Rebirth of the Supreme Immortal Emperor-Chapter 477 - 474: He Who Departs with a Heavy Heart, Is Only But Gone! [Third Midnight Update]

Chapter 477: Chapter 474: He Who Departs with a Heavy Heart, Is Only But Gone! [Third Midnight Update]

Yin Ghost Sect and Heavenly Demon Sect were successively destroyed, Goddess Lian Hongshang achieved the God Realm, and propelled the Witch God Sect to a new height.

Shortly thereafter, Long Wuhen, head of the Miao Territory branch of the Huaxia Alliance, announced an alliance with the Witch God Sect, binding the two together on the same chariot of war.

The Jing Family, Ke Family, Tud Family, and other indigenous powers of Miao Territory, fearing a purge, quickly submitted to the new power.

The Jing Family, in particular, worried about being blamed by Immortal Master Li, somehow came upon a rumor that Immortal Master Li had a penchant for women and astonishingly gathered 150 young beauties from within their clan to offer for his pleasure.

However, Li Chen, our fellow student, had not yet laid eyes on these 150 girls—they were all intercepted by Lian Hongshang and taken into the Witch God Sect to serve as sect disciples, replenishing the sect with fresh blood.

Since the end of the Qing dynasty, the fractured worldly society of Miao Territory was finally unified.

At least on the surface, unity was achieved.

The Witch God Sect became the supreme sect in Miao Territory, and Lian Hongshang elevated from Goddess to Empress.

However, at this moment, the Empress was nestled in a man’s arms within her boudoir.

Lian Hongshang, like a shy girl, looked at Li Chen with reluctance and said, "Chen, are you leaving tomorrow?"

"Yep, to deal with some matters!"

"But I can’t bear to be without you!"

At this moment, Lian Hongshang had none of the Empress’s authority, she was completely like a teen girl smitten with love.

She looked at Li Chen with affection, and with a pleading tone, said, "Can’t I go with you?"

Li Chen was taken aback by her words. He planted a light peck on her fair forehead and said, "You really are a silly girl!"

"Miao Territory has just been stabilized, you temporarily cannot leave. The Witch God Sect needs you, the Empress, to hold the fort. Once I deal with the Central Continent Yuann Family, Bashu Tang Sect, and those nosy old Taoists from Dragon Tiger Mountain, I’ll come back to see you!"

"Okay, good. You said so, let’s pinky swear!"

As she spoke, Lian Hongshang extended her slender little finger, her beautiful eyes brimming with anticipation.

Li Chen couldn’t help but chuckle, pinched Lian Hongshang’s cheek, and teased: "Hongshang, you’re so childish. If the disciples knew that their high and mighty Empress still plays such juvenile games, they’d surely laugh their heads off!"

Lian Hongshang rolled her eyes and retorted, "Meh, they won’t know about it, so how could they possibly laugh their heads off?"

After saying that, she fluttered her glistening large eyes, staring straight at Li Chen.

"Will you laugh at me?"

"Of course not, I definitely won’t. How could I laugh at you! Stop looking at me like that, I’ll—ha ha, ha ha. Sorry, I couldn’t help it for a moment!"

Li Chen put on a very serious face, but as he spoke, he himself ended up laughing.

Lian Hongshang feigned anger and pinched him hard in the waist.

"Humph, you’re so bad, daring to laugh at me!"

Li Chen took the opportunity to grasp her hand, flipped over like a sparrow turning in the air, and pinned her beneath him.

Having tasted the forbidden fruit once before, she seemed to know what Li Chen wanted to do. Her expression turned bashful in an instant, her cheeks flushed, and even her delicate body began to tremble slightly.

Li Chen looked into Lian Hongshang’s eyes, gently cradling her finely chiseled face, and said in all seriousness: "Hongshang, with such a beautiful moment before us, let’s delve deeply into discussing life. Does that sound good to you?"

Lian Hongshang’s cheeks reddened, and with shy indignation, she chided: "Meh, you’re so bad—saying such serious things when you want to take advantage of me!"

"I do want to take advantage of you; are you willing to let me?"

"Li Chen, you’re so wicked!"

"A man isn’t charming if he isn’t a little bad, right?"

"Meh, just be gentle, I’m afraid it’ll hurt!"

With that, she gently closed her eyes. Her pose was completely one of a bashful maiden giving herself over, utterly endearing.

The crescent moon hanging on the willow branch saw the indescribable scene in the room. It turned bashfully away, hiding in the clouds, stealing glimpses through the gaps, privy to a garden awash with the glow of spring.

The next day!

It wasn’t until the sun was well into the sky that Li Chen opened his bleary eyes.

Looking beside him, the space was empty.

Li Chen felt a bit groggy, remembering the night before when he and Lian Hongshang had discussed life in depth, wandering from Huaxia’s morning clouds and evening rain to the western tale of the Garden of Eden’s forbidden fruit, until the fifth watch of the night before they fell into a deep sleep.

While he was still not fully awake, a maidservant came over with washing water.

Li Chen asked, "Where is the Sect Master?"

