Under One Person, your rebellious life has reached the heavens?

Emperor Wu had thought it through very clearly, and when he said those words, there wasn't a trace of regret on his face.

"Can the Other Shore Chaotic Flower really deal with such a powerful opponent?"

King Xuanfeng expressed his doubts, the main difficulty being that Jiang Mo possessed three great magical artifacts, and they could not determine whether those artifacts could stop such forbidden methods.

"Don't worry, even if he is of the highest rank, he has absolutely no chance of survival."

The loyal king opposite him revealed a chilling smile and recounted the origin of the work he was so proud of.

"The Other Shore Chaos Flower, such an ancient thing, is specifically designed to kill Supreme Dao Lords, Eight Palace Sovereigns, and even Nine Palace Sovereigns."

"Two hundred years ago, I was ordered by the Imperial Preceptor to cultivate an ancient remnant species called the Other Shore Miscellaneous Flower. Over the years, I have successively offered sacrifices to the billions of living beings on more than ten ancient life stars, nourishing it to the point that it has almost regained its ancient appearance."

"This thing is too harmful to the natural order. One flower blooms and a world falls. It was originally intended to deal with the Sunset Demon Emperor, but the natives are a greater threat. As a last resort, we can only bury him with the Heavenly Abyss."

"Moreover, there are many living beings in the Heavenly Abyss. Once the flowers bloom, as death spreads, it will become an endless sea of ​​flowers, and its power will gradually increase. Even if that person has unparalleled supernatural powers, he will only have the option of dying in regret."

The King of Loyal Hearts spoke with great enthusiasm, his title completely at odds with his appearance. He was a stout, burly, and tall man with a huge belly, and was the largest king in the palace.

The other three kings, the emperor, and the imperial advisor all maintained a normal height of around 2 meters, but he was an anomaly, standing more than 10 feet tall, looking like a walking mountain of flesh.

"But I'm still uneasy... Hua Ji went out, but she didn't die. The consequences would be too severe. We would have to face the Demon Lord's revenge and the attack from the Sunset Royal Court. Grand Preceptor, are you really sure?"

King Cangyu hesitated, a sense of foreboding growing stronger in his heart, giving him an intuition that he would bring about a great calamity.

"There is no other way."

"I can't very well cross over and compete with him, can I?"

The Imperial Advisor maintained a dignified demeanor with a slight smile on his lips.

"I can't help but feel sorry for such an amazing human. If he can't comprehend it, then it's his destiny to suffer this calamity. We and he have always been like fire and water, and we will eventually have a battle. Rather than prolonging it to the future, it's better to cut the Gordian knot and nip it in the bud. Otherwise, it will become a catastrophe that we can't handle in the future."

The Grand Preceptor's words had a decisive effect, and in an instant, several monarchs also made their choices, agreeing to the decision to release the red spider lilies.

Just then, a sharp beam of light suddenly burst forth from the array diagram placed on the table to the right of the Martial Emperor, forming a lifelike figure, which was none other than Ye You, the sect master of the Void Sword Sect.

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Everyone was suspicious, because they saw Ye You's face was ashen, and he looked extremely angry.

"Sect Leader Ye, what has happened?"

The Imperial Advisor frowned slightly. They had just reached an agreement not long ago to have their respective envoys stationed separately in Tianyuan to persuade Ye You in turn. He hadn't expected that Ye You would be so angry in less than a few days.

"The ransom was paid, but all the men we sent out are dead!"

Ye You's eyes blazed with fury, his voice chillingly cold. The loss of ten Immortal Dao Lords, a group of elite disciples, and the Holy Son Heng Yue, the Holy Daughter Luo Hua, and others was like a knife to his heart.

"What.....?"

Upon hearing this news, all six people present were shocked. They were actually going to play the kidnapping game!

"Do you know the cause and effect? ​​I hope Sect Leader Ye can tell me in detail."

The Imperial Advisor vaguely sensed something was wrong, but couldn't quite put his finger on it. He found it hard to believe that the Mystic Venerable in the Heavenly Abyss was a two-faced, treacherous villain.

The higher a person's cultivation level, the purer they tend to be. They are too lazy to hide anything; they are evil if they are evil, and righteous if they are righteous. Their martial prowess is the truth, and their will is as they please. There is absolutely no need for them to be inconsistent in their words and deeds.

"At the time, after the ransom was paid, he did release the prisoner..."

Ye You recounted the entire incident, and soon, the Imperial Advisor keenly noticed something unusual:

"So... before he made his move, he warned those elders not to leave the secret realm?"

"Yes, but how is that any different from house arrest? They might have already made arrangements with the people of the Sunset Royal Court!"

"From the moment the contact was severed to the immediate fall of thousands, the entire process took less than twenty breaths. Moreover, those elders all possessed magical treasures and talismans for protection. The creatures of Tianyuan simply could not kill them in a short time. Apart from that vicious beast, I really cannot think of a second person."

