Chapter 1021: Arriving at Division 1
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The conversation with Huang Tianpu was better than what Lin Huang expected. Clearly, Dynasty had no other choice than begging him, an outsider, and even agreed to implement reformation.
To Lin Huang, taking over Dynasty would actually do more merit than harm.
Although he knew very well that the agreement he had with Huang Tianpu was promising, a reformation of Dynasty would not happen overnight. He might even experience many obstacles along the way. However, as long as he had his identity as a Royalty, most people in Dynasty would not turn their backs on him.
He could use Dynasty’s power to fight God Bless and conveniently build an organization that belonged to him.
After Huang Tianpu left, Lin Huang visited the Wanbao Auction and the black market in Sweep City disguised as Lin Xie. He counted the elevation materials that he had gotten them to collect for the past two months or so.
There were quite a number of materials that were enough to elevate five imperial monsters. They were enough to elevate Grimace, Bloody Robe, the Eclipse Boa, the Death Knight, and the Fallen Knight. He was only lacking a few materials to elevate Bing Wang and the Witch.
Figuring that the Emperor installation ceremony would be happening soon, Lin Huang put aside elevating Grimace and the rest. After all, he would need at least ten days to elevate his imperial monsters while the installation ceremony would happen in a few days.
Throughout the few days, Lin Huang had nothing else to do. He stayed in the hotel room to practice his sword skills.
Huang Tufu was a Sword Dao expert as well and he had also reached level-6 Sword Dao. Initially, he thought it was impossible for Lin Huang to have a deep comprehension of Sword Dao given that he was rather young. He thought he could seize the opportunity to dole out advice on Sword Dao in order to have a close relationship with the soon-to-be Emperor.
Never had he thought that he would be shocked to see Lin Huang practicing his sword skills for the first time. This soon-to-be Emperor was only 19 years old and his combat strength was only on immortal-level, but his comprehension of Sword Dao was no lower than his. He stopped underestimating him and began discussing Sword Dao with Lin Huang like he was talking to someone of his own level. He even took to practicing with him by suppressing his combat strength.
Meanwhile, Xiao Mo had been sitting in his room with his legs crossed these few days to practice the Unrivalled Combat God. He did not find it boring at all.
Three days soon flew by.
Huang Tianpu returned early in the morning on the 30th of July.
The hard rock in his throat disappeared when he saw Lin Huang. He had been a little worried that Lin Huang might back out in these few days.
“We’ve done with the preparation. All we have to do now is to wait for the installation ceremony tomorrow. Don’t you want to invite your friends to watch?” he asked since he had not received Lin Huang’s guest list these few days.
“No need. Let’s go.”
Although the siblings Yi Zheng and Yi Yeyu were currently in Division 3, Lin Huang thought there was no need to invite them. After all, he would be an underground organization boss soon while the Yi siblings were born into the Union Government’s military department with a clean record. If they were to work in the military, witnessing the installation ceremony of Dynasty’s Emperor might stain a black ink in their clean records.
Meanwhile, Leng Yuexin and Li Lang were offsprings of notable families. They had no interest in underground organizations, so Lin Huang did not bother to inform them.
He only brought along Xiao Mo and stepped into the demigod-level long-distance dimensional portal together with Huang Tianpu and Huang Tufu.
When he snapped back to his senses, Lin Huang realized he was in a luxurious palace.
Looking at the palace that was even more sophisticated than those in the movies, the first thought that popped into his head was, ‘How much did they spend building this?!’
Lin Huang was not the only one who was astounded. Next to him, Xiao Mo was in complete shock. It was the first time in his life seeing such a grandiose building.
“The first Emperor designed this. We’ve done almost nothing to it ever since I moved in.”
“Master Emperor, your palace is the one in the east.” Huang Tianpu pushed open a window with a smile and pointed at an even more majestic palace hundreds of meters away. “That’s the Emperor’s Palace. It’s a legit god relic.”
“That’s crazy luxurious!” Lin Huang could not help but exclaim out loud as he looked at the tall palace that was close to 50 meters away.
On the other hand, Xiao Mo was so dumbfounded that he could not speak.
“Unless there’s a special occasion, the Emperor’s Palace is usually closed. Only the Emperor can access it,” continued Huang Tianpu, “Let’s take a look.”
Huang Tianpu opened the palace doors as he spoke while escorting Lin Huang and Xiao Mo into the Emperor’s Palace.
There were two imperial-level purple gold-rank guards standing at the palace entrance.
The duo bowed courteously when they saw Huang Tianpu. “First Grand Duke, Your Highness!” They then secretly observed Lin Huang, clearly very curious about this newly appointed Emperor.
Lin Huang glanced at the two guards too. They had a solid aura. He figured they might have powerful abilities when they fought people of the same combat strength.
“There were usually no guards before this because there was no Emperor while the Emperor’s Palace is a god relic itself,” Huang Tianpu said honestly.
“In reality, there’s no need for guards.” Lin Huang nodded while smiling.
“They look like guards since they’re asked to stand at the entrance, but their real responsibly is to take care of the Emperor’s needs. Just tell them whatever you need and they’ll arrange for you. They’ll inform me if there are things that they can’t do and I’ll handle it.”
“Can we go into the palace now?” Lin Huang asked since he saw the door being closed.
“Yes, this god relic has a weapon spirit. The palace doors will open automatically as soon as you take your Royal Token out,” Huang Tianpu acknowledged, “The main control of the Emperor’s Palace is on the throne in the palace. You’ll have to spend some time registering your identity.”
Lin Huang took the Royal Token out after he heard that. As told, the door opened automatically right away.
Huang Tianpu stood still at the entrance for a while and only followed behind them after Lin Huang and Xiao Mo entered.
Gazing around, Lin Huang felt that the interior of this palace was many times bigger than what he saw outside.
He saw almost neither the end of the building when he looked left and right nor the ceiling above his head. All he could see was a dark sky and countless stars.
It gave Lin Huang the feeling that it was not a palace, but more like a micro world.
“Master traded this Emperor’s Palace at the Royal Market. I heard he integrated many Space Rule pieces into this. It’s a relic close to true god-level. This space is almost endless when talking about its capacity,” Huang Tianpu explained with a proud grin upon noticing Lin Huang looking around.
Lin Huang’s eyes lit up when he heard the explanation.
A relic that could integrate rule pieces indeed was a relic close to true god-level.
Lin Huang walked ahead and soon saw the throne Huang Tianpu was talking about. It was located on a pure golden platform.
There was a staircase covered in a red carpet leading to the platform. There were a total of 36 steps on the stairs.
The entire platform was close to 20 meters long, and five to six meters in length and width.
The throne was placed in the middle of the platform, over a meter away from the highest step. The throne was completely golden while the surface of the chair was so huge that even a three-meter tall muscular hunk would not feel suffocated sitting on it. The back of the chair was almost three meters tall and the sigils all over it formed a unique pattern.
There was a sunken decorative wall behind the throne. It was approximately ten meters tall like a city wall. The sunken wall was in an arc shape surrounding the throne while the rest of the wall stretched all the way to the end of the platform.
Lin Huang walked all the way up the stairs to the platform. He sat on the throne as if he belonged there. “This throne is pretty majestic but it’s a little too big.”
“You can change the size of the throne. This size is suitable for the ceremony tomorrow. Master Emperor, you can adjust the size as you wish after that.”
Lin Huang nodded and inserted his consciousness into the throne for the palace to recognize him.
After confirming Lin Huang’s identity as a Royalty, the weapon spirit of the Emperor’s Palace did not repel him at all. Instead, it took the initiative to register him and completed it in less than three minutes.
Due to the restriction of authority, Lin Huang did not get Xiao Hei to seal the Emperor’s Palace into a card yet because as soon as the palace was sealed into a card, he would be not able to summon it.
Huang Tianpu only spoke after noticing that Lin Huang had completed the recognition process. “Master Emperor, there’s something that I’m not sure if I should inform you about in advance.”
“Although we didn’t invite any other organizations out there for the Emperor installation ceremony tomorrow, there’ll still be some media representatives coming.”
“So, the news of me being Emperor will still be known to the outside world?” Lin Huang’s frown deepened when he heard this.
“If you really don’t want to expose your identity, you can put on a mask to hide your face. We will keep your identity a secret.”
“You’re only telling me this now on purpose so that I’ll agree to take the position, am I right?” Lin Huang asked Huang Tianpu while stared at him.
“I did it because it’s the last resort. I’m willing to accept the punishment if you’re going to punish me, Master Emperor.” Huang Tianpu looked down immediately.
“Forget about the punishment. I hope such a thing won’t happen in the future.” Lin Huang waved and only spoke again after a moment of thought, “There’s no need for a disguise. It’s only a matter of time that my identity will be exposed. Me revealing my identity myself is better than being exposed. At least, I’m in control.”
“Your sister…?” Huang Tianpu started.
“Bring me to her. We’ll bring her to Division 1.”
Chapter 1022: Black Swamp Frog
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
At White Capital in Division 7, an old man and a young man appeared at the Martial Hunter College’s entrance.
The young man had black, short hair and bright eyes. He wore a white t-shirt on top with blue and white jeans. He was dressed very casually. There was a little white cat sitting on the left of his shoulder.
Meanwhile, the old man next to him wore a gray Chinese suit and a pair of black canvas shoes on his feet. He was skinny, he looked like a powerful Taoist devotee.
The duo who looked like grandfather and grandson only lingered at the Martial Hunter College entrance for a moment. They turned around and left.
“She’s not at school.” Lin Huang did not sense the Witch, and he did not find Lin Xin with his Divine Telekinesis either.
It was the end of July and it was summer break at the Martial Hunter College. Lin Huang did not find it surprising that Lin Xin was not there.
Beside him, Huang Tianpu did not seem to find it strange either.
Lin Huang called Lin Xin’s number and she picked up the video call immediately.
Lin Huang noticed the mud specks on her face as soon as the call connected. Her hair was a little messy and she seemed clumsy too. He could not help but frown but he soon realized it was a jungle behind her.
“Where are you now?”
“The Fiendish Swamp Jungle.”
“Why are you there?” Lin Huang’s eyebrows knotted even more now.
He was familiar with the Fiendish Swamp Jungle. It was a moderate danger zone. Not only were there immortal-level monsters, but there were also many poisonous monsters too.
“It’s the school holidays now, so I got myself a mission.” Lin Xin’s voice was getting softer. She knew Lin Huang would react like this if he found out that she went to the Fiendish Swamp Jungle.
“Where’s the Little Witch?” he asked again.
“At the hotel.”
As soon as Lin Xin spoke, a shadow appeared like a black fog all of a sudden. Soon, the Witch’s head solidified and hovered next to Lin Xin’s head. “I’m here.”
“Why are you doing this, Little Witch? You promised not to come!” Lin Xin was surprised to see the Witch and she soon began to complain.
“Good job!” Lin Huang, on the other hand, gave a completely different comment.
“You guys wait where you are. Don’t move around. I’m coming over.”
“Ah? Are you back in Division 7, brother?” Lin Xin panicked at that moment.
“I’m at the Martial Hunter College entrance.” Lin Huang shifted the camera a little and showed the entrance behind him.
“I haven’t completed my mission. Don’t come. I’ll return in a few days after I’ve completed my mission. You can stay in White Capital City.”
“I’ve something to do tomorrow. I’m coming to you now.” Lin Huang hung up the phone right away.
Lin Xin looked gloomy as she watched the video turn black. “Why is this happening to me? I haven’t done my mission. If I give up now, it’ll affect my mission completion rate.”
“Why don’t I help you before Master comes?” the Witch suggested.
“No, I don’t believe I can’t even catch one Black Swamp Frog by myself!” Lin Xin did not want to give up just yet.
Over ten minutes later, Lin Huang appeared before Lin Xin.
She was hovering above a swamp at that moment, less than ten minutes away from the ground. She looked even slovenlier than she did in the video call earlier.
Although she was mad when she saw Lin Huang, she did not stop hunting.
“So, you’re hunting for the Black Swamp Frog?” Lin Huang finally realized what she was doing after observing her for a moment.
Lin Xin glared at Lin Huang, clearly upset that he had interrupted her mission.
“Do you want me to help?” Huang Tianpu turned his head and asked Lin Huang.
“No, let her do it.” Lin Huang shook his head and said to Lin Xin, “There are three difficult points about capturing the Black Swamp Frog.
“The first one, Black Swamp Frog usually lives with the Fiendish Swamp Alligator. You could be attacked by a Fiendish Swamp Alligator easily when you’re catching a Black Swamp Frog.”
From the mud on her body, he knew Lin Xin had experienced that.
“The second one is that the Black Swamp Frog has the ability to disguise. It’s hard to be seen with the naked eye as long as it’s completely still.
“The third one is that the Black Swamp Frog has explosive reflexes. It can easily escape when you catch it with normal techniques. Furthermore, it has an explosive speed for short distances. It’s much more powerful than monsters and people of the same level when it comes to this.
“The first point is still manageable, but it’s tough for you to catch them if you don’t overcome the other two points.”
Lin Huang did not help her. Instead, he analyzed the difficult details about capturing the Black Swamp Frog.
Lin Xin was stunned when she heard him. She began mumbling the second and third point Lin Huang told her, “Hard to be seen with the naked eye, explosive reflexes…”
“If it’s hard to be seen with the naked eye, I can use another sensing technique. If it has explosive reflexes, I’ll have to figure it’s movement trajectory!” Lin Xin soon found the solution.
She hovered mid-air and closed her eyes slowly. She spread her senses wide and soon sensed the swamp below her feet. Although she could only sense a rough outline of it, she was very happy to be able to do that.
In reality, almost all transcendence-levels possessed a sensing ability. However, people who had no telekinesis would hardly use it because looking with one’s eyes was much more effective than using the blurry sensing ability.
However, Lin Xin did not need a clear picture. All she needed was to discern the Black Swamp Frog and mud apart.
Under the sense, life energy would be detected as white fire spots which were completely different from the dark-green swamp.
Soon, Lin Xin sensed the Black Swamp Frogs’ coordinates just a couple of meters away.
“There are so many of them!” Through her sensing ability, she sensed many Black Swamp Frogs around her.
When she opened her eyes, she targeted a Black Swamp Frog’s coordinates and swung her sword without hesitation toward it.
As a black silhouette came from thin air, Lin Xin’s sword landed onto nothing.
“You must think carefully about how to defeat your opponent that has better speed and reflexes than you do.” Lin Huang did not give her a straightforward answer. Instead, he guided Lin Xin to figure out how to do it herself.
She soon had her answer.
She targeted another Black Swamp Frog but did not attack just yet. Instead, she held her sword while waiting for the sure-hit opportunity.
All of a sudden, she stomped and a wave shot toward the Black Swamp Frog. The moment the Black Swamp Frog appeared, a silver glow flashed through the air. The creature that had just revealed itself was sliced into half.
Lin Xin was filled with joy since her single hit killed the Black Swamp Frog.
“Alright, you’ve completed your mission. Can we leave now?” Lin Huang walked to her while grinning proudly.
“I have to kill ten of them.” Lin Xin looked bitter when she heard the word ‘mission’.
“So, that was only your first?” Lin Huang could not help but raise his brow when he saw Lin Xin’s expression. He figured that she must have gotten nothing for the past few days.
Lin Xin said while flushing, “I’ll be done in a minute.”
“It’s already done.” As soon as Lin Huang was done speaking, a telekinesis thread skewered ten Black Swamp Frogs like a stick of candied fruit and was presented before Lin Xin.
“I’ll catch one for you when we get back. You can practice all you want by then.”
Chapter 1023: The Emperor is Born
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
It was hot at the end of summer in July in Emperor City. The temperature almost always maintained above 35 degrees Celsius.
However, hundreds of thousands of people were coming to this foothold that was not a popular summer resort.
Those people were not tourists but Dynasty members from all divisions.
Naturally, the hundreds of thousands of people from Dynasty gathering at the Emperor City in Division 1 attracted attention from other organizations. Many people were discussing it on all the forums.
“What’s Dynasty been doing recently? Why are so many of them returning to Dynasty’s headquarters in Division 1 all of a sudden?”
“That’s right. All the hotels in Emperor City have been fully booked these few days. Many of them have booked their rooms until the 1st of August.”
“It’s been hundreds of years since Dynasty last had such a huge event. Why exactly are they doing this time?”
“Are they at war with some organization?”
A minority of them heard the news. “I heard the Emperor is born.”
However, most people thought it was fake. There were even people who retaliated against the news with their own reasons.
“The Royal Trials happen every century and it’s open for a month each time. Following the opening date which was on the 5th of May, the Royal Trials ended on the 5th of June which was two months ago. The First Prince, Huang Wuji, whom Dynasty was rooting for, was disqualified at the beginning of May and he returned to Dynasty. This isn’t a secret to most organizations.
“Furthermore, even if other Princes passed the trial, Dynasty would’ve announced it in a grand celebration when the trial ended in June. Dynasty has always been high-key. If they have indeed chosen an Emperor, how is it possible that they were so quiet for the past two months and only enthrone their Emperor now?”
