Chapter 130: The Bird On The Heavenly Emperor’s Shoulder Is Actually At Half-Step To Immortal?

“It seems… later on, the Heavenly Emperor’s shoulder, there was always such a little sparrow, wasn’t there?” a cultivator spoke softly, their voice trembling.

The rest of the people, including Ye Chen.

Everyone’s face was deathly pale.

That’s right.

Later on, the Heavenly Emperor did always have such a dark sparrow on his shoulder.

But everyone had thought.

That little black dark sparrow was just a pet. Just a little bird the Heavenly Emperor kept for leisure.

Yet no one had expected.

The dark sparrow that once perched on the Heavenly Emperor’s shoulder had such a monumental origin.

It was actually a Half-Step to Immortal existence that had outlived countless eras.

At this moment, a sense of dread rose in everyone’s hearts.

Back then, everyone assumed this dark sparrow was an ordinary pet, so no one paid it any attention.

But now, after learning the dark sparrow’s true origin, they realized that from start to finish, during this war against heaven, that dark sparrow had never appeared at all!

“Go, go find it right now!”

For a moment, even Ye Chen panicked, and he quickly shouted to several cultivators behind him to find the sparrow.

A Half-Step to Immortal existence!

Such a figure was even more terrifying than an Emperor, enough to overturn the entire board and rescue the Heavenly Emperor from the Bronze Ancient Mirror…

If such a being suddenly struck, the Justice Alliance might very well be slaughtered by the Heavenly Emperor this very day.

“The Heavenly Emperor’s foresight is actually this frightening…”

“Oh, Heavenly Emperor, I have always been loyal to you! This war against heaven has nothing to do with me!”

“I want out! I want out!”

Many cultivators were instantly terrified out of their wits. Some even fell to their knees, weeping.

The Heavenly Emperor was supremely brutal, filling all beings in the Beixuan Continent with fear.

This war against heaven had gone eerily smoothly. Through observing the Heavenly Emperor’s past, everyone had come to realize the meticulousness of his mind.

Yet, in the face of such a large-scale rebellion of heaven and earth, the Heavenly Emperor seemed to have made no preparations at all.

Even his terrifying abilities had not been unleashed, causing him to be suppressed easily by the Bronze Ancient Mirror.

Everything had gone too smoothly, so smoothly that it made everyone suspect something was wrong!

Everyone felt goosebumps in their hearts!

And without a doubt, that little dark sparrow on the Heavenly Emperor’s shoulder was going to be the last straw that would break everyone’s courage.

“The Heavenly Emperor is such a meticulous man. The fact that at this juncture, the Half-Step to Immortal being that he had kept hidden by his side has still not appeared at all, he must be playing a long game of chess with us…”

“For all you know, he’s been waiting for all these Empresses to appear and kill them in one fell swoop!”

Some cultivators spoke with trembling voices, tears streaming down.

These words rang quite true.

Given the Heavenly Emperor’s meticulous nature and his ruthless methods, he was absolutely capable of such a thing.

And most terrifying of all.

Throughout the ages, countless people had opposed the Heavenly Emperor, only to be suppressed and killed by him. Yet, uniquely, the Justice Alliance’s war against heaven had not suffered such a fate.

At this moment, many cultivators were panicking.

“This old man here suddenly remembers that I left laundry out at home. I’m off, I’m off.”

“Right, right. I suddenly recall that my wife is about to give birth. I must take my leave from you all.”

“Me too, me too. Farewell, everyone.”

“Your wives are probably the same person.”

“Actually, all three of us share the same wife. We’re off, we’re off.”

Many cultivators made up flimsy excuses and left.

For a time, the entire Justice Alliance was restless, on the verge of disbanding.

“Everyone!”

Just then, the man chosen by heaven, Ye Chen, spoke up.

He knew that if he did not step forward to calm everyone’s hearts, the Justice Alliance might really fall apart.

Ye Chen displayed his vast imperial might as he leaped into the sky to look down from above at the rest of the people and said, “What are you afraid of?”

“It’s just a Half-Step to Immortal existence. The Justice Alliance is a gathering of so many Great Emperors. A Half-Step to Immortal might be powerful, but all of us together can slay it! There is no need to worry!”

But these words failed to steady their hearts.

It was true that the Justice Alliance had gathered a lot of Great Emperors, and it was also true that many Great Emperors put together could possibly kill a Half-Step to Immortal.

But don’t forget.

The one fighting in the high skies, the Moon Goddess, was ready to revolt openly.

Jiang Minghuang’s Heaven Burying Bell was also suppressing a Great Emperor who said she was going to rebel.

Also, Jiang Minghuang himself and Bai Su’s hearts were currently wavering. Who knew whose side they would eventually choose?

Adding on Bai Qing’er, who had a very high chance of rebelling.

With so many Great Emperors alongside a Half-Step to Immortal, if they all joined hands, how could the Justice Alliance still possibly kill the Heavenly Emperor?!

Ye Chen stared down at everyone’s expressions, then looked around at the Great Emperors they were worried about and also felt his head start to hurt.

He continued, “Everyone, the Heavenly Emperor is a violent and cruel character who has done enough wicked things to cause the world to turn on him. That dark sparrow is at Half-Step to Immortal, but perhaps things are not as terrible as we imagine. Who knows? Maybe she also hates the Heavenly Emperor to the core?”

“Don’t forget, the heart of that Saintess possesses great love. From the images in the bronze ancient mirror, we can see that she suppressed the Witch God for tens of thousands of years for the sake of all beings, enduring boundless loneliness, never leaving even for a step.”

“Later, the Heavenly Emperor became cruel and tyrannical, unjust toward all beings. Perhaps it was because of this that, at the final moment, that the dark sparrow chose to leave?”

Ye Chen’s words did immediately strengthen everyone’s hearts a little at that moment.

After all, it was true that the Heavenly Emperor became an immoral man later on, and it was also true that the sparrow carried great love in her heart. It was very possible that she might have abandoned the Heavenly Emperor at that last moment.

These words were quite convincing, but it was not enough to convince them all.

There was still a non-zero chance that this wasn’t the case! What if this was really all the Heavenly Emperor’s plan all along and he was about to massacre them all?

When Ye Chen saw their reactions, he quickly tried to rile them up, “Everyone, don’t forget what sort of person the Heavenly Emperor is. Now that we have launched this war, we have become people in the same boat. If the Heavenly Emperor really manages to break free, would he really let any of you off just because you’re quitting the Alliance right now?”

“On the contrary, the Justice Alliance would become like a tray of sand that spills everywhere and won’t be able to hold its own! Without all the Great Emperors holding the front together, the Heavenly Emperor will definitely massacre us all if he breaks free!”

“You all need to carefully consider the stakes involved!”

To give him credit.

Ye Chen, as a man chosen by the heavens, was indeed worthy of the title. After he spoke those final words, sure enough, no one in the Justice Alliance was clamoring to leave anymore.

But everyone still felt a sense of dread in their hearts, restless and uneasy.