World-Ending Demon Emperor-Chapter 2088 - 979: Traitor in the Dragon Palace, Hell Rider No. 4!
The Cosmic Tower of the Dragon Temple is a super powerful energy tower that can transmit information hundreds of thousands to nearly a million miles away.
It is currently the most direct communication tool the Dragon Temple has with the Lunar Holy Palace.
Tian Daoqi repeated, "The arrival of Yao Xing, the Demon Emperor runs rampant, please, deities, eliminate them!"
He repeated it three more times, but there was no response from the other side.
A lack of response was normal; there was almost never a response. If the heavens had feelings, they would age too. As deities, they were surely colder and more indifferent, and it was absolutely impossible for them to care too much about everything on the surface.
Tian Daoqi said, "Abandon all fantasies, prepare for battle! Start building the Sky-Piercing Dragon Tower on a large scale, surround the entire Human Kingdom."
Constructing these high towers on a large scale was the simplest and most direct method.
These sky-reaching towers could not only gather the power of heaven and earth but also the faith of billions of people.
Once the Sky-Piercing Dragon Towers were constructed on a large scale, even if Demon Emperor Lanling arrived, his power would be drastically weakened.
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Sky Holy Palace! 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞
The active Sky Priest, Sky Judge, and the leader from three thousand years ago, Tian Daoqi, were conducting a vote.
The subject of the vote was to choose who would become the vessel for the Dragon Emperor Puppet.
After the Dragon Emperor was imprisoned, its body remained intact. However, the Void Bloodline was extracted and became the source of power for the Dragon Temple, enriching countless king-level warriors, resulting in numerous powerful bloodlines.
Yet, no one could possess the Void Bloodline, only the master of Yao Xing could possess it.
And the energy heart of the Dragon Emperor, along with its cultivation energy, was extracted; these could be used to create the Dragon Emperor Puppet.
A Sky Priest said, "Currently, the Dragon Emperor’s Void Bloodline is in the Dragon Emperor’s Tomb, can we not let someone inherit this Void Bloodline?"
The Dragon Emperor’s Void Bloodline equates to the legacy of the Dragon Emperor. Whether it’s the Demon Emperor’s or the Dragon Emperor’s legacy, the most important thing isn’t the cultivation or energy inside, but the power, the power over the entire plane.
"For instance, let Demon Emperor Lanling’s son inherit it?" said the Sky Priest, "Is it really true that only the master of Yao Xing can inherit the Void Bloodline? It shouldn’t be, right?"
Shi Tian and Tian Daoqi exchanged a glance, this Sky Priest wasn’t entirely speaking without basis.
According to the records of the Dragon Temple, the ancient Emperor E Tian once had a descendant, who surprisingly possessed the Void Bloodline, even if only half. Of course, these are just speculations, with no direct evidence.
Ning Wuya said, "It’s best not to fantasize about creating another Dragon Emperor, we once created Emperor Mo Tuo, and also Bingren, but they both went out of control. So, using the Dragon Emperor’s energy heart and cultivation energy to create a Dragon Emperor Puppet is still the best choice."
"Altogether, there are three candidates, named A, B, and C." Ning Wuya said, "We will have an anonymous vote, after completing your vote, put it into the box."
A moment later, everyone wrote down their votes and cast them into the box.
Then, they began to tally the votes.
"A received 3 votes, B received 4 votes, and C received 6 votes." Ning Wuya said, "The candidate has been decided; C will become the vessel for the Dragon Emperor Puppet, inheriting the Dragon Emperor’s energy heart and cultivation."
Suddenly, someone asked, "Without the Void Bloodline, can the Dragon Emperor’s energy heart and cultivation be inherited?"
"Yes, we will implant a derivative of the Void Bloodline, although it’s inferior to the Void Bloodline, it will never reach the emperor level. But Demon Emperor Lanling also never reached the emperor level." Ning Wuya said.
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As a Candidate Sky Priest, Candidate Sky Judge, Fu Lingxi waited anxiously outside for the vote to conclude.
Due to the rise of Demon Emperor Lanling, Ning Wuya lost a substantial amount of authority, but Fu Lingxi was not too panicked because the most outstanding leader in three thousand years, Tian Daoqi, had appeared, and she was naturally destined to serve any generation’s Demon Star Pavilion Master.
Moreover, a crucial point, only one person from the previous generations of pretenders entered the Heaven Tomb, but she had disappeared. So Fu Lingxi had no rivals.
Ning Wuya came out, Fu Lingxi impatiently rushed up to greet him.
"You were not selected." Ning Wuya said.
Fu Lingxi asked, "Why? I was clearly the most suitable candidate, also the most loyal to the Dragon Temple."
Ning Wuya glanced at Fu Lingxi without speaking. This woman was the most typical of two-faced people, extremely vain, willing to stop at nothing to achieve her goals, even sacrificing and abandoning her own children. Naturally, Ning Wuya appreciated this aspect, but such a woman must always be kept in check, never allowed to rise above you or seize greater power, or she would surely become domineering and oppressive.
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Ning Wuya, Gu Ban, Shi Tian, and Tian Daoqi convened another secret meeting of four.
"There is something that needs to be reported to the Ancestor." Ning Wuya said, "The Dragon Temple may have a traitor within, a high-level traitor."
Immediately, Tian Daoqi’s gaze narrowed.