Soon, the very true and similar exposès drowned in all sorts of fake news after some heated discussions.
As the fiery discussions went on, time flew by and the 1st of August finally came.
Early in the morning, people crowded the massive square at Dynasty’s headquarters.
Everyone was very curious about this newly appointed Emperor since Huang Tianpu and the rest did not reveal anything about Lin Huang to their members.
Apart from a minority of people from Dynasty’s headquarters who knew about Lin Huang’s identity, the rest did not even have any idea whether this newly appointed Emperor was a man or a woman.
Naturally, apart from the curiosity they had about the newly appointed Emperor, many people came for a more realistic reason. They wanted to know what benefits this newly appointed Emperor would bring to Dynasty.
Basically, Dynasty’s upper echelon knew that an Emperor must be a Royalty. The arrival of the newly appointed Emperor would definitely bring benefits for Dynasty.
Since the first Emperor died, Dynasty had been receiving the lowest benefit available from Royal for the past hundreds of years. It was almost equivalent to the minimum living security on Earth. Having a newly appointed Emperor would definitely improve that by heaps. Their minimum could be boosted up to the equivalent to a social security standard.
The installation would take place at 10 a.m. However, almost all the Dynasty members arrived even before it was 9 a.m.
The people were chatting to their own cliques at the square as they waited for the ceremony to begin.
At 9.30 a.m., airships were ascending above Dynasty’s headquarters one after another as the people beneath exclaimed in astonishment.
A dozen demigod-level airships which were tens of thousands meters long each flew in the air, covering the sun.
Many media representatives snapped photos of the scene immediately.
As the 12 airships ascended one after another, a larger pitch-black airship ascended. The jaws of countless people dropped when the airship appeared.
It was at least 50,000 meters long and was almost on par with a massive city on Earth.
Most people from Dynasty had heard of this airship, but almost all of them were seeing it for the first time.
“It’s the legendary Star Titan!”
“The Star Titan! One of the three god-level airships in the entire continent! I can’t believe we’re seeing it today!”
“I think this airship is deemed as the most supreme treasure in the entire world. I heard its main cannon can kill a Virtual God in one blow!”
Everyone’s eyeballs were drawn to this massive airship. The Star Titan was Dynasty’s most supreme treasure they had in store.
There were only a total of three airships of the same level in the entire continent.
As the Star Titan ascended slowly, it hovered with the 12 demigod-level battleships in the air. Thousands of cannons stretched out in combat mode.
Even countless media representative was stirred. It was the Star Titan’s first appearance in public for hundreds of years.
Many organization members who were watching outside the square just realized that something significant was really happening in Dynasty when they saw the Star Titan.
As the Star Titan ascended into the air, four Midnight God motherships among the 12 demigod-level airships formed a giant round platform with a diameter that exceeded 24 kilometers.
Meanwhile, the remaining airships retreated a few kilometers away from the Midnight God motherships. They surrounded the platform from eight different directions and extended up to 1,000 of cannons. They were in combat mode just like the Star Titan.
A voice came out of the Star Titan out of the blue when the airships were in position. “All Dynasty members, you can begin boarding the platform now! Members who are not transcendence-levels, please stand in the middle of the square and wait for the airship to pick you up. Please don’t board just yet, our dear media friends. You’ll only come up to the airship platform after the Dynasty members are done with their registration.”
Up to 1,000 transcendence-level members boarded the airship platform that had docked as soon as the voice rang out.
Meanwhile, the remaining hundreds of thousands of regular members stood in the middle of the square and waited for their pick-up patiently.
A moment later, a halo blossomed from the Star Titan and covered everything standing in the middle of the square. Subsequently, lights bathed everyone within the halo-like searchlights. The people ascended into the sky under the lights.
In less than five seconds, everyone on the square was sucked into the Star Titan.
A while later, another halo shone from the Star Titan and glistened on the platform formed by the four Midnight God motherships. Lights illuminated the area again while the people landed in the middle of the platform one after another.
Many of them looked excited when they landed on the platform.
“I can’t believe I took a ride in the Star Titan!”
“It’s the first time in my life I’ve ever ridden on a god-level airship. I’m over the moon!”
“You should be. This might be the one and only time you can do this in your entire life after all.”
“The most climatic one second in my life. I don’t think there’s anything that can top that!”
…
“Dukes of all branches in each division, get your branch members to queue according to their safety zone codes and branch codes.”
After the Star Titan gave the new order, everyone on the platform began searching for their own troops. They soon gathered into a square formation under the Dukes’ arrangement.
As things were getting busy on the platform, four demigod-level palaces ascended into the air slowly. They hovered in a line between the Star Titan and the 12 demigod-level airships. There was a three-kilometer-wide gap in the middle.
After the four demigod-level palaces were in position, the even more majestic Emperor Palace then ascended into the air slowly and landed between the space that was emptied by the four demigod-level palaces.
Many Dynasty members were emotional to witness the majestic Emperor Palace hovering midair. They were even more emotional than when they saw the Star Titan earlier.
By then, all the media representatives finally confirmed that the Emperor was really born this time!
Chapter 1024: Where’s the Underground Boss They Promised?!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Although the Emperor’s Palace was not as massive as the giant Star Titan airship, it attracted even more attention as soon as it appeared.
Besides the Dynasty members, almost every other organization knew that the Emperor’s Palace represented the Emperor himself. Under normal circumstances, the palace gates were hardly opened. Even the three Grand Dukes such as Huang Tianpu and Huang Tufu dared not simply step in. The Emperor was the only one who could pass the recognition and control it.
At the moment, the Emperor’s Palace was hovering midair. Clearly, someone was controlling it and the people could guess who.
“It seems like the Emperor has really been born. Otherwise, the Emperor’s Palace wouldn’t have such a huge event.”
“They brought out the Star Titan and the Emperor’s Palace. The Emperor’s birth is the only explanation for such a huge event.”
“Who will be the newly appointed Emperor? Could it be Huang Wuji? Or maybe the other Princes passed the Royal Trials!”
Attendees from all the organizations were discussing among themselves.
The appearance of the Emperor’s Palace made many organizations that had doubts over why Dynasty had such fanfare out of nowhere realize what was really going on — the Emperor was born!
Countless eyes were staring at the Emperor’s Palace gates in anticipation to see who exactly the Emperor was.
Everyone knew that Dynasty’s newly appointed Emperor was right behind the gates at that very moment.
Meanwhile, Lin Huang who was in the Emperor’s Palace had changed into a yellow robe with lively golden dragon patterns embroidered on it.
This robe had not been tailored in a rush within these few days. Instead, it was made of the battle armor god relic that the first Emperor had left behind.
Apart from defensive abilities, the battle armor god relic had a unique decorative function which was to change the attire to whatever style one wished. It could even be separated into a different top and bottom.
After the recognition process was completed, Lin Huang could not activate the defense system since he had no Divine Power. However, the battle armor’s decorative function could be activated by inserting Life Power.
Naturally, it was not him who came up with the design of the yellow robe. It was Huang Tianpu and the rest who had commissioned a master designer to create it. Lin Huang then activated the god relic according to the design on the drawing.
On the platform, hundreds of thousands of people soon formed a neat square formation under the monitoring of each division’s person-in-charge. They stood on both sides of the Emperor’s Palace, leaving a berth that was close to 100 meters wide.
By then only were the media representatives allowed in. All of the media representatives were cultivators instead of commoners.
Although they were cultivators, most of them had only heard of Dynasty, the top underground organization. They had never interacted with Dynasty members before. Most cultivators in their right mind would stay as far away as they could when they bumped into underground organization members, let alone Dynasty that was such a ruthless organization. Most people had only heard of them but not seen them.
Therefore, most of them were very curious about this top underground organization.
A couple of media representatives were live streaming. The audiences would be looking at where the camera was pointing.
Many audiences were stunned to see the neat formation. If not for the fact that they were not garbed in military uniforms, many of them would have mistaken the Union Government as performing a parade.
Many of them secretly exclaimed how disciplined the underground organization was.
The media representatives soon began reporting, providing the people who were seeing Dynasty for the first time with a better understanding.
Everyone was impressed by the appearance of the 12 demigod-level airships, a giant god-level Star Titan airship, four demigod-level palaces, and a god-level Emperor’s Palace.
Many audiences who had little understanding of Dynasty were thrilled to see the newly appointed Emperor after hearing the media representatives’ explanation and seeing the grandeur of the parade.
Not that they liked the newly appointed Emperor who had yet to show himself, most of them were just purely curious. They wanted to see how this legendary underground boss looked like.
Soon, it was 10 a.m.
The installation ceremony finally began officially.
A white glow shot out of the Star Titan and a majestic silhouette landed slowly.
Many Dynasty members felt emotional when they saw the silhouette. All of them recognized the person as soon as he appeared.
As the silhouette stood still in the middle of the airship platform and the Star Titan’s glow went away, the majestic silhouette’s thick voice soon spread.
“Yours humbly, I’m Dynasty’s Third Grand Duke, Huang Tufu! Representing the three Grand Dukes, I’d like to welcome all Dynasty compatriots here! Welcome, all media friends, for supporting us too.
“I’m sure many of you are familiar with my name but I’m not the highlight of today. It’s someone else. Before welcoming the main character of the day, I’d like to take some time to say this.
“It’s been 659 years since our first Emperor, Master Huang Tianyu, founded Dynasty. However, Dynasty has been dormant since Master Tianyu departed to the great world more than 300 years ago. I hereby announce that our dormant days are officially over from now on! The reason being, we have a new Emperor!”
As Huang Tufu said that, the hundreds of thousands of Dynasty members on the platform shouted while raising their arms, “The Emperor is invincible. Long live the Emperor!”
“Now, let’s open the stage to our main character of the day!” Huang Tufu declared loudly, “Our Emperor!”
“The Emperor is invincible, long live the Emperor…”
As the Dynasty members screamed the slogans repeatedly, the gates of the Emperor’s Palace finally opened slowly. Everyone shifted their focus to the gates.
Three silhouettes who walked out; one walked ahead while the other two followed behind.
The leading young man wore a yellow robe with dragon patterns. He looked very young and handsome.
Meanwhile, the men in yellow vests flanked behind him on his left and right.
On the left was an old man with gray hair and a beard. He was skinny but exuded tremendous power. On his right was a middle-aged man with a sound aura. One could tell that he had been pretty good-looking when he was young, but he looked elegant now.
Naturally, the leader among the three was the newly appointed Emperor, Lin Huang. The other two were Dynasty’s First Grand Duke, Huang Tianpu, and Second Grand Duke, Huang Wunan.
Many of the audience members were stunned when they saw Lin Huang because he was using his own face, so he obviously looked below 20 years old.
The first thought that flashed in most people’s minds when they saw Lin Huang was, ‘Isn’t he too young?!’
Even the countless audiences who were watching the livestream could not help but tease.
“I thought it’s the underground boss’s installation? Did the little kid next door go to the wrong set?!”
“So, anyone who is good-looking can be the Emperor of Dynasty?”
“I must say, this newly appointment Emperor has impressive looks that nobody can beat. With his face alone, I think he can rub the faces of all the other organizations’ leaders in the entire continent into the ground.
“The other organizations’ leaders are uncles and aunties. Some are even grandpas and grandmas. Dynasty has finally started a whole new genre. I like this! I hope other organizations will promote this genre too.”
“I’ve got a sudden urge to join Dynasty. Man, what should I do?”
“I share the same sentiment as the commenter above.”
“+100 million to the commenter above!”
“With my heartthrob looks, I think I can be the Emperor of Dynasty too. If I can’t be the Emperor, I should be able to be crowned as Deputy Emperor…”
“F*ck off to the commenter above!”
“F*ck off +100 million!”
“F*ck off +1 billion!”
“F*ck off +10 billion!”
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Chapter 1025: Where’s the Underground Boss They Promised?!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Although the Emperor’s Palace was not as massive as the giant Star Titan airship, it attracted even more attention as soon as it appeared.
Besides the Dynasty members, almost every other organization knew that the Emperor’s Palace represented the Emperor himself. Under normal circumstances, the palace gates were hardly opened. Even the three Grand Dukes such as Huang Tianpu and Huang Tufu dared not simply step in. The Emperor was the only one who could pass the recognition and control it.
At the moment, the Emperor’s Palace was hovering midair. Clearly, someone was controlling it and the people could guess who.
“It seems like the Emperor has really been born. Otherwise, the Emperor’s Palace wouldn’t have such a huge event.”
“They brought out the Star Titan and the Emperor’s Palace. The Emperor’s birth is the only explanation for such a huge event.”
“Who will be the newly appointed Emperor? Could it be Huang Wuji? Or maybe the other Princes passed the Royal Trials!”
Attendees from all the organizations were discussing among themselves.
The appearance of the Emperor’s Palace made many organizations that had doubts over why Dynasty had such fanfare out of nowhere realize what was really going on — the Emperor was born!
Countless eyes were staring at the Emperor’s Palace gates in anticipation to see who exactly the Emperor was.
Everyone knew that Dynasty’s newly appointed Emperor was right behind the gates at that very moment.
Meanwhile, Lin Huang who was in the Emperor’s Palace had changed into a yellow robe with lively golden dragon patterns embroidered on it.
This robe had not been tailored in a rush within these few days. Instead, it was made of the battle armor god relic that the first Emperor had left behind.
Apart from defensive abilities, the battle armor god relic had a unique decorative function which was to change the attire to whatever style one wished. It could even be separated into a different top and bottom.
After the recognition process was completed, Lin Huang could not activate the defense system since he had no Divine Power. However, the battle armor’s decorative function could be activated by inserting Life Power.
Naturally, it was not him who came up with the design of the yellow robe. It was Huang Tianpu and the rest who had commissioned a master designer to create it. Lin Huang then activated the god relic according to the design on the drawing.
On the platform, hundreds of thousands of people soon formed a neat square formation under the monitoring of each division’s person-in-charge. They stood on both sides of the Emperor’s Palace, leaving a berth that was close to 100 meters wide.
By then only were the media representatives allowed in. All of the media representatives were cultivators instead of commoners.
Although they were cultivators, most of them had only heard of Dynasty, the top underground organization. They had never interacted with Dynasty members before. Most cultivators in their right mind would stay as far away as they could when they bumped into underground organization members, let alone Dynasty that was such a ruthless organization. Most people had only heard of them but not seen them.
Therefore, most of them were very curious about this top underground organization.
A couple of media representatives were live streaming. The audiences would be looking at where the camera was pointing.
Many audiences were stunned to see the neat formation. If not for the fact that they were not garbed in military uniforms, many of them would have mistaken the Union Government as performing a parade.
Many of them secretly exclaimed how disciplined the underground organization was.
The media representatives soon began reporting, providing the people who were seeing Dynasty for the first time with a better understanding.
Everyone was impressed by the appearance of the 12 demigod-level airships, a giant god-level Star Titan airship, four demigod-level palaces, and a god-level Emperor’s Palace.
Many audiences who had little understanding of Dynasty were thrilled to see the newly appointed Emperor after hearing the media representatives’ explanation and seeing the grandeur of the parade.
Not that they liked the newly appointed Emperor who had yet to show himself, most of them were just purely curious. They wanted to see how this legendary underground boss looked like.
Soon, it was 10 a.m.
The installation ceremony finally began officially.
A white glow shot out of the Star Titan and a majestic silhouette landed slowly.
Many Dynasty members felt emotional when they saw the silhouette. All of them recognized the person as soon as he appeared.
As the silhouette stood still in the middle of the airship platform and the Star Titan’s glow went away, the majestic silhouette’s thick voice soon spread.
“Yours humbly, I’m Dynasty’s Third Grand Duke, Huang Tufu! Representing the three Grand Dukes, I’d like to welcome all Dynasty compatriots here! Welcome, all media friends, for supporting us too.
“I’m sure many of you are familiar with my name but I’m not the highlight of today. It’s someone else. Before welcoming the main character of the day, I’d like to take some time to say this.
“It’s been 659 years since our first Emperor, Master Huang Tianyu, founded Dynasty. However, Dynasty has been dormant since Master Tianyu departed to the great world more than 300 years ago. I hereby announce that our dormant days are officially over from now on! The reason being, we have a new Emperor!”
As Huang Tufu said that, the hundreds of thousands of Dynasty members on the platform shouted while raising their arms, “The Emperor is invincible. Long live the Emperor!”
“Now, let’s open the stage to our main character of the day!” Huang Tufu declared loudly, “Our Emperor!”
“The Emperor is invincible, long live the Emperor…”
As the Dynasty members screamed the slogans repeatedly, the gates of the Emperor’s Palace finally opened slowly. Everyone shifted their focus to the gates.
Three silhouettes who walked out; one walked ahead while the other two followed behind.
The leading young man wore a yellow robe with dragon patterns. He looked very young and handsome.
Meanwhile, the men in yellow vests flanked behind him on his left and right.
On the left was an old man with gray hair and a beard. He was skinny but exuded tremendous power. On his right was a middle-aged man with a sound aura. One could tell that he had been pretty good-looking when he was young, but he looked elegant now.
