Chapter 222: Ultimate – The Murderer’s Identity
Huyang City, inside the City Lord’s Mansion, atop a pavilion.
Luo Feng sat alone drinking wine: “The three Rulers of Shiguo suddenly died, especially a powerhouse of the level of the Heavenly Kun Ruler suddenly dying. The two Ancient Kingdoms will definitely investigate carefully! Next, it depends on their ability.”
The results of the two Ancient Kingdoms’ investigation would also determine his own countermeasures.
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“What?”
“All three of them died?”
Shiguo had a total of five Divine Kings. Now, the still-living Divine King Liuyu and Divine King Kufeng, relying on causal induction, could confirm that the three stronger Rulers of Shiguo had all perished. This left them dumbfounded!
In an instant, three of them were dead, yet the two weaker Divine Kings survived.
“Regardless of whether the Heavenly Kun Ruler reincarnated or not, to silently kill him, it must have been someone at the Emperor or Monarch level.” Divine King Liuyu was shocked. With the Heavenly Kun Ruler’s Primordial Bloodline so tyrannical, even if an existence at the level of Emperor Guixu struck, it should have shaken heaven and earth, causing a huge commotion. The Heavenly Kun Ruler should have been able to hold on for a considerable amount of time.
Like before, when the Heavenly Kun Ruler and his companions had joined forces against a single Ruler of Yuguo, they had spent countless years without a result.This showed…
To slay an existence at the level of the Heavenly Kun Ruler, even forcing him to reincarnate, was an extremely difficult task.
“What should I do?” Divine King Liuyu felt uneasy. She only had one true body, and back then her entire country had defected to Shiguo. Her entire clan was still living and reproducing within Shiguo’s territory.
“Investigating the three Rulers’ deaths will probably lead to me as well.” Divine King Kufeng acted fast. “Move everything that can be moved immediately.”
Divine King Kufeng had many incarnations, cunning as a rabbit with three burrows. In the Extremely Cold Ice Field alone, he had control of multiple cities! When he was invited to join Shiguo, he had only brought part of his people. Now, he swiftly began the migration.
At this moment, both of them felt panic! They could sense that behind the deaths of Shiguo’s three Rulers… lurked a hidden crisis. If it spread to them, they would have no power to resist.
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“Shiguo’s Royal Capital.” A figure of white light appeared in the royal capital of Shiguo. His entire body was condensed from white radiance, his face expressionless as he looked down upon the city. At that moment, the entire city became dim and countless beings froze still.
The whole world seemed to have paused.
The white light figure walked through the frozen royal capital, into the palace, and into the grand hall.
The Heavenly Kun Ruler was seated there, while Great Sage Yixiu respectfully presented a food vessel.
“Hm?”
The white light figure watched this scene. With a thought, behind him faintly appeared enormous flowing sands that moved slowly. The frozen scene began to move again.
The Heavenly Kun Ruler reached out for the vessel, and suddenly—
Both the Heavenly Kun Ruler and Great Sage Yixiu’s eyes dimmed in an instant.
“Instantly slain, with no power to resist. The Heavenly Kun likely didn’t even have time to reincarnate.” The white light figure observed. “Was it a will-based secret technique? Or a soul-targeting strike? The supreme laws of the Origin Continent restrict all power to an upper limit! Whether energy-based, matter-based, causal, or will-based… the power has limits.”
“Within those limits, to achieve this… there are no more than ten in the entire Origin Continent.” The white light figure pondered.
“This Heavenly Kun Ruler had always been cautious. Although he was dominant over neighboring kingdoms, he never dared offend a truly great existence.”
“Who killed him?”
“And moreover, all three Rulers of Shiguo were slain at once? Could it be that someone bore grudges against all three?” The white light figure thought deeply.
Whoosh!
Time flowed again. The corpses of the Heavenly Kun Ruler and Great Sage Yixiu, as well as the countless beings inside the food vessel, all vanished.
“He used soul-based or will-based methods, and should still be nearby.” The white light figure flew into the sky above the royal capital, carefully scanning all beings within range for that time period.
