Chapter 890: Yuan Realm Remaining Old Village Chapter

“Wei Sui Feng? Such an ordinary name. Why does he always call him that? Is there a deeper meaning?”

Qi Kang Human Emperor dared not move, watching the Heavenly Court’s divine beings send the cage, along with the person inside, into Surging River. Beneath the river’s surface, the tower ship shrouded in black mist and chains suddenly burst out of the water, raising towering waves.

In the black mist, human figures could be vaguely seen on the ship, shadowy and indistinct.

Qi Kang Human Emperor had seen this ghost ship by Surging River before. At that time, Qin Mu had stopped everyone from boarding and even killed a prince from the Heavenly Court by the river.

“Wei Sui Feng, you have a deep connection with this ghost ship. Back then, you were the owner of this ship, a general of the Feathered Forest Army. You escaped and vanished for hundreds of thousands of years, but your Feathered Forest Army subordinates are still on the ship, becoming part of the ghost ship.”

In the sky, the Emperor’s Throne realm being in the Heavenly Court’s tower ship chuckled: “Look how much your old subordinates miss you? They’ve all emerged. You infiltrated the Celestial Alliance, thinking you were well-hidden, repeatedly sabotaging the Heavenly Court’s grand plans. You deserve death countless times over, yet you are very useful.”

The cage sank into Surging River, while the ghost ship fully emerged from the water. Incredibly, a mysterious power was indeed displacing the Heavenly River’s substance!

Just then, the man in the cage suddenly erupted. Continuous clanging and snapping sounds rang out as the thick chains binding him suddenly broke in the middle!

The chains that had bound him now seemed to also bind the ghost ship. With a powerful swing, the cage broke free from the water and landed on the ghost ship’s deck.

With a clang—Numerous chains flew up and merged with the chains surrounding the ghost ship, as if they were originally one and the same!

“Scoundrel!”A towering figure descended from the Heavenly Court’s tower ship in the sky. Countless chains flew in unison from the ship, swishing and wrapping around the ghost ship!

Heavenly Court deities also activated their tower ship, wrapping chains around the ghost ship, intending to drag it out.

“Eastern Celestial Green Emperor, do you dare board the ship?”The strange man in the cage stood up, bursting the cage apart with a thunderous roar. His muscular body emitted thick plumes of black mist, and he began to vaporize, merging with the ghost ship.

Soon, he transformed into the black mist enveloping the ghost ship. The Heavenly Court’s tower ship above failed to pull the ghost ship; instead, it was continuously dragged downwards.

Wei Sui Feng’s voice came from within the black mist, chuckling: “If you board this ship, you will assimilate with it, just like me! You have no idea that this ghost ship is a cycle of reincarnation for me. Sending me here was merely the beginning of this cycle!”

The ghost ship sank into the river. The Eastern Celestial Green Emperor rushed after it, pursuing the ghost ship, but its intertwined chains continuously reached out to bind him. Even the Heavenly Court’s tower ship was dragged down towards the river’s surface.

The Heavenly Court’s soldiers quickly unfastened the chains, preventing themselves from being dragged into the black mist.

The two Emperor’s Throne realm beings, one beneath the water and one above the river, engaged in a fierce battle, immediately causing immense chaos. Surging River was shaken so violently that water flew into the sky, revealing the underwater Dragon Palace and Dragon Hall.

Qi Kang Human Emperor seized the opportunity amidst the chaos, carrying Dao Master Lin Xuan on his back as he fled towards Heavenly Saint Academy.

From Surging River, the madman’s shout echoed: “My name is Wei Sui Feng! Follow the map and save me!”

“Was that meant for me?” Qi Kang Human Emperor wondered.

Amidst the chaos, several Heavenly Gods spotted him and immediately gave chase. Qi Kang Human Emperor sneered: “Did you think I lived another life for nothing? I’ve learned from the Divine Leg!”

His swift legs moved like the wind, and he sped away under the dim sky, leaving a series of thunderous sounds in his wake.

“That fellow who calls himself Cripple, his Divine Leg skill is good, but he loves to show off. When he runs, he always leaves a trail of thunder…”

Qi Kang Human Emperor sighed inwardly. He had learned the Profound Art of Stealing Heaven and Swapping Sun from Cripple, and while its Divine Leg of Heaven-Stealing technique was excellent in every way, it always produced thunderous sounds when running.

Back then, Cripple stole across the land, and no one could catch him, which led to his boastful personality. When victims pursued him, Cripple would often leave a series of startling thunderclaps as he sped away, and his pursuers could only follow behind, seeing the trail of white smoke he left.

Now, with several Heavenly Gods chasing Qi Kang Human Emperor, leaving thundercloud trails would clearly be guiding them.