Naturally, the leader among the three was the newly appointed Emperor, Lin Huang. The other two were Dynasty’s First Grand Duke, Huang Tianpu, and Second Grand Duke, Huang Wunan.
Many of the audience members were stunned when they saw Lin Huang because he was using his own face, so he obviously looked below 20 years old.
The first thought that flashed in most people’s minds when they saw Lin Huang was, ‘Isn’t he too young?!’
Even the countless audiences who were watching the livestream could not help but tease.
“I thought it’s the underground boss’s installation? Did the little kid next door go to the wrong set?!”
“So, anyone who is good-looking can be the Emperor of Dynasty?”
“I must say, this newly appointment Emperor has impressive looks that nobody can beat. With his face alone, I think he can rub the faces of all the other organizations’ leaders in the entire continent into the ground.
“The other organizations’ leaders are uncles and aunties. Some are even grandpas and grandmas. Dynasty has finally started a whole new genre. I like this! I hope other organizations will promote this genre too.”
“I’ve got a sudden urge to join Dynasty. Man, what should I do?”
“I share the same sentiment as the commenter above.”
“+100 million to the commenter above!”
“With my heartthrob looks, I think I can be the Emperor of Dynasty too. If I can’t be the Emperor, I should be able to be crowned as Deputy Emperor…”
“F*ck off to the commenter above!”
“F*ck off +100 million!”
“F*ck off +1 billion!”
“F*ck off +10 billion!”
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Chapter 1026: Coronation of the Emperor!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Lin Xin and Xiao Mo sat in the pilot’s cabin of the giant Star Titan airship and watched everything that was going on down there through a screen.
If one were to ask where was the safest place in the entire Emperor City at the moment, apart from the Emperor’s Palace, it was in the giant Star Titan airship.
Lin Huang did not get Lin Xin to accompany him to the Emperor Enthronement mainly because there would be media representatives. If Lin Xin showed herself, she would definitely appear in photos and even appeared in the live streams. By then, she might become the target of some jokers from the Union Government.
Dynasty was an underground organization giant. As the underground boss, Lin Huang would definitely attract hatred from the Union Government members who were Dynasty’s rivals.
After all, there were many keyboard warriors on the Internet. They could say whatever they wanted on the Heart Network since it was impossible for Dynasty to kill them. the Emperor of Dynasty was an important person after all, and it would make big news if they managed to dig his ugly past up. If nobody managed to find any, it was only a matter of time for them to make one up. It was just something that people did to make themselves happy and famous, so why not?
Meanwhile, Lin Huang did not want Xiao Mo to reveal himself because of the Purple Crow. Xiao Mo used to be a Crow Spirit. Although he experienced a major change in appearance, there was a high probability that the people from the Purple Crow might recognize him.
Lin Huang was fearless of the Purple Crow. After all, he had fought the Crow God’s projection before. He just thought it would be too troublesome. He was too lazy to handle that, so the less trouble, the better.
Lin Xin and Xiao Mo had their eyes locked on the screen before them. They watched Lin Huang and the two Grand Dukes walk out of the gates of the Emperor’s Palace and stood on the platform at the entrance. The Emperor’s Palace then descended slowly and landed firmly on the airship platform.
The hundreds of thousands of people present looked at the young silhouette standing on the platform, not for any other reason, but because he was the newly appointment Emperor!
It was Lin Huang’s first time having so many people watching him. He was secretly a little nervous. However, he gave nothing away on his face and hid his emotions well. Moreover, he soon adjusted his breathing and calmed himself down. Apart from the two Grand Dukes around him, nobody else noticed anything off.
Seeing Lin Huang’s face, everyone who was watching was shocked by how young Lin Huang was. He obviously looked below 20 years old.
Many Dynasty members were also shocked since they knew how Dynasty’s Princes looked like. However, this newly appointed Emperor was none of the Princes they knew.
Nonetheless, Huang Tianpu and Huang Wunan standing beside Lin Huang were proof. Many of them suppressed the doubts they had. This newly appointed Emperor clearly had the support of the three Grand Dukes. Furthermore, it was impossible for the three Grand Dukes to support a newly appointed Emperor for no reason.
As Lin Huang stood still on the platform, he glimpsed at the people who stood in the first two rows. He saw more than 15 demigods (apart from the Third Grand Duke) and at least 100 imperial-level Dynasty Dukes in one glance alone. There were at least 1,000 people on immortal-level and more than 10,000 people on holy fire-level.
Dynasty was really a terrifyingly powerful organization!
As Lin Huang glanced at the people from Dynasty, Huang Wunan, who stood on his right, spoke, “There’s no other reason why we’re gathered here today than celebrating this major event! Let’s witness the birth of our new Emperor together!”
The people from Dynasty began exclaiming in one accord as soon as he was done speaking, “The Emperor is invincible. Long live the Emperor!”
Huang Tianpu only signaled them to quieten down after the people chanted for a while.
Soon, everyone from Dynasty went silent and Huang Tianpu began speaking, “Without further ado, the coronation of the Emperor has officially begun!”
After saying that, Huang Tianpu took out a golden crown that he had prepared ahead from his storage space.
The crown did not look sophisticated. Instead, it was rather crude. It looked like it was made of vines, the ends of which were made of mini sharp blades.
The Emperor’s Crown was not an ordinary crown but a god relic. To be exact, it was a soul-type defense god relic. It could defend a massive number of soul-type attacks and weaken the intensity of soul-type attacks.
Just like the royal robe and the giant Star Titan airship, the first Emperor Huang Tianyu had traded this the Emperor’s Crown at the Royal Market.
Huang Tianpu held the Emperor’s Crown in both hands as he turned around and walked to Lin Huang. Then, he put it on Lin Huang’s head in all seriousness.
Though crude, the Emperor’s Crown did not look absurd on Lin Huang’s head at that moment. It even complemented the yellow robe on his body.
After putting the crown on Lin Huang, Huang Tianpu returned to his left.
Meanwhile, Huang Wunan, who was on Lin Huang’s right, held a short saber with a scabbard with both his hands. He stepped forward and held the saber over Lin Huang’s head while the latter was down on one knee.
The short saber was approximately a foot and eight inches long. It was completely black with 12 vertical golden dragon patterns carved on it. The scabbard, however, was the complete opposite. It was golden with huge black dragon patterns carved on both sides.
Lin Huang stretched both arms and took over the short saber together with the scabbard. Huang Wunan then returned to where he was.
The saber was called the Emperor’s Saber. Although it was also a god relic, it was more of a decorative item than a practical one.
The first Emperor Huang Tianyu had only traded this at the Royal Market back then just because it looked appealing. He thought it would look great hanging on his waist as an accessory. In reality, he was not a saber cultivator but a combat cultivator. The short saber became an accessory ever since he purchased it. It almost never got out of the scabbard, let alone harm anyone.
Lin Huang was a sword cultivator. Moreover, he already had a god battle sword relic. He would not be using it even if he elevated to virtual god-level.
However, looking at the items left behind by the previous Emperor, Lin Huang could tell that Huang Tianyu was definitely a master at showing off.
One with a crown on his head, a yellow robe with dragon patterns and a short saber with dragon patterns on his waist.
Lin Huang faintly felt like he was the king of all generations with all the get-up.
After hanging the Emperor’s Saber on the right side of his waist, he lifted his head up again and glanced at the people.
This time, Lin Huang’s imposing manner was completely different from before.
Many people could clearly sense that his combat strength was only on immortal-level. However, looking at him fully equipped, they felt like they were watching a mighty Emperor who had been sent down to the world.
Lin Xin’s eyes lit up as she watched Lin Huang through the screen in the Star Titan. “Brother is so handsome!”
Even Xiao Mo, who was sitting aside, nodded too. “He looks so cool!”
Following the schedule Huang Tianpu had given him earlier, Lin Huang knew it was his turn to speak after he was fully equipped.
He looked at the people beneath him and his voice vibrated from his chest. It soon spread through the venue.
“Welcome, everyone. My name is Lin Huang.”
“From today and from this moment onward, I’m officially the Emperor of Dynasty!”
Chapter 1027: Who’s Lin Huang?!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The birth of the Emperor of Dynasty soon created a stir among the cultivation world.
Dynasty, which had had no Emperor for the past 300 years, had progressed to the top three underground organizations. Now that they had an Emperor, one could imagine how prosperous would Dynasty’s future be.
Lin Huang’s name became the headlines of all the cultivation media on the day itself.
The photos of him with the yellow robe, the crown on his head and a short saber hanging from his waist spread through Divisions 1 to 12 in less than half a day. More than 90% of the people in the cultivation world had seen his face by now.
On that day, the top three topics on all the forums were related to Lin Huang.
The topic that was the most popular was the same question — who was Lin Huang?!
A young man whom nobody had heard of was crowned the Emperor of Dynasty and became a legendary underground boss all of a sudden. Countless people were curious. Who exactly was this young man?
A minority of them even wanted to study if they could copy and apply this young man’s way of succeeding to themselves.
Who was Lin Huang?
Not only everyone wanted to know the answer to this question. The next second when Lin Huang announced his name in the livestreams, the intel units of all the organizations began their frantic search, browsing for every information that was related to his name.
From Divisions 1 to 3, many organizations in the three core zones found up to 1,000 pieces of information about Lin Huang within the core zones. They then spent a whole day comparing notes but found out that none of the faces matched Lin Huang’s.
On the next day, the range of the search expanded. It spread to Divisions 4, 5… to Division 12.
The data of more and more people who had the same name as Lin Huang were collected by all organizations.
As all the organizations were busy searching Lin Huang’s identity, some friends who knew him saw the related news one after another.
Even if they did not see the livestreams, they would see his name and face plastered all over the place on that day. It was hard to miss.
Almost everyone who knew Lin Huang was shocked to see the news. They doubted if the media had made a mistake. However, seeing that many other media were spreading the same news and that the videos were going viral online, they finally confirmed the authenticity of the news.
Just when the installation ceremony ended, Lin Huang saw a couple of missed calls on his communication page.
It was from the siblings Yi Zheng and Yi Yeyu, and Li Lang and Leng Yuexin.
He was going to call them since he had the time now, but his Emperor’s Heart Ring vibrated suddenly. It was his master who was calling this time, so he picked the video call up right away.
In the video call, Mr. Fu was relaxing on a beach chair while squinting. He asked right away when Lin Huang picked up the call, “My disciple, is Dynasty giving you a hard time?”
“No, they even gave me a bunch of god relics,” Lin Huang said while smiling and shaking his head. “But I can’t use them just yet.”
“This Emperor thing, you can tell me if you’re doing this against your will.” A ferocious gleam flashed through Mr. Fu’s eyes.
“I’m doing it pretty willingly. If I can be honest, we’re just using each other. They need me to be their Emperor to solve a crisis while I need their power to achieve a goal.” Lin Huang was alone in the Emperor Palace, so he was not afraid that others would overhear what he was saying.
“Solve a crisis?” Mr. Fu was skeptical.
“Master, you remember that I told you about secretly participating in the Royal Trials a few months back, don’t you? In reality, Dynasty is just an affiliate organization of Royal from the great world,” Lin Huang told him the story of Dynasty and Royal.
Mr. Fu only spoke slowly after a moment of silence, “So, there’s a big, great world out there…”
“With the identity as a Royalty, they daren’t do anything to me even if I disagree to be their Emperor, let alone now that I’m crowned their Emperor.”
“Your identity is indeed shocking to them. It’s brilliant to have an organization to depend on, but beware, don’t let Dynasty mess you up,” Mr. Fu advised in relief.
“Master, now that I have the ability to protect myself, can you tell me about what happened to the Virtual Gods of this world?”
Mr. Fu lifted his head and glanced at Lin Huang upon hearing the question. “Seems like you’ve found out about something.”
“I only know apart from you, there are many people who’ve elevated to Virtual Gods through the integration of Godhead. That’s all I know.” Lin Huang nodded.
“Since you asked, I’ll tell you everything today.” Mr. Fu sat up from the beach chair and crossed his legs before speaking again slowly, “Indeed, I’m not the only Virtual God in this world. I’m just the last Virtual God on the surface.
“Through the past 800 years since the new era began, the change of the cultivation system has boosted hundredfolds of cultivators compared to our time back then.
“The increased number of cultivators also increased the exploration of the ruins by heaps. A sea of resources was excavated, including war remnants, God’s corpses, Godheads, god relics and even a small amount of true god-level items from the ancient times.
“Since the new cultivation system caused no one to be able to kill virtual god-level monsters with their imperial-level combat strength throughout centuries, many people began looking for ways to break through. Integrating Godheads was one of them.
“Since the first person found out that integrating Godheads could elevate them to Virtual God, Godheads became a hot item. Countless people followed suit but only a minority of them succeeded while most people died from the explosion. After thousands of people experimented it by themselves, everyone realized that there were many issues with elevating to Virtual God via the integration of the Godhead.
“First of all, which is the most unacceptable reason, would be that one’s combat strength wouldn’t be able to elevate if they achieved virtual god-level via integration of the Godhead. No matter how high the compatibility of the Godhead was with the person, it wasn’t a Godhead that one consolidated by themselves after all.
“The second one would be the compatibility of the Godhead with the integrator. Not all Godheads can be integrated, so it’s easy for one to die from an explosion during the integration with poor compatibility.
“Thirdly, the grade of the Godhead affects the success of integration. A Godhead has a total of nine grades from grade-1 to grade-9. Grade-1 has the highest success rate of integration. The higher the Godhead’s grade, the lower the success rate. Due to one’s body and intensity of the soul, the success rate of integration above grade-3 is almost zero. Even very few people have succeeded in integrating with a grade-3 Godhead. From what I know, all the integrators who used Godheads above grade-3 died of self-explosion; none of them survived.
“The fourth would be the will remnant of the Godhead. Many Godheads would have the will remnant of the original owner. Such a Godhead is extremely dangerous. As long as the integration is completed, there’s a high chance that the will remnant might take over the body. However, such a will remnant would usually lie in hibernation mode before it’s activated, so there’s no way of detecting its existence.
“The fifth would be the mutation from a monster’s Godhead. Since many Godhead sources can’t be identified, some people integrate a monster’s Godhead unintentionally as they have a very similar aura to a human’s Godhead. A monster’s Godhead usually has low compatibility with humans whereby it always ends up in death from self-explosion. However, there were a few successful cases. However, all of them had mutations without any exceptions. All the integrators’ bodies would turn into beasts on a certain level. It would even affect one’s soul slowly, causing the integrators to lose their human nature gradually.
“The sixth issue would be that as soon as the foreign integration of the Godhead is successful, there’s no way of removing it or replacing it with another Godhead.
“Because of all these disadvantages, the integration of the Godhead to get to virtual god-level only blew up for a while and people soon stopped trying. However, many organizations got quite a substantial reward for this experiment when they made over 20 virtual god-level powerhouses.”
“Only over 20 people succeeded out of the thousands of people who tried?” Lin Huang raised his brow when he heard that revelation. The success rate was incredibly low.
“Apart from the integration of the Godhead, some organizations found another way to make Virtual Gods. They interacted with True Gods from another world and got the True God to send his will to modify potential cultivators with Divine Power. They would elevate the cultivator’s combat strength to perfect-stage imperial-level purple gold-rank directly and modify their bodies and souls so that they could take in the Divine Power. They would then break through by cultivating with god-level methods.
“This is just like how Saints and the Purple Crow do it! But it then became a technique for True Gods to obtain a puppet.
“No matter what, there are around 30 people who have reached virtual god-level with all sorts of techniques. However, their combat strength basically stayed within Virtual God rank-3. They’re just kids to me.”
Chapter 1028: A Story of the Past
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“The new era that you guys are currently in is so much more fortunate than our time. During the old era, cultivators had to figure things out blindly on their own. Aside from killing monsters to elevate, only the elite class of society had the opportunity to get their hands on the most basic methods.
“I was in great luck back then. Due to my extraordinary talent, I was recruited into a special unit when I joined the army and I was taught the Army Attack Tactics. That was how I set foot on the cultivation path. However, most people had no such opportunity during my time.
“Methods were only promoted widely over 1,000 years since the old era began. Due to more and more sects and increasing competition of sources, many sects changed the disciple model they had because of the increasing need for new blood. They began releasing their very own sect cultivation methods for beginners within the range of their territory, taking young people who passed the requirements into their sect. However, although the methods from the ancient ruins were simple, there were certain requirements which are high.
“Even though the catastrophe that happened over eight centuries ago was the peak of the old era, the number of cultivators was just 1% among the ordinary people. There were much fewer cultivators and even fewer peak-stage powerhouses in the past compared to now.
“This has also caused the exploration efficiency in all the sites to be much lower than before and there are few resources that can be gained. Moreover, there was no ruins back then. It was a by-product of the opening of Virtual Eye.
“The old era existed for over 5,500 years and only less than 30 Virtual Gods were born. Almost half of them entered the ruins after breaking through to Virtual God and they never came back. I was the leader of a major organization back then and in 1,000 years, I cultivated all the way to Virtual God rank-6, but I couldn’t find a descendant that I’m satisfied with. I encountered little Mo Kui later on and didn’t make it to the ruins.