“Mm?”
His eyes lit up. Fully activating the treasure bestowed by the Ancestor, the colossal shadow of flowing sands behind him rapidly expanded, covering the entire royal capital in an instant.
Buzz!
The two figures that were originally hidden from sight were now revealed beneath the flowing sand shadow.
A long-haired man in black robes, wearing a golden mask, stood above the capital, coldly overlooking the palace. At his side was an old man without any life aura—it was clearly a puppet.
“Mm?” The white light figure’s heart trembled. He studied the black-robed, golden-masked man carefully.
Even while watching traces left in the past, the white light figure still felt that this black-robed man’s aura was unfathomable, and there was a faint, bizarre terror emanating from him! It made even him feel alarmed!
“Such an appearance, such an aura—I have never seen before.” The white light figure was secretly shaken. “In the Origin Continent, where did such a terrifying existence suddenly appear?”
As one of the Nine Monarchs of the Ancient Thunder Kingdom—Monarch Tianguang—there were very few strong figures unknown to him. Previously, there had only been that mysterious powerhouse of the Shadow Heaven Realm, who possessed Emperor-level strength, but whose identity no one knew.
Now another had appeared.
“He took that vessel. Inside it were countless beings—by tracing their causality, perhaps I can find something.” The white light figure tried. By observing the beings within the vessel, he naturally established causal links.
Weak cultivators could not conceal causality. Tracing it could reveal discoveries.
“Mm?”
“All these weak cultivators were released into the wild, regaining their freedom?” The white light figure was surprised. “So this mysterious powerhouse even pitied the weak.”
He shook his head gently. Having traced this far, it was difficult to go further.
“This mysterious powerhouse also brought along a puppet servant.” The white light figure studied the old man beside the black-robed, golden-masked man. Since it was a puppet transformation, no trace could be found.
“Carrying a servant while doing this… strange.”
The white light figure smiled, then took a step and left.
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The entire Origin Continent’s order was set jointly by the two Ancient Kingdoms! Any threat to “order” would be investigated carefully. At present, they closely monitored the three hidden foreign race powerhouses, as well as Queen Fengdu and the Master of the Mother River—five in total.
And now, they realized yet another mysterious powerhouse required their attention.
“Di Fu, I went into the past timeline. The murderer should be this black-robed, golden-masked man.” Emperor Jiufeng spoke as he displayed the scene he had discovered.
Di Fu observed.
“He even carried a puppet servant.” Emperor Jiufeng said. “I can confirm he isn’t at the Ultimate Realm, and he doesn’t possess overly powerful time-space treasures. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to glimpse him. But his strength should be terrifying.”
“Very unusual.” Di Fu studied the black-robed, golden-masked figure. That faint sense of great terror—it could frighten even Emperors and Monarchs.
“Where did such a powerhouse come from?” Emperor Jiufeng shook his head. “My feeling is… he’s even more frightening than the Great Earth Divine King and the other four.”
Di Fu nodded: “There are indeed some who reached the peak of the Second Stage Divine King in the Origin Continent. They simply lacked resources. Perhaps one of them… obtained resources and stepped further.”
“Judging by his slaying of the Heavenly Kun Ruler, he likely excelled in soul-based or will-based methods.” Emperor Jiufeng said. “That means, below the level of Emperors and Monarchs… he could instantly kill. He’s far more terrifying than the Great Earth Divine King and the others.”
“Yes.” Di Fu nodded. “Since he hides his identity while acting, he probably does not wish to openly oppose the two Ancient Kingdoms yet.”
“Di Fu, can you deduce his identity from the heavenly secrets?” Emperor Jiufeng asked.
“No.” Di Fu shook his head. “To deduce, one needs enough information. There’s too little on this mysterious powerhouse.”
Emperor Jiufeng nodded slightly.
“My Ancient Flame Kingdom could not kill the Master of the Mother River no matter what. I feel this mysterious powerhouse may be even more troublesome than the Master of the Mother River. The two Ancient Kingdoms may not be able to deal with him either.” Di Fu chuckled. “Not being able to deduce his identity might even be a good thing.”