Ye You insisted on her opinion, believing that Jiang Mo had personally executed the group of void hostages.

Inside the palace, the four kings and the emperor were all deep in thought. They also suspected that Jiang Mo was behind it, as everything that had happened was simply too unbelievable.

Even if Tianyuan suppressed his cultivation, he wouldn't suppress inanimate objects like magic artifacts and talismans he carried. The deaths of three peak Immortal Mansion cultivators, plus seven guardians at the early and middle stages of the Immortal Mansion realm, were far too bizarre.

All signs point to the only suspect—Jiang Mo.

"Emperor Wu, Imperial Advisor, I think you can move your plan forward to avoid losing another batch of promising talents."

Ye You urged him urgently. He knew of the existence of the Other Shore Chaotic Flower. In fact, it was the cultivation method he had offered many years ago. He had conspired with the Imperial Advisor to use it to kill the Sunset Demon Emperor, sweep across the vast territory, achieve the unification of the world by the human race, and make the demon race disappear completely from the river of history.

The reason for doing this instead of doing it personally is that the karma one has to bear to cultivate a spider lily is simply too terrifying.

Even Ye You, a peerless Dao Lord at the peak, was unwilling to get involved.

They decided to persuade the Imperial Advisor to use the merits and fortune accumulated over five thousand years of the Daye Dynasty to resist the karma of sacrificing hundreds of millions of lives to nourish a single flower.

Otherwise, if the Void Sword Sect were to bear the brunt, it might bring about a calamity that would destroy their lineage.

It was precisely because of the decision to cultivate the Other Shore Mirage Flower many years ago that the Imperial Preceptor and Emperor Wu, who should have been harmonious ruler and minister, were led to a life of open and covert struggles.

Cultivating the Red Spider Lily is undoubtedly the foundation that will undermine the imperial dynasty. The severe karmic backlash will cause the empire to fall apart, its fortune to be exhausted, and its demise to be irreversible.

Even a tiny, albeit not 100%, chance of destroying the dynasty would be enough to turn Emperor Wu and the Imperial Advisor into bitter enemies.

However, for centuries, both men believed they were right.

Emperor Wu believed that it was necessary to maintain the stability of the imperial dynasty. When the people were prosperous and self-reliant, he could borrow the full fortune of the world to break through to the limit and become the human form of the Great Cause Imperial Dynasty. He would stand at the pinnacle of cultivation, able to compete with the Supreme Dao Lord and fight against the Nine Palaces Ruler.

The Grand Preceptor's thought was that the Sunset Demon Emperor was too powerful, and the powerful figures of their generation had no chance to catch up. They had to use unconventional and cruel methods to nip the threat in the bud. For this, he was willing to sacrifice some of his people, cause the mountains and rivers to collapse, and plunge the imperial dynasty into chaos. No one who dared to stop him was allowed to do so! Not even the Martial Emperor, with whom he had a master-disciple relationship.

The atmosphere inside the palace became extremely oppressive and tense under Ye You's urging.

"Wait a little longer... Taking action without seeing him in person and having a conversation with him would be far too cautious and reckless..."

The Imperial Advisor took a deep breath, his gaze profound, and made a decision.

He defied public opinion and ignored the advice of several other monarchs, insisting on postponing the plan to release the red spider lilies. Even when Emperor Wu tried to refute him, he was silently deterred by his cold and sharp gaze.

"Alright... since you want to try, then try it. Don't forget, you have at most a few years left."

"If we don't get rid of him now, he could use the demon race to crawl out of the pile of corpses at any time in the future, and then we'll be in trouble."

Ye You was somewhat dissatisfied with the Grand Preceptor's decision, but he did not stop him. He left behind some indifferent words, and the projection instantly disappeared.

"From this moment forward, the originally arranged envoys will enter in two batches. If the first batch fails to win them over, then the second batch will be deployed to release the red spider lilies."

"Yes!!"

All four monarchs, including the emperor, nodded in agreement with the Grand Preceptor's decision; a bloody storm was quietly approaching.

...........

Within the Heavenly Abyss, the bright moon illuminated the land for thousands of miles. It was a peaceful and beautiful night. Jiang Mo was in the palace of the demon race, engrossed in reading ancient books, when a faint voice sounded outside the palace.

"Uncle-Master, an envoy from the Great Ye Dynasty is requesting an audience outside the secret realm."

"Welcome." A clear, cold voice rang out from inside the hall. After receiving the instruction, Song Ao and Zhao Yi transformed into light and flew out of the secret realm. Moments later, they arrived with a group of civil and military officials from the Daye Dynasty.

There were no monarchs present; the highest-ranking official to appear was Wu Qian, the fifth-ranked general of the Daye Dynasty.

Apart from him, the remaining seven were either civil officials who secretly submitted to the four kings, or confidants of the Grand Preceptor.