“Your senior brother, Mo Kui, was gifted. He spent less than 200 years cultivating from an ordinary person to virtual god-level. I spent about 15 times longer to become a Virtual God compared to him. Later on, he spent less than 50 years getting to Virtual God rank-6. Fortunately, I learned quite some stuff from training him. I’d elevated to Virtual God rank-8 when he got to Virtual God rank-6. Otherwise, he almost surpassed me.
“Many Virtual Gods went to the ruins in order to break through further. Your senior brother was tempted to go as well when he had just broken through to virtual god-level. I told him that he could only go if he surpassed my combat strength. He began cultivating diligently, but in the end, he didn’t surpass my combat strength.
“Back then, nobody knew that Godheads which were left behind by ancient powerhouses could be integrated. Even if they had known, nobody would have performed the integration. Although many people powerhouses failed the Godhead consolidation and were downgraded to demigods, the chances of breaking through to virtual god-level was not as slim as it is now.
“Furthermore, since half of the Virtual Gods have gotten to the ruins, only very few local Virtual Gods were left. Only 13 Virtual Gods participated in the war over 800 years ago, including your senior brother and I. And among the 13 Virtual Gods who participated in the war, I was the only one who survived,” Mr. Fu shed the story of the past slowly.
That also made Lin Huang understand how a virtual god-level God’s Servant and a few virtual god-level God’s Subordinates managed to turn the entire world upside down with merely a drop of True God’s blood in their body.
The old era that Mr. Fu had been in should not have developed to its peak. The most it did was to develop to early middle-stage. Moreover, half of the top powerhouses were away, causing their battle power to dwindle. The catastrophe over 800 years ago coincidentally happened when the world was at its weakest. In turn, many cultivators to die while the cultivation system that the era had just built not long ago collapsed completely.
Lin Huang asked about some details after Mr. Fu finished with his story. He thought of God Bless all of a sudden and could not help but ask, “Master, have you heard of God Bless?”
“I’ve heard of it a long time ago. There was indeed such an organization when we were just building the three core zones. I didn’t hear about them later on. I think maybe they were dismissed a long time ago. Why do you ask?”
“God Bless isn’t dismissed,” Lin Huang told Mr. Fu the information that he heard, “I suspect that they used the Union Government’s name to attack you guys in the ruins.”
“If it’s really as you said, and the Union Government really has been penetrated, it’s really possible that they did it. No wonder the two Virtual Gods who fought us had an unfamiliar aura. I had no idea who they were at all.”
“Two Virtual Gods attacked you back then?!” Lin Huang was stunned to hear that revelation. He remembered Liu Ming telling him that Mr. Fu had been attacked by a few demigods.
“Do you think that demigods have the ability to harm me? No matter what, my combat strength is on Virtual God rank-8 after all. Even though I’ve lost everything now, I’d at least maintain a Virtual God rank-6 standard. If I didn’t have to seal that God’s Servant back then, almost draining all of my Divine Power, I would’ve killed the two Virtual Gods who attacked me sneakily as easy as pie!
“I told Liu Ming I was attacked by demigods because you guys didn’t know there are other Virtual Gods in this world at all. It was unnecessary to tell you guys that.”
“In this world, don’t even mention demigods, but I’m not even afraid of those people who’ve elevated to Virtual God using a Godhead. The most they can get is just Virtual God rank-3. What I’m afraid of are the Saint’s god and the Crow God of the Purple Crow’s True God substitutes. The reason is that their substitutes could grow to Virtual God rank-6 or even higher.”
“Don’t worry about the Crow God. The Crow God Ceremony which happened earlier failed. Someone took the eye and the Crow Spirit away. Nobody knows when the Crow God’s will come again,” Lin Huang said while smiling.
“Where did you hear about this? From Dynasty?” Mr. Fu was rather surprised.
“I was there when it happened. I took the Crow Spirit but someone else took the eye.” Lin Huang smirked.
Mr. Fu was rendered speechless. He did not expect his disciple to turn out so extraordinary.
“I’ll use Dynasty’s intel system to check on God Bless. Dynasty has two Virtual Gods, which are a secret, so you don’t have to worry about me.”
After he was done chatting with Mr. Fu, Lin Huang contacted Yi Yeyu and his other old friends. He also contacted Tan Lang and his other acquaintances at the Heaven Alliance from back then.
They were surprised by Lin Huang’s new identity. However, they were just merely surprised. They did not comment on anything in the union organization’s shoes. Instead, they just teased him, calling him the underground boss, and asked about the reason for his new identity later on.
Lin Huang only gave them a simple explanation. He did not mention Royal and only said that the Royal Trials was Dynasty’s special assessment to choose their Emperor. He passed the trial and became the Emperor which was out of everyone’s expectations.
After all, Royal was a secret that only Dynasty’s upper echelon knew about. Learning about that was not beneficial to Yi Zheng and the rest. If he told them and they spilled the beans accidentally, Dynasty might come after them.
After chatting with his old friends, Lin Huang found out that Huang Tianpu had been waiting outside the Emperor’s Palace without even realizing it.
He sat back onto the throne and waved as the doors of the Emperor’s Palace opened and Huang Tianpu walked in slowly.
Chapter 1029: Congratulations, You’ve Obtained An Affiliate — Dynasty
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Huang Tianpu walked to Lin Huang slowly.
“Master Emperor, about Royal’s affiliation…”
“Alright, I’ll activate the authorization now,” Lin Huang responded.
Ever since the first Emperor died, Dynasty had always been in inactive mode on Royal’s affiliation list.
He took out the Royal Token and clicked on the affiliates’ page. When he found Dynasty on the page, Lin Huang clicked on the ‘activate’ button.
“Are you sure you want to activate the grade-1 organization No. D000857142? After it’s activated, the organization will become your affiliate automatically.”
“Yes!” Lin Huang clicked on the button right away.
“Grade-1 organization No. D000857142 — Dynasty has been activated. Congratulations, member Lin Huang, you’ve obtained an affiliate — Dynasty. You can learn more about the affiliate by clicking into the affiliate option on your personal page.”
Just when Lin Huang was done with that, a notification popped up on Huang Tianpu’s Emperor’s Heart Ring all of a sudden.
He opened it immediately to see a notification from Royal.
“Grade-1 organization No. D000857142 — Dynasty, your affiliate, now belongs to Rank-A member Lin Huang!
“Congratulations, Dynasty! Your affiliate’s authority level has been advanced from Rank-C to Rank-A!”
Almost at the same time, the same notification was sent to Lin Huang’s Emperor’s Heart Ring too.
He could not help but arch his brow when he skimmed through the message. “Oh, wow! I can’t believe it’s connected to my Emperor’s Heart Ring!”
In reality, all of Dynasty’s upper echelon received the same notification at the same time when both of them did.
Not only was the affiliate’s authorization activated, but it was also boosted from Rank-C to Rank-A, much to the relief of Huang Tianpu and the other demigods. Apart from the three Grand Dukes who knew about Lin Huang’s authorization rank, the rest of the upper echelon were excited to see the boost of an affiliate’s authorization.
“Thank you, Master Emperor, for solving Dynasty’s burning crisis!” Huang Tianpu thanked him immediately.
“Dynasty is my affiliate now. I won’t shortchange you guys of a single credit point in regards to the benefits you deserve. However, I hope that you guys can give all of your efforts. Don’t do anything that I don’t want you to do behind my back.” Lin Huang gave Huang Tianpu an earful again.
Huang Tianpu nodded all the way and left after that short speech. After he left, Lin Huang tapped on the token to project his personal page.
“Member: Lin Huang
“Gender: Male
“Age: 18 (turning 19 after the 8th of August)
“Authorization: Rank-A
“Qualification Assessment: Grade-A
“Combat Strength: Immortal-level Rank-10 (candidate’s cultivation system’s standard)
“Personal Trading Points: 1,632,831
“Affiliate Organization: Dynasty (Grade-1)
“Remarks: You accumulated more than a million points in the Rank-D Royal Trials and attained a perfect qualification in the assessment. You’re given Rank-A Royalty authorization!”
The information on the personal page was simple. Lin Huang only glanced through it roughly and clicked the affiliate option open. Another page popped up.
“Dynasty (Owner: Lin Huang)
“Organization Grade: Grade-1
“Organization Authorization: Rank-A
“Member List: Huang Baiyu, Huang Haoyang, Huang Tianpu, Huang Wunan, Huang Tufu…”
Lin Huang studied the details immediately when he saw the organization grade. “The organization grade is only grade-1? How does the grading system work?”
“Organization Grades
“Grade-0: No Virtual God.
“Grade-1: Has one or more Virtual Gods and less than 100 Virtual Gods.
“Grade-2: Has one or more True Gods. If there’s no True God, grade-2 is assigned if there are more than 100 Virtual Gods.
“Grade-3: Has one or more Heavenly God. If there’s no Heavenly God, grade-3 is assigned if there are more than 100 True Gods.
“Grade-4: Has one or more half-step Lords and above 20 Heavenly Gods.”
“Grade-5: Has one or more Lords.”
Lin Huang was speechless after reading it. “Alright then, so there are no grade-2 organizations in this world at all at the moment if they grade it like that.”
“Huang Baiyu, Huang Haoyang?” Lin Huang proceeded to read. He was surprised to see the first and the second names on the list, but he soon found out who the duo was. “I guess this list goes by one’s combat strength.”
Although he heard Huang Tianpu mention Dynasty having two Virtual Gods, he did not specify their names. Now, it seemed like the duo was Huang Baiyu and Huang Haoyang who were on the list.
Lin Huang began reading the duo’s personal details immediately.
“Huang Baiyu (Real Name: Bai Yu)
“Gender: Male
“Age: 721
“Qualification Assessment: Grade-B
“Combat Strength” Virtual God-level (rank-3)
“Organization: Dynasty (Grade-1)
“Personal Trading Points: 3,581
“Biography (click here for details)”
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“Huang Haoyang (Real Name: Zhou Haoyang)
“Gender: Male
“Age: 811
“Qualification Assessment: Grade-C
“Combat Strength” Virtual God-level (rank-2)
“Organization: Dynasty (Grade-1)
“Personal Trading Points: 2,317
“Biography (click here for details)”
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“They’re really on virtual god-level!” Lin Huang confirmed his speculation when he saw the duo’s combat strength. However, he was confused. “Why do they have trading points as well?”
He clicked on the points and saw the explanation.
“The owner of the organization will obtain commission points from points affiliate members have obtained in missions or hunts in the trial zones.
“Condition for commission: 5% for Rank-D members; 10% for Rank-C members; 20% for Rank-B members; 30 for Rank-A members (The commission comes from extra points and doesn’t affect the affiliate members’ points)
“Remarks: The points affiliate members have obtained can only be used to trade in the affiliate market and not in the Royal Market. The reward points the organization owner obtained won’t be restricted to the source of the points. The points can be used in the Royal Market.”
Lin Huang’s eyes lit up when he read the conditions. “Not only will I be able to earn points, but I can also get my organization members to earn points for me too! Although the most I can get from each of them is 30%, it’ll be a lot when hundreds of thousands of them add up together. If that’s the case, wouldn’t it be better if I have more organizations under me?”
“If I’m not mistaken, Royal should have a limit on the number of member affiliate organizations.” Bloody stretched its head slowly to peek out of Lin Huang’s sleeve.
Lin Huang nodded and went back to his personal page. Then, he began reading the restrictions.
Soon, he found the description of the affiliate organization.
“Number of affiliates allowed for Rank-D members: 1; Number of affiliates allowed for Rank-C members: 3; Number of affiliates allowed for Rank-B members: 10; Number of affiliates allowed for Rank-A members: 30.
“As expected, there’s a limit on the number. That’s why the Royalties prefer to train affiliate organizations of a higher rank. The higher the rank of the affiliate, the more points they can earn.”
After reading the description of the affiliate, Lin Huang began reading other restrictions that applied to him.
Chapter 1030: Lin Huang, I’ve Finally Found You!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“Royalties of different authority levels are allowed to enter the trial zones as follows:
“Rank-D members: Permission to enter any grade-0 trial zones, 100 grade-1 trial zones, and 10 grade-2 trial zones.
“Rank-C members: Permission to enter any grade-0 and grade-1 trial zones, and 50 grade-2 trial zones.
“Rank-B members: Permission to enter any grade-0 to grade-2 trial zones, and 30 grade-3 trial zones.
“Rank-A members: Permission to enter any grade-0 to grade-3 trial zones, 30 grade-4 trial zones, 10 grade-5 trial zones, and 10 great world trial zones.”
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“Royalties of affiliate organizations of different authority levels are allowed to open the trial zones as follows:
“Rank-D members: Permission to open 20 grade-0 trial zones and 5 grade-1 trial zones.
“Rank-C members: Permission to open 50 grade-0 trial zones, 15 grade-1 trial zones, and 3 grade-2 trial zones.
“Rank-B members: Permission to open 100 grade-0 trial zones, 30 grade-1 trial zones, 10 grade-2 trial zones, and 3 grade-3 trial zones.
“Rank-A members: Permission to open any grade-0 trial zones, 80 grade-1 trial zones, 20 grade-2 trial zones, 10 grade-3 trial zones, 3 grade-4 trial zones, 1 grade-5 trial zone, and 1 great world trial zone.”
“The so-called Royal trial zone is what we usually call the ruins and war sites. Looking at the trial zones they own, this organization is terrifyingly massive. No wonder Dynasty developed so rapidly!” Lin Huang finally found out the root reason of how Dynasty managed to rise to become an underground organization giant after reading the information.
The first Emperor Huang Tianyu had Rank-C authority which meant that Dynasty could open 50 grade-0 trial zones, 15 grade-1 trial zones, and three grade-2 trial zones. During his time, the Union Government had just been founded for less than three centuries while many other organizations had just started. The number of trial zones might exceed the number of ruins and sites that were opened by all the organizations added up in the entire gravel world back then.
“If Huang Tianyu stayed put 300 years ago to develop Dynasty obediently instead of getting himself killed in the great world, Dynasty might’ve replaced the Union Government and become the No. 1 organization in the entire world.”
Now that Lin Huang had become the Emperor, the benefits that he brought Dynasty was tens of times more compared to during Huang Tianyu’s reign. He could open any grade-0 trial zone. In addition to that, the number of trial zones he could open was way more than all the ruins and sites that were now open in the entire gravel world.
He could open 80 grade-1 trial zones while there were only ten grade-6 forbidden areas in the entire world which were on the same level as a grade-1 trial zone. Meanwhile, the 20 grade-2 trial zones that he could open were comparable with grade-7 forbidden areas in the gravel world. There were merely four grade-7 forbidden areas known to the public at the moment.
“You’ll gain more benefits as a Royalty. The number of trial zones that you’re permitted to enter has exceeded the number of trial zones you can open by heaps.” Bloody also saw the content projected by Lin Huang’s identity token.
After spending some time studying his authority, Lin Huang then tapped open the affiliate organization option and began browsing through the member list.
He was not kidding when he said he wanted to lead a reformation in Dynasty earlier. The details of each members’ lives on the list provided by Royal were out of his expectations. He could learn everything about everyone, including what they had done each year. The list even contained details of when they wet their bed, when they had intercourse for the first time, how many girlfriends they had in the past… Everything was recorded in detail.
Lin Huang was wondering how they recorded such odd information when he first read it. Later on, the stone tablet reminded him and made him realize that there were some detective god items with terrifying capacities.
Looking at the list, Lin Huang did not just find out who the other organization’s spies were easily, but he even found out who lost their humanity completely and did some inhumane things.
As Lin Huang and Bloody were arranging the information of the Dynasty members, a bruised corpse was staring at the Heart Network headlines in a dark room far away in Division 2. His face turned gravely ferocious when he saw Lin Huang’s young face.
“Lin Huang, I’ve finally found you! So, you’ve been hiding in Division 1! I’ll go to Division 1 now. I’ll find you, capture you alive and slice every inch of your skin with a knife. I’ll chop off your limbs and marinade them. After I’m done with the physical torture, I’ll take your soul out and torture it every day.”
The bruised corpse stood up after he smashed the coffee table before him to dust. He was over three meters tall and the aura from him was so powerful that it was terrifying.
A middle-aged man in a black suit who was dressed as a housekeeper saw everything happening in the room through a transparent one-way glass outside. He called a number after opening the communication page on his Emperor’s Heart Ring. “Grandmistress, he saw Lin Huang’s news.”
“Hold him down. I’ll be right there.” A lady’s voice came from the other side of the communication device.
“Let me go, housekeeper. I’m going Division 1 to look for Lin Huang!” The corpse punched the glass as he knew that the housekeeper was just behind the glass.
“Young master, please be patient. Grandmistress will be right here.” The expression on the housekeeper’s face was calm. He did not seem worried that the person would break the glass at all.
“Let me go!” The bruised corpse banged on the one-way glass even harder now as ripples spread like water on the surface of the glass.
