Chapter 812: The Truth of Divine Fall
“This matter is a long story,” Heng Huo said.
“Then make it a short one,” Xia Feng replied.
“It all started from…”
The black-cloaked woman paused in confusion for a moment, counted on her fingers, and then looked up. “Well, it started three thousand years ago!”
“…” Xia Feng glanced outside. The Sacred Realm experts who had fled were already sneaking back one by one. Helplessly, he turned back. “.Lord Heng Huo, we don’t have much time.”
“Three thousand years ago, Ah Yi attempted to touch the Void Law True Dao, but ultimately lost to Heavenly Principles and Fortune, suffering severe backlash and injury, with his Godhead developing cracks…”
Xia Feng didn’t understand what the Void Law True Dao was, but he grasped the general idea: Pillar State Gu Yi had tried to become stronger but failed and suffered backlash.
Murmuring to herself, the black-cloaked woman’s expression gradually turned grim. “At this opportune moment, that old charlatan Xia Hou Nian, in league with the Shang clan and Hua Shen, sneak attacked Ah Yi! Heh~ hehe~ Later, I learned they had been plotting for a thousand years, just waiting for Ah Yi to fail in breaching the void. And at that time, I was in the Nightmare Realm, completely exploited by these three villains! In just two days, Ah Yi’s Divine Path was broken, his Godhead shattered, and his Divine Soul extinguished! They used a God Slaying Method, brewed for a thousand years, to completely erase his Reincarnation Ability…”
As she spoke, the black-cloaked woman’s voice grew lower, her gaze more distant and lusterless. However, the killing intent and ferocity on her body rapidly surged again, chillingly cold.
Xia Feng was startled and instinctively took half a step back.
Fortunately, within the confines of this light pillar, the black-cloaked woman’s reason remained intact, and she didn’t go berserk. She only kept murmuring, “By the time I rushed back to Sumeru, it was all too late…”
Listening to her account, Xia Feng was quite shocked. Pillar State Gu Yi had actually died at the hands of his own people?
Three thousand years ago, only the news of Gu Yi’s divine fall was spread, with no specific reasons given. At least, historical records on the matter were scarce.
However, among the common folk, there had always been a vague, unified guess: the Second Pillar State, in collusion with the Nightmare Clan, had plotted against Founding God General Gu Yi. This had caused outrage throughout the entire Empire, leading to widespread uprisings and chaos in all the great regions.
Not long after, the unprecedented Imperial Civil War, sweeping across fifty-one great regions, began.
The Second Pillar State, Xia Hou Nian, also met his divine fall during this civil war, and the Second Pillar State became a mere name.
Seeing her emotions calm down, Xia Feng cautiously asked, “So, what was the purpose of these three individuals?”
“Purpose? Heh~ Naturally it was…”
Heng Huo raised her eyes, her cold gaze penetrating the light pillar and looking towards this world. “The Sumeru Throne!”
“Hm?”
“Or rather, only Xia Hou Nian’s purpose was the Sumeru Throne, intending to turn the Sumeru Throne into a God Relic. The Shang clan’s purpose was merely to ascend to the position of Pillar State. As for Hua Biao…”
At this point, the black-cloaked woman closed her eyes silently. “I caused Ah Yi’s demise. Hua Shen was also involved. It was likely for Gui Hua’s authority.”
“…Perhaps my level is too low, I don’t quite understand,” Xia Feng said with a confused, deep voice. “The Sumeru Throne has the ability to seize Godheads, but Xia Hou Nian was already a god with his own Godhead. What use would it be for him to steal this item?”
“Who knows!” The black-cloaked woman coldly laughed. “That old thing was a charlatan even before becoming a god, always spouting nonsense. No one could guess his thoughts; he was extremely cunning.”
Fine. Xia Feng frowned and pondered, but his heart felt even stranger.
“So, the divine fall of Pillar State Gu Yi was indeed the fuse for the Imperial Civil War.”
“But based on my limited historical knowledge, the Imperial Civil War seemed to be initiated by the Fourth Pillar State against the Second Pillar State first. Afterwards, various forces joined the battlefield, uniting to attack the Second Pillar State. At that time, Shang Jue was the Grand Commander. Logically, Shang Jue and Xia Hou Nian were hostile…”
It was also after that battle that Shang Jue became a Pillar State.
Thinking of this, Xia Feng paused, nodded, “Alright, I understand.”
Heng Huo knew that the three villains had sneak attacked Pillar State Gu Yi, but the world did not.
The common people only knew that Xia Hou Nian was responsible. As for Shang Jue and Hua Shen, they remained completely hidden. Even before Xia Hou Nian’s divine fall, he never exposed the other two.
Could it be that Shang Jue and Xia Hou Nian were putting on a show for the world? Xia Feng’s black eyes narrowed slightly, his eyelids twitching wildly. At the cost of the Second Pillar State’s destruction, at the cost of billions of military and civilian lives lost across the entire Empire… was this play too grand?
Well, it was more likely that… the three villains had internal strife over the distribution of the Sumeru Throne. In the end, Shang Jue not only wanted to become a Pillar State but also coveted the Sumeru Throne, so he seized the opportunity to harm Xia Hou Nian again.
If that were the case, then this new Pillar State was truly formidable.
As Xia Feng contemplated, he looked thoughtfully at the sky. “So, in the past three thousand years, although Gu Yi suffered divine fall, the Sumeru Throne still did not fall into the hands of the three. Instead, through this form of selecting a successor, it has appeared today, stirring up various factions. Why is that?”
Heng Huo shook her head. “Hua Shen helped Xia Hou Nian deal with Ah Yi, and Xia Hou Nian helped Hua Shen deal with me. I also met my divine fall not long after, so naturally, I don’t know what happened afterward.”
“However, selecting a successor is indeed the inherent rule of the Sumeru Throne.”
“This was originally created by Ah Yi in case he died in a future divine war with the Imaginary Number Royal Court, allowing his successor to quickly create a True God or even a Heavenly God for the Empire. Thus, he constructed a mechanism similar to a legacy selection.”
“Unfortunately, this idiot didn’t expect that he wouldn’t die in the inevitable divine war of the future, but instead would die at the hands of his own people. Heh heh~”
The black-cloaked woman’s tone was laced with mockery, infinite helplessness, and bewilderment. Finally, she sighed and fell into silence.
“…”
Xia Feng also fell silent. However, after a moment, the roaring sounds of fighting from outside startled him. It was Huang Zhaoyue fighting someone.
Xia Feng slapped his forehead. “Wait! So, what does this have to do with me having to have a daughter with Yue Hongli?”
The black-cloaked woman: “Ah? Well, it has nothing to do with it.”
“??? You talked for so long for nothing?!”
“Hey, hey, when you’ve been alone for a long time, you like to talk more, what’s wrong with that? Little Carp, your master is no good, he has no patience at all. Unlike me, unlike this King, I am very patient. Oh, right, speaking of patience…”
“!!” Xia Feng felt like beating someone, really. Although… even if he made a move, he couldn’t defeat this garrulous woman.
“Boom—”
At the same time, outside.
“Your Highness the Imperial Concubine, what, do you intend to block us with your own power?”
A sneering voice rang out. Four figures, male and female, were spread out and suspended above the thunderclouds.
A black and white ethereal silhouette stood with hands behind her back, directly in front of the light pillar.
Between the two sides was a dark fiery line spanning the heavens and earth. Huang Zhaoyue’s gaze was deep and dark. Her expression had been indifferent and calm from beginning to end. The Majestic Sound echoed through heaven and earth:
“I have said, those who cross this line shall die.”
