This Young Master is not Cannon Fodder - Chapter 649

The duo’s sudden appearance sent Tianyi’s nerves into overdrive. They appeared silently and soundlessly without attracting his attention. He had no doubt that if the two did not want to reveal themselves, he would not have caught sight of them.

Critically, they had appeared soundlessly in Eminence Heaven Palace, the core of the Heavenly Immortal Court!

Not even the Concealed Emperor could accomplish such a feat. Granted, Eminence Heaven Palace’s defense was Mengfei herself. Should the two show any signs of hostility, Tianyi had no doubt that she would have already taken action instead of staying still.

That was the only reason Tianyi had not attacked. If he attacked, he didn’t know if Mengfei would attack him as well. Neither possibility boded well for him. If she attacked, then it meant the Heavenly Dao’s control over her had reached a dangerous level, but if she did not, she would definitely resist, wearing down her willpower. Of course, it could also be possible that she would ignore him and attack the outsiders, but Tianyi didn’t trust the Heavenly Dao’s resistance toward him.

The two sides kept silent, neither side speaking. It was Tianyi who couldn’t wait any longer. “What do the two of you want?”

The Heavenly Immortal Court had a non-aggression pact with the Saintly Scholar School. As long as the Saintly Scholar School did not interfere with the Heavenly Immortal Court’s rule over the Three Thousand Immortal Realms System, the Heavenly Court would ignore them, allowing them to have complete autonomy in the Virtuous Realm.

However, that was before Bao Ling appeared. Tianyi had wondered why the genius sword immortal never appeared among the Numinous Sword Sect when the Heavenly Immortal Court attacked. It seemed that the Numinous Sword Sect did not want this genius to die young, so they sent him away.

Not just Tianyi, even the Heavenly Immortal Court had known that survivors of the Numinous Sword Sect existed. Although Tianyi had sealed the Numinous Sword Sect before the invasion, some members of the Numinous Sword Sect must have resided outside. These remnants would eventually forget their roots, but some would remember.

If any of them remembered this enmity and entered the Divine Realm, it would spell trouble for the Heavenly Immortal Court, but the high echelons of the Heavenly Immortal Court did not consider this possibility realistic. Even someone as talented as Bao Ling had only a small chance of entering the Divine Realm, and it was not large.

However, that small realm of possibility turned into reality. With both of them appearing, it was hard for Tianyi not to think the worst. Bao Ling undoubtedly had a grudge against the Heavenly Immortal Court for the destruction of the Numinous Sword Sect.

Including Yan Nie, the Heavenly Immortal Court had four divinities. Logically, the Heavenly Immortal Court should have more than enough strength to kill two divinities. In fact, before Bao Ling appeared, he thought that the Immortal Court would choose to take action against the Saintly Scholar School.

It was true that the Heavenly Immortal Court and the Saintly Scholar School had a non-aggression pact, but that was on the basis of the two forces being on the same level. He had asked, but the Concealed Emperor said that the founder, Confucius, was far from simple. After that, Tianyi never brought it up again even after mastering the Divine Law of Spacetime.

Thinking back, Tianyi regretted his indifference. If he had mentioned it, the Concealed Emperor might have agreed. Over a hundred thousand years had passed, and the gulf between him and Perfected Huanglong had lessened.

Without Confucius’ support, Bao Ling would not be able to make huge waves in the current Three Thousand Immortal Realms System.

“Calm down, young one,” Confucius said. “We bear no ill will.”

Tianyi was already over a hundred fifty thousand years old, but he did not think Confucius was belittling him. The Heavenly Immortal Court had a far longer history than the Saintly Scholar School when it was still the Buzhou Immortal Court, but according to the Concealed Emperor, Confucius had appeared over a million years ago. So, calling Tianyi a youngster was not an exaggeration.

“So you sneaked here to speak?” Tianyi questioned.

Bao Ling crossed his arms, hugging his sword to his chest. He had no intention of speaking and allowed Confucius to do all the talking.

“That was but one of our goals. We also came to confirm something,” Confucius said. Although his eyes were on Tianyi, it seemed his gaze was on the figure sitting on the throne.

Tianyi’s body tensed, ready to attack at any moment, but Confucius’s next words stunned him. “Do you want to save your mother?”

What did Confucius mean by this? Or rather, how could Confucius have the method when the Heavenly Immortal Court didn’t? Tianyi heavily suspected that the founder of the Saintly Scholar School was sowing chaos between him and the Heavenly Immortal Court.

Confucius didn’t mind Tianyi’s suspicion. It’d be stranger if he weren’t suspicious. “If you are interested, meet us outside in the True Nothingness.”

He turned around and vanished with Bao Ling. The two’s departure did not leave any ripples, and Tianyi couldn’t sense any spacetime fluctuations, leaving him baffled.

It was too suspicious, and highly likely to be a trap. Tianyi’s first priority should be to summon the other divinities and explain what had just happened, but he kept silent. Just from Confucius’s words alone, he could not ignore it. Even if it was only a fraction of a chance, he had to go.

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After all, Tianyi was least afraid of death. He wasn’t afraid of the Confucius and Bao Ling alliance because of his death, but because of the trouble it would bring to the Heavenly Immortal Court. It wouldn’t be too late to convene a meeting after hearing them out either.

Tianyi hadn’t asked where. As a master of the Divine Law of Spacetime, reconnaissance was one of his fortes. One of his conduits appeared outside the Three Thousand Immortal Realms. Mastering so many divine-level laws did not dramatically enhance Tianyi’s combat power, but it still expanded the range and power of his spacetime control.

Soon, he found them. Confucius and Bao Ling were waiting inside a divine palace. The plaque above the entrance stunned Tianyi. It said Three Purity Palace.