Qi Kang Human Emperor had been sprinting for over ten days, utterly exhausted and with his vital energy depleted. He could run no longer. His escape from several Heavenly Gods until now was already an incredible achievement.

“Heavenly Saint Academy is nearby…”He could no longer hold on and fell from the sky. Heavenly Saint Academy was ahead, but the surroundings were enveloped in white mist.

Qi Kang Human Emperor landed in the mist and struggled to walk towards Heavenly Saint Academy, only to see motionless figures within the fog.

He approached one figure and was horrified to see that the person’s head was missing, replaced by a vibrant, glistening flower growing from the neck.

From the attire, it appeared to be a Heavenly Court divine general.

Ahead, another person was covered in green vines. The vines were wrapped around their bones, completely devoid of flesh, and two leaves sprouted from the skull’s eye sockets.

Another Heavenly God had a large mushroom growing from their neck. Upon seeing him, the mushroom even pulled its roots from the Heavenly God’s neck, slowly floating past Qi Kang Human Emperor while waving its roots.

The flying mushroom made popping sounds, expelling white mist filled with incredibly tiny spores.

“This mist is poisonous…”Qi Kang Human Emperor immediately felt his entire body go numb, his limbs stiffen, and it felt as if countless things were emerging from his throat.

“Jade-faced Poison King—” he cried out, but his voice was very weak.

Behind him, the Heavenly Court Gods who had been pursuing him approached, sneering: “Run now, why aren’t you running anymore?”

Qi Kang Human Emperor’s body was completely rigid and immobile. From Dao Master Lin Xuan’s nostrils, a tender green sprout burst forth with a soft pop.

“It’s over…” Qi Kang Human Emperor felt something climbing his leg bones; it must have been the roots of the poison growing inside him.

In the mist, the Heavenly Gods’ steps also gradually slowed. Suddenly, one Heavenly God coughed violently, spitting out mushrooms one by one. The mushrooms silently floated past him.

“The mist is poisonous!” he roared in anger.

Suddenly, his two eyes fell from their sockets, replaced by two large mushrooms that comfortably settled in his eye sockets.

Yet, the Heavenly God seemed oblivious.

The flesh of his legs and feet was replaced by vines, but he felt nothing.

His feet were taking root, and he seemed to be transforming into various strange plants, rooting himself in the fertile soil.

His companions were almost identical to him, their bodies rigid, their primordial spirits and divine treasures also lush with various poisonous growths.

From the mist, a very tall man walked over and chuckled to the person behind him: “Granny, the fusion of Creation Art and medical dao truly holds great promise. While Little Mu’s Creation Art is profound, when it comes to medical skills, he is far inferior to me.”

“Yes! Yes!”The woman behind him impatiently said: “Someone was calling you in the mist just now. If you don’t go over, you’ll poison him to death.”

“He won’t die. I heard his cry just now, so I ordered the poisons in his body to stop growing… Oh, it’s Qi Kang, and Daoist Lin!”

Qi Kang Human Emperor completely relaxed and fell into a deep sleep. When he awoke, he found himself lying on the back of a large spider, which was scurrying forward with a pattering sound.

Dao Master Lin Xuan had already recovered and was sitting beside him.

He sat up and looked around, seeing his disciple floating in the air, a long sword on his back.

“Little Su, where is this?” Qi Kang Human Emperor then saw others: Jade-faced Poison King, the Divine Eye Spear God who called himself Blind, the incredibly fast Divine Thief, Prince Tian Tu the Painting Saint, the old blacksmith, and the beautiful Granny Si, among others.

“We’re going to save people.”The Village Chief turned back and said: “Teacher, if you had arrived a little later, we would have left Heavenly Saint Academy. The several cities near the academy have already been emptied by us.”

Qi Kang Human Emperor looked around, wondering: “Where are the people you saved?”

Suddenly, the large spider stopped, and they arrived at a town. There were still some elderly people in the town who hadn’t managed to evacuate. Mute, with his extremely loud voice, called out everyone in the town, telling them to stand together.

Deaf jumped off the spider’s back, unrolled a scroll painting, and held it up towards them. Everyone in the town was instantly drawn into the painting.

Qi Kang Human Emperor looked into the painting and saw the people walking around inside. There were also countless others in the painting, tens of thousands of them.

Qi Kang was astonished, but then he saw hundreds of scroll paintings in Mute’s box.

“It’s good that Teacher is awake.”The Village Chief said: “Among us, anyone can die, except for Deaf. No matter what, we must deliver Deaf alive to the capital of Yan Kang!”

Qi Kang Human Emperor nodded silently, then asked in a hoarse voice: “What happens when we reach the capital?”

