Book 14: Chapter 128

Word of the World

Tianhu heard being called, Hideous How hideous as he did in the distant past. It had been a long time since he had been at the scene of the inferno that n.o.body, including himself, could extinguish. It was an enormous fire, yet it was tiny, so tiny that it couldnt harm him whatsoever, yet it took from him something important that he could never get back. Seeing it once was more than enough for him to be fed up with it, yet some numbskulls had forced him into watching it again. Perhaps it was something he said mindlessly to test the waters.

Its been a long time since Ive seen these light golden flames.

Tianhu didnt debate his defeat. He was entertained. s.h.i.+tous partic.i.p.ation was a surprise, and Silver Crows setup was smarter than he gave it credit for. Most importantly, Liaoliao was strong. A loss was a loss. He had no plans of contesting the details; the only thing thatd prove was where his limits lied. There was nothing to complain about. He was satisfied, and he was happy to abide by the unwritten rules and let them go, but he was presented with the scene of a fire disaster.

The fire was burning right before his eyes, but he didnt know what to do. The child at the scene of the disaster that fateful day froze the same way.

Monk, you shouldnt have said that. You shouldnt have tried to be smart. If you want to kill His Majesty after clearing the Tianhu gate, so be it. Whatever you wanted to do, you shouldve just gone and done it. Why did you have to say that? I was going to let you off the hook.

The dormant black energy rose intensely as if it was breaking out of its seal. Tianhu cracked a derisive smile since his prey wouldve have seen it anyway.

Lotus Every Step, being a discipline that focused on illusionary attacks, kept the battle hidden from the inner sanctum of the imperial palace. Failing to discern the illusionary world from reality would result in the viewer getting stuck in the illusion. From the exterior of the illusion boundary, n.o.body could see anything outside of the norm within the boundaries. If something did happen, an occasional mishap was within the acceptable boundaries.

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Instead of bringing down Sacrificial Sage after lifting it up, s.h.i.+tou, in a distrustful tone, asked, Who are you people?

Anyone placed under the illusion seal shouldve remained under control for twenty-four subsequent hours of their release no exceptions. It was the first time a Divine Realm warrior had done the unexpected.

s.h.i.+tou, finish him, ordered Liaoliao.

Gongsun Chu shouldve been glad s.h.i.+tou was free of Liaoliaos shackles; however, breaking the alliance with Liaoliao now wouldve been a terrible idea for them.

Brother Liaoliao, its pointless to force him in his current state, expressed Gongsun Chu.

This one is not forcing him, replied Liaoliao.

Gongsun Chu had never seen Liaoliao hesitant to speak. He looked around and confirmed there was something odd about the surroundings, but it was Liaoliaos credit. It hadnt occurred to him until then that Liaoliao had already taken his sixth step, yet the lotus remained in its seed form; however, it looked ready to overwhelm the moment it sprouted. That indicated Liaoliao had had a vision of imminent danger and thus prepared the lotus for when the time came.

Knowledge Path or better known as Karma Path didnt grant a clairvoyance superpower. If it did, Daxias fall wouldve been foreseen and couldve been prevented. Buddhisms elites who unlocked Karma Path didnt actually see into the future; they simply increased the accuracy of their predictions through increasing their intellect drastically.

To speak precisely, Karma Path boosted memory, thinking capacity and observational abilities. Though there could be an enormous discrepancy between physical capacity and mental capacity as a result of the boost, some people could clearly see the trajectory of their life; theyd be able to awaken forgotten events or things they only ever caught a glimpse of and never thought much of. Some people were able to combine personal experience and information from the external world to deduce reasonable developments of events also known as the future. The more knowledge and data one had, the more accurate their prediction of the future was bound to be. Buddhism and Daoism pract.i.tioners also practiced divination which, when combined with Karma Path, empowered them to get small peeks into the future.

While Gongsun Chu, who didnt heed unsubstantiated predictions, didnt have faith in Liaoliaos predictions, as long as there was a prediction, there was a chance of failure. Having said that, it was because Liaoliao could see information on himself, was extremely sensitive to threats directed at himself, and the hostility on his face, that alarmed Gongsun Chu. As soon as Ming Feizhens face came to Gongsun Chus mind, he firmly commanded, s.h.i.+tou, kill him!

We have more attendees now, I see, Tianhu was heard commenting after Sacrificial Sage smashed loudly into the ground.

While s.h.i.+tou stared blankly at his cudgel that missed its target, Liaoliao shut his eyes to track down Tianhu, but it was Gongsun Chu, who had spent the longest time amongst them training his observation skills, who found Tianhu first. Unfortunately, he was unable to determine how Tianhu reached his location, when or how.

Divine Realm consists of Five Apotheosis. In the linguistics of Buddhism, thatd be Skyeye Path, Foot Path, Interlinked Minds, Karma Path, G.o.drealm Path

Although they were slower, Liaoliao and s.h.i.+tou finally saw the man who started talking as if he was in a chat with friends.

Skyeye path.

Tianhu managed to grab the a.s.sa.s.sin who even Liaoliao could barely sense and then hoisted him into the air. Not only did Silver Crow get caught without having time to react, but he couldnt even work out how he was spotted. Silver Crow blended into the environment, effectively becoming the equivalent of a plant, as he had spent ages practicing to perfection, not to mention he was hiding within Liaoliaos illusion, as well. He didnt expose himself when Tianhu went down since he had served his purpose, yet Tianhu

Silver Crow: Was it Skyeye Path?

Finding Silver Crow wasnt enough to win, though. After all, none of Six Blades members were pushovers. He drew his blade at his sash to start casting Enlightenment.

Foot Path. Tianhu squeezed his clamps around Silver Crows neck, bursting the latters neck and ending it all without receiving any resistance or hearing any audible groan.

Silver Crows head and body dropped to the ground one after the other. Meanwhile, Tianhu remained standing in the same posture.

Interlinked Minds.

Tianhu stepped on s.h.i.+tous right foot before the latter could jump up. Neither Gongsun Chu nor Liaoliao were aware that s.h.i.+tou planned to stealthily leave the ground, yet Tianhu picked up on it. Once Tianhu had his foot on top, s.h.i.+tou couldnt budge his foot an inch. Nevertheless, s.h.i.+tou wasnt Silver Crow.

s.h.i.+tou swung his cudgel at Tianhus skull. At the same time, Gongsun Chu thrusted his purple-glowing sword at Tianhu, cutting off Tianhus retreat route.

G.o.drealm Path.

Gongsun Chu and s.h.i.+tou suddenly lost track of Tianhu.

And Karma Path.

Tianhus expression suggested he was thinking, b.l.o.o.d.y Karma Path. He s.h.i.+mmied the blood and flesh off his hands with a straight face.