“Young master, there’s no rush. Grandmistress will be right here. You can tell her that you’re going to Division 1.”
“I’ll tell you one more time, housekeeper. Let me go!” The bruised corpse stopped banging temporarily while his bloody eyes glared dangerously at the housekeeper on the other side of the glass.
Although the housekeeper knew he could not see him, he could not help but take a step back. “Young master, you know I can’t do that.”
“Then, I’ll kill you! I’ve despised you since the beginning!” The corpse punched the glass frantically again and again.
Within a moment, he released up to 1,000 blows. The continuous punches on the glass made the surface ripple like ocean waves.
It was not the effect of the glass. Although the glass was extracted from a demigod-level monster, the restrictive layer covering the glass was what made the glass highly defensive. It was the grandmistress who had set it up herself.
The housekeeper frowned slightly as he watched the layers of waves undulate on the surface of the glass. The strength of the bruised corpse went beyond his expectations.
In the span of a few breaths, the bruised corpse punched the glass up to ten thousand times. The waves on the defense layer were getting more and more frequent. Suddenly, a soft crack echoed.
A tiny fissure appeared on the one-way transparent glass.
The bruised corpse paused what he saw that and he let out a ferocious grin toward the housekeeper on the other side. He then continued to strike.
A lady’s voice came out of thin air as spider web-like cracks appeared on the glass. A purple silhouette appeared next to the housekeeper silently.
“Shan Er, you’ve disobeyed me again!”
Chapter 1031: Killing and Fighting Doesn’t Suit My Elegance
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“Mother…” The bruised corpse stopped moving and hitting the transparent glass.
At the moment, the door opened slowly while a lady in lilac walked in.
The lady looked like she was in her early 30’s and she carried the immature vibe of a young girl. The door closed automatically as soon as she stepped in.
The bruised corpse seemed fearful when he looked at the lady. He hesitated for a moment and mustered his courage to speak, “Mother, you promised that you’ll release me to take revenge on Lin Huang when I’ve integrated with this spirit’s body. Now that I’ve perfectly integrated this body and found where Lin Huang is, I must go to Division 1 to take my revenge!”
“Shan Er, I did promise you that.” The lady in lilac sat down at the couch and patted the seat next to her, gesturing to her son to sit.
The bruised corpse took a step out and soon reached the couch. He sat on the couch and turned his head to look at the lady in lilac, waiting for her response.
“But the situation is different now compared to the past,” the lady continued to speak, “Lin Huang was nobody back then. Even if he was talented and gifted, he couldn’t do anything significant alone.
“But now he’s the Emperor of Dynasty. He’s an underground boss that many respect. He has two god items which are the Emperor’s Palace and the Star Titan as well as two Virtual Gods who are secretly protecting him. Killing him is as difficult as reaching for the stars.
“Moreover, the mission in Division 3 earlier failed. Now, the Purple Crow is looking for me because of God Bless. It’s not the time to be stirring things up and gain another powerful enemy.”
“God Bless isn’t afraid of Dynasty and the Purple Crow anyway. What can they do even if the two organizations are to team up?!” The bruised corpse was still reluctant to give in.
“The Purple Crow and Dynasty aren’t as simple as they look. The Purple Crow has its Crow God. Although the Crow God is just a True God, he has the Hundred-eyed Dark Crow tribe supporting him. The organization behind Dynasty is even more complicated. They have Royal, the top organization in the great world, supporting them. Even Master God is afraid of them.”
“So, Mother, are you saying I can’t take revenge on Lin Huang who killed me and my daughter, Lily?” The bruised corpse balled his fists.
“I’m just asking you to be patient for now. When Master God returns later, that will be the time God Bless rules the world! By then, no matter whether it’s the Purple Crow, Dynasty or even the Hunter Association and the Union Government, they will just be meat on our chopping board!”
“Mother, I was being reckless.” The corpse calmed down after listening.
After they chatted for a while, the lady in lilac set up the restrictions in the room again before leaving.
She closed the door and walked to the window. She looked at her son through the glass with a cold expression. “Monitor him. Let me know immediately as soon as he loses control.”
“Yes.” The housekeeper nodded with a calm face on.
The bruised corpse sat on the couch while looking at the floor with his head down in silence. After the lady in lilac left a long time later, a ferocious gleam flashed through his eyes.
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“Looking at the personal information details, there are a total of 11 people who are spies from other organizations. Two of them came from God Bless.
“A total of 23 of them lost their humanity. They killed and carried out massacres for fun. These 23 people are extremely sick with severe tendencies against humanity. Even their mindset has derailed from an ordinary human’s mindset. Rules and punishments alone can’t fix them.
“Following the Union Government’s criminal standards, there are 12,583 people who have committed two or more felonies. Although they’re more or less sick, they’re still treatable. I personally suggest rehabilitating them with rules, punishment, and rewards.
“There are 21,418 people who have committed a felony once. Most of them are fine while a majority of them regretted what they did.
“The rest are just people with tiny issues, including some mutants who are pretty much alright. We can train these bunch of people right away.”
“Categorize the list for me. You might be working a lot in the next few days to come up with rules and regulations as well as a reward and punishment system for Dynasty.” Lin Huang delegated the responsibility directly. “Tell me what you need and I’ll get it for you!”
“The list will be completed immediately. I need the Union Government, the Hunter Association, Adventurer Paradise, the Heretics and Dynasty’s full rules and regulations as well as their rewards and punishments systems. Also, I need Grimace’s help.” Bloody dragged Grimace into it gleefully. “Oh yeah, I need mint candy and chocolates too.”
“Sure.” Lin Huang snapped his finger and summoned Grimace.
Upon hearing that Lin Huang wanted him to help Bloody with Dynasty’s new conditions, Grimace scowled. “Why do I have to do clerical work? Isn’t Bloody enough for the job?”
“I’ll elevate you right away when you’re done helping Bloody with this.”
“Deal!” Grimace agreed almost without hesitation. “To be honest, clerical work is my favorite. Killing and fighting don’t suit my elegance at all.”
Lin Huang called the guards at the entrance of the Emperor’s Palace after arranging work for Bloody and Grimace.
“Master Emperor, are there any orders for us?”
“I need the Union Government, the Hunter Association, Adventurer Paradise, the Heretics and Dynasty’s full rules and regulations systems. Also, a tonne of chocolate and a tonne of mint candy. It’s best if you can gather all that today.” Lin Huang distributed the list of materials that he needed to elevate his imperial monsters as he was done speaking. “This list of materials too. Gather as many of them as you can for me. You don’t necessarily have to get this by today, but the sooner, the better.”
The guards were stunned for a moment as they skimmed through the copy of the list. They nodded immediately. “We’ll get it done for you right away.”
Within less than half an hour after the guards left, the chocolates and mint candy that Bloody had asked for were served.
Huang Tianpu sent the rules and regulations as well as the reward and punishment system from the selected organizations over. In the meantime, Bloody and Grimace began working.
Meanwhile, Lin Huang summoned four imperial monsters including Bloody Robe, the Eclipse Boa, the Death Knight, and the Fallen Knight. He found a place in the Emperor’s Palace and began the elevation of his four imperial monsters with Advance Cards and the materials he had gathered.
Soon, the four imperial monsters turned into four golden eggs.
Although it was the Emperor’s Palace where nobody could come in theoretically, Lin Huang summoned his God Figurine’s Combat Soul, the Divine Sun Tree, to guard them anyway after he left.
In the middle of the night at Division 2, a bruised corpse sat on the couch in a dark room. He grinned abruptly. “That damn housekeeper has finally left!”
He stood up slowly and looked at the middle-aged man sitting in the observatory through the glass. Although he could not see anything on the other side of the glass while the room had restrictions on his Territory skill, nobody knew he had comprehended Divine Telekinesis which allowed him to detect everything out there.
The middle-aged man experienced goosebumps when he saw the bruised corpse stand up and stare at him. When he took a step to his left, the corpse’s eyes moved to the left too. He took two steps to the right and the corpse’s eyes followed.
“Didn’t the housekeeper say this transparent glass is one-way? Why does it feel like he can see me?” The middle-aged man frowned slightly. A voice came to his ears when he was going to report the odd event to the housekeeper.
“Look into my eyes…” As if he was hypnotized, the middle-aged demigod lifted his head and locked eyes with the bruised corpse.
Circles of waves seemed to be activated in the bruised corpse’s eyes as the man seemed lost as he froze.
“Open the door for me,” the bruised corpse ordered.
The middle-aged demigod walked to the door like a zombie and opened the door with a key.
The corpse opened the door and revealed a ferocious grin. He pressed his hand against the middle-aged demigod’s head. With a tight squeeze, the middle-aged demigod’s head exploded like a watermelon tossed from the sky.
White and bloody mush splattered all over the wall. The bruised corpse withdrew his hand and licked his palm that was filled with blood and brain juice. “Delicious!”
After licking his palm clean, he charged ahead and crushed layers of ceiling plaster before vanishing into the sky.
The housekeeper appeared silently next to the headless body whose head had exploded. He revealed a smirk with a calm face as he looked at the broken ceiling.
He fell into silence for a moment while squinting. He turned his communication page on and dialed a number. His expression and tone turned frantic as he panted, “Oh no, Grandmistress, Young Master has escaped!”
Chapter 1032: Implementing New Rules
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Lin Huang’s identity was exposed on the second day of the coronation.
He came from Division 7 and was 19 years of age (not calculated according to his actual date of birth).
He was the direct disciple of a virtual god-level powerhouse, Mr. Fu. Apart from that, he was both a sword cultivator and an Imperial Censor.
He joined the Purple Crow training camp for a short time and escaped by faking his death.
He was not educated, but he was once a teacher at Martial Hunter College’s Sword Dao in the White Capital City of Division 7.
He had a sister whose name was Lin Xin. Ever since she dropped out of a foundation institute, she had been missing for close to three years.
According to reliable sources, Lin Xin had a fake identity called Ling Xue. She used to study at Martial Hunter College in the White Capital City of Division 7. She graduated with perfect scores and became the college firearms teacher. She went missing again a few days ago.
Looking at Lin Xin’s situation, Lin Huang most probably had a fake identity too.
Besides Lin Huang, Lin Xin’s identity was exposed too. Even her fake identity was exposed since she did not disguise herself.
Because Lin Huang disguised as Lin Xie with another appearance, that identity of his had yet to be exposed at the moment.
People were talking about the exposed information on Lin Huang on the Heart Network.
“It seems like Lin Huang isn’t that special apart from being a Virtual God’s disciple. Maybe Dynasty gave the Virtual God face, so they appointed Lin Huang as the Emperor.”
“Looking at the record, his sister is even better than him. At least, she’s educated. She even graduated from college with perfect scores.”
“I’ve got a better record than he does. At least, I went to college!”
“He didn’t even go to college. How dare he work as a teacher at the Martial Hunter College? I bet he must’ve gone in through the back door!”
“This newly appointment Emperor is horrible. He even joined the Purple Crow before? And faked his death to escape? I bet he was kicked out for his incompetence!”
Lin Huang did not even look at the comments on the Heart Network as he had been busy the past few days.
Within two days, Bloody and Grimace worked together and came up with brand new rules and regulations as well as a reward and punishment system based on the systems of other organizations.
Dynasty’s original system was ditched while the new one was based on the Heretics’ system as the framework. Many contents and details were added in after Bloody and Grimace put almost everything into consideration. Most of the added contents were based on the Hunter Association.
Lin Huang wanted to create a neutral organization similar to the Heretics but with a better system. It resembled the Hunter Association too but with more freedom and variety.
The new rules and regulations fit Lin Huang’s requirements perfectly.
Apart from the rules and regulations, there was a set of policies, especially for punishments and rewards.
The set of policies was comprehensive too. One of them was the trial zone leaderboard that happened once a month. Those who ranked on top would be given different rewards. The leaderboard was set up to encourage everyone to obtain points in trial zones as much as they could.
Also, Bloody copied the Hunter Association and set up an exclusive mission zone. There would be specialists looking after the mission zone whereby people could accept and even create missions. The more difficult and higher the level of mission, the more effort the challengers needed to put in as well as the more rewards they would obtain.
Apart from that, Bloody even set up a trading market in Dynasty. There, Dynasty members could trade the extra resources they had with Royal points. They could trade Life Crystals or other items too.
After reading everything Bloody prepared, Lin Huang provided very few suggestions for amendment before sending the brand new rules and regulations and reward and punishment system to Huang Tianpu.
Initially, Huang Tianpu thought Lin Huang’s new system would be strict. However, he realized there was even more freedom compared to the old Dynasty rules. He only applied some restrictions on killing. Moreover, the details of each rule and regulation were comprehensive whereby almost every possibility was listed. No thinking was needed in applying the punishment in the system since each offense stated the handling details.
If not for the traces of the Heretics and the Hunter Association’s rules in the system, Huang Tianpu might have thought that Lin Huang copied this set of policies somewhere.
Meanwhile, Huang Tianpu’s eyes lit up when he saw the reward and punishment system, especially the trial zone leaderboard which rewards were handsome.
He then looked at the mission zone and trading market Bloody had suggested setting up. A shiver of delight ran up his spine to see that.
He was a little worried that Lin Huang might mess things up after he was appointed. However, he realized that Dynasty would grow even stronger with all the new setup.
He gathered Huang Wunan, Huang Tufu and the other upper echelons of Dynasty for a meeting.
They spent the afternoon reading the new system Lin Huang provided thoroughly. None of them had any objections. All of them nodded and agreed to the new system.
They could not help but exclaim, “It seems like we’ve really found a great Emperor!”
The new system was announced right after the approval of the upper echelons. The mission zone and the trading market were set up immediately too.
As for the points leaderboard, Lin Huang linked Dynasty’s leaderboard data directly and opened another leaderboard from that. The leaderboard appeared in the Emperor’s Heart Ring’s projected page option of all the Dynasty members.
After he was done setting up the leaderboard, he then sent the list of 11 spies and 23 psychos Bloody had compiled for him to Huang Tianpu.
He attached a note. “The 34 names on the list are all spies. Kill all of them and send their bodies to me.”
Huang Tianpu only glanced at the list and knew Lin Huang wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of the spies and those who had lost their humanity altogether. He said nothing and cascaded the order down.
Before the sky turned dark, the 34 bodies were sent to the Emperor’s Palace.
Lin Huang summoned the Undead Styx and refined the 34 bodies into corpse puppets right in front of the person who sent the bodies over.
The person who sent the bodies was a demigod. He was Huang Tianpu’s trusted subordinate. After watching that scene, his back was drenched in cold sweat. He told Huang Tianpu about it later on in confidence and the latter only smiled about it.
“Follow what Master Emperor said and spread the news. Tell people that Master Emperor has refined 34 spies into corpse puppets.”
“Spread the news… Wouldn’t Master Emperor come after me?”
“No, he did it in front of you on purpose so that you would spread it out to scare those guys who are against the new system. This is why he only gave me the name list after announcing the new system.” Huang Tianpu knew how Lin Huang thought.
“Understood.” The person who sent the bodies nodded and left.
In less than half a day, the news of Lin Huang refining spies into corpse puppets spread through the entire Dynasty, terrifying many.
“He killed them and even refined them into corpse puppets. This new Emperor of ours is merciless!”
“I’m afraid not all 34 of them were spies!”
“It seems like Master Emperor is determined to implement the new system!”
Lin Huang nodded in satisfaction hearing that the news spread out. “Huang Tianpu and the rest support this with full enthusiasm. With the warning, I think there won’t be many obstacles in implementing the new system.”
Chapter 1033: Dynasty’s Treasure
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
After Grimace helped Bloody with the rules and regulations as well as the reward and punishment system for Dynasty, Lin Huang fulfilled his promise and elevated Grimace with the materials and Advance Cards that he had prepared beforehand.
Looking at the golden egg protecting Grimace, Lin Huang looked at the remaining Monster Cards he had.
“Since Grimace and the rest have elevated, including Kylie, Tyrant and the rest as well as the four Bug Tribe Queen Mothers which are on mythical-level since the beginning, I have 14 summoning beasts that I can’t use at the moment. Out of the monsters I can use, I only have a total of 18 imperial monsters which are Lancelot, Killer, the Evil Dominator, Thunder, the Fiend, the Imp, Warlord, Bloody, Bing Wang, the Witch, the two Dark Crescent Snakes as well as the two Titan Boas, the two Ghastly Spider Ladies and the Ghoul Lynx (excluding the thousands of Bug Servants) that I’ve obtained earlier. They’re enough for now.”
Initially, Lin Huang thought he would elevate the Viridian Wolf and the rest to make up the quota if he had insufficient imperial monsters. It seemed like there was no need to do that for the time being.
He only had 15 summoning slots. Naturally, 18 imperial monsters were enough.
However, after he gathered the materials and elevated his next batch of imperial monsters, he would have less than 15 imperial monsters to summon. It would not be too late to consider elevating the Viridian Wolf and the rest by then.