The Village Chief was silent for a moment, then said with difficulty: “I don’t know, I don’t know…”

“Where are the Four Celestial Masters and Four Heavenly Kings?” Qi Kang Human Emperor asked again.

The others remained silent. The Village Chief said bitterly: “I don’t know…”

“They belong to the Kai Huang’s faction, and we are from Yan Kang.”Granny Si smiled gently: “It’s understandable that they wouldn’t help Yan Kang. Asking for their assistance might even harm them.”

Everyone nodded and said no more.

“By the way, does anyone here know Wei Sui Feng?” Qi Kang Human Emperor asked, recalling the strange man in the cage.

Granny Si was surprised, saying: “Wei Sui Feng is the founding patriarch of our Heavenly Saint Cult, and the senior disciple of Saint Master Woodcutter. How does Human Emperor Qi know his name? Little Mu has been looking for him for a long time, saying that he left behind some geographical maps containing many secrets.”

Qi Kang Human Emperor was stunned, exclaiming: “The founding patriarch of the Heavenly Saint Cult? No wonder he’s so… demonic! I met him; he was captured by the Heavenly Court’s Eastern Celestial Green Emperor and submerged in the river, merging with the ghost ship. He also said something about following a map to save him. I think…”

He hesitated for a moment, then said: “I think the founding patriarch of the Heavenly Saint Cult might be the most powerful person since the fall of the Kai Huang era, up to the present Yan Kang era.”

Granny Si shook her head: “That patriarch was a hands-off boss. After founding the Heavenly Saint Cult, he disappeared without a trace. He wouldn’t be very strong. For him to cultivate into a deity now would be a blessing from his ancestors.”

Qi Kang Human Emperor was startled, scratching his head. “He might have already cultivated to the Emperor’s Throne realm. He’s the only Emperor’s Throne realm being in Yan Kang.”

Everyone was aghast.The Village Chief said: “Are you saying he was submerged in the river by the Heavenly Court’s Eastern Celestial Green Emperor and merged with the ghost ship?”

Qi Kang Human Emperor nodded.The Village Chief stated definitively: “Then there’s no saving him!”

Everyone was puzzled. The Village Chief explained: “Little Mu once told me about the ghost ship. He said he managed to decipher its divine abilities and escape alive only by relying on the divine powers of the Four Ancient Gods and the strength of the most powerful ancient god-demon army. If Wei Sui Feng has merged with the ghost ship, where would one find the Four Ancient Gods? Don’t think about saving him; he’s as good as dead.”

Granny Si frowned.Butcher chuckled: “Still, we should tell Little Mu about this. Whether he tries to save him or not is up to him.”

Granny Si sighed in relief, then worriedly said: “Who knows where that little rascal Little Mu has run off to?”

Qi Kang Human Emperor quickly said: “He’s still in the Great Ruins, probably near Dragon Inlaid City! When we passed through there, a Heavenly Court army said they were ordered to encircle and suppress the Son of Youdu!”

The Village Chief thought for a moment, then decisively said: “Cripple, you go inform Little Mu. You’re the fastest, and you’re a coward, so you’ll run as soon as a fight starts. There’s nothing for you to do here anyway.”

The simple and honest Cripple grunted, feeling a bit annoyed.

Blind said with concern: “Cripple, be careful on your way. Don’t die.”

“I haven’t even stolen from the Heavenly Court yet, so how could I die?”Cripple laughed heartily and vanished instantly without a trace. A series of thunderous sounds echoed from afar, already hundreds of miles away.

“That fellow runs incredibly fast!” everyone exclaimed in unison.

Cripple sped on, and after several days and nights, he reached the vicinity of Dragon Inlaid City. He looked around but found no trace of Qin Mu. Instead, the sky suddenly became dazzling with stars, appearing out of nowhere, and in an instant, a brilliant starry river emerged.

Cripple’s heart leaped. He saw more and more stars appearing in the sky, growing larger, and faintly heard the sound of war drums.

Those myriad stars soon became clearly discernible to the naked eye. They were ancient deities, completely different from humans, like ancient gods stepping out of myths and legends, with halos behind their heads resembling stars.

“Cast the Heaven-Earth Net, and capture the Son of Youdu!” A thunderous voice resounded from the sky.

Cripple’s heart stirred, and he followed the direction of the starry river. From a distance, he saw boundless darkness, like a colossal black pot inverted over the Primordial Realm, covering countless miles.

Within the darkness, countless Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals steered their tower ships and large vessels, charging forward, their various divine abilities tearing through the gloom with bursts of light.

Within the torn darkness, a three-headed, six-armed deity was unleashing a massacre, drawing nearly thirty percent of the Heavenly Court’s descending army to this location.

Cripple recoiled: “Is that Little Mu? The same Little Mu who used to snatch my candied hawthorns when he was little?”