Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 1043 - 1043 0617 Intimidating with Power_1

Chapter 1043: Chapter 0617: Intimidating with Power_1 Chapter 1043: Chapter 0617: Intimidating with Power_1 Chapter 0617: Pressuring with Power

As Emperor Wenzhi was pondering who could have possibly destroyed his Treasure Pavilion, one of his subordinates arrived at his side and spoke with respect, “Prince, it’s not just our Wenzhi Palace that has suffered significant losses, even the neighboring Chaoyang Palace has been heavily afflicted by disaster.”

It was only then that Emperor Wenzhi remembered to look towards Chaoyang Palace. The sight gave him quite a shock—the level of destruction at Chaoyang Palace was far worse than that of his own. Especially on the ground, there were huge holes everywhere, and there was one spot where the hole was even bigger than the others. To his knowledge, that place might very well be the Treasure Pavilion of Chaoyang Palace, which was said to have been evolved from a powerful artifact used by Emperor Chaoyang. How could it have suddenly vanished? What on earth had happened at Chaoyang Palace?

An obvious situation was that both his Wenzhi Palace and Chaoyang Palace had served as the location for Qi Tian’s Gold Core Tribulation. There seemed to be an inseparable connection with Qi Tian. However, common sense dictated that not even Qi Tian, let alone ten more like him, could have caused such massive destruction.

Of course, what he thought in his head was one thing; what he had to do was another. Regardless, his Wenzhi Palace had suffered such great losses—he could not bear these losses himself. He had to find someone to take responsibility for his loss, and clearly, that person could only be Qi Tian.

Emperor Wenzhi very much wanted to rush to Jianwu Palace right now, capture Qi Tian, force him to compensate for his losses, and interrogate Qi Tian about his secrets. At the very least, he needed a clear explanation of why Qi Tian was able to attract a Gold Core Realm Tribulation of such magnitude and how exactly Qi Tian had managed to survive it.

However, Emperor Wenzhi quickly dismissed this idea. If it had been before, when there was no conflict between Emperor Wenzhi and Emperor Jianwu, he would have dared to go to Jianwu Palace and do as he pleased without any fear of retaliation from Emperor Jianwu. But times had changed. Before Qi Tian’s tribulation, Emperor Wenzhi had already burned bridges with Emperor Jianwu—they were now enemies. If he dared to go to Jianwu Palace now, Emperor Jianwu might very well seize this opportunity to settle the score with him. It was no longer the time when the five Princes could join forces to attack Jianwu Palace. Even if he went to Jianwu Palace with all his subordinates, he did not have the confidence that he could leave Jianwu Palace unharmed.

A clever plan formed in Emperor Wenzhi’s mind. He immediately sent a message to Emperor Chaoyang, informing him about what had happened inside his Chaoyang Palace.

Emperor Chaoyang had always been complacent, believing that even if Qi Tian drew the Heavenly Tribulation to his Chaoyang Palace for his tribulation, his Chaoyang Palace would be able to stand tall and undamaged during the Gold Core Tribulation, without suffering major losses. But when he received the message from Emperor Wenzhi, Emperor Chaoyang’s eyes nearly popped out of their sockets. He simply could not believe his ears—how could it be possible? His imperial palace was supposed to be impregnable, so why did it suffer such great damage during Qi Tian’s tribulation, even to the point of the Treasure Pavilion disappearing? This was even more impossible. Was this some kind of joke played by the heavens?

Unable to remain calmly at his fishing platform any longer, Emperor Chaoyang, no longer concerning himself with appearances, soared into the sky, rushing towards his Chaoyang Palace at the greatest speed. The cultivators of Chaoyang Palace, from Commander of the Imperial Guard Yang Yongqi down, had never seen Emperor Chaoyang so panicked before. Knowing that something major must have occurred, they dared not delay and quickly mobilized. Those who could fly took to the skies, and those who could not did everything they could to reach Chaoyang Palace as fast as possible.

Emperor Chaoyang was a bit faster than Emperor Wenzhi; soon, he arrived above Chaoyang Palace. As Emperor Chaoyang took in the sight of nearly half of his buildings reduced to ruins and the Treasure Pavilion missing, his eyes turned red with anger.

However, Emperor Chaoyang did not immediately fly into a rage. He started forming spirit runes with his hands, hoping to summon the puppet wolf he had placed in a small space near the Treasure Pavilion. But no matter how he maneuvered the spirit runes, the puppet wolf made no response. Emperor Chaoyang descended from the sky to the location of the small space and, after opening it, found it completely empty—the puppet wolf was gone.

Emperor Chaoyang became furious. The loss of the Treasure Pavilion along with all the cultivation resources inside was already far beyond his expectations. Now, even the puppet wolf guarding the Treasure Pavilion had disappeared, which was something he found hard to accept. To put it bluntly, the puppet wolf was no less valuable than his Commander of the Imperial Guard, Yang Yongqi. In some ways, Yang Yongqi was even inferior to the puppet wolf. But now it was gone, and Emperor Chaoyang had lost a loyal and capable aide, which significantly weakened the power of his Chaoyang Palace. He, who always sat at the very pinnacle of the Eastern Capital City’s Cultivation World, simply could not accept this.

Emperor Wenzhi flew over from Wenzhi Palace. He noticed that although Emperor Chaoyang appeared calm on the surface, a closer look revealed that his hands were trembling—this was the tremor of rage. It indicated that Emperor Chaoyang’s inner turmoil was far from the calm his exterior displayed.