"Three thousand years ago, you had the Dragon Emperor under watch, capturing over a third of the Hell Knights. Faced with the betrayal of the Demon Star Master, the Hell Knights were deeply pained. One Hell Knight chose to establish his own powerful empire, attempting to retaliate against the Dragon domain. He was incredibly fierce, managing to unify a third of the Southern Barbaric Lands. But later, he became entranced with observing the universe, eventually uncovering part of the truth of the Lunar Holy Palace, which led to him being hunted down." Ning Wuya continued, "His Ghost King Empire was exceedingly powerful, yet compared to our Dragon Temple, it was nothing. You had already entered the Heaven Tomb by then, and your successor, His Majesty Zulin, led the powerful forces into the Southern Barbaric Lands to hunt down the Ghost King, who was the fourth Hell Knight. Yet he seemed to vanish without a trace. It was later learned that he had escaped into the Ruins of Doom Magic Capital, creating a fake Netherworld Rift, and then disappeared completely. Back then, many ancestors of the Sky Holy Palace suspected that this fourth Hell Knight evaded reincarnation and infiltrated our Dragon Temple."
Tian Daoqi said, "Continue."
Ning Wuya said, "About three hundred ninety years ago, the Sky Holy Palace calculated that the descent of Yao Xing might not be far off. That generation’s impostor Shui Hongshao discovered her husband Sirius exhibited suspicious behavior, secretly probing the top secrets of the Dragon Temple. It was found that there might be another soul hosted within him. So she killed him, only for that soul to flee. Shui Hongshao then killed her own daughter Tianhai Qiong to prevent that soul from entering her daughter’s body, attempting to leave it nowhere to go. But ultimately, it escaped, and we strongly suspect that this soul is actually the Hell Knight number four who infiltrated the Dragon Temple, once the Ghost King."
Tian Daoqi said, "Do you suspect this fourth Hell Knight is still within the Sky Holy Palace?"
"Yes." Ning Wuya said, "Every generation of the Sky Holy Palace undergoes a mental audit, initially targeting those above the rank of Candidate Sky Priest and Candidate Sky Judge. Eventually, every Sky Priest level underwent a mental audit, yet without results. Hence, we suspect the Hell Knight number four might be deeply embedded, perhaps not even knowing who he truly is. However, now that Lanling has inherited the Demon Emperor’s legacy, I suspect the soul of this Hell Knight number four might also awaken, and he might start taking action."
Tian Daoqi furrowed his brow.
Ning Wuya said, "Before dealing with external threats, we must first secure the internals. Therefore, I believe it is essential to conduct a thorough sweep of the entire Dragon Temple’s upper echelons. This should include everyone within the past three hundred and sixty years, including the awakened Tomb Priests."
Tian Daoqi and Shi Tian exchanged glances, then nodded and said, "Let it be so, investigate every high-level individual from the last three hundred sixty years to find this potential traitor!"
Ning Wuya said, "There is another matter, Prince Dongli Jiang Shang holds extraordinary feelings towards Demon Emperor Lanling. He controls numerous secret energies and even possesses a king-level bloodline. Within the Dongli Kingdom lie the Heaven Tomb and many relics of the Dragon Emperor. We defend the entire Human Kingdom but are deeply worried that the Dongli Kingdom might become a breach, a breakthrough point for Demon Emperor Lanling’s invasion into the Human Kingdom."
Tian Daoqi said, "Then take action against him, wipe him out!"
Ning Wuya said, "Yes!"
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Demon Emperor Lanling’s conquest of the Northern Barbaric Lands was progressing vigorously.
His forces, numbering in the millions, advanced with great speed, occupying all the cities of the former Mo Tuo Empire. Even without civilian officials, the six Hell Knights personally took charge, temporarily overseeing the five continents of the Northern Barbaric Lands.
And Na Xue, as she had wished, became the Northern Territory Prince.
Of course, the Flame Demon Empire had no intention of implementing any new policies in the Northern Barbaric Lands. Their sole task was to continually excavate crystal stone mines and endlessly construct the Tower of Heavenly Fiends and Deities.
Only by establishing the Tower of Heavenly Fiends and Deities in every corner of the Northern Barbaric Lands could Demon Emperor Lanling become the Plane Overlord of this land.
With the Northern Barbaric Lands covering one billion square kilometers, it would require approximately a thousand Towers of Heavenly Fiends and Deities.
This was an incredibly massive siege operation, for which the million-strong Flame Demon Empire Legion personally stepped forward, rallying millions of citizens of the Mo Tuo Empire for the construction.
All production activities ceased.
As a result, giant fleets and airships emerged from the Southern Barbaric Lands, bringing astronomically large quantities of grain and textiles.
The Mo Tuo Empire was a typical example of a nation strong in arms but impoverished among the populace, with highly advanced energy weapons and military force, yet its daily production was in shambles, with the Bloodsucking Demon Race treating ordinary citizens like slaves.
At the height of its prosperity, the entire Northern Barbaric Lands had a population of 700 million; now, only less than 200 million remain.
No one knew that Demon Emperor Lanling had entered a period of weakness.
The energy used to control the land of decay greatly depleted his Void Bloodline. So, for a while, he needed to rest quietly.
He required the ambient energy of the heavens and the earth, the vast rivers and mountains, to nourish and restore his Void Bloodline.
Yet suddenly one day...
A shadow flickered faintly within his mental realm, the fourth Hell Knight!
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