Chapter 0: The End of the Presumptuous
“Alright, Tian Kun Human Emperor, you’re temporarily safe now. Hurry and help me up. Let’s go together to meet your Tian Kun Dynasty’s Supreme Emperor, who is in the Dharma Aspect Realm. Let’s see if he has any way to save our lives from the furious Celestial Master!” The heavily injured Yi Chengying struggled to stand up, but fell back to the ground repeatedly.
The Tian Kun Human Emperor glanced coldly at Yi Chengying and said, “At this critical moment, I can barely save myself! How can I bring a burden like you? My life was exchanged for Ji Wu’s sincere devotion! I must live well and fulfill his dying wish. One day, I will surely trample all directions and sweep across the world!”
With that, the Tian Kun Human Emperor tightly covered his mouth and nose with the Dizzying God Handkerchief, deliberately avoiding Yi Chengying, and strode out of the hall.
“Seventeen, eighteen…” Yi Chengying stared blankly at the Tian Kun Human Emperor, counting silently.
The Tian Kun Human Emperor smirked and glanced at Yi Chengying, “Lone Shadow Saintess, what are you counting? Your own life’s countdown?”
As soon as he finished speaking, the ambitious Tian Kun Human Emperor, with lofty aspirations, suddenly fell backward without warning, crashing heavily into the dust.
Yi Chengying, who appeared to be gravely injured and clinging to life, suddenly stood up, eagerly used her spiritual power to cleanse herself of the bloodstains, and said triumphantly, “Celestial Master, how was Little Chair’s acting just now? Wasn’t it perfect!”
Qin Gou “resurrected” and stood up, finally shedding Ji Wu’s strange body and regaining his proper male form. He smiled slightly, “It was alright. It’s almost half as exquisite as mine. With more practice, you’ll have boundless prospects in the future.”
“That’s for sure!” Yi Chengying playfully blinked her beautiful eyes. “Celestial Master’s acting is unprecedented and beyond compare! Otherwise, how could the Palace Lord not have discovered your true identity for so long?”
This subversion seemed to be very successful. Yi Chengying, this girl, had unknowingly begun to consider things from Qin Gou’s perspective.
“Wow, Master is so amazing! You caught all these bad guys so quickly.” At this moment, Mu Man’er, with her red dress swaying, arrived on time as agreed, exclaiming excitedly.
Qin Gou waved his sleeve and said with a relaxed smile, “Alright, Man’er, now you can get revenge for your grievances. Tell me, how do you plan to deal with these scoundrels who have humiliated you countless times?”
For a moment, Mu Man’er’s mind was filled with thoughts. The hardships of not being able to eat or sleep well for days, being constantly monitored and verbally abused, all flooded her mind. After much deliberation, she said, “Master, Man’er wants to drag them all out and give each of them a hundred heavy lashes. Let’s see if they dare to bully others with their power again!”
“What ambition!” Qin Gou’s nose nearly flared. He glared at Mu Man’er, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
Yi Chengying at the side looked at Mu Man’er with an even stranger expression. The Lone Shadow Saintess had always considered herself “full of evil.” If she had received the same treatment as Mu Man’er recently, she, although not as ruthless as Ling Cuiyan, the Arbitration Saintess responsible for punishments, would still have brought all these enemies back to the Mystic Maiden Raksha Palace to let her sisters teach them a good lesson, to let these guys experience what ‘damned tenderness’ truly meant.
“Since your little head can’t come up with any good ideas, I’ll make the decision,” Qin Gou said with a smile, flexing his wrists and instructing Mu Man’er and Yi Chengying, “Come, let’s take off all their clothes!”
“Ah?”
“What!”
…
Early morning, the sun rose in the east, shining brilliantly. The people of the Tian Kun Imperial City welcomed a new day, and also a beautiful day.
After all, today was the first day of the official wedding between the Marshal’s Mansion’s Third Young Master Xu Jin and the Sword-bearing Princess, making him the Son-in-law. According to the customs of the Tian Kun Dynasty, the Marshal’s Mansion and the Imperial Palace would surely bestow generous gifts upon the people for good luck.
“My goodness, this is unbelievable.”
“Is that… the Human Emperor?!”
“And the Seventh Prince!”
Shouts of utter astonishment broke the peace in the morning mist. A terrifying piece of news, which even if they died, the common people of the entire Imperial City would never believe unless they saw it with their own eyes, spread with extreme speed throughout the city.
In the market of the Tian Kun Imperial City, which was usually the liveliest and most prosperous.
Including the Tian Kun Human Emperor himself and a crowd of imperial relatives, all lay unconscious with their eyes closed, completely naked and kneeling on the ground, bound by ropes. The remnants of some poison, which they couldn’t wholly ingest, still lingered on their lips. They were ‘frankly revealed’ to the common people. In front of them, a line of large blood-red characters was particularly striking and thought-provoking.
‘The end of the presumptuous’—Master of Arc-Moon Mountain, Qin Gou.
“Who is Qin Gou?” Many people were confused.
Some cultivators trembled, “It’s the Master of the Demon Seed Pavilion… Demon Master Lord Qin Gou!”
At the same time, the Imperial Palace was in chaos, a frantic mess.
Someone threw a talisman into an ancient well that had been heavily guarded day and night.
Instantly, the seemingly ordinary well emitted a brilliant golden light.
A stooped old man, short in stature with a face full of wrinkles, leaped out of the well. The pure gold wide-sleeved robe seemed cumbersome on him.
“Greetings, Supreme Emperor!”
All the guards knelt down.
The Supreme Emperor of Tian Kun, who possessed the cultivation of the Dharma Aspect Realm, frowned and quickly searched for the whereabouts of the Tian Kun Human Emperor with his divine sense. Then, his cloudy old eyes crossed numerous barriers and took in all the commotion.
“My son!”
The Supreme Emperor of Tian Kun roared furiously, his overwhelming might and surging aura instantly sent all the guards flying backward, spitting blood.
“What kind of bullshit Arc-Moon Mountain Celestial Master! I didn’t feel the slightest aura of a Dharma Aspect True Person from beginning to end! If he had truly manifested his divine presence, why would he hide his head and show his tail, timidly concealing his aura? This is simply a damned deception!”
The Supreme Emperor of Tian Kun shot into the sky like an arrow. Dark clouds gathered, and lightning and thunder erupted, “Run? Can you escape!? I will surely tear those evil spawn into pieces!”