In a true sense, he was the only one who came on behalf of the emperor to negotiate and do his utmost to save the direct descendants of the royal family.

"Everyone, please, my martial uncle is inside." Song Ao stopped at the palace entrance.

"Alright, thank you for leading the way, fellow Daoist."

Wu Qian nodded in acknowledgment, then boldly stepped forward and entered the palace. Sure enough, he saw a snow-white figure in the distance, and raised his voice to greet it respectfully:

"General Wu Qian, the Great General of the Great Cause, and his officials have come to pay their respects to the Mysterious Venerable!"

"Stop. There's no need for all the formalities. I'm not an emperor, so I don't need these trivial rituals. Did you bring your things?"

Jiang Mo's directness surprised Wu Qian, but fortunately he was prepared and quickly handed over a storage ring containing a large amount of ransom.

"Hmm... Okay, release them."

Jiang Mo glanced at them briefly, then issued an order for Song Ao and Zhao Yi outside the hall to retrieve the more than four thousand Daye prisoners.

"Lord Xuan, this time His Majesty..."

"Speak the key."

Jiang Mo shifted his gaze from the storage ring back to the ancient book in his hand, never looking directly at the Divine General Wu Qian.

"The Imperial Advisor and His Majesty wish to invite you to court to become the new emperor."

"The people from the Void Sword Sect have revealed this information to me, but I have no interest in it. If there's nothing urgent, take your people and leave."

Jiang Mo replied in a neutral tone.

He had a vague sense of unease since last night, and he devoted himself to reading ancient books from beyond the realm, hoping to find some clues. If all else failed, he would plug all the holes in Tianyuan, and he refused to believe that it couldn't be defended.

"My Lord, I have a few more questions on behalf of the Imperial Preceptor, the Emperor, and the monarchs. Would you be willing to answer them?"

"explain."

"How did the envoys of the Void Sword Sect die? Did you arrange it?"

Wu Qian asked crisply, his nerves taut with tension, and the air around him seemed to freeze after the question was posed.

"No, it has nothing to do with me."

"next."

"Will we be able to leave safely? Will you keep your promise?" Wu Qian asked again.

"Given your abilities, I said I wouldn't kill you, and naturally I won't have my men touch you either. But there are still some threats in this world that could kill you, so... good luck to you."

Jiang Mo turned the pages of the book, his eyes slightly cold, as if he had thought of something. Before the god could ask the third question, he asked the first one.

"So you're planning to make a move, aren't you?"

"Let me see the Imperial Advisor and the Emperor."

"!!!"

This sudden question terrified Wu Qian. In a moment, he felt an unparalleled sense of suffocation. It was as if he was not looking at a person, but at the entire mysterious and vast world.

Knowing that saying too much would only lead to mistakes, Wu Qian did not directly answer Jiang Mo's question, but simply nodded slightly:

"Alright, please wait a moment, I will contact His Majesty and the Imperial Advisor immediately."

Chapter 565 Threats from Beyond the Territory

Immediately afterwards, Wu Qian took out a special magical artifact called the Two Elements Heaven-Mirror. The mirror body flowed with a jade-like luster, colorful and engraved with various mythical auspicious beast patterns. As he floated it, he chanted a long incantation.

"Buzz!"

The Two Elements Heavenly Mirror reacted violently in an instant.

The world inside the mirror collapsed wildly, like an endless, shrinking universe.

Then, in an infinitesimally short period of time, it suddenly burst forth with the most dazzling light, so bright that it could not be looked at directly.

The mysterious divine power slowly unfolded, and countless strands of light swayed and coalesced into a sacred palace, reflecting majestic figures, including the Martial Emperor, the Imperial Preceptor, and the Four Kings.

In an instant, Wu Qian used the Yin-Yang Heaven-Reflecting Mirror to forcefully build a bridge of communication between the two great worlds.

"........"

When the Imperial Advisor and the two monarchs first met Jiang Mo, even though they were separated by the boundary, they sensed from their martial arts instincts that he was extremely dangerous, as if he were a personification of a bottomless abyss.

"This... is this the legendary Mystic Venerable...?"

"His cultivation level is probably approaching that of the Supreme Dao Lord."

The Blood Moon King was shocked. His arrogant and haughty demeanor vanished without a trace, and he dared not act recklessly.

The Emperor and the Imperial Preceptor both focused their gazes on the flawless, snow-white figure. Before they could speak, they heard the person ask with great interest:

"Gentlemen, are you planning to make your move ahead of schedule?"

"Even across a realm, I can clearly feel your malice and that chilling threat. It seems you're about to get serious."

"!!!"

The four kings remained silent, and Emperor Wu's expression remained unchanged, but in reality, a great turmoil was brewing within them.

The plan for the Other Shore Flower, which was agreed upon with the Void Sword Sect earlier, was known only to the six of them and the sect leader of the Void Sword Sect. Judging from the latter's previous words, he must not have revealed the secret, nor was there any possibility of him revealing it.