After putting the bunch of Monster Cards in his hand away, Lin Huang looked at his 32 broken Godhead Cards. He had extracted them from the demigods he had killed in the third layer of the Abyss Brink earlier.
Initially, he thought that those broken Godheads were useless. He began collecting them since the stone tablet told him that they could be refined into Life Palaces with Divine Fire.
“Old Rocky, how many broken Godheads do you think I need to refine the Life Palaces?”
“I’m not too sure about that since nobody has ever refined broken Godheads into Life Palaces before. I can’t advise you if there’s no historical data that I can refer to. However, I think you’ll just have to use the same amount of broken Godheads to refine the same amount of Life Palaces until your body is full,” said the stone tablet after a moment of silence.
“Are you sure there won’t be any issues as a result?” Lin Huang was slightly skeptical after hearing that nobody had ever done that before.
“It shouldn’t be a problem theoretically,” added the stone tablet after it was done speaking, “But if something really happens, I can extract those broken Godheads from your body.”
“Alright then.” Although it sounded unreliable, Lin Huang decided to take the risk.
“If that’s the case, the more I gather, the better. Dynasty’s treasure hold must have quite a number of those. I must take a look.”
Lin Huang contacted Huang Tianfu immediately as he thought of this. He requested to visit the treasure hold. Huang Tianfu had no objection and agreed right away.
In less than three minutes after the call ended, Huang Tianfu arrived before the Emperor’s Palace. Lin Huang waved his hand to open the door while Huang Tianfu walked in.
“Aren’t we going to the treasure hold?” Lin Huang was surprised.
“Our treasure isn’t in Emperor City but in an alternate dimension,” Huang Tianfu smiled while explaining, “Master bought it from the Royal Market especially as a coded storage space.”
Lin Huang was even more astonished to hear that. There was treasure available at the Royal Market?! And it was coded?!
“So, how do we get there?”
“The entrance is approximately 3,000 meters right beneath the throne,” Huang Tianfu explained further, “Master set the entrance beneath the Emperor’s Palace intentionally for safety purposes.”
“I can understand that.” Not only was it coded, but the entrance was also located beneath the Emperor’s Palace, which provided double protection.
“So, how do we get there?” he repeated his question. He understood that but he had no idea how would they go underground.
“Just give the weapon spirit of the Emperor’s Palace your order directly. Tell him that you’re going to the treasure hold and he’ll send us there.”
“I see.” Lin Huang interacted with the weapon spirit immediately. “Send us to the treasure hold.”
The platform under the throne experienced a tremor. Huang Tianfu stepped out and stood on the platform too.
In the next second, the entire platform began dropping rapidly like an elevator.
After over a minute of being plunged into darkness, with a resounding thud, the platform finally landed on a flatland deep underground.
Lin Huang saw massive golden doors looming less than 100 meters from the platform.
The doors were completely a dark amber shade and were approximately 10 meters tall but they were locked with golden shackles as thick as a human thigh.
“Do you have the key?” Lin Huang turned around and looked at Huang Tianfu expectantly.
“Under normal circumstances, we’d need to apply to visit 24 hours ahead. The application has to be sent by the three Grand Dukes with less than three minutes’ gap in between the visits. After the application has been sent, the three of us would receive a different code. The next day after the 24 hours have passed, the three applicants would have to arrive at the entrance of the treasure hold at the same time and key in the accurate codes. The dimensional portal would verify our identities automatically, and the dimensional portal would only open if our identities are accurate. If the number of people, the identity verification or codes are inaccurate, the doors won’t open.
“However, since you’re the new Emperor now, all you need to do is show your Royal Token. Your identity token has bound all the authority you have with Dynasty. The coded space is a part of Dynasty too, so you have the authority. The dimensional portal will scan your identity as soon as you show your token and your entry will be granted,” Huang Tianfu explained in detail.
“That’s really strict!” Lin Huang could not help but tease. He then took out his Royal Token.
As soon as the token was revealed, the thousands of sigils on the amber doors began swirling rapidly. They consolidated into an eye within the span of two to three breaths.
As the eye opened, a white glow shot out and covered the token in Lin Huang’s hand. The token then hovered in the air automatically.
A moment later, a golden glow darted from the token into the eye. The eye closed slowly as if it was falling asleep.
The amber doors turned to become dazzling gold as if they were fully charged. The shackles that were tied around the doors began fading one after another.
A moment after the shackles vanished, the sigils on the doors transformed again and there were now two arms on the left and the right doors respectively.
Subsequently, the doors opened slowly. They seemed to be pushed by a pair of invisible hands slowly.
As the doors opened completely, the identity token turned into a golden stream of light and landed back into Lin Huang’s hand.
“Let’s go!” Lin Huang put the token away and walked in slowly. Huang Tianfu followed closely behind him.
As the duo walked in single file, the doors closed again slowly. The pair of hands solidified on the doors and turned back into the sigils like before while the shackles locked the doors again.
If this throne platform did not stay in this underground space, nobody would know someone had been there before.
Chapter 1034: An Unexpected Gain
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Lin Huang was surprised to see how the treasure hold looked like as he entered the amber doors.
The alternate dimension where the treasure hold was located was very different from what he imagined.
He thought Dynasty’s treasure hold was a massive warehouse when Huang Tianfu had told him that it was in an alternate dimension. In his imagination, the alternate dimension would be a space with nothing but all sorts of treasures.
However, what he saw was completely different from his thoughts.
Shiny and sophisticated palaces hovered in the air like islands in the sky. When Lin Huang gazed farther away, he saw all palaces but no treasure. It was not hard to guess that Dynasty’s treasures were stored in the palaces.
‘Building palaces in an alternate dimension for storage! How free was this Huang Tianyu exactly?’ Lin Huang was a little speechless about Huang Tianyu’s egotistic behavior.
Naturally, he did not say that in front of Huang Tianfu. After all, Huang Tianyu was not only the first Emperor, but he was also Huang Tianfu’s master.
However, Huang Tianfu seemed to read Lin Huang’s mind, so he explained immediately, “These palaces weren’t built. Master created them in this alternate dimension purely with his imagination. As long as the owner is willing, any storage structure can be created in this alternate dimension but the storage capacity remains the same.”
Lin Huang realized that he was overthinking earlier. He then changed the subject, feeling embarrassed. “There are so many palaces! Are the contents inside all different?”
“Yes. Weapons, tools, methods, elixirs, all sorts of minerals and miscellaneous items are stored separately,” Huang Tianfu responded.
“Which palace stores items such as Godheads?” Lin Huang asked.
“In the Mysterious Item Palace. Some rare god items and a minority of special items that can’t be categorized are stored in the Mysterious Item Palace.” Huang Tianfu pointed at a palace far away. “Do we go there now?”
“There’s no rush. Let’s just look around since we’re here.” Lin Huang looked at the palace Huang Tianfu was pointing at and shifted his focus to the few palaces nearby.
“It’s your first time here. It’s great for you to familiarize yourself.” Huang Tianfu nodded in agreement.
The duo hovered in the air and soon arrived before the first palace. The huge characters ‘God Weapon Palace’ were written on the sign above the entrance of the palace.
Lin Huang knew what was stored in this palace just by looking at the name.
“This palace is called the God Weapon Palace. All the weapons Dynasty has been collecting throughout the centuries are basically stored here. Sabers, spears, swords, halberds, axes, hooks… Basically, every weapon that you can think of are available here,” Huang Tianfu explained, “The lowest grade of weapon that we have in here are demigod relics. There are also six god relics. In total, there are over 500 weapons in here.”
“Let’s take a look.” Lin Huang raised a brow when he heard about the collection. A palace alone had hundreds of demigod relics and six god relics! Dynasty’s collection was abundant.
“The palace doors can only be opened with your identity token,” Huang Tianfu added, “If we were to open it, all three Grand Dukes need to show our Dynasty identity token at the same time.”
Lin Huang took out his token and a golden glow radiated from the token and covered the entire palace doors. A moment later, a rumble echoed while the golden doors opened slowly.
He then put his token away and walked in with Huang Tianfu.
The interior of the palace was sophisticated with detailed murals on the ceiling. Clearly, Huang Tianyu had put a lot of thought into this.
Lin Huang could not help but gush over how exquisite the design of the palace was.
However, although it was a palace, its function remained the same. There were different weapons placed in separate rooms in the palace.
Sabers and swords were placed in individual rooms. The rooms for larger collections of sabers and swords were bigger while collections with lesser items were placed in smaller rooms.
Among all the weapons, the sabers occupied the biggest space. Over 60 sabers were arranged on the weapon racks one after another. There were intersecting paths in between that took up over 300 square meters of space.
The second weapon that took up the most space was the sword room. There were over 40 demigod-level battle swords.
Lin Huang did not stop at the sword room. Just like how he skimmed over the other weapons, he only peeped at the entrance and left.
What made him stay the longest was the room with telekinetic weapons. There were only four telekinetic weapons in Dynasty’s treasure hold, and only one of them was in the form of a flying dagger in which he was the most interested.
Lin Huang glanced through the God Weapon Palace like he was window shopping. Apart from stopping at the room with telekinetic weapons, Lin Huang only went into the room with the six god relics.
In that room, there were two sabers, a sword, a spear, a bow, and a giant hammer.
Lin Huang only picked the sword up and took a good look at it in silence before putting it back where it was.
Lin Huang walked out of the God Weapon Palace empty-handed. He then headed to the God Armor Palace with Huang Tianfu.
“You can take the telekinetic flying dagger and god battle sword relic if you like,” Huang Tianfu suggested to him as they walked out of the God Weapon Palace.
“I can’t use it yet with my current combat strength. Don’t worry. I won’t be shy when I need it and am able to use it in the future.” Lin Huang did not reveal that he already had a god relic battle and a few sets of demigod-level telekinetic flying daggers.
Huang Tianfu began to rattle an introduction off again as they walked into the God Armor Palace.
“There are four rooms in the God Armor Palace. There’s one room with full demigod battle armors, one with all sorts of shields and other defense tools, one with incomplete armors and another room of god relics. There are three god relic armors, two god relic shields, and over 300 demigod-level defense tools.”
Lin Huang nodded and began to look through the rooms.
He was not interested in the demigod battle armors and he merely glanced through the incomplete armors as well. Instead, he stopped at the room with the shields and other defense tools.
Apart from the shields, he saw many peculiar little items in this room. There were cloaks, rings, necklaces, bracelets, and even hair pins and hair bands.
The stone tablet spoke to him all of a sudden when he felt dizzy looking around.
“There’s a blue gem on your left. It’s the best item that you can take with you.”
Lin Huang looked down and saw a blue gem that was around the size of his little finger in the shape of a water drop. He picked it up with two fingers and asked Huang Tianfu, “What’s this?”
“We’re not too sure either. We hired a couple of appraisers but none of them knew what this is. We only know that this gem can block all sorts of detective techniques.”
“Do you mind if I take it back to study?”
“You can take it if you want since it’s just sitting here.” Huang Tianfu nodded with no expression on his face. He felt that Lin Huang probably knew what it was but he did not expose him.
Lin Huang spoke to the stone tablet quietly after putting the blue gem into his storage space, “So, what exactly is this gem? Can you tell me now?”
“It’s a soul jewel that was formed naturally from spiritual energy that aligned with the Spirit Rule. The spiritual energy belonged to a dead true god-level cultivator who mastered the Spirit Rule.”
Chapter 1035: The Sorcerer Goddess Awakens
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“Can you be specific? What does this thing do?” Lin Huang was still clueless even after hearing the stone tablet’s explanation.
“This item is equivalent to a natural spirit-type god relic. It’s even a true god-level Spirit Rule god relic,” the stone tablet proceeded to explain.
“Won’t there be a True God’s will remnant in there? It’s a True God who mastered the Spirit Rule, so it should be easy for it to do that, shouldn’t it?” Lin Huang asked rather cautiously.
“No, a soul jewel is made of spiritual energy naturally with the guidance of the Spirit Rule. The item will only be created when the spirit-type True God is completely dead. In the process of creation, the soul jewel will remove all information of the dead spirit automatically because according to the Spirit Rule, that information is just impure and redundant. The existence of a soul jewel is purely a natural spirit-type Spirit Rule god relic,” the stone tablet gave an even more detailed explanation.
“This is a dream for many spirit-type true god-level powerhouses because a soul jewel is a god relic which is mainly made of Spirit Rules. It’s the best Spirit Rule god relic out there whereby it boosts their attack and defense techniques by heaps!”
Lin Huang stopped walking all of a sudden when the stone tablet was halfway through his explanation. He felt Wu Mo’s True God’s blood in his body went through a tremor.
“Master Emperor…” Huang Tianfu was a little surprised to see Lin Huang stop walking.
“Give me a minute.” Lin Huang closed his eyes while standing where he was. He was checking what was happening in his body.
Sorcerer Goddess Wu Mo’s body flew out of the drop of Sorcerer Goddess’s blood in his body.
She said as soon as she saw Lin Huang, “I’m feeling the aura of a soul jewel around.”
“Sister Mo Mo, do you need a soul jewel?” Lin Huang was taken aback.
“Although it’s not something that can restore my combat strength, I can use a soul jewel to host my consciousness. If that happens, I won’t stay in a deep slumber like I always have before. Apart from that, a soul jewel doesn’t only make my soul grow, but I can also use its soul power to fight for a short period of time when necessary. Although there are many techniques that I can’t use as my ability might only be 1% compared to my peak, it should be helpful to you,” Wu Mo explained.
“I’ll give you the soul jewel then.” Lin Huang took the soul jewel out from his storage space.
In the next second, Wu Mo waved her white sleeve and the soul jewel appeared in her palm.
Her body turned into gushes of white mist and penetrated the soul jewel. The drop of True God’s blood also infiltrated the soul jewel.
“I’ll use this soul jewel of yours for the time being.” Wu Mo’s chuckle that sounded like a silver bell came into his ears. Clearly, she was very thrilled about not having to sleep any longer.
“Don’t worry about it. Just take it.” Lin Huang thought of making the best out of this natural Spirit Rule god relic by giving it to Wu Mo since he could not use it anyway. The boss inside his body was once a powerful True God during the middle era. Although her remnant ability was less than 1%, she was not to be underestimated.
As Wu Mo penetrated the soul jewel, Lin Huang snapped back to reality and opened his eyes slowly.
“Master, is everything alright?” Huang Tianfu asked immediately.
“I’m alright. Let’s carry on.” Lin Huang shook his head and headed to the next room.
After spending a couple of minutes looking around the God Armor Palace, Lin Huang headed to the third palace with Huang Tianfu.
“This is Dynasty’s Secret Method Palace. To put it simply, it’s a library. However, all the methods and secret skills in here are at least pseudo-mythical-level, so there aren’t many of them. There are only a total of over 200 methods, and only five god-level methods and secret skills.”
“Are there any sword skills?” That was what Lin Huang was most interested in.
“There are one god-level sword skill and 17 pseudo-mythical-level sword skills,” Huang Tianfu confirmed.
Lin Huang headed to the section where the sword skills were placed as soon as he entered the Secret Method Palace. He memorized the sword skills in his head one after another.
It was almost evening when they left the Secret Method Palace.
Lin Huang got Huang Tianfu to bring him to the palaces one after another leisurely. He even found two materials that Wu Mo needed along the way. He informed Huang Tianfu and took the materials.
Huang Tianfu said nothing about that. To him, the items that Lin Huang took were nothing compared to Dynasty’s massive treasure hold.
Eventually, the duo arrived at the Mysterious Item Palace where the Godheads were.
“There are some rare god items and a minority of special items that can’t be categorized in the Mysterious Item Palace. At the moment, there are over 200 items with over 70 varieties.”
Lin Huang visited the rooms one after another, but he merely glanced into them without stopping.
He only stopped walking when he saw the room with a few Godheads.
“Only four Godheads?” Lin Huang frowned slightly. “How about demigods’ broken Godheads?”
“We didn’t collect those.” Huang Tianfu shook his head and looked at Lin Huang, feeling confused. However, he explained patiently anyway, “We usually pack the broken Godheads we obtained from killing demigod-level monsters to send to trading companies together with the monster carcasses. Nobody wants that. Unlike Virtual God’s Godheads, all organizations would fight for it every time it appeared.”
“You guys didn’t collect them?” That was out of Lin Huang’s expectations. Initially, he thought broken Godheads were considered demigod-level items and that Dynasty’s warehouse should have at least 70 to 80 pieces, if not 100 pieces. He was astounded to find they had none.
“Forget it. Let’s call it a day.” Lin Huang could only forget about not getting what he most desired.
The sky had turned completely dark when the duo got out of the treasure hold and returned to the Emperor’s Palace.
Lin Huang looked at the time. It was already past 10 p.m. “You must be very exhausted after walking around with me for the entire day. Go back to rest.”
“It’s my job,” Huang Tianfu assured while smiling.
Wu Mo peeped after Huang Tianfu left and asked rather curiously, “Why do you need demigods’ broken Godheads?”
Lin Huang told Wu Mo about the plan of refining the broken Godheads into Life Palaces like what he discussed with the stone tablet.
