Chapter 1987: Chapter 1987: The Chessboard of Heaven and Earth, the Former Hall Master

The heavens and earth form the chessboard, and all beings are the chess pieces.

No matter who you are, it seems hard to escape the fate of being a pawn.

Even someone as powerful as Lu Chang’sheng feels ensnared in the chess match.

Upon hearing Hong Ying say that the Imperial Preceptor of the Cloud Phoenix Empire is actually a clone of the Chaos Divine Dynasty’s State Preceptor, Lu Chang’sheng was shocked.

He immediately exclaimed a national curse.

"Damn it... how deep are these causal ties supposed to go?"

If one said that hearing about Nuwa and her companions continuously arranging the development paths of Lu Chang’sheng’s disciples felt like premeditated plotting.

Then realizing that even the Imperial Preceptor of his second disciple was scheming.

Lu Chang’sheng looked up and sighed deeply.

It’s difficult, really difficult.

At the very beginning, before accepting any disciples, those idle days... no, those carefree days untethered by causal ties were quite pleasant, weren’t they?

Lu Chang’sheng pulled out a copper mirror, pointed at his reflection, and said with a serious face: "Don’t forget your original intention, comrade, hmm, really handsome."

Beside him, Huang Qian rolled her eyes, "Then don’t accept any more disciples afterward."

Lu Chang’sheng gritted his teeth and said: "Impossible, if I accept another disciple, I’m a dog!"

Then he took out a jade pendant to communicate with Hong Ying, scolding: "You tell that Imperial Preceptor that if he still has things hidden, and doesn’t explain everything to me, you bring him back, right now I don’t know what effect this medicinal furnace will have!"

On the other side, upon hearing this, Hong Ying couldn’t help but sweat, looking towards the Imperial Preceptor and asking: "How’s your health, Imperial Preceptor?"

The Imperial Preceptor was taken aback, "What do you mean?"

Then Hong Ying repeated the original words.

After hearing it, the Imperial Preceptor faintly smiled, waved his hand, and said: "Let’s try, shall we, what’s the big deal, at my realm, even a medicinal pill with some toxicity can be easily neutralized."

This wasn’t a lie, if the level of the Poison Pill Technique wasn’t high enough, and the toxicity wasn’t strong enough, especially if prepared in advance by enveloping the pill with immortal aura before consumption, it truly wouldn’t be a problem.

Thus, beside them, Ning Chenxin "kindly" recounted Liu Ziru’s entire process and subsequent reactions to trying the pill.

To prevent the Imperial Preceptor from doubting, Shi Sheng even showed the previous reaction recordings using a light screen to the Imperial Preceptor.

All were of Liu Ziru’s test results, unbearably tragic.

The testing had records, as Lu Chang’sheng said, is this reasonable?

After watching, the Imperial Preceptor was silent.

Then he looked at Hong Ying and said: "Actually, there’s one thing I haven’t mentioned, I feared it would make you timid, affecting your state of mind, and being detrimental to the subsequent confrontation with the Immortal Realm."

Hong Ying was puzzled.

"The powerful background behind the Immortal Realm, within Outer Heaven, it’s extremely influential, and according to my understanding, the Immortal Realm was stationed here basically to monitor this world, but I’m not sure of the precise purpose behind it."

Hong Ying and the others looked at each other.

Lu Chang’sheng also heard what the Imperial Preceptor said, then a sound came from Hong Ying’s jade pendant: "How do you know the purpose of the Immortal Realm?"

If one could see Lu Chang’sheng’s expression, surely they would find Lu Chang’sheng’s face solemn at this moment.

This news, he heard it from Nuwa too.

How does the Imperial Preceptor know, who exactly is he?

The Imperial Preceptor hesitated, then sighed: "Well, since you all are originally from The Cottage, and it’s time, telling you won’t matter."

In the gaze of the crowd, the Imperial Preceptor spread his hand, and a token appeared in his palm.

Hong Ying, Ning Chenxin, and Shi Sheng seeing the token had noticeably shocked expressions.

Although the token was rusty and the engraved character was already obscured, upon close inspection one could still make out the character "Cao" (meaning "grass").

The three were quite familiar with it too.

It was The Cottage’s token when at the Southern Region’s Hidden Dao Academy!

"Why does the Imperial Preceptor have this?" Hong Ying frowned and asked.

The Imperial Preceptor gazed at the token in his hand and said slowly: "Though I’ve deduced for a million years, sensed some things about the Immortal Realm, and calculated that in the future those opposing the Immortal Realm will come from the Wilderness Realm.

But after deducing this, and moving to set out for the Wilderness Realm, in front of the dimensional barrier you mentioned, I encountered someone."

Someone?

"Did this person give you the token?"

The Imperial Preceptor nodded: "He informed me of the essence of the Immortal Realm and handed this token to me."

Lu Chang’sheng was silent.

This token, apart from him, only one other person owned it.

The former hall master of The Cottage.

The guide for Lu Chang’sheng when he arrived in this world, who suddenly disappeared when Lu Chang’sheng was still young.

The Imperial Preceptor chuckled, "At that time, that senior said, let me be the Guardian for the force to which this token belonged."

"Initially, I didn’t take it seriously, believed more in my own deductions, and found the person with the deepest luck in the Wilderness Realm at the time, which was His Majesty.

Yet unexpectedly, after turning around, His Majesty still joined the force that belonged to this token."

If that’s the case, it makes sense.

After all, among the six worlds, it’s too hard for someone like the Imperial Preceptor with such divine powers to appear.

Deducing for a million years, even planning along with Green Cloud Sword Master’s million-year scheme.

From Chaos Realm to Wilderness Realm.

Even Hong Ying, the Immortal Realm was figured out.

Without external assistance providing some information... it’s just impossible.

Lu Chang’sheng grasped the jade pendant, his palm slowly tightening, the pendant creaking in his palm.

"Don’t crush it." Huang Qian whispered a reminder beside him.

Lu Chang’sheng’s gaze swept across The Cottage surroundings and suddenly smiled, "That old man... didn’t expect to be one of them, seems since coming to this world, I’ve been entangled in this scenario."

"People.

From the moment of birth, they are entangled in causal ties.

To completely sever causality, how difficult it is, even I cannot." Liu Ziru said thus.

Lu Chang’sheng laughed: "Though it counts as good news too, at least knowing the old man’s not dead, and roughly where he might be, it’s been a while since I’ve drunk with him."

At this time, the Imperial Preceptor suddenly said: "Back to business, I think the Immortal Realm’s actions this time are just a warm-up, the real follow-up might start soon." The Imperial Preceptor analyzed: "The Immortal Realm of a million years isn’t in such a hurry, it’s step after step consuming the internal forces of the Lower Five Realms, then making the external and internal forces attack simultaneously."

Speaking of which.

The Imperial Preceptor frowned: "But this time the Immortal Realm’s actions are too abnormal, too hasty."

Anomalies signify trouble.

Hong Ying said: "What does the Imperial Preceptor mean."

"Advance to the Chaos Realm to set the stage!"

...

The Imperial Preceptor indeed could deduce for a million years, his guesses extremely accurate.

At this moment within the Immortal Realm.

Three celestial beings gathered, along with the twelve Main Gods led by the Dragon Elephant Main God, and the thirty-two divine generals, minus three lost members.

The twelve Main Gods and the twenty-nine divine generals were staring fervently at the three celestial beings above.

When the All Heavens Sacred Map shone golden.

Cangtian God waved his great hand and said: "Advance all forces into the Chaos Realm!"

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