“The Master of the Mother River could escape, but that doesn’t mean this one can.” Emperor Jiufeng said.
Di Fu said nothing more.
Emperor Jiufeng soon left.
“Who are you?”
Di Fu gazed at the black-robed, golden-masked figure before him, curious. “Are you Puxin? Luo He? Or Emperor Ming?”
There were indeed few traces of this mysterious powerhouse. But in the Origin Continent, only very few had hope of reaching this level in soul or will. Based on deduction, Di Fu had three suspects.
Puxin—a mysterious, low-key Second Stage Divine King, rarely involved in conflicts, occasionally taking disciples within Illusions. Among his disciples were two Second Stage Divine Kings, one being Divine King Wuxin.
Luo He—in the Chaos Realm stage, his will already stood at the Ultimate Divine King level. Di Fu had always been watching Luo He.
Emperor Ming—as the one with the greatest achievements in will across the Origin Continent, his will power had long reached the supreme limit of the laws. He had even inherited legacies left by Yuan. Obsessed with researching Tribulation Beasts, he had also studied images of other Primordial Life. It would be easy for him to disguise himself with that terrifying aura.
“Who is it? Puxin, have you endured all this time, only to truly act now?” Di Fu wondered. “Or is it Luo He, with his terrifying potential? Or perhaps the unpredictable great terror—Emperor Ming?”
Anything Emperor Ming did would not surprise Di Fu.
Even if Emperor Ming slaughtered seven or eight Emperors, plunging the Origin Continent into chaos, Di Fu would find it normal. Because it suited Emperor Ming’s nature.
Emperor Ming was very much like a Tribulation Beast!
Once he turned, he would kill all his companions as well!
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Huyang City, inside the City Lord’s Mansion.
Luo Feng had long subscribed to the Ancient Flame Pavilion’s intelligence on the Heavenly Kun Ruler. At this moment, he received another report—though this one was quite costly.
“The Ancient Flame Pavilion discovered the murderer of the Heavenly Kun Ruler?” Luo Feng carefully read the intel.
The intel contained a fragment of imagery.
A long-haired man in black robes, golden mask upon his face, and an old puppet servant beside him.
“An unknown mysterious powerhouse? Carrying a puppet?” Luo Feng laughed. Formless and phaseless transformations, within the limits of the supreme laws, were indeed difficult to unravel.
“The detailed cause of the Heavenly Kun Ruler’s death requires an additional ten billion Cosmos Sand?” Luo Feng did not purchase further. He knew clearly that since they could obtain his image, they likely knew the Heavenly Kun Ruler’s body was intact.
It could be inferred that the strike targeted the soul and mind.
“Luo He, Luo He!” The Ruler of Yuguo transmitted to him. “The Heavenly Kun Ruler’s death—you know of it, right?”
“Of course I know.” Luo Feng replied.
“The Ancient Flame Pavilion and the Thunder Chamber of Commerce publicly sold intel, saying it was a soul-based or will-based attack that killed the Heavenly Kun Ruler, and he probably didn’t even reincarnate.” The Ruler of Yuguo excitedly transmitted. “This mysterious powerhouse—below the level of Emperors and Monarchs, he can likely kill instantly.”
“Brother Yuguo, you seem rather gleeful.” Luo Feng remarked.
“The Two Kingdoms’ Ancestors, the East Extremity Region Ancestor, Emperor Qing, the Ruler of the Myriad Realms, the Realm Beasts, Emperor Ming—in the Origin Continent there are already a fair number who can instantly kill us. One more makes no difference.” The Ruler of Yuguo laughed. “I’m happy because the Heavenly Kun is utterly dead, probably without even reincarnation. Truly delightful!”
Shiguo and Yuguo were neighbors. The Heavenly Kun Ruler and the Ruler of Yuguo had battled endlessly for too long.
“Luo He, the territory you govern borders Shiguo, and now Shiguo is leaderless. You can completely seize all of Shiguo!” The Ruler of Yuguo transmitted. “I will surely give you my full support!”