Chapter 252: Chapter 133: Divinity Transformation Remains

"Outrageous!"

"Is this Daqi still the Profound Celestial Sect’s Daqi?"

"First the death of the Confucian Sword Immortal, then the Nine-Life Celestial Pride, and now a renegade demon of the Extreme Realm has emerged from the Profound Celestial Sect!"

An enraged roar echoed through the Imperial Palace.

The Profound Celestial Sect’s Guardian Immortal Master was dead.

This was a major event.

Red Fire Master had come again. Or rather, as a member of the Heavenly Patrol Guard, it was inevitable that he would make a trip to the Daqi Imperial Capital.

The so-called Heavenly Patrol Guard was a force formed by the alliance of the Five Great Sects, composed of their strongest Core Formation cultivators and most talented Foundation Establishment cultivators. They ceaselessly patrolled the world, possessing an unlimited license to kill.

They were the most terrifying blade of the Five Great Sects! On mere suspicion, they could annihilate a nation and slaughter entire Immortal Dao Families.

To kill, or not to kill?

Kill!

Such was the authority of the Heavenly Patrol Guard.

「In the Jinluan Hall.」

The court officials were hushed and the Military Generals silent. Emperor Tianqi Xue was not present. An ancestor of the Royal Race, dragging his nearly-dead body, could only offer a placating smile no matter how Red Fire Master berated him.

"Where did your Emperor go?"

Red Fire Master was smiling, but billowing waves of fire surged from his body, threatening to incinerate the entire hall.

Anyone who knew him was well aware that this was the prelude to a massacre.

However, in the end, he did not get to start his massacre.

"Your New Emperor... he went to Youx Province to marry a descendant of that figure from the Zhuge Family?"

Red Fire Master’s expression subtly changed.

Elder Zhuge of the Youx Province Zhuge Family might only be a Half-step Golden Core, but it was highly likely the core he would form would be a genuine Golden Core.

Foundation Establishment had three types: ordinary Foundation Establishment, Spirit Seed Foundation Establishment, and Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment.

Golden Core also had three grades.

Void Core, True Core, and Golden Core.

The Ten Great Masters dominated the Eastern Domain Immortal Dao Realm and enjoyed their renowned reputation precisely because every one of them was a True Core Giant.

As for Golden Core Cultivators, they were even rarer than those with Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment. One could count them on one’s fingers over the past ten thousand years.

On this trip to Daqi, Red Fire Master had several missions. First, to investigate the remaining Extreme Cultivators. Second, to visit the Zhuge Family and determine whether Elder Zhuge, the Half-step Golden Core, could truly enter the Golden Core Great Realm. And third, there was the matter of the Nine-Life Celestial Pride, who had kicked up a storm across the entire Eastern Domain...

When the Nine-Life Celestial Pride emerged, their uniquely terrifying Foundation Establishment—manifested as a colossal pillar of light and a full ten times more powerful than a Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment—had every sect scrambling to recruit them.

The leaders of the Five Great Sects had nearly beaten each other’s brains out in the Immortal Dao Realm over it.

In fact, Red Fire Master’s most important mission on this trip was the Nine-Life Celestial Pride.

Someone who could suppress a False Core with a single sword strike just after reaching the Foundation Establishment Realm! At Foundation Establishment Perfection, they could surely battle and kill a Void Core Great Cultivator! This was undoubtedly the strongest prodigy in the Foundation Establishment Realm.

A Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment cultivator was guaranteed to form a True Core, with at least a fifty percent chance of creating a Golden Core.

But this Nine-Life Celestial Pride, once they reached Foundation Establishment Perfection, had a nearly one hundred percent chance of achieving a Golden Core—or perhaps even a higher grade of ’Core’ that existed only in legends!

Such a supreme Foundation Establishment Realm prodigy, who might even become the strongest in the Golden Core Realm in the future, should rightfully belong to their Profound Celestial Sect, the number one sect in the Eastern Domain.

Red Fire Master’s most critical task on this journey was to bring the Nine-Life Celestial Pride back to the Profound Celestial Sect. Even if he had to snatch them away by force, he had to get them for the Sect.

This mission was a direct, do-or-die order from his own Master—an ancestor of the Profound Celestial Sect stationed far away on the Outer Heaven Battlefield!

"Heh."

"In the lands of Daqi, my Profound Celestial Sect lost a True Core Master and two Guardian Immortal Masters in succession. So what if your little boy Emperor forges a marriage alliance with the Zhuge Family?"

"Daqi deserves to be destroyed, and destroyed it shall be."

Red Fire Master sneered, his body like a Great Sun, and he once again began to scorch the civil and military officials in the hall with his heat.

’Today, I will destroy Daqi!’

Just then, a figure in an Emperor’s Robe walked slowly into the hall. A Chief Eunuch brushed the falling snow from his shoulders as he approached Red Fire Master with a smile on his lips.

It was none other than Emperor Tianqi Xue, who had hurried back.

"Master, please don’t be offended."

"I and Elder Zhuge hit it off immediately, which delayed me somewhat. That is why I am late."

Xue was apologizing.

But his words carried a clear undertone of leveraging his connection with the Zhuge Family.

To this, Red Fire Master was utterly disdainful.

"A Half-step Golden Core, in the end, is still not a Core Formation Great Cultivator. Whether he can even take that final, crucial step remains to be seen."

"If my Profound Celestial Sect wants to destroy Daqi, the Zhuge Family will have to shut their mouths all the same."

As soon as these words were spoken, the waves of fire from Red Fire Master’s body blazed even hotter. The Imperial Palace Hall had already begun to burn, and terror filled the eyes of the civil and military officials within.

"If that’s the case... what about the Nine-Life Celestial Pride?"

Xue said.

WHOOSH!

In the next instant, Red Fire Master, who had been lounging on the throne, lost his composure and appeared beside Xue, grabbing his shoulders in excitement.

"The Nine-Life Celestial Pride is like a Divine Dragon—one sees its tail but never its head. The entire Eastern Domain World, every Immortal Sect and Demon Sect, is searching for them. You know their whereabouts?"

「Meanwhile.」

Outside the Imperial Capital, on the distant horizon, Flying Vessels came whistling through the air. They had all caught wind of the news and were rushing here to fight for the Nine-Life Celestial Pride, who had made a brief appearance in the Daqi Imperial Capital.

"Fellow Daoists, are you also here for the Nine-Life Celestial Pride?"

Master Mu of the Puppet Sect, whose hair and beard resembled greenish plant roots, watched his counterparts on the other three Flying Vessels with a smile that didn’t reach his eyes.

"Not at all."

"This one is merely passing through."

A woman in palace attire from the Demon Profound Sect, lounging in a gauze palanquin, spoke in a languid tone. Her every word and action exuded an indescribable sensuality.

"Heh."

"Who are you kidding?"

"In the entire Eastern Domain World, there are only five Nascent Soul cultivators at the top. A future Golden Core Great Realm expert whose success is practically guaranteed—who might even become the strongest Master of all... You dare say you’re not tempted?"

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