Section 37: Chu Yun, You Are Guilty
2014-06-18 Author: Gu Zhenren
Because of their unrestrained speech, the welcome banquet turned into a disaster.
Except for Pan Shi, everyone else was implicated and imprisoned in the cells of Green Wood City by the enraged masses.
Even though over a dozen King level powerhouses were among them, they wisely recognized the Spirit Emperor’s authority and did not resist, allowing the citizens of Green Wood City to imprison them.
Chu Yun was naturally fully aware of the entire incident.
But he made no move to intervene.
Imprisoning these people was, in a way, a good thing for them. No words could be as convincing as facts.
This way, they could deeply understand who the master of Spirit State was. It would also make it easier for them to form faith.
Those who came to Spirit State with Pan Shi were rather special. They cherished freedom and possessed extraordinary strength. Once a person becomes powerful, it is often difficult to change them and cultivate a devout faith.
Because their past successes told them they could succeed and live well without faith, why would they abandon themselves to believe in something else?
Although they had all sworn oaths, there was an element of coercion, and thus their faith was weak. Most of them could only be considered casual believers.
Of course, there was a better and faster method, which was the Immeasurable Dao.
With a single use of Immeasurable Dao, anyone whose cultivation was lower than Chu Yun’s would instantly establish a connection with the spirit light, becoming Chu Yun’s believer.
However, Immeasurable Dao could not be used on these people.
This was because, several years ago, Chu Yun had made an agreement with the Three Sovereigns and Four Emperors. In this agreement, Chu Yun voluntarily gave up believer resources in exchange for a massive amount of heavenly treasures.
As long as the Xingzhou Net of Law existed, Chu Yun could not break this agreement.
Chu Yun could not take any proactive measures to recruit believers, so Immeasurable Dao could not be used on people from Xingzhou.
However, if people from Xingzhou voluntarily believed in Chu Yun, that was permissible, essentially finding a loophole.
Especially by recruiting so many high-level Monster Tamers at once, it immediately compensated for the shortage of powerhouses in Spirit State.
In recent years, under the pressure of the Divine General Calamity, the Nine Provinces have suffered severe losses, leading to a surge in faith and the creation of many high-level Monster Tamers. In times of peace, the Teng List recorded only seven King level powerhouses. However, now in the Nine Provinces, each continent has hundreds of King level powerhouses.
In comparison, Spirit State had also undergone digestion, integration, andPurification through internal conflict. However, the Monster Tamers it produced, not only in quantity but also in quality, were far inferior to those of Xingzhou.
Xingzhou had produced a large number of King level powerhouses. With a larger base, there would be more people who would eventually ascend to become Emperors. In the future, new Emperor level powerhouses would be born in Xingzhou.
Spirit State, on the other hand, after years of internal warfare, had only produced a large number of Jun level powerhouses. These individuals generally became City Lords of various Spirit State cities, such as the current City Lord of Green Wood City.
A comparison immediately revealed the vast gap between the two.
This also showed the profound foundation of Xingzhou. Even after suffering immense destruction from the Innate Divine Demons, it still had the resources and capacity to cultivate so many high-level Monster Tamers.
Even Chu Yun’s main body benefited from this. His cultivation, which was originally at the early Emperor level, had recently advanced to the middle Emperor level.
Not only did the cultivation of the lower-level Monster Tamers surge, but everyone in the Nine Provinces benefited, and the strength of Emperor level powerhouses was also increasing.
It was not yet very obvious in Xingzhou, but in other continents like Tuo Zhou, Central Continent, and Female Continent, there were examples of certain Great Emperors ascending to become Emperors.
“I don’t know what method the Ancient Saint used to control the Innate Divine Demons. He instigated the Divine Demon Calamity and attacked the Nine Provinces, with the ultimate target being the Nine Saints. High-level Monster Tamers draw their power from the Immortal Pouch World. Once the Immortal Pouch World is severely damaged, the power of the Nine Saints will be greatly weakened.”
From the intelligence provided by the Soldier Saint and the current situation, Chu Yun, with his Emperor level wisdom, could deduce the general predicament.
In the Sea Eye Abyss, the battle between Saints had reached a stalemate. After all, Saint level Monster Tamers were too powerful. Even though the Ancient Saint had meticulously planned for a long time, he could not eliminate the other Saints in a short period.
However, he clearly realized this situation and thus mobilized the Innate Divine Demons to attack the Nine Provinces.
“Although I don’t know the Ancient Saint’s motive, the cultivation of a Monster Tamer, no matter how varied, ultimately boils down to resources. The Ancient Saint eliminating the Nine Saints most likely aims to occupy the Nine Provinces and claim all their resources for himself. Therefore, the Divine Demon Calamity may seem unstoppable, but it is not truly terrifying. Because these Innate Divine Demons will never truly destroy the Nine Provinces. The truly terrifying entity is the Ancient Saint.”
The vast majority of people focused their attention solely on the Divine Demon Calamity.
In reality, this Divine Demon Calamity was merely a byproduct of the battle between Saints.
The real key lay in who would emerge victorious from this Saintly battle.
If the Ancient Saint won, then the Nine Provinces would have a new master, and those who survived the calamity would have to pledge allegiance to him.
If the Nine Saints were victorious, the pattern of the Nine Provinces would remain largely unchanged, but everything would need to be rebuilt from scratch, and it would take a considerable amount of time to recover to a prosperous peak.