The maidservant replied respectfully, "The Empress said she had some matters to attend to, so she had to leave. She also told me to pass on a message for you to leave directly and not to go looking for her!"

Li Chen knew Lian Hongshang’s thoughts and nodded somberly, saying, "Alright, I understand. Tell her that during my absence, she must take good care of herself!"

"Understood, this servant will remember!"

"There’s nothing else; you may go now."

After sending the maid away, Li Chen stood in place, lost in a daze.

Half an hour later, he left the Witch God Sect.

Lian Hongshang had been hiding in the shadows all along, watching Li Chen’s figure slowly disappear from her sight.

Sorrow in parting only deepens when it’s time to say farewell!

She resolutely chose not to appear, afraid that she could not withstand the pain of parting and would be unable to hold back her tears.

In front of Li Chen, she could reveal her true nature without any pretense.

But in front of others, she absolutely could not.

Now she is the Empress of the Witch God Sect, a powerhouse in the God Realm, responsible for the burden of the entire sect. She must never show her tender and frail side to outsiders.

...

Apart from 150 years ago, when the Yin Ghost Sect joined forces with certain powers from the Miao Territory to respond to Lord Hong’s rebellion against the Qing, causing a significant uproar, for the past hundred or so years, the Miao Territory has been like a stagnant pool, stirring not the slightest ripple.

However, since Li Chen’s arrival in the Miao Territory these past months, it was like a huge stone had been cast into this still water, causing waves to rise in layers.

Not only did it shake the Miao Territory, but even the entire Huaxia and neighboring countries in Southeast Asia, were also shaken.

Myanmar:

When the news that Immortal Master Li had slain the Golden Python King reached Myanmar, the Golden Hall was in turmoil.

With the loss of the Golden Python King’s deterrence, many covetous forces began to stir restlessly.

The Three Forest Sect, Myanmar’s second largest power, with the covert support of the Witch God Sect, launched an attack on the headquarters of the Golden Hall on a night with scarce moon and stars.

In one night, they slaughtered dozens of high-ranking individuals, including the Deputy Hall Master of the Golden Hall, and sent their heads, along with the plundered gold and jewels, to the Miao Territory to submit to the Empress.

Bashu:

First, Immortal Master Li killed Tang Yulang, the third-generation elite disciple of the Tang Sect, in the apricot grove of Medicine King Valley.

Then, on Jiangnan’s Yuhua Mountain, he killed Tang Qianqiu, the Great Elder of the Tang Sect.

And now, within the Ten Thousand Mountains of the Miao Territory, he had slain Tang Leiting, the Sect Master of the Tang Sect.

Despite such events, they still worried about the raging fury that might come from Immortal Master Li.

The entire Tang Sect was now without a leader, in complete disarray, and had become a mess.

To resolve this, the Tang Sect held an urgent three-day and three-night meeting, and it was unanimously decided to send people to Jiangnan to apologize to Immortal Master Li.

Having both the Sect Leader and the Great Elder slain, yet still having to offer an apology, could be considered the most humiliating moment in the history of the Tang Sect.

But the situation was more compelling than pride, and if they did not act, they feared they might follow in the footsteps of the Heavenly Demon Sect and the Golden Hall, their entire sect collapsing and completely eliminated from the Huaxia Martial World.

After all, Tang Leiting, the Sect Master with the strongest strength, and Tang Qianqiu, the Great Elder, had been killed by Immortal Master Li. Who else within the sect could withstand his incomparably sharp Jian Feng?

The Tang Sect could afford to lower its status and apologize to Immortal Master Li, but the Yuann Family of the Central Continent could not.

A hundred years ago, their family had produced an Emperor and was rightfully the number one family in Huaxia.

Now, despite their decline, a centipede dies but never falls down. The family’s past glory and the pride of the Yuann Family forbade them to submit to anyone.

Moreover, their opponent was merely an inexperienced youth, still wet behind the ears.

Yuann Jintian, as the Yuann Family Master, made three preparations on the spot when he learned that the plan to besiege Li Chen by Golden Cauldron True Man and the others had failed.

Firstly, he sent a message to his fourth brother, Yuann Jinxiong, the Great Dragon Head of the Overseas Hongmen, telling them to recruit international experts at all costs. Also, to engage the number one assassin organization in the world, Heavenly Net, to issue a Yama Order to hunt down Immortal Master Li.

Secondly, he took a trip to Dragon Tiger Mountain to form an alliance and as much as possible, to recruit other sects and families within the country. To tie them and the Yuann Family to the same battleship, jointly facing the growing threat of Immortal Master Li and the support of the Imperial Capital Li Family behind him.

Thirdly, to ask the family ancestor to come out of seclusion. The Yuann Family Ancestor is a veteran in the God Realm, who could easily crush Immortal Master Li if he personally came.

However, the third option was only to be taken as a last resort.

Firstly, because the ancestor was in closed-door cultivation to break through to a higher realm and should not be disturbed lightly.

Secondly, once he made a move, that old monster in the Imperial City would also emerge from seclusion. At that point, the situation would spiral out of control.

In a moment’s time, a storm is brewing.

The entire Huaxia Martial World is pervaded with the scent of an imminent storm of blood and violence!