Wu Mo voiced her opinion after listening. “It seems like the cultivation system of your era is indeed problematic. You’ve Divine Fire in your body, so refining broken Godheads shouldn’t be a problem. On a certain level, your new way of building your foundation is very attainable. Moreover, if it’s successful, there’ll be a dramatic transformation in your ability. You might be as powerful as a Virtual God by then.”
Lin Huang was even more determined to carry out his plan of refining broken Godheads into Life Palaces after getting Wu Mo’s affirmation.
He requested to purchase broken Godheads from the black market in Sweep City and the Wanbao Auction. He also got Huang Tianfu to issue an order to collect broken Godheads.
Subsequently, he began browsing all the business section in the forums to see if anyone was selling broken Godheads and other materials that he needed.
It was almost one in the middle of the night. He only went to bed feeling helpless after his effort of browsing through all the forums was to no avail.
Chapter 1036: The Dynasty Court
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The next morning, Lin Huang left the Emperor’s Palace after washing up. He got the Divine Sun Tree to stay in the palace to guard the elevation of Grimace and the rest.
He had been busy for two days consecutively since the coronation. He finally had time to get some fresh air out there, so he asked Lin Xin and Xiao Mo to go along too.
Lin Xin had roved everywhere in the headquarters of Dynasty for the past few days while Xiao Mo stayed by her side as her bodyguard. If not for Lin Xin, Xiao Mo would have rather stayed in his room to cultivate.
The duo was more than happy to join upon hearing that Lin Huang was going to visit Emperor City.
Lin Xin was happy to head out because she had explored every cranny of Dynasty’s headquarters. She would have headed out on her own within these two days if Lin Huang had not asked her along.
Meanwhile, Xiao Mo was elated because although he had agreed to be Lin Huang’s bodyguard earlier, Lin Huang had been spending most of his time in the Emperor’s Palace for the past few days. Even if he was not in the Emperor’s Palace, Huang Tianfu and the rest would be around him. Therefore, being Lin Xin’s bodyguard became his main responsibility. Now that Lin Huang was heading out, he would naturally take up the responsibility of being his bodyguard.
Apart from Lin Xin and Xiao Mo, Huang Tufu of the three Grand Dukes went along too.
As a perfect-stage demigod-level powerhouse, he had abilities that were close to a virtual god-level’s. He was also the person in charge of Dynasty’s guard. Now that the Emperor was crowned, he naturally became his main bodyguard.
Lin Huang had no objection about Huang Tufu coming along. Since he was familiar with Emperor City, he could use him as a tour guide.
“Which are the biggest trading companies in Emperor City at the moment?”
“The biggest one would be our own Dynasty Court at the moment. We have anything and everything. The second biggest would be the Union Government’s Union Trading Company. Just like us, they sell everything. Next would be the Ouyang Clan’s Divine Armor Pavilion which sells mainly weapons and defense equipment. The Li Clan’s Elixir Pavilion has all sorts of elixirs while the Lu Clan’s Precious Treasure Den has all sorts of peculiar miscellaneous and luxury items,” Huang Tufu introduced the major trading houses in the foothold one after another.
“Let’s take a look at the Dynasty Court first then. It’s our own place after all.” Lin Huang thought about it and decided to visit the Dynasty Court first.
“Actually, all the stores are located in the same business district, so it doesn’t really matter which we go first,” Huang Tufu said and took out a black dimensional portal. He opened the door after setting the coordinates.
Lin Huang and the other two walked into the door one after another. Huang Tufu only walked in after letting the three in first.
The dimensional portal closed slowly after the quad entered.
A moment later, Lin Huang and the rest of them arrived in a crowded business district as soon as they stepped out of the dimensional portal.
The crowd did not stop moving. There were people walking, flying, or riding on pets and all sorts of strange equipment.
“It’s so crowded here!” Lin Huang exclaimed while smiling.
“This is the Dynasty Court’s headquarters.” Huang Tufu stretched his arm out and pointed at a sophisticated building that looked like a palace next to them.
Lin Huang turned his head to see a building that looked similar to the Emperor’s Palace. It looked completely like a palace where a king lived.
There were four massive buildings at the crossroads. Although the three other buildings were taller, they were nothing compared to this one.
No matter who was standing at the crossroads, they would definitely lock their attention on the Dynasty Court’s headquarters as soon as they gazed up.
“It’s… sophisticated as usual…” Lin Huang had no idea what else to comment.
“Master Tianyu built the Dynasty Court himself. He was the one who designed this headquarters too,” Huang Tufu explained.
“Let’s take a look.”
The two security guards at the entrance recognized Lin Huang and Huang Tufu when they arrived at the entrance.
“Master Tufu, Master Emperor.”
Huang Tufu was one of the three Grand Dukes, so almost every Dynasty member had seen him before. Besides the fact that this was the Emperor City, he had also been to the Dynasty Court’s headquarters more than once.
Meanwhile, Lin Huang had been appearing in all the news and media for the past few days as Emperor, hence almost all the cultivators knew how he looked like. Him being crowned as the Emperor of Dynasty had been the hot topic in all the forums on the Heart Network for the past few days.
“I’m just looking around. Don’t alert anyone,” Lin Huang told the two security guards.
The four of them soon blended in with the crowd as they entered the Dynasty Court.
Lin Huang was not in a rush as he browsed through the counters one after another with the three of them.
The products that took up the most space and counters were relics including weapons, defense tools, and assisting equipment. There was an impressive variety. Not only did they have everything mainstream on the market, but they even had some rare and modified models.
However, the most crowded counters were on the other side selling elixirs. Such consumables had high demand whereby people would purchase them every day. Powerhouses could use one specific relic that they had bought for decades as long as their combat strength stayed on the same level. Meanwhile, elixirs were consumed and needed to be purchased again.
Lin Huang could not help but ask Huang Tufu after seeing the large crowd at the two counters, “Why don’t these customers go to the Divine Armor Pavilion and the Elixir Pavilion for relics and elixirs? Aren’t they more professional when it comes to that?”
“It would be the same where you buy the default relics and usual elixirs. To prevent vicious competition, we made it compulsory for all default relics and usual elixirs to be priced the same as the market price. We sell the same thing at the same price, thus naturally, there’s no need for the consumers to go to the specific stores,” Huang Tufu explained.
“If that’s the case, doesn’t that mean the Divine Armor Pavilion and the Elixir Pavilion have no upper hand?”
“The Divine Armor Pavilion has customized relics while the Elixir Pavilion has elixirs with special functions that other stores don’t. The other organizations have no way of fighting them when it comes to that, so there’s no need to waste their efforts.”
“I see.” Lin Huang could not help but nod when he heard that. The differentiation business gave everyone the opportunity to make a living. Everyone would lose money if they viciously competed to sell the same thing at a different price. “So, what’s the Dynasty Court’s upper hand?”
“Firstly, the Dynasty Court is duty-free in Emperor City. It’s the benefit that other organizations don’t get. Secondly, we’re the first trading company that has a membership system. Although we have the same price with other organizations, members can enjoy promotions which were the unique selling point in the beginning. Thirdly, we’ve got a comprehensive selection. Apart from some special modification requirements, we basically have everything the customers need,” Huang Tufu explained in detail.
Lin Huang nodded after hearing about the Dynasty Court’s modus operandi. He proceeded to visit the remaining counters.
However, he had no idea that he was being targeted by a pair of bloody eyes as soon as he stepped out of Dynasty’s headquarters.
Chapter 1037: Why Don’t You Get Out First
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Wei Shan wore a pair of sunglasses and walked casually around the store across the Dynasty Court.
He looked many times smaller than his initial body after the disguise. He was only 1.8 meters tall with a skinny frame. He was disguised as someone inconspicuous to avoid people noticing him because he must stay low-key before completing something.
Since Lin Huang killed him three years ago for kidnapping Lin Xin, he had been thinking of taking revenge every second for the past three years. The hatred he bore for Lin Huang grew by the day.
For three full years, his soul had been stuck in a skull. Apart from being able to speak, he almost could do nothing else. He could not drink or eat, move, let alone flirt with women.
His soul finally shifted to this spirit’s body after it was restored a few months ago.
This body was much more powerful than what Wei Shan expected.
He knew that this virtual god-level body was one of the most precious collections his mother had. He heard it had been excavated from a grade-6 war site.
The God’s corpse had signs of preliminary decomposition when it was found and was turning into a spirit. Fortunately, his mother disconnected the consciousness by force before it could form entirely. She then made it into a puppet and put it into her collection.
Wei Shan had to beg her many times to use this most powerful item to become his body.
Since obtaining this body, apart from familiarizing with his body every day and doing some check-ups with his mother for the past few months, he had been collecting information about Lin Huang. However, Lin Huang seemed to have vanished over a year ago, so he could not find any information about him. His sister Lin Xin also went missing even earlier than Lin Huang did.
Three days ago, Wei Shan finally saw the face that he had never forgotten for the past three years in the headlines on the Heart Network.
The hatred that had been expanding every second for the past three years finally exploded completely.
Although Lin Huang had become the high and mighty Emperor of Dynasty while his mother advised him to be patient again and again, his hatred and rage crested when he saw Lin Huang’s face. There was nothing else in his head apart from revenge.
As soon as he escaped from his mother’s institution, he contacted Old Huang that his mother had hired to be his bodyguard earlier. He had no idea who else he could trust.
Fortunately, Old Huang did not betray him. Instead, he arranged a disguise demigod relic for him and got someone to put him in a pet enclosure, sneaking him into the Emperor City in Division 1.
However, Wei Shan had no idea that it was not Old Huang who had arranged all that for him. It was someone else.
Wei Shan had been lurking around Dynasty’s headquarters for the past two days since he got into Emperor City.
No one in Dynasty was alerted to his existence since the Emperor had just been crowned and many organizations had assigned many spies around Dynasty’s headquarters. The number of tourists was also a few folds compared to before.
Wei Shan had been squatting at the entrance of Dynasty’s headquarters for two days when he finally saw Lin Huang coming out early in the morning.
As Lin Huang and the rest stepped into the dimensional portal, he used his Divine Telekinesis and soon found out their destination coordinates. Then, he followed them secretly.
‘Two bodyguards, one perfect-stage demigod-level and one imperial-level purple gold-level. That perfect-stage demigod-level one guy is tough, but I don’t have to fight him. I’ll just make him stay back. Then, I can kill Lin Huang and his sister as long as I’ve bought myself a moment.’ Wei Shan began visualizing the fight in his head and planned it out quietly. He would attack as soon as Lin Huang and the rest came out of the Dynasty Court.
Lin Huang had no idea that he had been targeted.
After walking around the Dynasty Court, Lin Huang bought nothing else apart from a modified DevilEagle17 for Lin Xin.
He bought a demigod relic for Xiao Mo earlier, so there was no need to purchase any other equipment.
Lin Huang asked the staff when he arrived at the miscellaneous items counter, “Do you have any demigods’ broken Godheads?”
The staff was stunned for a moment and subsequently shook his head. “No. Broken Godheads have very low profit. Our Dynasty Court usually doesn’t take in such a product. Even if our staff has it, we’d sell it to the Lu Clan’s Precious Treasure Pavilion directly. It’ll be sold at a much more expensive price after the Lu Clan has made it into decor while we take a commission from their sales.”
The staff noticed that Lin Huang looked rather familiar after answering him. Subsequently, he saw Huang Tufu standing behind Lin Huang and recognized the duo right away. He almost shouted out loudly while widening his eyes.
“Don’t you dare yell. Don’t alert anyone,” Lin Huang said to him through voice transmission.
“Master Emperor, Master Tufu…”
“We’re just looking around. Go on now.” Lin Huang nodded and turned around with Lin Xin and the rest in an attempt to leave.
“Master Emperor, you can tell me directly if you need broken Godheads. I can get someone to purchase them from other trading companies.”
“I know. I’ve already told Tianfu that. I’m just out walking around and see if there’s any,” Lin Huang nodded. “We’re almost done with the Dynasty Court now. Let’s go to the next one. Which trading company is the closest to the Dynasty Court?”
“That would be the Union Trading Company,” Huang Tufu said immediately, “The Union Trading Company is just close to the Dynasty Court. Their main branch in the Emperor City is just on the right.”
“Let’s go to the Union Trading Company then!” Lin Huang walked to the entrance with them.
Before he arrived at the entrance, the Nightmare Tapir in his body spoke to him through voice transmission, “There’s someone with intense hostility against you outside. You might be attacked as soon as you step out.”
Lin Huang raised a brow. He could not believe that someone would dare to attack him in the Emperor City, even more so when Huang Tufu was just next to him.
He stood where he was and turned his head to say to Lin Xin, “Xin Er, go get me a drink. Get me the one that you told me about that’s tasty. We’ll wait for you at the entrance.”
“Oh…” Although Lin Xin was surprised, she agreed to it right away.
As soon as Lin Xin left, Lin Huang signaled Xiao Mo, commanding him to follow her.
“Let’s go. We’ll wait at the entrance.” Lin Huang and Huang Tufu then walked out of the Dynasty Court.
Lin Huang sensed a killing intent materialize, charging at him as soon as he stepped out of the door.
Huang Tufu sensed something off almost at the same time. He stepped out and blocked the front of Lin Huang.
A black silhouette appeared in a flash in the next second and collided with Huang Tufu.
An explosion blasted out at the same time as if tens of thousands of thunders struck while ripples of energy waves followed. They spread toward all directions like ripples on the surface of the water.
The marketplace had barriers set up, so the people in the marketplace were not affected at all, but it was a different story for the people on the streets.
Almost everyone was killed when their organs exploded as the ripples of energy waves spread out.
Naturally, the Ninetails Lynx pulled Lin Huang into its alternate dimension as soon as that happened.
Huang Tufu looked extremely terrible. The person had attacked so swiftly that he did not have enough time to charge the Divine Power in his body. He absorbed the attack filled with the Divine Power the person had been charging by force.
He only braced the attack for a moment, then his body completely drowned in the person’s bloody Divine Power. He then plummeted underground like a cannon.
“This guy is pretty powerful!” It was not difficult for Lin Huang to guess that the person should be a virtual god-level powerhouse. Although his combat strength was not on virtual god-level, his ability should be on par with virtual god-level.
“Get the hell out, Lin Huang!” Wei Shan looked around and realized that Lin Huang was already gone. Naturally, he was not naive enough to think that Lin Huang had been killed by the impact earlier.
A silhouette appeared slowly at the entrance of the Dynasty Court.
The young man had a little white cat sitting on the right of his shoulder and a tiger with a long trunk on his left. There was a little elephant whose body was less than two meters long blocking his front.
“Why don’t you get out first?” Lin Huang grinned.
Chapter 1038: Did You Mistake Me for Someone Else?
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“Lin Huang, do you remember me?” Wei Shan removed his sunglasses and transformed into how he looked like three years ago using the demigod relic. He wanted to see Lin Huang’s reaction upon realizing he had come back alive.
“I’m sorry. I really don’t remember who you are.” Lin Huang shook his head right away without hesitation. He faintly thought that he had seen that face before, but he did not bother to try to recall who that person was.
He was the Emperor now, so every cultivator in the world had seen his face. It was normal if rivals from some organization came for him since he had offended quite a number of them before.
“You bastard!” Wei Shan was so mad at how Lin Huang responded.
He had been missing Lin Huang all day and all night for the past three years. He thought Lin Huang would recognize him as soon as he showed up today. Never had he thought that he would not remember who he was at all!
He felt like he had swung his fist with all of his might but all he punched was nothing but thin air.
“You’re lying. You’d definitely remember me! My name is Wei Shan!” Wei Shan shouted his name to Lin Huang unwillingly.
“That name…” Lin Huang frowned a little and thought about it. Subsequently, he lifted his head and looked at the person. “I’m sure your name doesn’t ring a bell. Did you mistake me for someone else?”
“You…” Wei Shan was so irate he almost puked blood.
‘Mistake you for someone else?! Your name has been on my mind every second for the past three years, how could I possibly mistake you for someone else?!’ he thought to himself.
“If you have mistaken me, I suggest you figure it out properly before you go looking for the right person,” Lin Huang added.
“Again, how could I possibly mistake you for someone else?! Three years ago, I kidnapped your sister on the Demonic Crystal Spaceship in Division 7. Then, you summoned your imperial monster to kill me. My soul has been trapped in a soul-fostering device for the past three years. I spent every day and every night thinking about how to take revenge on you. Your face would appear in my head whenever I closed my eyes every day. I’d recognize you even if you turned into ashes. How is it possible that I mistook you for someone else?!”
“I remember it now that you said that.” Lin Huang finally recalled who the person was after his detailed reminder. “You’re the pedophile that I killed three years ago!”
Wei Shan looked extremely terrible. Although his target recalled who he was, he was no different from a pedestrian to Lin Huang apart from being a pedophile.
The intention to kill was rising in Lin Huang’s body after verifying the person’s identity. “I killed you three years ago and I can kill you today too! I won’t hold back since you sent yourself all the way here.”
The Destructive Divine Mammoth swung its trunk as soon as Lin Huang was done speaking, initiating the fight.