Regardless of the outcome, for Chu Yun, it meant losing his freedom once again.
“Not becoming a Saint is to remain an ant. Even an Emperor is merely a pawn with a certain utility,” Chu Yun sighed deeply in his heart, filled with longing for the Saint level.
But becoming a Saint, how could it be easy?
He was currently only at the middle Emperor level, with four stages remaining before reaching the Saint level: late Emperor level, peak Emperor level, Quasi-Saint, and Pseudo-Saint.
“No matter what, I must improve my cultivation as quickly as possible. I must seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Hmm, who is it?” Chu Yun’s eyes flashed with sharp light. His gaze pierced through the endless void, and he immediately discovered the uninvited guests.
Led by You Huang, the Three Sovereigns and Four Emperors had all arrived!
“Spirit Emperor, you are quite calculating!”
“You actually betrayed us like this. You realized the outbreak of the Divine Demon Calamity years ago, didn’t you?”
“Chu Yun, you are too shameless, and too audacious! You kept us all in the dark. Who gave you the courage, hmm?”
The Three Sovereigns and Four Emperors arrived together, pressing in with overwhelming force. Their angry shouts echoed throughout Spirit State.
Simultaneously, seven Emperor level spiritual pressures combined, sweeping across the land of Spirit State. In an instant, all things fell silent, and everyone felt a sense of immense terror, as if the end of days had arrived.
“The agreement back then was signed by all of you voluntarily. I did not force you,” Chu Yun’s voice carried a hint of mockery.
This mockery only made the Three Sovereigns and Four Emperors even more enraged.
“Chu Yun, you are going too far! Do you really think we are easy to bully?”
“Chu Yun, you clearly possessed such crucial intelligence but concealed it. Your intentions are utterly malicious; you deserve to die!”
Chu Yun burst into laughter, “You all have the leisure to curse at me, why not take this time to hurry and relocate your believers? That would be the way to minimize your losses, wouldn’t it?”
The faces of the Three Sovereigns and Four Emperors turned ashen.
You Huang sighed, his eyes flashing with cold light, “Chu Yun, it seems you are truly stubborn. Do you think we wouldn’t dare to deal with you just because you are an Emperor level cultivator?”
Book Emperor chimed in, “That’s right. We have come this time to seek justice. We also want to make you understand the current situation!”
Rumble rumble rumble…
Before they even finished speaking, the Emperors unleashed their Ultimate Immortal Pouches simultaneously. Amidst the deafening roar, seven Immortal Pouch Worlds connected with Spirit State.
These seven worlds each had their unique characteristics.
Some were filled with dragon roars, some with gentle rain, others with mighty armies…
What caught Chu Yun’s attention the most were the Immortal Pouch Worlds of the Three Sovereigns.
You Huang’s You Zhou was the most expansive. Book Emperor’s Book Zhou was a land of prosperity and beauty. Ren Huang’s Ren Zhou was dotted with cities; its population actually outnumbered the demonic creatures.
Each of these three states had developed better than Chu Yun’s Spirit State, and were as prosperous as brocade. Their territories were also vast. Apart from Ren Zhou being slightly larger, Book Zhou was five to six times the size of Spirit State, and You Zhou was even larger, two to three times the size of Book Zhou.
The scale of the Monster Tamers within them was also immense, far greater than in Spirit State. Especially in terms of the number of high-level Monster Tamers, Spirit State could not compare at all.
“Chu Yun, we don’t want to go to war with you, but you have gone too far this time!”
“Do you know that you have committed endless sins? Just imagine, if our seven states were to launch a full-scale assault, how could your Immortal Pouch World resist?”
“However, considering we were once on the same side, we will give you an opportunity this time.”
“You will immediately open spatial portals to assist us in relocating our believers and followers. This is your only chance for atonement.”
The Three Sovereigns and Four Emperors spoke one after another, their voices like thunder, causing all living beings in Spirit State to tremble with unease and fall into immense panic.
“It’s over. We shouldn’t have chosen to rely on the Spirit Emperor at all. Now, the Spirit Emperor has incurred the wrath of everyone and is about to be annihilated.” In the cells of Green Wood City, many began to complain.
“We need to break out; we can’t just wait to die!”
“Indeed. We survived the Divine Demon Calamity, and it would be too much of a loss to die here. Brothers, let’s break out together.”
Under the boundless spiritual pressure of the Emperors, the stronger a Monster Tamer’s cultivation, the more freedom they had to move. Therefore, even though their Immortal Pouches had been confiscated, many still managed to break out of the cells.
Then, in the next moment, they heard Chu Yun’s cold laugh echo throughout Spirit State: “Hahaha, interesting, very interesting. You unite to threaten me? Then I’ll show you who doesn’t understand the situation!”
With that, Chu Yun summoned the Yin Yang Grand Harem.
In the past few years, he had successively subdued the ninety-nine Eternal Universe Box Monsters left behind by the Soldier Saint. Furthermore, he had extracted vast resources from their internal spaces to construct the Yin Yang Grand Harem.
Currently, only the last palace of the Yin Yang Grand Harem remained unbuilt.
“What is this?” A strong sense of unease surged in the hearts of the Three Sovereigns and Four Emperors upon seeing the sudden appearance of the Yin Yang Grand Harem.
(To be continued)