The words made countless conjectures flow into Tianyi’s mind, but he didn’t say anything. Instead, he calmed his beating heart and entered. Inside, he saw Confucius and Bao Ling’s backs. The two were staring at the three jade statues at the center of the hall.

Although Tianyi had never seen the three statues before, he still recognized them in an instant. The one in the center was the Lord of Primordial Beginnings. The one on the left was the Lord of Way and Virtue, and the one on the right was the Lord of Numinous Treasure. Together, they were known as the Three Pure Ones, the most powerful divinities of the Pangu System.

Confucius and Bao Ling turned around. Their auras seemed to change and merge with the left and right statues, respectively.

An absurd thought entered Tianyi’s mind. “They couldn’t be the Lord of Way and Virtue and the Lord of Numinous Treasure, could they?”

Naturally, Tianyi thought of why the two of them had invited him. “I wouldn’t happen to be the reincarnation of the Lord of Primordial Beginning, would I?”

Tianyi immediately conjured a thrilling and exciting plotline in his mind. Because of the devils’ assault on the Pangu System, all of the Three Pure Ones fell, but through their own means they entered the cycle of reincarnation. The first to awaken was the Lord of Way and Virtue, followed by the Lord of Numinous Treasure. Now, only he alone had not awakened his memories.

Of course, Tianyi immediately rejected that conjecture. First of all, becoming the Lord of Primordial Beginning’s reincarnation was impossible. The only way would be if the Lord of Primordial Beginning had first sent his soul into the Almighty’s universe and then returned to the Three Thousand Immortal Realms System, but that was impossible.

“You must have already had some guesses in mind,” Confucius said. “The Godsfall War was truly a great and terrifying calamity for the Pangu System.”

“So the Three Pure Ones were forced to reincarnate after the devils destroyed the Primordial World?” Tianyi asked.

Confucius shook his head. “We can’t be considered reincarnations of the Three Pure Ones. True, we were born from the essence of the Three Pure Ones, but we are not them. We carry fractured memories, obsessions, and ambitions, but we are not them. It would be more accurate to call us children of the Three Pure Ones.”

Tianyi didn’t know what to say. He really didn’t. Finally, he asked, “What about the Lord of Primordial Beginnings?”

The former Lord of Way and Virtue did not answer. He turned around and studied the statue of the Lord of Primordial Beginnings. “He did not choose the same path as us. I felt his path was untraversable, so I chose this way. Qingping wanted to shed the shackles of his birth and step onto a path more suited for his heart.”

It took Tianyi a moment to realize that the Qingping in Confucius’s words referred to Bao Ling. He did not speak and waited for Confucius to continue, but the latter suddenly changed the subject.

“I know you’ve played quite a crucial role in the inner workings of the All Pantheon Alliance. Have you heard about the Trimurti System?”

Tianyi’s eyes flickered, and he nodded.

“Then you must know how powerful the Trimurti were. Even the God King Zeus and God King Odin could not defeat the Trimurti if they teamed up. The source of their strength was that they fused their divine worlds with the Trimurti System, gaining unprecedented power,” Confucius said. He saw that Tianyi wasn’t surprised. “Oh? It seems that All Pantheon Alliance is more open about this matter than I thought.”

“No. I learned about it through other channels,” Tianyi said.

Confucius accepted his words. He didn’t dwell on it much. “Have you heard about Hongjun?”

Tianyi blinked in surprise. On Earth, he had heard legends about Hongjun, but when he was reincarnated into the Three Thousand Immortal Realms System, there were no such legends. Even though many divinities died at the end of the Primordial Era, many of their legends still continued, but there was no such figure as Hongjun. He simply thought Hongjun was a mythical figure passed only in Earth’s mythology, but now…

“Legends say the Three Pure Ones are the strongest divinities of the Pangu System, but before they reached the peak, it was Hongjun who reigned supreme. He was a pioneer and the source of cultivation of the Three Thousand Immortal Realms System.” Confucius sighed.

“Hongjun reached the peak of the Divine Realm before any of us. Even against the Trimurti, he would not lose, but unfortunately, he could not see a path forward,” Confucius narrated. “So, he decided to take a gamble. He wanted to copy the Trimurti and see if he could pave a path forward.”

The founder of the Saintly Scholar School sighed. “Unfortunately, he failed. The Heavenly Dao was much more powerful than other World Wills. After that, it seemed the Heavenly Dao purposely erased all traces of Hongjun, and any trace of the World Fusion Method became taboo.”

Tianyi frowned. This did not bode well for him. The stronger the Heavenly Dao was, the harder it would be for him to succeed.

“When the Three Pure Ones reached the peak of the Divine Realm for many years, they also started considering this path. Together, they researched the Chaos Genesis,” Confucius said.

Tianyi raised an eyebrow. It sounded extremely familiar to the Chaos Re-Genesis given to him by the Concealed Emperor.

“Unfortunately, after many calculations, the Chaos Genesis was determined to be a dead end,” Confucius continued. “The Lord of Primordial Beginnings did not give up. He felt that Chaos Genesis had no faults; he just wasn’t strong enough. So he wanted to elevate his divine world and emulate the Almighty, turning his divine world into a miniature universe.”

Tianyi’s eyes widened.

“He only partially succeeded. The Pangu System was still too strong, and his chances were not great. Then an opportunity came.”

Tianyi’s mind spun, and he quickly came to a conclusion. “The Nine Hells Abyss.”

“Yes,” Confucius admitted. “He deliberately induced the devils to invade the Pangu System, hoping to use their influence to erode the Heavenly Dao. None of us knew his scheme. We sensed that something was amiss, but we did not know the true depths.”

“When the Lord of Primordial Beginnings felt the time was right, he started revealing his inner world and initiated Chaos Genesis. It caused the end of the ancient era and shattered the Primordial World. Pangu awakened!”