They could not let this go without retribution, let alone submit to his killer!

The six Immortals cast hostile glares at the Immortal Emperor, and even the likes of Ji Qingfeng and Fairy Gu Ye showed a little resentment.

Yu Cheng saw the choice that they were making.

He casually said, “Is that so? It seems that you are unwilling to swear fealty. If so…”

Just when he was about to declare their death sentence, he suddenly froze.

His face twisted as if someone was kneading and molding it like a piece of dough. Though it was only for an instant that his face had contorted, everyone here was of such cultivation that they could catch it even if it had only lasted for a thousandth of a second.

The Immortals were all startled, and even Mu Ziyang and Ye Yun, who had already sworn fealty, were taken aback.

The Immortal Emperor shouted, “Who dares…”

Before he could finish, his expression changed, and he said, “Yu Cheng, did you really think you killed me?”

The Immortal Emperor’s expression changed again. “Tang Jie… you…”

Tang Jie!

The Immortals were elated and surprised to hear this name.

Had Tang Jie survived?

The Immortal Emperor’s expression was constantly changing—a clear sign that two Divine Souls were struggling for control.

A battle of possession!

But how had it happened?

Hadn’t Tang Jie’s Divine Soul been destroyed?

The Immortal Emperor’s Fake Sky, False Sun Immortal Art should have prepared the body for the slumbering Divine Soul from the beginning and not allowed for any sort of possession battle.

So how had it happened?

The Immortals didn’t understand, and neither did the Immortal Emperor.

He truly was in the middle of a possession battle, because another Divine Soul had appeared in this body.

Tang Jie’s Divine Soul!

The moment this Divine Soul appeared, it began to compete with him for control over this body, two wills battling within the Sea of Cognition.

Unlike before, the Immortal Emperor’s will didn’t have the clear upper hand.

This wasn’t surprising. Clashes of will didn’t depend on one’s strength. No matter how high one’s cultivation level was, it had little effect on the Sea of Cognition, or else possession wouldn’t be such a risky prospect in the first place.

The Immortal Emperor had been able to so easily crush Tang Jie’s will because of the Fake Sky, False Sun Immortal Art. As an art designed for rebirth, it had various countermeasures that ensured a successful possession.

But once the possession was complete, the work of the Fake Sky, False Sun Immortal Art was done, and that peerless mental power would disappear, removing the Immortal Emperor’s overwhelming advantage.

It was just that the Immortal Emperor would never let anyone just enter his Sea of Cognition to try and possess this body.

Yet it had happened nonetheless.

…After he had been reborn.

“No… This can’t be! I killed you myself! You can’t be alive! Who are you!?” the Immortal Emperor cried out in terror.

A cold reply came from the same mouth:

“I am… Tang Jiye!”

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