Chapter 126: The Heavenly Emperor Would Never Go!

Outside the mirror.

The cultivators were silently chewing on what the old woman said.

There was a lot of information in these words, information that went way beyond what they had imagined.

“Ancient beings!”

“Could the ancient beings that this old woman talks about all be at Immortal realm?” asked one of the cultivators.

Everyone present were the current world’s most powerful beings. The fact that they could get here meant that they had much more of everything than ordinary people, including knowledge, experience, exposure and more.

And that was why, just from the few things that the old woman said, the group was able to understand some things.

The gap between Great Emperor and Half-Step to Immortality was huge.

What more the gap between Great Emperor and an Immortal cultivator that had already broken the limits of one’s lifespan?

No matter how many Great Emperors you could gather, they were still probably just ants in the face of an Immortal.

It was easy to deduce that whatever managed to seal the Witch God had to be an Immortal.

But how were there so many Immortals in the world?

After all, in the world right now, several Immortals had already died. For example, that Reincarnation Sea Forbidden Zone was actually evolved from an Immortal after he died.

But there wasn’t a single living one!

And based on what the old woman said, when Beixuan Continent was just formed, those Immortals had rushed into this new world like they had all lost their minds.

What were they seeking?

Nobody could understand. In the face of such ancient history, even though they had arrived at Great Emperor realm, they were still like frogs in the well who knew nothing.

But they could sense vaguely that a huge secret must be hiding behind all of this.

Just then, another cultivator spoke up, “Did the rest of you notice? The old woman said that the Saintess had used a scroll to seal the Witch God, a Human Book.”

“And the Heavenly Emperor hides a Heavenly Book on himself. Could it be that there’s an Earth Book in this world?”

These words piqued everyone’s curiosity again.

The cultivators began thinking and humming as they thought about it.

Since time immemorial, there existed Heaven, Earth and Human.

Heaven meant the heavenly way, Earth meant the earthly way.

But Human did not refer to ordinary humans but the human way, or the way of living creatures.

Jiang Minghuang paused for a moment, then suddenly recalled something. “Do you all still remember what the Grand Elder of the Unorthodox Sect said when he first saw the Heavenly Emperor?”

“He said: this man is really cultivating in the Heavenly Book!”

“How did he know about the Heavenly Book? And how was he able to tell that the Heavenly Emperor was cultivating in the system in that book?”

Everyone’s eyes lit up upon hearing what Jiang Minghuang said.

That’s right.

Those seemingly casual words had actually revealed a lot of information.

“The Grand Elder could tell that the Heavenly Emperor was cultivating in the Heavenly Book…Does it mean that he has an Earth Book?”

“And the Unorthodox Sect was desperately trying to get their hands on the Heavenly Book. Does it mean that once you can gather the Heavenly, Earth and Human books, you’ll be able to reap some great benefit?”

“Or you’d be able to get some invincible technique? Or it can help one reach Immortal?” said one of the cultivators.

When they heard these words, the cultivators’ gazes grew more and more intense.

These were not baseless words at all. After all, what else would a Half-Step to Immortal be obsessed with? Of course it would be to reach Immortal!

Such beings were hiding for countless centuries within the continent, secluding themselves from the world.

Unless their sect was in severe danger and at risk of extinction, these old things would never choose to make an appearance.

The Grand Elder of the Unorthodox Sect must have been trying to reach Immortal. Otherwise, why else would he go through so much trouble to look for the Heavenly Book?

But all of these were just conjectures by the crowd. They didn’t have concrete evidence.

However, there was no doubt that if there was even the slightest bit of hope that three books out there could help someone reach Immortal realm, it was enough to make everyone really curious!

…

Since they couldn’t figure it out, they had no choice but to continue watching what was happening in the mirror.

Right now, everyone wanted to know if the Heavenly Emperor would agree to help the old woman seal the Witch God.

“The Heavenly Emperor has a vicious character. After he became the Heavenly Emperor, he became even more wicked. If you ask me, I don’t think the Heavenly Emperor would agree to the old woman’s request.”

“That’s right. The Heavenly Emperor has already lost three parts of his refined blood, which has been detrimental to his own health. Why would he be willing to seal the Witch God for the sake of others?”

“But according to the old woman, if the Witch God breaks free of the seal, then corpses would be strewn everywhere for sure. If the Heavenly Emperor had not sealed the Witch God, how could all of us still be standing here and talking to one another. After all, if an Immortal actually appears, who would be able to stand up against him?”

The cultivators discussed softly among themselves and couldn’t reach any conclusion.

The man blessed by the heavens, Ye Chen, felt a strange itch in his heart when he heard the whispering around him.

It was probably because it had been too long since they last had a bad opinion of the Heavenly Emperor. The position that the Heavenly Emperor held in everyone’s hearts seemed to be improving step by step, but Ye Chen’s position in their hearts seemed to be weakening.

But Ye Chen did not hurry to speak. He first glanced at Bai Qing’er.

He saw that her eyes were glued to the mirror.

Then only did he move aside to say softly to the cultivators behind him, “Why are all of you so foolish!”

“Of course the Heavenly Emperor won’t go! Never mind the fact that an Immortal is already too powerful for him to seal, let’s just talk about his character. He doesn’t seem to have any concern for people at all, so why would he take the risk to seal the Witch God for the sake of others?”

“If you ask me, I think some other powerful cultivator appeared during this time and sealed the Witch God instead!”

The cultivators’ eyes lit up, as though they had been enlightened.

But nobody knew how much of that reaction was just them trying to butter up to Ye Chen.

A cultivator said, “Emperor Ye’s words make sense!”

“The Heavenly Emperor simply isn’t powerful enough to seal the Witch God at this point. Even a Half-Step to Immortal Saintess armed with a Human Book ended up turning into a statue and doesn’t dare to take even one step forward. How could the Heavenly Emperor be powerful enough to do this?”

“You’re right, you’re right! The Heavenly Emperor isn’t powerful enough at all. Besides, why would he sacrifice himself for others?”

“If this cruel, immoral Heavenly Emperor of ours would sacrifice himself for others, the sun would rise from the west.”

“Furthermore, this old woman is so foolish. She actually said that even if the Heavenly Emperor says no to her, she would still save the Unorthodox Empress. In that case, the Heavenly Emperor’s definitely not going then. Even an ordinary person would not choose to go!”

“Of course, I’m talking about an ordinary person. If Emperor Ye was the one in this situation, I’m sure he would have sacrificed himself for everyone without hesitation.”

“You’re right, you’re right! Emperor Ye has great love in his heart, you can see that from the war we just waged!”

“Who else in this world is as magnanimous as Emperor Ye?”

Ye Chen was almost giddy with glee when he heard all these flattering words from the cultivators.

He pretended to be humble as he said, “You think too highly of me. If I were in this situation, I would have hesitated for a while too…”