Sage Monarch - Chapter 1278

Chapter 1278

Chapter 1278: Emissary from the God-Dynasty

The junior houselord seemed very confident . “Even if she were stronger than she is, she’s still just a woman . Besides, she’s only a Common God, whereas I should have Unbounded will convergence soon . As a Paramount God, there’s no way I’ll fail to win her heart . It couldn’t be simpler . ”

“But that's going to be dangerous,” Houselord God Ordainment said . “She still has that purrling . What if—”

“That doesn't matter . Once I get on her good side, I’ll just slowly win her over . Once she’s my woman, there won’t be anything to fear . I’ll even start by helping her out . Over the past few years, I spent some time with an expert from the dao of devils, a Paramount God who taught me a very powerful divine ability called the Emotion-Devil Six-Desires Heart-Entrance Skill . Using that, I can make sure she’s as docile as could be, and jumps at the chance to be my woman . ”

The junior houselord had clearly thought the matter through .

“Fine,” one of the chief elders said . “Since you’re not doing anything aggressive, you should be safe . Just don’t forget that she already has someone close to her heart . Yang Qi . I've done some digging into the Sage Monarch Society, and although Jadefall is the leader, that Yang Qi pulls a lot of strings . His energy arts aren't very high, but he’s very powerful . He’s basically her most trusted adviser, and she listens to his suggestions . I'm afraid winning her heart won’t be easy with him around . ”

“I can do it,” the junior houselord said . “I’ve done my own research into that brat Yang Qi . He’s clever, but too weak and unimportant . Personal strength is the most important factor here . I know I can’t do anything about the purrling, but there’s nothing protecting Yang Qi . I’ll take him out directly, if I have to . ”

“What,” another chief elder said . “You’re going to make a move on Yang Qi? Given the level of your cultivation base, Junior Houselord, dealing with him should be easy . But killing a gnat with a sledgehammer will draw a lot of attention, and could cause unnecessary complications . Remember, the genius that the Lord of the True Void took as an apprentice is also surnamed Yang . He’s Yang Immortal-Slayer’s close friend, and likely a blood relative . ”

“I’m obviously not going to kill him personally . First I’ll try recruiting him . If that fails, I’ll get rid of him . He’s one of the most important people in the Sage Monarch Society, so taking him out will be a big blow to them . Of course, I can’t do it with my own hands . If Yang Immortal-Slayer reaches a truly high level of cultivation, it’ll be easy for him to figure out that I was the culprit . In fact, I don’t want anyone from the House of God Ordainment to be involved . Thankfully, in my years outside the sect, I made a lot of friends from the dao of devils that I can get to help . And again, that’s only if he refuses to cooperate . ”

The junior houselord truly believed that he had everything firmly under control .

Meanwhile, Yang Qi was working on his cultivation . After Yang Immortal-Slayer left, he felt more than ever that he wasn’t strong enough .

At the most, he could kill a mid Consummate God in a fight, but when it came to late or peak experts, he would have no choice but to run away .

And facing any Perfect God, even in the early level, would mean certain death .

He would similarly be slaughtered by anyone with Unbounded will .

Thankfully, he had learned a huge amount from observing the purrling and King Immortal-Slayer working together . Sending his divine will into his monarch godhood, he saw numerous power doubles in the shape of bubbles . At the same time, he summoned a huge bubble to surround himself .

Spatial tempests raged in the void, flowing into his monarch godhood and cleansing it . Then, Yang Qi started to retract his thoughts, causing the fluctuations of his mind to settle, like an insect going into hibernation .

He was slowly heading toward a state of Nevasaññānāsaññāyatana .

He was forgetting about his physical self and entering a new world of miraculous thinking . It was neither thought, nor was it not thought . Empty, but not empty . Existing, but not existing .

It was a miraculous state that caused his physical body to slowly collapse, leaving behind only his godhood, slowly rotating . The fact that his godhood remained showed that he hadn’t actually entered Nevasaññānāsaññāyatana . If he had, he would be invincible, and would be able to control all of heaven and earth .

That said, his current state was still incredibly impressive .

He had removed his fleshly body, godpower, and everything else about himself until only his monarch godhood remained . Monarch godhood was simply too impressive . It surpassed all other things in existence .