“Aren’t you embarrassed to show an imperial-level summoning beast off before me?!” Disdain filled Wei Shan’s face upon seeing the Destructive Divine Mammoth attack.
Its trunk swept like a giant pillar in the air. Even the air where the giant lead-colored pillar solidified from Life Power became a vacuum when it passed by.
The disdain on Wei Shan’s face soon turned into fear after sensing the impact from the attack. He attempted to run but it was too late, so he could only stand in a defensive position and bore the attack forcefully.
Bang!
The trunk slammed into Wei Shan, creating an intense explosion.
The impact of the attack was even more powerful than the attack Wei Shan had sneakily launched on Huang Tufu earlier.
At the moment of collision, a circle of lead-colored energy wave spread like a ripple. The entire business district shook under the attack.
Half of Emperor City could feel a clear tremor as strong winds blew in Emperor City’s streets and alleys, forcing countless of people to take cover in buildings.
Wei Shan only felt an invincible, massive power overwhelming him the moment he was hit.
His body that was comparable with a Virtual God’s never experienced any damages throughout the hundreds of tests for the past few months.
However, his left arm that he used to defend the attack with was completely crushed. The bones in his forearm were smashed into at least ten pieces while his upper arm was fractured too.
Not only was his entire arm was broken now, but even his left chest had taken a certain level of impact.
He fractured a couple of ribs on the left, and his organs were jarred as well.
If his body had only been on demigod-level, the blow might have taken his life.
Wei Shan staggered hundreds of meters back as he gaped at the Destructive Divine Mammoth with fear on his face.
“What exactly is this thing? Its combat strength is only on imperial-level purple gold-rank, but how is it so powerful?!”
As the Destructive Divine Mammoth’s attack shot Wei Shan away, Huang Tufu, who was sent into the ground, clambered out of the rubble.
Although he stumbled clumsily, he did not seem hurt.
“Damn you, sneaky assaulter!” Huang Tufu looked ferociously at Wei Shan with a battle sword in his hand. This person had embarrassed him before the newly appointed Emperor!
Lin Huang called out to him when he was going to fight Wei Shan, “Maybe you should just watch.”
Huang Tufu noticed that Wei Shan’s left arm was distorted in an abnormal way. However, soon he was not looking at them at all. Instead, he was staring at the little elephant not far away from him.
‘Wait, what’s that?’
Huang Tufu was stunned when he saw the little elephant. Subsequently, he noticed another two animals around Lin Huang. There were a white cat and a normal-sized tiger with sharp teeth and a trunk.
‘Are those Master Emperor’s imperial monsters?’ He recalled that Lin Huang’s profile stated that he was an Imperial Censor.
Huang Tufu also did not recognize that those were merely Combat Souls because Lin Huang’s Combat Souls had the body of God Figurines whereby they looked just like ordinary living things. They were completely different from the ordinary Combat Souls.
The Destructive Divine Mammoth did not plan to let him go just yet after the successful blow. It chose to launch its winning strike again.
This time, Wei Shan was fully aware. His left arm was healed in the blink of an eye, but that did not mean he could hurt himself again carelessly since recovering would drain his Divine Power.
The Destructive Divine Mammoth swung its trunk again. This time, Wei Shan’s hands turned into bloody sharp claws that mauled at the elephant trunk.
All of a sudden, the trunk turned into a divine whip. Its offense became more flexible and agile.
Wei Shan’s sharp claws tore black lines in the air and collided with the trunk again and again.
The duo collided up to a thousand times within the span of a couple of breaths.
The entire Emperor City could hear deafening bangs that were thousands of times louder than thunder. Almost all the buildings in the city felt the tremors that seemed like an earthquake rumbling.
Lin Huang was enjoying the duo’s battle in the beginning. However, he soon noticed that buildings were collapsing far away. He realized that letting the two powerhouses that were comparable with Virtual Gods fight inside Emperor City was not a wise move. Not all the buildings were protected with a barrier like those in the business district.
“You’re up. Don’t waste any time,” Lin Huang ordered the Nightmare Tapir.
Chapter 1039: Travel A Thousand Miles to Bestow A Head, A Small Gift May Be A Token of Profound Friendship
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
If they were not in the city, Lin Huang was more than happy to watch the Destructive Divine Mammoth’s brutal fight with Wei Shan. After all, a battle between powerhouses that were comparable with Virtual Gods was rare.
However, many buildings collapsed and civilians were killed just as they were at the beginning of the battle. If they went on, nobody knew how many more people in Emperor City would die.
Therefore, Lin Huang got the Nightmare Tapir to join the battle to get it over with as soon as possible.
Under normal circumstances, people who were experts at close combat would be weak when it came to soul battle. Since the Destructive Divine Mammoth managed to strike him within a short period of time, it meant there was a high possibility that he would be controlled by the Nightmare Tapir.
Naturally, the Nightmare Tapir knew that too. It nodded after hearing Lin Huang’s order. It took a step out and swung its trunk while releasing a deafening shriek.
An invisible sound wave spread out up to a hundred times faster than the speed of sound. It reached Wei Shan in the blink of an eye.
Wei Shan had his guard up when he saw the Nightmare Tapir moving all of a sudden. However, the sound wave swept him up in the next second. Halting abruptly, he was unable to move.
“What’s happening? He’s hit just like that?” Lin Huang was stunned to see that. “Isn’t this guy a Virtual God?”
Initially, Lin Huang thought of getting the Nightmare Tapir to join the battle merely to interfere with Wei Shan’s battling rhythm.
However, Wei Shan was pulled into dreamland as soon as the Nightmare Tapir charged at him. He completely lost his battle strength.
“His soul is weak. It just reached imperial-level purple gold-rank,” the Nightmare Tapir explained, “I suspect he took over this consciousness-less body with his soul by force.
“Why is he not moving?” Huang Tufu had confusion written all over his face.
“Maybe something went wrong with his body.” Lin Huang gave a feeble excuse.
At that moment, Wei Shan’s disguise was removed since he fell into the dreamland. He regained his bruised corpse look again.
Huang Tufu was completely shocked when he saw him turning into a monster. “I don’t think it’s as simple as something having gone wrong with his body!”
Even Lin Huang looked lost. “Wait, what?”
He even suspected it might be an unknown side effect of being dragged into the Nightmare Tapir’s dreamland at first.
“This should be how he really looks like. Since I pulled his consciousness into my dreamland, it caused the demigod relic that he was using to lose its function and it retreated back into his body,” the Nightmare Tapir explained.
“I can’t believe he turned into a monster!” Lin Huang thought it was unbelievable. It was hard for him to imagine what exactly this guy had gone through for the past three years.
As Lin Huang was watching Wei Shan with Huang Tufu, Wu Mo, who was in Lin Huang’s body, peeped her head out of the soul jewel. “Can you give me this monster’s body?”
“Sure, I can’t do anything else to it apart from selling it anyway.”
This bruised corpse was obviously on virtual god-level. Since the Undead Styx could not resurrect it, there was no reason for keeping it.
“Although this body is much weaker compared to a true god-level body, it shouldn’t be a problem to use it as a host for a short period of time,” Wu Mo explained the purpose of her wanting the bruised corpse, “I can use it for the time being so that I won’t have to stay in your body.”
“When I’ve gathered all the materials for my own body, I’ll make this corpse into a puppet for you. That will be my rental dues,” Wu Mo declared while smiling. She was a Sorcerer Dao True God, so making puppets was a piece of cake to her.
“Sure.” Lin Huang accepted that suggestion right away.
Meanwhile, Wei Shan was in a tough fight in the dreamland.
The little elephant could almost suppress him, and now there was another tiger with sharp teeth and a trunk.
Every time the tiger mauled with its sharp claws, it was powerful enough to tear through anything. Although Wei Shan had a terrifying defensive ability, the Nightmare Tapir managed to lacerate deep wounds on his body, exposing his bones whenever he mauled.
There were more and more wounds on Wei Shan’s body as the two God Figurine’s Combat Souls worked together. The Divine Power in his body was draining rapidly and even the speed of his body recovery had dropped significantly.
Wei Shan managed to hold on for a whole day and night. Eventually, he was out of Divine Power.
“Why is God doing this to me?! I came back alive after three torturous years just to take revenge on him. Why is God treating him so well, giving him such powerful imperial monsters?!” He knelt on the ground while complaining about his horrible destiny.
“There’s no other reason than that you deserve to die!” Nobody knew when Lin Huang appeared less than ten meters before Wei Shan. “Also, allow me to correct you. They’re not ‘some’ imperial monsters. They’re my combat souls.”
The Destructive Divine Mammoth stomped its feet as soon as Lin Huang was done speaking.
Wei Shan’s body turned into dust right away and was blown away with the wind.
While the tough battle in dreamland went on for a whole day, only less than a minute had passed in reality.
Lin Huang even took the time to enter dreamland to witness Wei Shan’s final death.
The bruised corpse who was standing there was losing his vital signs quickly. Before Lin Huang managed to put him away, a blue glow shot out between his brows. In the next second, Wu Mo dragged the bruised corpse into Lin Huang’s body.
Lin Huang shook his head while smirking. “She’s so impatient.”
“So, that guy died just like that?!” In shock, Huang Tufu sensed Wei Shan’s vital signs fading all of a sudden too.
He peeped at the Nightmare Tapir and the Ninetails Lynx, faintly sensing that this should have something to do with the two monsters.
He shivered fearfully at Lin Huang. He knew very well how powerful that monster Wei Shan was, but Lin Huang had destroyed him like a piece of cake.
“Do a calculation on how many houses were damaged and how many people died.” Lin Huang had no idea what Huang Tufu was thinking as he turned his head to speak to him, “Compensate those who have families. As for those who have none, arrange their burials.”
“Sure, I’ll get it done.” Huang Tufu obeyed immediately.
If he had merely been fearful of Lin Huang’s identity earlier, he was beginning to fear Lin Huang as a person.
He only had a combat strength of immortal-level, but he had techniques to kill a Virtual God. It was a little hard for him to imagine how terrifying he would be in the future.
“Also, whatever you saw today, just let it be. I don’t want the media to spread the word out,” Lin Huang ordered him, “Exposing my ability is a small matter but Dynasty will become a public target. It’s bad for Dynasty’s development in the long run.”
Huang Tufu figured that he had to think of a way to muffle this incident too. If Lin Huang’s true ability was really exposed, everyone would know that Dynasty had an Emperor who had ridiculous abilities. By then, many organizations might collaborate to fight Dynasty because no organization would hope to have a second Union Government in this continent to suppress them.
Chapter 1040: The Grandmistress’ Identity
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Lin Huang was in too glum a mood to even look at the destroyed buildings and houses not far away from the business district. There were even devastating cries echoing faintly. Needless to say, Lin Xin and Xiao Mo lost their moods as well.
After ordering Huang Tufu to take care of the damages, Lin Huang got Xiao Mo to bring Lin Xin back to Dynasty’s headquarters ahead of time.
Meanwhile, he summoned the Warlord and got him to engineer thousands of robots with no combat ability to be involved in the rescue work.
Not long later, many Dynasty members from the headquarters came to the rescue.
Apart from Dynasty, the Union Government armies who were guarding Emperor City, the Hunter Association and the Adventurer Paradise’s branches, as well as two local families, came to help with some other Royalties.
Emperor City was Dynasty’s territory, so it would be understandable even if these organizations did not help when something happened to the city. However, they decided to help and got involved in the rescue without hesitation.
The rescue went on for a whole day. Basically, everyone who was still alive was rescued the very next morning.
Above all, the Warlord’s robots played a big part in the rescue operation.
Some underground areas that human could not access were examined by the robot dogs the Warlord had made. They dug holes to lead the people out after they were rescued. The robots he made came with civil structure knowledge so they could analyze possible collapse sites and safe zones, and subsequently find the suitable route for excavation.
“Master, the rescue work is almost done now. You should head back to rest.” Huang Tianfu came as soon as he was done with his errands yesterday. He stayed with Lin Huang for the entire night.
“That’s right. Go back to rest. We will monitor the follow-up work,” Huang Tufu assured in agreement.
“Sure, thanks for helping with the rest,” Lin Huang expressed.
The rescue work was basically done, so what remained would be the rebuilding. However, that would take time to complete.
“Tufu, follow Master Emperor back,” Huang Tianfu turned and ordered Huang Tufu who recalled that he possessed the identity of a bodyguard.
After recalling the Warlord into card form, Lin Huang followed Huang Tufu back to Dynasty’s headquarters.
Lin Xin came to him as soon as he returned. “Brother, how’s the rescue work?”
“It’s pretty smooth. We’ve basically rescued all the survivors. There are no other incidents such as further collapsing.”
“I’d like to help,” Lin Xin suggested. She wanted to stay to help yesterday, but she did not interrupt upon seeing that everyone was busy, including her brother.
Lin Huang fell into silence for a moment. “You can go but don’t give anyone any trouble. You must know that this isn’t a game. Also, ask those who know when you aren’t sure about something. Don’t be reckless.”
Lin Huang agreed to let her help because the rescue work was basically done. Even if she were to make a mistake, there were no major consequences. Moreover, it was a great opportunity to train Xiao Mo who had grown up in the Purple Crow.
“Understood!” Lin Xin left joyfully after getting Lin Huang’s explicit permission.
Xiao Mo followed her immediately.
The first thing Lin Huang did when he returned to the Emperor Palace was to summon the Nightmare Tapir again. He got the Nightmare Tapir to share Wei Shan’s memory with Bloody.
Apart from a disguise demigod relic, Wei Shan had nothing valuable on him, not even an Emperor’s Heart Ring. In reality, he could not even activate an Emperor’s Heart Ring in his monster form.
However, what Lin Huang wanted the most were not the treasures on him, but the memories in his head.
He clearly remembered that fatty Yin Hangyi’s death two years ago was related to the Grandmistress behind Wei Shan.
The so-called Grandmistress sent Lily to kill him. In the end, fatty suffered the undeserved tragic consequences and was killed by her.
Lin Huang always remembered that. He thought it would be difficult to find out who the mastermind behind it was since Lily died. Never had he expected Wei Shan to send himself here this time.
It only took a moment for the Nightmare Tapir to complete the sharing of Wei Shan’s memories.
“How is it? Is there anything about the Grandmistress in his memory?” Lin Huang asked immediately after seeing Bloody open its eyes.
“Yes, the Grandmistress you’re talking about is Wei Shan’s birth mother,” Bloody clarified while smiling, “Also, I found a lot of unexpected information in his memory.”
“Unexpected information?” Lin Huang could not help but raise his brow. Now, he was even more eager to know Wei Shan’s background.
“Apart from being the head of the Wei Clan in Division 2, Wei Shan’s mother, who is the Grandmistress, has another identity…” Bloody paused to pique Lin Huang’s interest before proceeding to speak, “She is God Bless’s God’s Messenger!”
“She’s one of the four God’s Messengers?!” Lin Huang’s eyes flew wide open.
God’s Messenger was the position after the Master God in God Bless. Also, there were only four God’s Messengers in the entire God Bless.
According to the discussion Lin Huang had with Bloody earlier, they were almost sure that God Bless’s four God’s Messengers were possibly virtual god-level powerhouses.
After verifying Wei Shan’s mother’s identity, Lin Huang considered that Wei Shan’s enhanced combat strength that came out of nowhere and his turning into a monster was not odd.
After all, God Bless’s Master God most probably came from the great world. Perhaps Wei Shan’s mother acquired the technique of fusing his soul into the monster’s body from the Master God.
“Looking at Wei Shan’s memories, his mother mainly manages the entire God Bless’s finance,” Bloody continued, “The Wei Clan, the biggest merchant in Division 2, became God Bless’s money laundering tool since centuries ago. Furthermore, under the leadership of Wei Shan’s mother, almost all of the outstanding Wei Clan descendants joined God Bless. The rest pretty much became God Bless’s outer members even if they didn’t join the organization officially.”
“So, you’re saying we’ll be getting handsome loots soon?” Lin Huang could not help but smirk after hearing that.
“It might be a little difficult for you to fight the Wei Clan directly. The Wei Clan only has two demigods on the surface, but in reality, they already have five and all of them are on perfect-stage demigod-level. Apart from that, Wei Shan’s mother has an unfathomable housekeeper who is at least on perfect-stage demigod-level.
“Meanwhile, Wei Shan’s mother’s ability is even more powerful than his. We’re almost sure that she’s on at least Virtual God rank-2 or even Virtual God rank-3.”
“So, that’s three Virtual Gods and six perfect-stage demigod-level. This bunch is rather powerful indeed, but I should be able to handle them.” Lin Huang made some simple calculations and thought it should not be a problem for him to handle them.
“The Wei Clan’s ability isn’t the biggest obstacle. Instead, it’s the Union Government,” Bloody voiced its concern. “The Wei Clan is located in No. 2A1 foothold of Fengtian City in Division 2. It’s also where the Union Government’s headquarters in Division 2 is located. The Union Government office building is just less than 30 kilometers away from the Wei Clan.”