Because of that, reducing it to a state of nothing was extremely difficult . That said, he didn’t need to enter that state right now . As soon as his fleshly body vanished, he felt his thoughts and psychic power stirring and improving .

Doing things like this, it would probably take several hundred years to reach the mid Paramount level .

It was a big improvement from before . Given his previous psychic power, he probably wouldn’t ever have achieved the breakthrough . But now, it was a possibility within the next few hundred years . In the god world, hundreds of years could pass in the snap of a finger . It had already been five years since he ascended from the impure lands, and it had gone by in a flash . Almost like a dream .

Next, something very strange happened . Yang Qi took control of his monarch godhood and sent it piercing through space . He left the god kingdom and entered the wild spatial tempests .

When the power of the tempests struck his monarch godhood, nothing happened except that a few sparks flew . It was much like when iron was struck and impurities were removed from it, making it stronger and more complete .

An indeterminable period of time passed before Yang Qi pulled his godhood back to its original position .

Back in his mansion grotto in the god kingdom, he formed his body anew, complete with a sea of energy, dantian region, meridians, and everything else . His psychic power had been boosted significantly . That was when he found that forty-nine days had passed, although he hadn’t been aware of the passage of time .

To cultivators, time was often not worth calculating . If anything, time sometimes passed too quickly .

As he came out of his trance, one of his jade medallions buzzed, and he found that it was a message from Dream Daylily of the Crown Prince Society .

Leaving the god kingdom, he headed to the city where she resided .

“Have you been working on your cultivation? It's been awhile since you came to check in . ” She seemed a bit irritated .

“My apologies, exalted Dream Daylily . I was making use of a medicinal pill given to me by the Lord of the True Void . I fell into a deep trance in which I lost track of everything . ”

“The Lord of the True Void?” she replied . “That’s what I wanted to ask you about . Seven months ago the Lord of the True Void came to the House of God Ordainment and took one of your brethren away with him . Is that right? Yang Immortal-Slayer . I wanted to ask you much earlier about this, except you went into seclusion . ”

“That’s right, he’s a brother of mine,” Yang Qi said . “He’s much more talented than the average person . He’s supposed to return for a visit after three years . When he does, I’ll try to get him to join the Crown Prince Society . ”

“Forget about that,” Dream Daylily said . “The Lord of the True Void doesn’t belong to any particular organization, and is a wanderer . But he can't be taken lightly . If he finds out we're scheming about his apprentice, he may react with extreme violence . The crown prince already has Unbounded will convergence, but isn’t a Paramount God yet . He will be, sooner or later, but at the moment, he’s not a match for the Lord of the True Void . We don’t want to make a fool of ourselves in trying to be clever, so just drop the idea of recruiting his apprentice . ”

Yang Qi nodded, but inside, he was laughing coldly .

“Your Sage Monarch Society has been growing rapidly,” Dream Daylily continued . “I heard that you’re the top lieutenant of the leader, Jadefall, and that she listens to everything you say . I've reported this matter up the chain of command, and because of it, the leaders have come to think of you as being very important . They want you to get stronger as fast as possible . In three hundred years, the House of God Ordainment will finally vote to select a new houselord . The old houselord will step down and become a chief elder; either that, or he’ll go out to live as a wanderer . The current houselord wants his son to succeed him, which is why the junior houselord founded that Mystery Society of his . At the moment, none of the other factions in the sect can deal with this Mystery Society . Furthermore, I've uncovered information that indicates the Mystery Society is going to take action against your Sage Monarch Society . The junior houselord cultivated a devil technique that he plans to use to win Jadefall’s heart . You need to be very careful . Stick close to Jadefall and make sure she doesn’t get fooled by him . ”

“I see . . . ” Yang Qi said . He knew that in the seven months that had passed, the junior houselord had been wining and dining Jadefall, talking about daoist techniques and plying her with gifts . But how could she fall for a trick like that?

She was planning to beat him at his own game in what she viewed as a battle of wits .

“The words of the lowly carry little weight,” Yang Qi said, putting an angry, jealous glint into his eyes . He even cracked his knuckles . “And I think Jadefall actually likes the junior houselord . ”

When Dream Daylily saw his performance, she chuckled inwardly . “That’s why we’re going to help you get stronger . Incidentally, an emissary from the Eternal-Life God-Dynasty has come to see you . Prepare for the meeting . ”